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Bartles

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  1. Maryland joins Indiana as claiming they have zero COVID-positives As usual the B1G can't keep pace with SEC
  2. Way better than I expected. Numbers should only go down from here, though it may take a couple weeks due to increased travel. Schedule will be released tonight for the 8-game regular season stretch run. I wonder about sending teams home if they run out of games that would affect the final standings...that would be the true test of how much this is a TV money grab. Will they make the Kings play the Spurs in a completely meaningless game just for television?
  3. I think the games can come off fine...even with the college athletes, seasons can be held with just a handful of absences, most of which won't even get particularly sick. The older staff, not to mention facility workers, security, etc., will need to stay distanced which shouldn't be a problem. (I know there will be a bunch of drill sergeant coaches who can't imagine not screaming in guys' faces every day, but you can't blame the system for that when they get sick.) The thing with the fans is frustrating to me. I suspect a lot of it is wishful thinking. I don't blame ADs for still having Plan A be selling tickets to anyone who wants to attend. But they need to realize Plans B thru Z are way more likely. A huge stadium doesn't need to be empty, but anything more than a few thousand and yeah there's gonna be COVID spread.
  4. Steamboat with the throwback "What if one person tests positive" post. If you follow sports globally, athletes have been testing positive all along and the leagues are rolling through their planned schedules. That's why Brogdon was like, see you guys in Orlando. I do expect some eye-popping NBA numbers assuming teams release the info over the next few days. But they could quarantine the entire team/staff starting today and still be able to get to Orlando are start the season on time.
  5. That Houston girl said she got very sick the day after the protest, so that's pretty much a guarantee she did NOT get sick by going to the protest. Probably same for her friends. Of course there are cases from the large protests, but the outbreaks haven't been as bad as like a single church or bar with only 20-30 people around.
  6. Me too, and I live right in the middle of Philly. Most protesters looked to have masks on. People wear them out on the sidewalks, and I haven't seen evidence of anyone throwing a fit at a store. Hell, it's not uncommon to see homeless people wearing masks outside. But I think indoor bars/restaurants and house parties are the big driver, and I don't see why northeast cities will do any better with that than Texas. Maybe our houses are smaller and there aren't as many big private gatherings. But once people are able to drink indoors, it's game on. I won't blame the young hotties either...the Jersey shore is full of 50s-60s folk hugging and shouting in each other's faces on patios.
  7. To A-Tex' questions, no matter how bad a local outbreak seems, it will be possible to charter travel a CFB team in to play a game safely. The vulnerable team will be undergoing testing and also clamping down on sheltering if the environment is bad. A bunch of players and staff might have to stay away, but they should have enough to play. I wouldn't be surprised to see some cancellations. But I really doubt any of the playoff contenders won't play their full conference schedule and at least a couple non-conf games. Their protocols will be refined by then, many positive guys will be back and they can field nearly full teams every week. I know it sounds barbaric. There are scenarios where games will have to be shut down, especially if the campus in general is being clobbered. But it's much more likely that the virus will be a nuisance that picks people off here and there, athletes and others, without forcing entire teams to shut down. Kind of like so many grocery stores that have managed to stay open this whole time -- it's dangerous but it can be done.
  8. Thank you for the info and especially this important point about how you are actually learning on the fly. I keep seeing HCPs from Texas posting as if they still think the country overreacted and this really isn't that bad. I wonder if the influence of their friends and family, who have been bitching about restaurants being closed, makes them reluctant to admit the severity of the crisis.
  9. Wait, that's the finished exterior? The fucking glare off that thing is gonna blind pilots in and out of DFW
  10. CT + NY + NJ + PA total around 44 million. All four embracing masks and distancing, all four with R-0 rates below 1.0. It has been corralled, though not to the point where we can sell a bunch of tickets even to outdoor events like football. There's no reason other states can't get their shit together and do the same. Speaking of which, apologies to football fans, but the topic of this very football-relevant thread depends on discussion of the fight against COVID-19 because college football is in danger. I don't think a lot of posters are mentioning politicians names or anything. (The recent Fauci comment was I think sarcastic but it triggered some ppl)
  11. The northeast didn't ever shut down completely. It was actually pretty similar rules to the south until around 4-6 weeks ago. And even then the main difference has been when states started allowing indoor social activities like bars/restaurants/churches. Oh and the NE adopted face masks earlier and continues to wear them today. As for football - and all sports, especially pro - there is enough money to keep players/staff out of harm's way to have a season. They have money for frequent testing and to isolate positive cases. It can be done even if the numbers in the community are running high. College sports will be tougher for reasons obvious to any male who has set foot on campus.
