Club facility is in partial closure as per official club statement now. Mendy is possibly infected too. Leicester 3 players already in self isolation. Add arteta to it
I have been though this since January. I also encountered this in 2003 for SARS. I have close to 5 months of living through this. Was I worried in January? Yes or no.I would be lying if I said that I was not worried. Truth? I was enjoying my extended vacation (which pissed off a lot of people if I said that). I have been skipping work and drinking a lot beers. The numbers in most Asian countries have gone dramatically because we have experiences. with it. In the West, the press or people who knew something about the virus have been telling people that the mask does not protect you from the virus. People wearing the masks in Asia is not wearing them to protect themselves. I told people in 2003 during the SARS. Most of us knew that the masks won't protect you(actually, a lot of people still think it protects you). It is to stop the virus from spreading around. The carriers do not know that they are carrying the virus. If everyone in the street is wearing a mask, the chance of a carrier wearing one is very high. If the carrier is wearing one, the spreading the virus will be limited. In most Asian countries, almost 99.99% of the population are wearing them. You can get arrested in China if you walk around the public without a case. In Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, etc, the number of new cases are also shrinking dramatically. People are not getting it from random people in the street. I have a close call three weeks ago. I was in the same restaurant with a carrier twice in one week, but the CCTV showed that he was wearing a mask. Oh yes, I was scared for a few days. Three weeks later, no one except his wife got it from him. I was talking to an American medical workers living here. He got it, but most of his expat friends still don't. He told me in January how the masks do not work, but he also knows why we are wearing one. He thought that the USA is not ready for it(for other things as well), which I agreed. "If you have flu-like symptoms in Asia, people usually wear a mask to prevent them from spreading to other people. I admitted not doing it for selfish reason. I sometimes wear it at home so that my family won't get it from me. So It is very common for Asian people to have masks at home. In the West, no one has masks at home. So if one government starts telling people to wear mask, what will happen? There will be another panic liked they have with toilet papers, " we were talking about that. On the orther hand, the virus is probably going to die in April or May. The West might be able to solve it by then.
I am checking my own situation. One case over here is very close to me. A British man came back to Hong Kong ..... he hung out with some people and some people hung out with me. No, I was not wearing a mask and my friend was not wearing one.
I have a team mate from Madrid, and he is reporting dramatic things from home. Hotels are apparently going to be turned into emergency hospitals starting next week, the spead seems unstoppable. It's apparently suspected that about 50% of Madrid is infected, but most of those people just aren't showing any symptoms. Madrid is one of the richest cities in Spain, and has a top rank health system. It's safe to say that the western world underestimated this, and yet, i am optimistic and feel that we're currently learning to appreciate normal life a hell of a lot more.
EPL meeting today to decide on next steps. Given their earlier stance of "meh we'll play" It will be interesting to see if they'll finally ignore their wallets and think with their heads.
They just might, several clubs are arguing for a suspension, but the earlier EPL statement clearly showed where their priorities lie. The fact they wanted to compensate season ticket holders with free streams to matches to avoid having to refund their tickets says it all.
I got an E-Mail that said "the games are suspended, not canceled, no refunds allowed" from the Euroleague. It's crazy that i wanted to take my father to the Final 4 tournament, people have been buying luxury tickets for thousands of Euros for that.
1238395706769096705 is not a valid tweet id No way EPL doesn't suspend the games, three teams are currently in self-isolation.
Fully updated story. Premier League set to postpone next two round of games, gives them until first week of April then could be behind closed doors. Postponing Euro 2020 would allow Prem to be completed in the summer. Full story with implications here: https://t.co/gRYWYa8SOb— John Cross (@johncrossmirror) March 13, 2020
Bournemouth goalkeeper Artur Boruc the latest England-based player to test positive for coronavirus #AFCB
Premier League confirm all matches will go ahead this weekend.— Simon Stone (@sistoney67) March 12, 2020 [emoji23]
BREAKING: The Premier League has been suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak.The Championship, League One, League Two, Women's Super League and Women's Championship will also be postponed.Seasons will resume on April 3 at the earliest. pic.twitter.com/ldlVx6sFKq— GOAL (@goal) March 13, 2020
Only waited till multiple teams are in isolation for them to make this decision. Suspended until April 4th. The Premier League, FA, EFL and WSL have collectively agreed to postpone the professional game in EnglandFull statement: https://t.co/XcDyzBp4Ol pic.twitter.com/cmYjoY3LRR— Premier League (@premierleague) March 13, 2020
BREAKING: 18 hours after Prime Minister @BorisJohnson says matches should continue in Britain, they’re shut down. Does he know what he’s doing? https://t.co/87CyeYC3KC— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 13, 2020
Rumours in Germany that the 2019/20 #Bundesliga season could be ended on Monday without a national champion. The top four would qualify for Europe. No teams will be relegated and the 2020/21 season will be played with 22 teams with the last five to be relegated. #covid_19— Manuel Veth (@ManuelVeth) March 12, 2020 This is the last thing i heard. I think this weeks games will be played without fans and then the league is suspended on Monday/Tuesday.