My reaction
was one of sadness, frustration, and worry: sadness that a young athlete simply assumed that he had CTE as a result of a
single concussion and considered it to
be a death sentence; frustration that, despite concerted efforts by researchers and clinicians, along with some in the media, to set the record straight on CTE, the prevailing media narrative continues to
be that concussions or repetitive subconcussive blows «cause» chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), that CTE «causes» former athletes to commit suicide, and that such causal links
are proven scientific fact (they
're not); and, finally, worry: concern
about the consequences of the football = CTE and CTE = suicide
memes in the real world.