Cancel all NCAA Games?

[kl40504_rivals]

So far, the CDC has estimated (based on weekly influenza surveillance data) that at least 12,000 people have died from influenza between Oct. 1, 2019 through Feb. 1, 2020, and the number of deaths may be as high as 30,000.Feb 11, 2020

With all the deaths caused by the flu we should cancel all public events every year during the winter.
When we think about the relative danger of this new coronavirus and influenza ... coronavirus will be a blip on the horizon in comparison," William Schaffner, a professor of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University, told Kaiser Health News

 

[SophiesDad]

That’s why I think influenza is a dark horse in this upcoming tournament. Coronavirus is getting all the buzz and hype going into March Madness just because of a recent hot stretch

 

[jrpross_rivals]

Surprised nobody is talking about this: Over a million & a half people died from diabetes last year. One in eleven people have it. If that **** mutates and goes airborne in the crowd during the tournament, we’re all screwed. Better to just cancel until we can just eradicate all world disease.

 

[caneintally]

That’s why I think influenza is a dark horse in this upcoming tournament. Coronavirus is getting all the buzz and hype going into March Madness just because of a recent hot stretch

Yeah but Herpes has 100-1 odds and with all those teams losing and winning this week their will be people either screwing in celebration or F'ing the pain away so I'd have to put at least 1 STD in my final 4. The Flu is a good pick though for sure and one not enough people are considering . It for sure has been consistent in March year in and year out.

Coronavirus is the johnny come lately like SDSU or Dayton .

 

[uk78_rivals88018]

I swear some people don't get it. All those other medical issues have treatment, this one doesn't. It's serious when an entire country has shut down like Italy. Tell me the difference between China and our current administration first trying to pretend like it didn't exist or the idiot at the top acting like he knows if you have it still go to work, etc. Of course you can contact Jim Baker and order their holy water cure.

But, they don't need to be canceling anything. Wash hands frequently in public, the point of wearing a mask is to stop you from touching your own face, people should consider wearing gloves at public events, and prevention is possible.

 

[revcort]

Surprised nobody is talking about this: Over a million & a half people died from diabetes last year. One in eleven people have it. If that **** mutates and goes airborne in the crowd during the tournament, we’re all screwed. Better to just cancel until we can just eradicate all world disease.

And what do they get at these games? Sugary snacks, soda, popcorn, and the like. These arenas are likely responsible for the death of at least 10,000 diabetics per year.

All joking aside, the OP is right on the money. Influenza has killed more people already than will even catch coronavirus. That's a fact.

This paranoia has "gone viral" and it's being driven by something akin to political correctness at this point.

 

[Kingslayer07]

I swear some people don't get it. All those other medical issues have treatment, this one doesn't. It's serious when an entire country has shut down like Italy. Tell me the difference between China and our current administration first trying to pretend like it didn't exist or the idiot at the top acting like he knows if you have it still go to work, etc. Of course you can contact Jim Baker and order their holy water cure.

But, they don't need to be canceling anything. Wash hands frequently in public, the point of wearing a mask is to stop you from touching your own face, people should consider wearing gloves at public events, and prevention is possible.

When you wear a mask your more likely to touch your face to adjust the damn thing constantly lol..a mask does you 0 good...

 

[triadaz]

I swear some people don't get it. All those other medical issues have treatment, this one doesn't. It's serious when an entire country has shut down like Italy. Tell me the difference between China and our current administration first trying to pretend like it didn't exist or the idiot at the top acting like he knows if you have it still go to work, etc. Of course you can contact Jim Baker and order their holy water cure.

But, they don't need to be canceling anything. Wash hands frequently in public, the point of wearing a mask is to stop you from touching your own face, people should consider wearing gloves at public events, and prevention is possible.

Care to share with us the treatment for the flu?

 

[thatoneguy285]

I’m just saying, coronavirus wouldn’t be able to handle the rigor of an SEC schedule. It’ll dominate in the PAC12 though

 

[CapnBlubs]

Care to share with us the treatment for the flu?

There are vaccines to prevent it, and Tamiflu if you get it. Or were you joking?

Neither vaccines nor treatments exist for COVID-19.

 

[triadaz]

Tamiflu is not a cure for the flu.
Vaccines will be developed for Covid-19.

Covid-19 is impacting the same population as the flu - elderly and individuals with underlying medical conditions. No kids or young people have died from Covid-19.
It will peak in the Northern hemisphere in 2-3 weeks and then come back next year and the year after and the year after.
Containment has failed and all of these actions are window dressing.

