COVID-19 Megathread 5: The Trumps catch COVID-19

[Holmes]

A disgusting Nazi couple at a MN supermarket:

https://twitter.com/FirenzeMike/status/1287157506272374786

Have you heard of the term "mask nazi"? They might not use it in Austria.

Um, never heard it in California either.

[jimrtex]

A disgusting Nazi couple at a MN supermarket:

https://twitter.com/FirenzeMike/status/1287157506272374786

Have you heard of the term "mask nazi"? They might not use it in Austria.

Um, never heard it in California either.

California Woman maces couple for not wearings masks in San Diego park

[Dr. Arch]

The updated numbers for COVID-19 in the U.S. are in for 7/26 per: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

I'm keeping track of these updates daily and updating at the end of the day, whenever all states finish reporting for that day.

New - Substituting the Δ Change metric as of 7/13 on dates starting from 7/5:
ΔW Change: Comparisons of Weekly Day-to-day Growth or Decline of COVID-19 Spread/Deaths.

• IE: Comparing the numbers to the same day of last week, are we flattening the curve enough?

Σ Increase: A day's contribution to overall percentage growth of COVID-19 cases/deaths.

• IE: What's the overall change in the total?

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7/19: <Sunday>

• Cases: 3,896,855 (+63,584 | ΔW Change: ↑8.97% | Σ Increase: ↑1.66%)
• Deaths: 143,269 (+392 | ΔW Change: ↑3.43% | Σ Increase: ↑0.27%)

7/20: <M>

• Cases: 3,961,429 (+64,574 | ΔW Change: ↓1.40% | Σ Increase: ↑1.66%)
• Deaths: 143,834 (+565 | ΔW Change: ↑21.51% | Σ Increase: ↑0.39%)

7/21: <T>

• Cases: 4,028,569 (+67,140 | ΔW Change: ↑2.36% | Σ Increase: ↑1.69%)
• Deaths: 144,953 (+1,119 | ΔW Change: ↑24.85% | Σ Increase: ↑0.78%)

7/22: <W>

• Cases: 4,100,875 (+72,306 | ΔW Change: ↑0.89% | Σ Increase: ↑1.79%)
• Deaths: 146,183 (+1,230 | ΔW Change: ↑23.37% | Σ Increase: ↑0.85%)

7/23: <Þ>

• Cases: 4,169,991 (+69,116 | ΔW Change: ↓11.70% | Σ Increase: ↑1.69%)
• Deaths: 147,333 (+1,150 | ΔW Change: ↑17.59% | Σ Increase: ↑0.79%)

7/24: <F>

• Cases: 4,248,327 (+78,336 | ΔW Change: ↑4.47% | Σ Increase: ↑1.88%)
• Deaths: 148,490 (+1,157 | ΔW Change: ↑22.30% | Σ Increase: ↑0.79%)

7/25 (Yesterday): <S>

• Cases: 4,315,678 (+67,351 | ΔW Change: ↑6.47% | Σ Increase: ↑1.59%)
• Deaths: 149,395 (+905 | ΔW Change: ↑11.32% | Σ Increase: ↑0.61%)

7/26 (Today): <Sunday>

• Cases: 4,371,839 (+56,151 | ΔW Change: ↓11.24% | Σ Increase: ↑1.30%)
• Deaths: 149,849 (+454 | ΔW Change: ↑15.82% | Σ Increase: ↑0.30%)

[Former President tack50]

On a fun unrelated note, this thread has now broken into the top 10 longest threads ever on Atlas, being the 8th longest.

In fact, if we added up all 5 COVID-19 megathreads, they would easily be the longest thread ever in Atlas (since threads 2-5 already beat the number 1 spot and I can't find the very first megathread)

I wonder how far this thread will go tbh; though really the answer is "as long as the mods feel want it to be"

[Bandit3 the Worker]

I don't know how helpful this info is, but yesterday's positivity rate was the lowest since June 25, and the 7-day rolling average was the lowest since July 7.

[T'Chenka]

Tired of these losers on TV crying that their wife/brother died of COVID and NOW they understand that people need to take it seriously. Your whole family pretended there wasn't a pandemic and you probably each spread it to several other community members, hopefully not more than a handful each. You FAILED your country and you FAILED to act like a patriot in the war against the pandemic. I'm sorry for your loss but actions have consequences.

[Landslide Lyndon]

https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1287731817395761152

[Landslide Lyndon]

https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/1287741416551124993

[Middle-aged Europe]

https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1287731817395761152

Confirmed by the White House: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53557447

[Calthrina950]

https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1287731817395761152

Confirmed by the White House: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53557447

Yet another Trump confidante has contracted coronavirus. How has he not gotten it at this point?

[GeorgiaModerate]

Google extends work-from-home until at least July 2021.

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/ericjackson/status/1287750533638430723

Tonight's Marlins-Orioles and Yankees-Phillies games have been canceled.

