'Let Them Play' (high school sports in Michigan)

[AllGold]

It turns out the creator/leader of this Let Them Play group is a QAnon nut who went to D.C. on Jan. 6th.

"In posts, McElvany has posted skepticism about COVID, including misinformation about how many people die.

In the group, McElvany stated that she will “give you the most up to date info I have about the election fraud, the virus, Biblical truths, the cabal, the political corruption, world corruption, end times, child sex trafficking, NWO [New World Order]… all the important stuff!”"

https://www.michiganadvance.com/2021/01/...spiracies/

[Sam3]

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What I see here is a symptom of what this pandemic is doing to teens. The isolation along with boredom and restriction from even the most mundane activities is ruining their emotional health and overall well-being. Heartbreaking.

Sure, but let's address that. I'm not sure the solution is to try to kill grandma and grandpa.
I didn't suggest that was the solution, but congrats on stating the obvious.
You know that was hyperbole and not directed at you. Or if you didn't know... it was.

[Again, not directed at you...] I'm having a tough time understanding people on this. There are many people who are really upset and really angry with the delay in playing sports. I don't get it.

Going back to fall sports in Michigan, they were shut down before the quarterfinal and semifinal level. When they were finally allowed to resume in January (weird having high school football outdoors in Michigan in January), they instituted rapid testing of all athletes. The MHSAA says there was a 1% positivity rate. The Let Them Play people perverted the stats to say it was only a 0.1% positivity rate because the athletes were tested multiple times. :RollingEyesSmiley5: But even the true 1% of athletes stat doesn't take into account that there were only a small fraction of schools still playing because it was the playoffs and most had already been eliminated. AND, some of the teams forfeited because of Covid problems so they weren't even tested.
Not only that, but some high school football team coaches discouraged testing. Why? Because if a kid was found positive, the whole team had to quarantine and would forfeit the next games. My wife's colleague (she's a nurse) had her football-playing son tested when the son exhibited Covid-like symptoms. When the coach found out he lit into her.

Getting back to the topic at hand, if you look at the pictures, there are people who are either mask-less or are wearing masks incorrectly. Talk about a possible super-spreader event!

[AllGold]

Yes, and it looks like mask compliance at this latest rally was far better than the previous two rallies.