Coronavirus Safety Protocol - please read and discuss

[Futureshock]

Yes to all the above.

[TheLondonLion]

Pubs open tomorrow in England, TLL? You heading out for a few pints? Some pubs opening at 6am in Newcastle ------> I know a few people who are heading down there from Edinburgh for opening time.

I'll rephrase that; I know a few morons who are .......

I had a few pints, wasn’t great where I went. Went to a couple of pubs for the Chelsea game tonight. It was ok, one old school Irish type pub was just carrying on like normal with no music and the other sports pub with a big garden had table service and you had to pre book.

[Whitley]

Got a few relatives in Melbourne, Australia. Seems that a new very much more strict Lockdown has been announced for another 6 weeks due to “uncontrollable” spike in covid19 cases.
No doubt made news in your area.

Few pubs in england locked down again after new cases over the past weekend.

Serious question. Are we underestimating this virus? Is it, or is it not, an absolute bastard?

In the USA, our government absolutely has underestimated. As long as the stock market is good the elite don't give a damn about the working class or the havok the pandemic causes.

[dpatnod]

Our government doesn't take any responsibility at all.

But they've done a great job, and it'll disappear - like magic.

[Futureshock]

[CGVT]

I saw this bullshit on Facebook today. Jesus. WTF is wrong with people to believe this stupid-assed shit.

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[The King]

Facebook is like the Social for grandparents. Gross. No wonder ZERO young people use it anymore. Who wants to hang out with their grandparents?

[-Deborah-]

Facebook is like the Social for grandparents. Gross. No wonder ZERO young people use it anymore. Who wants to hang out with their grandparents?

I'd give anything to hang out with my grandparents again, actually.

But back to the topic: CG, I see that kind of stuff all the time lately. Science and medicine isn't to be trusted. 🙄

[Futureshock]

Testing protocol is still being developed

Posted by Mike Florio on July 9, 2020, 1:33 PM EDT

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The NFL and NFL Players Association are reaching the various agreements that need to be reached to allow the 2020 season to proceed on a piecemeal basis. Certain key agreements still need to be finalized.

The latest agreement relates to the Game Day protocol. PFT has obtained the 11-page document that sets forth in careful detail that various steps that will be taken to limit the spread of the virus in the locker room, on the sidelines, before games, and after games. As previously noted, jersey swaps can’t happen. As previously noted, players and coaches aren’t required to wear masks, but everyone else on the sideline is.

One key aspect of the 2020 game-day experience remains unresolved, however. Players and Tier 1/Tier 2 individuals (such as coaches) “will undergo screening and testing in accordance with the Screening and Testing Protocol.” That protocol, however, has not yet been finalized.

It becomes, obviously, a critical document. In May, some connected to the league believed that, by September, rapid-response testing would be readily and reliably available, allowing players, coaches, and anyone on the sidelines to be tested before they enter the stadium. Such testing has yet to be developed; the challenge for the NFL and the NFLPA will be to come up with a strategy that minimizes the chances of a player who has know symptoms but who has the virus from unknowingly shedding it during a game.

Without reliable and readily available rapid-response testing, it will be impossible to know with certainty whether players who have the virus will be entering a game, where all of the various efforts to limit the spread of the virus get turned on their head — and where players are breathing hard and sweating and spitting and bleeding.

The ability of the NFL to pull off the 2020 season hinges in many respects on the ability to keep players who have the virus away from the field of play. That’s the one area where normal protocols won’t work, and where the only safeguard will be ensuring that only players who recently tested negative will be in the fray.

Without the ability to obtain a reliable negative test on game day, every game will become a roll of the dice on a possible outbreak. Whether the NFL will be rolling the dice for up to 32 preseason games, for 256 regular-season games, and for 13 postseason games remains to be seen, based on the details of the to-be-finalized testing protocol.

[Futureshock]

Masks will be required for sideline personnel, but not players or coaches

Posted by Michael David Smith on July 9, 2020, 12:58 PM EDT

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The NFL will make some personnel wear masks on the sidelines this season, but not players or coaches.

Everyone on the bench during games except players and coaches (which would include team employees like trainers or equipment managers) will have to wear a mask, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network.

People with bench access will also have a pre-game temperature check and have to come in below 100.4 degrees in order to get bench access. They’ll also have to confirm they haven’t been in contact with anyone who has COVID-19.

Masks are one of the most effective and simple ways to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Requiring them makes it less likely that a severe outbreak will cripple an NFL team, and it would probably be wise for players and coaches to wear them as well, even though they’re not required.

Whether the NFL is able to play the season as scheduled in the middle of a pandemic remains to be seen, but the league is beginning to formulate plans to make it happen.

[dpatnod]

Guess who was in charge of a large public facility today, and had to enforce the wearing of face masks with people about 5 times today - even with one person who tried the fake ADA exemption claim thing.

Good times. More fun lined up for tomorrow.

And this after yesterday I went to Subway (ordered online). But when I went in the store, two older 60-something women came in, one teasing the other about her being naughty by not wearing a mask - and then when she ordered - everytime she spoke she pulled her mask down off of her face. WTF do you think you are wearing that for?

We have too many stupid Americans.

[foxhopper]

I feel for you dpat. My wife is on the front line trying to enforce the rules too. I know she is stressed to the max. Like most of America we aren't sold it matters much, but there are bigger things to worry about then putting on a stupid mask. If it even gets things leveled out at all it is worth it. jmo.

[dpatnod]

We're trying to re-open. It doesn't mean things are back to 2019. Jaysus people.

In the 1940's people conserved and did without metals - to do their part for the greater good of the world.

Today, people can't be bothered to piss on a forest fire.

[Whitley]

We're trying to re-open. It doesn't mean things are back to 2019. Jaysus people.

In the 1940's people conserved and did without metals - to do their part for the greater good of the world.

Today, people can't be bothered to piss on a forest fire.

And that is why Whitmer is requiring masks now. A person is smart. People are stupid. And a good percentage of them don't give a damn about others.

[dpatnod]

Yep, Yep and Yep.

$500 fine & misdemeanor. Good.