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3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

Sorry for spreading this virus but I had to do something to make this happen  

The Mugello round is scheduled for May 31st. That's the big deadline test. Misano is held in September so under no immediate threat right now.

2 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

After USA was moved earlier, Argentina being moved today means Valencia is also moved back yet another week, now to November 29th. The new schedule is on Wikipedia, for people who like a table format:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_MotoGP_season

 

About Jerez: World Superbikes has just announced their weekend there, which was supposed to be in a little over two weeks from now, has been rescheduled to October. The French round has been moved backward one week from late September to early October to avoid clashes with MotoGP and all that.

https://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/2020/Updated 2020 WorldSBK calendar for remaining rounds

At this race we'll be having MotoGP races in December tbh. In two months time we should have a better picture whether the virus has stopped spreading.

Back on topic, the FIM MotoGP rounds have been postponed, Austin to November 15th and Argentina to November 22nd.

This means the next round won't be held until May 3rd in Jerez (if that doesn't get postponed later on).

1 minute ago, dcro said:

It's hardly "mass hysteria".

 

What do you expect? That people would just shrug it off because having a new deadly virus is something that happens every other week?

What's more concerning is WHO still refusing to call it pandemics, even though plenty of experts suggest we are already way past that point.

They put the entire Italy on lockdown. If that's not mass hysteria then what is?

Compared to Spanish flu pandemic, this coronavrius outbreak is a joke. Moreover it seems to affect older people the most. They're closing schools even though children & teenagers are basically the least infected part of the population. Yeah, no mass hysteria alright

1 minute ago, dodge said:

 

I'm all ears if you actually want to provide any details...

You can listen to mass hysteria morons of this world instead. They are talking loud enough

2 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

I’m pretty sure people do want to hear about evidence when talking about things like this. If you can’t provide evidence for the “cures” you claim, you’re no better than the Iranian minister who claimed people should shove cotton balls up their asses. 
 

There’s a huge difference between fact and opinion. You’re entitled to your opinion, but you shouldn’t go around telling people it’s the facts when you yourself can’t even prove it.

People don't want to hear about anything, they just want to cancel everything and hide in their basements hoping the coronavirus goes away. Classic mass hysteria BS. I don't have to prove anything about a health issue on a sports forum Plus mass hysteria swamping the world is one for psychology which doesn't really fit the sports criteria either. We've seen pandemic disease cause panic and throw common sense out of the window before. Good thing there was no TV and internet during the Spanish flu pandemic 100 years ago  

Just now, Dunadan said:

 

Now provide a link to a study providing evidence that vaccination for measles or rubella would help in preventing an infection by this coronavirus (otherwise it's just another "fact" pulled out of your ass). And also explain why South Tyrol, the only area with a disastrously low vaccination rate, is not the most affected.

I'm entitled to a personal opinion so spare me the "evdience" talk. It's obviously mass hysteria down in Italy so nobody wants to hear about any evidence either

1 minute ago, dcro said:

 

It's not just about who would qualify. That's pretty much the smallest of all problems.

However, if African canoe slalom qualificatoin event couldn't go forward, with its whopping 10 entries and probably 0 spectators, then what hope there is for the Olympics with its 10 000 athletes and hundreds of thousands spectators?

France - just like Italy - is another country that pretended measles & rubella are no longer a dangerous disease. They paid a price for their ignorance IMO. Mass hysteria in France & Italy shouldn't be measured in the same way to a country like Japan IMO.

1 minute ago, Agger said:

 

It's absolutely not impossible, but way too early to call.

 

But in general Japan is a pretty interesting case. The growth is way lower there than other countries (though the numbers may partially be due to a low number of tests).

 

But even if Japan ends up beating it, people traveling to the Games would be a concern if it isn't eliminated more or less worldwide. 

Well, some events at WOG 2018 weren't sold out by any means, it's not like Japan would suffer from the same fate but it's still a long journey for majority of the world. You can't travel to Japan by land so if the audience is sold out let's say below 80% that would still be a good result all things considered. You're not making profit from hosting the Games itself, it's more of a publicity feature. Maybe it works in a country which is a general sporting powerhouse like USA but I bet LA could still lose money in 2028 as well.

5 minutes ago, dcro said:

There may be more money involved, sure, but then again, the Olympics would be incomparably more dangerous Coronavirus breeding ground than any of the other smaller events...

 

Let's not forget that a whole bunch of qualifying events have been postponed or even cancelled. How can there be any hope for the Olympics then...?

