Coronavirus and the NCAA

[BallBoy]

Companies are banning travel left and right. Many are cancelling their largest customer shows (like IBM, Adobe, Magento). There is a group that is saying the NCAA should play the games in empty arenas (most are empty anyway in the early rounds).

https://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/article240792431.html

Marquette will still make it in.

[HowardsWorld]

So is the coronavirus not able to be spread during regular season games? I get it you have teams from all over the country at one location but this is silly.

[Windyplayer]

The budding hysteria is hilarious.

[fjm]

I work in the medical field. It's so over blown it's not even funny.

HAVING SAID THAT... I had to cancel my 10 day italy trip yesterday morning the day of because of it.

[Dr. Blackheart]

eSports have arrived

[WellsstreetWanderer]

Meanwhile the common flu levels far more but doesn't  sell like WuFlu

[Jockey]

Meanwhile the common flu levels far more but doesn't  sell like WuFlu

Depends how you look at it. As of now, the data says this Corona virus kills at a rate of 15-20 times as the flu.

IF corona virus infects millions around the world, then we can have a clearer discussion of this and I suspect you will need to change your reply.

But, as of now, we just don't know.

[fjm]

Depends how you look at it. As of now, the data says this Corona virus kills at a rate of 15-20 times as the flu.

IF corona virus infects millions around the world, then we can have a clearer discussion of this and I suspect you will need to change your reply.

But, as of now, we just don't know.

As of now you're right!
Except it sounds more likely that The amount of people with mild symptoms in the US and China who haven't gone to be tested because they are not sick enough is likely very high.

There are at least a thousand in America with COVID19, but the CDC hasn't ok'd testing as much as other countries.

But I wouldn't fret. It isn't that bad of a virus. It's just the new thing to freak out about.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

I work in the medical field. It's so over blown it's not even funny.

HAVING SAID THAT... I had to cancel my 10 day italy trip yesterday morning the day of because of it.

Where in Italy were you going?

[Blackhat]

The flu must be mad jealous a strain of the cold is getting all the publicity!

[shoothoops]

For reference, according to the CDC, 60,000 people died from the flu during past year's flu season.

[🏀]

eSports have arrived

Until network tampering

[MarquetteDano]

Do not disagree with what is said here but everyone seems to focus on whether you will die from the virus.  The flu costs billions to the economy each year.  As in hundreds of billions.  And that is just the U.S..

So adding a new virus will costs hundreds of billions more.  So there is an impact.  If just 25% of the people who contract the virus miss one week of work that is a large impact to the world economy.

[Warriors4ever]

The Housewares show cancelled yesterday at McCormick Place due to the Coronavirus.  50,000 attendees in mid-March.  Big loss.

[NickelDimer]

The flu must be mad jealous a strain of the cold is getting all the publicity!

Flu letter writing campaign CONFIRMED

[rocky_warrior]

Don't panic.  But if you (or anyone you know) has a fever and a dry cough 1) call a medical provider to get tested 2) don't go anywhere.

[The Sultan]

The Housewares show cancelled yesterday at McCormick Place due to the Coronavirus.  50,000 attendees in mid-March.  Big loss.

See this is the stuff I don't understand.  Unless an outbreak is occurring, why cancel something like this?

[🏀]

The Housewares show cancelled yesterday at McCormick Place due to the Coronavirus.  50,000 attendees in mid-March.  Big loss.

ConEx, with 150,000 attendees, 20% foreign has instituted a "no handshake" policy.

[pbiflyer]

Don't panic.  But if you (or anyone you know) has a fever and a dry cough 1) call a medical provider to get tested 2) don't go anywhere.

Easier said than done. Not many places have the test. CDC tested a whopping 472 cases by March 1.
Florida just has opened 3 sites in the state and has tested 0 cases.
Friend went to urgent care with the symptoms you described and was told there is no way to test.
Numbers are way higher than reported in the US.

[rocky_warrior]

See this is the stuff I don't understand.  Unless an outbreak is occurring, why cancel something like this?

Well, there are lots of logistics to consider since an outbreak is likely.  Will you have enough staff, can you isolate people, will many cancel?  It's easier (right now) to cancel and help stop the spread. 

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/mass-gatherings-ready-for-covid-19.html

And on that note - I'll only post on the superbar COVID-19 thead after this...

[GOO]

I look at it this way.  It is worse than the flu we are used to as it apparently stays alive a lot longer on surfaces.  It apparently kills at a much high rate than the common flu we are used to (20X is what I was told by a medical provider).

But, I also believe that the cat is out of the bag.  For each confirmed case, times it by X to get the actual number.  No idea what X is, but my kids just had the flu/cold combined.  No one went to the doctor, no tests, probably not corona, but who knows.  Times this by X as well.  And, if they went to the doctor, no tests are available anyway.

However, the effort to stop its spread I applaud.  Why?  If it could be stopped that is one less type of illness humanity has to deal with. Just think if we stopped the spread of the common cold or flu when the first person had it, before it evolved and morphed into multiple (100s) of versions of itself.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

See this is the stuff I don't understand.  Unless an outbreak is occurring, why cancel something like this?

In this case, I think it is because cancelling the event due to coronavirus is going to bring the show a lot more publicity than having the event could

[Jockey]

Easier said than done. Not many places have the test. CDC tested a whopping 472 cases by March 1.
Florida just has opened 3 sites in the state and has tested 0 cases.
Friend went to urgent care with the symptoms you described and was told there is no way to test.
Numbers are way higher than reported in the US.

It's interesting that we barely have the ability to test in the US, as of yet - while a country like South Korea is testing 15,000 people a day and Britain has opened over 100 testing sites in addition to hospitals that are doing testing. Here in this country, I watched an emergency room doctor from one of the largest hospitals in NYC say how he had to call and beg for a test kit for someone he suspected had the virus.

So, as you say, we have a lot more cases that reported

[pbiflyer]

FWIW, friends and I planning on going to a first round NCAA site. Unless something changes dramatically, we are all still going.