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Speaker 1: if they're sick enough, we will actually they will come

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Speaker 1: to our office. Otherwise, this is a process that plays

429
00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:20,920
Speaker 1: out in their in their homes or in the hotel. UM.

430
00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:25,320
Speaker 1: And that and that has been uh lived through on

431
00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:31,600
Speaker 1: just thankfully very few occasions so far this year. UH.

432
00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:36,960
Speaker 1: Transportation and travel again, medical staff working hand and glove

433
00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:41,080
Speaker 1: with the operations people and every other department in this UM,

434
00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:45,600
Speaker 1: in this building in terms of the incredible uh attention

435
00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:49,760
Speaker 1: to need to detail that is required to plan a

436
00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:54,480
Speaker 1: large traveling party to travel to an away game. UM.

437
00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:58,280
Speaker 1: Obviously you know that. Uh. There there's a restricted list

438
00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:02,560
Speaker 1: only tier one and tier tier tier two people can travel. Uh.

439
00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:07,520
Speaker 1: They will be wearing masks constantly. UM. We have discussions

440
00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:11,160
Speaker 1: about whether to have food on the planes, uh, just

441
00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:13,800
Speaker 1: because of the slight increased risk of taking your mask

442
00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,880
Speaker 1: off to eat for a period of time. Obviously, everybody

443
00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:20,439
Speaker 1: will be in their own hotel rooms. Buses will be

444
00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:25,720
Speaker 1: kept at capacity or less to provide proper distancing UM

445
00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:30,600
Speaker 1: open seating between airplane passengers just like uh and UH,

446
00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:33,840
Speaker 1: just like you you may have experienced if you travel

447
00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:37,160
Speaker 1: on an airplane UH in the last couple of months,

448
00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:41,600
Speaker 1: just the amount of detail UH that is required to

449
00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:45,359
Speaker 1: think about every conceivable weak link in the chain, so

450
00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:48,919
Speaker 1: to speak. UH. From the time we leave Baltimore to

451
00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:51,840
Speaker 1: the time we come back, players will not be allowed

452
00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:53,480
Speaker 1: to leave the hotel. Will none of us will be

453
00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:55,400
Speaker 1: allowed to leave the hotel to go out to eat

454
00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:58,760
Speaker 1: like some people like to do. Uh. No visitors, no

455
00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:01,679
Speaker 1: family members coming to see the players and all of us.

456
00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:05,040
Speaker 1: That happens frequently when we're on the road. Uh. So

457
00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:09,119
Speaker 1: on and so forth. UM. And then we also talked

458
00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:13,680
Speaker 1: to the players about the fan engagement and the media engagement,

459
00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:17,240
Speaker 1: which uh preaching to the choir in terms of of

460
00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:20,600
Speaker 1: the people who understand the limitations that go along with that.

461
00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:26,159
Speaker 1: So this was uh, you know, nineteen slides. Uh. Some

462
00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:28,400
Speaker 1: of the slides are actually outdated even though they're only

463
00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:32,080
Speaker 1: two or three weeks old, because things have changed. UM.

464
00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:35,840
Speaker 1: That's another constant message to the players and everybody in

465
00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:38,879
Speaker 1: the staff. This is uh this, this is a constantly

466
00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:42,880
Speaker 1: changing sort of situation in an environment and uh, and

467
00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:45,960
Speaker 1: we we just have to be ready to adapt to

468
00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:51,040
Speaker 1: whatever whatever comes our way. I would say the beginning

469
00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:54,359
Speaker 1: here has been really good. And again I have not

470
00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:58,640
Speaker 1: really been a part of anything where so many um,

471
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Speaker 1: both at the national level with the p A and

472
00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:05,480
Speaker 1: the league, as well as here on our micro level

473
00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:08,119
Speaker 1: at the club. Everybody pulling in the same direction to

474
00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:11,399
Speaker 1: make something happen in a positive way to keep us

475
00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:16,840
Speaker 1: all safe. It's just been incredibly impressive. So UM hopefully

476
00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:21,439
Speaker 1: our our our good start will continue. So I will

477
00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:25,840
Speaker 1: UM sorry you couldn't see the slides. Uh. I think

478
00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:30,280
Speaker 1: they're publicly available according to the league. UM, but maybe

479
00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:32,760
Speaker 1: chat and the and the team can send them your

480
00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:35,919
Speaker 1: way if you're interested in seeing them. But UM, I

481
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:39,240
Speaker 1: will go ahead and shut it down and open it

482
00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:43,199
Speaker 1: up for for questions. Hi, Dr Tucker, this is a

483
00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:46,080
Speaker 1: Daniel your fussy from the bottom 's sun. UM. I

484
00:27:46,119 --> 00:27:48,879
Speaker 1: know you mentioned that. UM. You know players who are

485
00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:53,160
Speaker 1: they start test positive for CODED upon returning the under

486
00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:56,400
Speaker 1: going like a kind of a car card scan. Um.

