General off-season news thread

[JAFF]

Originally Posted by Brylok

I agree with you about Carr. I've resigned myself to another year of Jacoby, but it might not matter. There's a possibility that there won't even be a 2020 season due to coronavirus. We shall see. Good luck and God speed to all of us here.

There will be a season. Just one with no one in the stands for the first half of the year.

[Chromeburn]

Originally Posted by JAFF

There will be a season. Just one with no one in the stands for the first half of the year.

Maybe longer. Corona isn’t seasonal. So it will stick around for a while. And the older you are the deadlier it is. I have to imagine half the people who can afford and pay for tickets is in the middle age and above bracket.

[Colt Classic]

Deadlier?! Why is there so much hysteria surrounding this? It's a type of flu, and a few, mainly older people have died from it, similarly to how deadly pneumonia can be. Sure, take precautions to not spread germs, but pump the breaks on the "we're all gonna die" hysterics.

[Chromeburn]

Originally Posted by Colt Classic

Deadlier?! Why is there so much hysteria surrounding this? It's a type of flu, and a few, mainly older people have died from it, similarly to how deadly pneumonia can be. Sure, take precautions to not spread germs, but pump the breaks on the "we're all gonna die" hysterics.

Can’t ascribe to the hysteria you are talking about, at least I haven’t seen any. But I don’t think talking about something and taking it seriously makes you hysterical. I didn’t realize I said “we’re all going to die”. Oh wait, I didn’t.

But yes, it has the potential to kill you. It is still pretty new to dismiss it as just another flu. Death rate of the flu is 0.1% in the US. So far it seems corona is about ten times that. It is not the end of the world, but its not something to ignore either. People with compromised immune systems are definitely at risk. But people over 50, the stats start rising.

[JAFF]

Originally Posted by Colt Classic

Deadlier?! Why is there so much hysteria surrounding this? It's a type of flu, and a few, mainly older people have died from it, similarly to how deadly pneumonia can be. Sure, take precautions to not spread germs, but pump the breaks on the "we're all gonna die" hysterics.

If you go to the CDC site you will see that is not true. It's not just any flu. This is one that has evolved from one species to now attack people. There's not flue shot for this and there won't be for a while. The death rate for a typical flue season is 0.01 % for people. The death rate for this thing, internationally has been trending at 3.3 %

Do a little math. 0.01% of 1000000 is 1000. 3.3% of one million is 33000. 19 million get this thing, 627,000 will die. That's the same number as the 1918 spanish influenza, in this country.

And apparently, it's easier to catch this flu than others.

[Pez]

Originally Posted by Colt Classic

Deadlier?! Why is there so much hysteria surrounding this? It's a type of flu, and a few, mainly older people have died from it, similarly to how deadly pneumonia can be. Sure, take precautions to not spread germs, but pump the breaks on the "we're all gonna die" hysterics.

It's 10 times deadlier than the flu, 10 times as contagious and there is no vaccine? There's points A, B, C.

I agree that the "all going to die" is hysterics, and I'm not sure anyone is saying that. I'm in fort Wayne and there are already 5-6 cases, one from a vendor at the home and garden show where he perhaps saw thousands of people.

By the time you double every square of the chessboard, there are a great many sick and a great many dead. I would imagine that you and I will know many of them also.

[Brylok]

MLB has cancelled spring training and is suspending the start of the season by at least 2 weeks.

[JAFF]

Originally Posted by Pez

It's 10 times deadlier than the flu, 10 times as contagious and there is no vaccine? There's points A, B, C.

I agree that the "all going to die" is hysterics, and I'm not sure anyone is saying that. I'm in fort Wayne and there are already 5-6 cases, one from a vendor at the home and garden show where he perhaps saw thousands of people.

By the time you double every square of the chessboard, there are a great many sick and a great many dead. I would imagine that you and I will know many of them also.

The 7+ days of incubation is a major problem. Those with the virus can be spreading it for a week before they know they are infected. Shutting down places that have groups of people, is the best way to stop transmission.

Stay home. Wash your hands often and hope for the best. There isn't any way to completely seal yourself off, unless you are one of those Preppers hiding in bumfuck montana 50 miles from the nearest road.

[Maniac]

Originally Posted by JAFF

The 7+ days of incubation is a major problem. Those with the virus can be spreading it for a week before they know they are infected. Shutting down places that have groups of people, is the best way to stop transmission.

Stay home. Wash your hands often and hope for the best. There isn't any way to completely seal yourself off, unless you are one of those Preppers hiding in bumfuck montana 50 miles from the nearest road.

Yep, with a lack of testing and vaccine/shot for it, social distancing is needed to stop this from spreading so fast. It's not going to stop it from spreading, but if you can slow it down, it helps.

[Colt Classic]

Originally Posted by Pez

It's 10 times deadlier than the flu, 10 times as contagious and there is no vaccine? There's points A, B, C.

I agree that the "all going to die" is hysterics, and I'm not sure anyone is saying that. I'm in fort Wayne and there are already 5-6 cases, one from a vendor at the home and garden show where he perhaps saw thousands of people.

By the time you double every square of the chessboard, there are a great many sick and a great many dead. I would imagine that you and I will know many of them also.

Well if they get it, they only have a 98% chance of survival. I mean, fuck, start planning the funeral and kiss them goodbye with those odds.