How confident are you in having a ‘20-‘21 season

[caduceus]

Wasn't it you that said the problem is "people" think this involves an ON-OFF switch? You are probably right about what people think. But isn't there room for moderate avenues of progress toward recovery. Even though I'm a compliant patient with the "rules" is my character in question because I'm not totally happy with it? My Jesuit education told me "morality is in the order of intention" so if I subscribe to good, safe and healthy results do I meet everyone's standard for character even though I'm not happy with what's going on?

Most posters on this site are a helluva lot better at Hoops expertise and comments than evaluating people's character they don't even know.

Treasure your Jesuit education...you learned critical thinking at a young age, which is "critically" important. Yes, I said a significant portion of the population wants to follow ON or OFF in terms of the response to this pandemic. Moderate avenues is what is required, but unfortunately, not necessarily desired in our society. That's part of why we have 128,000 dead (almost a quarter of the world's deaths) with only 4% of the world's population, and the next country is less than half that. NONE of us are happy about it...you are not alone.

Your character is fine. Compliance is smart in this (and your) situation. Be safe. Be informed. Respond with the knowledge you have (which is your power). Help those that need it (especially by wearing a mask to protect those around you in public). Be proactive. Your opinion is not the minority, as most want what you do also.

One former Jebbie dean dragged me to Idaho to espouse the virtues of a Jesuit education. Another put me on the evening news after a GU prayer event. Another saved me from from actual Federal charges when it turned out another student committed a crime, not me.

And one married me to my wife. Treasure it.

Best,

=cad=

Hit me up if you need anything. Someone stuck the Covid thread in the dungeon for no apparent reason. I posted this link from National Geographic. I think it's informative: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/s...g-the-war-cvd/

[Mantua]

And...the voice of reason again, and again, and again coming from you, MickMick aka avatar Jed. Always I find an intelligent response from you (basketball or otherwise). Who ARE you?

I feel that despite Vietnam and 9/11, the "heartland" hasn't experienced a real hardship since WWII. Most of us haven't had to ration food or collect tires or sacrifice anything significant that would actually disrupt our lives. It's not hard to put a yellow ribbon on your trunk, or put up a yard sign, or struggle for toilet paper. I agree that coming together as a nation is now beyond us. Recently, the worst we've had to deal with is plopping ourselves on the couch for months with Netflix, home deliveries, and struggling if we're manly enough to WEAR A CLOTH on our face. Oh, the horror.

It's not real if it isn't affecting you or someone close. If we were attacked by a foreign country that covertly invaded and injured 2,553,686 and killed 127,649 Americans since February 15, would we be up in arms? Would YOU turn out your lights during an air raid, or would that violate your freedoms? Something's wrong. Very.

Collective stupidity says it all.

Stay safe, Spokane. Opening up means it's likely coming to your neighborhood, too. I worked at SH, Deaconess briefly, and Valley years ago. At the time, Sacred Heart was just fine and dandy if you smoked in your room as long as you didn't start a fire, and that wasn't so long ago. If you think they have enough capacity or capability, don't be surprised if you need a life flight to Seattle or SLC when you can't get enough oxygen. Just ask Houston: https://outline.com/ajYUb9

I’m not much for memes but I like one I saw on Instagram today. "Wearing a mask is not a political statement. It’s an IQ test."

[MDABE80]

Once again, this is a fool's errand . Nobody knows. I wouldn't spend much time on this. Seems like the likilhoods changes every day. Media makes it look awful ( for their own reasons) but the actual overall is not being discussed. Fear is a funny thing...freezes you in a mode that may make some feel better but the data on this is far from finished. Up and down in a few states in general do not change the overall by much.

Overall , the infections, hospitalizations, deaths are going in the right direction ( down). Media points you to the worst cases to get your attention. And most believes the media as a source to be trusted. But back to this post, UW predictions have been universally wrong and inflated. And yet the media is hanging their collective hats on that source. Now I'm certain fancy graphs will be displayed from some sources. cherry picking to porve or dispute a point with influence the public. Johns Hopkins is the one to be trusted..and that data shows things are slowly getting better despite outbreaks in some states.

