The entire country should switch to antigen tests. The PCR tests are way too...

Sep 21, 2020
10:27:09pm

TempeCoug All-American

...too sensitive. If we switched to antigen tests for the entire country our cases would drop dramatically. See this article from The NY Times about it.

The New York Times

Your Coronavirus Test Is Positive. Maybe It Shouldn’t Be.

The usual diagnostic tests may simply be too sensitive and too slow to contain the spread of the virus.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/29/health/coronavirus-testing.html[https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/29/health/coronavirus-testing.amp.html]

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Anyone else find it very, very peculiar that after two weeks of NFL there has not been one single...

46in96 Starter

9/21/20 10:07pm

Seems statistically near-zero possibility

Coog4Life

9/21/20 10:10pm

It’s impossible. It’s like saying no NFL player right now has a common cold. There’s no way.

46in96

9/21/20 10:12pm

Oh great. Common Cold. Shhhh. You're giving more ideas to conference leadership.

Ripliancum

9/22/20 5:39am

It's actually a great point. Players were testing + a lot before the season.

dezzy

9/21/20 10:12pm

The NFL is king, we have been trying to say this for years as fans

USMCdad

9/21/20 10:12pm

There’s a decent chance they just don’t announce their positives. Eg Ryquell

2018grad

9/21/20 10:12pm

I wouldn’t be surprised if they have tests that are less sensitive

v1k0u6

9/21/20 10:13pm

Yep. I bet anyone with a positive PCR is told to take the rapid antigen test that’s less sensitive, and if that comes

Mike Honcho

9/21/20 10:15pm

That’s interesting. If that’s what the NFL is doing, Goodell and crew are geniuses. The whole of society would be so

46in96

9/21/20 10:17pm

The entire country should switch to antigen tests. The PCR tests are way too...

TempeCoug

9/21/20 10:27pm

Seems to point to it definitely being controlled. There should’ve been even a false positive or something.

RdF3

9/21/20 10:13pm

There have been false positives

YIsForBrigham

9/21/20 10:13pm

Since the season started?

RdF3

9/21/20 10:14pm

Ah good point. Not that I’ve heard of

YIsForBrigham

9/21/20 10:24pm

Just need BYU to copy whatever it is they are doing

Mr. Scoobs

9/21/20 10:14pm

Amen to that. Think Goodell will take Holmoe’s call? 😂

46in96

9/21/20 10:15pm

Many purposely got it in the summer is my guess. This happened with many college

CSoul

9/21/20 10:14pm

Can't the same be said about the MLB?

Hinta

9/21/20 10:21pm

They've had positive tests, and canceled games.

fredgarvin

9/21/20 10:23pm

Yeah, the Cardinals didn't play for like three weeks because of COVID cases on the team. They've been playing double

bag

9/22/20 6:27am

It's because they wear masks while playing.

777

9/21/20 10:27pm

Duh. How did I miss that?! 🤦‍♂️ What’s funny is that my son (8) has a cold and cough... and no one follows the rules

46in96

9/21/20 10:28pm

So this is what society comes to? We can’t handle the truth anymore?

Cougarclaw

9/21/20 10:28pm

I posted about this last week.

TADOW

9/21/20 10:28pm

Sorry I missed it... assumed it wasn’t an original idea on the board. Just baffles me.

46in96

9/21/20 10:33pm

No need to be sorry. Even more fascinating after week 2.

TADOW

9/21/20 10:39pm

What really blows my mind is that the media is ignoring it completely. They’ll report zero positives. Then immediately

46in96

9/21/20 10:42pm

Same here. Statistically its impossible.

WJCougar

9/21/20 10:59pm

The NFL is showing the other leagues how to run a professional sports league

USMCdad

9/21/20 11:06pm

The NFL won’t have any reported Covid positives the whole season. Because they

scorpiondynamo

9/21/20 11:33pm

Probably because they know that people view sports as a release from COVID, real

RUNBYU1

9/22/20 12:34am

There are a handful of countries this is also seen.

kiyoshige

9/22/20 4:52am

The Cardinals placed a player on the Covid reserve list the other day

PHXSUNS31

9/22/20 7:23am

Good for them for not reporting them!

Fervent Cougar

9/22/20 8:07am

Right. But they aren’t just NOT talking about it. They are telling the media “zero positive tests”. Not disclosing is

46in96

9/22/20 8:08am

Are they saying “zero positive tests”? I honestly haven’t been paying attention

PHXSUNS31

9/22/20 8:35am

I found this article reporting positives

PHXSUNS31

9/22/20 8:43am

Good find. Odd that ESPN keeps going on air with “zero positives”.

46in96

9/22/20 9:02am

Yes... just the other morning ESPN / Sportscenter reported zero positives in latest round of testing.

Your Coronavirus Test Is Positive. Maybe It Shouldn’t Be.

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