Coronavirus: could the 2020 AFL season be called off?
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FFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.Comment
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Re: Coronavirus: could the 2020 AFL season be called off?
Agreed. Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore have learnt from SARS and acted quickly and decisively and have slowed the spread considerably. It was really unfortunate that the epicentre in Europe is probably the number one tourist spot on the Continent.
Reactive measures are like pissing up hill on one leg on a windy day when it comes to stemming the flow of this virus. That the Andrews Government put money over the health of people in regards to the F1 is an unacceptable inditement on his leadership.
The comparison with local sporting events and local public transport is disingenuous at best, and likely designed to fit a political point-scoring narrative. These events will no doubt be held behind closed doors or suspended as the spread of the virus escalates, as they should. But it is insulting our intelligence to compare a local sporting event with an international event where the (currently) most affected and virulent part of the world is given a red carpet ride into the country.
My heart goes out to everyone in the medical industry, who are every bit the heroes at the moment that our fire fighters and voluntees were during the bushfires. I hope that the spread can be managed in Australia so that our health services are not stretched to bursting point as they currently are in Italy."Look at me mate. Look at me. I'm flyin'"Comment
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Re: Coronavirus: could the 2020 AFL season be called off?
Meanwhile flights in and out of the country continueFFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.Comment
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Yeah this is the one I can't understand.
No point banning sporting events if we're still allowing international travel.
Understand the impact this has on the economy, but do we want to contain the spread of the virus or not?W00F!Comment
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My heart goes out to everyone in the medical industry, who are every bit the heroes at the moment that our fire fighters and voluntees were during the bushfires. I hope that the spread can be managed in Australia so that our health services are not stretched to bursting point as they currently are in Italy.Our 1954 premiership players are our heroes, and it has to be said that Charlie was their hero.Comment
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Exactly, we need a proper plan to contain the virus.FFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.Comment
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Re: general international travel, Australia already has the strictest quarantining and screening processes in the world for all international arrivals. Are people honestly suggesting that we close off our borders to the entire world when our rate of infection is still incredibly low compared to the rest of the world (as the hard work was done cutting off the source, China, so early)? Arrivals from the global hot spots of China, Korea, Iran and Italy have already all been banned, and no doubt arrivals from other couintries will follow suit if their intection rates continue to rise. Closing off borders from the entire world is truly a nuclear option, and may not actually stop the spread now that the genie is out of the bottle. It's all about managing the spread now so that health services can function as efficiently as possible, and luckily with under 200 confirmed cases as of today, we are so much better prepared than most of the rest of the world for the difficult weeks and months ahead."Look at me mate. Look at me. I'm flyin'"Comment
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That is sad to hear. I hope there is a full recovery for that individual/station. They are absolute heroes and still have many months of hard work ahead."Look at me mate. Look at me. I'm flyin'"Comment
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Speaking of which, when does the AFEL blink?BORDERLINE FLYINGComment
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There's an argument advanced by those qualified to comment that travel bans - at this point - are literally useless. I think the phrase employed was it's about as helpful a measure now as "locking the door after the axe killer's entered your house", and potentially a distraction from more effective day to day measures.
Speaking of which, when does the AFEL blink?
FFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.Comment
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Re: Coronavirus: could the 2020 AFL season be called off?
There's an argument advanced by those qualified to comment that travel bans - at this point - are literally useless. I think the phrase employed was it's about as helpful a measure now as "locking the door after the axe killer's entered your house", and potentially a distraction from more effective day to day measures.
Speaking of which, when does the AFEL blink?
In the areas of Italy where they've been swamped with infection the medical staff are selecting which patients to incubate and which to avoid treating, simply because they don't have the resources. It's part of the reason their fatality rate is higher than other countries.Western Bulldogs: 2016 PremiersComment
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FFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.Comment
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