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[faunch]

A question for the Drs & scientists regarding a vaccine. Is there a vaccine for SARS or MERS? I don't believe so, but I'm not positive. If there isn't a vaccine for these upper respiratory virus driven diseases, what makes us think we (any medical team in the world) will find an effective vaccine for COVID-19?

What makes you think people will actually get the vaccine even if it were made mandatory?  We have a vaccine for the flu yet many don't get it.  More people are opting out of other vaccines that used to be standard.  We are seeing other diseases return that were thought to be eradicated.  There were about 5 school districts and several parochial schools in the DFW area this year that had to shut down due outbreaks of the flu.  I was talking with a teacher friend while out for a ride, and neither one of us could think of a time when schools were shut down like that for the flu.  It has me wondering if the virus has been around for longer than originally thought.

Agreed that a number of people opt out of getting vaccines however if 50% of the population are inoculated and the do not become infected the impact on the health care system and society in general will be far less.

[DuffMan]

What makes you think people will actually get the vaccine even if it were made mandatory?  We have a vaccine for the flu yet many don't get it.

I had that exact thought. 

[miac952]

A question for the Drs & scientists regarding a vaccine. Is there a vaccine for SARS or MERS? I don't believe so, but I'm not positive. If there isn't a vaccine for these upper respiratory virus driven diseases, what makes us think we (any medical team in the world) will find an effective vaccine for COVID-19?

Not an MD or PhD, but I did listen to an MD/PhD from NIH do an interview on a vaccine the other day. She said they were starting human trial vaccine on SARS when it disappeared. So, they were close. And because of how similar the makeup is between SARS and COVID, they are much further along in developing a vaccine for COVID than they typically would be. Smallpox went to market in 4 years, and that is the current record. She thought 12-18 months was a possibility. In that time some areas could hit herd immunity.

The UK inoculated a Dr as their first human trial participant this week btw.

[jamtod]

A question for the Drs & scientists regarding a vaccine. Is there a vaccine for SARS or MERS? I don't believe so, but I'm not positive. If there isn't a vaccine for these upper respiratory virus driven diseases, what makes us think we (any medical team in the world) will find an effective vaccine for COVID-19?

Not an MD or PhD, but I did listen to an MD/PhD from NIH do an interview on a vaccine the other day. She said they were starting human trial vaccine on SARS when it disappeared. So, they were close. And because of how similar the makeup is between SARS and COVID, they are much further along in developing a vaccine for COVID than they typically would be. Smallpox went to market in 4 years, and that is the current record. She thought 12-18 months was a possibility. In that time some areas could hit herd immunity.

The UK inoculated a Dr as their first human trial participant this week btw.

We still don't know what immunity looks like with this, could be a year or less.

MERS and SARS both had different characteristics that meant the disease faded out pretty quickly or didn't spread to the same degree, with under 10k cases of each.

[hazzben]

Whenever someone makes a suggestion about how to handle COVID I'm going to point them here.

[MUC57]

Whenever someone makes a suggestion about how to handle COVID I'm going to point them here.

hazzben

That got you a +K. Handled very nicely. 😷 

[57Johnnie]

Whenever someone makes a suggestion about how to handle COVID I'm going to point them here.

hazzben

That got you a +K. Handled very nicely. 😷 

X2.   

[Baldini]

Jim Nagy

@JimNagy_SB


#Jaguars: St. John's T/G Ben Bartch 4th Rd. One of the coolest stories of the draft.  Rare that D-III player gets picked this high. Bartch more than held his own against guys like Javon Kinlaw and Marlon Davidson at Reese's Senior Bowl. Eventual starter talent at either T or G.

[miac952]

A little surprised we haven't heard of a team picking up Erdmann yet as an un-drafted free agent. The tools are there (only negative might be mobility). Maybe he gets picked up by the Argonauts and he can room with Linnemann 

[jamtod]

A little surprised we haven't heard of a team picking up Erdmann yet as an un-drafted free agent. The tools are there (only negative might be mobility). Maybe he gets picked up by the Argonauts and he can room with Linnemann 

Sounds like a recipe for a Manziel-esque end to a career

[OzJohnnie]

The NFL is considering a few different schedule options which have been floated to see the response, I guess.  You can see the ideas they are tossing around here.

https://nypost.com/2020/04/27/nfl-considering-major-schedule-changes-to-2020-season/

I'm for shortened/eliminated pre-season.

EDIT:  And I'm really for dumping the pro-bowl.  A joke of a game.  Just give them a medal and play the Super Bowl a week earlier.  And make it a permenant change.

[wm4]

The NFL is considering a few different schedule options which have been floated to see the response, I guess.  You can see the ideas they are tossing around here.

https://nypost.com/2020/04/27/nfl-considering-major-schedule-changes-to-2020-season/

I'm for shortened/eliminated pre-season.

EDIT: And I'm really for dumping the pro-bowl.  A joke of a game.  Just give them a medal and play the Super Bowl a week earlier.  And make it a permenant change.

Jim McMahon had the best idea back in the day....just make it a golf tournament.  Makes total sense.

[repete]

Sad but true: Probably better TV -- as hard as that might be to imagine.

[retagent]

A little surprised we haven’t heard of a team picking up Erdmann yet as an un-drafted free agent. The tools are there (only negative might be mobility). Maybe he gets picked up by the Argonauts and he can room with Linnemann 

Another thing working against him is that there were quite a few quality QB's picked in the draft. CFL might be the better option.

[Capn34]

On the topic of playing in the Fall, we have to remember that football is inclusive of more than the low risk players. There are coaches, referees, bus drivers, janitors, equipment people tied to programs and games that are at risk. There are probably ways to mitigate risk with this, but it should not be forgotten.

Also, schools like Macalater are already actively planning for a later Fall start, and others are planning for hybrid class models of on-site + virtual. If kids aren't on campus that will be a challenge. The DIII university president is wired differently when it comes to decision making vs. a DI President. The loss of revenue from a single semester of athletics is minimal, with the exception of 1 in 1,000 type events like UST vs. SJU.

I think the bigger valid concern for a lot of D3 institutions is the revenue tied to enrollment. If a school has half of it's students competing in sports (as is the case at some small D3 schools) and they aren't able to compete, do they stay there or go elsewhere? Enrollment is already an issue and going to be stressed further by COVID, so this just adds to the problem.

I wonder if we'll see a decent number of students take a gap year, either because they are incoming students who don't want to start college remotely, or because they are athletes who don't want to pay for an extra semester/full year of school to play for all four years of eligibility

A couple kids referenced as much in the strib article over the weekend. Some considering traveling, others internships. They noted they wanted the full college experience if they were going to pay that much money.

My son is considering it if the campus isn't open of classes and projects.  He is at one of the top film schools in the country and so much of the learning is hands on and producing content that it makes no sense to pay if you are not getting out of the classes what you need to get out of the classes.