Postponed Thursday and Sunday games

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glv98 said:
Dang! Just when we're on a roll, got a bit of momentum. I wonder if all the games will ever get played, also wonder if an option could be no SEC tourney and use the extra week to make up games. Hope not, I love the SEC tourney.
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I love SEC Tournament also, glv98. However, cancelling the tournament to play postponed games is the best choice for this terrible time.
 
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Nute Gunray said:
I love SEC Tournament also, glv98. However, cancelling the tournament to play postponed games is the best choice for this terrible time.
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There was a discussion on this very topic last night on ESPN. A lot of top ranked teams that are assured of an NCAA tournament bid are considering skipping their conference tournaments to reduce covid-19 risks. If such opt outs happen across enough conferences, the NCAA may have to also rethink the auto bid for conference tourney champions.

All in all, I think the likelihood of conference tournaments being cancelled to create room for make-up games is going up everyday. [Teams must play 13 games to be eligible for an NCAA tournament bid so at least the LVs are past that hurdle]
 
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FrozenLVFan said:
Hope the person with COVID has a mild case and quick recovery, and that no one else is infected. Everything else is secondary.
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I hope so also. I have had it for 4 weeks today and I'm still having effects from it. This stuff is no joke for some people. It is different for everybody but I know several who currently have it and they are having a hard time. Others just breeze through it. My wife's cousin was diagnosed early last week and she passed away Sunday. When people ask how I'm doing, I tell them I'm good because I don't have a toe tag yet. Stay safe out there.
 
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Orange Maniac said:
I hope so also. I have had it for 4 weeks today and I'm still having effects from it. This stuff is no joke for some people. It is different for everybody but I know several who currently have it and they are having a hard time. Others just breeze through it. My wife's cousin was diagnosed early last week and she passed away Sunday. When people ask how I'm doing, I tell them I'm good because I don't have a toe tag yet. Stay safe out there.
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That right there is the most shocking thing about this virus. I just talked to a young couple that were on death's doorstep, and they aren't the only one's I know that have gotten so so sick. For me, personally, I would have never known that I had it except for loss of smell that lasted 4 days.
 
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37620VOL said:
That right there is the most shocking thing about this virus. I just talked to a young couple that were on death's doorstep, and they aren't the only one's I know that have gotten so so sick. For me, personally, I would have never known that I had it except for loss of smell that lasted 4 days.
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Glad you had a mild case. The strange thing about this virus is no one really knows what long term conditions Can be expected. There is just not enough laboratory data available to determine what the long term problems might be. I think it is wise to keep in touch with you health care providers for the next 12 months. Have them check for lung and heart damage, circulation problems, diabetes, high blood pressure etc. Other conditions may be discovered in the future, so read any scientific publication you may find in the future
 
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37620VOL said:
That right there is the most shocking thing about this virus. I just talked to a young couple that were on death's doorstep, and they aren't the only one's I know that have gotten so so sick. For me, personally, I would have never known that I had it except for loss of smell that lasted 4 days.
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Once they get the vaccine in full effect,,,I wish they'd do a study on why it affects people so differently,,,I had it and had two days of "indigestion symptoms" and one day of food poisoning symptoms...Mild temp (99.1), no taste/smell loss, and have (that I know of) been exposed to two people that had it since,,,got tested a wk after each exposure and negative on both.

I'd really like to know what the "trait" is that makes it not affect some and affect others
 
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serious question

you guys that have had Covid- did you wear masks during all this time or did you get it because you weren't wearing. No underlying agenda here, just wondering if the masks help.
 
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orangemadam said:
serious question

you guys that have had Covid- did you wear masks during all this time or did you get it because you weren't wearing. No underlying agenda here, just wondering if the masks help.
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i wore masks but my spouse is a nurse and while they wear PPE a lot is worn down and they even had to reuse their masks at one point (not good).

so i live with the person who brought it home. i couldn’t tell anything was wrong.
i still wear masks and wash my hands like crazy AND i’m half way vaccinated. My coworker almost died from it so i’m not taking any chances
 
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orangemadam said:
serious question

you guys that have had Covid- did you wear masks during all this time or did you get it because you weren't wearing. No underlying agenda here, just wondering if the masks help.
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I’m a healthcare provider. I’ve worn a mask and face shield all day, every day. Exercised universal precautions with sanitization, hand washing and gloves. Still got it. Thankfully I was mildly ill.

You’ll find plenty of evidence about masks either way. None of it is totally accurate.

I do believe a true N95 face covering protects you relatively well.

A cloth face covering or surgical grade mask does not. It may reduce your initial viral load which can play a part in how ill you become. But it will not prevent you from becoming sick entirely. Airborne respiratory viruses move right through that thing like a superhighway.

