The Shadow Over College Athletics
Prognosis: Misconception
Bloomberg
4.1 • 838 Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2020
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
About a dozen student athletes have experienced heart inflammation after being diagnosed with the disease. The NCAA’s chief medical officer discussed the cases of myocarditis, a heart condition that can cause sudden death in young athletes, at a briefing last week. His remarks came two days after the Big Ten and Pac-12 announced they would postpone fall sports. Angelica LaVito reports that the new complication is casting a shadow over college athletics, and creating questions about what the disease does to young people.
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| 0:35.0 | Welcome to Prognosis. I'm Laura Carlson. It's day 159 since coronavirus was declared a global pandemic. |
| 0:44.8 | Today's main story, many are still hoping some college sports can move ahead in the fall. |
| 0:51.3 | But amid the controversy about whether that's safe, a new threat has merged, |
| 0:57.5 | a possible COVID-19 complication that can be fatal for young athletes. But first, here's what |
| 1:06.0 | happened in virus news today. |
| 1:22.1 | COVID-19 cases in U.S. nursing homes surged last month, surpassing the previous peak in May. |
| 1:29.4 | That's according to a new report from the American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living. |
| 1:40.6 | The report shows that nursing home cases are up dramatically in the very same places where virus levels have spiked in the general population. |
| 1:48.9 | 78% of new nursing home cases in July were in Sunbelt states, where the virus is spreading rapidly. |
| 1:51.2 | Hong Kong's government extended all existing social distancing measures for another week. |
| 1:56.7 | The measures include an evening dine-in ban at restaurants, a two-person public gathering limit, and |
| 2:04.4 | mask requirements. A government spokesman said that the COVID situation was severe and allowed |
| 2:12.2 | no room to let up on distancing rules. He also said the country should get prepared for a possible winter surge, or a fourth wave, |
| 2:23.1 | coinciding with the usual flu season. |
| 2:26.9 | Finally, many people are still opting not to fly. |
| 2:31.7 | Ryanair Holdings, Europe's largest discount airline, said it would cut its flight |
| 2:36.8 | capacity by 20% in September and October, because so few people have booked flights. The company |
| 2:45.3 | blames continuing uncertainty over recent COVID case rates in some countries for the weekend bookings. |
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