 

[bigblueinsanity_rivals250340]

I swear some people don't get it. All those other medical issues have treatment, this one doesn't. It's serious when an entire country has shut down like Italy. Tell me the difference between China and our current administration first trying to pretend like it didn't exist or the idiot at the top acting like he knows if you have it still go to work, etc. Of course you can contact Jim Baker and order their holy water cure.

But, they don't need to be canceling anything. Wash hands frequently in public, the point of wearing a mask is to stop you from touching your own face, people should consider wearing gloves at public events, and prevention is possible.

Your entire post is a smorgasbord of misinformation.

Viruses don't have treatments. Only the symptoms are treated. Flu symptoms are worse.

Wearing masks is not to stop people from touching their mouth. It's supposed to be for anyone that's sick, in general, to stop the spread of germs.

The only thing that is correct is that you should continue about your daily business

 

[CapnBlubs]

Tamiflu is not a cure for the flu.
Vaccines will be developed for Covid-19.

Covid-19 is impacting the same population as the flu - elderly and individuals with underlying medical conditions. No kids or young people have died from Covid-19.
It will peak in the Northern hemisphere in 2-3 weeks and then come back next year and the year after and the year after.
Containment has failed and all of these actions are window dressing.

You didn't ask what the cure was, you asked what the treatment was...and I responded with a treatment that is considered reasonably effective. Viruses are inherently more difficult to combat - once you get them it's more about containing the infection than killing it off since they aren't even alive in the first place (just using your own cells as factories).

 

[anon_9qtxg60vqzy0y]

Yeah but Herpes has 100-1 odds and with all those teams losing and winning this week their will be people either screwing in celebration or F'ing the pain away so I'd have to put at least 1 STD in my final 4. The Flu is a good pick though for sure and one not enough people are considering . It for sure has been consistent in March year in and year out.

Coronavirus is the johnny come lately like SDSU or Dayton .

Lunardi’s last 4 in:
•Chlamydia
•Gonorrhea
•Herpes
•Indiana

 

[Wildcats1st]

This thread and many others are filled with misinformation and mostly opinions instead of science. None of you know what the hell is going on and making very reckless statements. The virus may have similar mortality to the flu or maybe higher maybe less. The fact is that it does have s mortality rate and for seniors over 70 it’s very severe. Just like h1n1 when it first hit the virus cannot be allowed to run rampant through the country in the course of a few months or even a year. We must buy time. The result would be an overloaded healthcare system with the likelihood of an even higher mortality bc of limited resources. Unlike the flu there is no vaccine nor treatment which can lessen the impact on the elderly and ill healthed. There may not be a cure for the flu but there sure as hell are ways to lessen its affects and prevent it in 60-70% of those inoculated so the mortality for an old person is far less for the flu if they are exposed to someone with the flu due to measures that are in place which don’t exist for this strain of virus.

Comparing flu and Coronavirus at this point are apples and oranges. As they develop meds and vaccines for this strain of virus not only is the mortality a concern but so to are the treatments. For all anyone knows the vaccine once created could have serious side effects and and antiviral meds developed to target this strain could cause kidney, liver or heart failure. There are too many unknowns to feel comfortable and put yourself in position to be exposed in turn exposing others. I do not live in the US and this country I’m in has put out info that contradicts what every other government says. I trust the health ministry in this country over the Chinese which cover up their blunder or the the USA where it’s all about politics.

 

[FrankUnderwood]

Surprised nobody is talking about this: Over a million & a half people died from diabetes last year. One in eleven people have it. If that **** mutates and goes airborne in the crowd during the tournament, we’re all screwed. Better to just cancel until we can just eradicate all world disease.

Silly! Diabetes can’t be politicized!

 

[UKnCincy_rivals]

Your entire post is a smorgasbord of misinformation.

Viruses don't have treatments. Only the symptoms are treated. Flu symptoms are worse.

Wearing masks is not to stop people from touching their mouth. It's supposed to be for anyone that's sick, in general, to stop the spread of germs.

The only thing that is correct is that you should continue about your daily business

I guess Gilead missed your memo about viruses not having treatments.

 

[bigblueinsanity_rivals250340]

I guess Gilead missed your memo about viruses not having treatments.

