Not technically a wrestling thread, but...

[HOCKEYGOD11]

tOSU has announced they are closing campus and suspending all in person lectures/classes etc.. and going to online classes only until the end of March.. You have to wonder if nationals is going to be postponed/cancelled/wrestled in front of empty stadium with no crowd attendance..

 

[Str8DBLz]

i'm more worried that PSU is talking about doing the same thing and Olympic Trials are coming up

 

[HOCKEYGOD11]

Well that too.. Very well could happen.. Hard to imagine they will close campus for educational purposes and still have athletics take place with fans coming from all over to see them..

 

[PSU_Pride_93]

i'm more worried that PSU is talking about doing the same thing and Olympic Trials are coming up

Well if I’m not mistaken the Olympic Committee is meeting this week or next week to discuss cancellation or postponement due to growing concerns. I would advise penn state would follow suit, unless they continue to hold the trials with no audience as some major league sport teams are doing

 

[Str8DBLz]

Science Olympiad was cancelled for today at PSU Behrand and there's alot of rumors circulating about PA youth state tournament not being run as planned for this weekend at PITT university.

 

[nerfstate]

Crazy times. Will be saddened if Trials don’t happen, but we’re all going to have bigger fish to fry in the coming months. This thing is going to be the biggest of its kind of our lifetimes.

 

[Dogwelder]

Crazy times. Will be saddened if Trials don’t happen, but we’re all going to have bigger fish to fry in the coming months. This thing is going to be the biggest of its kind of our lifetimes.

We hope! When delayed-action Zombie Ebola arrives, the Coronavirus will be the good ol’ days!

 

[NothingMeaningful]

Ivy League just cancelled their basketball tournaments, naming the regular-season champs the NCAA pick. Cornell announced that their #1 men's and #1 women's ice hockey teams will have their playoff games this weekend in Ithaca with no spectators.

 

[Dogwelder]

In these dire times should Mary go on BWI self-quarantine?

 

[STAND with PRIDE]

Well if I’m not mistaken the Olympic Committee is meeting this week or next week to discuss cancellation or postponement due to growing concerns. I would advise penn state would follow suit, unless they continue to hold the trials with no audience as some major league sport teams are doing

How can sports teams afford to have empty stands?
Ncaa had to go and rent a professional football stadium for Nationals, who’s gonna pay for THAT?

 

[PSU_Pride_93]

How can sports teams afford to have empty stands?
Ncaa had to go and rent a professional football stadium for Nationals, who’s gonna pay for THAT?

I don’t know why you are asking me this question. I’m not the commissioner of any major sports league nor am i an owner of one because if i was i wouldn’t be wasting my time on a forum lol. NCAA has a ton of money that they could still be profitable if they didn’t have people in the stands. Again i don’t know the answers, because I’m not educated enough nor am i in those meetings.

 

[STAND with PRIDE]

I don’t know why you are asking me this question. I’m not the commissioner of any major sports league nor am i an owner of one because if i was i wouldn’t be wasting my time on a forum lol. NCAA has a ton of money that they could still be profitable if they didn’t have people in the stands. Again i don’t know the answers, because I’m not educated enough nor am i in those meetings.

Alrighty then...sheesh,maybe I shoulda asked one of the other voices in your head.

 

[CurtisLoew40]

Crazy times. Will be saddened if Trials don’t happen, but we’re all going to have bigger fish to fry in the coming months. This thing is going to be the biggest of its kind of our lifetimes.

Little dramatic there.
I hope they just hold the trial as usual. The actual Olympics may be backed up a couple months tho.
What is tOSU doing? A few west coast schools to this so now Ohio st? Meh seems like a lot to do about not much.
In Japan no kids over the age of eight and no adult younger than 70 has died from this. It'll be ok lol.
Thousands of people die every year from the flu but you never hear a thing about it.

 

[AgSurfer]

I have a neighbor named Stu Redman who says he is going no matter what news comes out.

 

[nerfstate]

Little dramatic there.
I hope they just hold the trial as usual. The actual Olympics may be backed up a couple months tho.
What is tOSU doing? A few west coast schools to this so now Ohio st? Meh seems like a lot to do about not much.
In Japan no kids over the age of eight and no adult younger than 70 has died from this. It'll be ok lol.
Thousands of people die every year from the flu but you never hear a thing about it.

I really hope you’re right about the drama. But it doesn’t seem like you have very good facts. The infection numbers are doubling every 6 days at this point. This virus is far more novel than flu. No one has immune systems that have seen this. I expect the casualty numbers to be firmly in the millions before 2021–in the US alone. Would love for there to be good evidence where I’m wrong, but I’m not seeing it.

