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I'm pretty sure I remember reading some time ago that the US has the highest % of binge drinkers as well as the largest % of adults who abstain completely.
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In the third link provided, the ages of the deaths are 23 and 20 and morbidly obese. It was news because they were siblings, but they weren't children. I don't think there is any "seems like" as far as kids not reacting as severely to COVID19, they pretty obviously do not. In the 26k+ cases under age 18, 6k of which under under 5, in California, there are 0 (confirmed) deaths. As far as where the breathless media coverage is, I'd say it's pretty much there. Youth deaths are individuals that get big headlines, which is "good." If that's the case it's still very rare.
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The NBA is not really endearing itself to me with players whining about (perfectly fine) Disney hotel rooms and food that lots of people eat everyday. Not sure what they were expecting to happen there. I don't have an issue with them being annoyed with the accommodations or food, but it would seem like a better idea to keep that in house and not complain about Disney resorts that many people save years to spend a few days in -- while many of those people have lost jobs or family members.
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I hope you are more right than I am. At this point I've allowed the team to keep my SSH $$. I would assume SSHs will get first crack at most games if there are limitations and could likely see any games they want. One concern I have is that there are significant changes to the experience at the park. Depending on what those would be and whether they'd be temporary or permanent I'm not sure I'd continue to be a SSH.
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Again, it was a hyperbolic remark. Although given the actual definition of 'binge drinking' isn't what most people think it is, I wouldn't be all that surprised if the reality was more like half of the underclassmen binge drink weekly. And live in neighboring 120 sq ft boxes. Not really the ideal melting pot of decision making.
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I think it was probably hyperbole...
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I was pretty shocked that UW announced they would be open as early as they did. And also not at all surprised that the author is worried about campuses. Seems like one of the worst imaginable petri dishes for this, to be honest. A population with an invincibility complex, half of which binge drinks 4-5x a week and are not exactly living in spacious quarters. I'm not sure UW could afford to not open though. Given that I know a lot of people involved in the UW System the outlook was bleak before any of this happened. Lots of places are under financial distress without this.
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I think it's reasonable though that even 8 months of spread + the early stage of a vaccine wouldn't even mean we're back where we were. It's likely that we see attendance limits even if it's just for appearances. Obviously hope I'm way wrong on this, but I'm guessing fans won't be in stadiums for Opening Day 2021, and will gradually be phased in next season.
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Nearby school district is letting families pick between virtual and in-person school. I think that is the best approach, although I suspect that somewhere around 97% will send kids to school, mostly due to necessity and and inability to afford sending them elsewhere. Those truly uncomfortable with the idea don't have to do it.
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My problem with using Sweden's economic fallout as a strike against them is that an economy can't self-sustain itself when the other large economies around the world shut down entire sectors for months at a time and others are still going at 50 and 25% of what they were. The world is too globalized for any first-world country to operate like an island. If China stops all operations overnight and the US doesn't, that doesn't mean it's not felt in the US. All I think the Swedish experiment has shown is that this is a giant mess and nobody will come out of it cleanly. It's human nature to think we're always in control of everything and we could have changed this or that and it would have solved the problem. The kind of isolation that would have made the kind of magic wand difference people want would never have happened in a place like the US. Just too vast, too many people, too many different governing bodies with different jurisdiction. A country ill-equipped to handle it in the first place, and lacking the culture of many other places of the world where the vast majority of the population respects authority and there is not as much division in the messaging.
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Will any body carry MLB Extra Innings
OldSchoolSnapper replied to brewmann04's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I'm not convinced your joke wouldn't actually be a great idea. I don't care what anyone says, a lot of people are still extremely bored despite things reopening to some degree. There aren't even new movies playing for the most part. I don't know their financials but I would guess that they don't make so much money from this at $60 a pop that it would create some insurmountable loss. This is a dream season for experimentation. At least try offering it for $10 or something and see what happens. -
Agreed. Very upset with MLB. Now they play the AL Central 2 years in a row. Me three. The road trips are pretty underwhelming. The weekend trip in COL would be cool though.
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They know this. They can just cancel stuff later though. Might as well pretend we'll be fine by then.
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Seems pretty dismissive of examining ways to improve the process of recruiting teachers. I suspect that 4-year degrees for teaching K12 are just as superfluous as they are in many other professions. I don't think anybody is suggesting hiring Walmart cashiers to teach K12, but if the supply is an issue for a fairly low to middle wage job, perhaps it's time to think about decreasing or easing the barriers to entry. You can expect this problem to get worse without some innovation; the number of people who can and will pay for 4 years of college to make $34k will continue to dwindle, especially with the gravy train of benefits not what it once was.
