No vaccine=no crowds?

[derfblade.3]

How is it possible to have crowds at football, rugby racing or whatever if a vaccine isn't found? Social distancing can only go so far. Could this spread into years rarther than months and if so what will become of the beautiful game?

 

[Dkc]

Haven't we already got a thread on this?

 

[TJ blade]

How is it possible to have crowds at football, rugby racing or whatever if a vaccine isn't found? Social distancing can only go so far. Could this spread into years rarther than months and if so what will become of the beautiful game?

It will become dead!! No crowds no football end of.

 

[Cheesebored]

Bob Marley's original, shelved lyrics.

 

[TAMUS]

Send a large photo of yourself to be stuck on your seat , watch at home shouting into a microphone played into a speaker on same seat away you go .

 

[Harry's Game]

Crowds will be back eventually even if its in a couple of years time.

 

[Tarqs]

How is it possible to have crowds at football, rugby racing or whatever if a vaccine isn't found? Social distancing can only go so far. Could this spread into years rarther than months and if so what will become of the beautiful game?

Indeed, if we don't find a vaccine we should all remain indoors for eternity.

 

[Berkshire Blade]

I've just stepped into a time portal back to early March. Buy hair clippers and suncream.

 

[Davalon]

If no vaccine is found we'll naturally just get back to normal in time anyway.

Anyone who thinks social distancing will last multiple years or longer needs sectioning quite frankly.

The world wouldn't survive and without wishing to sound heartless the world won't be allowed to disintegrate to that extent for a virus that is fatal to around 1% of the population.

 

[Berkshire Blade]

If no vaccine is found we'll naturally just get back to normal in time anyway.

Anyone who thinks social distancing will last multiple years or longer needs sectioning quite frankly.

The world wouldn't survive and without wishing to sound heartless the world won't be allowed to disintegrate to that extent for a virus that is fatal to around 1% of the population.

Seems the current aim is to get numbers low enough and to track and test so numbers stay pretty low. Once that's the case it'll be pretty safe. They'll likely play it ultra safe and keep grounds shut through the normal flu season

 

[Eddiecolquhounsleg]

Send a large photo of yourself to be stuck on your seat , watch at home shouting into a microphone played into a speaker on same seat away you go .

I think that having the photographs of the reprobates who inhabit this forum on your seat would do more harm than good. Think of the children, for God's sake

 

[Davalon]

Seems the current aim is to get numbers low enough and to track and test so numbers stay pretty low. Once that's the case it'll be pretty safe. They'll likely play it ultra safe and keep grounds shut through the normal flu season

Personally speaking I'm not expecting crowds until at least next calendar year, certainly not a normal levels anyway.

Lots of variables I guess.

 

[finlaytheblade]

Indeed, if we don't find a vaccine we should all remain indoors for eternity.

And that would be the end of life as we know it.
I'm 70+ and no vaccine means I would have to bite the bullet at some point .Either that or live the rest of my life like most others miserable as sin.

 

[Ridgeway Blade]

Like it or not we are goiing to have to be prepared to take our chances at some stage. The main thing is to minimise the risks as best we can but the thought of a pre-match pint in a packed pub buzzing with anticipation of another Blades masterclass and a packed ground seems well off. I'm 71, fit and well at the moment, so I am going to have decide whether I keep myself safe by cutting myself off or just go out accept the future, acting as reasonably aas I can. The worry will be if this comes back again this Autumn, which seems likely as we won't have a vaccine by then, and we go through a similar sorting out of the weak, sick and vulnerable, hopefully not on the same scale.
Of course. without the intervention of medical science, man has always susceptible to nature whether by natural disasters or other such things like the plague, flu etc. This may be one of those 'wake up' times for people to treasure their health more and do everything they can to keep fit and well.

 

[ATL Recs]

How is it possible to have crowds at football, rugby racing or whatever if a vaccine isn't found? Social distancing can only go so far. Could this spread into years rarther than months and if so what will become of the beautiful game?

Going to have to live with it I am afraid, any vaccine will not be a 100% success rate if its around 50% then that will be a good outcome

 

[GrayBlade]

How is it possible to have crowds at football, rugby racing or whatever if a vaccine isn't found? Social distancing can only go so far. Could this spread into years rarther than months and if so what will become of the beautiful game?

It might be affected just like a lot of other industries are/ will be Fred, but there’s no point in getting too down on something as specific as attendances until we know how the vaccine situation pans out. For all we know we could all be queueing up for a jab come September, but a big chunk of the fan base is out of work and so can’t attend.

 

[YES Blade]

Like it or not we are goiing to have to be prepared to take our chances at some stage. The main thing is to minimise the risks as best we can but the thought of a pre-match pint in a packed pub buzzing with anticipation of another Blades masterclass and a packed ground seems well off. I'm 71, fit and well at the moment, so I am going to have decide whether I keep myself safe by cutting myself off or just go out accept the future, acting as reasonably aas I can. The worry will be if this comes back again this Autumn, which seems likely as we won't have a vaccine by then, and we go through a similar sorting out of the weak, sick and vulnerable, hopefully not on the same scale.
Of course. without the intervention of medical science, man has always susceptible to nature whether by natural disasters or other such things like the plague, flu etc. This may be one of those 'wake up' times for people to treasure their health more and do everything they can to keep fit and well.

