Reveille said:
TexansAg2011 said:
How likely is it that we return to normal activity in the next 2-3 months? Is there a real threat to college football season?
Number one question I get and usually try to avoid it. Was scared about going on the air on Texags because I didn't want to answer that one!
My honest answer is I sure hope we play football in the fall. I live for college football!!! However, the doctor in me knows that is very likely if we have the season it is probably without fans. We need some type of serious breakthrough like the study with HCQ for prophylaxis. This could be used to protect healthcare workers and dramatically reduce transmission.
If we can start taking this to prevent the disease that along with identifying all of already been infected will allow a lot of the population to be at NO RISK of transmission. Of course a vaccine would work but that is likely a year or more away. Funny thing is if they would have finished the original SARS vaccine we now believe it would have likely been effective at preventing this.
This thing will likely slow way down in the summer and everyone will begin to feel safe again. But we have to have something to prevent it from spiking again in the fall before we can honestly in good faith put 100,000 in a single place. Just my opinion but as a doctor, even as much as I LOVE TEXAS AGGIE FOOTBALL! And my patients think I am crazy, I just can't see us doing it unless it becomes significantly safer.
P.S. I am praying and looking for things everyday to change my opinion because working 10 to 12 hr days, my big hope and stress reliever has always been watching A&M play in almost any sport but my favorite is football for sure.
Gig'em.
I understand and respect your point. It is unreasonable to not think this is a possibility. If this comes true, you will have to add to it many if not most of the other things that are currently shut down. If we can't have 100,000 in a stadium then we can't have 60,000 students on campus attending classes, living in close proximity in dorms and apartments, attending parties of 100-200 or more, etc. etc. etc. We also would have to assume professional sports, all professional and fraternal conferences, church group worship, and primary and secondary schools would remain non-existent.
Now two months ago we didn't expect to have the current conditions for even two weeks and one month ago we didn't imagine two months of this. Both of those are very real now. So the same conditions in the fall should not be scoffed at but personally I just don't think those kind of conditions will remain regardless of cures, prophylaxis, or vaccines. I think it would be more likely that we would assume the ability to manage the case load and rely on ever increasing herd immunity as well as masks, gloves, and heightened hygiene to accept the remaining consequences of the illness.
Now that may result in a stadium attendance of 70,000 or less rather than 100,000 but I think that is more likely than the odds of a season without CFB.
But as I first stated, I respect the thoughts of Dr. Coates and all others who may choose to disagree with my opinion and discernment of the forward outlook.
Oh, and a hearty Gig 'Em to all.