 

[Annieat285]

I really hope you’re right about the drama. But it doesn’t seem like you have very good facts. The infection numbers are doubling every 6 days at this point. This virus is far more novel than flu. No one has immune systems that have seen this. I expect the casualty numbers to be firmly in the millions before 2021–in the US alone. Would love for there to be good evidence where I’m wrong, but I’m not seeing it.

Politics aside, this entire situation is really illustrating the benefit of govt provided healthcare and having a govt which has the means to swiftly mobilize against this sort of threat. The mortality rate in the US is at 3.5% according to wiki (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019–20_coronavirus_outbreak_by_country_and_territory). When you compare that to other countries with more than 700 cases, the only countries who's mortality rates surpass ours is Iran (3.6%), Italy (6.2%) A EU nation being on this list is a real shocker, but it appears they've completely bungled this entire situation from the get-go)) and China (f**k knows what their actual situation is). On the other end of the spectrum is Korea (.8%), Spain (2%), France (1.8%), Germany (.15%).

Now, it's worth mentioning that there are a number of factors that affect how many cases are actual reported, so we don't really know the entire picture and probably never will until long after this matter is settled. Expect reporting to get even more bungled once large amounts of people begin to recover as the standards by which someone is considered "recovered" will probably vary from nation to nation.

There are, however, some positive signs out there. After seeing a voracious rise in cases in February and early March, news coming out of South Korea is that the number of new cases has slowed over the past few days (reported per https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...-virus-outbreak-may-be-slowing-officials-says and a number of other media outlets). It's proving nearly impossible to contain and treat Coronavirus on a nationwide level, but the groundwork is being laid (albeit in nations smaller than the US).

South Korea, however, is more prepared for this sort of situation than Western Countries for a number of reasons (remember that Korea's MERS outbreak happened a mere five years ago). They are probably going to be the ideal by which nations like the US should follow going forward. Whether we will be able to duplicate their success given the resources available to citizens in America is, in my opinion, unlikely, but it would be nice to be surprised.

 

[District four]

Just read an article that quoted dr Levine who is head of DHS. She is stating that the state is not requesting the cancellation of large gatherings as of today. Could change hopefully not

 

[underoath437]

Little dramatic there.
I hope they just hold the trial as usual. The actual Olympics may be backed up a couple months tho.
What is tOSU doing? A few west coast schools to this so now Ohio st? Meh seems like a lot to do about not much.
In Japan no kids over the age of eight and no adult younger than 70 has died from this. It'll be ok lol.
Thousands of people die every year from the flu but you never hear a thing about it.

OSU was roughly the 30th university to do this, with now over 40 having announced similar measures.

East-coast schools who have announced similar plans are Princeton, Columbia, NYU, Harvard, and St. John's to name a few. It isn't just "a few west coast schools."

 

[a_mshaffer]

gonna have to postpone all elections!
In regards to Government health care... see patients with chronic lyme

 

[YeOldeCup]

i'm more worried that PSU is talking about doing the same thing and Olympic Trials are coming up

I have tickets to both the NCAAs and the Olympic Trials. Was really looking forward to both.

 

[Dogwelder]

I have tickets to both the NCAAs and the Olympic Trials. Was really looking forward to both.

Well, do you feel lucky?

 

[nerfstate]

Rutgers and Indiana have both canceled in person classes now too.

 

[Str8DBLz]

Upenn, Bloomsburg, Kent state and Akron are also recently added

 

[NothingMeaningful]

Little dramatic there.
I hope they just hold the trial as usual. The actual Olympics may be backed up a couple months tho.

Won't happen. NBC paid a billion dollars for the TV rights, and they insisted on a miserable summer schedule. Moving a few months puts it into conflict with college football, the NFL, and potentially the MLB playoffs.

 

[Str8DBLz]

Bucknell just cancelled the semester!!

 

[Dogwelder]

Maybe they’ll postpone NCAAs, and then Seth and Nick Lee and Shak can all get healthy, and that’s how we’ll win!

 

[Str8DBLz]

Seth didnt get an at large bid

Maybe they’ll postpone NCAAs, and then Seth and Nick Lee and Shak can all get healthy, and that’s how we’ll win!

 

[District four]

Bucknell just cancelled the semester!!

No way

 

[RoarLions1]

Bucknell just cancelled the semester!!

Remote education mode is what I read...

https://www.wkok.com/breaking-bucknell-moving-to-remote-ed-classes-for-remainder-of-year/

 

[Ja1339]

Purdue going to online classes according to my daughters bestie who goes there.

 

[nittinsc]

My understanding of online classes that most schools have started is that it is precautionary to limit larger gatherings, but that students can remain on campus. Bucknell seems to be taking it to another level where the students must vacate.

