March Madness and Covid-19

[MJSooner]

But you hear that number constantly as if it is the arbiter of those who are at risk versus not at risk and it's not so. That's all.

I agree with your general premise there. Saying your at high risk if you are above 60 and not at risk if you are 50 or under are generalities that paint a picture this is either direr than reality or dismissive of facts of its seriousness.

I believe we ALL are at risk at contracting COVID-19 in the next 3-6 months, or at least before they develop a vaccine. I don't believe this will be "halted" like health officials are hoping. But it also doesn't make it a death sentence. Even if you do believe the broad statistics that show it is 10x more deadly than the common flu, it also means you have a 99.4% chance of survival if you are under 50, and 98.7% if you are 50-60.

But we can't dismiss it as just a common cold, panic, hype by the media or those with a political agenda.

 

[steverocks35]

From Italy:

2 weeks ago: Italy had 322 confirmed cases of the coronavirus
1 week ago: 2,502
Today: 10,149

"There are now simply too many patients... Doctors and nurses are unable to tend to everybody. They lack machines to ventilate all those gasping for air."

From the Atlantic article
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/who-gets-hospital-bed/607807/

 

[BoulderSooner]

From Italy:

2 weeks ago: Italy had 322 confirmed cases of the coronavirus
1 week ago: 2,502
Today: 10,149

"There are now simply too many patients... Doctors and nurses are unable to tend to everybody. They lack machines to ventilate all those gasping for air."

From the Atlantic article
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/who-gets-hospital-bed/607807/

it is amazing how great a job the united states is doing containing this virus ..

by this point china had 50,000 cases .. and the USA had a 2 or 3 week head start on Italy

 

[steverocks35]

it is amazing how great a job the united states is doing containing this virus ..

by this point china had 50,000 cases .. and the USA had a 2 or 3 week head start on Italy

Lol, you just got through saying that there's nothing we can do so we should not cancel anything

 

[sheepdogs1]

What is basketball?

Advertisers would love this thread.

 

[BoulderSooner]

Lol, you just got through saying that there's nothing we can do so we should not cancel anything

sarcasm

 

[BCSooners]

it is amazing how great a job the united states is doing containing this virus ..

by this point china had 50,000 cases .. and the USA had a 2 or 3 week head start on Italy

Is this serious? China tried to downplay the situation and silence the whistleblower. USA is downplaying the situation but hasn't taken the measures China had to quarantine millions. USA is doing very little to contain the virus.

 

[BoulderSooner]

Is this serious? China tried to downplay the situation and silence the whistleblower. USA is downplaying the situation but hasn't taken the measures China had to quarantine millions. USA is doing very little to contain the virus.

1. --- i was being sarcastic

2.---- i agree the USA is doing little to contain it and yet we have 2% of the cases that china did at the same time point

 

[BCSooners]

1. --- i was being sarcastic

2.---- i agree the USA is doing little to contain it and yet we have 2% of the cases that china did at the same time point

Okay that's why I asked if it was serious.

 

[CMSOONER]

If the NCAA plays tournament games in empty arenas, this should play into OU's favor. They're used to playing in this sort of environment.. :ez-laugh::ez-roll:

 

[Max Power]

If the NCAA plays tournament games in empty arenas, this should play into OU's favor. They're used to playing in this sort of environment.. :ez-laugh::ez-roll:

Hey get your own jokes man!!! j/k

 

[sheepdogs1]

If the NCAA plays tournament games in empty arenas, this should play into OU's favor. They're used to playing in this sort of environment.. :ez-laugh::ez-roll:

Man that joke has gotten old. I think you are the 3rd or 4th person to go there in the past week or two. Next!!!!!

 

[CMSOONER]

Hey get your own jokes man!!! j/k

I honestly haven't read through all the posts the last couple days. I skimmed, but had a suspicion someone beat me too it.

 

[CMSOONER]

Man that joke has gotten old. I think you are the 3rd or 4th person to go there in the past week or two. Next!!!!!

Zzzz....

 

[skyvue]

i agree the USA is doing little to contain it and yet we have 2% of the cases that china did at the same time point

We have no idea how many cases we have. We are doing very little testing -- much less than other countries.

We were promised by a certain someone that there'd be 1 million available test kits by, when, a week ago? That promise was overly optimistic by a factor of 13 (if my math skills aren't letting me down).

 

[MJSooner]

Here is a question that no one knows the answer to yet, but man, makes you think. And this is meant to be a question only relating to the sports sides of things, not the health side. We've debated the health ramifications.

