if something like this is happening, at least it can overshadow or even deny Liverpools first championship in ages, right?
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Could they void the PL due to the Coronavirus? | No | Resuming June 17th
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From the coronavirus to the Matrix in the blink of an eye.
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No worries, you're just missing a zero in your calculations. As per your graph it's not 4,500,000 cases, it's 45,000,000 cases.
Just the other day Merkel came out and said that up to 70% of the German population could contract covid-19 in the next 2 years, so while it sounds and is extraordinary 45,000,000 cases in the US remains within the upper bounds of possibility if we just let this fecker spread. If something like that truly happened then a 2.94% mortality rate could well increase because there simply wouldn't be the medical resources or personnel to cope with demand. There would also be a knock-on effect to other forms of death. Since everywhere would be maxed out dealing with covid-19 patients there'd be nothing left to expend on any other types of illness, including flu.
They have to (temporarily) suspend the season. Watford plays Leicester next, right? If I'm a Watford player, I say no way in heck am I going out on that pitch. Leceister has 3 players in isolation, and who know how many more on that team are infected that aren't showing symptoms just yet. It doesn't seem right to potentially put Watford players @ risk of catching this virus from Leicester players.
From that live source US numbers are right now at the present time 38 deaths from 1380 cases. So the death rate right now is not increasing, it's actually dropped slightly. Italy is unusually higher. Germany is really low. I would have thought China's death rate would be higher due to it being the source and being very densely populated. Also, why is the number of new cases in China only 18?
This is getting out of hand now, only football seems intent on continuing. Our next two games are postponed, Arsenal in the prem and Real in the CL, where do the organisations think they are going to fit those games in with so little of the season remaining. They are going to have to put football on hold for at least a month.
That's it. I'm going blind. I was checking and double checking but I didn't think of checking whether I put the right bloody number down!
Because China have completely shut down and are preventing it from spreading, Italy will eventually start to drop too. The issue in China is so many people were carrying it before anyone knew it existed and in Italy it spread like wildfire because of people not taking precautions. Italy will see dwindling numbers soon as well but it may have to suffer a China like couple of weeks in getting to that point.
I don't see any rational to crowning the winners of a league, prior to the league being either completed or the standings being mathematically certain. Even in the latter case, part of the terms of the compeition is being able to fulfil your fixtures and you can't just not play once you are mathematically champions.
The whole point of a league is equal competition for all the participants. That's why winning it is so valued. You can't just do 2/3rds of it and shrug that the outcomes are likely enough.
My only thinking is less fixtures to play when eventually everything restarts e.g. you get 1-2 rounds in and also the FA cup and so you're left with 7-8 premier league games and semi finals and final of FA cup. Could fit that all in just over a month if you had an xmas type schedule.
Serie A still has over 10 rounds to play I think.
Ultimately the events are just taking over now so really PL has to be cancelled now with teams starting to get infections.
The US are just lagging. CDC and epidemic experts are already bracing for the number to go very high because they believe underlying complications are a risk and the US has a lot more obese people, which will in turn be a problem. Overall it's a volume issue. But let's hope for the best indeed.
Yep same for Brighton v Arsenal and potentially Chelsea playing us given we played Leicester on monday night.
No way prem can go ahead even behind closed doors imo this weekend. I think all games to be cancelled this weekend and beyond will be announced tomorrow (not sure why it hasn't been announced after the COBRA meeting ended).
Doesn't really matter what our love for the game is when it comes to this virus being transmitted which is a 100% risk to the well-being of players rightfully so the league should be suspended. I think writing off the season is a terrible idea, I can't stand Liverpool but on the premise of this season they deserve the league title. We are lucky to be in 5th right now with City's ban imposed that should be a champions league qualification. I would take the league finishing right now with the current points tally if it gets us into next season UCL. Also makes it hard to sack Ole so it's beneficial for the club imo.
So the Premier League handbook states:
'Season' is defined as:
That's about the entirety of the relevant material remarkably. Section L: Fixtures makes no allowance for fixtures simply not to be played at the discretion of the league or anything like that. Section X : Arbitration could handle any dispute over it, I guess.