Is it good to wear one? Yes.

Will it protect you 100%? No.

For that matter, neither will a vaccine. At best the available vaccines have a 95% efficacy rate. As the virus mutates that is likely to decrease.

It is very likely that within the next two years every person on the planet will have been infected with COVID. Yes, I said what I said. There have been 100M cases reported worldwide but that number is grossly inaccurate as most countries simply don’t have the capacity to track infections or test those who are ill. Not to mention the high number of asymptomatic cases that have been seen with this virus. Or people (like myself) who simply quarantined at home until well rather than being tested.

Sadly, COVID-19 is likely to become part of our lives for the foreseeable future. Similar to other coronaviruses that cause the common cold, or the family of flu virus.

The best we can hope for is that it behaves like most viruses when it mutates. If it does as everyone hopes, it will mutate to become more contagious but less virulent. A virus is not successful if it kills its host. Generally they will mutate toward less virulence to preserve their host and ensure “survival.”
 
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VolBall09 said:
I’m a healthcare provider. I’ve worn a mask and face shield all day, every day. Exercised universal precautions with sanitization, hand washing and gloves. Still got it. Thankfully I was mildly ill.

You’ll find plenty of evidence about masks either way. None of it is totally accurate.

I do believe a true N95 face covering protects you relatively well.

A cloth face covering or surgical grade mask does not. It may reduce your initial viral load which can play a part in how ill you become. But it will not prevent you from becoming sick entirely. Airborne respiratory viruses move right through that thing like a superhighway.

Is it good to wear one? Yes.

Will it protect you 100%? No.

For that matter, neither will a vaccine. At best the available vaccines have a 95% efficacy rate. As the virus mutates that is likely to decrease.

It is very likely that within the next two years every person on the planet will have been infected with COVID. Yes, I said what I said. There have been 100M cases reported worldwide but that number is grossly inaccurate as most countries simply don’t have the capacity to track infections or test those who are ill.

Sadly, COVID-19 is likely to become part of our lives for the foreseeable future. Similar to other coronaviruses that cause the common cold, or the flu virus.

The best we can hope for is that it behaves like most viruses when it mutates. If it does as everyone hopes, it will mutate to become more contagious but less virulent. A virus is not successful if it kills its host. Generally they will mutate toward less virulence to preserve their host and ensure “survival.”
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Informative post, Volball09. I may be wrong, but I believe the Spanish flu of 1918 mutated to it had almost nil effects on it's host.
 
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Nute Gunray said:
Informative post, Volball09. I may be wrong, but I believe the Spanish flu of 1918 mutated to it had almost nil effects on it's host.
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That is correct. The Spanish flu is thought to have been the original (or one of the original) H1N1 variants. It was very virulent in the first and second wave. Once the majority of people had immunity the virus continued to spread through people, animals and back again, but mutated in a downward direction. This produced the numerous H1N1 flu strains we deal with seasonally today. Most of which have a low mortality rate.

H1N1pdm09 (swine flu) was a more severe strain which was the cause for alarm in 2009. Interestingly enough most people over 60 had pre-existing antibodies that prevented them from becoming ill with swine flu. This was pure luck or it’s very likely that millions of people would have died. Mostly younger people, myself included, (I was 19 at the time) had swine flu.

Those who had H1N1 were very sick (sickest I’ve ever been in my life) but studies have shown it created super flu antibodies making those individual’s immune systems much more capable of fending off all flu viruses without becoming ill. In the 12 years since I have not had the flu. Always found viruses fascinating.
 
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orangemadam said:
serious question

you guys that have had Covid- did you wear masks during all this time or did you get it because you weren't wearing. No underlying agenda here, just wondering if the masks help.
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I know where I picked it up (exit 407 flea market) and that day I was in both, indoor (mask on) and outdoor (mask off) environments, so I had mask on and off all day....It was the only environment that week that I had been to unfamiliar grounds, so it had to be there that I picked it up...it was in late May
 
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orangemadam said:
serious question

you guys that have had Covid- did you wear masks during all this time or did you get it because you weren't wearing. No underlying agenda here, just wondering if the masks help.
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My wife had a co-worker that always bragged about taking her mask off as soon as she got inside a store that required masks. She came to work with a "sinus infection". The two people who sat the closest to her quickly developed symptoms and tested positive. Another co-worker soon followed and then my wife. Two others soon afterwards. I work from home and almost never went out but I got it from my wife. All this because someone was "standing up for her rights". I would like to put a boot right square into her rights. Selfish d_ _n person. One of us could have died and may yet from complications down the road.
 
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