There is a “Covid-19” thread on the “OT Board” of this website which might be a better place for the free exchange of ideas on this particular topic.

He could still have some eligibility and collect social security at the same time.

UConn sending mixed messages about whether or not there will even be fall sports:
https://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-huskies/hc-sp-uconn-fall-sports-katsouleas-20200422-20200421-3q2eyjtf3vfuzaxxu2qyxnclre-story.html

Some background on the Hot Mic story:
https://www.mediaite.com/news/white-house-hot-mic-catches-someone-joking-with-foxs-john-roberts-weve-all-been-vaccinated-around-here/

Agreed. As I said we can go on forever about how the numbers are derived and testing is a big issue in all of this. My intent was only to point out that the numbers being tossed around now don’t come up with a rate in the .002 range. IF we could test everybody and IF the tests were reliable the rate would probably drop. We can all hope so.

And we can all hope for broader and accurate testing, effective treatments, and a vaccine so that we can get back to the important things in life like getting together and cheering for the Ags.

The most recent information I could find regarding Contra Costa County is that there have been 20 deaths out of 693 reported cases. That is from the Mercury News website published yesterday and updated within the last hour.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/04/19/coronavirus-contra-costa-county-reports-seven-new-cases-one-death/

Dividing 20 by 693 results in a per capita rate of 0.02886.

The commonly cited 'death per reported case' rates for Covid-19 on a large scale are somewhere in the 3.0% to 4.0% range with the most typical number I have seen as 3.4%.

“Globally, about 3.4% of reported COVID-19 cases have died. By comparison, seasonal flu generally kills far fewer than 1% of those infected.” [Empahsis in the original.]
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-death-rate/

That number is per cent, or per 100, as opposed to the per capita, or per individual figure I calculated above for Contra Costa County. To convert THAT figure to percentage, you multiply it by 100, (or move the decimal point two places to the right as we learned, oh, so long ago,) resulting in a percentage for Contra Costa County of 2.886%.

So, not as bad as the generally quoted figure for Covid-19 worldwide, but certainly much higher than "the less than 1%" accepted rate for the flu.

Now THAT is using the numbers provided. We could use up all of this website’s storage pointing out problems with arriving at the numbers…poor reporting, poorly defined standards on just what constitutes actually being infected with the virus, failure to report due to mistake, failure to report due to intentional concealment, poorly defined standards on just what constitutes the cause of death, lack of testing, sample size, …. the list goes on.

[And I have NO experience in medicine, epidemiology, etc., and when I took statistics back in the early 70s to complete a breadth requirement we did all of our calculations with pencil and paper.]

Somewhere here there is a joke about SJSU filling their stadium, but still being able to maintain proper social distance....but it would be wrong to say it...so I won't.

I'm with Dr. Mike on this (for what my opinion may be worth.) In the first place this is a fan site for Aggie fans. As I noted earlier, 'a good rule of thumb is don't talk religion or politics.'

I think discussion of the pandemic would be better held on a dedicated thread (or threads?) in the OT Board area:

1. We can usually talk about our common interest, the Aggies, without bristling feathers over views that cross the line into politics, etc.

2. If people want to talk about the pandemic, it is hard to do that here as there are threads in probably each of the sports sub-categories that have dipped into that. Better to put them all in one place. I would think the "OT Board" is a good place for that.

This pandemic will probably be the major event of most of our lives...as our parents or grandparents had WWII. I don't want to down play it, and I think it is appropriate it...but an OT Board is a better place than a football, basketball, baseball or Other Sport sub-board.

Having said that, wash your hands.

I'm just taking a shot here, but we know that events like Picnic Day are planned long in advance. Even moving it a few weeks takes a lot of planning. If we look back 3,4,5 weeks ago, who ever thought we'd be where we are today? Say the school moves it 5 weeks, and then 3 or 4 weeks from now things haven't changed, or are worse, so they are faced with moving it again. And, with the current state of affairs, who is around over the next couple of weeks to do all the "stuff" that has to be done to make the move?

Sometimes you just bite the bullet.

Again, just my two cents (which according to my banker is now only one cent.)

The Bee story on Picnic Day closure:
https://www.sacbee.com/news/coronavirus/article241203121.html

This is a good time to remember the old adage, "don't discuss politics or religion."

I thought we'd be down a bit this year, but she did the job! Let's keep it our little secret.

Being the clumsy oaf that I am I have never figured out gymnastics, but I have admired it from a safe distance. While there is truly a lot of athleticism involved it is always a little hard to follow sports that rely on judgements rather than speed, distance, goals scored....(gymnastics, figure skating, diving, synchronized swimming....)

Having that as a background, I always wonder how gymnasts can compete for an hour or so, and in the end the winner is decided by something like .650 points. Then again in the Winter Olympic sledding events the participants race down a groove of ice several times and in the end the difference between a gold medal and no medal may be a couple of nano-seconds.

With that, Happy Daylight Savings Time! I lose an hour and I waste my time on thoughts like this.

Aggies defeated Sac in gymnastics tonight, winning every event, in route to a final score of 194.875 to 194.225. Running score is now 35-17.5. Next event is beach volleyball at a meet in San Jose on March 21st.

One of those days for the Aggie women. Golf finished 5th in their own tournament with 918 storkes while Sac finished 2nd with 897. Ags had a terrible second round, but to be fair Sac beat Davis in each of the three rounds. In softball Sac won 4-1. Running score is now UCD 32.5, CSUS 17.5. Next event is gymnastics this Saturday evening.

GO AGS!

Aggie women golfers are in fourth with 619 strokes after 36 holes in the first day of their own Gunrock Classic at Del Paso Country Club in Sacramento. Sac is in second with a score of 609. Windy weather was a factor as the Ag were the leaders after the first round, but struggled in the second. Action concludes with 18 holes tomorrow.

Also tomorrow the women host Sac in the home leg of this year’s softball competition.

Go Ags!

Got it, hope it didn't look like I was detracting from your point. Good to see that the Spartans respect the Ags. My point was that SJSU is an up and down team, as well as "on any given Saturday..."

Would love to see Davis beat them this fall, and point out to SC fans, (and detractors,) that the Trojans just paid alot for what looks like weaker competition, all for the sake of a label....then again things like pre-season previews are all just "what looks like."

(I bet last year both Arkansas and Army had their San Jose State game in the guaranteed column.)

Sac defeated the Aggies, 4-3, in a softball game at Sacramento today. Running score is now UCD 32.5, Sac 12.5. Next event is women's golf at the Gunrock Invitational to be played this coming Monday and Tuesday, March 2-3, at Del Paso CC in Sacramento. That will be the first of two women's golf meetings this season.

The return match of the home and away softball competition will be Tueday, March 3rd, in Davis.

The return match of the home and away gymnastics competition will be Friday, March 7th, in Sacramento.

7.5 points up for grabs next week.

Go Ags!

SJSU is an up and down team from year to year. Big road wins over Arkansas and Army last year were high points for the program, and they were competitive in their conference games. An Aggie win over the Spartans would be a real nice touch in any year, but it would be nice to beat them this coming year and then send a thank you note to the folks in Troy. And wouldn't the folks in Westwood and South Bend throw a couple of jabs at SC?

Go Ags!