so looks like Covid starting to cause problems with basketball already
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Hey all, I never know whether to weigh in on non-bball topics because…politics on the internet (sigh) But it feels good to talk about it so here goes. The latest & biggest-to-date study out of Denmark, a couple days ago, concluded what many of us already know: wearing a mask will not keep you from getting covid, and may/may not keep you from spreading it.
Personally, I got the vid while taking safety precautions from someone else who was doing the same. My assumption is that we’ll all be exposed eventually because the virus is in no hurry. It will wait. Statistically, the chances of dying from covid are 1/5000, with the great majority of those deaths folks 80 and older with comorbidities. To me, it makes sense to protect the senior citizens (those who want to be protected) while the rest of us take basic precautions and go on with our lives. Senior citizens deserve to choose whether they want to isolate and keep their families at bay. So do kids re: school. Kids 14 and under are impervious to this thing (under 100 deaths nationally). Shutting down schools “for the kids” is insane and won’t stop the virus anyway.
My small business was hit hard in the first round of lockdowns, so of course I have a vested interest. Round 2 may be the end, since I don’t have the luxury of staying home and drawing a paycheck. Asking—let’s be real, compelling—millions of small business owners to take a hit on behalf of those who can work remotely is crazy.
“If everyone masks up for a few weeks”…the virus will still be here. It’s not leaving.
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@ajvan said in so looks like Covid starting to cause problems with basketball already:
“If everyone masks up for a few weeks”…the virus will still be here. It’s not leaving.
Agree with this. The issue is that it seems some hospitals are being overwhelmed again in larger population areas.
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@ajvan That studies had all kinds of problems and was only published so that folks didn’t think it was being buried. Only 46% of the group who were supposed to always wear masks reported actually doing that…
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@BShark said in so looks like Covid starting to cause problems with basketball already:
@ajvan said in so looks like Covid starting to cause problems with basketball already:
“If everyone masks up for a few weeks”…the virus will still be here. It’s not leaving.
Agree with this. The issue is that it seems some hospitals are being overwhelmed again in larger population areas.
Here in Topeka they are in discussions of where to house Patients because of over flow/ Early talks of the Stor Mont Vail event Center - - the old Expo Center.
Just heard Dr Faucci said the Vaccine would be available in April. - -Lots of sickeness and positive cases and Deaths by April
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@DanR What would we be ranked if we lost to them and they cancelled the season?
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@approxinfinity those countries one and all are much smaller than we are and a hell of alot less populated.
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@Marco the total population of the EU is 447,706,209.
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The influx of the elderly into hospitals seems to indicate that we’re not doing a great job protecting our senior citizens. This isn’t a new problem and dates way back to when the virus first arrived and was allowed to run rampant in nursing homes.
Or, conversely, it indicates that they are sick of the preventive measures and prefer to take risks in order to see people they care about (like most of my neighbors and my own parents).
One thing it doesn’t do is make is a compelling case for shutting down schools, the economy, etc.
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@ajvan said in so looks like Covid starting to cause problems with basketball already:
The influx of the elderly into hospitals seems to indicate that we’re not doing a great job protecting our senior citizens. This isn’t a new problem and dates way back to when the virus first arrived and was allowed to run rampant in nursing homes.
Or, conversely, it indicates that they are sick of the preventive measures and prefer to take risks in order to see people they care about (like most of my neighbors and my own parents).
One thing it doesn’t do is make is a compelling case for shutting down schools, the economy, etc.
Would have to agree with this
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https://twitter.com/aslavitt/status/1330178507582939136?s=21
I’d love to live in a country where 1 persons life made for a compelling argument. I’d settle for a place where 1000s of live could do it. Instead we are in a place where 100s of thousands of lives just aren’t that compelling.
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Something positive to think about.
https://twitter.com/celeste_pewter/status/1330301996201631751?s=21
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My perspective on this seems to flow directly with my politics. I’m an independent, basically despise both major parties. I’ve never seen this virus as anything political. I have friends on both sides, and I vowed early on to not lose any of them over this issue. Still have them all. I have strong opinions in some areas, but I do my best to stay respectful at all times and try to see other sides of this.
I’m well-educated in the sciences and had years experience as a lab tech in one of the largest hospitals in Kansas when I was young and thinking medicine would be my life. I dealt with infectious disease daily and still give thanks to being well protected with PPE. I feel strongly that masks are very effective at slowing this virus down, especially N95 or better. I wear N95 today, try to keep social distancing (but not perfect) and don’t do the large gatherings. I’ve made it this far, but feel fortunate because my kids are my biggest source of risk, and their lives have created the need for three quarantines so far. I am the medical administrator of my 87 yr old father. I can not completely separate myself from his presence. He is high risk. Covid isn’t a game with me. Not a hoax. Not some bragging point for a political side. It’s a threat within my family and I respect it as a threat.
