More Banjo: Coronavirus And Sports

[MadScientist]

No telling at this point when games will start. The All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on July 14 could be in jeopardy.

Could have the season start with the All Star Game. That would be unique in sports.

[pbmax]

Could have the season start with the All Star Game. That would be unique in sports.

Keon Broxton, making strong bid for All-Star game with strong May in Rec League Softball.

[Fosco33]

Derby to Labor Day...

[pbmax]

Now this is a good idea. Here is the link: https://twitter.com/NFLMedia/status/1240354679038459904

[pbmax]

Journal Sentinel @journalsentinel
200 at Children's Hospital tested for coronavirus after doctor tests positive

JSO: https://t.co/w8bakHlfAp?amp=1

The reason you take extraordinary measures early is the reduce the hit that hospitals take when the numbers get high. Doctors, nurses and caregivers getting sick is one of the problems. This is another.

[call_me_ishmael]

Jesus fuck. The rumor on the Milwaukee Slack group is this was a doctor who worked with kids with auto-immune disorders. Fuck.

[mraynrand]

Michael Irvin
@michaelirvin88
· 2h
Since I am not a beer drinker. Maybe it’s just me. But I believe that ⁦@corona⁩ beer SHOULD NOT be running their commercials at this time. Sorry I don’t want to hear how a Corona gets it’s lime while the Coronavirus is getting lives.

Never forget that celebrities and sports figures always have the best takes in times of crisis.

[Smidgeon]

Never forget that celebrities and sports figures always have the best takes in times of crisis.

Maybe if Corona was the brand of cocaine, Irvin would have more insight on appropriate marketing...

[Joemailman]

Sean Payton has tested positive.

No word yet on how many people may have been exposed. New Orleans, if that's where he is, has been pretty bad.

[pbmax]

Several cities seeing exponential growth as testing ramps up. NYC was at 300+ identified cases 3 days ago, now 3000+ and expected to hit 5,000 tomorrow.

Community transmission is now about everywhere, so travel restrictions will be effective only in stopping a wave from kicking off again, not stopping the current one.

The most worrisome number I have seen in the last few days is 0.9. Despite about the best and most expansive testing, South Korea (as of 3-4 days ago) was at 0.9 deaths per 100, versus 0.1 for flu. Still seems likely to come down (experts expect somewhere around .2-.3 still), but testing hasn't caught it yet.

[mraynrand]

testing is going up exponentially

Sean Payton has tested positive.

No worries, Taysom Hill is a better coach.

[texaspackerbacker]

The number and/or percentage of cases is far less relevant than the number and/or percentage of deaths or permanent damage to bodies, especially among people not already at death's doorstep. And that number and percentage is virtually zero except among people who are way far gone to begin with. Sure, it's tragic even when those people die, but the quarantine and extreme measures to prevent spreading should be of them, not of regular people being forced to sacrifice and suffer. There was none of this bullshit overreaction for annual flu or H1N1 or SARS or any other maladies that caused tens of thousands of deaths compared to this which is still in the 100s.

[pbmax]

testing is going up exponentially




No worries, Taysom Hill is a better coach.

Not sure about total number of tests. There is still no mass produced kit available. This is all internal testing at hospitals and clinics in labs. They can't scale up at the speed a self contained kit would allow.

Taysom Hill would have been prepared.

https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/church-china-combat-coronavirus

[pbmax]

The number and/or percentage of cases is far less relevant than the number and/or percentage of deaths or permanent damage to bodies, especially among people not already at death's doorstep. And that number and percentage is virtually zero except among people who are way far gone to begin with. Sure, it's tragic even when those people die, but the quarantine and extreme measures to prevent spreading should be of them, not of regular people being forced to sacrifice and suffer. There was none of this bullshit overreaction for annual flu or H1N1 or SARS or any other maladies that caused tens of thousands of deaths compared to this which is still in the 100s.

Can you not honestly work out why the annual flu is different from a "novel virus"? I mean there are 4 BIG things that the words "annual flu" and "novel virus" tell you without having to do any research. Just use your noodle.

Community spread has already begun. China got word out late. Sheltered elderly are already being infected at their places of care. Tex, you are about 6 weeks behind. According to Johns Hopkins database, mortality rate now, without widespread testing, is 1.3%. That number will likely come down, but its going to get worse before it gets better.

[Smidgeon]

There are also currently more deaths from Covid than there were total cases of SARS. So the scales are different too.