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My cousin is in the hospital on a ventilator fighting for his life against COVID-19. A couple of you may have met him several years back when he used to tailgate with me. He and his wife were football season ticket holders when one of their sons was in the Green Brigade. They kept their season tickets but then discontinued when my cousin was battling pulmonary fibrosis, resulting in a double lung transplant. There is an effort underway to get COVID-19 survivors to donate plasma. There is belief that their plasma can help those that are struggling with the virus. If you know of any survivors, please pass the Facebook group below on to them. It was put together by my cousin’s father-in-law. Prayers are welcomed as well. https://www.facebook.com/groups/507716073250326/?ref=share7 points
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Also, and I'm preaching to the choir here as I've found the Mean Green Nation one of the most informed (and passionate) communities on the Internet, but take news reports and certainly tweets from politicians with a healthy dose of skepticism. First-hand experience or trusted source (if possible) is better in these types of situations, sadly. As an example, we keep hearing about the lack of testing. Hopefully everyone is aware of the colossal screw up by the CDC early-on, but this has been largely rectified as restrictions on private lab testing have been removed. However, there is a certain Senator up here that keeps tweeting that we don't have any tests. One of my good friends kept repeating this mantra. That was until.... He learned that someone in his 50-story NYC office building had tested positive. He exhibited no symptoms, but with a new baby at home, his wife insisted he get tested. Basically he fell into the category of the "worried well" and really should not be getting a test because supplies were so low. He called his doctor and 30 minutes later was getting his test in Danbury. He pledged to no longer complain about the lack of testing capacity. I'm sure there are pockets where things may be different, but this is a simple example of someone who was absolutely convinced it was impossible to get a test until he was able to get one just by asking. Results were negative BTW.3 points
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Yeah, but looks like the difference is more like from12 to 9 days. As i said, -if it holds- that is obviously worthy of approval, but it will only solve a small part of the problem. If there is really hope in current medical news, to me it primarily comes from the immune tests that are about to come online. That won't solve the problem quickly, but it will at least be very helpful at understanding the problem and where things are at, but more importantly it will really help fighting development of any second waves.3 points
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More great news. Sounds like to me the French doctors and scientists are all but ready to call the combination use of Hydroxychloroquin & Azithromycin as a cure?. There is a link to the 29 page report within the article. https://techstartups.com/2020/03/27/coronavirus-cure-new-results-french-study-shows-combination-hydroxychloroquine-plaquenil-azithromycin-successfully-treated-80-coronavirus-patients-significant-dr/3 points
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Shanbour graduated and is coaching with us so that might be a NCAA violation3 points
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From one of the nation's hot-spots where we have been dealing with this directly for a couple more weeks than other parts of the country there is a bit of encouraging news. Patient 0, the lawyer from New Rochelle (the Lawyer-flu? Hahaha), who was very ill, has recovered and is back home. Cuomo seemed a bit less pessimistic today. He started talking about the numbers of people being released from the hospital after recovering. Also mentioned that the doubling rate of new hospitalizations is slowing. It was doubling every 3-4 days, now doubling every 6 days. He is also now hedging his bets on the need for the emergency hospital setup in the Javits Center. Language has changed to *if* we need those beds, it's good to be prepared. Certainly not out of the woods yet and people are still getting infected and dying which is horrible, but the tone of the news conference today was just a bit more encouraging than it has been the last couple of weeks, Personal opinion, I do think the chloroquine/Z-pack combo is very promising. Just too many reports coming out about people who were very ill recovering after starting it as a therapy. France has reported good results too. I was following this early on and wondered why China was treating cases with a malaria drug. They were also reportedly using some HIV drugs as treatment. Be safe everyone. Wash your hands, don't touch your face. We'll get through this with clean planes, public spaces and a lot better personal hygiene all around (good things).2 points
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Technically I believe they called it the Wuhan Coronavirus. So did the WHO initially until China complained.2 points
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what the shit does this have to do with the cost of tea in china?2 points
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Good grief! I knew he was a hard worker, but I didn't realize how intense he was until this twitter thread.2 points
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probably because you called it the chinese flu....people think that's racist...people are dumb and looking to get offended...spanish flu, acceptable. lou gehrigs disease, acceptable, but that would suck to have a disease named after you. in todays society, it is frowned upon to use any type of specific regional/country/racial/sexual tag on something that's bad. again, some people love to get offended and to let others know aobut it.2 points
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Bean 22.4% of carries were stopped at or behind the LOS last season. We were bottom 30 in every run blocking metric. With a new OL coach (who I'm not sold on by any means) and a couple JUCO signings who won't get spring practice I'm not high on either I doubt we see a significant jump in run blocking. That's why having a mobile QB is huge if we can actually run the read option and keep a defender at bay to honor the QB keep more holes will open up. The only thing that scares me is whether or not Bean is good enough as a passer for teams to not crowd the box negating the positive. I sure hope Bean is up to the task.2 points
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And you keep asking people to keep politics out of this... For the love.. good... god.2 points
