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Truly confusing. Which may or may not be true. FU Corona!

It will change again tomorrow. The most frustrating thing is there is seemingly no "truth".

Whoa, that looks so freaking good!

It really is frustrating. The information is so dang fragmented. Not just the stats. I just read a new report on hydroxychloriquine. In Michigan, the doctors are swearing it has saved lives. The very next article said it has no impact and it will make you grow a 2nd head. Just seems there is almost no ability to get unfiltered facts or reliable statistics. Everything has an agenda.

No politics!

Sad. We gave two dadchunds right now. One is 12 years old. The other is 15. They both still do okay, but they certainly are showing signs that have us anxious. Sorry man. Dogs are family to many of us.

I can understand and respect this. All I can say is the line is a tough one. Politics are underlying in this topic. No way it can not be. I also know there are a wide rage of political persuasions within the mod team. Some are liberal, some are conservative, and KDB is smart enough that I have no clue on his leanings. I say that to show that while it may appear we cherry pick, I assure you it is not the case. We work hard to not let our own views impact how we moderate. with that said, I can see where you are coming from. All I can do is explain our efforts, even when we unintentionally send mixed messages. We are all human, and this stuff is real life that drum up strong opinions. Keeping the discussion "safe" on a sports message board is dicey.

Wow, the vision is off the charts. I did a rewind a few times and thought, "how the f#$k did he see that!!?"

6/11/1949... Hank Williams, Sr., makes his Grand Ole Opry debut

Nah, we can just move forward. It's not easy. We have plenty of behind the scenes debates as moderators. And don't always agree, even amongst ourselves. Our only option is to debate, vote and present a unified voice. Obviously people can, and will, disagree with some of our decisions. We just ask that everybody respects them and understand we are doing the best we can.

To further confuse us all. Look at the world wide numbers! The case graph and death graph are going opposite directions.

And 5fouls talked to all of the moderators in private. Expressing his concerns there, respectfully.

Oh, we are the politics police now? Over zealous? Walk one day in my shoes dealing with moderating, deleting and answering countless private messages. You may not like what we do. You may disagree, and you clearly do not understand what I have had to deal with trying to moderate the boards at this time. But keep posting your insulting messages about us. Keep slamming us. That will solve it all, or at least make you feel better. I expected better from you B.

I dont know. If it were just social distancing, wouldn't the death graph mirror the case count graph? The current (albeit it short) trend is the rate of deaths are declining significantly more quickly than the rate of infection.

SARS was definitely caught earlier, and contained much more effectively, early on. Blame China. WHO, whoever. But it is clearly the case. It is also true that SARS mutated itself to a place it basically self eradicated itself. There is caution that needs to be practiced. Viruses constantly mutate. 99% of the mutations cause little or no change in how the virus behaves. Although a virus can mutate and weaken itself, it can also mutate and become significantly more dangerous. These constant mutations is also a reason making vaccines can be tricky. The scientists have to study evety mutation and ensure their vaccine attacks the virus in a way that is least likely to be impacted by "predicted mutations".

Something is happening. Virys changing, better treatments? I am not going to pretend to have the answer. But the number of cases have syed fairly steady, maybe a slight decrease. The number of deaths is showing a clear decline. It is still gdangerous, contagious and potentially deadly. So we need to keep our guard up. But it is something.

No. I have this issue, drives my wife crazy. I find a show I like, I binge watch like crazy through season 1, then I move on to something else. Rarely go onto season 2 of anything. During the pandemic, I did this with Bosch, The Blacklist (very good), The good place, Lillehammer and a few others.

I do not disagree at all with anything here. As an optimist, it does provide hope. Will it disappear on its own? Maybe, maybe not. We have to assume no, and hope yes. It has happened before. If there is any doubt, anybody can go see why SARS died out in 2013. It would be foolish to bank on it. But it can provide hope for somebody wanting an alternative perspective to all the doomsday we hear 24,/7. Be smart. Plan for the worst. But hope for the best.

I agree there is some clear agenda driven "science" in that article. But I would also caution folks to realize virus mutate often. covid 19 is a known "fast changer". The virus going around today can behave very differently than it did even 30 days ago. This is part of what makes a vaccine very challenging. Scientists need to study every known mutation and adjust accordingly. Some changes are insignificant, actually most. But some make the virus quickly become more/less infectious and more/less potent. It is common knowledge that some viruses mutate themselves out of being a threat before a vaccine is ever created. It also happens where the changes causes a rapid spike in infections and death. Not a gamble any of us should take. But I also would not so quickly chalk up improving numbers to be 100% because of social distancing, face masks etc. It may be the reason, it may be the natural evolution of the virus, it may be a combination. My point is, cases and deaths can decrease naturally simply because the virus has changed. One undeniable truth from that article.... “The strength the virus had two months ago is not the same strength it has today,” said Matteo Bassetti, head of the infectious diseases clinic at the San Martino hospital in the city of Genoa. “It is clear that today the COVID-19 disease is different.”

You mean the Willis tower buildings stacked back to back? I swear, I see them. (Yeah. I grew up in Chicago)

Here is Texas. Obviously, if I am there I would approach it differently than I do living in Kentucky.

This is the national graph. The virus is clearly still potent and dangerous. But the graph has stayed steady or decreased even with increased testing. Is it not fair to say there is no national spike, while also recognizing it is still a serious threat?

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