487
00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:58,120
Speaker 1: At the college level, there's been a lot of talk

488
00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:01,120
Speaker 1: about a mile car card dita, the health, the heart

489
00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:03,440
Speaker 1: condition kind of length to COVID. How much of that

490
00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:05,720
Speaker 1: is um, I guess the concern for you as a

491
00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:08,159
Speaker 1: position and just overall just how much of you have

492
00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:10,640
Speaker 1: to read up on that and just other things linked

493
00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:14,399
Speaker 1: to COVID. Yeah, a good question, and UM it's a

494
00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:17,520
Speaker 1: concern early on in this illness of the people that

495
00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:21,720
Speaker 1: were taking care of the sickest patients in the hospital. UH,

496
00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:25,359
Speaker 1: meaning the i CU doctors and the pulmonary doctors noted

497
00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:28,080
Speaker 1: early on that a high percentage of patients that were

498
00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:32,320
Speaker 1: cared for in the hospital with COVID infections had a

499
00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:36,640
Speaker 1: high percentage of cardiac involvement, meaning inflammation of the heart,

500
00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:40,560
Speaker 1: which is the mayocarditis that you alluded to. UH. Now,

501
00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:45,000
Speaker 1: myocarditis is not totally unknown to us. If you if

502
00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:48,400
Speaker 1: you look at the literature and sports medicine, mayocarditis is

503
00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:52,400
Speaker 1: one of the rare causes of sudden cardiac arrest in

504
00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:56,320
Speaker 1: our athletes, and it is usually caused by a virus

505
00:28:56,800 --> 00:29:00,760
Speaker 1: that causes inflammation in the heart. It's very air fortunately,

506
00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:03,160
Speaker 1: but it can happen, and it can happen to any

507
00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:07,000
Speaker 1: theoretically any virus, but certain viruses tend to make it

508
00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:11,480
Speaker 1: more happy, make it more likely. Unfortunately, COVID has proven

509
00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:16,240
Speaker 1: early on to to be a virus that tends to

510
00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:21,480
Speaker 1: involve the heart. And the biggest question is uh A Daniel,

511
00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:27,280
Speaker 1: whether um, whether people that have been asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic,

512
00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:31,560
Speaker 1: what their risk is with respect to myocarditis. We understand

513
00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:35,840
Speaker 1: that people that are very sick with COVID have probably

514
00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:41,200
Speaker 1: a significant percentage of risk for myocarditis. What we are

515
00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:45,520
Speaker 1: sorting through and and gaining more knowledge about is people

516
00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:47,920
Speaker 1: that have just been exposed to the virus and have

517
00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:53,200
Speaker 1: no symptoms or had minimal symptoms. We are we are

518
00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:59,280
Speaker 1: learning every week whether any of those people have increased

519
00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:05,680
Speaker 1: risk for heart troubles. So from day one, the protocols

520
00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:10,400
Speaker 1: have been very conservative with respect to the heart. UM.

521
00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:13,800
Speaker 1: If somebody tests positive for COVID, or has a history

522
00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:17,560
Speaker 1: of a probable COVID infection, or has antibodies to COVID,

523
00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:20,800
Speaker 1: they have to go through a series of cardiac tests

524
00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:26,480
Speaker 1: before they're allowed to participate. UM. That's certainly in the

525
00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:28,719
Speaker 1: case of the NFL, And I know it's you know,

526
00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:34,200
Speaker 1: all the major leagues and UH and colleges. Um are

527
00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:37,200
Speaker 1: you know, are sorting through these what's the right thing

528
00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:41,280
Speaker 1: to do for the athletes returning after a potential COVID exposure.

529
00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:44,760
Speaker 1: It's UM, it is a concern. I would say, I

530
00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:47,760
Speaker 1: think the risk is low, but how low is a

531
00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:50,440
Speaker 1: little bit premature to say, because we just don't have

532
00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:55,200
Speaker 1: the data. This hasn't been going on that long. Hey, doctor,

533
00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:59,520
Speaker 1: this is uh Adam Kilgore from the Washington Post. Um,

534
00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:03,120
Speaker 1: thank you, but thanks for doing this. UM. I wondered,

535
00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:06,120
Speaker 1: like you mentioned when you were talking before about how,

536
00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:09,200
Speaker 1: like you know, some of the slides are outdated, even

537
00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:12,160
Speaker 1: though they're on like two or three weeks old. UM,

538
00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:16,040
Speaker 1: along those lines, Has anything since players started coming in

539
00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:19,840
Speaker 1: surprised you, or if you had to change protocols in

540
00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:23,080
Speaker 1: any in any way, whether that's because the science has changed,

541
00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:26,560
Speaker 1: or be just because you found once you started doing

542
00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:29,600
Speaker 1: it in practice that it's not practical, or that there's

543
00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:32,360
Speaker 1: a better way to do ex protocol or something like that.

544
00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:38,280
Speaker 1: Good question. I would say, Um, nothing dramatic in terms

545
00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:41,920
Speaker 1: of our protocols have changed. The thing I referenced, which

546
00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:45,440
Speaker 1: everybody has read, is you know the so called falls

547
00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:49,560
Speaker 1: positive or presumed positive. I think in Matt stafford, UM,

548
00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:53,320
Speaker 1: that that's the product that that is the one thing

549
00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:57,160
Speaker 1: that has really slightly changed. So I would summarize that

550
00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:02,400
Speaker 1: changed by the fact that, UM, and this mirrors what

551
00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:04,880
Speaker 1: the CDC. This is not. This is not the NFL

552
00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:08,280
Speaker 1: doing this on their own. The CDC has sort of

553
00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:12,880
Speaker 1: gotten away from a testing based protocol. UH in terms

554
00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:15,320
Speaker 1: of determining who is able to return to work and

555
00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:19,280
Speaker 1: return to play. They've they've moved towards a time based protocol,

556
00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:23,440
Speaker 1: meaning that if you or I have the virus, even

557
00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:27,240
Speaker 1: with no symptoms, we we must wait ten days. UM

558
00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:31,240
Speaker 1: be asymptomatic for a day completely symptomatic, then go through

559
00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:35,320
Speaker 1: the hard testing. So early the early protocols Adam, we

560
00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:40,960
Speaker 1: talked about um uh A one pathway of a return

561
00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:44,360
Speaker 1: to play was a couple of consecutive negative tests within

562
00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:47,880
Speaker 1: five days. They've sort of gotten away from that. UM.

