News Coronavirus and NRL

[Mr. Shaman]

This is a beat up. The media gets clicks and viewers by harping on any worst case scenario. The worst case scenario does not happen 99 times out of 100. Every time there is a cyclone here, or a hurricane or snow storm in the US, there is apocalyptic fear mongering. 99 times out of 100 it is not that bad.

There will not be millions of deaths. Every year we have hundreds of fatal car accidents, tens of thousands of cancer deaths and flu deaths, and we don't drive the economy off the rails and into the sea for every individual tragedy.

1% deaths overall from Coronavirus, near 0 for young people. The vast majority of deaths would be avoided if just the old and the sick are quarantined. We do not need to shut down entire sectors of the economy.

P.S. I still will appreciate the 750 bucks I am getting from ScoMo as a uni student, even though it is a beat up.

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[Knight Vision]

The vast majority of deaths would be avoided if just the old and the sick are quarantined

This would be common sense and go a very long way to avoiding fatalities.

 

[Knight Vision]

For those still under the impression this is all a media beat up and not a serious concern.

https://www.news.com.au/national/br...d/news-story/a88cac9e3a4a95206bce864df4e3c34c

NSW Chief medical officer states preparations are underway at the moment for this wave of Covid19 to infect 20% of the state, with 5% of those requiring intensive care which equates to 80,000 intensive care patients.

Obviously not all at the same time, but factoring in current intensive care patients, plus the influx of covid19 patients the hospitals are in real danger of being overloaded.

Granted this is likely to be a higher estimate scenario, but this thinking, and planning for a larger scale outbreak is what is going to force the gov to take all necessary steps to slow the outbreak to give the system time to cope. And that will include banning large gatherings.

The interview with Dr Chant is correctly quoted in this case.

The source - www.news.com.au should be read with caution...it is the website of choice for all those bog roll panic buyers. If you are getting your news from there you will feel anxiety for sure. Another one for the Rupert Murdoch right wing tinfoil brigade.

For an idea of the intelligence of its readership ( read the comments sections - great laugh ) .

Gutter journalism at best.

 

[Wizardman]

I would be surprised if by the end of tomorrow, mass gatherings will still be allowed.

I could be wrong, but certainly won't be too far off. Which is the end of going to the footy until further notice.

You are spot on. Within the next couple of weeks, Im tipping Corona virus will result in at least one game, if not the whole league shutting down within the next two weeks.

 

[Knight76]

I have no doubt the media plays to the worst case scenario, and uses that to sell clicks. And I am well aware of the poor journalistic integrity at news.com.au. Grammar and spelling mistakes rife on that site, most of their page is coverage from twitter, MAFS crap and celebrity worship! I didn't quote it to highlight news.com but to highlight the medical officers statement, you know, the one informing the politicians on what to do!

The people in charge of protecting the population from this outbreak, are certainly going to plan for worst case scenario and hope for the best case scenario to eventuate. And that is going to mean banning mass gatherings etc.

F1 race is now postponed and with all the postponements and cancellations it wouldn't surprise me if they pull the pin on the entire season before long.

 

[Wizardman]

I have no doubt the media plays to the worst case scenario, and uses that to sell clicks. And I am well aware of the poor journalistic integrity at news.com.au. Grammar and spelling mistakes rife on that site, most of their page is coverage from twitter, MAFS crap and celebrity worship! I didn't quote it to highlight news.com but to highlight the medical officers statement, you know, the one informing the politicians on what to do!

The people in charge of protecting the population from this outbreak, are certainly going to plan for worst case scenario and hope for the best case scenario to eventuate. And that is going to mean banning mass gatherings etc.

F1 race is now postponed and with all the postponements and cancellations it wouldn't surprise me if they pull the pin on the entire season before long.

A matter of time

 

[Tommy Smith]

Emmanuel Macron has just stated that the Coronavirus is France's worst health crisis in a century.

But but it's no worse than the flu...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.fr...eatest-health-crisis-in-a-century-says-macron

 

[betcats]

You are spot on. Within the next couple of weeks, Im tipping Corona virus will result in at least one game, if not the whole league shutting down within the next two weeks.