Over the last 24-72 hours, we have seen SXSW canceled, Coachella postponed, NCAA banning spectators, NBA playing in front of no fans, Chicago St Patty day canceled, Ivy League banning all spring sports, numerous universities canceling campus classes, and two of the largest cities on the West Coast banning ANY gathering of crowds. All in an attempt to stop coronavirus

With the NBA & NHL playoffs approaching in a few weeks, the MLB season about to start, the Masters, the Boston Marathon with 35,000 runners, the upcoming Olympics, and even the political campaigns and conventions, how many of these actually happen or happen without fans? If San Francisco has banned crowds over 1K, does the Giants play their games without spectators? How long do we continue these extreme but maybe necessary measures?

And maybe the deeper question that makes you think, how long does it go on? So if the virus keeps spreading, do we continue until football season? If it slows down, doesn't that mean the cancellations worked and crowd control continues?

It is pretty obvious this virus isn't just "going away" as was told to the press by one powerful individual yesterday, but it is hard to think of what happens if warmer weather doesn't help make it go dormant, from a sports perspective.

 

[skyvue]

it is hard to think of what happens if warmer weather doesn't help make it go dormant, from a sports perspective.

I've heard the warm weather thing, but I've heard from other sources that warm weather doesn't factor in with this type of virus (I have no idea one way or the other -- just repeating what I've read).

 

[BoulderSooner]

Here is a question that no one knows the answer to yet, but man, makes you think. And this is meant to be a question only relating to the sports sides of things, not the health side. We've debated the health ramifications.

Over the last 24-72 hours, we have seen SXSW canceled, Coachella postponed, NCAA banning spectators, NBA playing in front of no fans, Chicago St Patty day canceled, Ivy League banning all spring sports, numerous universities canceling campus classes, and two of the largest cities on the West Coast banning ANY gathering of crowds. All in an attempt to stop coronavirus

With the NBA & NHL playoffs approaching in a few weeks, the MLB season about to start, the Masters, the Boston Marathon with 35,000 runners, the upcoming Olympics, and even the political campaigns and conventions, how many of these actually happen or happen without fans? If San Francisco has banned crowds over 1K, does the Giants play their games without spectators? How long do we continue these extreme but maybe necessary measures?

And maybe the deeper question that makes you think, how long does it go on? So if the virus keeps spreading, do we continue until football season? If it slows down, doesn't that mean the cancellations worked and crowd control continues?

It is pretty obvious this virus isn't just "going away" as was told to the press by one powerful individual yesterday, but it is hard to think of what happens if warmer weather doesn't help make it go dormant, from a sports perspective.

we just go back to living our lives

 

[sheepdogs1]

I've heard the warm weather thing, but I've heard from other sources that warm weather doesn't factor in with this type of virus (I have no idea one way or the other -- just repeating what I've read).

I think the general belief is warmer weather will slow the transmission, but to what extent is still an unknown.

 

[MJSooner]

Here is a question that no one knows the answer to yet, but man, makes you think. And this is meant to be a question only relating to the sports sides of things, not the health side. We've debated the health ramifications.

Over the last 24-72 hours, we have seen SXSW canceled, Coachella postponed, NCAA banning spectators, NBA playing in front of no fans, Chicago St Patty day canceled, Ivy League banning all spring sports, numerous universities canceling campus classes, and two of the largest cities on the West Coast banning ANY gathering of crowds. All in an attempt to stop coronavirus

With the NBA & NHL playoffs approaching in a few weeks, the MLB season about to start, the Masters, the Boston Marathon with 35,000 runners, the upcoming Olympics, and even the political campaigns and conventions, how many of these actually happen or happen without fans? If San Francisco has banned crowds over 1K, does the Giants play their games without spectators? How long do we continue these extreme but maybe necessary measures?

And maybe the deeper question that makes you think, how long does it go on? So if the virus keeps spreading, do we continue until football season? If it slows down, doesn't that mean the cancellations worked and crowd control continues?

It is pretty obvious this virus isn't just "going away" as was told to the press by one powerful individual yesterday, but it is hard to think of what happens if warmer weather doesn't help make it go dormant, from a sports perspective.

we just go back to living our lives

That's kind of my point, Boulder, when do we go "back" to living our lives? With this kind of extreme reaction to cancel events, what is the catalyst that makes it go back? If crowd control slows down the virus, why would they allow it to go back to crowds everywhere, like normal? If it doesn't slow it down, the cancellations will get worse or at least continue.

Even the Director of Infectious Diseases said today that we have to accept life is now different compared to two months ago. I don't see normal happening anytime soon. Hope I am wrong.