Every sport has some sort of official ranking. They would just use that to select the athletes/nations instead of head-to-head qualifying competition. I see no problem here.

If the virus outbreak in China decreases by numbers in March one can argue it will happen the same in Japan? And therefore in May we won't be talking about OG being postponed IMO. There's a LOT of money involved in the Games so it's much more difficult to cancel them unlike some random gymnastics or cycling events elsewhere.

Well, the ski jumping Raw Air in Norway is going on strong right now so the only way biathlon in Oslo gets cancelled is to protect JTB and Eckhoff IF they lead the World Cup after Kontiolahti

Having no spectators in the stands won't be a problem in Polish sport. This has been a way to "fight" hooliganism for years and we've played a ton of football games with empty stands before. So obviously nobody cares there will be no fans in hockey, volleyball or handball games either if that's neccessary

5 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

The Spanish flu didn't cause that many mass cancellations, correct. If it did, we might have been a lot less familiar with it nowadays since it might have caused way less damage. 

 

Cancelling events now is, sadly, simply the only sane way to go. If and how organizers of leagues determine champions now is a different matter.

Hiding your head in the sand and pretending that solves the problem isn't sane by any means. The anti-vaccination movement has done more damage than anything else to prevent learning from the past pandemic disease outbreaks. Not to mention the only thing humanity leans from history is that it doesn't learn from the history.

Italy has had one of the lowest vaccination rates in Europe before coronavirus and now it's the most affected country in Europe. Coincidence? Italy didn't believe measles or rubella are real threat anymore, well, do you think they believe COVID is a real threat now?

This outbreak will carry a lot of positives once it's contained. The anti-vaccination morons will have a hard time explaining that contagious diseases don't exist anymore so nobody needs a vaccination

14 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Yet understandable. 

Not really. You can call the standings at the cancellation point final.

Mass hysteria has more power than common sense these days. The Spanish influenza in 1918-19 didn't cause the cancellation of Indianapolis 500 or the baseball season back in USA and it was far bigger than the current coronavirus outbreak

Polish ice hockey league will probably play the semi-finals that are due to start on Saturday behind closed doors and nobody thinks about cancelling the entire season.

Biden delivered a beatdown yesterday. He won every single county in Missouri and racked up 80% in Mississippi. Not to mention winning the biggest state Michigan by over 250,000 votes! (where Sanders beat Clinton four years ago).

Sanders didn't even deliver a speech and bailed out to Vermont

28 minutes ago, RobtheAggie said:

Are the Italians racing in the last two events?

 

WINTER SPORTS

 

• The Italian Winters Sports Federation (FISI) suspended all activity across its disciplines, including skiing, snowboarding and biathlon.

No worries. This is their "work" so they fall under the special circumstances issued by the Italian government.

The French confirm this:  https://www.ski-nordique.net/la-federation-italienne-de-ski-stoppe-toutes-ses-activites.6292320-358825.html

The biathlon 'A' team is allowed to finish the season, same with women's ski jumping team, snowboard cross and of course Federica Brignone in alpine skiing

This is not unusual in ski jumping. Every now and again they change the measurement index or someone comes up with a significant technical edge. Women has seen a power shift too, Americans are basically non-existent anymore while someone like Coline Mattel was a contender for three years before ending her career at age 23 due to lack of results. Takanashi the teenager was a dominator, the adult version is a mere Top 10 regular.

16 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

Faster to the finish I meant, be that by skiing faster or shooting better  

SLOW shooting is sometimes more effective!

3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

If they deserved the podium, they should have been faster  

Not really. Avoiding a penalty loop on the last shoot would have been sufficient

Sanfilippo brngs Italy down to Earth. This will be a training ski for Wierer on the last leg

Hanna Oeberg skips the relay.

Italy unusually with Wierer on the last leg, guess if Sanfilippo & Carrara blow it up then she can take it very easy

No points for Pinturault in DH.

Matthias Mayer takes the lead. Stll 2nd place for Kilde is very good.

29 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

Cortina finals are canceled from what i'm reading. The organizers proposed starts with no spectators, but all the teams rejected the idea. BS decision. No chance for Shiffrin to make a comeback now. Can't decide if this will help Kilde or Pinturault now. If only Kilde hadn't blown the SG last week 

That was the great concern the Italians will use the coronavirus to protect Brignone's overall lead. Shiffrin is 153 pts back with three Are races, basically she'd have to win them all and count for Brignone to bomb in PSL and slalom to somehow take the lead back. Vlhova would have had a better chance if she didn't blow the Crans Montana AC.