BREAKING NEWS: NBA suspends 2019-2020 season

[The Amerikkkan Idol]

Not to trivialize their deaths or the possible risk of corona virus but this is yet another example of a biased article that assumes the worst and questions very little.

For context:



I'll bet you anything they had pre-existing conditions but we can't know because the author doesn't report about it and as you can see four of them were 57+. I very much doubt it can have been clearly determined that they all died from corona virus instead of with. As the story mentions, one of the people who had been in close contact with one of the victims was diagnosed with the flu. The person who he came in contact with, 70 years old, fell ill a few days later (also consistent with the incubation period for the flu). He tested positive for corona but the article doesn't state whether they tested him for the flu.

Also, how many people do you think usually die within a few weeks after a major event with thousands in attendance during a flu season? It's important to ask just how many people of the 2800 have had corona because 5 out of 2800 is only 0.18% deaths. Obviously, most people likely did not have it but the article mentions at least a dozen other people who did have it but either only tested positive or "experienced symptoms". "Many others experienced symptoms consistent with coronavirus, but were not tested".
If only 500 out of the 2800 have had coronavirus (not an unreasonable number given the reported number of people with symptoms and as this was before serious lockdown measures) but the other 495 did not die, that would put the death rate at 1%. Similar to the flu.

Without looking into this kind of detail, this certainly is playing up the human element a whole lot while investigating the facts very little.

Dude, the majority of Americans are overweight.

An absurd amount are obese

A large percentage of Americans have high-blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, etc. . .

There's no such thing of huge groups of Americans who don't have a bunch of pre-existing health conditions.

The idea that there's a whole country of perfectly healthy American adults, especially in poorer/working-class communities is a pipe dream.

That's why arguments like yours don't make sense.

 

[inndaskKy]

Dude, the majority of Americans are overweight.

An absurd amount are obese

A large percentage of Americans have high-blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, etc. . .

There's no such thing of huge groups of Americans who don't have a bunch of pre-existing health conditions.

The idea that there's a whole country of perfectly healthy American adults, especially in poorer/working-class communities is a pipe dream.

That's why arguments like yours don't make sense.

Breh..all the more reason to suspect those people primarily died from causes other than corona

 

[The God Poster]

They gotta just take this L like everybody else. They starting to look (more) desperate.

lol @ just taking a billion dollar loss

I'd look desperate to, unless they qualify for a bail out

If not I'm holding hope long as I can.

 

[The Amerikkkan Idol]

Breh..all the more reason to suspect those people primarily died from causes other than corona

But, they'd still most likely all be alive, if they didn't have Corona

, breh

 

[ALonelyDad]

Not to trivialize their deaths or the possible risk of corona virus but this is yet another example of a biased article that assumes the worst and questions very little.

For context:



I'll bet you anything they had pre-existing conditions but we can't know because the author doesn't report about it and as you can see four of them were 57+. I very much doubt it can have been clearly determined that they all died from corona virus instead of with. As the story mentions, one of the people who had been in close contact with one of the victims was diagnosed with the flu. The person who he came in contact with, 70 years old, fell ill a few days later (also consistent with the incubation period for the flu). He tested positive for corona but the article doesn't state whether they tested him for the flu.

Also, how many people do you think usually die within a few weeks after a major event with thousands in attendance during a flu season? It's important to ask just how many people of the 2800 have had corona because 5 out of 2800 is only 0.18% deaths. Obviously, most people likely did not have it but the article mentions at least a dozen other people who did have it but either only tested positive or "experienced symptoms". "Many others experienced symptoms consistent with coronavirus, but were not tested".
If only 500 out of the 2800 have had coronavirus (not an unreasonable number given the reported number of people with symptoms and as this was before serious lockdown measures) but the other 495 did not die, that would put the death rate at 1%. Similar to the flu.

Without looking into this kind of detail, this certainly is playing up the human element a whole lot while investigating the facts very little.

them having pre-existing conditions is irrelevant, you cant fill a arena in AMERICA with perfectly healthy fans lol. Its just stupid to have fans even healthy ones at the game because those fans can pass it to any non healthy person which America has a lot of.

 

[inndaskKy]

But, they'd still most likely all be alive, if they didn't have Corona

, breh

I'm not so certain. Like I said, at least one of the victims was exposed to someone with the regular flu. And there have been a lot of reports where people (even medical staff) just ascribe a death to the corona virus even if there is only the evidence of a positive corona test.

them having pre-existing conditions is irrelevant, you cant fill a arena in AMERICA with perfectly healthy fans lol. Its just stupid to have fans even healthy ones at the game because those fans can pass it to any non healthy person which America has a lot of.

All the more reason to doubt that a number of people out of 2800 wouldn't be dead a few weeks after any major event even if there hadn't been a corona virus.