The only thing they can do is hope to shorten the duration and treat the symptoms. Or vaccinate in hopes to prevent ever being infected.

Viruses are not like bacterial infections.

 

[HagginHall1999]

My mom who is 67 just got over the type A flu about 2 weeks ago. She was miserable for nearly 3 weeks and essentially bed ridden for 2 weeks.

It scared me to death.

I don't think this is any different in terms of who we need to worry about...it is the elderly primarily. The concern with public events is obviously about keeping it from spreading so for that reason I see no difference. I am not downplaying Corona but it is very similar to flu in that regard- which is serious.

My mom got a flu shot and cannot pinpoint where her virus came from. They gave her no medicine to cure it, there is no cure for the flu.

 

[HerrosHeroes]

Surprised nobody is talking about this: Over a million & a half people died from diabetes last year. One in eleven people have it. If that **** mutates and goes airborne in the crowd during the tournament, we’re all screwed. Better to just cancel until we can just eradicate all world disease.

Diabetes is not contagious.

 

[Titpwhami2014]

Knee jerk reaction, just like everything else in this world. The times we live in. Why else do we have “Calipari needs to go” threads when an SEC champion is down 17 to Florida, in a game it comes back to win?

 

[BigBlueDieHard68]

Its a freakin chest cold

All of this hysteria

In all of America, in a 3 month period.....

26 elderly people with pre-existing health issues have died.... 19 of them in ONE NURSING HOME in washington.

26 elderly people in all of the USA... in 3 months.. during cold and flu season... I'm shocked.

According to Dr. Emily Landon infectious disease specialist at Uchicago medical

"It looks like only about 20% of people who contract this novel coronavirus need to be hospitalized. The other 80% get what feels like a bad cold and recover at home. A lot of this has to do with underlying medical conditions. People who are more vulnerable to any kind of infection — because of their age or chronic health conditions — are more at risk for getting really sick from COVID-19. "

https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/forefront/prevention-and-screening-articles/wuhan-coronavirus

The "cases" are only the elderly sick, immune compromised people who find it necessary to see a Dr for a freakin chest cold. For each of those "cases" at least 4 others recover without seeing a dr or being counted.

and its that way worldwide.

Guess what.. if old sickly people get covid-19, the flu, or even the common cold.. .a relatively large percentage of them die... sad but true.

Its a bunch of liberal media overhyped hysterical bullsh1t

 

[HerrosHeroes]

Knee jerk reaction, just like everything else in this world. The times we live in. Why else do we have “Calipari needs to go” threads when an SEC champion is down 17 to Florida, in a game it comes back to win?

Wonder what the snowflakes were typing when UK was down 18 with less than 12 minutes in 2nd half?

 

[somersetcat]

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So far, the CDC has estimated (based on weekly influenza surveillance data) that at least 12,000 people have died from influenza between Oct. 1, 2019 through Feb. 1, 2020, and the number of deaths may be as high as 30,000.Feb 11, 2020

With all the deaths caused by the flu we should cancel all public events every year during the winter.
When we think about the relative danger of this new coronavirus and influenza ... coronavirus will be a blip on the horizon in comparison," William Schaffner, a professor of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University, told Kaiser Health News

it’s all a crock of BS! Just another over hyped bunch of garbage to destroy the Trump economy by the bunch of COMMIES called the news media and the same bunch in the guberment.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE ! Move along !!!

 

[UKnCincy_rivals]

The only thing they can do is hope to shorten the duration and treat the symptoms. Or vaccinate in hopes to prevent ever being infected.

Viruses are not like bacterial infections.

You do realize that Gilead made about $45 billion in revenue in the first three years of sales for its drugs that cured Hepatitis C, which happens to be a virus.

And like all antivirals, those drugs treated the virus, not merely the symptoms. It would seem that you are a poster who is spreading misinformation.

 

[bigblueinsanity_rivals250340]

You do realize that Gilead made about $45 billion in revenue in the first three years of sales for its drugs that cured Hepatitis C, which happens to be a virus.

And like all antivirals, those drugs treated the virus, not merely the symptoms. It would seem that you are a poster who is spreading misinformation.

This isn't that. It's the same basic virus as cold flu sars etc. No cure.

As to the other point, the term cure is up for debate. But that's really a separate issue

 

[uk78_rivals88018]

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it’s all a crock of BS! Just another over hyped bunch of garbage to destroy the Trump economy by the bunch of COMMIES called the news media and the same bunch in the guberment.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE ! Move along !!!

