Why are we all of a sudden testing like it's 2 years ago in the last 24 hours.
I fully expect them to pause the season.
I fully expect them to pause the season.
So what triggered all this????
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They need a narrative to continue to scare people into compliance - omicron is even less dangerous than even CoVId was. Got to keep the fear porn going
Because a cold is spreading across America.
Because we have become a nation who is afraid of our own shadows
Not even sure it’s as bad as a cold even.
It is much easier to say you were being careful In the current climate. I hope the season is not cancelled.
I hope we see a big surge in cases and then a big decline and we can get on with our lives.
I am a conspiracy theorist so I better not comment.
The sniffles variant signals the end of CoVId and it’s introduction as a very mild seasonal yearly disease. This is a good thing
I don't expect a cancellation but I wouldn't be shocked with a pause at all, until say the end of January.
That's more what I'm asking here
Not a debate over politics. Did something change over the testing recently that triggered this?
Omnicron is ripping through various regions so we are seeing a lot of positive tests. Early anecdotal data shows that this variant is much milder. It could very well become the dominant variant and, if it is as mild as people think, it might be a great thing. It’s just a cold. But it is a little too early. There were some people who thought/hoped Delta would be like this. Instead it ended up being more transmissible AND stronger. So we probably need more data.
Not saying I necessarily agree with the cancellations. And I certainly don’t like them. But the reason it is happening is pretty obvious.
Not saying I necessarily agree with the cancellations. And I certainly don’t like them. But the reason it is happening is pretty obvious.
These children stand ZERO chance of becoming I’ll from this.
“But what about the vulnerable people around them!?!?”
stay the hell home. If you are vulnerable, stay home. It’s time to stop canceling society because a few people could get sick. We have the infrastructure to support this.
“But what about the vulnerable people around them!?!?”
stay the hell home. If you are vulnerable, stay home. It’s time to stop canceling society because a few people could get sick. We have the infrastructure to support this.
if my previous jabari is taken from me i’ll have nothing left
They are just trying to make it hurt until there is 100% compliance…
I get that part. But why all the testing overnight? All these teams just didn't all of a sudden start feeling under the weather in the last 24. Something change on the testing level.
Yankees who shit on the South as incompetent are finding out the virus gonna virus as they turn into a corn cob
Because Jabari plays at Auburn instead of Duke, UNC, kantucky, etc.
Is there a confirmed increase in testing? I just kind of assumed the testing was going on as normal but we had a bunch more positives popping up suddenly because of the new variant.
yeah, I am not sure the protocol. Most folks testing positive are vaxed. So, they are either testing everyone periodically or testing every one who has close contact with someone who tests positive.
Delta was never shown to be any deadlier. It just hit a lot more people because it was 100% more contagious than the original variant.
Also, we don’t know how less severe it is than delta since the countries it is hitting has way more vaccinations and natural immunity than it did when delta hit. All indications are it’s clearly less severe though. The omicron problem is it evades vaccines/natural immunity better and it’s way more contagious. With some many more people getting hit, it can overwhelm hospitals who are already dealing with delta and the flu. I’m glad it’s less severe and it’s going to go thru us quickly.
Yeah, my thought is that this thing (likely Omicron) is blooming at a very inopportune time.....but hopefully, as someone alluded to earlier, it will result in a very quick burn.
My niece plays college basketball. She’s vaccinated and they tested her due to being by a player in the bench that tested positive. I don’t get why unless she reported symptoms. It seems many schools are doing more than what the ncaa requires. It’s dumb at this point. If a player wants to opt out then fine but no reason to test players now and especially if vaccinated or they already had Covid.
This is what I'm guess also. Certain schools are going above and beyond and causing these cancellations and not all these teams just being unable to play overnight.
Because we are only on day 658 of our “15 days to slow the spread.” I truly believe when we hit day 2,837 we should start getting back to somewhat normalcy.
I just don’t know what happens after this quick burn. Is it going to hit everywhere in the US at once? Variants haven’t done this in the past. Will this hit the entire US now due to being so contagious? Will it flare up later? Will there be another variant that takes over for omicron that’s even less deadly?
They stopped making that distinction, at least in the SEC, and decided to test everyone regardless before the football season opened, IIRC. We went into some detail discussing it ... right around the time that Harsin's statement came out about not discussing it, the policy was if you had been vaccinated you didn't have to test, then they decided to just test regardless.
A team cancelled a game with two infections even after being medically cleared. The team had a 1% chance of winning so it wasn’t due to that.
I think they only test players that report symptoms, right? Then test those contact traced even if vaccinated?
Omicron competes with Delta. In South Africa, it dominated Delta to the extent of completely displacing it. This was a good thing because Omicron produced very few hospitalizations compared to Delta.
Delta was mostly gone in SA. It was still alive and well in the UK though and it’s overtaking it. We will know shortly if it completely wipes out delta in the UK (a good thing).
Yeah. That's not gonna happen. They haven't come close to milking this cow dry.
Lol. Conspiracy guy, are they going to make up case numbers? The cases and deaths and hospitalizations are either there or they are not. The last time they were mostly not there was June. If we can get to June numbers and stay there, we would have made it to a second flu so you speak.
Good thing about this is it may scare my employer to postpone the return to work plan for a 1000th time!
