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Your posts are garbage here. First, your assumption (in other post) that the vast majority of us are going to get it may be true, but it's not about that. It's about stretching that timeline out so hospitals can compensate with it. We know we are likely going to get it, but if we do get it, we want proper health to back it up. We won't get that if it all commences instantly like it did in Italy and the hospitals can't help. Now you are suggesting us to shrug our shoulders with death. Like, ah, who cares if some old people die, it's nature. We've been fighting off 'nature' our whole life, no reason to get pessimistic and downright hateful now. Some of those you speak about are our friends, family members, and others who simply aren't ready to die yet to a virus because the infrastructure wasn't in place to protect them.

This is so surreal. This virus has killed but 37 people in the US and 4700 out of 8 billion worldwide, most of those in a country where new cases have leveled off. Because of that society is literally going on haitus before our eyes. The 9-11 aftermath wasn't even like this. I am not saying the panic is or isn't warranted, because its very real. Yet at the same time doesn't make sense. Its like there is something we aren't being told.

Here is the good news. When life gets back on track opening day will have some nice warm weather to enjoy

And here's your economic dagger boys: "BREAKING: Mitch McConnell says he won’t look at House relief bill for coronavirus for another 12 days. This is absolutely insane and obscene. I feel as if it’s criminal. This negligence and playing politics is beyond corruption. Shame on GOP." Get these self fulfilling scumbags out of office.

Yes, the COVID19 virus is some serious stuff...but this put a smile on my face on an otherwise crappy day.

I’ve never been one to shout from the top of the hills about term limits...but I’m getting there. The flip side, of course...is no more FDR’s, either. Leadership/experience is undervalued, until you actually need it. Kind of like government in general, for most. We love to complain about it, but see what happens when it’s not there in times of crisis to rely upon, to provide a sense of comfort and reassurance.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/who-gets-hospital-bed/607807/?utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_source=facebook&utm_term=2020-03-11T16%3A56%3A39&utm_content=edit-promo&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR3w6Sk4np78VehWV9f**CVm4XcfKnv3R1xSRvWBqOi4dMgWxgTIJYNqQwM I strongly urge you to read this article to understand why Italy going from 322 cases to 2,500 cases to 10,000 cases in two weeks broke their entire medical system to the extent that their doctors had to decide who would be left to die. If these numbers spike here in the same ways they have in Italy, the death rate will be catastropically high, because we simply will not have enough doctors / nurses / hospitals / beds / ventilators / resources to tend to the very sick before they get critical and die.

You should probably go take a nap.

Everything follows a pattern here ... Look to Italy and you'll see what's going to happen in the US. We're just starting the freak out phase. Sports canceled, by Monday/Tuesday you'll see schools canceled for the rest of the year or at least through April/mid-May. Then you'll see travel restrictions throughout the US - so no planes, no traveling -- not just to Europe and international, but around the US. Then about 2 weeks from now you'll see a mandated shut down of all businesses except for grocery stores and pharmacies, etc. This is going to be a shut down through mid-May is my guess. Self-quarantine. I've been to O'Hare and just got back from Vegas for a convention and my company is having us self-quarantine for the next 10 days (at-least). It's about to ratchet up and get real in the US - we've just entered the twilight zone -- and it's only going to get more weird from here. Even myself I'm not sure if i have it -- both my wife and I have been traveling a lot and we're both sick with some sort of flu - fevers, the dry cough you here about, very achy ... who knows if i have it, not much you can do - i won't be able to get a test - so for now it's just locking down in my house to protect others. i'm personally not concerned - but concerned about the spread to others. The thing I can't stand is when people are like "the flu kills more people" ... and that's the problem with having a president like we do ... politics aside - because that's not what this is about -- his job is to be the PR for the US. Dividing people around a pandemic is not the way to do it. This is actually very serious ... maybe not for 20-60 year olds ... but for others. It's not about how bad Corona is for me or you, it's about curving the spread so that it doesn't get wild. The hospitals aren't equipped for this. We don't have the space or the staff. So it's not about that - self quarantine is about curving the spread. Ultimately there will be a vaccine. Ultimately this will subside, but it's going to be a wild next 6 weeks here and around the world. The ripple effect of companies, supply chains, servicing of debt, jobs, mortgages, etc etc etc. is going to take a LONG time to unravel. We built an economy on extensive leverage that was very suspectible -- almost like a 75 year old with pre-existing conditions - and the Coronavirus is exposing it. There's going to be massive government intervention for this - but ultimately it's thing people arent even thinking about that are going to really creep up over teh next few years because of this ... pension returns, further erosion of the dollar, negative interest rates, etc etc. we're in the upside down world now.