Yeah the way it escalates it’s doubling in cases every few days. So places go from 2 then 4 then 8 over the first couple weeks but you get very quick escalations after it’s gets to 50. Another Two weeks on from there you have thousands of new infections doubling every few days. At least this is what the doctor joe Rohan had on said had happened in China, Iran and Italy.

 

[Tommy Smith]

Yeah the way it escalates it’s doubling in cases every few days. So places go from 2 then 4 then 8 over the first couple weeks but you get very quick escalations after it’s gets to 50. Another Two weeks on from there you have thousands of new infections doubling every few days. At least this is what the doctor joe Rohan had on said had happened in China, Iran and Italy.

Yep, exponential growth.

 

[MilkShark]

I don't know about everyone else but i'm living life as per normal.

 

[OzDragon]

NHL have now paused their season FWIW

 

[Canard]

I don't know about everyone else but i'm living life as per normal.

Beer for Breakfast and Cocaine for Lunch?

 

[betcats]

I don't know about everyone else but i'm living life as per normal.

I am also, I’m not worried because it’s only killing the old and the sick, which is not good but I am not old or sick. Kids under 18 are getting infected and not even getting sick like it doesn’t effect them at all despite being found carrying the virus. It’s just highly infectious which is the concern. People are being monitored after being exposed to it and welll before they start developing symptoms they have huge amounts of infectious germs from the virus on their throats, like way more then SARS or any of the other pandemic in recent times. So it’s potential to spread is huge compared to SARS but it is less fatal.

 

[Canard]

I am also, I’m not worried because it’s only killing the old and the sick, which is not good but I am not old or sick. Kids under 18 are getting infected and not even getting sick like it doesn’t effect them at all despite being found carrying the virus. It’s just highly infectious which is the concern. People are being monitored after being exposed to it and welll before they start developing symptoms they have huge amounts of infectious germs from the virus on their throats, like way more then SARS or any of the other pandemic in recent times. So it’s potential to spread is huge compared to SARS but it is less fatal.

Would the concern be that it could mutate if mass infections occur?

 

[betcats]

Would the concern be that it could mutate if mass infections occur?

Well I think so, I’m repeating a lot of facts from this doctor joe Rogan interviewed, he is a highly qualified disease specialist and researcher so he knows what he is talking about. I’m not an expert of any kind to be clear. But the flu has lots of strains that seem to mutate or evolve over time.

 

[flippikat]

Yep, exponential growth.

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Damn that's scary. Yep, take every measure possible to limit the spread.

 

[franklin2323]

I don't know about everyone else but i'm living life as per normal.

Me too. Always get the BS passed in the media

 

[franklin2323]

I am also, I’m not worried because it’s only killing the old and the sick, which is not good but I am not old or sick. Kids under 18 are getting infected and not even getting sick like it doesn’t effect them at all despite being found carrying the virus. It’s just highly infectious which is the concern. People are being monitored after being exposed to it and welll before they start developing symptoms they have huge amounts of infectious germs from the virus on their throats, like way more then SARS or any of the other pandemic in recent times. So it’s potential to spread is huge compared to SARS but it is less fatal.

by the time it gets that bad here. Someone in Europe/US will come up with a vaccine

 

[Valheru]

I sincerely hope I am wrong.

Mclaren have withdrawn from Melbourne GP.

F1 has said they cannot race if one team is out, or not for points anyhow. Can't see how the race still goes ahead.

All it will take is one player to become infected and the NRL will be suspended. One player exposes a whole team, plus the team they just played. Both teams in quarantine for 2 weeks, and thats the ball game.



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The F1 should be cancelled, that is an international event where people travel from all over to watch it.

If a player does get it in the NRL then yes expect the competition to be suspended for a few weeks but it will certainly come back.

You were saying though that you expect mass gatherings to be banned, I don't see that happening.

 

[betcats]

by the time it gets that bad here. Someone in Europe/US will come up with a vaccine

Lol no, that’s not going to happen unfortunately. Vaccines take years to develop.

This doctor said a vaccine isn’t even close to being developed. He thinks the way this will go away is that after a few months so many will be infected that it will just go away because once you are infected and recovered you develop a natural immunity to the disease and you can’t transmit it to others.

If you want to get really worried about a disease google Chronic wastage disease, it’s a disease in deer populations in America that has no vaccine or cure and is 100 percent fatal, hasn’t jumped to humans yet but if it does lookout.