[Goose]

There is a line somewhere; the problem is that we don't know which side of it we will wind up.

BC

you might, or might not, be able to estimate the location of the line from the early 1900s when football deaths were deemed a problem, scaling for larger participation today

The Chicago Tribune reported that in 1904 alone, there were 18 football deaths and 159 serious injuries, mostly among prep school players.

In what the Chicago Tribune referred to as a “death harvest,” the 1905 football season resulted in 19 player deaths and 137 serious injuries

https://www.history.com/news/how-teddy-r...d-football

So equivalently we could lose about 72 people playing football. Not all the deaths would be COVID-19 necessarily. Interesting thought, not sure it indicates much. Our values have changed a lot since 1904 when life expectancy was 47 years old, while today it is 78.93.

[Goose]

There is a line somewhere; the problem is that we don't know which side of it we will wind up.

BC

you might, or might not, be able to estimate the location of the line from the early 1900s when football deaths were deemed a problem, scaling for larger participation today

The Chicago Tribune reported that in 1904 alone, there were 18 football deaths and 159 serious injuries, mostly among prep school players.

In what the Chicago Tribune referred to as a “death harvest,” the 1905 football season resulted in 19 player deaths and 137 serious injuries

https://www.history.com/news/how-teddy-r...d-football

So equivalently we could lose about 72 people playing football. Not all the deaths would be COVID-19 necessarily. Interesting thought, not sure it indicates much. Our values have changed a lot since 1904 when life expectancy was 47 years old, while today it is 78.93.