I'm not panicked in any way. I post against false information. If someone takes that as panic, that's up to them. This is a serious situation that doesn't need to be treated like the end of the world or like a common cold. It is what it is, an easily transmitted virus that causes too many people to need to be hospitalized and becomes critical at an alarming rate among the elderly and sick. It can be contained but we have to decide whether we can stomach the precautions necessary to do so. Blowing it off as insignificant doesn't help in that regard. South Korea doctors wish more had been done sooner to minimize social activities which would have limited its spread. That isn't panic, it is a reasoned response. Our issue is, no one wants to be inconvenienced or have their fun limited in an effort to protect a group that doesn't include them.
Cancel all NCAA Games?
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Too many listen to every word on MSNBC. CNN and the rest of the left leaning media. They want the whole economy to fail just to try and get voters to vote for a democrat this fall. The fake news has finally been exposed by Trump and most people see through their peddling of lies. I am a registered democrat but Trump has finally exposed the media for what they are. Now we know they have been lying to us for years as proven by news anchor Brian Williams who was demoted to MSNBC after years of lying to the public.
What a surprise this was turned into a political issue when it is not. It is a health issue. As someone else said this shouldn't be treated like the end of the world but it also shouldn't be treated like the common cold. If you are elderly or have health issues or if you have very young kids you probably shouldn't be going into public if you can help it . No need to stop sports events or barricade yourself in the house or anything either though.
Right-wing/Left-wing......both parts of the same corrupt bird. They have managed to tap into the insecurities of the stupid and prejudiced to think they are the heroes and the "others" are evil.....Only a fool believes that morality is designated by a D or R.
ANYWAY, back on topic, I don't think it'll really come to that. People aren't COMPLETELY stupid
I didn't say it was insignificant. I just don't think it warrants this level of panic. Especially considering much worse went relatively unmentioned
Why not cancel the NBA games, College classes, HS classes, hell even work..Let's all join Joe in his bunker...We have some stupid people out there..I think they're 28 cases in the US out of 327m people. We have 27 deaths each year from lightning strikes...Calm the f down people
We dont really know the death rate because we dont really know how many people have the virus. We only know confirmed cases and confirmed deaths.
It's not popular to say, but whether it's the human race or elsewhere in the animal kingdom ...... this is nature's way to thin the herd.
Doesnt mean we should ignore it. And obviously sucks for people most severely affected. But that is how things work. Whether it be flu, corona or something else.
Dont let people showing symptoms enter, and let's live our lives as best we can. There is only one way out, we all die someday. I'm prepared whether its tomorrow or 30 years from now. I wont change what I do dramatically to avoid "natural causes".
It's not popular to say, but whether it's the human race or elsewhere in the animal kingdom ...... this is nature's way to thin the herd.
Doesnt mean we should ignore it. And obviously sucks for people most severely affected. But that is how things work. Whether it be flu, corona or something else.
Dont let people showing symptoms enter, and let's live our lives as best we can. There is only one way out, we all die someday. I'm prepared whether its tomorrow or 30 years from now. I wont change what I do dramatically to avoid "natural causes".
I didn't say there wasn't treatment.
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Here's my final post on this because it's clear some people are resigned to panic over this. That's fine but it isn't fine to stoke the fires of panic in others.
To circle back to the original point of this thread:
Society can't and won't shut down. The way this virus incubates combined with the inability to shut down means almost surely everyone will be exposed. Almost surely tens of thousands already have but the symptoms are mild so there was no concern.
So cancelling games or fan attendance won't stop exposure. It's all just caving into pressure from the media and taking an unnecessary step that really won't make a difference anyway.
No matter your politics, no matter your religion, no matter where you get your news...this stuff could kill you just as dead.
The flu could also kill you just as dead. In fact it already has killed many more. So why not cancel all public events during the winter every year?
Its interesting that whenever someone disagrees with a poster who is on the "this is no big deal" side, they are immediately accused of panic. There has been no panic if any sort by anyone on this board. Your heels are dug into the flu which means you have never bothered to understand the most basic difference between the flu and covid-19.
So the flu kills more people so we'll just ignore the other virus? All righty then.
The issue is that if it spreads quickly those who need hospitalization will overrun the capacity of the healthcare system. This is exactly why Italy shut itself down. They were getting overrun and hospitals no longer had the capacity to help people, let alone those who have other non-corona emergencies.
If the tournament goes on as if nothing is happening, the cases of coronavirus will explode. With all the different sites and all the traveling, it's a guarantee.
Coronavirus is at least 10x more deadly than the flu.
If the tournament goes on as if nothing is happening, the cases of coronavirus will explode. With all the different sites and all the traveling, it's a guarantee.
Coronavirus is at least 10x more deadly than the flu.