Larry Munson Governor Kemp has a message for you
Wear a mask or risk no college football this year.
That’s the message Gov. Brian Kemp, a die-hard Georgia fan, delivered Wednesday as he launched a statewide “Wear A Mask” tour.
“If people, especially our young people, don’t start wearing a mask when they’re going out in public and our numbers keep rising, that’s going to be a tall task,” he said of the prospect of a college football season.
“But if we all hunker down right now, and dig in the next two or three weeks, we can get this turned in the right direction.”
Maybe he should get Kirby to cut a PSA about how the pandemic has affected recruiting to really drive home the message.
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It’s definitely a hokey message but if there’s one way to cut through the polarizing crap having to do with masks, it’s to do it with football overtones.
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I talked with the owner of about 16 hotels from Lexington to Chattanooga on Monday.
He said he was informed Tennessee football games would be held without fans this season in a meeting with the local government officials. Apparently University of Tennessee reduced their athletic budget revenue projections by $10.5 million this year in anticipation.
I don’t know how correct this info is, but he’s an apolitical guy and not interested in the least about sports other than traveling fans renting his rooms.
If sports are to proceed without fans, wearing a mask isn’t really gonna make much difference in whether they are played or not.
I think we’ll be pretty much watching on television this year, and given the amount of revenue from television, they probably don’t actually need in-person attendance in the SEC. I’m sure the local economies of college towns will suffer as a result, but it really doesn’t matter to the schools.
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I’d say that’s the most likely bet though. Germany has manged this far better than many parts of the US, and their stadiums for pro soccer average under 30,000 — but they aren’t letting fans in the games even now.
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“If sports are to proceed without fans, wearing a mask isn’t really gonna make much difference in whether they are played or not.”
Not necessarily. The more broadly the virus spreads among the population as a whole — and most especially among college campus populations — the more likely there will be outbreaks either within our team or within teams we play (which jeopardize infecting our team). We really need everyone — especially young people — to start wearing masks or else the season will either be cut short, or we’ll see the outcome of games decided by who can field a complete roster sans-covid.
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Love the name!
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I pity the fool who doesn’t.
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Just my opinion but I think wearing masks or not has an impact on college football.
Virus transmitting wider due to not wearing masks can get players infected and thus not available to play in games.
How much would it suck to have to start Stetson Bennett or Mathis against Florida because Newman got the virus a week before (no offense to either of them, both DGD).
I know, I know, they could get it anyway but I think the chances go up if people arent wearing masks.
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Sorry BA, didnt see your post before doing my own (saying basically the same thing you did).
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Do a mask campaign with Uga.
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It’s going to be hard for UGA to keep the mask up over what little nose he has.
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Sadly a Kirby warning about football and masks would make a difference as strange as that may be. Wear a mask or no football for you.
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It’s about like that. Talking to these anti-maskers is akin to trying to communicate to a 2nd Grader.
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A second grader who didn’t get their nap and is 2 hours late for dinner.
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July 1? July 1? Thanks, Guv. Why not March 1 or April 1 or May 1? What do you know now that you did not know then? The CDC, based in ATLANTA has been saying since mid February that the virus can be spread by asymptomatic persons.
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Actually they said it can be widely spread by asymptomatic persons, then they said that its far less likely for asymptomatic persons to spread it. They also initially said masks were ineffective, then told everyone to wear one. They also said initially that it mostly spread through surface contact, then they said that it didn’t. So apparently even the CDC in ATLANTA doesn’t know everything either.
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that happens when a brand new virus enters the scene that nobody knows anything about. The CDC is still the leading authority on… well disease control. Takes time to learn things.
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Can we at least agree that this is a good initiative and it’s coming from a good place and we are totally seeking the same ends?
Can this maybe be the one thing we all agree upon? Maybe? Just this once? I offer my full approval.
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“Can we at least agree that this is a good initiative and it’s coming from a good place and we are totally seeking the same ends?” Yes, I agree.
At the same time, people have gotten ill because Kemp dithered and delayed Clearly, masks slow the spread of the virus. Why not point out that this should have been done sooner? Isn’t that what leaders are supposed to do – lead? I do not expect perfect decision making from the Governor, but I would honestly like to hear his explanation for waiting until now to urge Georgians to wear masks.
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I appreciate your sentiment. But let’s solve the problem first. In my experience, it’s much easier to talk about a solution first, and reach a consensus, and save the conversation of who was to blame until after the problem has been solved. That approach works with me and my wife in our household, why not apply the same principle to the nation writ large. People are much more likely to go along with a solution is they are not required as part and parcel to admit how much they screwed up before. Give people an opportunity to save face. Know-what-I-mean, Vern? 🙂
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Exactly ! Let’s solve it then worry about finger pointing.
I take that back…. solve it, work out a policy/procedure/game plan for the next one (which is no doubt coming) before it hits. THEN you can worry about who did or didnt do what.
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Perhaps the best approach is to find a solution and later on discus how to prevent similar problems from occurring again. Blaming and finger pointing are often counterproductive outside of of legal proceedings.
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What’s done is done – let’s get together and move forward. Looking in the rear view mirror mirror does nothing but start people arguing.
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It’s the old adage about planting a tree. The best time to do it is 20 years ago. The second best time is today.
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I planted a tangerine tree a few months ago. Hurry up tree!
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“But if we all hunker down right now, and dig in the next two or three weeks, we can get this turned in the right direction.”
