They have not turned the corner. They had their highest number of new infections yesterday. They also had the highest amount of deaths in any country in a single day yesterday. Higher than any single day in China.
and think about the teams they've played in the last week. Then think about the players/families and staff of those teams and then those they interacted with. So essentially one of the most effective ways to spread this all over the country is by sports.
I had not seen the reduction in infection rate that bkeitch had claimed, but highest number of new cases does not preclude a reduction in infection RATE, the rate being based on the number of known or extrapolated existing cases as a percentage.
What other evidence do we have for infection rate other than confirmed cases? If someone has evidence of a decrease I'd love to see it but I have not seen a reference to it anywhere online and I've been following this pretty closely as it is so close to us.
I think the NCAA March Madness tournament will have to be cancelled. The AAC, SEC and Big Ten Tournaments have all been cancelled. Other conferences are also cancelling. With the NBA - a professional, for-profit league - having cancelled, I don't see how an amateur, student/athlete driven league can not cancel.
I saw the lower rate of infections in Italy in one (I considered credible) article saying that they had 3 days in a row that the number of infections had gone down. South Korea has had 4 days per this article.
Take it as a single article and maybe I spoke too soon.
(I retracted the part about Italy's rate going down, either I or the article I read was incorrect, didnt mean to lead us down an incorrect discussion)
(sorry, I am a smart...)
The Jazz statements I have seen did not identify Mitchell, just "one additional player tested positive." The reports in the media seem to all say "league officials" or "people familiar with the situation," so I imagine it is just a free press issue re: HIPAA. If the media chooses not to voluntarily restrict publishing the names, than they are published.
Hockey is finished. MLB about to be cancelled too. Also the League of Ireland postponed until at least the end of March. That won't affect anyone else here but theres a good chance if this drags out the League of Ireland never comes back. Clubs don't have the cash reserves to survive a long period without gate receipts. Same is likely true for Indy league clubs in the US and any number of small businesses.
Duke has suspended all athletics indefinitely. If there is an NCAA tournament, one of the top teams in the country will not take part in it.
The Champions League and Europa League are about to be suspended indefinitely. At this point the Premier League, Bundesliga and Ligue 1 are the only major hold outs on this side of the water.
The CDC reports that 56,000 people die each year because of the flu. Sars, Ebola, Y2k and the afarmentioned flu epidemic each year - I have lived through them all and never seen a widespread panic,close everything down and cancel life as we know it like this.
