re: SEC Tournament - Coronavirus related

I doubt SEC tourney goes fanless but by next week for NCAAs it is very possible

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Not likely. Not enough cases in the area to warrant action.

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Not necessarily true. They have already shut down the entire AT&T building. There has also been no testing down what-so-ever. No one really knows the extent of those who might be infected and not know it.

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They probably aren’t hiding it per se but the reason it’s going to seem like the sky is falling to a lot of people these next few days is the increase in testing and the more open communication of incidents.

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It's just odd that downtown has only shut down the largest building in the area, but business as usual for literally every adjacent building. I think they are definitely hiding something.

You proved his point.

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You proved his point.

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Huh? Did you think I was trying to prove something with that? I was taking out the two most important parts from that link imo because I know some won't click that.

Didn’t realize you were talking about Nashville until just now. Wasn’t Nashville exposed early due to the Vandy student coming back from Italy.

If there is a case they should definitely inform the public so they can exercise caution if they might have had an encounter (or so they can announce that no community interaction occurred to calm people down).

Good idea to post actual quotes from the link since you're correct that most people won't click on and read a link.

The bottom line from the link I posted is that not only did the budgets passed under Trump not cut CDC funding, the CDC's funding was actually increased. Granted, I suppose people can criticize Trump for proposing cuts that were ignored by Congress but the bottom line is the budget for the CDC ultimately didn't get cut.

The grant that helped state and local CDC offices prepare for such events as the current one is phasing out but again as the article points out the moves that led to that predate President Trump's administration. It would be fair to criticize the current administration if they don't consider doing whatever is necessary from this point forward to renew or replenish the program mentioned in the second quote though.

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The load of flaming bull#### you just posted (especially the bolded part) is precisely why some of us on here are so critical of the media's reporting on this virus and is why some of us feel it's necessary to make a political point over a situation that shouldn't be political.

The media's "Trump's slashing of the CDC budget is why we find ourselves in this situation narrative is an blatant utter bull#### lie that has been clearly debunked by the AP no less. The fact that you and others unquestionably believe it enough to spread the lie is why many of us are right to criticize the media's coverage of the virus.

The lack of widespread testing is a valid criticism of the administration. Thankfully, Trump greatly limited/banned travel to and from highly affected regions starting in late January thus limiting the potential exposure here in our country. Other than adequate test kits which admittedly has been a failure, the administration has done everything reasonable in it's power to limit the health and economic damage in this country.

The media lie you parroted about Trump slashing the CDC budget (when in reality the budget was increased) is why the media in this country is rightly criticized and called "fake news". The fact that so many people unquestionably believe everything the media feeds them because they're that gullible or it supports their anti-Trump narrative/agenda is why their often false reporting is do dangerous and effective. You obviously fell for it.

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I realize choosing an Ostrich strategy is an avenue some will go down, but I'll avoid turning this Pandemic into a poli discussion.

Test more...we are correcting the mistakes made at the Federal level to address this issue.

Limit contact...social distancing, containment when warranted and quarantine when necessary all seem appropriate.

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I'm ok with being greatly inconvenienced for the next month if doing so will help this hysteria pass in a few weeks.

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Unfortunately, this is what we should have done weeks ago to prevent this thing from being anything bu a footnote in our country's history, but our political system tends to be reactive instead of proactive, so here we are.

We will still have close to a month of [likely increased] inconvenience to save as many people as possible and to reduce the damage to our economy.

At this point, people will die and our economy is going to suffer.

I'm hopeful that we will rise to the occasion as Americans and work together to greatly limit the damage and move on. The fact that I'm hearing stories of people still being reckless and doing things like going to work sick is troubling.