People are already taking chances and breaking the rules, I'm sat working from home and the neighbours (both in their 70s and smoke), are currently being visited by their daughter. The move back to normality has already started and it's only going to continue to edge closer and closer over time.

 

[Ainsley Harriott]

How is it possible to have crowds at football, rugby racing or whatever if a vaccine isn't found? Social distancing can only go so far. Could this spread into years rarther than months and if so what will become of the beautiful game?

Where's the vaccine for the common cold and flu?

All bedwetting in my own personal opinion. This virus may be here forever.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

I'd go as far as to say the return of football crowds will be nothing to do with the availability of a vaccine. It will be to do with lifting the restrictions on social distancing. And that will be to do with having an infection rate below 1 and having testing and tracing capabilities in place.

The good news is that the infection rate is currently below 1 and we are increasing testing and tracing capabilities. But I honestly can't see big events like football being open to the public before the end of this year. I hope I'm wrong.

Personally I'd have no problem if they lifted the social distancing restrictions now. I'd go to a match tomorrow and be happy to be in the crowd alongside 30,000 others. We actually need more people to catch it - that's the ironic twist to all this. It's the only way the population will build up sufficient immunity to stop it spreading further. i.e. "herd immunity". We just don't want those people to be the high risk groups with underlying health conditions. So I think those will need to remain protected until a vaccine is found.

I'm not in favour of deciding who these people are by imposing a blanket age restriction, e.g. anyone over 70 has to stay socially distanced. That would be discriminatory as some over 70's are as fit as others under 70. In this interim period without a vaccine, my preference would be to make sure everyone has the correct advice and then allow people to make their own decisions on what level of risk they are prepared to take. And I think at some point this has to come - and that point is probably not too far away. Otherwise we will create even bigger problems, socially and economically that will impact more negatively on health than this coronavirus.

 

[raimond]

Seems the current aim is to get numbers low enough and to track and test so numbers stay pretty low. Once that's the case it'll be pretty safe. They'll likely play it ultra safe and keep grounds shut through the normal flu season

Christ would you look at this!! Turns out you don't have to be a beserk conspiracy theorist or denier, or Jehovah's witness speaking of end of days, you can actually just listen and read the 'papers occasionally then speak sense!!

Who'd have bleedin thought at was even an option at the minute, thank God Berkshire Blade

 

[Berkshire Blade]

Christ would you look at this!! Turns out you don't have to be a beserk conspiracy theorist or denier, or Jehovah's witness speaking of end of days, you can actually just listen and read the 'papers occasionally then speak sense!!

Who'd have bleedin thought at was even an option at the minute, thank God Berkshire Blade

Most of what I have said has been along these lines...not changed my position. It's still a fucking shit show! I just got on it earlier so people thought it was nonsense. Had it with family who laughed at me when I said they'd be in lockdown at Easter when a Easter plan was made. Looked at me like I had grown a extra head. I only bring this up 5 or 6 times a day now

 

[247Blade]

My problem with vaccine is government (I use that term loosely) said if successful there would be 30,000,000 available... what about the other 35,000,000 people... ?? anyway ... believe it when I see it. Probably be that many defying distancing soon wont be any point not opening venues.

 

[ucandomagic]

Once the R-rate is below around 0.5 it ceases to be a societal problem and becomes an individual risk issue.

I am a name not a number.

 

[FriethBlade]

Positive spin : There is credible research that says around 60% of the population have already had it.

Up to 40% of people tested on one of the cruise liners and the small Italian village had it with little to no symptoms( the only 2 controlled cases where every single person on the ship was tested and everyone who lived in the village was tested twice) New cases in London were down to 24 the other day. This thing may be burning itself out with herd immunity already establushed.

You combine that with the fact that 90% of fatalities are either over 70 years old or had pre established health conditions and there is soon going to be a case that we are doing the nations health and well being more harm continuing the lockdown than ending it.

 

[originaltrueblade]

Vaccine in September dishing it out to over 60’s in October then everyone else apart from the lunatics that still think the virus is a conspiracy New premier league season kick off with crowds by November now cheer the fuck up

 

[JohnDenver]

No politician (Trump and fellow lunatics excepted) will be keen to be first to allow mass gatherings, despite the fact outdoor transmission is harder and we only spend significant time around about 15 people, even in the biggest crowds.

And I don’t really blame them.

But when Germany or Korea take the plunge, we’ll follow the lead. They’re the ones to watch.

 

[TJB.]

Vaccine in September dishing it out to over 60’s in October then everyone else apart from the lunatics that still think the virus is a conspiracy New premier league season kick off with crowds by November now cheer the fuck up

Fukkin vaccine? No chance I'm having summet in my body where I dunt know where's in it or wot it's from.

Now if tha dunt mind, I'll get back to my donor kebab and a glass ov our Darren's home made moonshine.

 

[AdamSufc1997]

Not a chance of a vaccine, just have to accept that you are going to get it at some point.

 

[Rollerball]

I really don't get people hanging everything on a vaccine, the seasonal flu has a vaccine and kills between 35 and 45k each year in a similar time frame, usually between late oct and mid Jan, a vaccine only really accelerate's herd immunity, the whole idea of a vaccine completely getting rid of covid (remember that a vaccine is a live shot of the virus, is frankly ludicrous. Common sense and hygiene are a better option. Just my 2cents.

 

[jt64]

By the time next season comes around, everyone will look at Sweden, realise that they're not all dead, and it'll be fine