Baseball, Sports and the Corona Virus

[TNRED]

I am not from Ohio so I haven't been keeping up with things but how many corona virus related deaths have occurred in Ohio so far?

[WrongVerb]

I am not from Ohio so I haven't been keeping up with things but how many corona virus related deaths have occurred in Ohio so far?

https://ncov2019.live/

https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/a...23467b48e9ecf6

[westofyou]

Just saw this

[westofyou]

Hopefully sooner rather than later for baseball. The new virtue signaling is canceling events and destroying lives.

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Either is letting them declare martial law - especially without *ACTUALLY* declaring martial law.

Your charm is effervescent

[westofyou]

Please ban this idiot already.

Meh, we all need a little QAnon in our lives

[texasdave]

Just saw this

This is very wrong when it comes to Texas. Not sure where they are getting their information.

[westofyou]

This is very wrong when it comes to Texas. Not sure where they are getting their information.

I believe it only is talking about "state government" actions, not municipals, county or city

[North]

We got this message from our Dentist today:


"As your dentist, I'd like to share the decisions I have made as a part of the healthcare community and my responsibility in the prevention and mitigation efforts recommended by the Ohio State Dental Board (OSDB) during this outbreak.

Governor Mike DeWine contacted the Board and the Ohio Dental Association and asked for our help in addressing the spread of COVID-19. Dentists are in one of the highest risk categories for both transmission and contraction of the Coronavirus as many of the procedures we perform creates significant aerosols in the treatment rooms. As a part of the healthcare community and the community at large, we have to protect the safety of our patients and staff. The OSDB is closely monitoring the situation and decided to impose these recommendations to practicing dentists in Ohio.


This is a very difficult decision, but it comes at a critical time and it is our responsibility to take leadership in this situation and have protocols in place to reduce the spread and impact of Coronavirus among the communities where we practice and live. This plan & OSBD recommendations will change as the situation demands and evolves.

As of today, March 17, we will only be treating emergency patients as recommended by the OSBD. We will be reaching out to our patients and rescheduling elective procedures including, but not limited to:

Any cosmetic or aesthetic procedures, such as veneers, teeth bleaching, or cosmetic bonding
All routine hygiene appointments
Initiation of any crowns, bridges, or dentures that do not address or prevent pain or restore normal oral functioning
Delay all appointments for high-risk patients, unless it is an emergency

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation as we manage through these very difficult and unprecedented times."

[BCubb2003]

For what’s worth:

https://twitter.com/jonmorosi/status...40507058520065

Jon Morosi
@jonmorosi
Some hope: Because of South Korea’s success with extensive testing and social distancing, the KIA Tigers hope to resume workouts soon. If we are diligent about comparable practices in the U.S. *for as long as the experts say* we can hope for similar @MLB news later this year.

[vaticanplum]

If you have a stomach (nay, an affinity) for salty language and subject material, may I recommend Brockmire on Hulu if you are missing baseball...

edit: oops I didn't see there's a WHOLE THREAD better suited to this. Mods feel free to move!

[NebraskaRed]

If you have a stomach (nay, an affinity) for salty language and subject material, may I recommend Brockmire on Hulu if you are missing baseball...

It's a surprisingly smart show. I've watched the three seasons that are on Hulu and it goes to surprisingly complex, emotional places while staying funny.

[dougdirt]

From Jeff Passan:
Each of the 30 Major League Baseball teams will commit $1 million to ballpark employees who would not have been paid due to the coronavirus crisis causing the postponement of the baseball season until at least mid-May. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...park-employees

[Kinsm]

For what’s worth:

https://twitter.com/jonmorosi/status...40507058520065

Jon Morosi
@jonmorosi
Some hope: Because of South Korea’s success with extensive testing and social distancing, the KIA Tigers hope to resume workouts soon. If we are diligent about comparable practices in the U.S. *for as long as the experts say* we can hope for similar @MLB news later this year.

Take that comment with a grain of salt. The W.H.O. is projecting that the # of infected in South Korea will go back up as soon as they end current quarantines.

[North]

Take that comment with a grain of salt. The W.H.O. is projecting that the # of infected in South Korea will go back up as soon as they end current quarantines.

South Korea reports 93 new coronavirus cases, total 8,413: KCDC

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-h...-idUSKBN215054

AFAIK, the quarantine remains in effect.

[NeilHamburger]

There might be a sobering reality we will have to face at some point. If quarantining only works to bring down the numbers during the quarantine, and they spike as soon as people return to life as usual at what point do we need to accept that living with this virus is a reality? We can't just not ever leave our houses for 18 months or so until a vaccine is found. For one thing it would collapse our economy, banks would go under, and the doctors working in the hospitals wouldn't get paid.

Let's say we do this until July, the cases fall to almost nothing, we open stuff up and they spike again. What's the plan? At what point do you accept that hundreds of thousands, perhaps over a million or two will die from this? Cause you know if we just quarantine again for 3 months that the same thing would happen once you allowed people out again.