Baseball shutting down

[Snapolit1]

Announcement coming.

[h2oya311]

still no official announcement, but it's coming. This move makes sense:

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/c...SPM-16-10abi8e

[Snapolit1]

You know, I sort of wonder if baseball is necessary. Private jets to games. Empty stands. Not a sport where guy are bleeding or coming into really close contact.

Understand erring on side of caution. Serious drag.

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

You know, I sort of wonder if baseball is necessary. Private jets to games. Empty stands. Not a sport where guy are bleeding or coming into really close contact.

Understand erring on side of caution. Serious drag.

in a game where the pitcher sticks his fingers in his mouth...then throws the ball to the catcher...ball gets hit somewhere...fielder grabs the ball that the pitcher put his saliva on. Player then touches his face...this is how dangerous this virus is based on efficiency of transmission and how long the virus can remain active on a surface.

[conor912]

Wow. This is quite a departure from 24 hours ago when MLB was singling out the Mariners as the team with cooties.....

[Snapolit1]

You are right. Wishful thinking on my part.


QUOTE=ullmandds;1961561]in a game where the pitcher sticks his fingers in his mouth...then throws the ball to the catcher...ball gets hit somewhere...fielder grabs the ball that the pitcher put his saliva on. Player then touches his face...this is how dangerous this virus is based on efficiency of transmission and how long the virus can remain active on a surface.[/QUOTE]

[RCMcKenzie]

I wish this were my card...

www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Derek_Bell

[trdcrdkid]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

You know, I sort of wonder if baseball is necessary. Private jets to games. Empty stands. Not a sport where guy are bleeding or coming into really close contact.

Understand erring on side of caution. Serious drag.

It's not about the players giving coronavirus to each other, it's about the fans doing so.

[CMIZ5290]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

You know, I sort of wonder if baseball is necessary. Private jets to games. Empty stands. Not a sport where guy are bleeding or coming into really close contact.

Understand erring on side of caution. Serious drag.

I'm an idiot, but will somebody please explain to me the dangers of this virus.... I have heard two completely different versions from two doctors that are almost a 360 in opinion....Thanks

[h2oya311]

Originally Posted by CMIZ5290

I'm an idiot, but will somebody please explain to me the dangers of this virus.... I have heard two completely different versions from two doctors that are almost a 360 in opinion....Thanks

It's about the danger to those who are high risk, like the elderly and those with pre-existing medical conditions. The death rates for those groups are very high. While you may be fine, you can still be a disease carrier/spreader. If the hospitals get inundated with multiple patients at the same time, this becomes a much bigger moral dilemma (like who gets to have the life saving ventilator over someone else). Canceling large events like this buys time for health care providers and vaccine producers. Italy is in deep for these very reasons.

[oldjudge]

Originally Posted by h2oya311

It's about the danger to those who are high risk, like the elderly and those with pre-existing medical conditions. The death rates for those groups are very high. While you may be fine, you can still be a disease carrier/spreader. If the hospitals get inundated with multiple patients at the same time, this becomes a much bigger moral dilemma (like who gets to have the life saving ventilator over someone else). Canceling large events like this buys time for health care providers and vaccine producers. Italy is in deep for these very reasons.

It’s not solely old people with preexisting conditions who die from the virus. The doctor in China who discovered the virus and treated early patients died from it, and he was in his 30’s. The mortality rate for people catching the virus appears to be between 1-3%, depending on which stats you read, but that is not uniform across all age groups. Very few young health people currently die from it, which implies the percentage of older people who die from it is a lot higher.

[tjb1952tjb]

Originally Posted by CMIZ5290

I'm an idiot, but will somebody please explain to me the dangers of this virus.... I have heard two completely different versions from two doctors that are almost a 360 in opinion....Thanks

I guess that must mean they agree...…………….