Posted on 03/12/2020 6:58:05 AM PDT by billorites
I've often wondered if they don't do that already. I've noticed the camera angles at games rarely going above ground level, but seeing crowd-sourced pics showing lots of open space in the "cheap seats" (i.e., non-corporate levels).
Second, many want to create a crisis that they can blame on Donald Trump in hopes of electing a Democratic president...
That one doesn’t wash so well now that MANY countries are taking this thing incredibly seriously and it is having devastating effects in a country in Western Europe.
NOW BLAMING IT on Trump..that’s another story THEY WILL lie and distort every single chance they get.
But it is a crisis. Just because it hasn’t reached flu numbers yet doesn’t make it not one.
And just because more people have died in car accidents this year doesn’t make it not one..
I think with good containment it can be under control by june or july with plenty of time for a rally and a big Trump victory
Going to most sporting events has become a rather unpleasant experience. Traffic getting there, way overpriced parking once you arrive, and a crowd full of obnoxious drunks who are really not pleasant to be around. Plus obnoxious rap music being beamed at me near threshold-of-pain decibels during every stoppage in play.
As someone with pretty severe social anxiety (to the point of having to take meds), I like self-quarantining just fine, thank you.
The thought that Joe Biden would have handled this better is laughable.
He can barely function as it is, and every single decision would have been made on the basis of what is most politically correct.
Quarantine CONgre$$ CoVid - 535. Ankle bracelets would be nice too. OK...I’ll chip in for the specially sized one for Hillary. Can you lend me some of the “foreign aide” moolah, Joek?
signed: DEPLORABLE
What are the protective measures South Korea and Taiwan took that Italy did not?
I can think of a couple, but I’m just guessing:
1. Have a protocol in place for anyone arriving with corona virus symptoms—use a different door/wing/building, and strictly control access to that entrance while not allowing access of these patients thru other entries.
2. Protective gear worn by all seeing potential coronavirus patients, with strict cleaning protocols, both area and personnel.
3. Work now to create isolated ICU. Another wing, floor or building from main ICU. This is where the Government money should be generously and quickly applied.
What else?
I have also thought that maybe virtue signaling is part of this. Look how much I care, I care so much that I shut down the NBA.
Seems a bit of that may be going on also.
Maybe Trump could commute Stone and Manafort, considering their ages
Joe Rogan did a podcast with Michael Osterholm, an epidemiologist from Minnesota. Pretty straight forward information without sugar coating it or making panic based predictions.
The gist of it:
Expect several months of this before leveling off or dropping.
Didn’t quite compare it to the Spanish flu
Quarantines and canceling large events will help flatten the peak of cases.
Thanks for those graphs - make the needed measures clear to understand. It’s not just the death rate, it’s the percentage that need intensive care.
NOW BLAMING IT on Trump..that’s another story THEY WILL lie and distort every single chance they get.
But it is a crisis. Just because it hasn’t reached flu numbers yet doesn’t make it not one.
And just because more people have died in car accidents this year doesn’t make it not one..
I think with good containment it can be under control by june or july with plenty of time for a rally and a big Trump victory
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do, your comment about the ongoing effort to blame it on Trump got me thinking. Personally, I’m of the opinion this blame game will backfire and serve only to have his supporters and others on the fence, so to speak, to realize the box that he has been placed in thru no fault of his own. Also it will be seen as a blatant political ploy which the opposition is using for strictly political positioning. It’s just so obvious for many reasons.
I think fear of lawsuits is the #1 reason you see all these major events closing. If league X closed there games and yours didn’t, then if somebody gets the sniffles or a tummyache, they can blame it on the coronavirus and have a lawyer sue you for millions. Because a certain percentage die from the disease and since it can take up to two weeks to manifest itself, there’s no way the league can defend itself and say they weren’t the cause of the spread.
These leagues are potentially losing a ton of money over this so you can bet they are looking at the potential legal fallout for playing during the heart of the crisis.
Osterholm is a highly respected epidemiologist.
Here is the video -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZFhjMQrVts
Huge amounts of testing. S.Korea was testing half a million people a day at the peak.
Self quarantine = I can binge watch every season of Game of Thrones again.
In your bathrobe.
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