UAB Infectious Disease Director Dr. Michael Saag says that idea of herd immunity takes place when 70% of a population gets the disease. The current coronavirus infection rate is 4%. "If we’re talking about 250 million getting this, we’re dealing with a lot of deaths."
"We need heroes right now. We need heroes through sports. We're missing that. But I don't know when it's going to come, and we have to make sure to do it safely." --MAC Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher
“We’ve been heading in both higher education and intercollegiate athletics toward some sort of a tipping point and some sort of a reset of the enterprises. This is clearly accelerating that.” --MAC Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher
UAB Infectious Disease Director Dr. Michael Saag on what people can do to help have a football season. "It's staying out of crowds, wearing masks when we're out, and doing our best to avoid any situation where we're around people who aren't wearing masks."
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tells us despite the rising COVID cases on the West Coast, there haven't been any big outbreaks among Pac-12 football programs. "But it's getting harder and harder not to feel that the fall season may be doomed."