We can argue all we want until we are blue in the face, but I only have to state one word to defend my side… Taiwan! Google “Taiwan Covid” and you will receive an education on the right way to handle this virus and how our country failed miserably. I know Trump and his administration could have done better… but I don’t think any administration would have been able to do what we needed to do, which is what Taiwan did. Their secret weapon was having Chen Chien-jen (an Epidemiologist) as their VP. Their people are not so focused on independent liberties.
To date, Taiwan has suffered only 7 deaths with a population of 25 million. They had their first case around the same time as us, while receiving a higher traffic of Chinese mainland visitors. They’ve never shutdown their economy. Didn’t need to. Life goes on for them while we fight among ourselves.
My point is… science wins when we believe in it and play by the rules. Our only hope for getting our lives back is to back science. Our economy will not recover just by keeping it open. Most of the public does not have confidence to get out there and live like they once did. I know I don’t, and I can’t. I have too much at stake to risk people in my own family and also have no desire to spread it to others.
We have only begun to deal with this virus… many who have contracted Covid have developed chronic issues that may continue for the rest of their lives. Turns out Covid may actually be a vascular disease. All your organs are at risk for long term damage. That damage may show up now, or down the road. You can bet Covid is going to cost us financially for the rest of our lives. We are not even having those conversations yet. Google “long haulers” for a taste of chronic issues.
I am a business owner and I have been heavily impacted financially because of Covid. I totally agree that we need to do whatever we can to keep people from financial collapse. This is where the gov should be of more assistance. I’m not a socialist and have never taken a single free cent from our gov, and haven’t with this either. I don’t want free money. But I see it is necessary to help people at this time. Actually, it fits in my beliefs as a fiscal conservative to rescue people at this time as an investment in our long term stability.
Sometimes being a nation of individualists doesn’t pay off. Sometimes we need to come together with a single purpose. We once were a country that did that… but we aren’t any longer. Consider this virus the warning shot of something much more deadly ahead and we will again not listen to science and all do our own thing.
During WWII, my grandfather took my mother to Los Angeles so he could work for Lockheed Burbank. Because of the threat of Japanese bombings the city was on a blackout. You couldn’t even light a candle. The community came together. Renegades who didn’t follow orders (not many) were flogged. This is the America I like to remember… but it is gone. And if it isn’t this virus with it’s death rate of 1-2% but potential to kill 2+ million Americans, it will be the next one. Perhaps H1N5. We won’t have time to play games with that virus.
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@drgnslayr said in so looks like Covid starting to cause problems with basketball already:
My perspective on this seems to flow directly with my politics. I’m an independent, basically despise both major parties. I’ve never seen this virus as anything political. I have friends on both sides, and I vowed early on to not lose any of them over this issue. Still have them all. I have strong opinions in some areas, but I do my best to stay respectful at all times and try to see other sides of this.
I’m well-educated in the sciences and had years experience as a lab tech in one of the largest hospitals in Kansas when I was young and thinking medicine would be my life. I dealt with infectious disease daily and still give thanks to being well protected with PPE. I feel strongly that masks are very effective at slowing this virus down, especially N95 or better. I wear N95 today, try to keep social distancing (but not perfect) and don’t do the large gatherings. I’ve made it this far, but feel fortunate because my kids are my biggest source of risk, and their lives have created the need for three quarantines so far. I am the medical administrator of my 87 yr old father. I can not completely separate myself from his presence. He is high risk. Covid isn’t a game with me. Not a hoax. Not some bragging point for a political side. It’s a threat within my family and I respect it as a threat.
We can argue all we want until we are blue in the face, but I only have to state one word to defend my side… Taiwan! Google “Taiwan Covid” and you will receive an education on the right way to handle this virus and how our country failed miserably. I know Trump and his administration could have done better… but I don’t think any administration would have been able to do what we needed to do, which is what Taiwan did. Their secret weapon was having Chen Chien-jen (an Epidemiologist) as their VP. Their people are not so focused on independent liberties.
To date, Taiwan has suffered only 7 deaths with a population of 25 million. They had their first case around the same time as us, while receiving a higher traffic of Chinese mainland visitors. They’ve never shutdown their economy. Didn’t need to. Life goes on for them while we fight among ourselves.