563
00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:50,560
Speaker 1: Not to get too much into the weeds, but the

564
00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:54,080
Speaker 1: the issue of course with with some players, and they

565
00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:57,200
Speaker 1: lived through this in Detroit, is is that a player

566
00:32:57,240 --> 00:33:00,000
Speaker 1: had multiple negatives and then turned up with a positive

567
00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:03,080
Speaker 1: and then had followed by multiple negatives. The question is, well,

568
00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:06,360
Speaker 1: how can that happen? And we could spend most of

569
00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:09,760
Speaker 1: the rest of the afternoon sort of discussing the possibilities

570
00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:12,240
Speaker 1: there which we won't we won't do. I would say

571
00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:15,320
Speaker 1: that that's the main change in the in the protocol

572
00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:19,440
Speaker 1: that I was referring to as it relates to the building. UM,

573
00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:24,360
Speaker 1: there's constantly sort of a I would say, everybody that's

574
00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:28,360
Speaker 1: UH involved with this is constantly living looking at how

575
00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:31,440
Speaker 1: to do things, you know, better. Uh, No different than

576
00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:35,240
Speaker 1: football coaches looking at the product on the field. UM.

577
00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:39,120
Speaker 1: There have been some minor tweaks within the building, but

578
00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:44,000
Speaker 1: amazingly UM again, if you, if you, if you could

579
00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:47,320
Speaker 1: do a walk through and see the changes, I think

580
00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:51,400
Speaker 1: you would be amazed and impressed to the extent with

581
00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:56,080
Speaker 1: which these clubs are are invested in this. I guess

582
00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:59,160
Speaker 1: the only uh, the only thing I can think of

583
00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:03,400
Speaker 1: that was the biggest change was when the hurricane went through.

584
00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:05,680
Speaker 1: We had we had we had to get rid of

585
00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:10,279
Speaker 1: the drive through testing and um and make do on

586
00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:12,759
Speaker 1: a on a day. Um. But fortunately we have We're

587
00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:15,040
Speaker 1: blessed with a lot of space out here and we're

588
00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:17,920
Speaker 1: able to accomplish that day. That the that the that

589
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,279
Speaker 1: the hurricane blew through with all those inches of rain,

590
00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:23,279
Speaker 1: that that was probably the most challenging thing I think

591
00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:30,400
Speaker 1: so far, Dr Dr Tucker. It's mark to be on

592
00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:36,120
Speaker 1: w j C t v U. Obviously different circumstances, A

593
00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:38,959
Speaker 1: number of colleges aren't going to play football this year.

594
00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:42,279
Speaker 1: In your medical opinion, what would it take for the

595
00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:45,400
Speaker 1: NFL to have to consider that it couldn't play football?

596
00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:48,440
Speaker 1: What has to happen or what has to be avoided

597
00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:52,239
Speaker 1: for you guys to uh have your season. Well, I

598
00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:57,160
Speaker 1: think it. I can't speak for major colleges, although I

599
00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:01,200
Speaker 1: kind of understand where they're coming from. It's it's a

600
00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:07,080
Speaker 1: different setting, um the college campuses, Uh, just a different

601
00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:10,960
Speaker 1: setting in terms of risk, I think. UM, I think

602
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:16,200
Speaker 1: there's some of the college docs UM and medical advisories, uh,

603
00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:22,440
Speaker 1: the counseling, the the the conferences are certainly you know,

604
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:25,799
Speaker 1: have talked about the potential cardiac stuff and and and

605
00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:29,280
Speaker 1: the fact that they may not be comfortable with where

606
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:32,719
Speaker 1: our understanding of all this is. As far as uh,

607
00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:35,879
Speaker 1: the NFL, I mean that's really probably a question for

608
00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:40,919
Speaker 1: Dr Sills and Dr Mayor and the people at the top.

609
00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:44,839
Speaker 1: I mean, from my vantage point, market will just come

610
00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:50,880
Speaker 1: down to, UM, you know, the ability to maintain a

611
00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:55,000
Speaker 1: low positivity rate consistently weekend and week out, you know,

612
00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:58,680
Speaker 1: will be uh will be critical. I mean we all

613
00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:01,279
Speaker 1: assume that there'll be a positive here or there, and

614
00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:05,600
Speaker 1: then the and then the critical the critical thing that

615
00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:08,280
Speaker 1: we have to accomplish is when that when that happens,

616
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:12,600
Speaker 1: is um sort of rapid identification of that person, appropriate

617
00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:16,560
Speaker 1: isolation and minimizing the risk of any spread so that

618
00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:20,239
Speaker 1: we have you know, one or two people that might

619
00:36:20,239 --> 00:36:23,480
Speaker 1: be affected and not eight or ten or twelve like

620
00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:29,080
Speaker 1: we we saw in the world of baseball recently. So, UM,

621
00:36:29,239 --> 00:36:32,840
Speaker 1: that's it. That's just you know, my two cents worth.

622
00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:37,240
Speaker 1: That's a that's a huge question that we all think about. Uh,

623
00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:39,520
Speaker 1: and we wonder. Uh, you know, I tell people, I

624
00:36:39,520 --> 00:36:43,240
Speaker 1: think we're gonna we're gonna start, hope we're gonna finish.

625
00:36:43,239 --> 00:36:46,279
Speaker 1: But what would be the criteria by by which we

626
00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:50,200
Speaker 1: might not be able to finish? Um? That's obviously up

627
00:36:50,239 --> 00:36:54,040
Speaker 1: to the people in in New York and Washington and

628
00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:56,480
Speaker 1: and and with a lot of interaction I think with

629
00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:59,360
Speaker 1: the government affairs in the in the in the cities

630
00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:02,120
Speaker 1: and so forth. Earth that there's just a lot of

631
00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:08,120
Speaker 1: communication going on between clubs and states and their cities

632
00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:13,439
Speaker 1: and health departments and so forth. And it's uh, there's

633
00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:15,560
Speaker 1: a lot of moving parts, that's uh. And I knew

634
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:22,000
Speaker 1: you understand that as well as anybody from Ravens the

635
00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:26,719
Speaker 1: Spanish radio Dr Tucker. Is there a plan to keep

636
00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:35,520
Speaker 1: a quarterback isolated as apprecation against an outbreak in the position? Uh?

