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[TerryP]

Dr. Herbstreit's prediction on the 2020 season, both college and professional, isn't too encouraging.

Kirk Herbstreit doesn't believe college football or the NFL will be played in 2020

This would be the worst.

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Kirk Herbstreit doesn't believe college football or the NFL will be played in 2020


The year is already off to a terrible start in many aspects but it may go down as the worst year in football history if Kirk Herbstreit is accurate.

We are all currently being affected in some aspect following the outbreak of the coronavirus and hoping to return to normal as soon as possible but the way the ESPN college football analyst sees it, this fall may be much the same.

In fact, Herbstreit recently shared his firm belief that there will be no college football or NFL played this fall.

“I’ll be shocked if we have NFL football this fall, if we have college football. I’ll be so surprised if that happens,” Herbstreit recently said according to TMZ Sports.

The ESPN analyst further explained his opinion is based on the fact we likely won’t have a vaccine for the coronavirus for some time. When you take that into consideration, it may be tough for football to continue until that time arrives.

“Just because from what I understand, people that I listen to, you’re 12 to 18 months from a vaccine,” Herbstreit continued. “I don’t know how you let these guys go into locker rooms and let stadiums be filled up and how you can play ball. I just don’t know how you can do it with the optics of it.”

Who’s ready to fast forward to 2021 already?

 

[JoshB]

He's misrepresenting what Herbie said, though. Herbstreit gave his opinion and said multiple times he isn't an expert.

 

[TerryP]

He's misrepresenting what Herbie said, though.

It's Jason Whitlock.

 

[JoshB]

It's Jason Whitlock.

Good point.

 

[ElephantStomp]

Man... Sorry to hear you're dealing with it, but relieved your symptoms aren't crazy.

If you don't mind me asking - What was the process of actually receiving a test? Did you go to an urgent care type of location, regular doctor, or the ER?

Best of luck man! RTR

I went to a respiratory clinic the hospital set up. I wouldn’t have gone, but my agency made me because of the fever

 

[ElephantStomp]

That's good news. This goes with what's been reported, some don't realize they have it while others are require hospitalization.

Yeah only thing I had was a fever for 2 days that’s it. I feel kinda run down like wore out kinda

 

[Rolltide24]

That goes for a lot more than just athletes/sports commentators speaking on novel illnesses....They speak on menu topics they aren’t experts on. Including Whitlock.

 

[TerryP]

 

[planomateo]

Some info on China numbers.

Wuhan, endless queues for ashes of coronavirus dead cast doubts on numbers

During the epidemic, the dead were cremated immediately, without ceremonies and without specifying the cause of death. Now family members are waiting to bury the urns containing the ashes of their lov

www.asianews.it

During the days of the peak of the Wuhan epidemic, the health system collapsed and many patients did not have the opportunity to be hospitalized. They died before any diagnosis and were cremated without being included in official statistics.

 

[JoshB]

Some info on China numbers.

Wuhan, endless queues for ashes of coronavirus dead cast doubts on numbers

During the epidemic, the dead were cremated immediately, without ceremonies and without specifying the cause of death. Now family members are waiting to bury the urns containing the ashes of their lov

www.asianews.it

Yeah, it's a safe bet that China's numbers are MUUUUUUUCH worse than they're reported from the beginning. I mean they were literally having to build huge hospitals for how many infected people they had.

 

[planomateo]

Goodness. Methanol isn't meant to be ingested.

 

[JoshB]

Didn't some goof here drink fish tank cleaner because he thought it was the experimental drug that Trump has been calling a miracle drug? People aren't very smart.

 

[TideatMileHigh]

Yeah, it's a safe bet that China's numbers are MUUUUUUUCH worse than they're reported from the beginning. I mean they were literally having to build huge hospitals for how many infected people they had.

Do you not trust the statements of the great General Secretary of the Communist Party of China comrade?

 

[planomateo]

The number of reported deaths is increasing by ~3000 per day the last 4-5 days. Appears to be increasing by about ~200 a day.

 

[mando]

@ElephantStomp Prayers for you and your family. Here is to a speedy recovery with no further issues for your, your friends and family.

 

[RollllTide!]

I went to a respiratory clinic the hospital set up. I wouldn’t have gone, but my agency made me because of the fever

Stay safe and get well. It's the flu. Prayers

 

[planomateo]

Iceland per the below has tested great than 3.4% as of 3/25 of their population, per their numbers now they've tested almost 4%. Over 50% of those who are positive display no symptoms. Interesting data on their site, Data

Study: Yes, half of coronavirus carriers show zero symptoms

It's the study everyone will be talking about this week.

futurism.com

What we’re learning from Iceland this week is as fascinating as it is crucial to fighting the coronavirus epidemic: That somewhere in the neighborhood of half of everyone testing positive for the coronavirus will show absolutely no symptoms.

The hard data, out of Iceland, straight from their (impressive) health ministry’s dedicated COVID-19 page:

– As of March 25, Iceland has administered 12,615 tests.
– Of those tests, Iceland has found 802 confirmed cases.
– While it might not sound like a lot, in a sparsely-populated nation of around 364,000 citizens, it’s an impressive number. They’ve nearly tested 3.4 percent of the entire country (compared to the United States, and according to the COVID-19 Project data tracker: we’ve tested 432,655 of our 327 million citizens, or just a tenth of one percent of our country’s population). Iceland currently claims to have tested more citizens per capita] than any other country in the world.

Needless to say, Iceland’s efforts are revealing fascinating and potentially lifesaving details about the virus. And via BuzzFeed News, it’s how they came to the striking conclusion about symptom rates, emphasis ours:

“Early results from deCode Genetics indicate that a low proportion of the general population has contracted the virus and that about half of those who tested positive are non-symptomatic,” said [Iceland’s chief epidemiologist Thorolfur] Guðnason. “The other half displays very moderate cold-like symptoms.”

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

Goodness. Methanol isn't meant to be ingested.

It worked didn't it? Those folks never have to worry about coronavirus again.

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

Cuomo - Trump should be doing more about Coronavirus in NY.

Trump - Calls for legal quarantine to stop the spread from some states including NY

Cuomo - That is a declaration of war.

Whether you think Trump has done a good job or not, you gotta admit that this sounds like they wouldn't have let him do anything anyway.

 

[Rolltide24]

When did the government get in the ventilator business? When did it become the US governments job to provide ventilators to hospitals and cities? That’s what I keep wondering. Did the US government demand companies stop production of these, or incentivize them to stop? The US is free enterprise. I find it tough to blame the government for a lack of ventilators. Cuomo needs to stop pointing fingers and get NY under control. It’s not Trump’s fault that the thing is going nuts there. And not Trump’s fault hospitals are short on ventilators. I don’t care which side of the isle you’re own. Is it “Life, Liberty, and the expectation of a ventilator”?