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Mcdowell_weather said:
I personally pay attention to the percentage of positive cases.. what's intriguing is the persentage of positive cases is rising in some of the states that have lowered testing. That tells me there's widespread transmission in communities that are not being tested.
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IMO, this was a forgone conclusion once school started back for MOST communities. They were simply hedging that bet on the belief that children were an unlikely candidate for transmission to adults, severe complications, yada, yada.

We will soon find out.
 
Heelyes said:
Anyone remember Micheal Ojo? He played for FSU a few years ago, he had covid and died of heart failure at 27.
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He was 7'1, 300lbs.

Not trying to stir the pot here but I would be willing to BET HOUSE MONEY that he had underlying heart conditions. Many people that size do.

www.sciencedaily.com

Taller people have increased risk for developing atrial fibrillation: Height is a causal risk factor for AFib: Study

Taller people have an increased risk of developing atrial fibrillation (AFib), an irregular and often rapid heartbeat that can lead to stroke, heart failure and other complications, according to a new study. The research, which reveals a strong link between the genetic variants associated with...
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BlueRidgeFolklore said:
He was 7'1, 300lbs.

Not trying to stir the pot here but I would be willing to BET HOUSE MONEY that he had underlying heart conditions. Many people that size do.

www.sciencedaily.com

Taller people have increased risk for developing atrial fibrillation: Height is a causal risk factor for AFib: Study

Taller people have an increased risk of developing atrial fibrillation (AFib), an irregular and often rapid heartbeat that can lead to stroke, heart failure and other complications, according to a new study. The research, which reveals a strong link between the genetic variants associated with...
www.sciencedaily.com
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Few die at 27
 
7 plus footers are already more likely to die early. It just doesn't happen as often anymore with modern medicine. Maybe not as early as 27, but earlier than normal.

Should also add that I was reading a page that had an area for people that have died of myocarditis that they contracted from the other viruses you can get.

Should I be in panic mode about contracting any virus?
 
Heelyes said:
I can't think of anyone that died that young, most big men are reaching their prime at 27. It could be a coincidence or it could become a more common event
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I’m sure the virus played a role but being that big helps increase the chances. That’s why we are seeing these NFL linemen opting out. Being big plus this virus is a no go.
 
Heelyes said:
I can't think of anyone that died that young, most big men are reaching their prime at 27. It could be a coincidence or it could become a more common event
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Reggie Lewis and Hang Gathers are 2 I can think of. However, there are differing opinions on Reggie Lewis whether this was also caused by past cocaine use. In the autopsy report it does state that he had scarring due to adenovirus.

www.courant.com

LEWIS: AUTOPSY REPORT

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Heelyes said:
Few die at 27
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Few are 7'1 and 300lbs+

Again, it's common knowledge that guys that size commonly have heart problems. It takes a lot of toll pushing blood through a body that size let alone one who is very active.

theundefeated.com

The NBA seeks to address a spiking problem with heart disease

Golden State Warriors assistant coach Jarron Collins learned about yet another heart-related death of a former NBA big man after receiving a call from his twin …
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NoSnowATL said:
I’m sure the virus played a role but being that big helps increase the chances. That’s why we are seeing these NFL linemen opting out. Being big plus this virus is a no go.
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The virus may have played a role but it was likely that there heart issues prior, due to his size, activity level, performance enhancing use, who knows. That has been THE preaching point for this entire virus: If you are high risk, you stand a greater chance at having complications. Being 7'1, 300+ certainly doesn't make it easy on the heart let alone fighting a virus.
 
BlueRidgeFolklore said:
The virus may have played a role but it was likely that there heart issues prior, due to his size, activity level, performance enhancing use, who knows. That has been THE preaching point for this entire virus: If you are high risk, you stand a greater chance at having complications. Being 7'1, 300+ certainly doesn't make it easy on the heart let alone fighting a virus.
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He very easily could have been destined for a short life but the timing of his death makes it likely covid-19 played some role. He was complaining of being tired and unable to do normal workout days prior to his death. If being exceptionally large makes you more likely to die from covid-19 sports are in trouble
 
Covid-19 most likely killed him, but he was much more susceptible based on his size. Basically, it’s like he had a comorbidity. He was at a much higher risk than a typical individual.

Mind you, I’m not a medical professional nor do I know all the details of this case, so take this with a grain of salt.
 
Heelyes said:
He very easily could have been destined for a short life but the timing of his death makes it likely covid-19 played some role. He was complaining of being tired and unable to do normal workout days prior to his death. If being exceptionally large makes you more likely to die from covid-19 sports are in trouble
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Yeah exactly because in football almost everyone is abnormally large, we can’t just brush this aside and say he died because he was big, because if that’s true we have some serious problems.

It’s kind of ironic how some continually pestered me yesterday about there not being any athletes dying from Covid-19 and thus we should play football, and then literally the very next day this happens. Huh, it’s almost like taking precautions to protect players from something, even if it didn’t happen yet, was actually a good idea. Shocking
 
There could be more questions than answers here. Sure we shouldn't just brush this aside and say he died because he was big (actually nobody said those exact words) but we shouldn't just post a comment that could lead one to believe he died entirely due to COVID-19 either and automatically link to athletes dying from COVID.

He's also in Nigeria, not the best medical care potentially? He didn't follow doctor's orders and didn't listen to his body.... there is almost always more to the story.

www.eurohoops.net

Michael Ojo was coronavirus positive prior to his death

Crvena Zvezda president Nebojsa Covic revealed that Michael Ojo was coronavirus positive prior to his tragic death, that he trained prematurely and that there is an ongoing investigation to establish his cause of death
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**edit** Correction, don't think he was in Nigeria at the time, I misread that... he is Nigerian. Think he was in Serbia, at least that is the team he played for, doesn't help that's for sure.
 
metwannabe said:
There could be more questions than answers here. Sure we shouldn't just brush this aside and say he died because he was big (actually nobody said those exact words) but we shouldn't just post a comment that could lead one to believe he died entirely due to COVID-19 either and automatically link to athletes dying from COVID.

He's also in Nigeria, not the best medical care potentially? He didn't follow doctor's orders and didn't listen to his body.... there is almost always more to the story.

www.eurohoops.net

Michael Ojo was coronavirus positive prior to his death

Crvena Zvezda president Nebojsa Covic revealed that Michael Ojo was coronavirus positive prior to his tragic death, that he trained prematurely and that there is an ongoing investigation to establish his cause of death
www.eurohoops.net www.eurohoops.net

**edit** Correction, don't think he was in Nigeria at the time, I misread that... he is Nigerian. Think he was in Serbia, at least that is the team he played for, doesn't help that's for sure.
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No, many people are attributing his death to size that led to his underlying heart issues (despite his great physical condition) and made him more vulnerable. From the standpoint of trying to say COVID-19 won’t adversely impact or kill athletes as was the popular stance in here yesterday, is just horrible reasoning, especially for football players, where everyone is gigantic and even larger in some cases than Ojo.
 
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