637
00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:38,040
Speaker 1: If if I understood you right, is there is there

638
00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:41,600
Speaker 1: a plan to keep the quarterback isolated to keep them

639
00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:46,640
Speaker 1: from being infected. I know not that I know of.

640
00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:51,839
Speaker 1: UM I can't. I can't speculate as too if things

641
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:55,800
Speaker 1: change in the community or changed in the team or something,

642
00:37:56,040 --> 00:38:01,960
Speaker 1: that there might be a different approach. UM. I wouldn't.

643
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:06,239
Speaker 1: I wouldn't rule it out. Um And And actually, I

644
00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:10,920
Speaker 1: mean you could extend that to UH player positions for

645
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:14,799
Speaker 1: which you don't really have any immediate backups. UM, you know,

646
00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:19,000
Speaker 1: a kicker or punder or something like that. I think those, um,

647
00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:22,360
Speaker 1: those there are certain positions that are actually more vulnerable,

648
00:38:23,239 --> 00:38:25,680
Speaker 1: you know, to uh, not an injury, but in this

649
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:30,000
Speaker 1: in this case infection. Um and And I don't know.

650
00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:34,279
Speaker 1: And I think the league has certainly been cogitating on

651
00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:37,040
Speaker 1: this for the whole pandemic, which is how how do

652
00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:40,840
Speaker 1: you give clubs and teams and coaches sort of the

653
00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:44,640
Speaker 1: flexibility that they need. Is all very fascinating to me,

654
00:38:44,719 --> 00:38:47,520
Speaker 1: but it's out. It's thankfully not something I have to

655
00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:51,680
Speaker 1: I have to come up with. But the quick answer

656
00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:54,160
Speaker 1: is no, there has been no no discussion about that

657
00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:58,160
Speaker 1: to my knowledge, Dr Tucker. This is Jonas Shafel with

658
00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:01,879
Speaker 1: the Baltimore Sun. They for doing this. Uh. I think

659
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:04,000
Speaker 1: if we're not at it right now, by the end

660
00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:06,760
Speaker 1: of the week, we'll have at the end of the

661
00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:11,600
Speaker 1: daily period of two week testing that the NFL imposed

662
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:14,880
Speaker 1: for training camp. I wonder when we when we reached

663
00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:17,200
Speaker 1: the end of that, will it be your call, Will

664
00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:19,960
Speaker 1: it be in concert with the coaching staff as to

665
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:23,640
Speaker 1: decide how frequent you will be testing players? That has

666
00:39:23,719 --> 00:39:27,440
Speaker 1: to go through the league. And again it's based on

667
00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:33,000
Speaker 1: a review of the rate of positivity to the test,

668
00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:35,840
Speaker 1: not just with the players, but with all the staff

669
00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:41,279
Speaker 1: that are being tested. So, um, you know, I don't

670
00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:44,640
Speaker 1: know how many you know, certainly Tier one, Tier two,

671
00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:49,719
Speaker 1: I guess we're somewhere around plus players were somewhere in

672
00:39:49,719 --> 00:39:52,759
Speaker 1: the in the two hundreds. Uh. You know, so you

673
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:56,520
Speaker 1: could do the math. I think the criteria is below

674
00:39:56,600 --> 00:40:01,480
Speaker 1: five percent, which is the published UH data. And but

675
00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:05,680
Speaker 1: that that decision has really made in concert with the

676
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:09,520
Speaker 1: league and the players Association feeling UH will would give

677
00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:13,680
Speaker 1: the okay for a club to UH to to decrease

678
00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:17,120
Speaker 1: their their frequency of testing. And then likewise, if there's AH,

679
00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:20,640
Speaker 1: if there's a flare up in the in the infection

680
00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:27,000
Speaker 1: of any club, the protocols certainly allow for reinstituting the

681
00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:32,400
Speaker 1: daily testing if necessary. Um, so there's flexibility you know,

682
00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:36,400
Speaker 1: built in there in case the worst case scenario happens.

683
00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:40,080
Speaker 1: It looks like the n f L p A just

684
00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:41,759
Speaker 1: announced a couple of minutes ago that they're going to

685
00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:47,799
Speaker 1: continue daily testing through the September five. Well, there you

686
00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:53,480
Speaker 1: go there, and that for the I assume that's for

687
00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:57,600
Speaker 1: the whole league. It looks like it looks like that. Yeah, okay,

688
00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:01,440
Speaker 1: and that was that was announced with the players Association

689
00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:04,120
Speaker 1: or was that also the NFL pH with our account

690
00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:07,560
Speaker 1: says we have we've reachenting agreeing with the NFL to

691
00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:11,120
Speaker 1: continue daily testing through September five. People continue to monitor

692
00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:14,560
Speaker 1: positivity rates within each club and relevant information from each

693
00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:18,520
Speaker 1: team community to inform our assessment of testing frequency ahead

694
00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:22,440
Speaker 1: of the regular seat. Yeah that's um, well, that's good

695
00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:27,719
Speaker 1: to know. I guess we're we're stuck getting a lot

696
00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:30,680
Speaker 1: of swabs, which is which is worth it? I mean,

697
00:41:31,080 --> 00:41:32,920
Speaker 1: I think any of us that are involved with the

698
00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:38,200
Speaker 1: process or um, while I wouldn't say it's fun, um,

699
00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:44,120
Speaker 1: it's it's so little um required of us to just

700
00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:46,920
Speaker 1: you know, to do that, to to uh to just

701
00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:50,120
Speaker 1: make extra sure that we have um an environment that

702
00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:52,640
Speaker 1: we can all feel comfortable in and feel good about

703
00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:58,719
Speaker 1: the players being in. And so, I, uh, you're you're

704
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:02,879
Speaker 1: the bear that bad tidings, But I I think that's

705
00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:05,960
Speaker 1: that's absolutely fine and I I'd rather air on that

706
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:10,320
Speaker 1: side than not. Karkintucker, it's trying to link from Ravens media.

