Games off in Italy due to Coronavirus

[BigFatPie]

This hardly compares, BFP, no-ones life was being threatened by Brexit and we did have plenty of time to prepare for it.

For what it's worth I think this virus is only as dangerous as a new strain of flu, we get one of these every year and they will kill some but they are self-limiting. Viruses mutate, which is why we get we get new ones and why we need a new jab each year, last year's
has mutated into this year's and the old vaccine won't work. Too bad it's too late to innoculate now it's in the population.

Throwing money at the problem? Where do you throw it? The only action to take is to try and isolate outbreaks- easy, innit?

This from RationalWiki, it's about the survival problem of a virus on Noah's ark!

"Viruses pose a special problem. Most viruses are very host specific and cannot survive long without a host. Because their hosts develop immunity to a virus after infection, viruses require a large population of hosts to infect. To see what I mean, imagine a world with only eight people in it. One carries smallpox. He gets the disease. It spreads to the other seven people. They all have smallpox. But now that everyone has had it and survived (or not), there is no one else to infect. Unable to live without a host, the smallpox virus goes extinct. Nearly all viruses have this problem. They can only survive if the population is producing new hosts fast enough to keep the virus from extinction."

The director of the WHO (not Roger Daltry) said today that this virus is nothing like the flu. It’s early days, but transmission appears to be much easier and it kills a far bigger proportion(though still small) of the people it infects.

Of course viruses don’t want to kill 100% of the people they infect, but even if it stays at 1-2%, that’s still a massive public health crisis if it gets out of control.

[LaxtonLad]

The director of the WHO (not Roger Daltry) said today that this virus is nothing like the flu. It’s early days, but transmission appears to be much easier and it kills a far bigger proportion(though still small) of the people it infects.

Of course viruses don’t want to kill 100% of the people they infect, but even if it stays at 1-2%, that’s still a massive public health crisis if it gets out of control.

No, BFP, it isn’t the flu, I just compared it to flu as both diseases are caused by a virus. I didn’t intend to trivialise the illness as it could become pandemic. Whether it will mutate into something even worse - who knows?

[drillerpie]

I'm sure most of you have seen the latest news from Italy: the 'red zone' has been enlarged to cover most of northern Italy, meaning there will soon be soldiers at entry/exit points as well as other measures which affect most aspects of daily life.

Juve v Inter will probably be the last Serie A game for a while. The Italian FA wants to carry on but the Italian PFA and the sport minister want to out it on hold indefinitely. They're already talking about finishing the season in June as they think it's unlikely Euro 2020 will go ahead.

If it all looks rushed and clumsy that's because it is. The reason behind it is that yesterday the hospitals warned the government they had to act immediately or the health service was not going to be able to take the strain. This has been going on for about 3 weeks now and just yesterday there were 200 hospital admissions for Coronavirus and 50 to intensive care. There simply aren't enough beds nd respiratory equipment and they're already having to prioritise who gets access to treatment and who dies.

I've noticed a change of mood among normal people too. Hardly anybody now is joking about it, and going out and socialising despite the warnings is becoming less of a cool thing to do and more of a social faux pas for putting elderly and immunodeficient people at risk.

Hopefully it doesn't happen in the UK but it might, so don't be afraid to start making changes to your lifestyle now!

[Elite_Pie]

I'm sure most of you have seen the latest news from Italy: the 'red zone' has been enlarged to cover most of northern Italy, meaning there will soon be soldiers at entry/exit points as well as other measures which affect most aspects of daily life.

Juve v Inter will probably be the last Serie A game for a while. The Italian FA wants to carry on but the Italian PFA and the sport minister want to out it on hold indefinitely. They're already talking about finishing the season in June as they think it's unlikely Euro 2020 will go ahead.

If it all looks rushed and clumsy that's because it is. The reason behind it is that yesterday the hospitals warned the government they had to act immediately or the health service was not going to be able to take the strain. This has been going on for about 3 weeks now and just yesterday there were 200 hospital admissions for Coronavirus and 50 to intensive care. There simply aren't enough beds nd respiratory equipment and they're already having to prioritise who gets access to treatment and who dies.

I've noticed a change of mood among normal people too. Hardly anybody now is joking about it, and going out and socialising despite the warnings is becoming less of a cool thing to do and more of a social faux pas for putting elderly and immunodeficient people at risk.

Hopefully it doesn't happen in the UK but it might, so don't be afraid to start making changes to your lifestyle now!

Come on driller, Donald Trump has "a hunch" that this is fake news, so what's the problem?

I never got worried about other scares like bird flu, but I have a nasty suspicion that coronavirus will turn out to be the real deal.

[upthemaggies]

The only time a season has been abandoned in England was 1939/40 after just 2 games played. We're too far into this one to scrap it, it just wouldn't be fair on all of the teams who occupy promotion spots. Even if it means playing the remaining games n August/September and immediately starting a new season in October, I think they have to finish this season now.

[BigFatPie]

The only time a season has been abandoned in England was 1939/40 after just 2 games played. We're too far into this one to scrap it, it just wouldn't be fair on all of the teams who occupy promotion spots. Even if it means playing the remaining games n August/September and immediately starting a new season in October, I think they have to finish this season now.

Typical Notts if we go to Wembley twice but they’re played behind closed doors...

But yeah, think we’ve got a lot of disruption just round the corner.

[upthemaggies]

Typical Notts if we go to Wembley twice but they’re played behind closed doors...

But yeah, think we’ve got a lot of disruption just round the corner.

I can see the cups being abandoned, especially the FA Cup.
If the Euros is doubtful then I guess the Champions League and Europa might go to.
FA Trophy & FA Vase could be left to the clubs involved to decide what to do, seeing that there's only 4 left and is less of a big deal, maybe we'll have the option to scrap the 2nd leg and play 1 match, then a neutral venue if Wembley becomes impractical.

Wouldn't be surprised if we start seeing a lot of empty seats as people become weary about crowded areas, before we get to closed doors.

[countygump]

Just shows you what can happen and inoculation against viral infection had been in use for 100 years when this happened.

https://virus.stanford.edu/uda/

[Mapperleypie]

The more I read about this virus the more concerned I become.

No medical system in the world has the ability to fully cope with so many people infected with a new virus within a short time-frame.

[durhampie]

This is a virus created by the Chinese as part of there germ warfare programme...