Exactly, even though indications are healthy fit people get mild flu, no one knows for sure if it leaves the lungs a bit less than they were before, this could be big impact on professional sportsman???
Not enough known really
Maybe Pep has been a genius afterall.......the Carabao cup is likely going to be the only competition completed this season. Hahahaha
Just been told that hospitals will soon stop testing for COVID-19 and anyone displaying symptoms will be told to self isolate.
Very worrying if true, as it looks like the
Very worrying if true, as it looks like the
This seems horribly unfair on all teams that are challenging for top five and would miss out, and also for relegated teams. Really the only sensible way to do it is to write it off and start again next season.
No, the virus spread like wildfire because that's what it does, everywhere. The only difference between italy and spain, france, germany, uk, etc is that we're a week or more ahead
Government decides not to ban mass gatherings
Boris has decided not to ban mass gatherings so I assume that includes football.
Absolute fecking moron.
Closing the schools won't prevent it from spreading slowly
We've closed the schools in Ireland in order to slow the fecker down.
Spreading slowly is better than spreading fast.
Exactly what I was looking for. Unlimited POWAAAAAh.
So it looks like the PL will go ahead BCD’s.
This country is such a joke 
China is about the most open and honest country there is, I see no reason to doubt their word...
The guy really doesn’t have a scooby which is massively concerning
Yeah, it is. But I think totally corrupt and run for the super rich is a better answer. I just hope beyond hope that people remember how badly this has been handled by the government.This country is such a joke
Was he at Cheltenham holding a pint of Guinness when he said it?
Italy is about to overtake China in total active cases in a day or two. How is Europe not worried all over the place, god knows.
Spain, France and Germany catching up too.
Spain, France and Germany catching up too.
| Country, Other | Total Cases | New Cases | Total Deaths | New Deaths | Total Recovered | Active Cases | Serious, Critical | Tot Cases/ 1M pop |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 80,796 | +18 | 3,169 | +11 | 62,826 | 14,801 | 4,257 | 56.1 |
| Italy | 15,113 | +2,651 | 1,016 | +189 | 1,258 | 12,839 | 1,153 | 250.0 |
| Iran | 10,075 | +1,075 | 429 | +75 | 3,276 | 6,370 | 120.0 | |
| S. Korea | 7,869 | +114 | 66 | +6 | 333 | 7,470 | 54 | 153.5 |
| Spain | 3,059 | +782 | 86 | +31 | 189 | 2,784 | 126 | 65.4 |
| Germany | 2,502 | +536 | 5 | +2 | 25 | 2,472 | 9 | 29.9 |
| France | 2,281 | 48 | 12 | 2,221 | 105 | 34.9 | ||
| USA | 1,396 | +95 | 39 | +1 | 15 | 1,342 | 10 | 4.2 |
It's worrying but China is also further ahead, their measure have greatly reduced the numbers of new cases to a point where there's not many new cases. Italy should follow suit if the measure they've taken are effective. Essentially, it demonstrates that social distancing is the way to fight the spread.
He is listening to advice from the scientists and doctors who have knowledge in this area. This isn't a decision he is making just on a whim...
Not if teams refuse to play saying it is detrimental to their health. What are PL going to do dock them points & fine them. I am sure Everton players are not feeling well at this time.
But that doesn't mean the PL cannot do the more responsible thing and allow for football to be played behind closed doors. But then I don't totally believe in the PL to be responsible or have high standards of integrity.
Yeah but when every other major league around the world has cancelled or supports behind closed doors (i.e. no fans), you can see that there's precedence. Sometimes you have the opportunity to make bold decisions as a leader no matter what other people say because you're gathering input from others to make the call and it's your call, it's your head.
It’s much more than that though. European spots, relegation and promotion with hundreds of millions at stake. The season has to be played to completion otherwise it’s void.
They’re right, though. No fecking way the season is scrapped before those wankers have it mathematically sewn up.