re: The Original NBA suspends the season thread

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Entirely different Situation. Virus is going to spread, regardless. No matter what you do, there is always someone out there that won’t wash his/her hands and spread it. Unless you come set up camp in a sterile clean room, shutting down sporting events and buying packs of toilet paper won’t stop it.

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Except it’s not. Like a hurricane we know ways to minimize the loss of human life. The ways to ensure economic harm is more contained in the short term than risking dire long-term effects.

I mean every thing we know and have historical evidence of says that your do nothing argument is complete bullshite. Whether it was taking draconian actions against disease carriers in ancient times or containment strategies that prevented pandemics from recent viruses.

You do nothing or fail to take action in a timely manner and you get Italy, where nearly 2500 cases were diagnosed just today. Where around 200 people died last night.

You take the right actions and you can smooth out the infection speed and volume and help minimize both the spread and pressure put on the medical systems that are the only defense mechanism we have. Where in Italy they are openly talking about how they are going to prioritize ventilators and other life saving mechanisms as the infection rate grows. Where because the system is overwhelmed even non-infected people are affected as resources have to be diverted to the immediate pandemic. Pushing back surgeries and straining life-sustaining care.