I hope this was sarcasm otherwise the dumbest post I have ever seen.

 

[Lempface]

Bunch of brain dead people in this thread want all the old people in this country to die and our medical services to grind to a halt.

 

[Trinity45]

So far, the CDC has estimated (based on weekly influenza surveillance data) that at least 12,000 people have died from influenza between Oct. 1, 2019 through Feb. 1, 2020, and the number of deaths may be as high as 30,000.Feb 11, 2020

With all the deaths caused by the flu we should cancel all public events every year during the winter.
When we think about the relative danger of this new coronavirus and influenza ... coronavirus will be a blip on the horizon in comparison," William Schaffner, a professor of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University, told Kaiser Health News

Influenza has not been used for political purposes like this virus .

 

[Backer cutter]

Refs for final 4- Alda Semptams , A. Keen Joyntes, and Kaugh Dudacauld.

 

[JoeBeeHall]

So far, the CDC has estimated (based on weekly influenza surveillance data) that at least 12,000 people have died from influenza between Oct. 1, 2019 through Feb. 1, 2020, and the number of deaths may be as high as 30,000.Feb 11, 2020

With all the deaths caused by the flu we should cancel all public events every year during the winter.
When we think about the relative danger of this new coronavirus and influenza ... coronavirus will be a blip on the horizon in comparison," William Schaffner, a professor of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University, told Kaiser Health News

The blips closed the blipping school for a reason lol.

 

[kl40504_rivals]

Influenza has not been used for political purposes like this virus .

I totally agree. There has already been 22 deaths in Kentucky this year due to the flu and 0 deaths due to the coronovirus.

 

[kl40504_rivals]

The blips closed the blipping school for a reason lol.

There have been several schools closed this winter due to the flu. They closed them for a reason.

 

[Cal-4-Three]

I swear some people don't get it. All those other medical issues have treatment, this one doesn't. It's serious when an entire country has shut down like Italy. Tell me the difference between China and our current administration first trying to pretend like it didn't exist or the idiot at the top acting like he knows if you have it still go to work, etc. Of course you can contact Jim Baker and order their holy water cure.

But, they don't need to be canceling anything. Wash hands frequently in public, the point of wearing a mask is to stop you from touching your own face, people should consider wearing gloves at public events, and prevention is possible.

Yet China has it under control now and cases have leveled off. There is also a vaccine supposedly in Texas already developed and ready for testing. You just don't get it it seems.

 

[JStaff21]

Tamiflu

Useless. Tamiflu can possibly, sometimes, maybe speed up the process by 24 hours if caught early enough.

Also look into the effects it has on young children. Many reported cases of hearing voices and hallucinations.

 

[St.PatterSoN-54-]

 

[kl40504_rivals]

Useless. Tamiflu can possibly, sometimes, maybe speed up the process by 24 hours if caught earlier enough.

Also look into the effects it has on young children. Many reported cases of hearing voices and hallucinations.

What did you say?

 

[Looksbetterinblue]

I am certainly not one to panic over this as none of us should. But just because you are citing the current statistics for the flu and comparing that with Covid 19, you should understand that those statistics are only rear looking and have no bearing on what it will look like. The flu is pervasive so we lose many people susceptible to the illness ever year. Mostly very young and elderly with weakened immune systems.
Coronavirus is 4 times more infectious (easier to transmit than flu) and the US estimate is that is 7-8 times more deadly. The fatality numbers are higher in other countries but the US assumes better medicine will have a positive impact. If it becomes as widespread as the flu do your own math.
All of what you see is to check the spread or to try to slow or stop the spread. If 10% of the US populations becomes infected over the next year we will lose nearly 500.000 people. That’s only 1.4% of the 10% and well below the current fatality rates for reasons stated.
Call it a hoax, but that’s only if you look at the odds of getting it. Even in the example the odds are still that you won’t get it or be one of the 500,000 but do you want to have someone you know or a family member in that group? That’s the reality of future statistics if we can’t slow it down or stop it. Buying time would make sense in order to find a cure, but citing a new outbreak with something established like the flu is not the right way to look at it either.
Just my 2 cents. I’ve stopped some travel, but I’m still going to the tournaments unless things change. Everyone just needs to make their own choices.

 

[Random UK Fan_rivals71127]

 

[Random UK Fan_rivals71127]

UK fans would suffer the worst fate. The refs would see to that.