30-35 percent of Covid-19-positive Big Ten athletes had myocarditis

Re:30-35 percent of Covid-19-positive Big Ten athletes had m... by timr on Thursday September 03, 2020 @06:56PM (#24369778)

I'm not claiming that it's impossible that there are long-term Covid symptoms. It's clearly possible: we know that it happens to a non-trivial percentage of people who are infected with influenza, and other common viruses.

What we don't know -- and what articles like this ignore -- is how common and serious the symptoms are. And asking a group of people, one-quarter of whom haven't even tested positive for the virus, to self-report everything that has them feeling crummy, is not science.

The Atlantic is not a scientific journal, but their "science writer" should at least be aware of this basic standard of evidence, and at best, avoid the temptation to spread panic based on speculation.

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Re:30-35 percent of Covid-19-positive Big Ten athletes had m... by perl4ever on Thursday September 03, 2020 @07:37PM (#24370083)

>is not science.

Like you say, it's the Atlantic, not a scientific journal. I prefer to say "not terribly useful or accurate" rather than "not science".

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Re:30-35 percent of Covid-19-positive Big Ten athletes had m... by timr on Thursday September 03, 2020 @09:38PM (#24370928)

In normal times, I could care less what the Atlantic chooses to publish under the name of "science". But right now, thoughtless misinformation from media authorities is leading to panic, and it's the equivalent of yelling "fire" in a crowded theater.

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Re:30-35 percent of Covid-19-positive Big Ten athletes had m... by perl4ever on Thursday September 03, 2020 @11:22PM (#24371412)

To me, it's the equivalent of yelling "fire" in a theater crowded with 300 million people, all of whom are on fire.

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Re:30-35 percent of Covid-19-positive Big Ten athletes had m... by timr on Friday September 04, 2020 @01:50AM (#24372098)

Panic does not change the facts.

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Re:30-35 percent of Covid-19-positive Big Ten athletes had m... by rumanator on Friday September 04, 2020 @02:28AM (#24372263)

Don't you believe it's a good thing to discuss facts and findings about a pandemic which already infected a few million people around the world, and changed everyone's lives?

I mean,in the US alone covid already killed nearly 190k people from a pool of around 6200k infected. Doesn't this justify having informed evidence-based discussions?

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