Most LSU football players have contracted and recovered from COVID-19, Coach Ed Orgeron said Tuesday, leaving training in the hope that those players will remain eligible to play for the most of the season before they want to be re-evaluated.
Orgeron made those comments as he discussed how he expected the option of healthy starters or regulars suddenly being considered ineligible to run for protective national champions due to a positive COVID-19 test.
The coach explained that because players who have recovered from COVID-19 do not have to be re-evaluated for 90 days in accordance with Southeastern Conference protocols, he believes he probably won’t have to worry that those who have returned from the virus will suddenly be excluded for it.
“I don’t think they’re all our players, yet most of our players catch him,” Orgeron said in a video conference, adding later that he didn’t know the percentage of the list he had tested positive.
“I think hopefully once you catch him, you probably won’t have it again,” Orgeron added. “I’m not a doctor. I think they have that 90-day window, so the maximum number of players who caught him, we think they’ll be eligible for the games.
“So we look at the players who caught him and say, “Okay, those guys are eligible,” Orgeron continued. We looked at the players who didn’t catch him; We tell them to be very, very careful to be eligible for games, but we know that players who don’t catch it, we have to have reinforcements in their position in case they catch him. So we took a look at our list in this way. “
Orgeron did not specify whether LSU players who tested positive had developed symptoms. While COVID-19, which killed more than 190,000 Americans, is more fatal in the elderly and others with pre-existing conditions, it has caused persistent fitness disorders in some more. other young and fit people, adding athletes.
The new coronavirus can affect several organs by adding the pívot. Boston Red Sox pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez, 27, is out all season while recovering from a virus-like pívot condition.
The SEC’s policy of not requiring evidence from players recovered for 90 days is based on medical findings that antibodies developed to combat COVID-19 offer at least short-term immunity that opposes contracting it again.
The LSU receives the state of Mississippi on September 26 to open a 10-game SEC calendar reserved for the league. The SEC canceled all games outside the conference due to the pandemic.
The Big Ten and Pac-12 announced in August that they would play football this fall, partly for fear of player safety. However, Big Ten discussed the option to allow football season to begin next month.
LSU officials have refused to make public accurate counts or even percentages of players who tested positive for antibodies or the disease itself. The virus has been spreading at alarming rates on college campuses since academics began to return during the fall semester, and some schools left in-person teaching.
Orgeron’s comments on Tuesday were strongly focused on how the virus would affect his ability to line up a team rather than the broader implications of a widespread epidemic among his players.
“I said to the team, “We want everyone. ” We don’t know what’s going on with COVID,” Orgeron said. “I think we have smart management, but once one child understands it, the next one has to go upstairs. “
Orgeron said the education staff told him who tested positive and who will be quarantined for how long, “and we want to make adjustments. “
Orgeron said that about two weeks ago, all offensive linemen were absent due to COVID-19 testing or tactile search, which prevented the Tigers from acting 11-on-11 for a few days.
“We adjusted very well,” Orgeron said.
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