Tony Fauci says we'll have plenty of vaccines byt mid December. If that's true, constant vigilance will still in order.

All this said, nobody can know for sure if the season will proceed on schedule. I think so if thee trend is followed but once the masks come off, distance isn't protected. anything can happen. Not to mention the virus seems to be attenuating. ...mishmash of info. The liklihood an under 25yr healthy group will get the disease is in the range of 0.3 % if they observe the masks, distance etc.

[zagamatic]

All I know is that the people I have personally talked to who have known someone who died under the official designation of covid19 all said the same thing......none of them died from covid19, COPD, cancer, heart disease.....yes, but not the covid19 as it was officially written down as by the government. Again this is not internet rumor, this is talking directly to people with knowledge of the medical conditions that caused these people's deaths.
I'm not saying that the virus isn't capable of killing people or even complicating existing conditions. But to just blindly believe the "facts" as they're being reported.....as the saying goes, I've got oceanfront property in Arizona.

[Zags11]

I said it in a different thread but its all how MLB, NBA and NFL go. If MLB and NBA do a good job and NFL when it starts does well, im confident. If not? Nope. I think it wont happen so i voted 1%-25%. MLB or NBA will have a issue and it will ruin College sports.


I wish for normal again.

[LTownZag]

Overall , the infections, hospitalizations, deaths are going in the right direction ( down).

Over the what stretch of time (since what date) do you believe infections and hospitalizations have been going down? Are you telling this to your patients?

[kitzbuel]

All I know is that the people I have personally talked to who have known someone who died under the official designation of covid19 all said the same thing......none of them died from covid19, COPD, cancer, heart disease.....yes, but not the covid19 as it was officially written down as by the government. Again this is not internet rumor, this is talking directly to people with knowledge of the medical conditions that caused these people's deaths.
I'm not saying that the virus isn't capable of killing people or even complicating existing conditions. But to just blindly believe the "facts" as they're being reported.....as the saying goes, I've got oceanfront property in Arizona.

If you have one of those conditions you mention and catch COVID-19 your likelihood of dying while having COVID-19 increases dramatically. These are people that would be alive without COVID-19 and then die when they have it.

[tinfoilzag]

Even if the metrics being used for measuring Covid-19's impact were correct (which they aren't) it's all just academic.

A cornerstone of the american way is that you are your own sovereign and are allowed to decide how much risk you take as long as it doesn't damage others. If you want to free climb sheer cliffs, or wrestle tigers, or drink yourself to death; you can decide your own risk appetite. If it kills you, fine, as long as you only hurt yourself.

The problem with a pandemic, is that it requires everyone to have the same risk appetite as an individual's choices are seen as a threat to the group. This doesn't work for American's because of the loss of individual liberty.

American's are fine with being told what not to do and they are even ok with being asked to do something but they won't be told what to do. It's goes back to the constitution and bill of rights not saying what liberties are given but what liberties the government can't take away.

The pandemic has finally given officials what they have always dreamed of: the ability to change behavior through force. They won't want to give it up. They will keep telling everyone to wait just one more month for things to get better and if you are against it they will say you hate science and want to kill people. The will use the right reason to do the wrong thing.

I don't think there will be a season because it is not in the interest of our governor and that's the only thing that matters for this poll.

[MDABE80]

I think Tin's got it. Since AOL dropped her tweet urging governors to keep states closed lest the economy pick up and Trump gets the votes. In that tweet she says flat out that it would be better for companies to close and more unemployment would be her wish so Trump won't be reelected . She says it's a small price to pay for her party to be elected. It's corrupt as heck and it's going on. So some may say "Keep politics out of this"....it's a bit late. Politics is woven throughout. sadly. Look at Mick Mick's post...….it's inextricable and did not begin with the present President. It's gotten worse...……

[DZ]

Pearl Harbor unified the nation. 9/11 unified the nation.

Our current toxic, polarized political climate will not let us unify. Ever again.

