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promotion plaice
March 13, 2020, 11:44am

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Quoted from oochiad
They have to close the schools, it’s the only way to slow it down.

Right or wrong but the Government's slant on this at the moment is that a lot of children would then have to be looked after by their grandparents which would put the grandparents at more risk.


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March 13, 2020, 11:49am

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Good decision. Schools next.


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Said on the BBC new this morning that If/when schools shut, then this could be for up to 4 months. To cover the expected peak (and presumably the reduction in cases).

I cannot see matches being rescheduled then, even with the best of intentions now.  If they were played in the summer then this would impact on next season.

Just write-off this season and relegate Stevenage.  Put them out of the heir misery.

Leeds have waited 16 years to get back into the Prem.  another year (at least) won’t make any difference! 😁😁
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March 13, 2020, 11:53am
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Quoted from Chazzer
I've never seen this happen, even with the SARS virus back in 2002 and the Foot n Mouth outbreaks. This is radical. The schools will have to close also.


You may never have seen it but it happened during the war. Football was suspended from about 1940 to the 45/46 season I think (I could be wrong about the dates).



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Rather than try to shut it down completely then have recurrences, they plan to stretch it out so that the peak of cases come in the summer months when there will be less flu and so forth to cope with at the same time:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51865915

Might also give them more of a chance to obtain more oxygen gear for those most adversely affected.

Seems a bit of a gamble to me and I'm not sure it is one which will work, unless they discover that one of the pre-existing retroviral drugs can help.

With the Easter holidays just a couple of weeks away, it would surely make more sense to shut the schools down now and effectively have 4 weeks off/in isolation? Try and stop it dead now then deal with any other outbreaks in the same way as countries such as Singapore/Hong Kong/Taiwan.

Ultimately, we're going to be living under a cloud for many months yet.
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Quoted from dicko995
It says "all ELITE football matches postponed"... so I guess Scunthorpe game still on



A low blow, but funny  


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Can't say that I see any chance of the season finishing, incidentally.

I'm sure the wrangling about promotion/relegation will begin very soon.
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If the season is curtailed will we get a refund from the BBC as they will save over a million quid from Linneker and Shearer's wages. Methinks they will still get paid    
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Sensible option really, ignorance and arrogance has got the UK in this mess, and now we're playing catch up!...... very unlikely that the season will be restarted before June. Do we just refinish the season off in July/ August, have a month off, and begin a new season in October, with Saturday and midweek games to catch up, and abandon all these other mickey mouse cup games?
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Quoted from promotion plaice

Right or wrong but the Government's slant on this at the moment is that a lot of children would then have to be looked after by their grandparents which would put the grandparents at more risk.



The Easter hols are due to start in early April so I’d guess they would try to get as close to that as they can. Like you say, somebody has to look after the kids.


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