(07-10-2020, 05:59 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: Roughly 80% of cases of bronchitis are due to a virus. If you’ve been dealing with bronchitis since you were a kid I would suspect an underlying condition such as mild, intermittent asthma that develops into an asthmatic bronchitis when you get sick with a cold.

(07-10-2020, 05:59 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: Roughly 80% of cases of bronchitis are due to a virus. If you’ve been dealing with bronchitis since you were a kid I would suspect an underlying condition such as mild, intermittent asthma that develops into an asthmatic bronchitis when you get sick with a cold.

(07-10-2020, 08:50 PM)Murdock2420 Wrote: With the Big 10 cancelling all non-conference games for their fall sports, they are just one step closer to calling the season off entirely. As the cases continue to spike and the knowledge that this virus thrives in the cold, I doubt we see any sort of fall or winter sports this year unless they find a vaccine.

(07-10-2020, 05:40 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: The fam and i went to Disney the week of Christmas this past December and the minute we landed back home, i started feeling what i thought was some bronchitis coming on; raw throat, tightness in my chest, etc. I don't usually go to the doctor for that but for some reason i decided i wasn't going to let this linger, so i went. At the time, she said i had "some sort of virus" and i thought 'what a quack, i've been dealing with bronchitis since i was a kid' (whenever there's a rapid temp change). Shortly after that, my wife and some co-workers got sick as well. 

Then, my wife saw something on TV about how they think it may have started spreading in Florida in January, if not earlier. 

That's the one and only time i've ever gone to the doctor with my sinus/respiratory issues and had someone say i had "some sort of virus". 



I've been reading several of these threads and been meaning to share this story...that's why it looks kind of out of place here. :)

(07-10-2020, 08:56 PM)SladeX Wrote: So what do you make of
A) the varied effects of this virus
B) the possible long term damage some are experiencing 

I don't know much about SARS type illnesses, is this typical of them? I just don't ever remember an illness quite like this.

Is it possible that it's mutating quickly?

(07-10-2020, 11:11 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Who remembers when the Reds had the best record in baseball but did not make the playoffs because of crazy "strike year rules".

I don't think anything that dramatic will happen to the Bengals, but I could see something like Burrow being on pace to break rookie passing records when the season gets cancelled.

(07-11-2020, 10:13 AM)magikod Wrote: I will be so depressed if no football this year.

What else do I have to look forward to now that I stopped drinking! LOL

(07-11-2020, 10:13 AM)magikod Wrote: I will be so depressed if no football this year.

What else do I have to look forward to now that I stopped drinking! LOL

(06-14-2020, 12:21 AM)samhain Wrote: I feel pretty strongly that there will be a NFL season.  Fans?  Not so much.  Also think that if they start with or without fans, that's the way it stays beyond a major spike in the pandemic.  Major competitive disadvantage to have fans in stands for part of the year, then none later depending on a team's home/away scheduling.

I'd bet a paycheck that there will be football.  The only thing that scares me is the number of cases being reported at voluntary college camps.  I'm sure those guys will be alright, but seeing cases spread has to have the powers that be looking into restrictive quarantines when facilities open.  Injuries are bad enough in a sport like football.  Having guys quarantine for 2-3 weeks could gut a team's roster.

(07-11-2020, 05:32 PM)fortyyearfan Wrote: This has been the longest off season in history and very very boring.I am so sick of hearing about this stinking virus. We need football and fans in the stands.Lets go.Everyone just worries too much. Start traning camp and lets from there. So tired of hearing all the crap.I have been stuck at home for 4 months. Go to store,get gas and come home.Insane for sure.

(07-11-2020, 05:40 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: For those who have no worries about the virus and say time to live again with caution, Disney opened today in Orlando in spite of huge spikes in cases. Then, pi have fast food restaurants that stayed open and have minor issues of their employees getting the virus do to saftey precaution taken (npt testing) with washing hands, gloves, temp. checks and then added masks months later.

(07-10-2020, 11:08 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Eh, think that is a bit different than the NFL who makes billions every year...

Don't be such a downer Murdock, damn.

There are ways around this overblown virus. It is not a hoax, but the deaths are going down and it hardly affects younger people.

Lets worry about the older people and give them some football to watch at home huh?

(07-11-2020, 11:06 PM)J24 Wrote: If the season doesn't start or they can't do a full season; what do you guys think of a tournament in the Spring time similar to a world cup. You can play it in Canton and have that bubble that the MLS, NHL, and NBA have.
3 group games and 16 team playoff to determine Championship. To determine draft order 16 teams that didn't make the playoffs play for #1 Draft pick.

(07-11-2020, 05:42 PM)treee Wrote: I am noticing other sports leagues in other countries that don't have as bad of community spread as the US does are starting to play contact sports again.