Norwalk plan to open (2 Viewers)

[rpasley]

While I sympathize with the dilemma that BB is in, he's simply wrong about his assessment of the numbers and projections of the numbers. While the numbers look comparatively good in Ohio, that's 90 percent to the credit of Dewine and Acton, who were among the very first to see the nature of this disaster and respond to it appropriately, 5 percent to the fact that Ohio has the highest number of hospital beds per capita in the USA, and 5 percent to the fact that Ohio is primarily a rural state with significant pre-existing social distancing. Just look a hundred miles away to see the utter devastation in Michigan, which has a horrifying infection rate and death toll. But much more importantly, this disaster is not some local or regional catastrophe in which his small universe perspective, as painful and real I'm sure it is, has any relevance whatsoever. It's clearly a "natural" catastrophe (please spare us from your conspiracy theories) of global proportions, and the only way to gain any control of this is to increase, not decrease, the mitigation-thru-isolation strategies the governments around the world are employing. What BB and everyone else in the US needs to demand is testing, testing, and more testing...only then will we understand the ACTUAL infection rate and the ultimate morbidity rate, and the sooner we'll know when the overall risk drops to a range of being manageable. We are no where close to having any idea of that.
Just a quick question for those who live in a community that would be considered suburban or urban. Have you gotten a haircut in the last 4 weeks? Will you get a haircut if you do NOT definitively know that your favorite barber is NOT a carrier of the virus (either by virtue s/he having developed antibodies to it by already having been infected, or by having been tested, or because the infection rate has dropped to an 'acceptable' level)? I know I won't, and I need a haircut desperately. That's an example of why testing, testing, testing is so critical...

 

[Dennis]

Headline: Ohio man, 60, who blasted COVID-19 lockdown as 'political ploy' and said stay-at-home orders were 'b*****t' dies after contracting coronavirus. [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...itical-ploy-dies-contracting-coronavirus.html]

Oh, also complained about Gov. DeWine and described the virus as a "political ploy". Sounds familiar.

Hoping Bobby Bennett plans a follow up and doesn't just give BB a pass here, considering what he wrote earlier about the virus.

 

[TK]

^^ A sensationalistic headline that plays to the popular media agenda, but with one inconvenient caveat : "It is unclear if he had underlying health conditions which might have led to his death". So, take the article with a grain of salt.

 

[rpasley]

^^ A sensationalistic headline that plays to the popular media agenda, but with one inconvenient caveat : "It is unclear if he had underlying health conditions which might have led to his death". So, take the article with a grain of salt.

You can't fix stupid.

 

[mgty3whlr]

Are you sure?

He did as I can remember, There was and article a while back where NHRA was up his ass because he used his and not VP at the time. He may have sold it off by now but he had a $hit ton of it that he stockpiled up on. Found the article. https://www.espn.com/racing/racing/nhra/news/story?id=3345462

 

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He did as I can remember, There was and article a while back where NHRA was up his ass because he used his and not VP at the time. He may have sold it off by now but he had a $hit ton of it that he stockpiled up on. Found the article. https://www.espn.com/racing/racing/nhra/news/story?id=3345462

That was 2008. Lol

 

[mgty3whlr]

I know now looking at the article.

 

[Dragracer]

I just read Bader's latest on reopening Norwalk - NOT GOING TO OPEN. The reasons he gave are total B.S.. Somebody got him by the neck and explained to him what was really going happen,, not how Bill Bader wants it to happen. It wouldn't surprise me if it wasn't the idiots in Glendora (NHRA) but If I was a betting man I would say it was both them and the State. If he reopened his drag strip against what the State says he would be putting drag racing in a bad spotlight right at the time NHRA doesn't want to look like it isn't following the Government guidelines. BYE BYE BADER

 

[FABMAN]

I doubt that it will hurt Bader/Norwalk. He has a very wide circle of support, both from the racing community and the local government that loves the money his track brings in. If anybody could pull off this move, it's him. The potential problem is when other tracks that aren't in as favorable of a position follow his lead. I want to see the tracks open as much as anybody and I certainly don't want to see any go under, but bold moves of defiance usually do more harm than good. Hopefully, we can start easing the restrictions soon and it will be a non-issue.

They need instant testing it's been talked about for months with finger priks like they do with diabetes. Testing is the biggest problem and it needs to be top priority it would solve a lot of issues like people getting to sports venues like Drag Racing ,NFL and so on.

