OT: 27 year old pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez out for year due to COVID complications
It’s not all about the death toll in this population apparently
There have been quite a few pieces lately about the lasting cardiovascular and pulmonary effects of COVID-19 (and all quite frightening to me anyway), and as someone who has issues in both of these areas although fortunately not from this particular virus, I am here to say that you should never fuck around with such issues however they occur. Hopefully, he can recover and eventually get back on the mound.
This is one of my concerns for college ball. It is certainly not unusual to find out one of these young men have an undiagnosed heart issue or other ailment that puts them squarely in the high risk category. While they certainly still have this threat in their normal day to day life, if something does happen to one of them because of playing ball it will be awful.
Each university and its league can be liable for athletes who practice and compete and then contract COVID that leads to chronic illness, disability and death.
Athletic preparation and competition is not worth the risk.
Every health profession’s code of ethics begins with “Do no harm.”
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August 2nd, 2020 at 10:00 AM ^
from the Mayo Clinic:
"In many cases, myocarditis improves on its own or with treatment, leading to a complete recovery. Myocarditis treatment focuses on the cause and the symptoms, such as heart failure. In mild cases, persons should avoid competitive sports for at least three to six months."
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/myocarditis/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20352544
Not good, but likely not a career-ending condition. Let's give it some time. Hope it works out for the best for him.
August 2nd, 2020 at 12:14 PM ^
There was a thread yesterday in which possible long term effects came up, and this guy's name was mentioned. Some of the data on this is alarming, but in my opinion (and those of most of the study authors) not conclusive. This needs to be area of worldwide focus immediately. Because if long term damage is true, it changes policy from "flatten the curve" to "prevent as many infections as possible".
My question here is how prevalent is something like this? At the site you note, the primary cause of this condition is a virus. And it's been around for a long time, well before Covd. I wonder if players in the past have sat out with this pre-Covd, and if yes, how prevalent that was. Or did some have this not realize it, or play through it.
There was an NHL player last October who had to sit out with this.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/nhl.nbcsports.com/2019/10/31/jets-letestu-shut-down-for-6-months-due-to-myocarditis/amp/
Most of the time, people with myocarditis get better on their own. The problem is, it can also quite easily cause fatal arrhythmias
August 2nd, 2020 at 10:59 AM ^
If you, or your son/daughter were given the option to play college sports this fall, would you?
with the research changing by the day, there are too many unknowns for me.
August 2nd, 2020 at 11:24 AM ^
Yup. I’m not as much worried about contracting COVID for the 2-3 weeks it Directly kicks my ass as much as the lingering effects that come afterwards.
Having once had a scary as hell bout with pneumonia I worry about both the short and long term effect of contracting covid.
Anything that makes simply breathing, something we do from the moment we are born to the very end of life, into a moment to moment struggle is not something to fk around with. .
Stay inside. If you have to leave the house, don’t.
But wait, I've been told by people here (and elsewhere) that young guys are the least likely to get the disease, have few complications, and should just shut up and dribble. Or whatever.
Anyway, these types of complications should be surprising; there has been a pretty consistent drumbeat from the medical profession that there are secondary infections and injuries from COVID-19 that can have long-term effects.
I give the NBA and NHL credit for being able to erect these bubbles to protect their players and staffs, but I don't see how any other sport could pull it off right now.
iTs aLL HyPe, ItS No WoRsE tHaN tHe ReGuLaR fLu. EvEn iF tHeY MaKe A vACcInE I WoNt GeT iT.
Heard some mouthbreather say this at the grocery store today ... I hate people
Did they call it the regular flu or the Chiiiiiina Flu? You know, the one that will one day just disappear.
Football season will be a recipe for disaster. All it takes is a 270+ lb lineman with an undiagnosed heart condition and... I won't finish the sentence. I hope university health depts step in.
And the other 20 something year olds going to parties every night are ok.