SirAndrew

If this doesn’t go away by football season most of the country will have been infected anyway, so the season might as go on at that point. With the rate it’s spreading at this point, by summer that would be a significant portion of the population. There would be a “herd immunity” by that point imo. It’s a scary virus, so I’m not marginalizing the seriousness and damage it will cause, but it doesn’t look to be slowing much, so how will society be stopped months from now after almost everybody has had it ?

Now that’s a debate which has merit. If our lockdown continues, there will be a major economic depression that takes lives. The issue is the virus kills less than 1% with proper medical care. If everyone goes out again, the system becomes over loaded, and the death rate could rise up to 10% in a hurry.

I’m one of the biggest skeptics on earth, but the data shows it to be much more deadly than the flu. Argue against lock downs, quarantines, and the destruction of our economy. I’ll engage in that debate, as I believe it has some merit. To say that it’s not more deadly than the flu is absurd. We don’t quarantine and lockdown entire nations over the flu. That’s why more death from the flu. Have you not noticed the extreme measures being taken? They do have an impact.

China locked down Hubei in a way that would never work in America. They literally dragged screaming people out of their homes. Plus, do you actually trust China’s numbers? I’m not sure I believe it’s even over. Their lies started this mess. Additionally, if Texas did a good job of tracing and quarantine, that’s why only seven deaths. Pandemics work in clusters, NYC is the main cluster right now. These same clusters existed with every pandemic. We read history textbooks about things like the Spanish Flu, and think all of America was under siege. Someone in Philly had a much different experience from a farmer in Iowa, because they weren’t in the cluster. Therefore, Texas could survive an entire pandemic with less than one hundred deaths, while New York could lose hundreds of thousands.

You make a great point about defining “cases”, and you are 100% percent correct. If we are saying Covid 19 mortality rate is anywhere between 1-5%, it’s probably much lower in comparison to actual cases. However, if we are saying that the mortally rate for seasonal flu is 0.02%, that is probably actually lower as well. How many people with the flu aren’t defined as “cases”? The last time I had the flu I didn’t go to the doctor, so I wouldn’t be a case. Using that metric, Covid 19 is still worse than the flu. I do agree the rate of fatalities is probably much lower than what we think. It’s certainly not a death sentence. Things are a bit hysterical right now because Italy has a terrible mortality rate. Germany’s is less than 1%.

Exactly, my greatest hope is that it doesn’t infect as many as those predictions indicate. With a novel strain its impossible to guess how it will behave. There are a lot of worst case scenarios being thrown around, since it’s better to be over prepared as opposed to being unprepared.

4,000 deaths out of 80,000 cases definitely makes it more deadly than the flu. Regardless of personal opinion on the hoopla, that’s a fact. You do bring up the most intriguing point though, we really don’t know how many people it will infect. China only had 80,000 cases which is much lower than seasonal flu. If we can keep it in the hundred thousands, the numbers won’t look terrible. If as many people get Covid 19 as the seasonal flu, the deaths will be awful. Let’s hope the numbers level off, and fewer people continue to get infected. That’s the real question that has yet to be answered. We already know the fatality rate is greater than the flu.

This^ Last season made it clear that Foster doesn’t bring anything to the table.

Yep, people need to provide for their kids and feed themselves. If you are unable to do so, you get to the point where that is just as dangerous as the virus itself. Naturally, none of the people promoting prolonged lockdowns have any answers how we are supposed to deal with that. I understand the validity of the lockdowns, but someone needs better answers as to how this supposed to work over a long period of time.

Ultimately, we are in trouble if Josh goes down. This is the case with most teams, but you need a guy who can at go at least .500 in limited playing time. I don’t have faith that Barkley could go 2-2 if he were called on to play four games. Barkley lacks the physical ability needed to be a competent backup. He has zero arm strength, he’s unable to push the ball downfield or make basic throws outside the numbers, has no pocket awareness, and poor ball security. You need a backup who can manage the game without losing it. Barkley’s physical limitations will cause you to lose games.

This Brady/Brown bromance is one of the grossest things going on the NFL for the past 6 months.

I’m pretty sure the “process” just involves just the team itself. In fact, closing themselves off from outside noise is part of the process. McDermott isn’t an idiot, he knows he can’t control fan opinion.

No they won’t, many driving career never will, but please tell me what jobs are testing on a regular basis? I don’t know of any non driving jobs that do tbh.

Didn’t the extra game check also appeal a great deal to the lower earning players though? I think it’s a bit hyperbolic to say they scammed them with just the pot testing.

I meant to say employers ?. They are loosening up many of their testing restrictions. A dude who smoked weed is no worse than a guy who got drunk on Scotch last night. It will take time, but eventually every employer will see it this way imo.

I get your point, but the truth is very few people completely abstain from all substances. I’m an advocate for clean living as I think it’s best for mind, body, and soul. I’m not opposed to the occasional drink, but it’s not like I encourage drug use. It’s just reasonable logic to me that the league lifts this prohibition. I’ve seen the damages caused by alcoholism, and it’s as ugly as anything. In a league that promotes alcohol, the demonization of weed seems irrational. This is a larger cultural/societal issue, but it’s tough for me to watch the Chiefs chugging beer at their victory parade, only to see guys suspending for getting high off the job. Lots of non driving careers are doing away with these policies though, simply because the need to be able to find employees. No one ever tested the alcoholic who came to work hungover every day. The world moved along just fine. Employers are starting to wise up, and get over irrational fears.

high time You’ve seen the day your entire life, you just didn’t know it. It’s called alcohol and tobacco.

No thanks, hearing Antoine Winfield JR’s name every week would make me feel way older than I should. On a serious note, he seems like a good player.

I’m enjoying watching, but that will be interesting to see. It’s easy to make a statement like that, but it takes on another meaning when you sit down and actually look at the numbers. No one wants to lose money.

Absolutely, I enjoy the league, and don’t want to be a downer. Unfortunately, the future seems clear to me. They aren’t going to pay up, and the league will just continue down the path of irrelevance before dissolving. We’ve seen this movie play out before. I have no idea what’s supposed to be different about the XFL.

I agree, how can anyone criticize this? I think McD is a brilliant defensive coach, and has this team headed in the right direction. Having a positive team culture certainly can’t hurt anything. With that said, only talent will allow us to take the next step, even if some guys don’t fit the culture. The Chiefs are world champs, and they have some real “non character guys”.

I never thought of it that way, but’s it’s true. Rock music was built on the blues, it’s all about soul and human emotion. The imperfections are what made classic rock music connect so deeply. Other genres often sound too mechanical and perfect to my ears. Much of today’s pop/rock music has also become emotionless with the ability of technology to make everything flawless.

In the age of social media and viral videos, I think something along those lines would be a great idea. Everything today is about drawing instant attention to all that is different and absurd. Just a one year trial of something other than music would be worth the risk imo.

Absolutely, that’s why in rock/pop music I always choose showmanship and songwriting ability over vocal ability. I rarely care how “good” a rock/pop vocalist is, because that’s low on the list of reasons I love the genre. I appreciate great singers (Ann Wilson is great) , but lesser vocals don’t take away from the listening experience imo.

I agree, I’m just thinking there will never be another Michael Jackson type moment. Music doesn’t hold that place in the lives of the younger generation. The world isn’t go to stop to watch any artist today. I’m not convinced it will forever be worth the hassle for the NFL to keep it up. However, I get your point, I just think it’s possible the ratings spike might not be enough in the future to justify the show.