That sounds oddly familiar.
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“We just got to work at getting butter and butter with this here pandemic.”
“Pandemic ain’t played nobody, Pawwwwwwll!”
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“Again, you guys, hunker down!”
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“This is ungodly….”
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You really should have titled this, “Do it for the kids, part 700”.
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I think a big assumption is that a vaccine or cure will be developed shortly. While everyone is hopeful that is not certain. My fear is that by continuing to flatten the curve we extend the tails indefinitely.
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…and even if a vaccine is found, given recent events (medical grade masks, tests, etc), distribution is going to be slow going.
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DYK: neither the US nor the UK has ever approved a vaccine for any coronavirus.
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I don’t about Kemp but if Kirby says “do it” I am all in!
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“Fellow dumbasses, heed my words!”
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I’ve heard and read so many things about the wearing of masks. Since I don’t have an N95 mask, I believe that wearing one does little to nothing for me. However, I wear one every time I go to a public place as I see it as, if nothing else, a show of respect for those I encounter. Call it common courtesy, politeness, or whatever, it just seems the correct thing to do and involves no effort on my part.
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It has a small impact-wearing a cloth mask. Handwashing, hygiene, and distance are hugely important. Wearing a bandana in running around screaming and rioting and touching your face and sweating is really bad. Wearing a decent clean cloth mask to go in in-and-out of the grocery store while maintaining good hand washing and distancing and hygiene Can add effectiveness.
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Cloth masks aren’t about protecting you. They are there to prevent you from spreading germs to others. They don’t prevent it from passing through, but it does reduce the distance that you can project the germs. That’s why it’s so important that everyone wear one, along with proper social distancing.
https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/06/417906/still-confused-about-masks-heres-science-behind-how-face-masks-prevent
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I had a different thought this week. I have long long believed that the virus is much much more spread since January than we possibly know. My thoughts on that have not changed. And I’m almost wondering if this virus in July is just about to rage through the entire population and burnout. Our cases here have shut up dramatically in it’s directly tied to tourism and opening of bars. No doubt about that.
I think the virus is gonna do what it does, The horse is out of the barn , there’s probably tens of millions of more cases that will never know about that are never tested. And I’m not pushing this as a solution, I just think it’s happening anyway. And it may result as a solution
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You had better look at the most recent census to determine just how much of the population has been infected (I use a plus 20% on top of published figures to get a possible accurate count) abd you may be shocked to see we are well below 10% of the population of the US and that’s not counting what has been added over the last 10 yrs.
The infection rate is above 10% of those tested presently. We have not finished the first wave in the US and the uptick in other countries represents the beginning of their second wave. And the experts believe we will probably have 4 waves before a suitable vaccine is made for the entire world’s population. Does this sound like we will arrive at herd immunity before 1 M deaths can occur? Right, we may. If this is acceptable for both you and yours then you don’t believe this is a unique virus and is unlike the flu. What does it take in pertinent facts for all of us to understand that this highly infectious and deadly virus is having it’s way in the US and we have yet to get a handle on it. Fauci says he doesn’t want to guess the toll in lives and that means to me that, acknowledged as the person with the highest expertise in this field, he knows it will frighten the shit out of the population and a growing panic can set in.
Those facts and extrapolation of facts should get every manjack here busy becoming part of the solution alongside those health professionals that have gotten us here to this point. Get with the lowest elected representative in your sphere and work upwards until public health and politicals organize with your help to work and sweat until enough testing can get done such that experts can isolate this virus in your region until it dies. I am a firm believer that we can’t dawdle any longer asking questions that we should help to get answered.
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In other words, the chances of a cfb season are rapidly diminishing.
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Oh, I think we’ll have a season. It will just be 3-4 games total, spread out over three months as they start/stop/reschedule/repeat. But there’s no way we’ll see anything close to a normal season.
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I think what you’re saying is that this is going to be the year Georgia wins the natty.
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Oh, make no mistake, but in the Sanford Autonomous Independent Zone (managed by the World Health Organization), i.e. SAIZ WHO, we will play!
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Does football start when 325 million test positive? I have a feeling that wouldn’t be enough, but I get that nobody wants to be a sponsor of risk.
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For What it’s Worth:
The positive note of no college football would be the downfall of ESPN ( Beth Mowens/Jesse Palmer ) Pauuuulll, and 1,000’s of sport scribes that really would be better advertising “My Pillow” commercials.
I can’t find any reason to watch Bama play Kentucky in softball. The lure of all games I wish to remember are on YouTube. As for soccer I guess many of you are fans but I’d rather watch fresh paint dry. Let the NBA colonize in Florida. Minor League baseball is shut down. The owners and players won’t agree to have a season which is probably a great thing since the states that are livid with COVID has I think 12-14 MLB teams within.
I read the CDC instructions on having kindergarten, elementary, middle and high school in the fall and it’s a nightmare that could never be completed.
I don’t think that they will have fans if they play a segmented CF season. Athens had 143 test positive after the bars were open last weekend. The logistics of pulling off any facsimile of regular college attendance alone would be the equivalent of having class on Mars.
I hate we won’t have the season but as much I feel badly for the education and life experiences that they deserve.
At UGA there is around 2,400 scholarship athletes where as the total student body is over 40,000.
In high school however there is over 55% of student that are participants in some sort of athletics. I really feel for the kids and the experiences and education they will miss out on.
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