My point is… science wins when we believe in it and play by the rules. Our only hope for getting our lives back is to back science. Our economy will not recover just by keeping it open. Most of the public does not have confidence to get out there and live like they once did. I know I don’t, and I can’t. I have too much at stake to risk people in my own family and also have no desire to spread it to others.
We have only begun to deal with this virus… many who have contracted Covid have developed chronic issues that may continue for the rest of their lives. Turns out Covid may actually be a vascular disease. All your organs are at risk for long term damage. That damage may show up now, or down the road. You can bet Covid is going to cost us financially for the rest of our lives. We are not even having those conversations yet. Google “long haulers” for a taste of chronic issues.
I am a business owner and I have been heavily impacted financially because of Covid. I totally agree that we need to do whatever we can to keep people from financial collapse. This is where the gov should be of more assistance. I’m not a socialist and have never taken a single free cent from our gov, and haven’t with this either. I don’t want free money. But I see it is necessary to help people at this time. Actually, it fits in my beliefs as a fiscal conservative to rescue people at this time as an investment in our long term stability.
Sometimes being a nation of individualists doesn’t pay off. Sometimes we need to come together with a single purpose. We once were a country that did that… but we aren’t any longer. Consider this virus the warning shot of something much more deadly ahead and we will again not listen to science and all do our own thing.
During WWII, my grandfather took my mother to Los Angeles so he could work for Lockheed Burbank. Because of the threat of Japanese bombings the city was on a blackout. You couldn’t even light a candle. The community came together. Renegades who didn’t follow orders (not many) were flogged. This is the America I like to remember… but it is gone. And if it isn’t this virus with it’s death rate of 1-2% but potential to kill 2+ million Americans, it will be the next one. Perhaps H1N5. We won’t have time to play games with that virus.
Very well said. Great post. I too wear a mask when i DO go out , I mean I’ve not secluded myself because of the virus but really don’t make it out a lot at the present cause of some issues kin of hard to right now. When I do I wear the mask , I have others to think about my Wife is very high risk & I sure don’t want to put her in harms way. - - Like you have had to quarintine 2 times myself because of my Daughter and Nephew not really sure what they are not understanding with this , i think they are like Sooo many others just don’t believe it’s that big of deal or that THEY can’t get it & or are just tired of it and like a lot are now just saying more or less screw it. Not giving any consideration to others.
I wear my mask - -I use the hand santatizer out of respect also, and I fully believe that this is no joke - -OR any kind of hoax. So many have lost their lives and yet people want to say this is a Hoax ? - please wake up , and too I’ve never thought this any political thing some just don’t get it.
Just gonna say again please my friends take this seriously like I said my wife and I both are high risk , her with her breathing issues and on O-2 24/7 every day - - ALL day and lungs being shot and me with Heart conditions and asthma this thing is no joke and NOT going anywhere soon
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@Crimsonorblue22 said in so looks like Covid starting to cause problems with basketball already:
Wonderful - -man I’m so tired of this virus
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Excellent post I couldn’t have said it better. Thanks. I’m a 63 y/o democrat, in biz for myself, been very lucky to still have work, have two kids in college who thankfully have listened to us and practiced proper behavior to minimize their exposure while being surrounded by many who don’t mostly because they are tired of it or don’t want to believe that it is serious. I was thinking the same thing about America in ww2, how we all came together for do what was right and necessary even though it was hard.
And yes I’m scared… mostly because there is a massive segment of Americans who have made this partisan and political and who have apparently decided to embrace a view that is antithetical to science and based on deliberate mis-information.
Interesting article I read today in the nyt about how there is a resurgence of pro Stalin fervor in Russia. Apparently people don’t want to hear anymore, or actively doubting, about the millions of Russians who were killed by starvation, persecution, or sent to the labor camps in the gulag. They want to remember the past in more nostalgic terms, want to view that era as one of triumph and world power, and actively are suppressing and attacking people who want to educate the younger generations about what really happened. Yikes.
Anyway We need to all come together as a country absolutely!
Cannot WAIT for KU hoops !
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And there’s why this thing isn’t going away. If you don’t care about people 3 degrees removed from you, than you don’t care about people in general and that may be fine for you but to me it’s the biggest problem in our culture today. To think that people 3 degrees removed have no bearing on your life, well-being and livelihood is just ignorant.
