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[backwardsk]

51 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Right on both counts.  Florida is still a month away from the projected peak in cases.

IHME is modeling April 21 as Florida’s peak.

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, backwardsk said:

IHME is modeling April 21 as Florida’s peak.

That's interesting.  I'd heard as much as a month later just last week.  Shows just how fast the data is moving.

[jarman86]

55 minutes ago, atomic said:

Yeah any player with millions isn't going to want to spend 2 weeks in quarantine and then months in seclusion away from family.  I think this whole plan is lunatical.  They are going to test every player continuously?  Where are they going to get the tests from and is the plan to take the tests away from people who need them so they can have this folly.  Tanaka already went back to Japan he won't be coming back.  

to your first comment, according to Jim Passan from ESPN, many players are very open to it.  

Second comment on tests, that is a roadblock right now my understanding, but this plan is approved by the CDC.

[atomic]

10 minutes ago, jarman86 said:

to your first comment, according to Jim Passan from ESPN, many players are very open to it.  

Second comment on tests, that is a roadblock right now my understanding, but this plan is approved by the CDC.

Sad moment when I don't trust what the CDC states. 

[mdbdotcom]

35 minutes ago, backwardsk said:

IHME is modeling April 21 as Florida’s peak.

That assumes full social distancing. Religious institutions in Florida are exempt from the stay at home order.

[Going Underground]

35 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

That's interesting.  I'd heard as much as a month later just last week.  Shows just how fast the data is moving.

Modeling is just modeling based on many variables. The IHME model,which the federal  government uses  is predicting the next three weeks for the peak in Florida. 

The Sun did an article about models being all over the place on peaks:

For now, there are only “reasonable best guesses at the worst-, mid- and best-case scenarios,” said Justin Lessler, an infectious disease epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins University, who’s one of many researchers working on what’s known as "planning scenarios” to guide public officials’ decision-making.

For their models, these scientists rely on such hard data as positive and negative test results and death rates in this country and others. They also consider things such things as how well people follow social-distancing orders in other countries and scientific studies that detail the properties of the virus. The models also incorporate studies and surveys that show behavior here.

 

The outcomes the models produce change as information changes.

There are drawbacks such as ongoing testing problems and the “massive uncertainty” from the newness of the virus, Lessler said. And there are big variables, such as human behavior.

 

When a state health official recently suggested a July 4 peak, Hogan immediately rebutted, saying there are various models showing different lengths of the pandemic and no one knew which offered the best prediction.

“Nobody has the exact time,” Hogan said. “There are numerous models that show four weeks, six weeks, eight weeks or longer. The federal government doesn’t have an answer. We don’t have an answer.”

A peak also doesn’t mean the pandemic is over or state directives can be lifted.

 

https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronavirus/bs-hs-modeling-coronavirus-20200406-ep7v462jp5hxllckguqxmvk7xq-story.html

[MongoBoy]

1 hour ago, Can_of_corn said:

I was thinking more of looking at poorly executed gifs but sure.

Wow.  If that's all it takes to get your blood pressure up, you had better take up yoga and some relaxation techniques.

 

[Going Underground]

"Russian pingpong has stolen the show," said Nick Bogdanovich of the William Hill betting chain. "You can't even find it streaming anywhere to watch, but people are betting on it."

Russian table tennis is the surprise hit, but sumo wrestling has been getting some action, too. There's also virtual NASCAR racing, with William Hill taking about 400 bets on Sunday's race at virtual Bristol Motor Speedway, won by William Byron.

 

https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/ct-las-vegas-sportsbooks-coronavirus-20200407-bpa6o5jd25c5bk4ijsynncepiq-story.html

[Can_of_corn]

6 minutes ago, MongoBoy said:

Wow.  If that's all it takes to get your blood pressure up, you had better take up yoga and some relaxation techniques.

 

 

[Mr. Chewbacca Jr.]

11 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Anytime I read your posts, I imagine the can of corn in your avatar talking. Makes your sarcasm that much funnier.

[jarman86]

1 hour ago, atomic said:

Sad moment when I don't trust what the CDC states. 

Tried to tell you money talks.  Advertisers, teams, TV broadcasts, ESPN (owned by the king, Disney), the President trying to get sports underway again for the economy.  

[atomic]

34 minutes ago, jarman86 said:

Tried to tell you money talks.  Advertisers, teams, TV broadcasts, ESPN (owned by the king, Disney), the President trying to get sports underway again for the economy.   

It isn't going to happen.  President says something different every day.  Also I know Disney owns ESPN. Sold all my Disney stock back in late February for a nice profit. 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

 

[atomic]

3 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

That's interesting.  I'd heard as much as a month later just last week.  Shows just how fast the data is moving.

IMHE is the most optimistic model. 

[atomic]

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