COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[squirtyflower]

Valencia v Atalanta behind closed doors now. Surely a matter of time before games here are either postponed or played behind closed doors.

Should all be cancelled

Playing behind closed doors doesn’t guarantee the integrity of the league

 

[kaz7]

ITV have done a prog on it this evening,we are doomed,why are people stockpiling when you can still get food delivered like i do

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Biathlon in Slovenia went closed doors today.

The sporting world is going to be a strange place the next few months.

 

[squirtyflower]

ITV have done a prog on it this evening,we are doomed,why are people stockpiling when you can still get food delivered like i do

What you going to do when the drivers are needed to cover on the tills, or cleaning up the dead bodies?

 

[mcfc_ms]

Fucking typical for us. Wedding in 2 weeks then honeymoon for 2 weeks in Florida.

2 years waiting and the potential for it all to be fucked up

 

[Gabriel]

Would expect all games to be played behind closed doors soon, with testing done for all involved. Could also see governments asking TV companies to allow matches to be screened for free to as wide an audience as possible. If the population is to be kept indoors and happy, they’ll need circuses.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Could the hospitals in Manchester cope with thousands of cases of split sides on top of Covid-19?

It's an even bigger problem when you factor in the risk of infection due to pissing yourself laughing at the same time as your sides split.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Fucking typical for us. Wedding in 2 weeks then honeymoon for 2 weeks in Florida.

2 years waiting and the potential for it all to be fucked up

You think that's shit? - wait to see what happens to your sex life after a few years of marriage.

 

[marco]

ITV have done a prog on it this evening,we are doomed,why are people stockpiling when you can still get food delivered like i do

Human nature Karen,the same as people who have lots of money want even more,the fear of being without

 

[SebastianBlue]

Should all be cancelled

Playing behind closed doors doesn’t guarantee the integrity of the league

Or halting of viral transmission amongst players and staff.

 

[kaz7]

What you going to do when the drivers are needed to cover on the tills, or cleaning up the dead bodies?

Wait a minute,how did we get to dead bodies ,there is always cat food or the cat

 

[Blue Maverick]

This will forever be known as the CoronaVARus season

 

[yeseye]

Fucking typical for us. Wedding in 2 weeks then honeymoon for 2 weeks in Florida.

2 years waiting and the potential for it all to be fucked up

Is it a bad time to request a pic?

 

[SebastianBlue]

Is it a bad time to request a pic?

No, if anything it’s now or never. ;-)

 

[Blue Smarties]

Made the perfect day drinking plans for the Real Madrid home game. Can we all keep it sensible until after the match so it doesn’t get called off? Cheers.

 

[Blue Maverick]

Fucking typical for us. Wedding in 2 weeks then honeymoon for 2 weeks in Florida.

2 years waiting and the potential for it all to be fucked up

I’d say you’ve got the perfect excuse to call it off ;)

 

[SebastianBlue]

Made the perfect day drinking plans for the Real Madrid home game. Can we all keep it sensible until after the match so it doesn’t get called off? Cheers.

Don’t think it is us you have to worry about, mate.

I’d be working on some way of communicating directly with the virus, perhaps through a rudimentary protein-chain configuration language.

 

[marco]

Made the perfect day drinking plans for the Real Madrid home game. Can we all keep it sensible until after the match so it doesn’t get called off? Cheers.

they might aswell cancel the lot, whats the point in playing for a final that most likely wont exist

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

While I do agree the reporting in Italy is likely to be a bit more reliable than the reporting from China (and more indicative of the trends that can be expected in the UK), I don’t think there is any evidence for that high of a mortality rate just yet.

As it is, the estimated mortality rate ranges are concerning enough, anyway.

And, unfortunately, with the virus’ estimated R0, short of an authoritarian lockdown like China implemented (which is never going to happen with us), exponential growth was always on the cards.

Now all we can do is properly prepare, practice good hygiene, lookout for each other’s wellbeing, follow reputable guidance, and keep laughing.

My motto has always been: prepare for the worst, hope for the best, and expect something in between.

Well the 4% is based on figures released today. It may not get to 10% but I’m not so sure.

These people are dying when there are intensive care beds. What happens if it does spiral and there are no beds available.

I’m not sure about this one. I just get the feeling we are not being told everything and at the moment concern for the global economy is trumping concern for individuals. I hope I am wrong.

 

[SebastianBlue]

Well the 4% is based on figures released today. It may not get to 10% but I’m not so sure.

These people are dying when there are intensive care beds. What happens if it does spiral and there are no beds available.

I’m not sure about this one. I just get the feeling we are not being told everything and at the moment concern for the global economy is trumping concern for individuals. I hope I am wrong.

I’ve spoken to the potential for the mortality rates to rise if the healthcare system is overwhelmed in previous pages. And I agree that we probably are not being told everything, as is the case for nearly all crises, unfortunately.

I just want to encourage everyone to operate on the best information and projections available right now, rather than try to extrapolate to specific extremes.

The latter can worsen the situation and keeping relatively calm and thinking of reasonable actions we can take will help to optimise outcomes (i.e. keep things progressing on the best possible path given the circumstances, even if that path is still a relatively **** one).