There need to be services and support for those struggling financially amid a shut down but just letting things go as they are now is just unacceptable. Over 2000 people died from COVID yesterday in the U.S. I guess that’s fine for you as long as you didn’t know any of them.
Wow dude, WTF is the matter with you @benshawks08 ? How the hell do you draw these conclusions from my post? This is extremely insulting and should be deleted. I came nowhere near saying i don’t care about people or people dying is fine with me. That’s completely asinine to suggest that. Maybe the biggest problems with our culture today is that we have teachers that either can’t read or willingly put ridiculous words in people’s mouths that were never said or implied.
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@RockkChalkk “ if acting in the best interests of my family over the interests of someone three degrees removed from me makes me selfish, call me selfish all day long i don’t care.” This to me says, me and mine are worth more than you and yours. Am I wrong?
You called a global pandemic that has killed 300,000 Americans a political exaggeration.
You said you hoped it came off as insensitive.
Yeah, I took some steps you hadn’t, but they were down the path you started down.
Not sure why it should be deleted but I agree I probably went too far and my goal was not to come off as insensitive so sorry if I offended.
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Read where Duke’s opening game against Gardner Webb has been postponed due to positive test for COVID by one of Gardner Webb players OR staff
Article stated the COVID has already altered teams such as Baylor - - Duke - - -Arizona St - - -Florida State & others - - OL Dukie said again he was saying to NCAA officals how he would hope if it gets any worse that they would just start the Season later - -Don’t think it’s going to matter when we start - - still going to be plenty of issues
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Rick Barnes positive
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Well believe it or not - this dam thing just keeps getting worse. - - The weekly COVID for Kansas/ Topeka. Since last Friday we sit another record. - - we have 7,526 new cases since Friday - - 46 New Deaths - - & 95 New Hospitalizations - - 7,526 NEW CASES.
Stormont Vail Hospital here in Topeka had 200 employees gone from work Monday , now have 103 INPATIENT COVID. - -The Kansas Hospital Assoc reported showed that 44 % of all State Hospitals will be under staffed this week.
Gove kelly has put in a request to President Trump to extend the National Guard assistance for testing and helping delivering supplies and such. - -there is 888 staffed ICU beds 565 i use and 240 being used for COVID. - -Stormont saying they gonna to have to look into transferring patients - but that has issues cause other Hospitals full also.
On tp of everything else now are we not only fighting the COVID but Hospitals now starting to see the FLU coming in. - Right now they said they are showing 0.022 coming in for FLU & 8.2 % for the COVID
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@Crimsonorblue22 Apparently it’s not just Barnes. Tennessee announced multiple positives “among its Tier 1 personnel,” which includes coaches, players, team managers and support staff.
Fortunately we don’t play them for a couple of months.
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@nwhawkfan said in so looks like Covid starting to cause problems with basketball already:
@Crimsonorblue22 Apparently it’s not just Barnes. Tennessee announced multiple positives “among its Tier 1 personnel,” which includes coaches, players, team managers and support staff.
Fortunately we don’t play them for a couple of months.
if we get that far. - -I just don’t know I am seriously doubting there will end up being a lot of games being played. - - Loads of Cancellations
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@approxinfinity and they are a loose conglomeration of small separate nations. They can claim to be union whatever, but in reality they are not. By comparison, we are the 3rd most populous nation in the world with 330 million and a hell of alot of land and people with different mindsets and lifestyles, even education and medias. Not easy to mandate much of anything. Look at Newsom in California, mandating for everyone else but not himself. Do I think that people should wear masks? Yes, and I do so. I’m just not sure that killing off businesses is the way to go.
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Not as much a Univeristy wokeness. Did the season start. Out - maybe
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Most people to die in a day in Illinois was yesterday in Illinois, well over 200.
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@wissox said in so looks like Covid starting to cause problems with basketball already:
Most people to die in a day in Illinois was yesterday in Illinois, well over 200.
THEY had an article here in Topeka today from our bigger hospital - -they are afraid of the OTHER shoe dropping. Which is another wave of the COVID as a result of Thanksgiving massive get togethers. - They said they have been warned by WHO that already seeing cases of COVID starting to spike again from Thanksgiving - and put the Thanksgiving results and now with Winter coming and gatherings gonna get bad - -is there no end ?
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Until we have a vaccine in place there is going to be what we have right now, which quite frankly is panic. Justified? Perhaps, people have died afterall. But one thing that I do know, the country can no longer contemplate being at a standstill while waiting for and or even making - yes, I said it (one guy in Jersey was arrested for opening his bar and trying to survive) - people die.