707
00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:12,200
Speaker 1: I'm wondering, you know, are you guys trying to do

708
00:42:12,239 --> 00:42:16,320
Speaker 1: as much outside as possible right now? And then once

709
00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:19,120
Speaker 1: it gets colder, do you expect that you'll have to

710
00:42:19,160 --> 00:42:22,880
Speaker 1: adjust kind of how you do things and your protocol

711
00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:26,960
Speaker 1: a little bit? And then secondly, you know, when you

712
00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:29,880
Speaker 1: are indoors and everybody's saying six ft apart, what's your

713
00:42:29,960 --> 00:42:33,080
Speaker 1: understanding of the transmission level just from being in a

714
00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:36,680
Speaker 1: shared space with each other, you know, sharing air even

715
00:42:36,719 --> 00:42:41,640
Speaker 1: if you are six ft apart in masks. Yeah, outside

716
00:42:41,680 --> 00:42:44,920
Speaker 1: is better than inside, more space better than less space. Um.

717
00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:48,000
Speaker 1: And I know again part of that's a coaching call,

718
00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:52,120
Speaker 1: and I know John and the staff prefer to be outdoors.

719
00:42:52,239 --> 00:42:54,920
Speaker 1: I guess if we had an upcoming game on turf,

720
00:42:55,120 --> 00:43:01,480
Speaker 1: then maybe they maybe the coaches like like to go

721
00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:04,880
Speaker 1: inside just to get the footing and get the footwear.

722
00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:09,439
Speaker 1: But I don't know that that's more of a coaching call. UM.

723
00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:15,600
Speaker 1: I would imagine, Um, again, we're we're sort of in

724
00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:18,920
Speaker 1: this um, you know period of time. We're sort of

725
00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:22,640
Speaker 1: just feeling things out. Unfortunately, we're not in you know,

726
00:43:22,719 --> 00:43:26,799
Speaker 1: Green Bay or or or somewhere that doesn't allow us

727
00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:29,200
Speaker 1: to be outside pretty much all of the season and

728
00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:31,880
Speaker 1: most of the season. But if we get you know,

729
00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:35,439
Speaker 1: six inches of snow in December, then it's a whole

730
00:43:35,560 --> 00:43:39,839
Speaker 1: it's a whole different situation. I think. I think we'll

731
00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:44,040
Speaker 1: stay outside as long as we can stay outside. UM.

732
00:43:44,160 --> 00:43:46,320
Speaker 1: I think they like that for a number of reasons.

733
00:43:46,360 --> 00:43:48,200
Speaker 1: I think the players prefer to be on grass and

734
00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:52,760
Speaker 1: turf for one. UM and uh, now we have another reason.

735
00:43:52,920 --> 00:43:57,279
Speaker 1: It's it's it's probably even though risk the relative risk

736
00:43:57,400 --> 00:44:01,120
Speaker 1: is probably hard to you know, wan if I ryan

737
00:44:01,320 --> 00:44:04,160
Speaker 1: in terms of you know, how many percent higher risk

738
00:44:04,239 --> 00:44:06,719
Speaker 1: it is to be being inside even if you're trying

739
00:44:06,719 --> 00:44:10,480
Speaker 1: to space. UM, I would I think the experts would say, yeah,

740
00:44:10,719 --> 00:44:13,960
Speaker 1: you're still somewhat increased risk being on the inside. And

741
00:44:13,960 --> 00:44:17,200
Speaker 1: then the other thing that's interesting that you know, as

742
00:44:17,239 --> 00:44:20,560
Speaker 1: we start up with pads next week and helmets and

743
00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:26,080
Speaker 1: so forth. Is UM the concept of wearing um uh

744
00:44:26,080 --> 00:44:28,840
Speaker 1: where you know, we're wearing the helmets that have the

745
00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:32,200
Speaker 1: sort of the built in mass. And I really haven't

746
00:44:32,200 --> 00:44:34,759
Speaker 1: talked to anybody any and many of the players to

747
00:44:34,800 --> 00:44:38,400
Speaker 1: get some feedback in terms of of that UM in

748
00:44:38,520 --> 00:44:40,719
Speaker 1: terms of how well received that is. I think I

749
00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:43,040
Speaker 1: think that there will be a spectrum. Some some will

750
00:44:43,080 --> 00:44:45,239
Speaker 1: be willing to give it a go, some some are

751
00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:49,279
Speaker 1: not going to feel comfortable. But that's not that's you know,

752
00:44:49,400 --> 00:44:51,759
Speaker 1: sort of an ongoing it or a process in terms

753
00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:55,759
Speaker 1: of making things more comfortable for the players. I just

754
00:44:55,760 --> 00:44:57,880
Speaker 1: think they're gonna be outside as much as possible for

755
00:44:57,920 --> 00:45:00,040
Speaker 1: a lot of reasons, and it just so happens it

756
00:45:00,120 --> 00:45:03,920
Speaker 1: works out best for minimizing the risk of the pandemic.

