Population % rate

[ThomOsborneMD]

not sure wtf it matters since fans aren’t gonna be allowed and players are in a bubble.This could F things up.

 

[klrgumby]

Somehow they must think the virus is still airborne if they need to factor in the surrounding community that the opposing team will never be subjected to.

 

[HCFord1]

Was my first question as well when I read the statement. Which population? The university as a whole? The city as a whole? The state as a whole?

Leave it to the Big Ten to take forever crafting a statement with more detail than anyone needed and still leave out a critical piece of information, leaving everybody confused once again.

 

[That SOB Van Owen]

Wait they are really doing this based on the population in the cities? Get ready for people in Lincoln and Columbus to refuse to get tested so as to not shut football down. This might be the dumbest thing ever.

 

[ThomOsborneMD]

Wait they are really doing this based on the population in the cities? Get ready for people in Lincoln and Columbus to refuse to get tested so as to not shut football down. This might be the dumbest thing ever.

Right. Really dumb.

 

[HuskerDocCo]

B1G losers.

 

[HCFord1]

Wait they are really doing this based on the population in the cities? Get ready for people in Lincoln and Columbus to refuse to get tested so as to not shut football down. This might be the dumbest thing ever.

Or a bunch of healthy people to start getting tested. Should we create task force now?

 

[Jim14510]

They can still practice if city/state whatever it is is in the red. Just have to use more protocols. Right?

Thats not such a big deal as long as it doesn't limit their practice.

 

[Jim14510]

Or a bunch of healthy people to start getting tested. Should we create task force now?

Thats what I was thinking. Flood the testing centers.

 

[HCFord1]

population has to just mean the team. numerator is total positive players and coaches and denominator is team and staff population. it’s their way of measuring how much of the team is currently Covid positive, not many tested positive that week. Otherwise you could be in the Orange each week for testing rate but cumulatively end up at almost 15%

 

[V-Doub]

Thats what I was thinking. Flood the testing centers.

With so many people being asymptomatic how do we really know who is virus free? Who do we send to flood the testing facility? Maybe just people who tested positive weeks/months ago and recovered? IDK? But nevertheless, this whole thing is a joke. The Karens have set us up to fail so they could say “I told you so”. That’s the only way their original decision to cancel (and their current stance not to restart) will not be scrutinized and even possibly praised for their foresight.

Absolute joke. They knew the pro-play camp would take any deal that got them potentially eligible for the playoff. So the fed them a shit sandwich, piss on them and called it rain. Just pathetic...

 

[V-Doub]

population has to just mean the team. numerator is total positive players and coaches and denominator is team and staff population. it’s their way of measuring how much of the team is currently Covid positive, not many tested positive that week. Otherwise you could be in the Orange each week for testing rate but cumulatively end up at almost 15%

How I understand it is... >5% for your team = code red lol and 7.5% for the local population = code red. It’s total bullshit, I’m guessing a number of teams won’t even be able to start on the 24th under these stipulations.

 

[HCFord1]

How I understand it is... >5% for your team = code red lol and 7.5% for the local population = code red. It’s total bullshit, I’m guessing a number of teams won’t even be able to start on the 24th under these stipulations.

I think that the metrics were named by a statistician who doesn’t understand how confusing it is to call the cumulative team rate the “population” rate. It’s totally asinine to consider population rate when there won’t be fans at games. But who knows, the Big Ten is dumb.

 

[HCFord1]

If it is the local population, then what impact does that even have? It doesn’t look like they suspend activities until it’s red/red. So a team can be orange for their own rate and have the same protocols regardless of whether the population is orange or red. What’s the purpose of not just measuring the team rate?

 

[V-Doub]

I think that the metrics were named by a statistician who doesn’t understand how confusing it is to call the cumulative team rate the “population” rate. It’s totally asinine to consider population rate when there won’t be fans at games. But who knows, the Big Ten is dumb.

It’s a total joke. It’s like telling someone they just won an all expense paid 7 days and 7 night vacation in Hawaii. All you have to do is swim there.

 

[Jim14510]

If it is the local population, then what impact does that even have? It doesn’t look like they suspend activities until it’s red/red. So a team can be orange for their own rate and have the same protocols regardless of whether the population is orange or red. What’s the purpose of not just measuring the team rate?

The way i read it is the team has to do more if the local community is red. I'm not sure what more entails. Also they have to "consider" canceling games if the local is red.

 

[Ext. 55]

not sure wtf it matters since fans aren’t gonna be allowed and players are in a bubble.This could F things up.

Just the B1Gs way to get the last laugh. That gray area opens up all things for those who didn’t want to play.

 

[HCFord1]

The way i read it is the team has to do more if the local community is red. I'm not sure what more entails. Also they have to "consider" canceling games if the local is red.

The thing is... we’ll never get to 7.5% for positivity rate in Lincoln or Nebraska with the way that we’re testing. If you read the description it’s positive cases divided by total population. We’re nowhere close to 7.5%.

 

[BIGSTICK67]

The way i read it is the team has to do more if the local community is red. I'm not sure what more entails. Also they have to "consider" canceling games if the local is red.

This was my interpretation as well.

 

[Jim14510]

The thing is... we’ll never get to 7.5% for positivity rate in Lincoln or Nebraska with the way that we’re testing. If you read the description it’s positive cases divided by total population. We’re nowhere close to 7.5%.

We're at 7.8% according to the tweet. Don't think we'll get that .4% decrease?