Travel Baseball and Pandemic

[GeoDawg]

I have a 13 year old that has been playing travel baseball since he was 7. He loves it.

Apparently one of the Tournament Associations is considering restarting around Mother's Day. My son's Travel ball coach sent out a question to the parents asking how comfortable we would be starting back up then. So far only a couple of parents have responded but both thought it would be to soon. I haven't responded but would be very concerned about starting back then and have a lot of questions that I would need answered before I would be comfortable playing.

If it were you, what would be your thoughts?

[msstate7]

TBD. Mother's Day is over 20 days away, and a lot can change in that long, good or bad

[Cooterpoot]

Going to be hard to do travel ball this summer. I wouldn't expect it. You just can't have people from all over in one place like that. If summer school isn't happening, travel ball really shouldn't either. But, we'll see. Cases are going to increase a lot when things start opening up.

[Todd4State]

The way I look at it you have a 99% chance of surviving if you get it. If you like those odds and are under 65 and don't have a ton of health issues I wouldn't worry too much about it.

[Todd4State]

But I agree that they probably won't play travel baseball. Depends on what phase the state is in too.

[gtowndawg]

The way I look at it you have a 99% chance of surviving if you get it. If you like those odds and are under 65 and don't have a ton of health issues I wouldn't worry too much about it.

Right there with you...

[confucius say]

Going to be hard to do travel ball this summer. I wouldn't expect it. You just can't have people from all over in one place like that. If summer school isn't happening, travel ball really shouldn't either. But, we'll see. Cases are going to increase a lot when things start opening up.

What do you make of the imhe model, and similar models, that are saying deaths in MS end in mid to late May and stay at zero moving forward? I'm guessing those models account for us opening back up by at least late May.

[Lord McBuckethead]

TBD. Mother's Day is over 20 days away, and a lot can change in that long, good or bad

No. Nothing is going to change in 20 days. Yes the overall numbers may go down, but they also have a very good chance of going up if people stop self isolating.

Jesus, is there an issue with people understanding basic science. This pandemic is not going to end until there is a vaccine or we have herd immunization through over 95% of our population having the virus and surviving it. The only thing that is going to change over the next 20 days is the calendar.

I mean this is a very basic concept. It's not that hard people. Unless you absolutely have to go out and be around people, you should do your duty and stay home and away from other people.

Also note, there have been very serious conversations that student will not be returning to school in August. Anyone saying any different just refuses to see the situation that the entire world is in.

Hell, i hope the have a vaccine by the end of the year, but history clearly states that vaccine timelines are measured in years, not in months.

[Lord McBuckethead]

The way I look at it you have a 99% chance of surviving if you get it. If you like those odds and are under 65 and don't have a ton of health issues I wouldn't worry too much about it.

Right there with you...

What do you make of the imhe model, and similar models, that are saying deaths in MS end in mid to late May and stay at zero moving forward? I'm guessing those models account for us opening back up by at least late May.

Yep, you may have a 99% chance of surviving it, but the random old guy or you parents you meet up with may not. I would have to see the models you mentioned prior to commenting on it. I do know this, if people return to normal in Mississippi, the numbers will go up and deaths.

[confucius say]

Yep, you may have a 99% chance of surviving it, but the random old guy or you parents you meet up with may not. I would have to see the models you mentioned prior to commenting on it. I do know this, if people return to normal in Mississippi, the numbers will go up and deaths.

Here you go. You can select any state or select the entire country. It has the cases and deaths going away by June.

https://covid19.healthdata.org/unite...ca/mississippi

[msstate7]

No. Nothing is going to change in 20 days. Yes the overall numbers may go down, but they also have a very good chance of going up if people stop self isolating.

Jesus, is there an issue with people understanding basic science. This pandemic is not going to end until there is a vaccine or we have herd immunization through over 95% of our population having the virus and surviving it. The only thing that is going to change over the next 20 days is the calendar.

