I will try to dig up the article and post a link. It was a few weeks ago, published by a former Amazon employee who was a data analysis expert. His thesis was that most groups and people are looking at the numbers all wrong and he had a very supportive argument.Bart wrote: ↑Wed Jul 15, 2020 11:53 amI would love to read the data that supports this. Thank you.TNLAX wrote: ↑Wed Jul 15, 2020 11:02 amOf course not, but it seems, by the numbers, that it only has real negative affects on a very small percentage of the population. Statistically, the professors and support staffs at universities have a greater chance of dying in a car accident on their way to work than they do from COVID-19.Bart wrote: ↑Wed Jul 15, 2020 9:05 amAre they the only ones on campus?TNLAX wrote: ↑Wed Jul 15, 2020 8:36 amPls the CDC numbers don't tell the whole story. These deaths, old and young, have all been associated with other underlying health issues. Healthy college athletics n healthy college students are at a very minimal risk of serious complications form COVID-19JoeMauer89 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 14, 2020 9:59 pmWell Said, it is NOT. Just one man's opinion though.livelovelax wrote: ↑Tue Jul 14, 2020 1:44 pm The onslought of group think, politics and a litigious society has schools quaking that having any classes or athletics will lead to a lawsuit(s) that kills their business. I don't get it. We are told to follow the data and science. The CDC site shows 179 deaths from Covid 19 for the 0-24 age group. Total shut down. In 2018 we sadly lost 81,000 souls to influenza and nothing was reported or said. What a shame. Another 12-18 months of this will have our country looking nothing like we knew it 6 months ago. Is it worth it?
But on a side note, if flight attendants and grocery store employees, postal workers and almost every other worker in the country can go to work, why cant professors and the other support staff at universities? A professor in a lecture hall or in a classroom, can easily maintain social distancing as can cafeteria workers or any other support staff at a school.