By 2020, 30% of all college athletes and kids had already had COVID, and by 2022, 70% had gotten COVID.

Nov 7, 2026

Previously: By 2020, 30% of all college athletes and kids had already had COVID, and by 2022, 70% had gotten COVID. [One-sided]: The big picture holds for children: CDC blood-sample data show about 45% of US kids had infection antibodies in December 2021, rising to about 75% by February 2022. The athlete numbers are not what the cited work shows, though. The Daniels Big Ten paper studied only athletes who had already tested positive and never measured what share of all athletes got infected, and a survey of about 7,000 college athletes found 9.8% tested positive in spring 2020 and 25.4% during the 2020-21 school year. This verdict would be wrong if a Daniels or NCAA paper is found that reports 30% of all college athletes infected in 2020 and 70% by 2022.

Now: By 2020, 30% of all college athletes and kids had already had COVID, and by 2022, 70% had gotten COVID. [Unverified]: McCullough gives 30% in 2020 and 70% by 2022 for college athletes and children. CDC data support roughly 75% infection-antibody prevalence among US children by February 2022, but that is not the same population or time point as all college athletes. The cited Daniels work and the asserted two athlete percentages were not matched to a valid denominator here.

Keep an unmatched population statistic unresolved rather than labeling it biased.