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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why would games be allowed if it wasn't safe?[/quote]

Because of the tremendous economic pressure to reopen the economy and the political pressure from voters who just want to play soccer or gamble or whatever assuming that they will be fine.[/quote]

I don't think the return to youth sports is due to economic pressure.  It's just not that big a part of the economy as a whole.

The fact is the risk [b]to[/b] kids - especially otherwise healthy youth athletes - is extremely low.   The risk [b]from[/b] kids is really the concern.   If I had an elderly relative living in my household, I don't think I'd let my kids play.  There is still the risk of increased community spread generally, but in context, this is a relatively small group of people (# of youth athletes playing team sports as a percentage of kids overall) who will be in contact with each other in outdoor settings (where the dispersal rate of the virus is exponentially higher,  so the viral load exposure is exponentially lower) for relatively brief amounts of time (&lt; 2 hrs a day, max).

I would be much more concerned about a bunch of kids sitting in a classroom for six hours at a time.   Even with masks and reduced class sizes,  I think the risk of transmission from reopening schools is much higher.

To the extent we are seeing spikes, 2nd wave, prolonged 1st wave, whatever you want to call it,  it's going to be from adults going to restaurants. bars, stores, etc, ... not complying with masking and social distancing policies.   It's not going to be from youth sports. [/quote]

There's certainly significant risk to kids in older age groups.  If you have a kid in 16-18 age groups, you should not assume that the risk is low.   Here's an article explaining how a beach week-end resulted in 150 Loudoun teens infected.  https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/loudoun-county-myrtle-beach-spike/65-a1f055bf-8035-41a0-8dfa-ca76cf1cf639
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Nothing about the infected kids being hospitalized?  As long as not part of high-risk family, kids recovering from Covid still good news.[/quote]

Sorry I can't help but laugh.  As long as dont end up in the hospital, anything is fine.  What a low bar![/quote]

No one has suggested that young people can't catch the virus.  What the data shows is that the consequences of catching it - for that age group - are not severe in the overwhelming majority of cases.  A few days of low grade fever and a light cough, if they have any symptoms at all.  So yes, hospitalization rates do matter - at least when assessing the risk [i]for that age group[/i].    Assessing the risk (to the rest of us, and particularly those over 70) [i]from that age group[/i] is a different matter.

Additionally, 4-6 hours of soccer per week are not even remotely comparable to the conditions experienced at "beach week".  As the article describes:

[i]“When people go to a beach week, they have a lot of people in the house spending the night together, going to parties together, not social distancing, not using hand sanitizer, face coverings,” Dr. Goodfriend said. “The virus is going to spread and it spreads quickly. And, then when people are driving back, even if you didn't pick it up, while you were down there, you can pass it on to other people in the car.”[/i]

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