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The daycare teachers who've been working since March for $10/hr (and have somehow survived without the kids also suffering mass casualties) would probably be ecstatic to take a job in WI public schools. I don't want to waste any time bagging on teachers but I've also had a bit of an issue with this idea that they're treated oh so terribly. It's a profession most people respect with a lot of nice benefits in most of WI and an almost guaranteed retirement in your 50s with a modicum of planning. I don't envy teachers in most large city public school systems but there are many of them making a very nice living on a generously short career length compared to many.
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I struggle to think that anyone advocating keeping kids home has kids under the age of about 10. The virtual learning thing is not a solution. It was completely inadequate and a stopgap to get us to the summer. It can't continue. How many daycares have been operating normally this entire time without issue. I know of at least two, the ones my kids go. My son is almost 4. We held him out of pre-school for nearly 3 months, but eventually sent him back on June 8. It went OK, but we had to pacify him with Disney+, iPad games, and food bribes so my wife and I could get our work done. Had we continued down this path, we ran the risk of him growing up to be a giant turd. We noticed an immediate improvement in his behavior as soon as he returned to school. Kids need structure. It was the exact same situation in our house and still is some days because the daycare are at capacity and can't take them every day. We don't have a choice when I have conference calls that require focus and silence. There have been days of 6 hours of Disney+/YouTube. It's not a viable long-term solution. And yes, they were also turds and are always in a better mood on the days they have school.
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I struggle to think that anyone advocating keeping kids home has kids under the age of about 10. The virtual learning thing is not a solution. It was completely inadequate and a stopgap to get us to the summer. It can't continue. How many daycares have been operating normally this entire time without issue. I know of at least two, the ones my kids go to. Children need to go back to school. Especially the little ones that need socialization, and need to learn how to read and write. Someone used the word insane. Well I think it's insane to keep them out of school for a calendar year. Half of them are in sports or having sleepovers or going to the zoo anyway. Seriously, when is enough of this just enough? If the vaccine took 3 years are we going to reconvene at school in 2024? This doesn't even get into the number of families not set up to accommodate it or the damage it will do to already disadvantaged kids, neither of which will affect me at all. Sorry. I've done my best to excuse myself from this kind of discussion, but to go from "flatten the curve!" to "no school for 12 months" is just getting ridiculous.
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Brewers’ Updated 2020 Schedule for 60-Game Season
OldSchoolSnapper replied to Eye Black's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Because they have to play 60 games in 66 days, there's no time for teams to have that many days off. I don't like it either but I think it was strictly geographical. Trying to get as many opponents as possible in a very small geographic area. -
The minimal amount of news I've seen has indicated the number of cases going up is much more highly concentrated with younger people than at the start. That alone would cause fatalities % to drop.
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Brewers’ Updated 2020 Schedule for 60-Game Season
OldSchoolSnapper replied to Eye Black's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
They have the same 7-3 split with Cincy but get 7 at home. Math and number of opponents makes even splits impossible. -
Brewers’ Updated 2020 Schedule for 60-Game Season
OldSchoolSnapper replied to Eye Black's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
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I've felt that from the beginning. This thing isn't going away until there's a vaccine or an effective treatment. All the lockdowns, masks, etc. are just like the Dutch boy putting his finger in a hole in the dike. It seems like it's helping but it's not going to stop the flood that's coming unless someone fixes all the holes. I don't think the vaccine would even do what most people seem to think. It would still be months, guessing like at least six or so, after that point. A ton of people would refuse it, then there's still a huge accessibility issue. The vaccine might mark the beginning of the end but that's about it. I'm really having doubts about a trip to Japan I have planned for April. Boohoo, I know, but not long ago I was certain that would be ok.
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Anyone else just feel "done"? As in, just resigned to the fact that this will be around probably for the next 18-24 months? And that there is really nothing that will be done about it? "Will" being the key word. I'm sure if everyone locked up for a few months it would make a huge difference but from a realistic perspective I just feel like it's clear now that this will run rampant through at least the end of the year and continue to just be an annoying PITA for school, work, entertainment, etc. It sucks. I just feel defeated by all of it and a real sense of depression. I checked out of the news about a month ago, but it just feels like a never-ending 'wait and see' game.
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Mask seems to really help my seasonal allergies so that's one thing.
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One thing I'm interested to see at the end of this are how the healthiest countries coped vs. those with less healthy populations. How the UK and USA cases recovered vs. places like Japan and Korea, etc. Not necessarily the slow of the spread, but what, if any, difference that made in the people who did get it.
