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Post by princetoncrusader on Mar 7, 2020 21:31:48 GMT -5
Ditto for Diocese of Metuchen.
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Post by ts1970 on Mar 7, 2020 21:40:53 GMT -5
That makes sense.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 8, 2020 11:06:25 GMT -5
Just watched the final minutes of Milan @ Genoa, Italian Soccer. Nobody in the stands. The microphones were amped up to catch any sounds, e.g., yelling by coaches / players. The one sound I had never heard before while watching soccer was the kicks, which sounded like the sharp yet muffled percussion of distant cannon.
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San Francisco has cancelled its St. Patrick's Day parade.
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Post by longsuffering on Mar 8, 2020 14:05:57 GMT -5
Oakland loses the Warriors and Raiders but gains the cruise ship loaded with caronavirus patients.
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Post by Tom on Mar 8, 2020 14:57:56 GMT -5
The Newark Archdiocese in NJ has said that because of the flu and/or the corona virus those who are ill are excused from Sunday Mass, as well as those who normally attend church with them. Communion will not be under both forms until further notice. No touching of hands allowed during Mass. The times they are a-changin'. Same thing at school |
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 10, 2020 9:03:08 GMT -5
Amherst College has cancelled classes for the remainder of the semester, ordered students to vacate the campus. Class participation for the remainder of the semester will be from remote locations, i.e., home, I guess. Don't have details how this works if you have lab courses, or other courses where one needs to avail themselves of on-campus facilities / equipment.
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Post by matunuck on Mar 10, 2020 9:15:24 GMT -5
Harvard has informed students not to return from spring break. Classes will be held online beginning March 23.
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Post by timholycross on Mar 10, 2020 9:26:42 GMT -5
So if it happens at my daughter's school (hope it doesn't), exactly 50 years after my freshman second semester ended abruptly, hers will be disrupted as well.
Good news and bad news- she's in an apartment and there's no r&b to figure out compensation (if there is any). But, then again, if she came home, we'd be eating rental fees.
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Post by alum on Mar 10, 2020 9:27:06 GMT -5
I am interested in learning what colleges are going to do about all of the logistical issues which arise from limiting access to campus. Will they refund room and board on some sort of pro rata basis? What about foreign students? What about poor students who have limited internet access at home?
I would imagine these will be easier things to address at colleges which big endowments than those with smaller ones.
It is also going to affect fundraising. I would imagine fundraising travel has been halted or limited at many schools.
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Post by Crucis#1 on Mar 10, 2020 10:46:46 GMT -5
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Post by Tom on Mar 10, 2020 11:08:49 GMT -5
A bunch of rich schools only giving up one game's worth of TV. I wonder if a major conference that has the whole tournament televised would be as willing to walk away from that. I think the ACC, Big X, et al would be more likely to play in an empty arena than cancel and give up the TV revenue |
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 10, 2020 11:31:32 GMT -5
I will put this link to an article in Wired here, rather than in the Fauci thread on another sub-forum. www.wired.com/story/kids-can-get-covid-19-they-just-dont-get-that-sick/?te=1&nl=california-today&emc=edit_ca_20200310&campaign_id=49&instance_id=16625&segment_id=22053&user_id=da580a4cd1e82ea0128214184976a2ac®i_id=1005947220200310Joint study by Johns Hopkins and public health counterparts in China determined that the percentages of children and young adults infected with COVID-19 are similar to the rest of the population. But youth generally do not become seriously ill, and very rarely, die. Why? Two theories. One is that children / young adults have greater and more recent exposure to other corona viruses, and their immune systems trigger a more effective response to COVID-19 because of this exposure. Their lungs are characterized as 'pristine'. Older adults also were exposed to other corona viruses, but as these exposures were in the distant past, their immune response is not as vigorous. The second theory is that the lungs of older adults become damaged over time through lifetime exposure to inhaled substances, e.g., pollutants, pollen, etc. The COVID virus is able to to thrive in these damaged areas of the lungs. In the case of the SARS corona virus, the virus didn't directly kill people, the body's immunologic response did. Those who died of SARS, about ten percent of those infected, were initially sick, recovered, and then became sick again as the body's immune system would not turn off. If either theory is correct, older faculty and staff will benefit far more health-wise than the students in the schools that are closing and sending students home. A 70 year old professor is far more likely to experience serious health consequences from a COVID-19 infection than a 19 year old sophomore. |
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Post by gks on Mar 10, 2020 12:06:58 GMT -5
We have officially entered Banana Land.
