Jack Parkman

I don't sound like an idiot or alarmist anymore for suggesting a shutdown days ago now, do I? They're continuing to be reactive and that's no good.

Yeah, especially because their coverup led to this clusterfuck in the first place.

If they thing this thing is going to blow over in 6 months they're high. It's not happening for years. They'll create a vaccine, the virus will mutate and then we're back to square one. Until this thing mutates enough times for there to be a vaccine for multiple strains, this isn't going away.

Is it? The first thing I felt was hocking lougies. I feel fine otherwise. Have a bit of a frog in my throat, but that's common for me with my seasonal allergies. (so are the lougies) Again, only concerned because of contact with rando people. Wouldn't be concerned at all if it wasn't for the lougies. I've heard that those can be as symptom of a URI. Second Edit: Decided against even calling the GP. Looked up the symptoms, I'm fine for now. Just my GAD talking. sorry for freaking anyone out.

Yeah, and I already know I have GAD so I'm probably overreacting. If it wasn't for my job and as many places as I've been over the last 2 weeks, I wouldn't be concerned. Like I said, I have a bad nail biting habit. I don't want to harm my parents. It's not about me. BTW, does me talking about shutting it down this weekend sound crazy now? Edit: just drank a bunch of water and my sore throat and headache are starting to go away. Sometimes I forget to drink enough fluids so it might just be dehydration. I'll still call my GP in the morning just to be safe.

I'll keep everyone posted about what my GP says tomorrow. Big thing is that over the last 2 weeks I have no idea how many or who I've come in contact with as a gig food delivery driver. Decided to stop working Friday because business took a crap, still went around places even today because I have seasonal allergies and everything would go away after being inside for a couple hrs. It's been warm enough to activate those things for me. Didn't get concerned until I got a sore throat tonight during the game. Maybe I'm being paranoid, but I live with my parents who are both over 60 and I don't want anything to happen to them.

Fuck. Within the last couple hrs I developed a bit of a sore throat. I'm calling my GP in the morning, asking whether or not I should go to my podiatrist appt tomorrow. I feel fine otherwise, but still going to ask my GP whether or not I should go. I know that I've come into contact with a shit ton of people over the last week because of my job. I stopped doing it as of Monday, but I think my own underreaction may have bit me in the ass. Wish me luck.

Just my opinion, but Dunning is likely a #3-4 starter with a ceiling of being right handed Quintana(with the Sox)

Idk if Rodon would do it, but I could see him in the Andrew Miller/Josh Hader role and being absolutely filthy.

Dunning went to UF as well.

godspeed @soxfan2014

Yeah, because it already is bad there. Every other large city in the country should be looking at what's going on in Seattle and NYC and doing whatever they're doing immediately. But no, that's an overreaction and panic. Props to Mike deWine( Governor of Ohio) for banning large crowds before there have been a large number of cases in his state. Pritzker is an idiot for not banning large gatherings yet. It's also dumb that they haven't banned crowds at all sporting events yet. Should have been done days ago.

There's not enough of it in larger metro areas that haven't been hit hard yet. Again, everyone is being reactive instead of proactive. I think it's ridiculous that people throw out the accusation of overreaction when governments are being proactive on this shit. People don't realize that the reason why some of the other dangerous bugs didn't get as bad was because of proactive measures. But hell, apparently suggesting to people to limit the number of people you come into contact with is inciting panic and fear, so whatever. The amount of people minimizing the risks on this board alone and citing any sort of concern as fearmongering and panic is part of the problem. There aren't enough people who understand the gravity of what's going on here.

Probably accurate. The consequences to the economy are going to be disastrous. I don't trust the US government to put a higher priority on the public safety than they do on the economy. Public health should be the number one concern, deal with the consequences later. But what do I know?

Oh I get it completely. The bottom line is that we should deal with the public health crisis first, and the consequences later. The US system where lassez-faire capitalism rules is not designed to handle a public health crisis at this level. Everyone should come to grips with the consequences of what's about to happen. The huge issue is that people aren't taking this seriously, and accusing those who are of inciting fear and panic. There's not a plan in the world that can be drummed up that will adequately mitigate the economic consequences of this thing.

Just my opinion, but the US government is acting way too damn slowly, both at the state and federal levels. The huge issue is there's not enough information about effective measures of containment, so everyone is going to let this thing get out of control before they take the action they should have already.

Just my opinion, but everyone is acting too slowly.

Right, and 150M people is just under half of the US population. And if the numbers hold, and 20% of cases are severe, there's not going to be enough hospital beds and a lot of people are going to die. There aren't enough healthcare workers to support this. If this guy truly believes this, he should be advocating for a national quarantine immediately.

I think everyone should be concerned enough to take precautions, take it very seriously but not to the levels of panic.....but this is based on what we know now. Again, in a situation like this it's better to overreact than underreact. Always. I think people should be very concerned and take precautions accordingly. just FYI.

nah, It's the taking it seriously crowd. Try to control the people you come in contact with as much as possible that's what I'm saying. My argument is to try to avoid going to crowded places. Shopping is unavoidable, so I consider that an exception.

I consider work, going to medical appointments, shopping, etc. essential functions. I'm still going to hang out with my friends. The biggest thing is to limit the number of people you come in contact with and wash your hands a lot.

Yeah, we're way behind on the testing dude. I'm about reasonable caution. In the COVID-19 thread I was advocating shutting stuff down as a proactive measure to get ahead of this. It would probably be the prudent thing to do, but because of the arrogance of the American public, I realize it's not going to be feasible until shit hits the fan. I'm just trying to protect myself any way I can. I have to go to a doctors appt at a hospital tomorrow, so I'm going to be extra careful.

I'm fighting my family right now about not leaving for non-essential functions.

I'm glad that common sense is starting to set in.

If you choose to ignore facts, that's on you. I absolutely hate that people have this attitude. It's fucking irresponsible. This isn't fearmongering dude, this is the seriousness of the situation. You're endangering others by not taking the data seriously.