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Exactly and for the young, fit and healthy, like me, there’s more chance of winning the lottery than dying from this virus. It’s the old and already sick we need to keep an eye on, they are most at risk.
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And how many old people are in Italy? Apples and oranges
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Not everyone who has had it has died
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I'd say the first half of the season is probably unlikely to go ahead. Not good news for the circuits that's for sure.
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14 Mar 2020, 00:02 (Ref:3964069) | #4888 | |
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Let’s just hope these drastic measures work.
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Some footage of the Hyundai out on track, looks pretty quick
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UK government set to announce ban on large scale public gatherings (believed to be of more than 500 people) from next weekend.
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Not that good for the teams either, no racing means budgets have to be refunded to drivers and sponsors, so means income for the teams go down and then how do the pay staff and overheads
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The thing that appears not to have been mentioned so far is that the medical cover for events may be seriously impacted if those personnel are required to work extra hours in their day job at hospitals, GP surgeries, clinics or care homes etc. Maybe motorsport should be proactive and cancel events to both reduce risk and to release medics back to their day jobs where they can be more useful? Some rallies in the U.K.have already been cancelled. |
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And not that good for local businesses near circuits. When Donington Park was shut for 2 years recently I know a number of local restaurants, hotels and B&Bs struggled badly.
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Even if there are more infections that are known about and therefore the death rate is actually less than expected, it's still a lot of people. Would you be any happier with 750,000 deaths? |
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Ok folks. This is depressing enough so let's stop trying to be armchair virologists. For info the China stats today are: tot cases 81k. Deaths 3.2k. Recovered 65k. Currently 12k being treated.
Italy: tot cases 17.7k, Deaths 1.3k, Recovered 1.5k. As you can see Italy still has a way to go as far as treatment cases are concerned. Nonetheless by my reckoning that's 4.5% mortality rate. The UK as of today is: Tot cases 800, Deaths 11. We are of course way behind Italy in the number of confirmed infections so I think vigilance is needed. But let's not start hurling accusations about who thinks what. ATM the uk Gov advice is to carry on but if you don't feel safe don't go to events. I know that can mean loss of tickets etc. But it is up to us. Next week we may not have that choice. So, IMHO the BTCC will follow other major sporting events. That said I don't know if it will make a blind bit of difference. I have elderly relatives and I'm worried about them more than the loss of a few motor races. It's called perspective. Note: I've rounded up the above figures. Also note that this is not a criticism ofthe posters here. |
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Carrera Cup Media day this Monday will now be run behind closed doors.
On the bright side, currently we have at least a 23 car grid, with 6 Pros and 6 Pro-Ams. |
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Not a Footy fan but for some perspective I reckon Jurgen Klopp got it dead right ....
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