How do you or anyone know this and where have you read it? This version of coronavirus has only made the jump to humans recently, hence the 19 in covid-19 ie 2019. There hasn't been any longterm studies on anyone's health. How could they know that you are "never cured of it"? Maybe it take 6 months, 8 months, a year. This is the type of fear mongering that people talk about when they talk about fear mongering. Its very reminiscent of when AIDS first came to prominence and you could get it 8 million ways and everyone was going to die from it. Fear is a best seller in this country.
I am not saying the disease is the same, I am saying the reporting of the diseases is the same. Tons of misleading misinformation gets put out in the beginning.
If they deem it unsafe for anyone to go to school, there's no way the OHSAA can sell playing fall sports. Hopefully we get smart & fortunate enough that the class of 2021 doesn't have their entire senior years wiped out. College football won't happen either, that will just be an even bigger mess once students show up. The NFL is the only chance for football, and how long they can make it is a crap shoot.
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Exactly. When the poll was put out, I think a lot of those people that voted for that, did not realize that we would have all this testing, with such strict guidelines. They are teasing these kids by even starting these workouts, when they know damn well you can't have a season like this. It is a shame, and a real mess
100% agree. How anyone can see this any other way is beyond me.
Now the big cry out, is school boards don't want to be responsible if a kid gets Covid. They are worried about litigations and lawsuits.
Bingo.
I’m actually fine with dining in and bars being shut down, again. People should wear masks and practice social distancing when in public.
That's the key.
"If" is key for sure. I have little doubt this continues for the foreseeable future.
I think this article lays out the crux of the problem. And you see this debate playing out everywhere including on the pages of Yappi:
Risk Tolerant America sees the rising number of Wuhan-infected and the declining number of daily deaths, and thinks, “We’re past the worst. Time to get back to work.”
Zero Risk America looks at those exact same facts and concludes it’s time for another lockdown.
Our problem as a nation is that our federalist system has become so centralized that there’s less and less elbow room for people of differing opinions. Two Americas, but increasingly one set of overly stringent rules.
These two groups are getting farther apart and I for one really don't want to live in their zero risk, chicken little world anymore. They can take a lot away with apparent impunity. And it's not just school extracurricular activities it's almost everything you might value or enjoy.
In the long run the only solution might be to privatize extracurricular activities and remove them from local school districts. This would include athletics, Art & Music. The gap would be filled by private company's and non-profit associations of people that offer these activities to local youth. If they focused on community connections you might see just as many people attending recitals, concerts and sporting events as you see now. This would be a mix of profit and non-profit organizations.
Private schools might explode in popularity if they truly separated themselves from the OHSAA. Club sports might flourish and be very popular within a community.
People who know my posting know I'm a big booster of public school athletics. But if they cancel the fall season which will likely lead to them canceling the winter season then school districts can no longer be trusted with the responsibility of managing these activities. There are kids who are working towards scholarships. For them this is more then a game.
