How does this impact our pairwise?
We can hang NCAA Championship banners in both hockey and basketball .... who can tell us we’re wrong?
Needed to happen.
WOW. That is all.
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The 2019-20 Michigan Athletics season is over.
The seniors careers might be over unless the NCAA grants some kind of waiver.
Nothing until August now. Unspeakably sad right now for everyone.
Schools need to go apeshit, everyone should get another year if they are a spring athlete.
That's a good idea. I am sure there will be a lot of fallout in that direction. I know I'd feel cheated if I were competing in a spring sport.
Agreed, any spring athlete who didn't even start their season/just started it needs to be granted another year of eligibility
August? If we take them at their word they are basing the decision “on the evolving COVID-19 public health threat, our ability to ensure the events do not contribute to spread of the pandemic”.
Last I read a vaccine, if ever, wouldn’t be available until 12-18 months from now. Why do we think 100k people gathering at football games wouldn’t pose a public health threat in August? Maybe the rates would be lower bc a significant fraction of people will have already had it and recovered, but it will still be a public health threat... I’m not counting on football or fall sports either. Unless the NCAA decides to define some critical cut off where they’re ok with the risk of infection and mortality in certain numbers.
Because, by August we're assuming that we'd "kick" this thing without the need for a vaccine. Daily incidence rates in China seem to be decreasing so that might be a good sign of whats to come here.
China or South Korea are not good examples for us. Italy is. We will never do what China did and it is too late anyways and South Korea tested like crazy right from the start, implemented great procedures and contained it for now. There will be a round 2 in China when people actually leave their houses.
I don’t think Italy is a great example either. They travel a lot more than Americans for one.
Also, while China might not be a good analogue, when considering all things we are in a much better position to handle this than they do. And if they can show a decrease in daily incidence, then we can as well.
Uhhh...what?!?! Italy travels more than the US? I’m not sure if serious but you should qualify that figure. More people go through Hartsfield International Airport than the entire country of Italy daily. Granted, their metro and train system is large for the size of their country, but while a larger percent of their population may travel, the grand total isn’t even close. I honestly have no idea what your comment is trying to insinuate.
I should clarify that I’m referring to international travel. US are some of the least internationally traveled people in the world. Last I checked, only 40% of us citizens have passports. And well over half have never left the country at all.
I'm sure you can surmise Italy travels a lot more internationally than the US
Exactly. China was able to quarantine a large city and built a special hospital in something like 2 weeks. No way that happens here.
Since COVID 19 is yet another flu like strain, it is seasonal. Warmer weather should allow this virus to peak out in the next month or so and then abate-albeit slowly.
Except it's not. Its summer in Australia and the virus is spreading exponentially there. I wouldn't bank on the traditional "viruses don't like warm weather" reduction in cases.
Not this virus. I mean it's almost like this thing was manufactured in a lab or something.....
This is definitely wrong. It’s hitting every hemisphere right now.
Just keep on typing ignorant statements, it's doing wonders. Next one will get through, I'm sure.
He is just repeating what 45 said about warm weather knocking the virus down
But wait - Trump assured the country that it would vanish with warmer weather, so that must be true!
Other corona viruses and "flu like strains" as you put it have not been killed by warm weather. H1N1 swine flu was basically a summer flu that lasted from April til August. SARS was a coronavirus that lasted almost a year, through the spring and summer.
Crazy times, man. Crazy times.
So, is Emmert not going to be able to buy that fifth vacation home now? He's the real victim of all this.
It's the right thing to do and it's still gut-wrenching. I was looking forward to taking my son to the Michigan-MSU baseball game this Spring.
Let's all be smart and help beat this thing.
survive and....
that's it. just survive.
I hate everything and the people who make decisions.
How doctors think everyone is overreacting: https://youtu.be/39A7Tr-H29E
Start at 1:10
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BTW I work in medical and deal with doctors (surgeons mostly) every day. And not ONE of them think we are "overreacting", in fact they are mostly pissed we aren't reacting enough
Funny thing about anecdotal evidence. I too work in the medical field (in no way am I on the medical side myself). The doctors I work with think this is mostly overblown for the general population, and don't understand why the press/media aren't communicating who is really getting sick from this, and who isn't. Their biggest worry is that our hospitals and clinics will spend so much time caring for and testing people with little or no risk factors the people who need the care will delay that care until it's too late.
Most of our facilities now have notices everywhere telling people to avoid using our services unless it's truly necessary, so we can keep our beds free.
It's probably not a bad idea to cancel events with large number of people at them though. I don't think anyone disagrees with that. In the grand scheme of life or death I don't care how far M's teams make it in basketball or hockey.
Are these doctors experts in infectious diseases? If not, I don't give a shit.
So you think only doctors who specialize in infectious diseases can have an valid opinion on what is, essentially, the common cold on steroids, and how it affects people?
You do know who will be treating all these sick people right? It isn't experts in infectious diseases. It's family medicine docs, internal medicine docs, PAs, NPs, and of course, nurses and their PAs.
If we have a dozen infectious disease docs across the entire enterprise I'll be surprised.
Speaking of which, if you have a (current) RN license and are willing to travel, you can probably name your rate pretty soon.
March 12th, 2020 at 10:15 PM ^
They can have an opinion. Just not one I care about. I have opinions too. My brother is a doctor and runs a health care system and he ain't an expert.
That video is from two weeks ago. So much has changed since then. And Dr. Drew is a TV personality who focuses mainly on addiction. Does he have any background in epidemiology?
Dr. Fucking Drew--are you kidding me?
Again, makes sense and is the right thing to do but sucks for the athletes.
I guess Brian wished on the monkey's paw "sim to end to the season."
So how does the national title work?
Does UVA get another, like if a square is empty for Super Bowl squares? Or is it going to be like skins in golf? Winner next year actually wins TWO national titles?
UCF set the precedent by just claiming one, so I think the first college to call "Dibs" wins it...
None - just a dash probably. Just like the World Series in 1994 or the Olympics that were cancelled during WWI and WWII.
This is such a bummer.
First year without a national champion in college basketball since 2013.
On the plus side of things, if you want to take a gamble on the virus, Vegas packages (air and room) are pretty much free. Example: Aria Resort.... Leave next Friday, Home Sunday... $112 total LOL.
I really wonder how hard Vegas is going to be hit by all of this. Sports betting has effectively been wiped out, across the board, in a matter of days, and how many people are really going to want to head to a casino now?
If the fear of being surrounded by strangers and getting infected with the virus doesn't stop you, then its going to be the thought of "I'm bleeding money out of my savings/401K every day, and its not showing signs of stopping anytime soon. Why make it worse by losing even more money at the casino?"
This might be one of the few times in life where the house is going to lose. And lose big.
This is taking cancel culture all too far!!!!!!!!
I canceled my flight from Des Moines to DCA to visit my mom...I'm bummed :(
DSM airport, already the easiest airport in the country must be a dream right now though.
Yep - I would imagine it is empty. *pro-tip: cedar rapids is even easier :)
Imagine being a Dayton or San Diego St fan/player/coach right now.
Battle 4 Atlantis winner is automatically named national champion