Plymouthfan91

Last check says that 91% of the cases were patients who either recovered or were discharged. 9% died. If the population of the US is 331 million then that would account for a little under 31 million deaths. Now is your 99.9 % rate is correct that would mean 331,000 deaths. I would assume that the number is somewhere between the 331,000 and 31 million. We have lost about 135,000 people so far. Irregardless of the number you use that is a lot of people who die from something that could've been less if we wore masks, practiced social distancing, and listened to science. I worry that your belief system will be followed by your students and this lack of empathy is what you are teaching them. I wonder if your local school board has heard your thoughts on this or are you just a keyboard warrior.

So maybe in April and May we should've listened to the science and stopped mass gatherings, made masks mandatory, and not allowed bars to open. The American people as a whole are spoiled and when they are asked to do make a sacrifice (I use this term loosely because this really isn't a sacrifice) they pout and say it is their right. This isn't the "cancel" culture but it is a "selfish" culture that we have. Now as we go down this path in the South how long before it causes those of us who listened to science and tried to do what was right have to tell our kids they will miss another sports season or another school year because of the "selfishness" of people. This amazes me bu doesn't surprise me.

We had our first softball workout and a player said her sister had tested positive in June. Her sister was in self-quarantine for 2 weeks and is back at work. But our athlete was told she couldn't participate for at least another week. The girl was upset and she even said that telling the truth hurt her. As soon as these types of situations get out we will have to hope that kids and parents are being honest.

We were told by our trainer yesterday that if a kid test positive the local hospital is saying the kid will have to have cardiac clearance to return to play. The timeline starting from the positive test could be 4-5 weeks. It's very important for these kids to stay safe and form their own bubble to protect themselves.

I'm not making this political but some of the uneducated are. My wife is a nurse at our local hospital and we just had an increase of 43 cases in our area yesterday. Hopefully they are asymptomatic and they recover without needing hospitalization or worse yet a ventilator. From what I hear those are awful ways to spend your recovery or death. The following of IHSAA protocols for team activities is most important. We can't allow our players and their families to get sick. We all know that the blaming of schools will be the first thing that happens if an athlete or someone in their family gets sick. Teach empathy to your kids by wearing a mask and mandating social distancing. Let's get to 8/14 where we can play. Let's show the state that we can do this safely even if some of us don't want to follow the rules.

This isn't a political issue. Your sources aren't usable on a Junior High Science Paper.

Your sources: tecnocracy.news and the Ethical Skeptic are not the CDC. I feel that you need more reliable sources before you can make your claims.

Plymouth lost due to clock management by the coaches. The claims in the local paper that they were “going for the win.” But ran the ball with under 10 seconds to go without a timeout inside the ten is a misstatement. The sideline was chaos during that time. To blame the defense when a chance was there to win the game is wrong. The coaches and their experience should’ve understood that first and goal with two timeouts means you can’t run three times if you are trying to win then they haven’t learned anything. I feel for the kids and the fact that the coach blames the defense but doesn’t take the blame himself is arrogance. Hopefully the players can overcome the lack of leadership and win some games.