 

[Huge]

I just read Bader's latest on reopening Norwalk - NOT GOING TO OPEN. The reasons he gave are total B.S.. Somebody got him by the neck and explained to him what was really going happen,, not how Bill Bader wants it to happen. It wouldn't surprise me if it wasn't the idiots in Glendora (NHRA) but If I was a betting man I would say it was both them and the State. If he reopened his drag strip against what the State says he would be putting drag racing in a bad spotlight right at the time NHRA doesn't want to look like it isn't following the Government guidelines. BYE BYE BADER

Link?

 

[mick]

there are more people with this virus and don't even know it. testing is not the answer. you would need 100's of thousands of test kits. anyone been reading about the USC and Stanford studies
in CA? both studies revealed high percentages carry the cv-19 antibody. it was a simple blood test. in fact, there is now some opinion that the lockdown method we've all been under really hasn't
stopped the spread of the virus. other countries, such as sweden, have proven via no lockdowns, that their spread is no worse than countries that are locked down. sweden is within 2-3 of
herd immunity. at some point we have to start asking ourselves what is really going on, and are our methods worthy of continuing? this is our gov't., who produces nothing, that has effectively stopped the greatest economy on earth. this virus is real, but at some point we have to stop running around scared. the decisions made in march were mostly all correct, but now lets start coming back. IMO there are some in gov't. that would leave this country dead all year if they could.......let me add to comment, 'testing is not the answer'.....i think testing is important for specific people, mainly front line health workers,
but i don't think the answer to this virus is to test everyone. it's just not going to happen.

 

[Sean D, shondoo]

there are more people with this virus and don't even know it. testing is not the answer. you would need 100's of thousands of test kits. anyone been reading about the USC and Stanford studies
in CA? both studies revealed high percentages carry the cv-19 antibody. it was a simple blood test. in fact, there is now some opinion that the lockdown method we've all been under really hasn't
stopped the spread of the virus. other countries, such as sweden, have proven via no lockdowns, that their spread is no worse than countries that are locked down. sweden is within 2-3 of
herd immunity. at some point we have to start asking ourselves what is really going on, and are our methods worthy of continuing? this is our gov't., who produces nothing, that has effectively stopped the greatest economy on earth. this virus is real, but at some point we have to stop running around scared. the decisions made in march were mostly all correct, but now lets start coming back. IMO there are some in gov't. that would leave this country dead all year if they could.......let me add to comment, 'testing is not the answer'.....i think testing is important for specific people, mainly front line health workers,
but i don't think the answer to this virus is to test everyone. it's just not going to happen.

This is pretty much where I'm at with all of this, Mike, with special emphasis on what I highlighted. The ROI the citizens of this country get with the investment we make in them in the form of taxes is embarrassingly low and would sink any other company inside of a year.

Sean D

 

[Dragracer]

Link?

Competition Plus yesterday.

 

[Cliff]

We've never had this virus before, even tho it's similar to others. A lot of what's going on is just trying to find out what works & what doesn't.

 

[SundayNiagara]

The word I get is Bader has backed off.

 

[Huge]

Competition Plus yesterday.

Thanks Terry. I will go read it.

 

[Leebone]

I doubt that you will see the race car drivers signing autographs at the ropes.

 

[Jimbo]

They need instant testing it's been talked about for months with finger priks like they do with diabetes. Testing is the biggest problem and it needs to be top priority it would solve a lot of issues like people getting to sports venues like Drag Racing ,NFL and so on.

I wonder if someday everyone might have to prove that you were tested just to get into any type of sporting event.
Just something showing the date you were tested and the results of the test. I know it sounds crazy but everyone is paranoid over people being a carrier for 10 day's before they show any signs of the virus.

Just a though because the day's of just asking you if you have had any signs of the virus might also be a think of the past even when applying for a job kind of like taking a drug test.

Jim Hill

 

[Cliff]

There was a movie called Contagion, that came out in 2011. People have remarked at how much it parallels the corona virus. In the movie, people who get vaccinated & are free of the virus are given a green wrist band w/ a bar code on it. Thought hit me what would keep someone from stealing yer wrist band, etc. Well. anyhoo, would not be surprised if someone comes up with an idea like that.

 

[BaldyLochs]

I doubt that you will see the race car drivers signing autographs at the ropes.

Oh, I think you’re absolutely correct. Maybe they will sit in a plexiglass booth and pass hero cards through a little slot. LOL