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Post by hchoops on Mar 10, 2020 12:09:17 GMT -5
We have officially entered Banana Land. If this is meant to diminish the current threat, check out Italy |
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Post by gks on Mar 10, 2020 12:12:39 GMT -5
We have officially entered Banana Land. If this is meant to diminish the current threat, check out Italy We do not live in Italy. It's awful there. I wouldn't want to be there. The Italian Government and Medical people were ill-prepared. We are not here in the U.S. Cancelling college sporting events is stupid. Every couple of years we go through this and the viruses have been much worse in the past. Yet now we are hiding in holes. It's ridiculous. |
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Mar 10, 2020 12:14:44 GMT -5
What a disservice to the athletes to cancel the Ivy tournament
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Mar 10, 2020 12:15:30 GMT -5
Governor Cuomo has now called out the National Guard to blockade New Rochelle
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Post by hchoops on Mar 10, 2020 12:19:18 GMT -5
Governor Cuomo has now called out the National Guard to blockade New Rochelle not blockade, the Guard Has been deployed to clean and supply food. nys has 173 cases This containment is wise New Rochelle is the epicenter |
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Post by hchoops on Mar 10, 2020 12:27:05 GMT -5
If this is meant to diminish the current threat, check out Italy We do not live in Italy. It's awful there. I wouldn't want to be there. The Italian Government and Medical people were ill-prepared. We are not here in the U.S. Cancelling college sporting events is stupid. Every couple of years we go through this and the viruses have been much worse in the past. Yet now we are hiding in holes. It's ridiculous. If you believe Dr.Fauci, these moves are supporting his containment policy. |
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Post by lou on Mar 10, 2020 12:30:32 GMT -5
NY making hand sanitizer NYTimes: Cuomo’s Fix for Sanitizer Shortage: 100,000 Gallons Made by Prisoners Cuomo’s Fix for Sanitizer Shortage: 100,000 Gallons Made by Prisoners nyti.ms/3aCfTFq |
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Post by timholycross on Mar 10, 2020 12:31:24 GMT -5
What's the government in California and the feds (or both) going to do with all the tent cities in LA and SF? Just what you want when there's an epidemic, a bunch of people sh*tting in the streets. Or is that the right's version of fake news?
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Post by lou on Mar 10, 2020 12:34:30 GMT -5
If this is meant to diminish the current threat, check out Italy We do not live in Italy. It's awful there. I wouldn't want to be there. The Italian Government and Medical people were ill-prepared. We are not here in the U.S. Cancelling college sporting events is stupid. Every couple of years we go through this and the viruses have been much worse in the past. Yet now we are hiding in holes. It's ridiculous. Are you paying attention? It's dangerous, especially if you are older. Noone knows how many are infected. It's highly contagious. There is no vaccine |
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Post by alum on Mar 10, 2020 12:42:58 GMT -5
The Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference has canceled all remaining winter tournaments after declining to do so yesterday. The director made an interesting point. He noted that when they talked to their member schools, they were told that different local health departments were taking different stances on what could be allowed. Some said that games could be played with no fans, some with 100 fans, some with no restrictions. For each game, they would have to consider both the home team and visiting team and the restrictions being placed upon them. In addition, he noted that some of the neutral sites they use were balking at hosting.
I suppose that the NCAA will face some of the same issues although it obviously has greater negotiating power than a bunch of high schools.
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Post by dadominate on Mar 10, 2020 13:03:35 GMT -5
We do not live in Italy. It's awful there. I wouldn't want to be there. The Italian Government and Medical people were ill-prepared. We are not here in the U.S. Cancelling college sporting events is stupid. Every couple of years we go through this and the viruses have been much worse in the past. Yet now we are hiding in holes. It's ridiculous. Are you paying attention? It's dangerous, especially if you are older. Noone knows how many are infected. It's highly contagious. There is no vaccine lou, i have no doubt that gks is paying attention (it is impossible not to), but one's state of alarm appears to depend primarily upon to whom one is paying attention. sadly, this appears to be yet another phenomenon that is being both politicized with hysteria primarily driven by the divisive and click-hungry media that is more poisonous than this virus will prove to be. it seems left-leaning outlets (the majority) are leading the irresponsible "it's the end of the world" charge and the right-leaning outlet leading the equally irresponsible "nothing to see here" charge. i think most here know what i do for a living and am obviously in the thick of it. our university hospital has banned international travel for faculty and strongly discourages attending conferences, etc. the reality is that nobody really knows what to make of this right now as both origin (likely created in wuhan), incidence (likely vastly underreported in the us due to incubation period and lack of testing so far), and mortality rate (  ) are all unknown. relatively young/healthy people have very little to worry about with this from a health perspective. although i would not be surprised if one of the toxic media outlets looks to sensationalize a seemingly healthy person who will die (which will almost certainly happen), further creating to the pandemonium, but competent immune systems should generally be able to handle this with no issues. my best guess is it will be most similar to sars. worse than a typical flu (which also kills many people every year), especially deadly for those who are immunocompromised, probably created in a lab (bat soup is total bs), definitely overhyped (at least right now) by media with vested interests, and almost certainly not going to cause the end of civilization or anything even remotely resembling it. |
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Post by hchoops on Mar 10, 2020 13:17:50 GMT -5
Thanks, Dado
How do you explain Italy ?
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) are all unknown.