The COVID Bowl (college football game)

[Nevilledog]

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[roamer65]

1. Natural selection at work.

[LuckyCharms]

2. Well, at least...

all that jumping around and shit forces them to breathe harder. This blows the Covid right out of the stadium.

Right?

No?

[hlthe2b]

3. "Virginia Tech will require face masks at Lane Stadium"... (I didn't see a one)

https://wset.com/news/coronavirus/virginia-tech-will-require-face-masks-at-lane-stadium

They DO require COVID-19 vaccine, though at least.

Virginia Tech Disenrolls 134 Unvaccinated Students As Colleges Begin Cracking Down On Covid Violations
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2021/09/01/virginia-tech-disenrolls-134-unvaccinated-students-as-colleges-begin-cracking-down-on-covid-violations/?sh=6fe4ffd66442

[GReedDiamond]

4. That reminded me of this scene from "Idiocracy"...

[mnhtnbb]

5. I'm watching the game.

As usual, big build up for the Tar Heels and so far, meh.

I looked up the Blacksburg hospital stats. Down from 96%
occupancy in early August to about 82.5% now. Some room to accommodate more Covid cases.

Looks like a super spreader event to me.

[hlthe2b]

6. See my post upstream. They were supposed to be masked, but VA Tech DOES require vaccination

(at least).

I rather doubt that is true of the Tarheels, though. Do you know?

[mnhtnbb]

7. The most masks I saw were on the medical team

that ran out to attend a Tar Heel player who was down.

The Heels have their first home game next week. About 80% of Carolina students are vaxxed and those who aren't have to undergo testing twice weekly, I think. Faculty are about 90% vaxxed. Thanks to the disgusting Republican Board of Governors, no way they would allow vax requirements.

[hlthe2b]

8. I saw few, if any masks, either...

Glad to see VA Tech is throwing out students who refuse to be vaccinated. Apparently 140 plus already.

It is insane to think of spending all that $$ to send your son or daughter (or to go yourself) if everyone is not vaccinated. Just insane.

[cadoman]

9. um, that cannot be 2021, can it?

Right? These people would all be literally dead within a week if this were 2021???

[TwilightZone]

11. Literally?

No. Let's not get carried away. Most people still survive Covid, their valiant attempts to the contrary notwithstanding.

They will probably kill off some friends, family, acquaintances and complete strangers in the process, but they're not all going to die.

[Treefrog]

12. Most people don't die from Covid.

[cadoman]

10. @ 0:58 -- the only survivor of this mass extinction event

[former9thward]

13. These are outside events.

Very little possible risk of Covid spread. There have been hundreds of professional baseball games this summer with cumulative totals of millions in attendance. There have been no Covid issues.