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I don't understand the 14 day rule if they are testing every other day and isolating players...
14 days is completely nonsensical. The average incubation time is less than 5 days, which is what the NFL is doing for “close contact” players. Even if they extend that out to a week, fine..but if we’re missing 2 weeks every time a positive around the program pops up we aren’t going to play a single gameI know there are schools not following a 14 day rule for that exact reason. They really should pivot away from this or it will be very difficult to facilitate a season.
If you have access to testing and can get negative tests on days 3, 5, and 7 from possible contact I'm not sure why you can't be back on day 8 or 9. You're still going to keep testing anyway so it seems like you're just burning time after day 7. Maybe stretch to 9 days but 14 seems random as if 2 weeks were crossed off a calendar.
Damned Science!!!
"About 97% of the people who get infected and develop symptoms will do so within 11 to 12 days, and about 99% will within 14 days. So that 14-day quarantine is being considered the outside "safety" margin, Graham says, to be certain you haven't developed an infection that you could spread to others."
Any news on whether this is happening?
Acl"knee injury"
"Developing symptoms" is different than "testing positive." One would think that testing would eliminate the need to wait full two weeks.About 97% of the people who get infected and develop symptoms will do so within 11 to 12 days, and about 99% will within 14 days