The partisan divide, the profitability of disinformation, the news infrastructure business model structured around confirmation bias with a generational client niche built over decades, will never, ever allow us to be "normal" again. Normal being defined as a nation coming together, unified in performing logical counter measures for a given great adversity, believing in and using proven, predictable scientific methods, and using peer pressure to discredit those that negatively politicize such necessary actions. As it now stands, we are on a slippery slope and economic disaster is looming.

For cripes sake. Even the CDC recommended act of wearing a face covering apparently determines where our partisanship lies. This confusion of personal freedom with societal responsibility is really a testimony for any given individual's character. I know it goes a long ways towards how I might regard a person.

Regardless, because we cannot overcome our collective stupidity, there will be no season. Zero percent chance. We are going to be talking about the staggering economic cost of uncontrolled pandemic instead.

Yes. This.

Though, surprisingly, and against what I'd expected, I am seeing some extremely hopeful signs just over the last two months when it comes to unity. There won't be unity like Pearl Harbor, or even 9-11, but just in the last couple months it seems like we've turned a corner on some things.

Unfortunately, there will likely be some very hard days between now and when we build back up together, but at least it can be seen in the vista now.

[Gonzdb8]

I think Tin's got it. Since AOL dropped her tweet urging governors to keep states closed lest the economy pick up and Trump gets the votes. In that tweet she says flat out that it would be better for companies to close and more unemployment would be her wish so Trump won't be reelected . She says it's a small price to pay for her party to be elected. It's corrupt as heck and it's going on. So some may say "Keep politics out of this"....it's a bit late. Politics is woven throughout. sadly. Look at Mick Mick's post...….it's inextricable and did not begin with the present President. It's gotten worse...……

I think you meant AOC, not AOL. The tweet you reference prominently in your post is a fabrication. Perhaps you could do a little research before spreading disinformation. Thank you.

https://www.factcheck.org/2020/06/fa...-restrictions/

[DZ]

I think Tin's got it. Since AOL dropped her tweet urging governors to keep states closed lest the economy pick up and Trump gets the votes. In that tweet she says flat out that it would be better for companies to close and more unemployment would be her wish so Trump won't be reelected . She says it's a small price to pay for her party to be elected. It's corrupt as heck and it's going on. So some may say "Keep politics out of this"....it's a bit late. Politics is woven throughout. sadly. Look at Mick Mick's post...….it's inextricable and did not begin with the present President. It's gotten worse...……

Which tweet? I assume you mean AOC, I went back to June 1st, do I need to keep going?


I don't believe there will be a season. We're seeing it raise up all across the country and basketball is likely the sport least conducive to playing during the epidemic.

[MDABE80]

I think you meant AOC, not AOL. The tweet you reference prominently in your post is a fabrication. Perhaps you could do a little research before spreading disinformation. Thank you.

https://www.factcheck.org/2020/06/fa...-restrictions/

AOC and it was posted and widely circulated. She didn't refute it. Thats the research done on your favorite communist.

[LTownZag]

AOC and it was posted and widely circulated. She didn't refute it. Thats the research done on your favorite communist.

I will donate $300 to your favorite politician or charity if you can back up this claim, which you’ve now doubled down on.

And I’ll give $30 to the charity, and post proof, if you admit your susceptibility to confirmation bias and acknowledge you read/spread a false far-right conspiracy theory and then reflexively doubled down when called on it, while insulting user “Gonzdb8”.

[TexasZagFan]

I will donate $300 to your favorite politician or charity if you can back up this claim, which you’ve now doubled down on.

And I’ll give $30 to the charity, and post proof, if you admit your susceptibility to confirmation bias and acknowledge you read/spread a false far-right conspiracy theory and then reflexively doubled down when called on it, while insulting user “Gonzdb8”.

Rather than issue another snarky comment, I'm going for a 5 mile walk in 92 degree weather, and I'm not going to wear a mask...though I bought one last night that bears a striking resemblance to my avatar.

This thread, like others, is really pissing me off...if you don't like one person's stance, then it's a straight shot to personal attacks. Eff that. Childish to say "I'll donate xxx to your favorite charity", this is a freaking internet forum.