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  On 12/03/2020 at 01:42, Whispering_Jack said:

I recommend that the AFL suspends the first two rounds.

Of course, it’s a co-incidence that we’re drawn to play two of the premiership favourites in those rounds.

and halve the points please !!?

  On 12/03/2020 at 01:43, Demonland said:

BTW they're both in Australia at the moment.

Tom Hanks! Don’t believe it. Didn’t he spend four years isolated on a desert island?


With everything that is developing as we speak, I won't be surprised if the AFL season is suspended in some form. Once a player has it, that's it. Game over.

  On 12/03/2020 at 01:41, whatwhatsaywhat said:

NBA season suspended; Rudy Gobert the first player to test positive confirmed

Just days after he made a joke out of the whole thing and was going around touching all the reporters mics and recording equipment to 'prove' it was not a big deal... Yikes.

  On 12/03/2020 at 01:41, whatwhatsaywhat said:

NBA season suspended; Rudy Gobert the first player to test positive confirmed

"At a press conference Monday, Gobert attempted to make a point about overreaction and fear by touching everything in sight before he left. He leaned over and touched all of the microphones and recorders."

Bit of a Lol

 

 

This whole thing is utterly insane.

To all those that downplay the number of people infected: this figure from WHO pretty much sums it up. Extrapolate this forwards a few weeks and see what you end up with. 

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Yes - getting the virus will not be a big deal for most people. Yes - much of the panic is needless, ill-informed and counterproductive. But an outbreak like this is unprecedented in modern human history - that's why health professionals are sh*tting themselves. Interesting times ahead.


  On 12/03/2020 at 00:07, Dee Zephyr said:

Strange and confusing times, would be people hesitate to go to the footy in the first 3 rounds if the lockout was announced from R4 onwards? 

Not sure if anyone on here is in panic mode yet but maybe some have altered their thinking on their approach to everyday living. 

Pies supporter arriving for the Big game at the 'G'.

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  On 03/03/2020 at 00:40, Diamond_Jim said:

The cash actually goes to the hosting team. In this case St Kilda. Will be interesting to see if Saints receive compensation. Loss of the million plus they get for playing in China would put a big hole in their revenue budget

With over $6 mill loss each year what's smother mill the AFL will cover this leaking Clubp


So an infected person went to the MCG Sunday for the cricket grand final, there seems to be updates every 10 minutes on this so with footy still a week away I will be very surprised if crowds are allowed to go

  On 12/03/2020 at 01:18, JakovichScissorKick said:

 

Trump has done everything in his power to stay ahead of things including the first mandatory quarantine in the US in half a century.

But orange man bad, am I right?

I think Smokey summed it up quite well. 

But I would be interested in the bolded part... could you please provide me with a link to something that provides a little more info on this mandatory quarantine, as I have google searched and found nothing at all. Maybe I'm just not good at googling?

EDIT: I did find this which is hardly an example of staying ahead of things (every country was doing that and it doesn't explain his other later statements that virtually dismissed the virus as nothing too serious)... "In January the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued its first mandatory quarantine in more than half a century, keeping healthy Americans repatriated from Wuhan, China, originally the epicenter of the virus, isolated on an Air Force base for 14 days."

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Here is a scenario I see occurring as the reason crowds will be banned before round 1:

Ball is kicked out of bounds into the stands, a fan with the virus picks it up and chucks it back onto the field, the player picks up the ball and recommences play. The ball is now infected with the virus and is being passed from player to player. Potentially, two entire teams could be infected from one ball going out of bounds.

  On 12/03/2020 at 03:06, MyFavouriteMartian said:

China! 

I'd like to now just how many Nth Korea has,  to this day?

Who knows. But there may be an advantage to being called the Hermit Kingdom.


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