That was the first I heard of it, but based on the responses to their tweet, they had a lot of turnover on their roster this season (but then, most MLR teams are on 1 year contracts, so that is to be expected).
Well, yes, but (1) many people will have a lot less $$ to spend than they did two months ago, and many of those who weathered wave one of the pandemic will still feel far less economically secure than they did in February, and (2) some businesses just won't ever open again. So a mini-boom due to pent-up demand? Sure. But the crater the pandemic has made in the global economy won't be filled by a mini-boom.
Well according to the university of Washington, we have reached peak death day today. Lets see if they know what they are talking about.
Their projections are probably most legitimate, but no mathematical model can account for variables like social distancing obedience levels and so many other unknowns about the virus.
I'm the biggest UW fan (and alum) on here, and I can tell you that model is not reality at this point.
NY is largely driving the curve right now: Here's the comparison between New York and the rest of the states and territories. 43% of the known lives lost due to COVID-19 have come in New York. pic.twitter.com/cf4tTXbd4Y— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) April 10, 2020 With NY plateauing, we should start to see the curve bend downward in the relatively near future. That doesn't mean it will be tomorrow, but hospitalizations in NY are dropping and the number of deaths lags the hospitalizations.
Yeah, which is why they update in real time based on the most current data. So hopefully they are right, and it doesn't get any worse than this. I have my doubts though.
More clarity here: https://www.9news.com/article/sport...rugby/73-9178481c-9c47-4376-be34-afb09d0232bd Appears that philosophical differences lead to the withdrawal. Rapid expansion has lead to the need for more foreign players on teams (lack of enough American talent), which has in turn meant less opportunities for American player development.
Interesting information, given the details of RSL's handling of things: Worth noting: the Philadelphia Union have not laid off any employees, haven't furloughed any employees or even asked them to take pay cuts. They also quickly set up a fund to benefit game day workers and stadium staff, many of whom hail from the surrounding neighborhood. #DOOP— Pablo Iglesias Maurer (@MLSist) April 9, 2020 DLH definitely has deeper pockets than Jay Sugarman does...
Okay.. But seriously... They expected immediate results after 2 seasons? I'm sorry, but I'm not buying it. It is certainly a fair argument that MLR should have less foreign players, but to toss up the 2019 results as evidence showing MLR isn't improving the American player is just nuts.. Give it some dang time...
https://www.latimes.com/sports/stor...nizers-wont-guarantee-summer-olympics-in-2021 Olympics still in danger even next year...
This guy's analysis shows that US and Uk cases still growing exponentially, peak not yet reached. NEW: Fri 10 April update of coronavirus trajectoriesDaily new deaths:• US & UK still on clear trend of rising daily deaths. Reporting patterns may give occasional dips, but clearly trending up 📈• India daily death toll accelerating ⚠️Live charts: https://t.co/JxVd2cG7KI pic.twitter.com/5eEuSKc4az— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) April 10, 2020
He's not technically wrong. there was a slowing over the weekend (which is seemingly a thing? No idea why) but there was a big jump on Tuesday from 1.2k to 1.9k and it's been stuck there since. The question is whether this is just another lull, or if it is the peak.. We'll probably have more information next Tuesday. I'd expect another slowing/drop this weekend, then a jump on Tuesday as the numbers from the weekend get reported.
University of Washington predicted that New York cases peaked 2 days ago, so hopefully the data will prove them right...
Numbers in MD spiked one day this week because of more testing and a backlog of tests cleared. Thx, Jay!
Confirmed cases is largely a useless metric for this very reason. Even at 150k tests a day, the US isn't testing enough people. It's been over a month since the US started doing testing ad we still haven't even tested 1% of the population and it can take a week (or more) to get the test results back. We aren't testing nearly enough people to determine if the spread is slowing or not and it is taking us too long to get what testing we are doing back to make meaningful analysis of it. The only important numbers are hospitalizations and deaths. If those numbers slow and/or peak, then we know things are slowing down, but if they remain high, we're still floundering.
I'm 58 and asthmatic and I'm among colleagues and customers from 5am to 9am Monday to Friday. Its fine respecting social distances in principle and we take steps to keep employees apart but customers get right in your face not out of malice but out of habit. There's very little you can do other than frequently clean your hands frequently and try not to touch your face. By the way, I'm one of the younger members of our team and I worry for the older guys but I don't feel vulnerable.
https://www.washington.edu/news/2020/04/10/covid-19-peak-active-cases/ Well this is the most optimistic prediction I've seen yet, but things seem so bad right now that I can't imagine it just "tapering off" in the first week of June... EDIT - Ah, I see. These models still use Chinese data which simply cannot be true when compared to what we're seeing from the rest of the world. I hope these guys are right, but I just can't see it. I am more inclined to trust that Imperial College of London apocalyptic prediction...
I am going to be tracking these University of Washington predictions - I think their post peak period dropoff projections are wayyyyyy too optimistic. So far they have already been wrong in Italy. They predicted 211-522 deaths, but the actual number was 570...