[teejers1]

Not NBA players, but this article covers some professional players (like Von Miller) who did show symptoms (although fortunately have appeared to recover). https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/sport...letes.html

There's a shocker:  The NYT runs a story on pro athletes who actually experienced symptoms.  Does the article identify the total number of pro athletes that have tested positive?  The subset of that total that were hospitalized?  The subset of that number that experienced symptoms?  The time to recover from the symptoms for these athletes.

I think this is pretty relevant data in terms of evaluating the marginal risk of engaging in the activity.  But you never see articles devoted to that (or at least I haven't).  Instead, you have to dig into an article about a pro athlete who tests positive (always the headline) to see if he is asymptomatic or not . . . and often (especially early on) there was no info on that at all.  A conspiracy theorist might believe that certain media outlets are trying to paint the grimmest possible picture and discourage any movement toward a return to normalcy.

Why would that be . . . ?  [And it's pointless now as November is a foregone conclusion].

Don't confuse trying to protect the health of individuals and of greater society as a conspiracy based on political ideology if you want to be taken seriously:

https://thecardboard.org/board/showthread.php?tid=20035

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And then there is this...

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/...i-71684159

Here you have GOP lawmakers testing positive in droves after having a no mask legislative session in the capitol for two weeks.  And the cherry on top of this sundae: The GOP Governor is now talking about a mandatory mask ordinance for the state.

If Covid-19 was being sensationalized by the media to help influence an election, why would a Governor who refused to take any serious action to stop the virus previously, all of a sudden find religion about mask wearing?  If it was no big deal, why would so many GOP pols be dropping out of attending its ill-conceived party convention in a few weeks?  Why?  Why would such an innocuous thing make those who downplayed the virus a few months ago, now freak out about it?  What would be the reason?

Yes, yes, Outsider - you are the self-ordained Font of Truth.  Thank you for deigning to advise us minions on what to do to be taken seriously.

And speaking of seriously, what's revealing is your apparent belief that coverage on the pandemic by the MSM has been just the reporting of all relevant facts without any agenda.  And btw, that reality and the reality that Covid is a significant health issue that should be taken seriously are not mutually exclusive.

[teejers1]

Not NBA players, but this article covers some professional players (like Von Miller) who did show symptoms (although fortunately have appeared to recover). https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/sport...letes.html

There's a shocker:  The NYT runs a story on pro athletes who actually experienced symptoms.  Does the article identify the total number of pro athletes that have tested positive?  The subset of that total that were hospitalized?  The subset of that number that experienced symptoms?  The time to recover from the symptoms for these athletes.

I think this is pretty relevant data in terms of evaluating the marginal risk of engaging in the activity.  But you never see articles devoted to that (or at least I haven't).  Instead, you have to dig into an article about a pro athlete who tests positive (always the headline) to see if he is asymptomatic or not . . . and often (especially early on) there was no info on that at all.  A conspiracy theorist might believe that certain media outlets are trying to paint the grimmest possible picture and discourage any movement toward a return to normalcy.

Why would that be . . . ?  [And it's pointless now as November is a foregone conclusion].

Don't confuse trying to protect the health of individuals and of greater society as a conspiracy based on political ideology if you want to be taken seriously:

https://thecardboard.org/board/showthread.php?tid=20035

---

And then there is this...

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/...i-71684159

Here you have GOP lawmakers testing positive in droves after having a no mask legislative session in the capitol for two weeks.  And the cherry on top of this sundae: The GOP Governor is now talking about a mandatory mask ordinance for the state.

If Covid-19 was being sensationalized by the media to help influence an election, why would a Governor who refused to take any serious action to stop the virus previously, all of a sudden find religion about mask wearing?  If it was no big deal, why would so many GOP pols be dropping out of attending its ill-conceived party convention in a few weeks?  Why?  Why would such an innocuous thing make those who downplayed the virus a few months ago, now freak out about it?  What would be the reason?

Yes, yes, Outsider - you are the self-ordained Font of Truth.  Thank you for deigning to advise us minions on what to do to be taken seriously.

And speaking of seriously, what's revealing is your apparent belief that coverage on the pandemic by the MSM has been just the reporting of all relevant facts without any agenda.  And btw, that reality and the reality that Covid is a significant health issue that should be taken seriously are not mutually exclusive.