News: MLS Suspends season due to Coronavirus

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  1. POdinCowtown

    POdinCowtown Member+

    Jan 15, 2002
    Columbus
    I went to get a hair cut and beard trim. They said they aren't allowed to do beards yet. Place was crowded with 6 chairs in action when I was there and a long wait list. The next chair was less than 6 feet away so they had plexiglass barriers on wheels they rolled into place between chairs. I took off my mask when I sat down and she said I had to wear it during the cut. She had me hold it in place when she was cutting around my ears and removed the loop. Instead of the usual shower curtain type dropcloths, they were using disposable ones. I didn't see the spraydown on my chair before I went back but did see chairs being sprayed with disinfectant between customers.

    So I"m not particularly worried about contracting covid during my time at the barber shop. It was my first trip out of the house in over a week so I went to the grocery and did curbside pickup for dinner. Neither of those caused concern either.
     
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  2. morrissey

    morrissey Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 18, 2000
    West Los Angeles, Calif
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It is news. I didn’t see anything game changing in the abstract.
     
  3. morrissey

    morrissey Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 18, 2000
    West Los Angeles, Calif
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    As long as masks are required in shopping and curb pickup is touch less you should have more confidence in those.
     
  4. POdinCowtown

    POdinCowtown Member+

    Jan 15, 2002
    Columbus

    She was masked and gloved. While in theory the virus can be spread by handling something with virus particles on the surface, that's not really worth worrying about. The huge majority of spread is respiratory. The stylist was behind me the whole time and not coughing or sneezing. So it's not like we were making out or something.

    It's on a par with taking your car in for service and the part where they call you over to upsell you on new filters or a powerflush or whatever.
     
  5. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    I just got injured in a car accident this Saturday, but I'm even afraid to go see a lawyer to get medical compensation...
     
  6. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Fortunately you can do it over the phone..
     
  7. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It was below freezing yesterday morning and 85 degrees this afternoon, followed by thunderstorms and tornadoes. Plus my neighbor has seen a couple of bears, which are very rare in my locality, so I have to keep a close eye on my pet pig. I blame Tjin-ah for canceling Spring and releasing carnivores to hunt the local porcine.
     
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  8. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You have to stare really hard into the receiver.
     
  9. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    How can curb pickup be touchless?
     
  10. morrissey

    morrissey Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 18, 2000
    West Los Angeles, Calif
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Target will place bags in your car if you open your trunk.
     
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  11. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Pop your trunk, they put it in your trunk, you spray it in disinfectant when you get home, then take it out of the trunk.
     
  12. FijiUnited

    FijiUnited Member+

    Feb 21, 2007
    Orlando
    Club:
    Orlando City SC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    So will the liquor store:thumbsup:
     
  13. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Right but there are still grubby little shop worker fingerprints all over the goods.

    My store is doing order online, pickup in store and I'm seeing 60+ orders in the queue when I start at 5 am.

    I think we're planning to move to curbside pickup but there are logistical issues to overcome.
     
  14. Burr

    Burr Member+

    Boca Juniors
    Argentina
    Jul 8, 2014
    Tampa, FL
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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    I think we found the problem.
     
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  15. KCbus

    KCbus Moderator
    Staff Member

    United States
    Nov 26, 2000
    Reynoldsburg, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I have actually come up with a business idea for when the next spike in cases comes about, and I'm looking for investors. It's called Quarantine Massage.

    You pay $100, I come to your home, I stay six feet away from you the whole time, I never touch you, I leave, and the whole thing rubs you the wrong way.
     
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  16. Ofori

    Ofori Red Card

    Inter Milan
    Ghana
    May 9, 2020
    I mean if you have all these European leagues starting back up again, then shouldn't MLS take their lead and do the same?
     
  17. KCbus

    KCbus Moderator
    Staff Member

    United States
    Nov 26, 2000
    Reynoldsburg, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    No.
     
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  18. tomásbernal

    tomásbernal Member+

    Sep 4, 2007
    Club:
    Portland Timbers
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Brilliant!
     
  19. morrissey

    morrissey Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 18, 2000
    West Los Angeles, Calif
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Those leagues have science based protocols in place, a robust testing and tracing infrastructure, and actual consequences for breaking those protocols.

    I believe Garner is waiting for the same things prior to MLS starting up.
     
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  20. russ

    russ Member+

    Feb 26, 1999
    Canton,NY
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Depends where you are .I'm my rural county,my wife hairdresser gave her first dibs whenever Northern NY gets to Phase 2.
     
  21. KCbus

    KCbus Moderator
    Staff Member

    United States
    Nov 26, 2000
    Reynoldsburg, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Frankly, some league, somewhere in the world was going to go first. Once that happens, I think the other leagues and the other countries would be wise to sit back and relax and see how it goes, and learn from it.
     
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  22. Burr

    Burr Member+

    Boca Juniors
    Argentina
    Jul 8, 2014
    Tampa, FL
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Technically Taiwan and South Korean leagues have been going first for a while now.
     
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  23. JasonMa

    JasonMa Member+

    Mar 20, 2000
    Arvada, CO
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    "All these European leagues", did I miss something? Isn't Germany not only the only one to re-start, but even the only one to even have a date to re-start?
     
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  24. Ofori

    Ofori Red Card

    Inter Milan
    Ghana
    May 9, 2020
    I guess you have a point
     

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