For some teams, the CFL Offseason is here. Rather than lose all the coaching movement discussions to the Regular season thread, I thought we could start putting it here.

Those teams currently lost in the wilderness:

Ottawa

Toronto

BC

Montreal

Calgary

Edmonton

Saskatchewan

Hamilton

The champs are here.. the champs are here... Winnipeg*

 

*Grey Cup Champions

Here we go ...

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

6 minutes ago, J5V said:

Here we go ...

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

It is a sad commentary on humans that there is never a lack of predators willing to traffic on human fear and misery. Alex Jones (he of Infowars) and disgraced evangelist Jimmy Bakker have both been advertising "cures" for the COVID19 illness and have been warned to stop immediately or face criminal prosecution.

14 minutes ago, Floyd said:

This is the Global rate... in Wuhan it was over 7%, in Italy it is 10% hitting 80-90 year olds, Iran is super high...

South Korea, China (outside of Wuhan), other developed countries - its around .5%

"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 ..."

7 minutes ago, J5V said:

"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 ..."

Source?

It may be helpful to distinguish between pandemic and epidemic. A "pandemic" means that it is widespread, whereas "epidemic" means intense and localized.

another restructuring done by Ticats - this time it's Van Zeyl

2 hours ago, M.O.A.B. said:

another restructuring done by Ticats - this time it's Van Zeyl

Wondering how they were going to fit everyone under the cap this year. If they dont win it in 2020 (if there is a season) they may be set back several years with all of this restructuring.

14 hours ago, M.O.A.B. said:

another restructuring done by Ticats - this time it's Van Zeyl

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

                                                                                 

 

                                                                

Edited March 14, 20205 yr by Tracker

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

 

 

 

                                                              

According to 3downnation, the Riders have signed a DB named Christian Campbell. I wonder if they will throw him in against the BC Lions....

Should anyone wish to track the spread and effect of the COVID19, here is a website that is updated hour by hour: https://ncov2019.live

 

28 minutes ago, Tracker said:

Should anyone wish to track the spread and effect of the COVID19, here is a website that is updated hour by hour: https://ncov2019.live

 

Thanks for the map.

I know not everyone reads the General forum, but for further discussion and news on COVID-19, lets use the thread there so all info is in one place.

 

On 2020-03-13 at 7:52 PM, J5V said:

"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 ..."

pandemic doesn't only refer to death rate. But the overall spread of infection. Because this has now gone World wide. It's fair to call it a pandemic.

Edited March 16, 20205 yr by Bigblue204

On 2020-03-15 at 6:32 PM, Tracker said:

Should anyone wish to track the spread and effect of the COVID19, here is a website that is updated hour by hour: https://ncov2019.live

 

2 deaths in Manitoba? Take the stats on that site with a grain of salt.

1 hour ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

2 deaths in Manitoba? Take the stats on that site with a grain of salt.

Noticed that as well. The global one is correct the Canada one is not. Unless this thing is predicting the future 

Eighteen new coronavirus cases in Alberta the past 24 hours since Sunday, March 16th bringing the total now to 74. 

If you want situational reports, please look at the WHO website. They update this daily with official reports: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/situation-reports/

 

Smoooothh..

 

21 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:

Smoooothh..

 

We laugh but somewhere Lapo is crying.

1 hour ago, rebusrankin said:

We laugh but somewhere Lapo is crying.

He protected the ball!

2 hours ago, Mr Dee said:

Smoooothh..

 

 

2 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

We laugh but somewhere Lapo is crying.

I saw that on Twitter this morning. I was going to post. "Are you trying to give Lapo a heart attack? That really looks like you pulled  Nichols..."

I decided not to feed the twitter trolls, it's a joke. Not trying to disparage Nichols at but in these times we have to look for humour when we can. 

 

On ‎2020‎-‎03‎-‎13 at 7:52 PM, J5V said:

"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 ..."

This comment aged well. Amazing what can happen in a week with a newly evolved virus in such an interconnected world.

Just for reference, the WHO defines a pandemic as "the worldwide spread of a new (novel) disease," such as a virus. In the case of the rapid global spread of COVID-19, the WHO was being diligent and proactive in its application of the term pandemic. As we've seen over the last seven days, what most experts predicted is exactly what's happened.

2 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

We laugh but somewhere Lapo is crying.

I hope he hasn't decided to grow a 'stache…

2 hours ago, blue_gold_84 said:

This comment aged well. Amazing what can happen in a week with a newly evolved virus in such an interconnected world.

Just for reference, the WHO defines a pandemic as "the worldwide spread of a new (novel) disease," such as a virus. In the case of the rapid global spread of COVID-19, the WHO was being diligent and proactive in its application of the term pandemic. As we've seen over the last seven days, what most experts predicted is exactly what's happened.

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.