 

[Goat poster]

I was holding out hope, but this shot is looking less and less likely.

unless they skip the reg season, find ONE location for the playoffs, test everyone everyday maybe even multiple times, and hold best of three at least for the first round...

man the more I type the more I realize that shyt ain’t happening

 

[CarltonJunior]

I was holding out hope, but this shot is looking less and less likely.

unless they skip the reg season, find ONE location for the playoffs, test everyone everyday maybe even multiple times, and hold best of three at least for the first round...

man the more I type the more I realize that shyt ain’t happening

Plus they said they stopped publicly announcing new cases, deaths at an all time high and fans being the biggest risk. Its over.

 

[jetflyinglimousineriding]

I was holding out hope, but this shot is looking less and less likely.

unless they skip the reg season, find ONE location for the playoffs, test everyone everyday maybe even multiple times, and hold best of three at least for the first round...

man the more I type the more I realize that shyt ain’t happening

Due to a lot of the parameters mentioned, it makes me believe more they'd have to go straight to the playoffs to save the season. That would eliminate the logistic/resource requirements in half getting rid of the players and teams that don't qualify for the playoffs.

 

[drifter]

NBA regular-season schedule could be on the verge of a makeover if league resumes

The NBA said it wants to finish the remainder of its year, including regular-season games.

Commissioner Adam Silver said if games resume, they would last “significantly later than June,” which would push back the start of a new season in the fall.

Silver, who spoke to reporters in a conference call following the NBA’s board of governors discussion last Friday, said the league hasn’t considered canceling the remainder of the year, as it looks to salvage some of its lost revenue due to the coronavirus pandemic.

“Our revenue, in essence, has dropped to zero,” Silver said during the call. “That’s having a huge financial impact on the team business and the arena business.”

Silver also hinted at changes to the league schedule, saying “all rules are off at this point” while also confirming the NBA would play “significantly later than June” if games do resume.

Doing so would mean pushing back or canceling remaining league events, which wouldn’t be too much of a surprise with the pandemic pausing all major sports leagues.

The biggest events that could change are the NBA Draft Combine, which was originally scheduled for next month in Chicago, and the Summer League in Las Vegas. Asked for updates surrounding decision those events, the NBA did not immediately return a request for comment.

 

[The Amerikkkan Idol]

I'm not so certain. Like I said, at least one of the victims was exposed to someone with the regular flu. And there have been a lot of reports where people (even medical staff) just ascribe a death to the corona virus even if there is only the evidence of a positive corona test.



All the more reason to doubt that a number of people out of 2800 wouldn't be dead a few weeks after any major event even if there hadn't been a corona virus.

I'm not gonna lie, I've never met anyone in my life who died from the flu.

I already know of 3 people who've died of Corona.

I got family working in hospitals where they're building a attachment in the parking lots to handle the extra cases.

That's not something that happens every year or just because people have "preexisting conditions"

And let's be real, the majority of Americans have "preexisting conditions"

We're a sick ass country

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

I'm not gonna lie, I've never met anyone in my life who died from the flu.

I already know of 3 people who've died of Corona.

I got family working in hospitals where they're building a attachment in the parking lots to handle the extra cases.

That's not something that happens every year or just because people have "preexisting conditions"

And let's be real, the majority of Americans have "preexisting conditions"

We're a sick ass country

A lot of those are also found in, gasp, older populations. Are there enough deaths from 35 yr olds with hypertension to say hypertension is a risk factor, or being that like 1/2 of people over 50 have hypertension, is it an age thing? thats one thing they need to chill on, is putting out data without clarifying the correlation

edit: and I was reading articles on how the thread hold for hypertension has been dramatically lowered in the past 50 yrs, even in the past 20, so that companies could sell more medication. There’s a lot of “conservative diagnoses” to help sell prescriptions that taint data of who is and isn’t healthy

 

[Megadeus]

NBA: Nuggets' Michael Malone preparing for all contingencies

I simply dont see them cancelling this season outright. Theyll delay it as long as they have to. THeyll cut next season in half if they have to.. THeyll play games at a private basketball facility if they have to... but from a financial revenue standpoint it makes absolutely no sense to cancel a season that is mostly complete and gearing up for the postseason already.

The money required to make the arrangements to resume play eventually, are absolutely nothing in comparison to the money that is ultimately lost by throwing this season in the trash. The owners arent having that, and the league isnt either. The money is the X factor here. Theres too much of it at stake.

 

[Theo Penn]

NBA: Nuggets' Michael Malone preparing for all contingencies

I simply dont see them cancelling this season outright. Theyll delay it as long as they have to. THeyll cut next season in half if they have to.. THeyll play games at a private basketball facility if they have to... but from a financial revenue standpoint it makes absolutely no sense to cancel a season that is mostly complete and gearing up for the postseason already.

The money required to make the arrangements to resume play eventually, are absolutely nothing in comparison to the money that is ultimately lost by throwing this season in the trash. The owners arent having that, and the league isnt either. The money is the X factor here. Theres too much of it at stake.

Delusional af

 

[Megadeus]

Delusional af

Did you not read the article i just posted? The one thay was published hours ago? The one that features a full interview with an NBA employee who's close to the situation?

Whats your reasoning?