757
00:45:05,239 --> 00:45:08,640
Speaker 1: Hey Dr Tucker, this is a asn't at Penn, but

758
00:45:08,760 --> 00:45:11,759
Speaker 1: really appreciate your time. UM, just to follow up on

759
00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:18,719
Speaker 1: my card titis uh. You mentioned the heart testing after UM,

760
00:45:19,160 --> 00:45:21,840
Speaker 1: what's the likelihood that that test would not you know,

761
00:45:21,960 --> 00:45:25,000
Speaker 1: pick up on something or heart conditions could be developed later?

762
00:45:25,360 --> 00:45:28,000
Speaker 1: And just more generally, how do you follow up on

763
00:45:28,040 --> 00:45:30,560
Speaker 1: the guys who do test positive? Is it once they

764
00:45:30,600 --> 00:45:33,759
Speaker 1: clear protocol, they're kind of good to go, or their

765
00:45:33,880 --> 00:45:36,640
Speaker 1: risks that you need to check up on weeks, months,

766
00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:39,759
Speaker 1: years later, but because we don't know, well we might. Yeah,

767
00:45:40,200 --> 00:45:44,759
Speaker 1: all those are questions. So I think we're trying to

768
00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:46,560
Speaker 1: sort through. So just to give you an idea, at

769
00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:51,040
Speaker 1: the end of UM, there sort of their their isolation.

770
00:45:51,480 --> 00:45:54,279
Speaker 1: They go through echo cardiogram, which is you may know,

771
00:45:54,320 --> 00:45:56,040
Speaker 1: it is just the sound wave tests at the heart

772
00:45:56,920 --> 00:46:00,560
Speaker 1: to look at the heart pumping function. UH. We do

773
00:46:00,600 --> 00:46:04,320
Speaker 1: a blood test called the triponent test, which is a

774
00:46:04,320 --> 00:46:09,200
Speaker 1: blood marker for cardiac damage or cardiac muscle inflammation, as

775
00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:11,319
Speaker 1: well as just a plane e KG. Some people with

776
00:46:11,360 --> 00:46:14,600
Speaker 1: myocardiitis will have some characteristic changes on the e k

777
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:18,240
Speaker 1: G UH e c G. So that's just a plane

778
00:46:18,480 --> 00:46:21,680
Speaker 1: you know, heart tracing that the players get every year anyway,

779
00:46:21,760 --> 00:46:25,279
Speaker 1: and that's done again at sort of UH day ten

780
00:46:25,480 --> 00:46:31,080
Speaker 1: or eleven or twelve, and are our our knowledge base

781
00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:34,200
Speaker 1: right now is such that we feel like if there's

782
00:46:34,239 --> 00:46:36,640
Speaker 1: going to be heart involvement, we should be able to

783
00:46:36,719 --> 00:46:40,799
Speaker 1: pick it up at that two week mark. UM. The

784
00:46:40,880 --> 00:46:43,960
Speaker 1: question you're asking, which I don't think the medical community

785
00:46:44,040 --> 00:46:46,880
Speaker 1: can answer right now, is could there could there be

786
00:46:46,960 --> 00:46:51,839
Speaker 1: some risk that evolves over time past that two week mark,

787
00:46:52,480 --> 00:46:55,799
Speaker 1: you know, might we uh, we're constantly talking to the

788
00:46:55,800 --> 00:46:58,040
Speaker 1: players in terms of are you having any symptoms? Do

789
00:46:58,040 --> 00:47:00,560
Speaker 1: you have you know, is your stamina change aged at this,

790
00:47:00,719 --> 00:47:04,800
Speaker 1: that and the other? But um, it's a very valid question,

791
00:47:04,880 --> 00:47:07,759
Speaker 1: is too, well do you do you retest? You know

792
00:47:07,840 --> 00:47:10,680
Speaker 1: some people at four weeks or six weeks or eight weeks,

793
00:47:10,680 --> 00:47:14,000
Speaker 1: those are not part of the protocol right now, Aaron. Um,

794
00:47:14,080 --> 00:47:19,400
Speaker 1: but as as our knowledge base grows over time, it

795
00:47:19,440 --> 00:47:23,360
Speaker 1: could change. But right now that that's what we've got.

796
00:47:23,560 --> 00:47:27,600
Speaker 1: And and to your again to sort of finish the thought,

797
00:47:27,760 --> 00:47:31,239
Speaker 1: if you have anything that's that's suspicious with any of

798
00:47:31,280 --> 00:47:35,120
Speaker 1: those tests, or you've had a more severe infection, let's

799
00:47:35,120 --> 00:47:40,680
Speaker 1: say you were really sick, or your hospitalies, you will

800
00:47:40,760 --> 00:47:43,920
Speaker 1: see the cardiologists face to face, and you will likely

801
00:47:44,040 --> 00:47:47,320
Speaker 1: have other tests like stress tests and the cardiac m

802
00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:49,719
Speaker 1: r I. The cardiac m r I is like an

803
00:47:49,800 --> 00:47:51,520
Speaker 1: m r I of any other body part, but it

804
00:47:51,600 --> 00:47:55,319
Speaker 1: is very sensitive to picking up inflammation and scar in

805
00:47:55,360 --> 00:47:58,560
Speaker 1: the heart and uh, and so that is part of

806
00:47:58,600 --> 00:48:02,879
Speaker 1: the protocol as well. Rams fans, if you've been reading

807
00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:04,840
Speaker 1: the scouting reports. Do you know that RAM trucks are

808
00:48:04,920 --> 00:48:07,360
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810
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811
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812
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815
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816
00:48:32,400 --> 00:48:36,480
Speaker 1: Were really interesting stuff from Dr Tucker. I mean, I

