Covid19 & HS Sport ~ Today, Tomorrow, the Future

On the contrary, the greatest increase in COVID cases in the past month has been in the younger population, BY FAR. Do a Google search to see the facts. This is why the incidence has skyrocketed while deaths have also increased but not to the same extent. The major concern is that asympomatic young people are 'super spreaders' and are now putting the elderly and other high risk people in greater danger.

OutOfState, blanket statements like "asymptomatic" young people are SUPERSPREADERS is false. In fact only 10%-20% of ALL carriers even pass the virus. Any deeper reading from science based journals (not the MSM) tell a story that the virus is moved about by those whom for unproven reason actually are SUPERSPREADERS. These to date have mostly been traced to EVENTS or SITUATIONAL gatherings.

There is also much evidence that those with string immune systems are not producing or shedding a viral load, that would be found among the majority of young people. 

As for school and football which is the topic of this thread, I still see inherent risk in any larger gathering especially in confined spaces. Even more so one would frequent day after day. As much as it hurts to say church gatherers should not congregate nor SING, there seems to be actual tracing to such events that show viral movement amongst those in attendance. Singing is a more pronounced form of atmospheric viral load spread. My best guess would be students in a classroom, sitting 6 feet apart and limiting too much discussion would not be at any high risk of infecting those around them. With most of our schools crumbling, I don't expect anytime soon that new air filtration systems are implemented in our classrooms. 

Let's be honest here, not even the expert experts really have a handle on this. I am still of the belief you can only run and hide from this for so long. Cases rising to me have a silver lining. Although antibodies with Covid19 are not fully understood either science and history say many will be better able to resist further infection once infected.
Some promising news today (see stockmarket) on new phases of vaccination moving forward.

I don't believe in the survival of the fittest approach some seem to want to take.

Especially when it comes to making decisions for young athletes who don't even get paid to do what they do. To me, its an easy decision to have no youth sports during this time. You want the pros to play, go ahead. They have the means to lock them up and have them play.

Texas looking to cancel sports and pushing it back says a lot.

Bosco just announced return to campus on 8/17.

I agree but I was referring to academic portion. Bosco is saying classes will begin 8/17.

Still seems pre-mature. Are private schools held to a different standard when it comes to school closures?

(1) Yes, there is a lot of data to support the belief that young folks are very poor spreaders of the virus to others, regardless of age.

(2) If the objective is that it can never happen, we will never get there, and we've all watched our last high school football game.  Setting zero occurrences as a goal is unrealistic and unachievable.

(3) That's not true.  I don't recall anyone every claiming that young people couldn't get it.  In fact, at first, it was presumed young people were just as susceptible to the virus and the disease as older people.  And it still seems that they are just as susceptible to getting the virus.  They are just much better at never developing symptoms and not spreading the virus to others.

(4) Your sigh of relief may be ill-placed.  If you speak to most high school kids or their parents, they are overwhelmingly of the opinion that online learning is very inferior to in-class instruction.

Please get your facts and you terms straight. Where did anyone here say that young people were less likely to get infected? I never said that. What is true is that they are less likely to spread the infection to adults. The idea that children are 'super spreaders' is a debunked talking point meant to perpetuate fear. 

These studies from other countries are actually based on real data and science, unlike the statements made by people like Dr. Anthony Fauci, which are NEVER backed up by any data and are simply based on 'what's possible.'