I mean this is a very basic concept. It's not that hard people. Unless you absolutely have to go out and be around people, you should do your duty and stay home and away from other people.

Also note, there have been very serious conversations that student will not be returning to school in August. Anyone saying any different just refuses to see the situation that the entire world is in.

Hell, i hope the have a vaccine by the end of the year, but history clearly states that vaccine timelines are measured in years, not in months.

So you think we should just lock down for 2 years or so? Here's the projection for Mother's Day BTW for the whole country



https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america

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Looks like the experts (not as informed as you obviously) expect some pretty big changes in 20 days

[Todd4State]

Yep, you may have a 99% chance of surviving it, but the random old guy or you parents you meet up with may not. I would have to see the models you mentioned prior to commenting on it. I do know this, if people return to normal in Mississippi, the numbers will go up and deaths.

That's why I wrote the part about over 65 with multiple health issues.

[Leeshouldveflanked]

No. Nothing is going to change in 20 days. Yes the overall numbers may go down, but they also have a very good chance of going up if people stop self isolating.

Jesus, is there an issue with people understanding basic science. This pandemic is not going to end until there is a vaccine or we have herd immunization through over 95% of our population having the virus and surviving it. The only thing that is going to change over the next 20 days is the calendar.

I mean this is a very basic concept. It's not that hard people. Unless you absolutely have to go out and be around people, you should do your duty and stay home and away from other people.

Also note, there have been very serious conversations that student will not be returning to school in August. Anyone saying any different just refuses to see the situation that the entire world is in.

Hell, i hope the have a vaccine by the end of the year, but history clearly states that vaccine timelines are measured in years, not in months.

Well in that case, lets shut it down. Furlough all non essential Federal, State and local employees until we get a vaccine. Close all schools, universities, parks, beaches, courthouses, agencies etc... if they are not directly protecting our safety(military, police, fire, sanitation, healthcare) send them home and let them file for unemployment....a lot of opinions would change.

[Ezsoil]

Yep, you may have a 99% chance of surviving it, but the random old guy or you parents you meet up with may not. I would have to see the models you mentioned prior to commenting on it. I do know this, if people return to normal in Mississippi, the numbers will go up and deaths.

Welp that's it .....we should never leave our houses ever....that way we won't ever get this virus or any other transmitted disease... we won't have traffic fatalities, life will be perfect without any needless loss of life...

[AmiteDog]

Yep, you may have a 99% chance of surviving it, but the random old guy or you parents you meet up with may not. I would have to see the models you mentioned prior to commenting on it. I do know this, if people return to normal in Mississippi, the numbers will go up and deaths.

Stop being so dramatic. This flu is almost gone

[Ari Gold]

Prob best not to play.
Not because of the virus but because these “coaches “ and dads ...
Prob why there are so many TJ surgeries.. look for further than travel ball..
10-11 year olds that play almost as many games as minor league teams..

[Todd4State]

Prob best not to play.
Not because of the virus but because these “coaches “ and dads ...
Prob why there are so many TJ surgeries.. look for further than travel ball..
10-11 year olds that play almost as many games as minor league teams..

That's another epidemic.

[Irondawg]

There just isn’t going to be enough consensus which is going to make it hard even if it proves to not be heat tolerant.

Same thing with soccer. They want to try and restart May 15 but will be curious if enough people are willing to play

[Todd4State]

There just isn’t going to be enough consensus which is going to make it hard even if it proves to not be heat tolerant.

Same thing with soccer. They want to try and restart May 15 but will be curious if enough people are willing to play

What would be interesting to me for all these sports is if the parents would be Ok with their kids playing without them present. That would probably be a good thing on many levels.

[HoopsDawg]

What would be interesting to me for all these sports is if the parents would be Ok with their kids playing without them present. That would probably be a good thing on many levels.

are the kids going to quarantine together in a hotel? B/c eventually they will have to come home.