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Miami sucks!!DungeonRealm wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 2:00 pmClemson beats Miami in ACC tourney today to move to 16-15
I think it’s wise to sift what is said through media...WHO has not recommended they shut tournaments down or anything for that matter...They are asking the public to use precaution washing hands often and thoroughly and when you are in large crowds, masks are recommended...But they haven’t said “shut down NBA games” or “shut down NCAA Tournament”...Officials are making these decisions on their own...Our own commish spoke with the CDC and the SoCon Tournament went off without a hitch and it was well run...There were ushers and security officials there at the Harrah’s Cherokee Center offering hand sanitizer to folks....Proceeding with these types of measures is the right move...Not canceling before and assuming the worst...my opinion...and I agree with playing with no fans before taking the extreme measure of canceling the entire event as some conferences and postseason tournaments already have.
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To those of you who believe that this pandemic is some sort of media plot I suggest you listen to the Dr. Anthony Fauci and his testimony before Congress today, it was sobering. I do not know if tournaments should be cancelled entirely or played without fans .There is however real historical precedent on utilizing social distancing to slow highly communicable disease. Interesting article on the tale of two cities during the WW I flu.
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Nothing is going to stop the virus, even if we are shut up in our homes for weeks, but there are ways to keep it from spreading by limiting large gatherings. That my friends is just common sense. Am I scared? Not at all, but I do think about going to large gatherings like church. I'm at the age of being in the higher risk catergory. I'm going to use the brain God gave me to not be stupid. It's okay if we overreact. Hopefully, sooner than later, this will play itself out, the market will go back up and we will be back to normal. God bless you all with good health, a NIT bid and a victory at home against Clemson in front of a full house of folks dressed in purple.
Roundball wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 3:37 pmNothing is going to stop the virus, even if we are shut up in our homes for weeks, but there are ways to keep it from spreading by limiting large gatherings. That my friends is just common sense. Am I scared? Not at all, but I do think about going to large gatherings like church. I'm at the age of being in the higher risk catergory. I'm going to use the brain God gave me to not be stupid. It's okay if we overreact. Hopefully, sooner than later, this will play itself out, the market will go back up and we will be back to normal. God bless you all with good health, a NIT bid and a victory at home against Clemson in front of a full house of folks dressed in purple.
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Virus came from a comet that exploded over Northeast China in early December. There is nothing we can do to stop it. We are all doomed.
"Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean.
'Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is.”
Josey Wales
'Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is.”
Josey Wales
Furman spring break extended for at least a week. https://www.furman.edu/covid-19/
Shutting everything down everything is not the answer...It won't stop it from spreading,...You can't clear apartment complexes supermarkets etc,,,.Shutting down recreation is not the answer either...We will be no better off against Coronavirus without fans at the tournaments...That's what doesn't make any sense.
There is no expectation that these measures will stop the spread, but it may slow it down enough for our healthcare system to better prepare. That’s the goal as I understand it. I don’t know enough to evaluate whether such moves will slow it but am willing to give the scientists the benefit of the doubt.
I’m not smart enough to challenge this. But the goal is to SLOW it down long enough for the healthcare system to catch up. That seems reasonable.
If you were 62, you would think differently.
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