Chance of Football in 2020

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  1. mchammer

    mchammer 10,000+ Posts

    Last edited: Jul 22, 2020
  2. mchammer

    mchammer 10,000+ Posts

    This is our future

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  3. mchammer

    mchammer 10,000+ Posts

    If NYC was at 23% infected on May 6, why did the infections slow down? How come it didn’t stop at 50% infected, or 70% infected? For a highly contagious virus, if the first 25% was easy to infect, why not the next 25%? It’s almost as if something is stopping it. I wonder what that is? Hmmmm.
     
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  4. RainH2burntO

    RainH2burntO 2,500+ Posts

    It's like the rules in dining establishments...
    Can anyone explain to me the ultimate significance/difference having a mask on while standing and walking but not while sitting? No... because it makes no difference whatsoever. I could go on and on...the list of rules and parameters that make no logical (or medical/scientific) sense is endless.
     
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  5. mchammer

    mchammer 10,000+ Posts

    It’s like buying a security for your home. It just means someone else’s house gets broken into.

    Unfortunately people in nursing homes can’t isolate or move away from the danger as well due to the nursing care required.
     
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  6. mchammer

    mchammer 10,000+ Posts

    One more thing. Blood work doesn’t define herd immunity. Results in the field define herd immunity. Blood work only provides additional insight. People in media too f*cking stupid to know the difference.
     
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  7. nashhorn

    nashhorn 5,000+ Posts

    When they said it was necessary to wear masks when in social gatherings and anytime ‘anti’social gathering was impossible but then said protests were ok, that did it for me.
     
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  8. horninchicago

    horninchicago 10,000+ Posts

    Me too, except I knew the mask thing was BS before the "protests".
     
  9. stanhin

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  10. horninchicago

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  11. mchammer

    mchammer 10,000+ Posts

    HIC, regardless of your personal views regarding the masks, I think you and others are missing the big
    picture. The big picture is this: masks allow government to open society for schools, churches, sports to continue, etc. It allows them to say masks work when in reality cases ultimately go down due to herd immunity. It’s basically a face-saving way (unintentional pun) for them to open society without admitting that herd immunity is real.
     
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  12. horninchicago

    horninchicago 10,000+ Posts

    I get it, actually. I play the game at work. It's unfortunate most people are stupid enough to think these useless masks will make it all better.
     
  13. Orangeyman

    Orangeyman 100+ Posts

    I’d rather watch paint dry.
     
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  14. horninchicago

    horninchicago 10,000+ Posts

    Yes, same here, but I refuse to wear a mask while watching it dry. :D
     
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  15. Phil Elliott

    Phil Elliott 2,500+ Posts

    Yeah, OK, but I bet college football follows the NFL's lead. I am thinking I will pass on going to UT games if I gotta wear a mask.
     
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  16. nashhorn

    nashhorn 5,000+ Posts

    Well in Aug and Sept I usually have a wet towel over my hand and sides of face anyway and wife already says I look stupid, so no big deal with a wet gaiter on. Hookem
     
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  17. Joe Fan

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  19. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

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  20. mchammer

    mchammer 10,000+ Posts

    I am glad to hear they have contingency for worse case scenario. I think they know the peak has past and it will only get better from here. Wait 4 more weeks and you will see southern US (NC SC TN GA FL AL MS LA TX) on a declining slope of cases. Limited releases of vaccine will be available in October. I can’t wait for update on antibody therapy (anyone sick enough to be admitted to hospital gets a shot of antibodies to neutralize virus). Occupancy and deaths go way down.

    Unfortunately CA is a 2-3 weeks behind Texas because they had a stricter lockdown than Texas in April and May, which has delayed their timeline to herd immunity.

    I have to brag because I said it was good that US northeast got hit first in terms of the market because they will be the first to recover. By the way, doesn’t the stock market agree with my analysis?
     
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  21. erbutch

    erbutch 500+ Posts

    I always get a flu shot but I have heard doctors say"dont get the vaccine" when it comes out. Anyone have any thoughts on that?
     
  22. mchammer

    mchammer 10,000+ Posts

    Here’s the deal. The flu shot for any particular individual may not help you. In fact, you might get a slight cold and aches. However, taken all together, the flu shot if given to enough people lessens transmission of the flu, meaning it helps you indirectly more than it may help you directly. It’s a hard concept to buy into, which is why not everyone takes it like other vaccines.
     
  23. ViperHorn

    ViperHorn 10,000+ Posts

    A good guide on when to get the vacine is when they ok it for Type 1 diabetes kids. The currently unknown is which vaccine to get since there are 8 different companies currently working on a vaccine.
     
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  24. mchammer

    mchammer 10,000+ Posts

    Please read this 32-part tweet storm about antibodies. People apparently develop 3 levels of antibodies based on their infection level. Who knows the level that the study you referenced detected as positive. There will be a second set of tweets coming soon regarding T cells.
     
  25. mchammer

    mchammer 10,000+ Posts

    Herd Immunity Threshold Against COVID-19 May Be Lower Than Believed: Researchers
     
  26. AC

    AC 2,500+ Posts

    true, but only if a R is occupying the Whitehouse!
     
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  27. mchammer

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  28. AC

    AC 2,500+ Posts

    So yesterday DelConte said they are working on the assumption of a 12 game season. We’re not out of the woods yet but some kind of 2020 season sounds likely and an official announcement will come when??

    Pretty soon I’m sure.
    :hookem:
     
  29. huisache

    huisache 2,500+ Posts

    CDC------"as of today"

    And in six weeks?

    And in 8 weeks half the attendees are sick
     
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  30. horninchicago

    horninchicago 10,000+ Posts

    So what? People get sick all the time. How many have died? Shirley you must know the stats on that.

    Grownups know how to weigh risk and decide if they want to go do grownup things. It's pretty simple.
     
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