Please don’t copy and paste entire articles.

We literally have no idea. There's zero hard evidence one way or the other.

I just hope to fucking god that losing out on our entertainment for a few weeks/months is the worst that comes of this.

For all that Italy has had about 800 deaths out of 60 million people. That's horrible and as such needs preventative measures and mitigation, but it still amazes me that the response to that is to flat shut down society. Also, and I hate to go here, but the writer claims training only in political and moral philosophy, and with a byline as an advisor of "Protect Democracy". I just wonder about the objectivity. Again, the manifold response means there IS something to all this IMO. It just doesn't feel like I am aware of whatever gravity is out there.

Everytime I want to play by the time the damn system loads up I'm already ready to move on.

Man gut punch day keeps on getting suckier for me

It's hilarious in an extremely morbid way

We can always go full reddit mode and just use /S

WTF?

You've never not been an alarmist. You spike with each strikeout.

This would be great in theory if American's actually listened and took it seriously. Sadly, everyone is still going to work. My wife still has class despite a father of a student testing positive. The entire thing is a clusterfuck. The problem is American's don't like to be told what to do, and they don't listen to things that the media deems serious because they're idiots.

This 100% is not true. Italy is one of the only countries testing in mass; the USA has administered 5000 tests total. The US outbreak is likely really bad, but because the country is spread out a lot of communities don't see it first hand yet.

Yeah the goal is to "Flatten the curve." We're, what, 6-10 days behind the Italian curve and on an identical trajectory so far? They've run out of hospital beds. That's when you'll see mortality rates climb. And Jenks, 1-3% mortality on an estimated 70-150M infected in this country alone is....millions of dead people in a year. Low end, 1% mortality at 70M is still 700,000 people. If we hit the higher end, 150M and 3%, that is 4,500,000 Americans dead. Cross your fingers, pray, whatever that things don't get this bad here:

SInce Yearnin' and Squirmin" have been lagging ,I'm going to keep bumping this until Yermin gets sent down . Yermin hasn't been getting many AB's lately but despite that he took over the ST team HR lead with 2 HR's in his last 3 AB's going back to March 8 against the Padres and March 9 vs. the Reds. With Encarnacion out with his hip problem, I expect to see more of Mercedes who has the same amount of AB's as Palka, Collins could use some more time too .Maybe at 1st base and DH Mendick, Engel and Delmonico are 1,2,3 in AB's despite Delmonico slowing down significantly from his hot start. Could be they are giving him AB's because they know they might have to cut him and trying to get him picked up by another team.

So, we're canceling/postponing all of these things....how long do we expect this to last? Until a vaccine is created? Which could be 6, 8, 12 months away? This doesn't seem like a workable solution long term. And I still think the economic impact and resulting poverty of shutting down society for 6+ months may be worse than the 1-3% mortality rate that's been discussed. Anyone catch Joe Rogan's podcast yesterday? He had a top infectious disease doctor on who said something interesting...basically the only real way to stop the spread of this thing is to wait until a large number of people have been exposed/infected. The vast majority of people will build their own immunity to it, and then the infection won't spread anymore. But, that obviously comes with a big cost. Not a lot of good options here...

