Coronavirus: COVID-19

**Exo** · 08-02-2020, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by SoundgardenRocks

Has it affected every country at this point? I thought some, like Turkmenistan and the Marshall Islands still didn't have any confirmed cases? I mean, not that it really matters - it's basically affected every country and likely will if there are any holdouts.

I am not sure.

OccultHawk · 08-03-2020, 06:23 AM

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More pro baseball and football players have opted out of their 2020 seasons because of the pandemic. Sunday afternoon, New York Mets outfielder*Yoenis Cespedes didn't show for a Sunday afternoon game. The team later announced he*has dropped out for*the season.*"We will support him in that decision," New York Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen told reporters after the game. "It was surprising, without question."
Saturday,*New England Patriots'*veteran tight end*Matt LaCosse became the eighth player*on the team to pull out for the season. The Patriots have had the most opt-outs in the NFL.
The Philadelphia Eagles*confirmed head coach*Doug Pederson tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the second NFL head coach to test positive.
In college football, a group of Pac-12 athletes released a statement Sunday threatening to opt out of the 2020 season. They said they're being asked to play without "enforced health and safety standards, and without transparency about COVID cases on our teams, the risks to ourselves, our families, and our communities."

USA Today

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Marshall Islands still didn't have any confirmed cases

Because they have Marshall Law

Lisnaholic · 08-03-2020, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Because they have Marshall Law

Trollheart? Have you hacked into OH's account?

OccultHawk · 08-03-2020, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

Trollheart? Have you hacked into OH's account?

It’s a self-depreciating jab. I got busted for mistaking Marshall for martial a few months ago.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/word...l-and-marshall

Look, I’m from ****ing Georgia. I’m doing my best.

Lisnaholic · 08-03-2020, 08:14 AM

Well, you're not alone - I just failed to register that spelling distinction too. I just hope grindy and rostasi don't read these posts.

**Frownland** · 08-03-2020, 08:18 AM

My Muslim mate says martial law instead of mashallah at the mosque and claims that nobody ever notices.

OccultHawk · 08-03-2020, 08:59 AM

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My Muslim mate

Racist af tbh

The Batlord · 08-03-2020, 03:41 PM

Not a race.

~~jwb~~ · 08-03-2020, 03:43 PM

I'm more offended at an American using the word mate

Anteater · 08-03-2020, 06:51 PM

BBC - Coronavirus: What I learnt in Oxford’s vaccine trial

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Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	Well, you're not alone - I just failed to register that spelling distinction too. I just hope grindy and rostasi don't read these posts. __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

08-03-2020, 08:18 AM	#2696 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	My Muslim mate says martial law instead of mashallah at the mosque and claims that nobody ever notices. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	I'm more offended at an American using the word mate