  12. This is just complete bullshit. There are all kinds of proven examples that mask wearing by a majority of people (doesn't have to be all) can hold off the virus until it pretty much disappears. That's been shown in small lab studies but also large populations like Hong Kong, South Korea and New Zealand. COVID is no longer ripping through in the northeastern US, and those states have been "open" except for large indoor activities. That region is nowhere near herd immunity and contact tracing is rare and ineffective. So it's simply masks and social distancing. If we actually isolated positive testers and did contact tracing as well, the numbers would come down even more.
  13. Fuck that is my consensus. Younger people are already being hospitalized more, and the long term effects can be nasty even if their immediate health isn't that bad. And maybe most importantly, they keep spreading it to more vulnerable groups like me.
  14. Those long games can cripple a team for days, especially the pitching staff. I'm not wild about the runner on 2nd, I would actually prefer letting it be a tie after the 10th inning.
  15. The Orlando parks are scheduled to re-open on July 11, but cast members are petitioning to delay that date due to the outbreak. Passholder reservations are supposed to begin this Friday, so they'll have to decide quickly if they want to push it back.
  16. It's already happening. @sarahkliff is a good follow for this. Lately she's been digging up expensive tests which are mostly not covered, as well as sick people going back to work because that's the only way they keep their insurance. But you're right, the insurance cos have no intention of paying for this stuff
  17. So after all that, MLB is scheduled to be the first major sport to return, one day ahead of NBA. Our national pastime!
  18. This is life in 2020-21, it will be dangerous. Even besides the jobs defined as essential this spring, there's not an extremely safe way to be a bartender, server, teacher, student, and the list goes on. I think sports in general have laid out pretty good plans, though colleges have it the hardest due to the vast number of athletes and varying budgets. With pro sports, I think the athletes and staff are probably just as safe playing under their protocols than they would be living their lives back home. I'd like to think colleges can pull that off, but it's gonna be bumpy. A lot of things are just going to have to move forward. A bunch of people like to cry "Lawsuits!" and yeah, that's a thing but you'll need a good lawyer and even then, get in line because there's like 2.5 million people who got sick and can probably argue some government or company put them at risk. If you watched "Dark Waters" you saw how difficult that slam dunk case was to pull off, and how many years it took. And the guilty company still thrives.
  19. So conflicted to be happy with something TABC is doing Send Kevin Costner & Sean Connery to San Marcos to show them we mean business
  20. The in-person tally should be known on election night as usual, which unfortunately favors Trump as his voters are too skeptical/stupid to use mail-in or other options. At that point Trump and Barr will try to shut down the counting of mail-ins and declare victory. Some states will comply, and it's up to the chief justice again...😟
  21. Suppression of a different kind blog post says "with utter confidence" the Kentucky moves were "100% about COVID", and it's very believable. McGrath/Booker was not a close race at all when they implemented the changes to keep people safer from the virus. It ends up helping McGrath because recent Booker voters will have to wait in line, but they have had several days of early voting and also mail-in voting (which is overwhelmed just like it will be everywhere). And McGrath is also trying to get more polling places opened back up.
  22. Sooo, I am not quite as confident in the boldface after seeing the Clemson number. But again, this is the beginning of testing and there is plenty of time to get people healthy and start practicing better habits. Also curious to see numbers from a major team in an area where the virus is receding, like much of the Big Ten. One writer pointed out the Clemson FB rate is half that of the state of SC at the moment.
  23. Is this a typo? With MORE THAN 1K cases? From the official state web site: Effective June 19: Amusement parks and carnivals in counties with more than 1,000 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 may open at 50% capacity.
  24. Big statement, though I'm not sure how often those two schools host SEC champs. Would have to be non-revenue like golf or track
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