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Has there been any data on where people are likely getting infected? There is an overwhelming amount of counties and even decent size cities in Wisconsin that have seen very little coronavirus cases in weeks. Menards is packed and everyone goes to the grocery store...yet no one is getting infected in these areas. Meat packing plants have gotten outbreaks in Green Bay, but the many dairy plants are fine. Identify the issues and require these plants to either comply or shutdown. Many counties in Wisconsin have seen little to even no positive cases in the last two weeks. I am not sure how long you can keep feeding these counties and communities garbage and hold them to the same rules as problem areas 250+ miles away. Some people are watching their lives crumble when there is no issue in their area. I am hoping things actually trend well the next few weeks for the entire state, but if not you have to create localized plans to attempt. I think it is better if the entire state could move together, but if some areas just keep being problems you can't keep the rest of the state in quarantine for them.
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COVID-19 aftermath: What things will change forever?
MrTPlush replied to adambr2's topic in Off-Topic Forum
It’s becoming ever more common for places to just scan the weekly ad and the system will automatically register any coupons you are eligible for. My rural grocery store does it. -
COVID-19 aftermath: What things will change forever?
MrTPlush replied to adambr2's topic in Off-Topic Forum
If they get coronavirus figured out to make the dangers near zero (whether treatment or vaccine) I assume life will essentially resort back to normal. There may be changes, but I doubt handshakes are suddenly non existent or sporting events being limited in size. No handshakes or sporting event sizes being limited etc. would have changed absolutely nothing about this virus getting out or having to go into a lockdown. Changes need to be on the world and government scale for being better prepared in the future. Not whether we shake hands or not. -
We drafted that running back in the 2nd round and now everyone thinks we have this two-headed monster and are going to resort to this ridiculous run heavy offense. Problem is Aaron Jones is a FA after this year...is he not? Almost seems more likely they are just prepping for the departure of Aaron Jones...not some huge transition to a run offense. Because of course I think the odds we give big money to Aaron Jones near zero percent.
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No, not really. Sucks to be the Brewers, but that is life.
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Basically they know little to nothing about the virus. There is nothing to really back up that you do or do not get immunity. If you do there isn’t much known of how long that could last.
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I don’t have a problem not taking a WR today. Pretty sure we have enough WRs to roll the dice on if that is what we want. Usually not much of a sure thing contributor on Day 3.
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Irresponsible actions would be the people piling into the capital to protest with zero precautions. As the election showed taking precautions and being smart kept people safe despite the number of people.
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Lafleur has said on multiple occasions this offseason that he wanted another RB. If this draft has proven anything so far, it's that Lafleur is done with trying to incorporate McCarthy's fingerprints into his offense. He's remaking it entirely in the image he wants. He wants size and power and wants to run it down teams' throats. I think this is his way of telling Rodgers "Get with the program, or you can be replaced." Or it is: Rodgers isn’t a 28 year old running QB making miracle throws 20 times a game so we need to stop relying on a passing game as the focal point. Look no further than To Brady. Over the past 5 years they progressively made it more and more about the guys around him. Even with diminished skills these HOF QBs can be just as valuable as the next great thing. A veteran HOF QB has experience and knowledge that can’t be replicated. It’s not a hard concept. Running game, short passing game (TE, Jones, etc.) plus a veteran HOF QB can be a deadly combo. Be creative and not rely on Rodgers to light up the stat line every Sunday. Good reason the Patriots kept winning Super Bowls when Brady was clearly declining from a skills standpoint. This isn’t some clickbait threatening to kick Rodgers out of town plan. Packers know they still have one of the most valuable things in the game under center.
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40 cases in people who went to the polls or worked them...in the biggest city in Wisconsin by far? 40 cases? That’s nothing, especially when a huge chunk of them probably didn’t get it going to the election. Doesn’t Milwaukee see dozens of new cases a day? There is no way to prove those people got infected day of the election, before the election, or even a week after. I’m sure many of those people have left the house for other things (groceries) where they would have had a high possibility of getting infected. Even if all 40 got it at the election (they surely all didn’t) that would confirm there was in fact no spike. Probably a good thing too as it shows maybe we can open some things up without fear of huge spikes making us take a step back if we take proper precautions.
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Yup, they studied it and there was no spike due to the election. I also agree there is no reliable way to connect any infection to the election...especially in a place like Milwaukee where the virus is quite widespread. In Milwaukee you’d have a solid chance getting infected anywhere in public. Some surely got infected at the elections, but it ended up microscopic. No more dangerous than going to the grocery store or visiting some friends. Should be interesting to see if Evers would end the shutdown early. Something tells me he will find an excuse to drag it to May 26th unless rates, deaths, etc. just plummet. Of course it’s too early to truly know if that could be a possibility.
