Call to cancel rose bowl

[Dallas]

sfchronicle

[Waybackutefan]

you know what they say, opinions are like assh@lls………Evryon has one. 

[Johnny]

So do we go whip these dips**ts in San Francisco? I think it’s time. F**k you, San Francisco. What a disgrace!

[PhillyUte]

Lol you sure showed them keyboard warrior. 

[Anfernee]

😂 It’s from the SJW epicenter of our country. The Bay Area. I’d expect nothing less. “I wear two masks, tested regularly, even after all 3 shots.” The virtue signaling is strong in this one. 

[MauchDawgUte]

Yeah I laughed when I read the two mask thing. The douche is strong with this one.

[hbUte]

“Cancel” is their favorite word.

[Charlie]

It is a culture of activists that want to eliminate everything that is not of their interest. Not yet but at some point we might quit listening to the vocal minority and get back to choice. Football will remain very popular.

[Tony (admin)]

Yes I think this is already happening. Many people, myself included, are just living their lives and not panicking at the drop of a new variant. 

[dystopiamembrane]

I am impressed that in a short period of time, some 35 years or so, this culture of activists has progressed from the movement of choice and enlightenment to that of censorship and ineptitude.

[younglurch]

Focusing solely on the data here, there is no legitimate “danger” in attending an open air football game, even surrounded by thousands of fans. Studies have shown that games have not been super-spreader events like they were purpoted to be in September. Furthermore, scientists seem pretty confident Omicron is not highly virulent. Most pepole just aren’t getting incredibly sick when they contract Omicron.

Also, this columnist is a walking contradiction. In one sentence, he says “we need to keep the essential institutions of California, our communities, and economies open.” Then he goes on to argue the Rose Bowl is not essential, despite in his own words it bringing in “a lot of money to our hard-hit tourist industry, to other local businesses, to universities that play in the game and the media that broadcast it.” 

Did he not even read his own column before having it published?? 

[Tony (admin)]

I’ve never heard of any documented covid cases that were contracted “outside.”

[2008 National Champ]

why should anything resembling a fact have any relevance in the Covid debate?

[Johnny]

What fact/s??? Are you sick? Maybe stay home. Are you scared? Maybe stay home. Otherwise, step up, run up, jump, that’s what’s up!!!

[leftyjace]

I could be wrong, but isn’t the reason Omicron is expected to become the dominant strain is precisely because it is more virulent than Delta?

NOTE: This does NOT mean I endorse shutting down the Rose Bowl – far from it!

[PlainsUte]

Depends what you mean by virulent, exactly?  Omicron is more CONTAGIOUS, but the symptoms are weaker than other variants.  To quote the South African doctors who first identified it, “very, very mild symptoms” compared to previous COVID strains.  Yet American doctors seem to have to put all kinds of caveats on that, like we think its weaker, but we can’t say for sure.

[Itacoatiara22]

Politics aside, it’s time to start learning to live with covid. It isn’t going anywhere, and it isn’t sustainable to keep trying to cancel everything and control everyone’s lives.

[pedro]

Well said, I should have read your response before I posted mine.

[dut99002]

If we should be concerned about anything at this point, it would be either team having enough positive cases that they can’t field a team on Saturday. That said, I’m sure that the Utes are taking every precaution in their power to avoid positive cases.

[Calgradutedad]

This is just so faulty. I’d much rather take my chances in an outdoor or large indoor setting than in an small indoor setting. I went to Metallica twice last weekend in San Francisco and didn’t catch covid. My brother caught it from hanging out with a friend of his in his garage. And of the multiple people with cases
I know of this week none of their symptoms are strong. We are getting through this and the hysteria in this article is useless.

[pedro]

I know this isn’t going to be popular, but when do we ‘cut bait’ on this whole virus thing?  We went from mask not being necessary to be totally necessary, vacinnes that went from 95 % effective against us getting to virus to (as of last week) “you’ll still get it, you just won’t get as sick.  

Seems to me it’s time to do whatever you feel is necessary for you and yours, and for life to go on.  I don’t mean to be heartless as I have known several personally that have died and I am a high risk person.  But…  this isn’t going to go away, EVER!  We need to stop pretending it will.  

PLEASE, this is not about politics.  It’s simply me trying to be honest about this.