NO FANS AT CYCLONE GAMES?
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In better news, Iowa has moved into the category of declining cases (two-week moving average) per John Hopkins.
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/new-cases-50-states/iowa
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/new-cases-50-states/iowa
Only the SEC will have large amounts of fans at games. They're saying 50%
I'm thinking other conferences will be at 0 or at a smaller percentage than that
I'm thinking other conferences will be at 0 or at a smaller percentage than that
That's interesting.
The Iowa COVID and NY Times websites both show increasing trends.
https://coronavirus.iowa.gov/pages/case-counts
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/iowa-coronavirus-cases.html
An overwhelmed healthcare system has little time to ponder different approaches and try different things. One that is smoothly operating well below capacity does.
From what I understand some companies are already producing, basically assuming it gets approved through the phase 3 trials so some will be ready to go immediately to the most needy.
They stay in. Don't go around elderly folk. Its two weeks or so. We can do it. The kids will be fine. And they know the risks going in, this is no surprise, so if someone cannot handle this then take a semester off.
Are we assuming we're disciplined enough as a society to be able to follow this?
You'd think this would be common sense but man alive people can be stupid.
Positive would be that if someone's at college, perhaps they're naturally or forced to not be able to be around vulnerable people.
I guess I don't know how colleges operate now but is it pretty easy for a prof to webcam it for class/lecture?
It is very easy for a lot of them, but there are still some professors that might be a few legs back as far as technology goes.
I work in AV and it is difficult to tie-in a webcam into a classroom setting. There is an issue with AEC (acoustic echo cancellation) that needs to be setup so that way the students on the far-end don't get picked up on the mics in the room and hear themselves back on the conference. This wasn't an issue as professors were hosting lectures from their homes, but the return to campus is going to make this problematic.
Edit: this is not the case for Iowa, as their classrooms have in-room computers that have been configured correctly. Iowa State operates on a BYOD (bring your own device) basis, which further complicates the matter as one instructor could have a MAC and the next instructor in the same space uses an Dell, and the following instructor uses an IPad, and so on.
That's not what Iowa's own data shows. We've been steadily increasing in cases the last few weeks and hospitalizations/ICU usage has started inching back up in the last week or so.
I'm getting ready to cancel my ESPN+ subscription because I do not think there will be any games to broadcast. Even though I understand why the games will not be played, it sure makes it difficult for an old retired fart to keep himself occupied once the golf courses close for the season.
Sadly, I agree. I’m really going to miss sports through the fall and winter. At the outset, it seemed like maybe we’d get games sans fans, but we’re nowhere close to having this situation under control and it’s only getting worse. There simply aren’t enough resources available - mainly in testing capacity - in order to make it reasonably safe for the players, staff, etc. We need every bit of testing capacity right now just to try to keep the rest of the economy functioning.
Someone was on here in one thread with a source from the A.D. saying ISU would be able to handle a season with no football.
I think there will be football, but with no outside fans. Maybe it will be just students watching the games. Going to games every weekend with my boys is my favorite thing in life. But this year I think I am ok if I watch on TV.
Of course in the most ISU thing ever, we will all be watching it on TV and they will go 10-3 and we won't get to see it live.
That's not what Iowa's own data shows. We've been steadily increasing in cases the last few weeks and hospitalizations/ICU usage has started inching back up in the last week or so.
John Hopkins data is based on Iowa data and is the metric outlets like CNN use to determine which states are in decline and which states are increasing. Obviously they are using a bit different time scales.
Would love to hear from Pollard on how long he can wait before making this decision.
Iowa average new cases per day:
Three weeks ago: 262
Two weeks ago: 306
Last week: 416
This week: 444
