[freepersup]

YOUNG fit people, I repeat- YOUNG fit (HEALTHY) people, are SPONTANEOUSLY dropping like flies all over the world in various sports. There is ZERO physical contact with/between the vast majority of them. How do you apply commotio cordis onto the UNTOUCHED?

[4Zoltan]

Do you have any data on this?

Keynotes Jackson collapsed while playing basketball in December 2020 and it may have been due to Covid 19.

https://www.gatorsports.com/story/basketball/2020/12/22/florida-gators-keyontae-johnson-has-season-ending-heart-issue/4006117001/

Ty Soloman collapsed from a heart attack in 2017 while playing basketball.

https://www.postandcourier.com/sports/s-c-state-players-collapse-an-important-reminder-for-coaches-medical-personnel/article_9376534a-d9cc-11e7-a83f-c3f84a189141.html

This is not a recent occurrence. The NCAA published a guidance for sudden cardiac death in student athletes in 2016.

“Sudden cardiac death is the most common nontraumatic cause of death among college athletes”

https://www.ncaa.org/news/2016/4/15/new-guidance-on-preventing-sudden-cardiac-death-in-athletes-published.aspx

This New Yorker story is interesting.

https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/death-on-the-basketball-court

And the study it is based on

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21464047/