Coronavirus and the Lucas races next weekend

[Barbecueboy]

The man says he doesn't listen to any politician yet hung on every preposterous word uttered by some of them a few months ago......you have a really short memory.

All of us do not.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Trump on all major news outlets just a bit ago. Travel ban on Europe for the next 30 days.

[Stefan2k4]

The mortality rate for the common flu is 0.1%. The mortality rate for COVID-19 is currently around 3.4% and will probably end up around 1% once more complete numbers are in. So for those of us who are math challenged, that means it looks like this is going to end up around 10 TIMES more deadly than the regular flu.

That depends on what strain of the Flu you're talking about. H5N1 is a strain that has a fatality rate of 60%, and there is NO vaccine that protects against it. Fortunately, it seems to be hard to transmit from person to person right now, and most cases are contracted from contact with birds. However, influenza viruses mutate rapidly, more rapidly than most corona viruses and there is concern that one day this could change.

https://www.who.int/influenza/human_animal_interface/avian_influenza/h5n1_research/faqs/en/

Q1: What is H5N1?

H5N1 is a type of influenza virus that causes a highly infectious, severe respiratory disease in birds called avian influenza (or "bird flu"). Human cases of H5N1 avian influenza occur occasionally, but it is difficult to transmit the infection from person to person. When people do become infected, the mortality rate is about 60%.

Q3: Why is there so much concern about H5N1 influenza?

H5N1 infection in humans can cause severe disease and has a high mortality rate. If the H5N1 virus were to change and become easily transmissible from person to person while retaining its capacity to cause severe disease, the consequences for public health could be very serious.
Q4: Why might the H5N1 influenza virus change?

Influenza viruses constantly undergo genetic changes. It would be a cause for concern, should the H5N1 virus become more easily transmissible among humans.

Q8: Is a vaccine available to prevent human infection with H5N1avian influenza?

Candidate vaccines to prevent H5N1 infection have been developed, but they are not ready for widespread use.
Q9: Does seasonal influenza (seasonal flu) vaccination provide protection against H5N1 viruses?

Seasonal influenza vaccination does not appear to protect against H5N1 infection.

[Barbecueboy]

election years sure do bring out the viruses, don't they?

Speaking of Google.

[HoosierDirtFan]

The NBA just suspended the season after tonight's games.

[fryefan]

JayD's post: (won't allow me to reply with a quote, so I copied and pasted it)

"The denial and lack of leadership is stunning, they’re way more worried about the stock market than people."

JayD hit the nail squarely on the head.

[Clayton_Wetters]

The fans aren't going to have a choice because the NCAA tournament isn't going to allow any spectators this year.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-ba...f-coronavirus/

It appears the fans are going to have to. lol

[NeedforLMspeed]

The NBA just suspended the season after tonight's games.

NHL will be soon I'm guessing. Such B.S

[Clayton_Wetters]

Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson Test Positive For Coronavirus As Outbreak Hits ‘Elvis Presley’ Film

[plunks7]

NHL will be soon I'm guessing. Such B.S

I hope not. Its getting real good right now!

[No_Weak_Links]

Honest question because I don't know the answer, but couldn't state health departments shut tracks down if they deemed unsafe?

[t3r3e3]

Why would you cancel events for it? If your afraid of it stay home. If not wash your d@mn hands and cover your face when you cough or sneeze.

The main reason you’re seeing preemptive closures (schools, government meetings, big concerts, NBA, NCAA, etc.) is to limit the potential for mass spread of the contagion. This thing seems to be mild to moderate in about 80% of cases so far. Meaning, there will be tons of people who feel kind of sh!tty but go to work/school/games/whatever anyway because they don’t feel terrible. Then they get a bunch of people sick in the process, many of whom travel to some other place where no one has it. It’s epidemiology 101. The bigger fear is that this thing mutates I to something more virulent and we still don’t have a vaccine. Google Spanish flu if you want to read about something more virulent and what that’d look like. The bottom line is people need to take smart precautions, and avoid big crowds.

[t3r3e3]

It's the right thing to do after coming in contact with infected people.

Now how about the NCAA Basketball Tourney? People are not going to stand for shutting out the public.

They can still watch it on TV. Or, in the state of Indiana, they can watch the NIT.

[t3r3e3]

There is only one dirt track in Ohio that has mass gatherings.....and it ain't atomic.

DeWine also told all state employees to cancel all non-mission critical meetings and travel .

[JayD]

I feel like it would be nice during a global pandemic to have a president who can speak in coherent sentences. His address to the nation was an absolute catastrophe, the delivery was weird, he looked nervous and could barely articulate words. He stunned Europe by announcing he was blocking all of their goods, he then took it back in a tweet and never even acknowledged his mistake. Again the incompetence is scary, I'm selling my whole portfolio tomorrow morning.