Quote Originally Posted by nw6pie View Post
This is a fascinating interview. Two things stood out for me:

1. NA says he’s 90% sure Notts’ Patient Zero got COVID during a game (presumably either Altrincham or Barnet, based on how he talked). Other teams choosing not to test are being willfully ignorant, in his eyes.

2. One of the Notts players who tested positive lost his nan to COVID in March, so that’s a horrible double-whammy. Sounds like a few of the players have it worse than others. Personally, knowing hitherto fit people who have had COVID and are still suffering six months later with long COVID, I won’t be surprised to hear about similar cases affecting footballers as the season progresses.

Yep, its a real worry. I have a friend in their early 40's that has suffered massively with long COVID who was otherwise a fighting fit runner with a very active lifestyle. As you say nw6 it would not be surprising to hear of footballers never quite being the same fitness wise having caught the virus.