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The player in question thought a couple days ago that everyone was overreacting, so he made it a point in his postgame interview to touch every microphone around him. Now he's tested positive. And that means everyone he played against in the past couple days was exposed, as anyone else in the game was in close contact, as were his teammates. And some of those players have faced others in the meantime. And many of them have probably seen family and friends. That's how this thing can spread.
It is time to stop this nonsense now. The media is not the problem. They are doing their job and reporting on a global viral pandemic. Vilifying the media for doing their jobs is not helping anything, and will not be tolerated in this thread. This is your only warning not to further politicize this issue.
Your point was so beautifully stated! Thank you Chris. I've learned much here on TB in the past few years, on a variety of subjects including this one, that are not bass and music related... It's really an incredible resource.
This thread is being kept open because this is a subject that is bigger than all of us, because we are all connected as a community by our interest in and our love of music. In most cases, under the site rules anything that even smacks of politics is nipped in the bud here, and for good reason. But in the case of something that affects everyone on the entire planet, that affects all of our daily lives in a fundamental way, this thread is being kept open so we can share information, stories about how it is affecting our lives and communities, and some small measure of comfort with those we have all come to think of as extended family. In other words, it's too pervasive to not talk about, so we will try to keep this thread open.
I can do no more than entreat everyone to resist the urge to place blame on others at this time. This thing is a force of nature, and in a sense placing blame is tantamount to pointing a finger at nature itself. In essence, it is no more effective than attempting to turn back a hurricane by yelling and shaking your fist at it. Let's not stoop to that here.
We can do better than that. And for the most part, so far we have. Let's try to do our best to continue in that manner.
And to all my fellow lovers of music and brothers in bass who have shared this weird and sometimes wonderful space for part or all of the past two decades: be safe, do what you can to protect yourselves and those you love, and let's use this event as an excuse to come together rather than as an excuse to come apart.
Your point was so beautifully stated! Thank you Chris. I've learned much here on TB in the past few years, on a variety of subjects including this one, that are not bass and music related... It's really an incredible resource.
There is no shortage of un or misinformed people out there. I just heard that Corona beer sales are down 40% because of this virus
This thread is being kept open because this is a subject that is bigger than all of us, because we are all connected as a community by our interest in and our love of music. In most cases, under the site rules anything that even smacks of politics is nipped in the bud here, and for good reason. But in the case of something that affects everyone on the entire planet, that affects all of our daily lives in a fundamental way, this thread is being kept open so we can share information, stories about how it is affecting our lives and communities, and some small measure of comfort with those we have all come to think of as extended family. In other words, it's too pervasive to not talk about, so we will try to keep this thread open.
I can do no more than entreat everyone to resist the urge to place blame on others at this time. This thing is a force of nature, and in a sense placing blame is tantamount to pointing a finger at nature itself. In essence, it is no more effective than attempting to turn back a hurricane by yelling and shaking your fist at it. Let's not stoop to that here.
We can do better than that. And for the most part, so far we have. Let's try to do our best to continue in that manner.
And to all my fellow lovers of music and brothers in bass who have shared this weird and sometimes wonderful space for part or all of the past two decades: be safe, do what you can to protect yourselves and those you love, and let's use this event as an excuse to come together rather than as an excuse to come apart.
