SheBelieves 2020

Thanks! All the links to ussoccer.com (the host) had no mention at all. I did finally find this:
https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-...rld-no-1-u-s-womens-national-team-march-5-11/

 

Finished Spain 3-1 Japan.

1-1 @ HT, then two second-half goals from Lucia Garcia.

 

Spain is no slouch. They were the only team which looked like they could beat the US at the World Cup.

Maybe Lucia Garcia is the forward they need to get into the top 5. Or maybe that Japanese goalie misplayed both of the balls that led to her goals. Garcia doesn't look like she has blazing speed -- but she got open twice. And finished.

 

Watched most of the Game and England far from dominated. I thought it would end a tie the way it was going and then England scored. Other than that, I thought Japan was actually better. Their main problem is the are physically too small to win headers and get pushed around a bit easily.

If you think about it... Spain took Japan apart much more than England did and now we face Spain in 15 minutes. It took us a long time to score on England... This game could be interesting and I really hope we havent caulked up a "W" already or we could get surprised

 

Correction: Japan loses 1-0.

 

Starting lineup has 4 changes. Rapinoe, Mewis, WIlliams Sonnet. Out are Press (bad move) Horan, and Heath (good), Ohara

 

This is concerning. People do not need to show symptoms to be contagious and the virus can be persistent on some surfaces for days like plastic and stainless steel. It just takes one contagious person to infect hundreds directly in dense crowds and from there it just balloons. I hope there were no people infected at the She Believes cup but, if there were not it was just dumb luck.

 

Hopefully not but most likely he spread it. Shaking hands and touching all kinds of surfaces like doors and buttons.

 

You are mostly right but it is the virus load (how much virus is in the system) that really determines when a person is most contagious. Several studies by several agencies like the CDC and whatever the equivalent is in Italy and China seem to show that the virus load can peak up to a week before symptoms show. It does not always act that way but it can. This virus is one of the best that have ever been at propagating itself.
Its death rate is pretty low but still significant the viruses that kill or sicken people quickly are not nearly so good at that and hence are easily contained.
It has a pretty long and sometimes asymptomatic period where it can be transmitted human to human that allows it to infect as many people as possible. It is not the case here but you would have difficulty designing a virus that is better suited to its long term survival.
It is also sometimes contagious after most of the symptoms have gone.
It is quite persistent on many surfaces.

That all says that it is very hard to get in front of this thing. WE, the humans of Earth, should have been taking steps pretty much when this virus was first seen. At least the isolation procedures should be implemented as soon as there is a diagnosed case in any country or in really big countries like the US as soon as there is a case in that state.

By allowing events like the She Believes cup or even retirement dinners or birthday parties to go on everyone involved in the decision process places money and convenience above people's health and well being.

I hope all is OK with everyone that attended events after the social isolation should have been implemented are OK but it would not surprise me to see that the irresponsibility exhibited by people from the top of the US government all the way down to the Texas officials and to the people at places like the USSF results in a whole new set of spread vectors for the virus. They did nothing to help and they may have injured the country unnecessarily.