Mega Thread Coronavirus & the AFL - season postponed. (Thread part 1 - cont in part 2, link in thread)

[Chief]

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Mega Thread - Coronavirus & the AFL - season postponed. Part 2 * CONTINUED ABUSE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED *

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[Gavin Excell]

As we all need to replenish perishable food items in the coming week.

Supermarkets & Shopping Centres and fruit shops , butchers will become , even more than now , where corona virus is transferred betweenness people,

I was at supermarket tonight and was shocked at how bare shelves were

 

[Gavin Excell]

Agreed. This is just one massive overreaction driven by the media. Can't believe people are freaking out like this.

Open your eyes man

 

[Cotchins Hair Piece]

No crowds round 1 is a huge win for Melbourne.

 

[Demons09]

This hysteria and panic over nothing will be a BIGGER cause for deaths, because the stress and anxiety it will cause for people will be a detrimental effect on not only the immune system, but also the quality of life for millions - this will cause people who are GENUINELY in danger of something serious from visiting GP's and hospitals because of this hysteria, it will isolate people who are already at risk from things in regards to loneliness and isolation (personal care, schizophrenia, depression), it will make certain consumables harder to find and obtain from those that really need them and any sort of state of emergency erupting from this nonsense is just going to exacerbate this even more.

The very cause of us reacting this way without looking at STATS (and this is not surprising, given the VIRAL meme nature of our world right now), is what is going to cause our problems from here on in. It's fine to be vigilant, but we should not go overboard like this, we should be composed.

No worries Doctor Cake.

 

[dont bowl there]

You know how it goes
D.Martin 3 votes

My mistake.

 

[Cotchins Hair Piece]

I was at supermarket tonight and was shocked at how bare shelves were

Can’t believe you were shocked. Humans are disgusting.

 

[HBF]

People - Yes.

Businesses - Not so much.


Current wage laws surrounding sick leave for the virus is about to be a national crisis in the coming weeks.

This.
Employees should be looked after.

 

[JADED]

For years fans have been sprouting
"Premierships aren't won in round 1"
"March premiers" / "round 1 premiers"

It might be a thing this year. ;-)

 

[Blackhawk42]

This thing is super contagious, and the death rates are now climbing for both young and old (30-50 year olds are now experiencing high death rates in Italy as of the last couple of days).


We've never seen anything like this before, and before this is over, I suspect at least 3% of the world's population will probably die from it - if trends around the world continue. That is not a small amount.

Experts have predicted this will start slowing down around August...that means it could be 6 months before we have a vaccine/drastic reduction in cases and transmission.

Pull your head in.

Where are the stats for those first two points?

The third has been circulated a fair bit. Although I heard vaccine is 12 months away.

 

[GROTTO]

Wow I can hardly watch those scenes in the wet market. Makes me angry beyond belief. Those people responsible should be publicly trialled then executed

I agree I would love to see the Chinese Govt to give the death penalty to anyone inside these facilities. Send a strong message.

 

[dont bowl there]

America is the last country we should follow.

We always look to America. NBA cancelling games had a bigger impact on most Australians than what was happening in Iran/Italy when it came to the virus.

 

[Gavin Excell]

Can’t believe you were shocked. Humans are disgusting.

Obviously toilet paper tissues etc is old news but most canned goods, pasta, rice, flour etc all gone

 

[captain cotch 9]

Marlion Pickets 1st AFL game-plays in front of over 100,000

Marlion Pickets 2nd game-plays in front of zero

 

[Ron The Bear]

The AFL will need to employ ball boys, like the tennis.

 

[Monkey King]

Okay, but what about the severity of the illness or the mortality rate has lead to your opinion being so drastic?

Data is clear that social isolation significantly mitigates the mortality rate. Nothing drastic about it.

 

[Blackhawk42]

I was at supermarket tonight and was shocked at how bare shelves were

Media induced hysteria. I'm still quite unconvinced by the severity of this entire thing, yet my wife and I had to do a huge shop today before everything was gone. We certainly weren't boxing on over toilet paper.

 

[FRUMPY]

The AFL will need to employ ball boys, like the tennis.

We're not the Catholic church mate

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[KingNothing]

Can’t believe you were shocked. Humans are disgusting.

Puts everyone else in a bind too. Because I dont wanna be one of those shitcampaigners who stockpiles, but I've got a 2.5yr old and a 1yr old that need nappies and they're already getting tough to get.

 

[Call Me Cake]

Idiotic comment. Feb 24th, Italy had 129 cases...3 weeks later, over 12,000. March 6th, we had 37 cases, now we have around 160. We are following the exact same trend as most countries, where our infection rate/death tally, will peak in May and continue on 'til August. This is the advice of Chief Medical Officers, not some conspiracy theorist on bigfooty. This thing is super contagious, and the death rates are now climbing for both young and old (30-50 year olds are now experiencing high death rates in Italy as of the last couple of days).

This is no joke. W.H.O doesn't declare something a pandemic, just because. This is serious, and your attitude is the same as so many failed leaders in countries that have really missed the boat when it comes to tackling this.

We've never seen anything like this before, and before this is over, I suspect at least 3% of the world's population will probably die from it - if trends around the world continue. That is not a small amount.

Experts have predicted this will start slowing down around August...that means it could be 6 months before we have a vaccine/drastic reduction in cases and transmission.

Pull your head in.

"Experts" were predicting 21,000 people dead in Australia at the beginning of March, and we are now 2 weeks in with just 3 deaths.

3!

Do you understand how stupidly quick that tally would have to climb to even reach 20 let alone 21,000?

It's panic from people like you that is going to cost us and our loved one's our quality of life and toilet paper.

 

[Aussie in exile]

No crowds round 1 is a huge win for Melbourne.

The biggest benefactors of no crowd will be GWS and the Suns as they are use to playing in empty stadiums for their home games

 

[Monkey King]

The AFL will need to employ ball boys, like the tennis.

They should move the game to suburban ovals and let people watch from the isolation of the their cars. I'd love to honk a goal at AFL level.

 

[ok.crows]

Agreed. This is just one massive overreaction driven by the media. Can't believe people are freaking out like this.

Once this virus is "out there" in the community its uncontrolled infection rate is such that the number of cases should double every week. Starting from a base of 100 cases then 14 weeks later this becomes 1.6 million people who have been infected.

 

[Cotchins Hair Piece]

The AFL has just confirmed that all games – mens and womens – will be played without fans in attendance “ for the foreseeable future”. Earlier, the AFLW said this would take place for their competition as of Saturday.

Just posted at The Guardian

So no change to AFLW then.

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

Still believe the season will be postponed come next Thursday.

The AFL doesn't have the balls to make the hard calls.

 

[ITCHY EYEBALLS]

I’m not sure the financial costs will far outweigh the health implications for those that die, or their loved ones.

and what sort of person are you that thinks it’s sad that most people won’t get the virus or only get mild symptoms? You would prefer more people got it, more got severe symptoms and many people died. Love your logic

You have completely misunderstood my post. Not good at comprehension are you?
Have a look at how much has been wiped off global sharemarkets. Many self funded retirees rely on their portfolios for income, you know, to put food in their mouths. Many people close to retirement age will have lost significant savings and will have to keep working.
The sad thing is that many businesses will go to the wall, people will lose their jobs, many will probably lose their homes yet they won’t catch the virus. The mass hysteria will ruin their lives.
It’s already started.
It’s a complete overreaction imo.