817
00:48:36,520 --> 00:48:39,640
Speaker 1: think that it's just it's really gives you kind of

818
00:48:39,719 --> 00:48:43,080
Speaker 1: hope that this season is gonna go well, you know

819
00:48:43,080 --> 00:48:45,239
Speaker 1: what I mean, Like we're off to a good start. Now,

820
00:48:45,239 --> 00:48:47,400
Speaker 1: there's a lot of hurdles, right, I mean, once the

821
00:48:47,440 --> 00:48:50,560
Speaker 1: pads come on, that's the next hurdle because players are

822
00:48:50,560 --> 00:48:52,759
Speaker 1: gonna be coming in closer contact and all that kind

823
00:48:52,760 --> 00:48:56,000
Speaker 1: of stuff, swap and sweat all that stuff. That's kind

824
00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:57,680
Speaker 1: of the next hurdle. And then once you start playing

825
00:48:57,680 --> 00:49:02,120
Speaker 1: games and seems of traveling travel involved. Now you're introducing

826
00:49:02,120 --> 00:49:04,600
Speaker 1: players from other states that whatever you you know, you

827
00:49:04,640 --> 00:49:07,080
Speaker 1: play the Cowboys or whatever, they're from a hot spot

828
00:49:07,160 --> 00:49:09,719
Speaker 1: right now, you know, Like, but I mean even if

829
00:49:09,719 --> 00:49:11,719
Speaker 1: they're from a hot spot and the Cowboys, if the

830
00:49:11,719 --> 00:49:14,759
Speaker 1: Cowboys are doing well and don't have many positives, then okay,

831
00:49:14,800 --> 00:49:19,840
Speaker 1: you know fine, Um, But anyway, there's different hurdles along

832
00:49:19,880 --> 00:49:22,520
Speaker 1: the way here. And I thought it was interesting, you know,

833
00:49:23,320 --> 00:49:25,680
Speaker 1: I think we all know and as Dr Tucker said,

834
00:49:25,960 --> 00:49:29,080
Speaker 1: players are gonna turn up positive, right, I mean, there's

835
00:49:29,080 --> 00:49:32,279
Speaker 1: gonna put players that get infected. It's how how many

836
00:49:32,400 --> 00:49:34,640
Speaker 1: get infected. You have to keep that number low when

837
00:49:34,680 --> 00:49:37,120
Speaker 1: they get infected. You have to stop it from being

838
00:49:37,280 --> 00:49:41,120
Speaker 1: a widespread, you know kind of thing, right. And then

839
00:49:41,360 --> 00:49:43,440
Speaker 1: and then you have to be able to be, from

840
00:49:43,480 --> 00:49:47,560
Speaker 1: a roster standpoint, nimble enough to overcome that loss of

841
00:49:47,600 --> 00:49:50,760
Speaker 1: the player because it's a minimum minimum of ten days

842
00:49:51,440 --> 00:49:53,480
Speaker 1: ten days of two weeks, he said, So you know,

843
00:49:53,520 --> 00:49:55,239
Speaker 1: there's a lot to be figured out. I think the

844
00:49:55,280 --> 00:49:59,319
Speaker 1: other thing that I have learned is initially when I

845
00:49:59,360 --> 00:50:02,719
Speaker 1: saw the pro recalls, I was curious, how Like at first,

846
00:50:02,840 --> 00:50:05,480
Speaker 1: for example, I was like, why do you have to

847
00:50:05,960 --> 00:50:08,840
Speaker 1: if everyone's getting tested, why do you have to divide

848
00:50:08,880 --> 00:50:12,000
Speaker 1: the locker room into all these different partitions and set

849
00:50:12,040 --> 00:50:14,120
Speaker 1: up all this different social distancing within the building. I

850
00:50:14,200 --> 00:50:16,359
Speaker 1: was like, what is the reason for all of these

851
00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:19,239
Speaker 1: different layers? And you know, as I thought about it more,

852
00:50:19,320 --> 00:50:21,600
Speaker 1: obviously it makes sense. You're just layering protection on top

853
00:50:21,640 --> 00:50:23,680
Speaker 1: of protection on top of protection, and you're trying to

854
00:50:23,680 --> 00:50:25,960
Speaker 1: get in a situation where if you do have one

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Speaker 1: of those outbreaks before it were to be detected on

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Speaker 1: a test and someone spreading it, it's going to be

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Speaker 1: minimized because of all the all the different things I'm

858
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Speaker 1: talking about the tracking device, uh that everyone has to

859
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Speaker 1: wear that can determine who you've been in contact with

860
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Speaker 1: for how long. Like, all of that stuff is built

861
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Speaker 1: to just add protection. Um, it's even why like little

862
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Speaker 1: things like at the end of practice, they're not all

863
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Speaker 1: just like coming to a big huddle. They're kind of

864
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Speaker 1: saying a little bit socially distanced. It seems silly. It's like,

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Speaker 1: what you were just practicing and you were hitting each

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Speaker 1: other during practice and trade and sweat and all that.

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Speaker 1: What what's the difference of coming together at the end

868
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Speaker 1: of practice. Well, it's just one little additional way of protection,

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Speaker 1: and you try to like layer those things on top

870
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Speaker 1: of each other to minimize any sort of potential outbreak.

