Mega Thread >>COVID-19 DISCUSSION THREAD<<

[Punts]

Good luck Punts! All the best to you and your Dad... it sounds like he's a fighter!

Cheers mate

 

[The King!]

So if you tackle and hug on the field it’s ok

but link arms for the song wouldn’t be?

 

[RobbieK]

So if you tackle and hug on the field it’s ok

but link arms for the song wouldn’t be?

Yes, it really makes no sense.

 

[Kennedy Parker]

The changes that have been forced I.e. shorter quarters, longer breaks, more interchange per minute of game time seems to have made the game a better spectacle generally in games I've seen

 

[The King!]

Essentially more interchange and shorter games will help sides like us to go in bursts

if we end up with mix and match teams will be interesting

maybe Craig bird will be back

 

[BloodySwan]

The changes that have been forced I.e. shorter quarters, longer breaks, more interchange per minute of game time seems to have made the game a better spectacle generally in games I've seen

Definately noticed little difference with the shorter quarters

 

[Olian]

Pies staff member has tested positive

Pies always test positive to stuff.

 

[The King!]

The changes that have been forced I.e. shorter quarters, longer breaks, more interchange per minute of game time seems to have made the game a better spectacle generally in games I've seen

afl bringing in a night grand final to help with convid 19 i expect

 

[Ticky009]

Few more backpackers around Bondi test positive but sure, y'all go to the beach people. I'm sure you'll be fine

 

[Punts]

Schools closing up in Victoria from Tuesday

 

[TheMase]

SA and WA potentially closing their borders.
Decision for the AFL may well be taken out of their hands.

 

[scaryness]

Lucky for us, it looks like more and more data is mounting that hydroxychloroquine is the best treatment option and has cleared symptoms within days of some cases.

Also there is a article (not yet peer-reviewed) that suggests that people with A blood types are much more susceptible to the virus than other blood types, O blood type is far less so. Something to do with the different antibodies in the blood. Not peer-reviewed but interesting if true.

 

[Millky95]

If you are allowed to travel for work, let them go and play

Yesterday was the best 2 hours of my decade so far I would argue and just being able to flick and check scores or have it on in the background while I do other things has been a bloody godsend

 

[scaryness]

Scientists in Singapore are also discovering that some patients virus genomes are showing a weakened, mutated version of COVID-19. The same type of mutation that weakened and then eventually burned out SARS. Might be starting to see a slow beginning of the end if accurate.

Just some positives among all the doomsday.

 

[Olian]

SA and WA potentially closing their borders.
Decision for the AFL may well be taken out of their hands.

SA premier said AFL decision in the hands of health minister.

 

[TheMase]

Lucky for us, it looks like more and more data is mounting that hydroxychloroquine is the best treatment option and has cleared symptoms within days of some cases.

One of the studies on this was pretty compromised. In the group that took the medicine it was said that 90% recovered the control group 0% (in the 6 days of the study).

However deep in the study documents indicated that there were a further 6 patients in the medicine group that were excluded. I can’t remember the specifics but these people “withdrew” from the study for either just leaving, went into hospital in a serious conditions, or died!

I also read another article that suggested significant side effects and occasional neurological damage.

In saying that I really do hope it is an effective treatment or we find something similar... quickly.

 

[Kirkswan]

I also read another article that suggested significant side effects and occasional neurological damage.

Absolutely lets fully check it out before we use it... I'm sure a lot of you are old enough to remember Thalidomide... What a horror that turned out to be!

 

[The King!]

If you are allowed to travel for work, let them go and play

Yesterday was the best 2 hours of my decade so far I would argue and just being able to flick and check scores or have it on in the background while I do other things has been a bloody godsend

it will be that v worried about the look/message and player health

 

[Millky95]

it will be that v worried about the look/message and player health

Players getting checked constantly, under constant medical care. They also want to play

 

[The King!]

Players getting checked constantly, under constant medical care. They also want to play

surely a few days ago when the government and afl met they knew borders /travel issue was on cards as well.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Season will go on exceptions will be made untill a positive test is produced.

 

[bungee]

Lucky for us, it looks like more and more data is mounting that hydroxychloroquine is the best treatment option and has cleared symptoms within days of some cases.

Also there is a article (not yet peer-reviewed) that suggests that people with A blood types are much more susceptible to the virus than other blood types, O blood type is far less so. Something to do with the different antibodies in the blood. Not peer-reviewed but interesting if true.

That's good news for me if true but I'm more concerned about older folks like my parents and others I know.

 

[RW]

So if you tackle and hug on the field it’s ok

but link arms for the song wouldn’t be?

As long as players stay in relative isolation during the week, the risk of a player actually catching the virus is fairly low I would have thought. They are
professional athletes who are required to keep themselves in excellent physical condition as part of their job.

But as others have said, it's all over once a player catches it, or new restrictions are imposed which make it physically impossible for the season to go ahead.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

97 new cases

NSW Health said several new diagnoses of COVID-19 had occurred among backpackers in the Bondi area.

It is warning that some new cases in Bondi are linked to two parties last weekend.

Golf clap well done Sydney

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

AFL is hooking up with clubs at 4.00pm today. WA is closing its borders and looks like Andrews will do the same. No footy after today.