[emailking]

If they have 14 players who have to self-isolate I'm not sure how they're going to have much of a team for the next 2 weeks. I mean it depends who's infected and they can probably still put up 9 capable players but they're probably going to suck.

[GeorgiaModerate]

If they have 14 players who have to self-isolate I'm not sure how they're going to have much of a team for the next 2 weeks. I mean it depends who's infected and they can probably still put up 9 capable players but they're probably going to suck.

What I think this shows us is that resuming sports inside an isolated "bubble" like the NBA's in Orlando is workable.  But resuming outside a bubble probably isn't.

[Calthrina950]

If they have 14 players who have to self-isolate I'm not sure how they're going to have much of a team for the next 2 weeks. I mean it depends who's infected and they can probably still put up 9 capable players but they're probably going to suck.

What I think this shows us is that resuming sports inside an isolated "bubble" like the NBA's in Orlando is workable.  But resuming outside a bubble probably isn't.

We're not going to see sports events-or any large events for that matter-fully resume until next year, and probably not until after the vaccine has finally appeared. Given this outbreak, it's possible that MLB may be forced to suspend games for the remainder of their season.

[Joe Biden 2024]

If they have 14 players who have to self-isolate I'm not sure how they're going to have much of a team for the next 2 weeks. I mean it depends who's infected and they can probably still put up 9 capable players but they're probably going to suck.

It's 14 people total, but 12 players and 2 coaches.

[woodley park]

Really a bad look given POTUS aggravating the need for baseball and sports to resume.

[Penn_Quaker_Girl]

MLB is holding an "emergency meeting" later today re: Marlins

https://mobile.twitter.com/Grav1/status/1287784249299542017

[Penn_Quaker_Girl]

Oh boy.  This just keeps getting worse.  I'm also seeing that the Phillies organization sent out a mass text to the players BEFORE the game on Sunday but also decided to play anyway.  

https://twitter.com/phillysport/status/1287786331125493760

[Person Man]

Another day, another major setback.

[Dr. Arch]

Another day, another major setback.

Par for the course

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/JohnJHarwood/status/1287817568896667649

[jimrtex]

If they have 14 players who have to self-isolate I'm not sure how they're going to have much of a team for the next 2 weeks. I mean it depends who's infected and they can probably still put up 9 capable players but they're probably going to suck.

Teams have 60-player pools for the season, divided into 30 players on the main squad and 30 players on reserve (this was split so they can social distance during training).

For the start of the season, teams were limited to a 30-player traveling squad, plus 3-player taxi squad. This is compared to 25-players last season, which was to be increased to 26-players this season.

They can probably field a team. A lot depends on the distribution - did they wipe out the pitching staff, or starting infield, etc. It may also depend on how many other players haven't tested positive yet, but may do so in the next day or so (what is the lag from incubation until a positive test, and some players may be a secondary infection from another player, so the spread might have occurred over a few days).

I suspect they may just have wiped out the college football season. You can't isolate players from other students if student-athlete is to have any meaning, and squads are large (around 90 players, 20 staff)

MLS is holding a tournament within a bubble in Orlando, but planned on finishing up the season with matches in stadium. Two teams scratched at the beginning of the tournament, and they had to rearrange the schedule. Maybe they can hold off until September.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

If they have 14 players who have to self-isolate I'm not sure how they're going to have much of a team for the next 2 weeks. I mean it depends who's infected and they can probably still put up 9 capable players but they're probably going to suck.

Teams have 60-player pools for the season, divided into 30 players on the main squad and 30 players on reserve (this was split so they can social distance during training).

For the start of the season, teams were limited to a 30-player traveling squad, plus 3-player taxi squad. This is compared to 25-players last season, which was to be increased to 26-players this season.

They can probably field a team. A lot depends on the distribution - did they wipe out the pitching staff, or starting infield, etc. It may also depend on how many other players haven't tested positive yet, but may do so in the next day or so (what is the lag from incubation until a positive test, and some players may be a secondary infection from another player, so the spread might have occurred over a few days).

I suspect they may just have wiped out the college football season. You can't isolate players from other students if student-athlete is to have any meaning, and squads are large (around 90 players, 20 staff)

MLS is holding a tournament within a bubble in Orlando, but planned on finishing up the season with matches in stadium. Two teams scratched at the beginning of the tournament, and they had to rearrange the schedule. Maybe they can hold off until September.

Fortunately the Marlins have approximately zero players of any notability on their roster so the back-up 30 will work just fine.

Now, if they infected the Phillies, a team with mild playoff aspirations and 8-10 widely known players...can they get by replacing even half of those marquee names with players that nobody has ever heard of?

What would be to happen come playoff time....glad New York (AL) and Philadelphia are playing it safe for now. I still anticipate October disaster however.

[Donald Trump’s Toupée]

We destroyed the global economy for this, which causes many more deaths and impoverished conditions than Covid could ever ‘accomplish.’ Ridiculous.