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I'm always a sucker for these things... Stadium polled CBB coaches to see what they're watching while on Quarantine. They list responses by conference and, interestingly, adapted famous TV show logos to each conference name. https://watchstadium.com/this-is-what-college-hoops-coaches-like-to-watch-while-stuck-at-home-03-26-2020/ Ron Sanchez, Charlotte TV Show: None Movie: Gladiator Jeremy Ballard, FIU TV Show: The Wire Movie: Gladiator Dusty May, Florida Atlantic TV Show: Curb Your Enthusiasm Movie: The Shawshank Redemption Eric Konkol, Louisiana Tech TV Show: Cheers Movie: The Shawshank Redemption Dan D’Antoni, Marshall TV Show: Boston Legal Movie: Goldfinger Nick McDevitt, Middle Tennessee TV Show: Law & Order Movie: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation Grant McCasland, North Texas TV Show: This Is Us Movie: Braveheart Jeff Jones, Old Dominion TV Show: Game of Thrones Movie: Good Will Hunting Scott Pera, Rice TV Show: M*A*S*H Movie: Escape from Alcatraz Jay Ladner, Southern Miss TV Show: Sanford and Son Movie: Caddyshack Andy Kennedy, UAB TV Show: Shark Tank Movie: The Shining Rodney Terry, UTEP TV Show: Glory Road Movie: Power Steve Henson, UTSA TV Show: The King of Queens Movie: The Godfather Rick Stansbury, Western Kentucky TV Show: Shark Tank Movie: Hoosiers1 point
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eh....i teach and haven't used a textbook in years...most teachers at my school do not use textbooks anymore to teach. question....are you pissed that someone called it a flu or used chinese/china in the name?1 point
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It will actually be a game changer to have a quick test like the flu.. but reports of it versus the manufacturing of it and getting it out are different matters. I hope our government will start to use existing quick tests while we are funding our own tests from private industry.1 point
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Really. My grandmother may know it at German measles.. Textbooks call it Rubella. We learn from textbooks. Really. Strange hill to die on.. defending the right to call a non-flu a Chinese "flu."1 point
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If Bean can show some growth and move past the whole "dear in head lights" thing, the job is his hands down. But he may not be able to do that. If he can't, Austin Aune is ready to lead this team. I'm good either way. Also, i still think there's a good chance we add another QB before fall camp.1 point
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Really? It is called both. https://www.healthline.com/health1 point
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Looks like sophomore Jakobe Bible. Gotta wait a couple more years if you are interested in him. https://www.maxpreps.com/m/athlete/jakobe-bible/gI3mUZzKEeiAxKkkK9HIDg/default.htm By the way, Locust Grove had a record of 2-8 last year.1 point
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Rubella is the German Measles. I have never heard any complaints about that name.1 point
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It's a different world. Our country is very, very divisive and combative. I do think this is due to politics of the last 10-ish years.1 point
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This will likely get approved because it is likely to truely be more efficient than a placebo. But likely not much more. Also: Be careful reading about what they don't say in the news article (but becomes clear from the actual science paper). As in that there is no comparison as pharma research would usually do. They compare it to a chinese sample that got completely different care. Also if you are assuming that only 2% of people die from it, they don't really show less death on that sample size, their primary result is that they possibly get people out 2-3 days earlier from the hospital. That is worthy of approval if it holds up. But it only serves a small margin of the overall problem1 point
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Prayers for health, prayers for strength, prayers for cures and for all those that love him.1 point
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I do think the drug combo holds some promise (I saw a NY doctor discuss using it as a treatment as well and being heartened by results), but we're probably months away from knowing for sure. Especially since it seems like it might bother folks with heart issues.1 point
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You needed more science classes in your life when you are willing to call 80 cases as solid proof and not anecdotal.1 point
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I feel pretty confident in Austin Aune. Big arm, athletic, and seemed to go through his progressions pretty well during his limited game reps1 point
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This was posted by someone I know in NY on a movie messageboard I read. I cut out some of the beginning and ending which he addresses particular people, things board specific, etc. - but here was the jist.1 point
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I think it averaged 9-10 days or so. The crossing took slightly longer because of the zig zagging patterns they did to avoid the German submarines (at least until the war ended). I think if not accounting for those you could cut a day off.1 point
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Another excellent class and one that should continue UNT's legacy of dominance in soccer. UNT recruits locally because that is where a ton of excellent soccer players reside and play. The north Texas area has long been a hotbed of great youth soccer...both male and female. Yes, there are other such "hot beds" around the country, if you follow soccer at all you know that, but with the richness of the north Texas area talent pool, no real need to go elsewhere. Way to go Coach Hedlund and staff.1 point
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Right. There are ripple effects to overloaded hospitals and hospital staff. Every case of COVID-19 that overloads an ICU is another medical emergency that can't be attended to.1 point
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I am surprised that there is any distribution. It's hard to distribute money when there is none coming in. I think your timing of bringing up paying college athletes is way off. Where do you think and I am talking about in good times, the money is going to come from? Most athletic departments and probably all G5's lose money.1 point
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Italy lost over 900 people for the day from the coronavirus. I assume that is not normal of a typical flu season.1 point
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Anosike didn’t last long. Here’s another good grad transfer fit who just hit the market https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/stats/_/id/3922033/frederick-scott1 point
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WKU is in a unique position. They are probably the second best program in the Kentucky/Tennessee region and coupled with their history of success, are attractive to kids from that area. To clarify, because I think it confused some, after Kentucky signs their national class, WKU is one of the most attractive programs in that region for kids that want to play close to home. They don't have a lot of competition around there. I would guess Cincy is pretty close as well. Just a thought.1 point
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Considering how much the public pays in monthly health premiums, maybe we could give the hospitals all they need and pass the bill onto the health insurance agencies.1 point
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I believe the actual language in his contract is to ‘participate in the NCAA tournament’. That we didn’t do.1 point
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I will never forget the kick off return for a touchdown against Georgia!1 point