Between the injuries and global pandemic, I’m not sure we had a real chance to accurately judge Boylens coaching and he should return next year. - John Paxson somewhere

The minor league season was scheduled to start on April 9th. That's also pushed back. Service time issues are interesting now. It could benefit the club with a guy like Nick Madrigal and hurt the club in Kopech's case. If they start the season around May 15th (that might be conservative at this point), Kopech should come up soon after. The year likely stays burned regardless. 1 full year of service is 172 days and this season likely won't even encompass that at this rate. They could probably start Madrigal right away and he wouldn't accrue a year under current CBA. I wonder if changes are coming somehow.

This is yet another reason why the best in-house analytics team and having as well as an extensive amateur scouting department is critical...when you're going to miss 2-3 months of high school/collegiate action. No last looks or CWS.

I wouldn’t touch UPS now, or Fed Ex/DHL... Zoom would be good, videoconferencing will be key in the next months. NetEase/Activision Blizzard...gaming companies with online platforms. Alibaba and Ten Cent are well positioned to quickly recover here in China. Online education platforms. INO, with more research into it. Disney, due to the strength of Disney+ and an eventual return to profitability with one of the best brands in the business. Coke or Pepsi. Be careful with the financial industry, those higher dividends might be cut. Verizon. Any of the Vanguard Funds, 500 Index, vivax, twsax, etc.

You’re not the boss of me

The only explanation is that he's either an idiot or a malignant narcissist. Take your pick on what's worse. The only reason why he's not testing more people is because the only thing he cares about is getting re-elected in November. This is a political decision, not a best interest in public health one. Apologies to the mods if we're still under a politics ban, and I'll drop it and delete this message if we are. Fellow posters, please don't quote this post until I get the goahead from the mods that it's ok to talk politics.

Yup, reversed course right after receiving the pressure but only by cancelling recess, not by agreeing to a bill to help people. Still won't pass the house bill because someone he doesn't like sponsored it... and the Senate nor the WH have a bill ready to go. The bill proposed by the House would have done a lot of good for a lot of people.

Um.........yes

The Senate punted on a bill requiring paid sick leave. Considering many people live paycheck to paycheck, this ain't happening.

We have to order from grocery stores (online, Alibaba has their own stores and efficient delivery drivers) and have it delivered to the apartment complex entrance gates. Wife, who is the only one with a mask/protective gear and can communicate well in Chinese (not my strength after 8 years)...has to do that about once a week. Recently, have been able to start getting meat, shrimp, lamb and eat hot pot. Once, we successfully ordered Snickers, M&M’s and Doritos/Lays, but they’re down to basic staples. My essential diet for the past six or seven weeks, it was mostly noodles, dumplings and fried rice. Have gone from 190 to 182 pounds despite no exercise due to fewer snacks and less soda. Your last hopes...just not seeing how it’s going to be possible after that speech I witnessed. They’re going to have to shut down the stock market for two weeks IMO.

This is Week 8 here in China of not leaving the apartment once. Food/restaurant commercials are like torture after about a month. Losing NCAA basketball tournament and MLB are just hard to imagine. Reading, reading, reading. Playing with your children. An endless stream of movies and t.v. shows. Following political season more closely (that might be gone.) Not obsessing over selling and buying stocks/mutual funds, will just do nothing for now...eventually buying when there’s some light at the end of the tunnel (this happened in Week 7, but that meant a TOTAL lockdown here first). Having my Labs around would be comforting, we underestimate the impact pets can have on our daily lives. I think this is going to force both Dems and Republicans to finally deal with both health care, and immigration...in a strange way, it brings life back to Medicare for All (or at least “those who want it”) just days after it was declared dead.

it’s not really a great thing to apply 2 weeks of deaths to a whole population as a basis of comparison. This thing geometrically infects people. week 1 - 300 people and a few deaths week 2 - 2500 people and a hundred deaths week 3 - 10000 people and 800 deaths if they had not shut everything down, week 4 would have been 40,000 and thousands of deaths and week 5 would be 160,000 and tens of thousands of deaths, the country would be several times over capacity of resources. the folks quoted In the article are doctors being forced to make life or death decisions. This dude is a writer. I want him to write the written word. I don’t need him to have a medical degree to convey information from literally the front lines.