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Wisconsin testing capacity has ballooned to almost 11k per day. So we got that going for us. Actual tests ran has nearly tripled over just days ago. From reported hospitalizations (Wisconsin hospitals aren't required to provide this and 1/5 patients is unknown) it has been slowly declining over the last week...as a percentage of overall cases. So even with the Brown County outbreak we are overall still doing pretty solid overall. Should be interesting to watch some of these states lifting restrictions. They get to test it out for us. Many predict huge spikes there, but then again everyone thought that for our election too. That didn’t end up happening at all. ADD ON: Wisconsin DHS also stopped hiding recovered data. 46% have recovered, 5% have died, and 49% are actual active cases.
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It is a money grab, nothing more...nothing less. There are way easier ways to deal with it...but they want to keep everyone's money and at worst have it rolled into next year.
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I was wondering about that but hadn't looked it up yet, trading is like releasing and the Packer have to clear cap room to do it. But it's the bonus money that accelerates onto the cap, the rest of the hit goes to the other team with him. My guess would be they could trade him after year 2 of the 4 year deal, they may have to redo some other contracts but they could make it work. If the prorated bonus hit started 2 years ago it could be sooner. I guess I don't see how Love is going to push Rodgers out in the next three years...especially when we would take some kind of financial hit to rid ourselves of Rodgers. I am no financial contract expert for the NFL though. Seems pretty simple we are rolling with Rodgers for the next three years with (in theory) a great backup QB option. They could then move on from Rodgers in the 4th year where I think the financial hit is pretty irrelevant (I think)...or just keep rolling with him. Only way I think Rodgers is gone before that 4th year is if he is injured a huge amount of time where Love looks like the greatest show on turf. Going to doubt that happens though. If healthy either Rodgers is so good there is literally no reason to move on from him or he is simply "good" and trading him would be pretty hard to do given his contract/status with the team. I doubt they would take a big financial hit and get a bag of balls in return just to see what Love is earlier than that.
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Rodgers sat the entirety of the first 3 years of his 5 year rookie contract. He most certainly would have sat a fourth year had Favre not been a retirement drama queen. What would have the Packers done before year 5? Who knows, but sitting 3 or even 4 years is not a shocking possibility. Patriots willingly let Jimmy G sit until they had to trade him. I also don't think the Packers can release Rodgers until the final year. The third year out of the four still has a huge cap hit, the fourth is pretty minor. I would say the odds Rodgers isn't here the next three years are less than 10%.
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At least we drafted him in the first round so the contract has 5 years (including the option). That goes a year beyond the current Rodgers contract. If we drafted a QB in a later round we would have been setting ourselves up for a Jimmy G situation where we end up not even getting to see the QB play.
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This situation is quite a bit different than the Rodgers/Favre one and multiple people have pointed that out. Personally I thought this concept of drafting a QB was a year or two too early. I won’t pretend to be an expert on Love or the QBs is the upcoming drafts either. That being said Gute deserves everything that comes his way (good or bad) with this pick. To do it now on a guy who isn’t even Top 3 in his class, not a guy who fell in the draft, and to even trade up...ballsy. I’m guessing 6 years from now Gute is going to look like a genius or the biggest idiot in town...probably not a lot of room for inbetween. I am pretty neutral on it. If that’s who they think is the next HOF caliber QB...all the power to them. If it doesn’t work out Gute will be remembered for the wasted picks when Rodgers still had 4 years left on his deal.
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Ummmm...man...not a great comparison. Not to mention no one who wants an increased payroll thinks they would go in debt...they think they have more excess money they could spend.
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[sarcasm]Can all you city slickers figure out how to not infect each other so this can all end?[/sarcasm]
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I imagine they will try and entice people to take a credit. I believe many states have laws that would not allow a team to cancel the purchased tickets game and force a credit onto them for next year.
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Anyone who in person voted during the election seems to automatically be counted as a election related positive case. Seems to be a pretty questionable way to base how they got it. That number currently stands at 19. Wisconsin saw the biggest one day jump yet...mostly due to Brown County and the meat plant, which accounted for 88 of those cases. Most of the rural counties have slowed to a crawl when it comes to new positive cases.
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Being in the front of the plane is more important imo. Means you get off waaaaay faster. That being said getting on earlier is only really important if you are really determined to have your carry on not checked under any circumstances.
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I understand we won’t ever be close to using 100% of testing capacity considering counties need to be prepared for an influx (even though it likely never comes), but today’s update points to us using 20-25% of current capacity... assuming today’s results are a few days old. That seems crazy low, especially when it is consistently this low. Seems like it is time to divert resources to areas that need it more or start aggressively testing healthcare officials etc. more. Seems weird to demand we need 12,500 tests per day to start opening things back up when we currently use 1,500 of some 7,500 we claim we can do. As I have mentioned before the negative rate is exponentially more despite strict testing requirements and using a sliver of available tests. Seems crazy.
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All this talk about having enough testing and we don’t even utilize half the daily tests we say we can do as is.
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Well there is a difference between a pension being good because it is actually good and a pension being good because the person is financially illiterate. The later is why social security even exists, because people cannot voluntarily make good decisions for themselves.