OT NBA season suspended & NCAA cancelling all sports for coronavirus

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  1. BigGameDamian

    BigGameDamian Well-Known Member

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    EB, just curious are you changing up your routine on where yo go or what you do during the day? Im 69, cancer surviver that was also quarantined when I was 17 with infectious hepatitis so I guess my immune system is somewhat suspect from that alone. My routine is pretty basic, I get up early hit the gym to work on my new knees and some, hit Lowes or Home or depot, visit kids and grandkids. Wife na di do alot of camping and such, play close to home. We have cancelled a trip we had to the Islands we had schedule. Im starting to wonder if I should even get out with all Im hearing. What are your thoughts? Thanks
     
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    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    Recently read that he sold his Olympic medal and MVP award to fund affordable housing. Chuck jokes around and may come across as a goon on TV but he seems like a real one for sure. Hoping for a full recovery for the round mound of rebound!
     
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    I’m 67 and in pretty good health overall. My wife and I have made some changes to reduce our risk of exposure. I work from home, so I don’t have much worry there. We try to do shopping during low traffic times and try to buy for a week or more so we don’t have as many trips. We’re cutting out eating out and movies. We are watching our church online. Our biggest potential source of infection is watching our 7 month old grandson for our daughter once a week. She just got cleared to work from home so that may change that. We’re minimizing doing things with friends. For recreation I think we’ll do outdoor stuff like driving to the beach or mountains for a hike. Not sure what more we can do. I’m not particularly worried about getting sick because we’re in pretty good shape, but I’m doing what I can to avoid it.
     
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    Thanks appreciate the feedback.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    How will the refunds work for future games that I've already sold? Some I've sold for more than I paid and some I've sold for less than I paid. How will that be worked out?
     
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    I would assume that’s up to you and whomever you sold them to?
     
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    Did you sell them through the Blazers website?
     
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    ok then:


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    https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-compared-to-flu-mortality-rates-2020-3

    it's a bit of a chore to get to an apples and apples comparison because the age breakdowns are different. For flu, in the 18-49 group the mortality rate is .02%. In a similar age group of C-19, it's about .27% (averaging 3 brackets)

    if you have 100,000 people in that 18-49 age group infected with either virus...the deaths from flu would be 20; the deaths from C-19 would be 270.

    if you have 100,000 people in the 50-64 age group infected with either virus...the deaths from flu would be 60; the deaths from C-19 would be about 2100

    yeah, that's right, you're saying 20 deaths are about the same as 270 deaths; and that 60 deaths are about the same as 2100. Combining the two, that's 80 deaths vs 2370 deaths; and that's for people with ages from 18-65. That's a lot of age profiles

    and that's one hell of a "bad flu"
     
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    Jesus Christ.

    Let me make this more simple.

    If it’s less than 2 percent, I DON’T GIVE A FUCK.

    Why?

    Because 98/100 times... it will be a bad flu, per the symptoms reported.

    The “actual” flu is like 99.98 out of 100 times.
    Obviously the stats are different.

    But is 98/100 times 2% or less?
    Yup.

    So, not worried, because VERY UNLIKELY I WILL EXPERIENCE SYMPTOMS WORSE THAN A BAD FLU, just like the other 98/100 people younger than 60.

    Got it?

    And for the bold; Yeah, for risk assessment, I’m saying there isn’t a lot of impact because it’s still less than 2% of the ENTIRE population.

    You know how *unlucky* you have to be to be part of that 2%? Pretty fucking unlucky.

    Are you gonna not vaccinate your kids because there’s a 5% chance they become autistic?

    Not gonna drive because you might die?

    not fly?

    answer those questions then get back to me about my 2% rule.

    you’re acting as if the 98% of the time that the symptoms are “like a bad flu” or NOT EVEN PRESENT is the exception, rather than the rule.


    The exception is the 2% for whom it is much worse than the flu.
     
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    “That is an astute observation. The Jazz are fortunate that they don’t have to get back together and start playing games again right now. There’s a lot of work to do to repair relationships not just between Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert, but others in the locker room. There’s a lot of frustration with Gobert. He certainly was apologetic today. They got great leadership in Utah. In that locker room, it’s going to be a test to get this team back on track,” Woj said.
     
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    Sounds like Rudy Gobert will be on the trade block.
     
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    All schools closing after tomorrow.
     
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    I still don't understand closing schools 4 days from now. Let's send the kids to school tomorrow to spread this disease around for one more day before closing it down.
     
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    One reason would be to give parents time to deal with the situation. The other is that you're assuming anyone is spreading the disease around at schools. Is there evidence of that? It sure would be nice if more people could be tested so we aren't just guessing.
     
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    But if it snowed tonight and school was canceled how would that be any different?

    By your question why are sporting events and large gathering shut down? Just because kids seem to be for the most part not to affected by the virus doesn't mean they can't bring it home and give it to their parents or grandparents or whoever else comes into contact with them.

    I thought the whole point of shutting things down was to slow the spread of it? Why are schools excluded from that? If you've determine that school needs to be closed down wouldn't that take precedent over any complications from not going to school? I get that it's really tough on people who rely on school for meals or for their kids to be somewhere while they work but is that more important than containing this virus? If it is why close school at all?
     
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    I'm not supporting it one way or the other just thinking of some reasons why they would wait.
     

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