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Mar 20, 2020
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LiveCoug
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Gotcha. Just schools in Japan...
What are the current thoughts about summer Olympics?
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I’m watching you guys over here from Japan, and I’m kind of in shock
Cheesy Gordita
All-American
3/20/20 7:15pm
K-12 cancelled for a month? So far, two weeks here in Utah.
Don_Juan_El_Guapo
3/20/20 7:17pm
Well because our outbreak is about a month ahead of the US
Cheesy Gordita
3/20/20 7:20pm
So we are doing what Japan did a month ago and you are in shock?
LiveCoug
3/20/20 7:21pm
US is doing much much more and Japan is about a month further along in their outbreak
Cheesy Gordita
3/20/20 7:23pm
Gotcha. Just schools in Japan...
LiveCoug
3/20/20 7:25pm
That's the billions of dollars question. No decision will be made until May.
Cheesy Gordita
3/20/20 7:27pm
USA Swimming sent an open letter to the US Olympic committee today
Squeegee
3/20/20 7:54pm
Funny...my kid's swim coach wants to hold practices because "chlorine kill
Don_Juan_El_Guapo
3/20/20 7:58pm
Nuts. we're one of the biggest teams in the country and we're out.
Squeegee
3/20/20 8:26pm
Oh, they aren't practicing...she just wants to practice...same thing here...they
Don_Juan_El_Guapo
3/20/20 10:38pm
Next time round, we start moderate social distancing a few week earlier,
Plato
3/20/20 7:18pm
My point is we are on the same timeline but we've been going through it for about a month longer
Cheesy Gordita
3/20/20 7:22pm
Politicians are literally losing their freaking minds on this. Terrible
kotacoug
3/20/20 7:32pm
It's an election year gift for the Dims so expect the hype for a few more months
CougarThug
3/20/20 8:52pm
Well it's just beginning. This week we had thousands of kids
Shihan
3/20/20 7:37pm
Why didn't the same happen in Japan? They reacted similarly only cancelling school after over 1000 cases were confirmed
Cheesy Gordita
3/20/20 8:17pm
Japanese people have been wearing masks regularly for
Shihan
3/20/20 8:34pm
It couldn't possibly be because the US is taking it too far. It's just the Japanese are so awesome?
Cheesy Gordita
3/20/20 9:03pm
Guidelines are only as good as the level of compliance to the
Shihan
3/20/20 10:08pm
Masks - sorry, but people wearing them in public now are one of two things...
antiyewt
3/20/20 10:45pm
If you are not infected, wearing a mask can help you avoid touching your mouth
Shihan
3/20/20 11:21pm
A lot of people think that actually increases risk as people touch their face
Bill
3/20/20 11:56pm
Our politicians are morons.
Bostonblue
3/20/20 7:38pm
Perhaps one difference is how fast it's spreading in each country. See charts from FT.
mik3
3/20/20 7:43pm
How is India keeping this under control?
claw
3/20/20 7:48pm
Good question. Some of the largest slums in the world. There is just no possible way with
AtomicHamster
3/20/20 7:52pm
My theory is it’s there and people are dying from it, but they just don’t have the infrastructure to assess it.
antiyewt
3/22/20 1:33pm
Warmer climate, perhaps?
maizecoug
3/20/20 8:46pm
I dearly hope so. This would buy us some needed time.
AtomicHamster
3/20/20 9:23pm
Politics. Dem states are attempting to destroy the economy. That's the differenc
Harbinger
3/20/20 8:05pm
How did they get Trump to buy in and help them?
mik3
3/20/20 8:23pm
Bec he's really a democrat...
VACOUGFAN
3/20/20 8:27pm
How do you figure trump has helped them?
Harbinger
3/20/20 8:32pm
with the help of the Lord's church, apparently.
ag4cougs
3/20/20 8:31pm
The church is shutting down businesses?!? Who knew!
Harbinger
3/20/20 8:32pm
I can't help you put two and two together, man. Keep watching cable news.
ag4cougs
3/20/20 8:38pm
Cable news? Who watches cable news anymore?
Harbinger
3/20/20 8:49pm
This is not productive reasoning
Cheesy Gordita
3/21/20 5:59am
Sure it is.
Harbinger
3/21/20 6:39am
I wonder how much of this is cultural. Correct me if I’m wrong, but it seems
Ikuna
3/20/20 8:36pm
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JohnnyComeLately
3/20/20 9:47pm
It sounds like the verdict is still out on whether it’s contained or about to spike.
NihonCougar
3/20/20 9:05pm
The fact that it hasn't already ballooned defies all logic and means it likely already has quietly run its course
Cheesy Gordita
3/20/20 9:30pm
I pray pray pray that this is the case. I'll feel much more in agreement if 2
unctoothman
3/21/20 6:03am
The fact the everyone’s first assumption is that I’m saying the US hasn’t done enough fast enough is telling
Cheesy Gordita
3/20/20 9:09pm
Because it’s political here.
Powerbait DPM studnt
3/20/20 9:59pm
I'm saddened to hear that
Zoobieman
3/20/20 10:09pm
No, it’s because they haven’t been testing and don’t now where it’s spread
Sumguy
3/20/20 10:30pm
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Cheesy Gordita
3/21/20 6:00am
Here’s a very telling Twitter thread from an American living in Japan.
Malacis
3/20/20 10:24pm
Interesting, I didn’t know that about hand washing and gargling. That + masks to not get others sick seem like
Mike Honcho
3/20/20 10:28pm
Shutting everything down destroys the economy and forces Trump to do the same or
ToasterChive
3/20/20 11:28pm
If the media focuses on something, I automatically thinks it’s political.
Powerbait DPM studnt
3/21/20 6:23am
that's one way to absolve him...of everything.
ag4cougs
3/21/20 1:03pm
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