The "expert" epis and virologists with the impressive pedigrees are the folks who have been unfathomably wrong from the beginning about the nature and impact of COVID, have changed their "models" and advice almost daily, and at this point many have lost all credibility. They have created a fear around this situation that is unwarranted, with the eager assistance of the media, and the lockdown that they insisted on has been incredibly destructive.HopFan16 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 15, 2020 10:43 amPlease do not follow this hack. This guy has been consistently—almost unfathomably—wrong every step of the way, for months, on everything. The degree to which he has committed to his wrongness is pretty astounding. I would not trust his thoughts on sandwiches, let alone a pandemic. He is neither an epidemiologist nor a virologist. He is not a scientist of any kind whatsoever. He used to write thriller novels and now he peddles alternative facts on Twitter for the attention because he flamed out as a writer and a journalist in spectacular fashion. He was widely derided by the scientific community for publishing a nonsense book last year about how smoking weed makes people go psychotic. His incessant tweets about how the virus isn't actually that bad are worse than irrelevant, they are actively dangerous, and only serve to make things worse—and make it harder to get back to things like lacrosse safely.JBFortunato wrote: ↑Mon Jun 15, 2020 10:17 am Follow @AlexBerenson on Twitter for real data and facts.
https://twitter.com/BadCOVID19Takes/sta ... 7940301824
Now, that doesn't mean colleges can't or shouldn't open in some capacity this fall. Many likely will, especially those in states that genuinely (not fleetingly) flatten the curve and implement science-based protocols to keep the curve flattened until a vaccine can be developed.
We won't know the true economic impact of this thing until next year at the earliest, but more likely not until several years from now. I expect there will be more D1 lacrosse programs cut once the dust has settled. There were a few that were hanging on by a thread even BEFORE the pandemic.
I hope that college admins have the courage to look beyond the hysteria and make the right call.