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Speaker 1: So well, it's really it's really if like one slips

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Speaker 1: past the goalie, right, I mean, because you get tested

873
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Speaker 1: every day. But then I mean the Ravens do have

874
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Speaker 1: those tests that come back within thirty minutes. I think

875
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Speaker 1: you said, um, but then those are really are not

876
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Speaker 1: the main ones that they're using exactly. They're really using

877
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Speaker 1: the ones that come back twenty four hours later the

878
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Speaker 1: next day. So it's it's really in case you get

879
00:51:30,160 --> 00:51:35,680
Speaker 1: infected in between those results, right, which is just slim,

880
00:51:35,719 --> 00:51:38,799
Speaker 1: which is slim, but it can happen. So you have

881
00:51:38,840 --> 00:51:41,040
Speaker 1: to prepare if you have somebody exactly. So if you

882
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Speaker 1: have somebody come in, it comes in and they are positive,

883
00:51:43,920 --> 00:51:46,880
Speaker 1: then you have additional measures. Yeah. The other thing I

884
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Speaker 1: thought was interesting is that he talked about the possibility

885
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Speaker 1: of quarantining a quarterback or a player in another position

886
00:51:52,400 --> 00:51:55,239
Speaker 1: like a kicker, where you don't have backups, you know,

887
00:51:55,400 --> 00:51:57,399
Speaker 1: I mean you have a backup quarterback, but you don't

888
00:51:57,400 --> 00:51:59,960
Speaker 1: want to lose the Mark Jackson. Obviously it goes without

889
00:52:00,040 --> 00:52:03,319
Speaker 1: saying um, so you know, like he said that that's

890
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Speaker 1: not on the that's not as part of the plan

891
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Speaker 1: right now, but it's also not off the table at

892
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Speaker 1: some point. Um, I think that. I mean that, you know,

893
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Speaker 1: I think he was little uncomfortable answering that because really

894
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Speaker 1: that's going to go into coaching coaching decision and to

895
00:52:18,600 --> 00:52:22,080
Speaker 1: a large extent, and Lamar, Yeah, but I mean he's

896
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Speaker 1: basically like as a doctor, Sure I'm not involved in

897
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Speaker 1: football strategy, but yeah, I mean, if this thing, if

898
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Speaker 1: let's say Maryland starts getting worse, you know, God forbid, Uh,

899
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Speaker 1: then like you might say, all right, the risk levels

900
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Speaker 1: high here, we need to bunker him up, drop some

901
00:52:40,520 --> 00:52:43,640
Speaker 1: of these guys basically, you know, right, and and you know,

902
00:52:43,680 --> 00:52:46,880
Speaker 1: like Lamar said in his press conference, uh, you know

903
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Speaker 1: a week ago, he's Bubba boy this year, and I

904
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Speaker 1: think he understands the significance obviously he has to this team. Uh.

905
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Speaker 1: And then he's gonna make, you know, good decisions like

906
00:52:55,040 --> 00:52:57,719
Speaker 1: all these guys do out of the building to protect themselves.

907
00:52:58,160 --> 00:53:00,960
Speaker 1: And he's taking that seriously. So them I'm saying, if

908
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Speaker 1: if we're if we're going in the playoffs, Lamargo is

909
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Speaker 1: in the bubble, officially in the bubble, right right. I

910
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Speaker 1: Mean That's why I do think that, like there has

911
00:53:11,200 --> 00:53:13,960
Speaker 1: been questions from I think people as you've seen outbreaks

912
00:53:13,960 --> 00:53:15,520
Speaker 1: in baseball and you're like, well, why doesn't the NFL

913
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Speaker 1: do what what basketball is doing? And just you know,

914
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Speaker 1: for that's that is a major undertaking in terms of

915
00:53:21,080 --> 00:53:24,920
Speaker 1: people costs and then just life sacrifice that everyone have

916
00:53:24,960 --> 00:53:26,480
Speaker 1: to make if you were to go into a bubbles

917
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Speaker 1: basically August one till the end of the season. I

918
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Speaker 1: mean you're talking about hundreds of you're talking about thousands

919
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Speaker 1: of people not seeing families for an entire you know,

920
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Speaker 1: six months. That's that is a major major sacrifice when

921
00:53:37,520 --> 00:53:40,799
Speaker 1: you take into account players, coaches, staff, maverage, everyone. So

922
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Speaker 1: I understand why the NFL isn't going into the bubble

923
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Speaker 1: from day one. But yeah, I think that you're right.

924
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Speaker 1: Maybe if you get into a playoffs situation, maybe the

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Speaker 1: thanks jam thanks change a little bit. Right, Yeah, it's

926
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Speaker 1: it's it's all very interesting. I will say that the

927
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Speaker 1: Ravens are I mean, it's interesting to see just how

928
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Speaker 1: much they've poured into this, the effort, you know, just

929
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Speaker 1: in the hours spent figuring all this out, the best

930
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Speaker 1: way to do it, you know, the money obviously with

931
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Speaker 1: these proximity devices and all this stuff. It's it's really impressive.

932
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Speaker 1: It says something about America, how much you want football,

933
00:54:12,520 --> 00:54:16,400
Speaker 1: right I wish we had these resources in our schools

934
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Speaker 1: right now. I mean, we're putting out all the stuffs

935
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Speaker 1: to have football, which I'm I'm happy about. I'm happy

936
00:54:23,280 --> 00:54:27,359
Speaker 1: about um. But anyway, that's that's another topic for another day.

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Speaker 1: All right, thank you for listening. As long as you

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Speaker 1: can read us at the lounge at Ravens dot NFL

939
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Speaker 1: dot net. We'll be back with you next week with

940
00:54:34,719 --> 00:54:37,279
Speaker 1: a very intriguing guest who there's been a lot of

941
00:54:37,360 --> 00:54:41,640
Speaker 1: chatter about this offseason, wide receiver Miles Boykin. So he's

942
00:54:41,680 --> 00:54:44,719
Speaker 1: gonna be a big player for the Ravens this year

943
00:54:45,080 --> 00:54:47,160
Speaker 1: and uh kind of taking that offense to another level.

944
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Speaker 1: So make sure you teun in for that next week.

945
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Speaker 1: Thanks for listening.