The Coronavirus and College Basketball's Postseason

[Spiritof96]

One of our destroyer ships, we have had that for a good 5 years or so.

On a side note, we have two ships in San Diego that look like something you would see in the future, totally futuristic looking but in the span of two minutes will transform into hell on water. No it's not literally going to stand up and fight (lol lol) but once it opens itself up and all the guns come out it's nothing the world has ever seen and we have two of them, these things run around 70mph on the water. Reason i know this is my good friend has a brother who is a nuclear engineer high up in command with the navy, he was able to see a video of how this ship engages when it's time for chaos....

https://www.businessinsider.com/us-navy-talking-about-finally-testing-railgun-at-sea-2019-5

The Navy, which has spent more than a decade and at least $500 million trying to build a working railgun, was initially expected to conduct a sea test of this new weapon aboard the Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport vessel USNS Trenton at Eglin Air Force Base's maritime test range in the summer of 2016.

That test never took place. Instead, the Navy chose to continue testing the weapon on land. If the Navy's new testing and training plans are approved, sea trials for the railgun could take place as early as next year. It's unclear what type of test platform might be involved.

Should the Navy test its railgun at sea, it will be a major achievement for a program that has struggled for quite some time now. When asked about the program earlier this year, the best answer Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson could offer was: "It's going somewhere, hopefully."

So far, the most impressive thing to come out of the US Navy's railgun research is the hypervelocity projectile, which the Navy has tested using the Mk 45 five-inch deck guns that come standard on cruisers and destroyers.

So the reports of possibly testing rail guns at sea are inaccurate? We have top-secret rail guns that have been deployed on warships for 5 years?

[Dwight Schrute]

lol

[Spiritof96]

I post that because I have been rooting for the project to succeed.

I think it's close to DOA.

[surveyor]

IU suspending classes for 2 weeks following spring break

[Dwight Schrute]

Would be interested to see if the tone of the virus coverage changes for those networks who will carry Ncaa games? You start messing with folks bottomline and then it's a problem....

You are still bloviating on about this being a media driven problem, and that's wrong.

Every other country in the world is treating this as a serious public health problem except for roughly half of our own country. I wonder why that is? Do you think it's a worldwide plot to take down the president?

[JFCats22]

This thing has blown up into complete and utter nonsense. I fear for the future of our company with 90% of the stuff being put out about this.

The traditional and social media fear mongering campaign is going to do harm to this country and economy that will take years to recover from. It's amazing me to with so many smart people in this world how stupid we collectively can be.

[JFCats22]

Can't imagine the NCAA not following a Governor's recommendation though.

No way it's going to be selective. It will have to be an all or nothing type deal. The NCAA cannot tell people they cannot go to games in Ohio but teams in Florida or Utah or wherever else can have an advantage of a crowd.

The governor of Ohio can piss off with this "recommendation". It only drives unnecessary fear.

Guess what, I went to the Blues hockey game last night and it was a sellout crowd of 19,000+...by some miracle my eyeballs haven't fallen out and my skin hasn't melted off my body.

If you are healthy, practice good hygiene, don't touch people; if you are old and/or sick avoid crowds.

[Joneslab]

I don't deny that it's overblown, but I wouldn't want to go to an event and then find that a good percentage of people had been infected. (I saw a few minutes ago that there was a conference recently in Boston where a bunch of people had been infected.) Because among that group of people some could die. And those sicknesses and deaths could have been prevented--in fact that's exactly what these containments are put in place to do.

So I can see it both ways. I think people by and large should be allowed to make up their own minds, but because this disease apparently hides its symptoms for some people you might come into contact with a carrier and not know it until later. I have elderly people in my family and at work and I would hate to somehow transmit it to them...particularly over my trip to a sporting event.

[Joneslab]

Jeff Goodman‏Verified account @GoodmanHoops 29s30 seconds agoSEC announces that the league tourney will limit locker room access to players, coaches and other essential team personnel. Media can interview head coaches and select players via news conferences.

[Spiritof96]

Do some more research, it was revealed to the public 2013 and if you have ever been in the Military you would know that by the time the public finds out it is already old news.

Feel free to provide any link about a US warship being currently deployed with a rail gun.

FYI, railgun =/= laser.

[JFCats22]

I don't deny that it's overblown, but I wouldn't want to go to an event and then find that a good percentage of people had been infected. (I saw a few minutes ago that there was a conference recently in Boston where a bunch of people had been infected.) Because among that group of people some could die. And those sicknesses and deaths could have been prevented--in fact that's exactly what these containments are put in place to do.

So I can see it both ways. I think people by and large should be allowed to make up their own minds, but because this disease apparently hides its symptoms for some people you might come into contact with a carrier and not know it until later. I have elderly people in my family and at work and I would hate to somehow transmit it to them...particularly over my trip to a sporting event.

So, just cancel everything that is held indoors then? I am not saying this isn't somewhat serious, it is. But nobody is cancelling events because someone with the flu or SARS or whatever other serious illness was there.

We have a vaccine for the flu and yet hundreds of thousands of people still die annually.

People should be cautious but this cancelling of everything nonsense is over the top and dumb. And it's causing HUGE economic issues globally. I am in the travel industry and I was on a call today with a major airline that is about to layoff or furlough thousands of people simply because of this virus.

It's gone way to far to the extreme and common sense has been thrown out the window.

[JFCats22]

it's not a public health crisis..

It's not a public health crisis in the US either!!!

886 total cases as of 10 minutes ago. That is 0.0000027% of the population. Now it will surely rise but even if it increases by 10,000% that is still .02% of the population.

So far in the US since December 500,000 people have had to be hospitalized for the flu with an estimated 30 million people have gotten the flu this season.

[Joneslab]

So, just cancel everything that is held indoors then? I am not saying this isn't somewhat serious, it is. But nobody is cancelling events because someone with the flu or SARS or whatever other serious illness was there.

I think this disease is different because they're clearly trying to control it while a vaccine is being developed. I assume these global health agencies have protocols and recommendations in place for when these things come up, and a large part of that protocol is likely cancelling events where a bunch of people are gathered in indoor spaces.

I don't quite think in the United States that we're to the point where those cancellations are warranted, but we might get there.

[Dwight Schrute]

So far in the US since December 500,000 people have had to be hospitalized for the flu with an estimated 30 million people have gotten the flu this season.

And the death rate of Corona Virus patients is 4x that of the flu. It may or may not go down over time, but the fact is right now it's a pretty dangerous virus to have and risk passing on. Most people who get it will be fine but the chances are that a whole lot of people will carry it and not even know.

It isn't just about you, the same way anti-vaxxers don't get that either.

[Dwight Schrute]

Tom Nichols wrote a book called The Death of Expertise that a whole bunch of you newfound Public Health Experts need to read.