It took baseball an eternity to figure things out, but eventually they did. I don't expect football to be any different.
- buffalofan19
Agreement wise, probably.
Infection wise, very, very much different on-field, IMO.
If they can't trap virtually 100% of the infected, the style of play will lend to a much higher risk of transmission. The false-negative rates of these tests aren't fool proof.
From Johns Hopkins research...
"the authors pooled data from seven previously published studies (two preprints and five peer-reviewed articles, total n = 1,330) providing results"
“A negative test, whether or not a person has symptoms, doesn’t guarantee that they aren’t infected by the virus,” she added. “How we respond to, and interpret, a negative test is very important because we place others at risk when we assume the test is perfect.”
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The false-negative rate for SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR testing is highly variable: highest within the first 5 days after exposure (up to 67%), and lowest on day 8 after exposure (21%).
