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I also am in the high risk category. To anyone that actually listened I have been saying that the flu is killing a lot more people and damned right I wish people would take precautions. We have all been infected by flu-carriers that just didn't care. All I'm saying is, let's keep our perspective here as I believe this is blown out of proportion. “A pandemic has been declared, but not for the 24,600 who die every day from unnecessary starvation, and not for 3,000 children who die every day from preventable malaria, and not for the 10,000 people who die every day because they are denied publicly-funded healthcare, and not for the hundreds of Venezuelans and Iranians who die every day because America’s blockade denies them life-saving medicines, and not for the hundreds of mostly children bombed or starved to death every day in Yemen, in a war supplied and kept going, profitably, by America and Britain. Before you panic, consider them,” John Pilger.

It's all good, guys. You wanna hate on me for not buying into the hype, knock yourselves out.

Thanks. Here's the Merriam Webster definition of a Pandemic ... pan·dem·ic | \ pan-ˈde-mik \ Definition of pandemic (Entry 1 of 2) : occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the population //pandemic malaria //The 1918 flu was pandemic and claimed millions of lives. and the Oxford ... pandemic noun /pænˈdemɪk/ /pænˈdemɪk/ a disease that spreads over a whole country or the whole world Now let's see, how big is the spread, let's look at the U.S. COVID-19 U.S. Population: 327,000,000 Total cases: 15,219 Total deaths: 201 So less than .05% of the population. Does that sound like "an exceptionally high proportion of the population", or "millions of lives"? And these are today's stats, not even the stats which were smaller when the WHO first made it's "pandemic" proclamation. You might also be interested to know that "In the U.S. alone, the flu has caused an estimated 36 million illnesses, 370,000 hospitalizations and 22,000 deaths this season", according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but there's no flu pandemic. What's happening in China ... "China has reported no new locally transmitted coronavirus cases for the first time since the pandemic began, marking a major turning point in the global battle to contain Covid-19". That doesn't sound very "pandemic"-like, does it. Does that sound like "an exceptionally high proportion of the population", or "millions of lives"? How about Italy ... Italy Population: 60,000,000 Total cases: 15,000 Total deaths: 1000 Does that sound like "an exceptionally high proportion of the population", or "millions of lives"? This is a hype-job of epic proportions. Give. me. a. break.

The Taiter makes mention of the fact that we don't have a first round pick or even a top 15'er because we lost our pick in the ZC deal. Well worth it I say to win a cup. I don't regret that one bit.

BWAHAHAHA! #DirtyFourStripers #IGFWest I love it!

I just love that we call it that. Truly awesome!

If we lost the season the only positive would be our reign as CFL champs would be extended uncontested. It would drive our neighbours to the West of us insane(r) and we could needle them about it relentlessly. Who am I kidding? No CFL football for 2020 would suck, big time.

Wild eh? I work at a nuclear power plant. Always gonna need electricity I guess.

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You know this how?

I've never understood punishing athletes for using marijuana. It is NOT a performance enhancing drug from what I've read, quite the opposite, so why test for it at all? It's just a remnant of the insane U.S. drug war. "Research has shown THC to inhibit motor control, balance, reaction time, and coordination. And while THC increases sensory feedback (more vivid colors, increased sense of touch, etc) that feedback is more difficult to properly utilize given the chemical’s inhibiting effects on movement." Source -- grandstandcentral.com, Weed A Performance Enhancing Drug

Yup, here we go. It's officially insane folks ...

<sarcasm>Is Kavis working for the Cats under the table? </sarcasm>

"Today WHO declared the coronavirus COVID-19 a “pandemic” – when there is not the slightest trace of a pandemic. A pandemic might be the condition, when the death to infection rate reaches more than 12%. In Europe, the death rate is about 0.4%, or less. Except for Italy which is a special case, where the peak of the death rate was 6% (see below for further analysis). China, where the death rate peaked only a few weeks ago at about 3%, is back to 0.7% – and rapidly declining ..."

Here we go ... https://www.marketwatch.com/story/hackers-are-using-coronavirus-concerns-to-trick-you-cybersecurity-pros-warn-2020-03-12

Well said. All I'm saying is that the flu is not to be underestimated for it's ability to kill and this bug looks to be one of the worst. I'm all for washing of hands and quarantines. I don't even want a milder flu-type bug. The thing is, it's news, and it's being hyped up pretty good with predictable results. It's not like we haven't seen this sort of thing before and it never seems to justify the hype.

The data is incomplete and is heavily skewed by China presently. Don't be surprised if it ends up being the same or near that of the flu. 1% of 100,000,000 is 1 million. I doubt it ends up being that high.

Sheesh. Depends what you read or which talking head you listen to, I guess. I heard 2 not 7. "Lots of people talkin', few of them know."

Air travel? No. This thing is being over-hyped by the media. All the statistics I'm seeing shows the flu to be far more deadly. COVID-19: Approximately 4,718 deaths reported worldwide; 38 deaths in the U.S., as of Mar. 12, 2020.* Flu: 291,000 to 646,000 deaths worldwide; 12,000 to 61,000 deaths in the U.S. per year.

Maybe we're nuts but I agree.

I hope you're right and I believe you are. What I always found odd about Lapo is that as a player he played wide receiver, yet he would have stagnated as such under his current approach to the game. Buck, having been a QB, is bound to have a different philosophy. Like you, I'm looking for him to compliment what's working and to implement schemes that take advantage of what defenses are doing. Also, remembering last season, what super-impressed me about Collaros was his high level of execution. If the play was there he made it almost every time. Matt was good but Collaros was better.

If I had Andrew Harris and this O-Line I wouldn't be afraid to run the ball. Short passes are fine too so I mostly agree with you. Where I may disagree slightly is that I think we'll be far more willing to take shots deep and to try more intermediate passes. I just think it's smarter football (in my layman opinion). When you take shots deep and show a willingness to throw over the heads of the linebackers you force defenses to play you straight up and that makes life easier for everyone. Not enough of that last year and that's one thing I remember about Buck Pierce -- he wasn't afraid to take a shot.