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Gators football announced 25 new positive COVID-19 cases in the last week

UF’s football program announced that there were 25 more positive cases as of Monday up since last Tuesday’s COVID-19 testing update.

Since last Tuesday’s COVID-19 testing update, in which the Florida football team reported six positive cases for the month of October, the program announced that there were 25 more positive cases as of Monday.

Following last week’s release, which gave data as of Oct. 12, The Independent Florida Alligator reported that the actual number of positive cases was 19.

In a press conference the following day, Athletic Director Scott Stricklin confirmed the accuracy of that report at the time, and stated that there were 21 positive cases on the team as of Wednesday.

The fact that 25 additional cases have been reported since the six that were reported last Tuesday seems to indicate that there have been more new positives since Stricklin’s press conference.

Coach Dan Mullen announced Saturday night that he had tested positive for COVID-19, the third UF coach confirmed to have tested positive.

The outbreak seems to be confined primarily within the football team. Only one of the positive tests from the month of October came from an athlete outside the program.

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Here is the full testing data for the athletic department, as well as for the football team specifically.

Since Athletes Returned to Campus on May 26

Total Tests on Campus: 4440

Total Positives on Campus: 144

Total Tests for October: 1699

Total Positives for October: 32

Since Football Student-Athletes Returned to Campus on May 26

Total Tests on Campus: 2,480

Total Positives on Campus: 62

Total Tests for October: 1107

Total Positives for October: 31

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Quandre Diggs: COVID-19 spread made worse by ‘cockiness’ of America

Seattle Seahawks free safety Quandre Diggs told Sports Illustrated that COVID-19 has been exacerbated by the “cockiness” of America.

The United States continues to see COVID-19 cases rise throughout various states, with some having it worse than others.

Seattle Seahawks free safety Quandre Diggs told Sports Illustrated that his home state of Texas has been hit particularly hard primarily because governor Greg Abbott reopened businesses too soon and resisted mask requirements.

Diggs stated that the nationwide spread of COVID-19 has been exacerbated by many Americans refusing to wear a mask and their beliefs that doing so is a restriction on their freedom.

“It’s cockiness,” Diggs said. “It’s the absolute cockiness of America, of Americans, to think, ‘I don’t need a mask.’ I don’t understand it, there’s nobody taking away your freedom, you’re still able to go walk a street, you’re still able to go into the store – just put a freaking mask on, it’s not that serious.”

“If you were sick in the first place, wouldn’t you want to keep a mask on so you don’t get anybody else sick?” Diggs continued. “If you have the flu or you had a fever or you had something else, you would want to wear it or you wouldn’t be out in public, you know what I mean?”

Diggs also voiced his concerns with social injustice and racial inequality that this lack of care among Americans is prevalent in as well.

“My thing is, it’s about protecting others, and as a nation, we’re so self-[concerned]. We’re so cocky, and we’re so worried about ourselves and not worried about others and that’s kind of what got us in this predicament that we’re in now, with corona, with social justice, with the police brutality. We have one race worried about themselves instead of everybody just caring about each other. We do our own thing, and that’s kind of what got us into this predicament now.”

With COVID-19 still rampant in America, the chances for a 2020 NFL season are looking increasingly precarious.

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