Mega Thread Coronavirus & the AFL - season postponed. (Thread part 1 - cont in part 2, link in thread)

[Chief]

This is part 1 of this thread.

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Mega Thread - Coronavirus & the AFL - season postponed. Part 2 * CONTINUED ABUSE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED *

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[Milanista28]

Reichsführer Peter Dutton will be leader for the next election.

Will be Reichsmarschall Dutton

 

[Slartibartfast]

It's fact, not emotion, to say that dogs and humans have evolved a companionship relationship over thousands of years. You may dispute that this matters when it comes to eating animals, but this relationship, combined with the fact of the terrible cruelty involved in dog eating, matters to me

You would be shocked to go to the slaughter section of an Aussie slaughterhouse.
Did you see how we despatched horses here for the dog food market on 4 corners a while back.
it was aussies just enjoying being cruel for the fun of it. It was terrible, cruelty is a major issue but it is not exclusive to Asia.

 

[Soapy V]

Why do we assume it will be safer in 6 weeks?

The conditions that lead to postponement may very well still apply.

I want the season to go ahead but I'm not sure it'll all have "blown over" by May.

Minimum 6 weeks. Medical reports are if we isolate and reduce for 4 weeks we will be okay but of course the situation is fluid.

 

[jatz14]

Scomo could actually do a good job and it wouldn’t matter to you lot, you’d still pile on because he walks funny or said something you don’t agree with. Like children in a school yard

Instead, we pile on because he is s**t.

The quality of PM's has been trending down for decades, and Scott Morrison is the nadir.

He could be replaced by the marketing department of any mid sized Australian company, and no one would notice.

And yes, I include recent Labor PMs in that. They were bad, Scott is worse.

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[Sweet Jesus]

Medical reports are if we isolate and reduce for 4 weeks we will be okay but of course the situation is fluid.

How can anyone say that with confidence?

Even if you look at countries that have successfully "flattened the curve", restrictions are still very much in place.

 

[Chism]

Dear CaronaVirus please take the weekend off so I can go to the Rugby League

Sincerely PM Scott Morrison

What a ******* moron!!

Holy s**t and what a selfish thing to say that could potentially expose thousands to the Virus.

 

[Soapy V]

How can anyone say that with confidence?

Even if you look at countries that have successfully "flattened the curve", restrictions are still very much in place.

It was a generic assessment. Settle down

 

[Soapy V]

Wow... If that is a legit quote I have no words.

Disappointing and naive statement by the PM.

If we are going to ban/stop events it starts from NOW. I don't get the wait

 

[Chism]

Tony Sheehan reporting on twitter that an AFL club doctor has tested positive to coronavirus

Anything more on this?

If true you can virtually write of the season now or postpone it at the bare minimum.

 

[Sweet Jesus]

It was a generic assessment. Settle down

Who's unsettled?

I'm making the straightforward point that a postponement of 4-6 weeks might not do much to alleviate the risks. We could get to May and these restrictions might still very well apply.

 

[blckcaviar]

You would be shocked to go to the slaughter section of an Aussie slaughterhouse.
Did you see how we despatched horses here for the dog food market on 4 corners a while back.
it was aussies just enjoying being cruel for the fun of it. It was terrible, cruelty is a major issue but it is not exclusive to Asia.

I'm well aware of this stuff. But these actions are not condoned by Australian law and people being needlessly cruel are prosecuted.

Those horses weren't skinned alive. Australians don't believe that torturing animals makes the meat taste better. China has literally no animal welfare regulations

 

[jatz14]

If they think mass gatherings should be banned then surely you have to close schools? What is the difference?

Saw this discussed in an American setting.

Kids aren't getting sick, or contributing much to it's spread.

A large percentage of healthcare workers have kids.

If school's and daycares are closed, where do the kids go?

They stay home, with mum, and bingo, you just lost 30% of your healthcare workers, just as the pandemic hits.

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[Lemma]

How can anyone say that with confidence?

Even if you look at countries that have successfully "flattened the curve", restrictions are still very much in place.

AFL can extend further then if they need to

 

[The Warlord]

For a marketing dude, he does manage get pics of himself in shitty situations taken all the time, and the Sharks game tomorrow will be yet another that will look awful in a month.

 

[JohnnyFontane90]

Many schools would have more than 500 students. Does that mean that they must cease trading?

Or do they just do a Simpsons and lock the dumbest kids in the back shed so their numbers drop under the requirements?

 

[StillAtLarge]

How the f**k did anyone vote for this incompetent, babbling tosspot??!!

We are the laughing stock of the world with him as leader

 

[lioninthesand]

A train is public ....ie Public Transport.
It holds more than 500 people.
All the passengers GATHER on the train.

They have now banned trains, and probably too stupid to realise it.

Non essential. non essential. non essential.

 

[Sweet Jesus]

AFL can extend further then if they need to

Can they?

 

[mouncey2franklin]

Many schools would have more than 500 students. Does that mean that they must cease trading?

Only if this is genuinely about reducing the spread of a flu.

If instead there are ulterior agendas behind this thing, then schools and large businesses can carry on, no problemo.

Let's wait and see.

 

[StickyMick]

Actually, the issue that pretty much everyone has with certain Asian countries is the way they slaughter animals, not the consumption itself.

You only have to see that dog eating festival they hold in China every year where they publicly torture dogs for a week before killing them to understand why people find the practice of eating dogs disgusting.

If they were reared and slaughtered in humane conditions I think you'd find most people wouldn't have too much of an issue with it.

Define humane? You mean like how we throw all male chicks in a grinder because they are deemed 'useless'. Or when cows are forced through a chute and shot in the head with a captive-bolt gun meant to stun them. But because the lines move so quickly and many workers are poorly trained, the technique often fails to render the animals insensible to pain. Yeah, it's all humane, nothing to see here...

 

[HBF]

Anything more on this?

If true you can virtually write of the season now or postpone it at the bare minimum.

Doc is Melbourne based.

 

[kreglze]

Seems to be a Hillsong convention in Sydney that finishes up Sunday as well. Probably just a coincidence but it doesn't look great.

 

[lioninthesand]

This is largely due to an extreme lockdown though right? one which westerners wouldn't really want to adhere to. I've heard as soon as business and travel starts up again it will go bonkers.

 

[blckcaviar]

And what of the centuries of companionship between the (modern) domestic cow and human? Yet no one bats an eyelid to devouring a tasty medium rare steak.

Do these cows have less moral value than dogs because on sits on the couch alongside us while the grazes outdoors?

If you have a relationship with your cow like we do with dogs, where your cow runs to the door to greet you everyday, sleeps at your feet, guards your house, helps you hunt, and sees you as family, then I wouldn't eat a cow either. I don't personally eat cows or any meat. But it's untrue to say our historical relationship with livestock is the same as with dogs

 

[SaintsSeptember]

Why do we assume it will be safer in 6 weeks?

The conditions that lead to postponement may very well still apply.

I want the season to go ahead but I'm not sure it'll all have "blown over" by May.

Flu season peaks in August, ( already peaked northern hemisphere ).
We've pre-ejaculated big time.