The physician for Congress and the Supreme Court said 80 to 150 million people in the US will likely get infected. If we take that low number and apply a 1% fatality rate, which I need to stress the stated fatality rate could be higher (if we go by diagnosed cases divided by death) or lower, we get 800,000 dead in the US. That would have a catastrophic butterfly effect on the healthcare system and the US as a whole.

We learned why that was never going to work less than 24 hours ago.

That's where I'm at. Medical professionals have given this thing high levels of importance but the death toll isn't horrible yet the death toll is getting worse. I literally don't know where to go without hearing this. Grocery stores are emptying out their supply, twitter is all COVID news, sports are halted, etc. It won't be long until UPS, USPS and Fedex shut their services down. It almost feels like a bad movie.

I wouldn't exactly say darn close to meaningless. If Mercedes had a poor spring it's likely he doesn't have a shot for the 26th man .He's definitely put himself in the running. You could say the same thing about Collins who is perhaps having the finest spring of anyone. A bad spring by him and it just reinforces the many doubters he has that he's a bust. Positive results in spring among the youngsters actually means something. If Kopech sucks we would all be discouraged. Analytically we try to say it means nothing but we all know deep down we are encouraged by good results.

WTF? Haven't you been complaining about people going out into public unnecessarily?

and, I mean, hookers are almost definitely out of the question A man has to have a vice to know he is alive.

It just is...

Man I am with you 100% on this, all of your joys are mine too. Luckily I still have running and cycling. I am concerned with my job as i am in the travel business, very hard times. Didnt sleep much last night.

MLB and the MLBPA should take this opportunity to start CBA discussions

Everything sucks. Its kind of sad, but my life legit revolves around sports. Not sure WTF I am going to do with myself now. I don't even want to go the germfest that is the gym to burn some stress. The best 10 days of the year (cbb conf tourneys and march madness) cancelled. MLB delayed for the foreseeable future. My other hobby of playing poker is legit probably the worst possible place for spread of this shit. My enjoyment of day trading is virtually sapped as I (any everyone else) have just been crushed for weeks and am getting close to tapped out. So bummed. Weird times.

You're confusing my intent with my acceptance of reality as I see it. Hate has nothing to do with it. At least it'll fix our social security woes.

The short answer is we dont' know. A vaccine is an 18 month proposition. And while maintaining these measures long-term doesn't seem like an option, neither does having to burn bodies because there is no place to dispose of them. According to the Wall Street Journal, the death rate in Lombardy, Italy is currently standing around 5%. There's probably some asymptomatic people that they're missing, but that's what happens when the hospitals are swamped. Worries about 6 months down the road, or an economic stimulus package - all of those are completely the wrong worry right now. To use the appropriate metaphor, when a person has been shot, you don't worry about the infection they may develop a couple days down the road - you deal with the fact that they're bleeding to death. Watch what is happening in Wuhan. They shut the area down for nearly 2 months. They are gradually starting to reopen factories right now, which will probably trigger other transmission and infection. But, if they keep it at a manageable rate, then the death rate stays down. We may get lucky and get a reprieve from heat in the summer, but we don't know enough about the bug to say yet. There have also been some unconfirmed reports of people in China getting sick more than once, which could imply that building immunity might be difficult as different strands start to circulate. There's a reason the stock market plummets every time we get a speech about the economic part of it, because no one wants to hear about that or care about it. That part doesn't matter until you stop the bleeding. Right now, the number of cases is doubling every couple days. We already know that some areas are about to be swamped by cases infected this week, we can't let the whole country have that happen.

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/coronavirus-its-time-for-mlb-to-suspend-spring-training-delay-the-start-of-season-due-to-covid-19/ People might think it’s fine for nature to correct the course...until it’s their own family, loved ones and friends.

I agree with Law on that point but he's just being stubborn not putting him in the top 100. Look at some of those guys on his back end. You can't tell me with a straight face his last 5-8 guys are better bets to produce 10 career WAR than Madrigal. That said, I think he's the perfect 2.5 WAR 2B for the squad around him. Perhaps in his prime he can get to 3-4 WAR. I liked the Marco Scutaro comp.