Postponed Thursday and Sunday games

[creekdipper]

They should just take the top 2 teams from each conference then seed them accordingly. Play the games all in one location.

In the case of the SEC, that plan could leave five of the Top 25 out of the tournament.

 

[PG1]

In the case of the SEC, that plan could leave five of the Top 25 out of the tournament.

Only USC has a shot at winning the NC anyway.

 

[Benionsopinion]

Small update. My wife has now been diagnosed with covid pneumonia and possible blood clot in her lung. Had to take her to the emergency room this afternoon. Still waiting to see if they keep her or not. I think they will if they confirm the blood clot. I get so angry thinking about all this and knowing it probably started in a wet market in China.

Sorry to hear this.I hope your wife overcomes these things. God Bless you and your family.

 

[madtownvol]

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.”

1.It is worth noting that the number 1 reason to wear a mask is NOT to protect the wearer but to protect others who are around the wearer. Face mask work much better at reducing egress (you spreading the virus into the air) than ingress (inhaling airborne particulars. (see image below). So, this becomes a collective project. If everyone looks out for their neighbor by wearing, then as a consequence everyone's risks is reduced.

2. Not sure what you mean by clothe face covering but clothe mask (cotton not synthetic) are quite good at reducing egress.

3. No vaccine is 100% but the goal is to break the exponential rate of transmission. 95% is exceptionally good and that will go a long way nullifying the corona virus.

 

[VolBall09]

1.It is worth noting that the number 1 reason to wear a mask is NOT to protect the wearer but to protect others who are around the wearer. Face mask work much better at reducing egress (you spreading the virus into the air) than ingress (inhaling airborne particulars. (see image below). So, this becomes a collective project. If everyone looks out for their neighbor by wearing, then as a consequence everyone's risks is reduced.

2. Not sure what you mean by clothe face covering but clothe mask (cotton not synthetic) are quite good at reducing egress.

3. No vaccine is 100% but the goal is to break the exponential rate of transmission. 95% is exceptionally good and that will go a long way nullifying the corona virus. View attachment 348791

Wondered when you’d find your soapbox.

 

[37620VOL]

Wondered when you’d find your soapbox.

Where is madtown wrong? It's common sense, backed up by 95%+ of the medical community. I realize you work in healthcare, but why would you know more than 95% if the world's leading infectious disease doctors?

 

[VolBall09]

Where is madtown wrong? It's common sense, backed up by 95%+ of the medical community. I realize you work in healthcare, but why would you know more than 95% if the world's leading infectious disease doctors?

I never said it’s wrong. It’s quite clearly common sense. Simply pious that madtown always needs to present common sense to other posters. We’re not all idiots.

 

[VA_VOLFAN]

I never said it’s wrong. It’s quite clearly common sense. Simply pious that madtown always needs to present common sense to other posters. We’re not all idiots.

The same could be same in reverse...

 

[VolBall09]

The same could be same in reverse...

True indeed.

 

[Poultrygeist]

SC has been fortunate to make up their only missed SEC game so if UT can't make up those SEC games will it affect their seeding?

Let's say USC plays their full schedule and suffers a single loss to UT and UT finishes the season with one conference loss but misses out on playing A&M and MSU. Who wins the SEC?

 

[VA_VOLFAN]

SC has been fortunate to make up their only missed SEC game so if UT can't make up those SEC games will it affect their seeding?

Let's say USC plays their full schedule and suffers a single loss to UT and UT finishes the season with one conference loss but misses out on playing A&M and MSU. Who wins the SEC?

All good questions

 

[UT Challenger]

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.

I read just last week about a study that Mayo clinic had recently learned that people who have already had covid and recovered that their overall immune system was about 30 to 35 percent stronger. My wife and I both had it. We don't wear mask. She has Crohn's disease with a weak immune system to start with and her case was milder than mine.Took us about 4 days to get over it.

 

[madtownvol]

I never said it’s wrong. It’s quite clearly common sense. Simply pious that madtown always needs to present common sense to other posters. We’re not all idiots.

Really, the idea of wearing a mask to protect others by reducing egress is far from common sense and it is a public health message that is far from being common knowledge. And the idea of exponential transmission is not something that generally get through common-sense. MY wife works in public health and I would 80% of her job is educating people about things that someone who knows it would call common-sense but that is the key distinction.

I am surprises as a "health care worker" you get worked up over someone sharing CDC info on reducing the risk posed by the virus.

 

[VolBall09]

Really, the idea of wearing a mask to protect others by reducing egress is far from common sense and it is a public health message that is far from being common knowledge. And the idea of exponential transmission is not something that generally get through common-sense. MY wife works in public health and I would 80% of her job is educating people about things that someone who knows it would call common-sense but that is the key distinction.

I am surprises as a "health care worker" you get worked up over someone sharing CDC info on reducing the risk posed by the virus.

I’m far from worked up. I’ve only made 2-3 posts about COVID the entire year because of the posters like you. I knew when I answered that posters question you would be responding with some sort of sub-post eventually.

Love your posts about basketball, abhor your virtue signaling. I’m sure you feel similarly in kind.

 

[Bballnut1952]

I read just last week about a study that Mayo clinic had recently learned that people who have already had covid and recovered that their overall immune system was about 30 to 35 percent stronger. My wife and I both had it. We don't wear mask. She has Crohn's disease with a weak immune system to start with and her case was milder than mine.Took us about 4 days to get over it.

Good for you. Others don't fare as well.

 

[madtownvol]

I’m far from worked up. I’ve only made 2-3 posts about COVID the entire year because of the posters like you. I knew when I answered that posters question you would be responding with some sort of sub-post eventually.

Love your posts about basketball, abhor your virtue signaling. I’m sure you feel similarly in kind.

Hmm, discussing the effectiveness of face masks in slowing the spread of covid-19 is "virtue signaling"?