 

[District four]

Remote education mode is what I read...

https://www.wkok.com/breaking-bucknell-moving-to-remote-ed-classes-for-remainder-of-year/

That's my alma mater I guess I can see why all the kids just went on spring break and those kids are going all over not Daytona Beach

 

[pabison]

Politics aside, this entire situation is really illustrating the benefit of govt provided healthcare and having a govt which has the means to swiftly mobilize against this sort of threat. The mortality rate in the US is at 3.5% according to wiki (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019–20_coronavirus_outbreak_by_country_and_territory). When you compare that to other countries with more than 700 cases, the only countries who's mortality rates surpass ours is Iran (3.6%), Italy (6.2%) A EU nation being on this list is a real shocker, but it appears they've completely bungled this entire situation from the get-go)) and China (f**k knows what their actual situation is). On the other end of the spectrum is Korea (.8%), Spain (2%), France (1.8%), Germany (.15%).

Now, it's worth mentioning that there are a number of factors that affect how many cases are actual reported, so we don't really know the entire picture and probably never will until long after this matter is settled. Expect reporting to get even more bungled once large amounts of people begin to recover as the standards by which someone is considered "recovered" will probably vary from nation to nation.

There are, however, some positive signs out there. After seeing a voracious rise in cases in February and early March, news coming out of South Korea is that the number of new cases has slowed over the past few days (reported per https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...-virus-outbreak-may-be-slowing-officials-says and a number of other media outlets). It's proving nearly impossible to contain and treat Coronavirus on a nationwide level, but the groundwork is being laid (albeit in nations smaller than the US).

South Korea, however, is more prepared for this sort of situation than Western Countries for a number of reasons (remember that Korea's MERS outbreak happened a mere five years ago). They are probably going to be the ideal by which nations like the US should follow going forward. Whether we will be able to duplicate their success given the resources available to citizens in America is, in my opinion, unlikely, but it would be nice to be surprised.

The death rate is skewed by the retirement home that got infected.

 

[CropDuster507]

wtf. If they cancel Trials, I don't know if I'll make it past Spring Break.

 

[Dogwelder]

Seth didnt get an at large bid

Thanks. Darn. That makes the outlandish scheme even harder. Fall back to plan D: more bandaids and rubber bands and Duck tape!

 

[nerfstate]

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine asks indoor sporting events be played without spectators

 

[Shifty15]

Politics aside, this entire situation is really illustrating the benefit of govt provided healthcare and having a govt which has the means to swiftly mobilize against this sort of threat. The mortality rate in the US is at 3.5% according to wiki (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019–20_coronavirus_outbreak_by_country_and_territory). When you compare that to other countries with more than 700 cases, the only countries who's mortality rates surpass ours is Iran (3.6%), Italy (6.2%) A EU nation being on this list is a real shocker, but it appears they've completely bungled this entire situation from the get-go)) and China (f**k knows what their actual situation is). On the other end of the spectrum is Korea (.8%), Spain (2%), France (1.8%), Germany (.15%).

Now, it's worth mentioning that there are a number of factors that affect how many cases are actual reported, so we don't really know the entire picture and probably never will until long after this matter is settled. Expect reporting to get even more bungled once large amounts of people begin to recover as the standards by which someone is considered "recovered" will probably vary from nation to nation.

There are, however, some positive signs out there. After seeing a voracious rise in cases in February and early March, news coming out of South Korea is that the number of new cases has slowed over the past few days (reported per https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...-virus-outbreak-may-be-slowing-officials-says and a number of other media outlets). It's proving nearly impossible to contain and treat Coronavirus on a nationwide level, but the groundwork is being laid (albeit in nations smaller than the US).

South Korea, however, is more prepared for this sort of situation than Western Countries for a number of reasons (remember that Korea's MERS outbreak happened a mere five years ago). They are probably going to be the ideal by which nations like the US should follow going forward. Whether we will be able to duplicate their success given the resources available to citizens in America is, in my opinion, unlikely, but it would be nice to be surprised.

Ask Canadians about government operated healthcare. They come here because the wait is astronomical.

 

[El-Jefe]

The death rate is skewed by the retirement home that got infected.

Also a shortage of test kits -- very likely the infection rate is artificially low, which would artificially boost the rate of deaths per infected.

 

[nittinsc]

FWIW here's this regarding the trials.

https://www.centredaily.com/sports/olympics/article241069206.html

 

[tpnlion]

OSU was roughly the 30th university to do this, with now over 40 having announced similar measures.

East-coast schools who have announced similar plans are Princeton, Columbia, NYU, Harvard, and St. John's to name a few. It isn't just "a few west coast schools."

At Auburn per a friend that has a daughter on spring break, they got a notice that they will be doing classes online for 2 weeks and every student self quarantines.