Gutless NDSU decision

[reformedUNDfan]

In your mind......so more small businesses going out of business is greater good......that is what will happen when you shut down everything.

over here in adult land, people are avoiding business anyway even though things are 'open'

forcing open busines just increases the burn rate and they die even faster

[bisonaudit]

Right. But you’re talking about a world with no in-person events; sports, concerts, rallies, etc. 100% virtual learning, no brick and mortar businesses period. Forever. Just doesn’t sound that great to me.

Forever? Not sure where you’re getting that from?

[SDbison]

The Americans I admire the most are the innovators. The ones who see a challenge and tackle it with new ideas and new solutions, not the ones who shout definently at the wind.

What drugs are you on?

[HerdBot]

Millions? Really???

1918 Flu killed only 675,000 over a two year period.

Early on the range of expected deaths from covid-19 was between 100,000 to 200,000 which we've already blown threw.

This model predicted 2.2 million deaths in the US
https://www.hpnonline.com/infection-...n-deaths-in-us

Us population in 1918 - 103 million
Us population in 2020 - 331 million

[SDbison]

After this gutless decision and assuming I get 4 home games next Spring, I will be requestimg NDSU refund the cost of tickets I already paid for 2 non -conference games. They can keep my teammaker donation, but the fact is why should I pay for games they decided not to have? Have yet to hear anything about refunds that will be given.

[roadwarrior]

After this gutless decision and assuming I get 4 home games next Spring, I will be requestimg NDSU refund the cost of tickets I already paid for 2 non -conference games. They can keep my teammaker donation, but the fact is why should I pay for games they decided not to have? Have yet to hear anything about refunds that will be given.

Refund information was received in an email from Teammakers shortly after this decision was made.

[AEBison1998]

The 1918 flu was terrible in part because of who it killed. It was primarily the healthy because it would overstimulate the immune system. That generated so many orphans or single parent situations. It was really awful. There are a lot of differences between it and the current pandemic.
My grandmother also talked about young people who survived the 1918 flu but they were never the same. They were forever weak or had neurological issues the rest of their lives. (I suppose that is yet to be understood in the current pandemic.)
It was also seasonal and subsided in the summers. Then it all of a sudden mutated in early winter of the third year and the deaths dropped dramatically. Crazy. It is a reminder that we can't control as many things as we think we can.
(Courtesy of a history channel episode I watched several years ago.)

[EC8CH]

This model predicted 2.2 million deaths in the US
https://www.hpnonline.com/infection-...n-deaths-in-us

Us population in 1918 - 103 million
Us population in 2020 - 331 million

In the (unlikely) absence of any control measures or spontaneous changes in individual behavior,

So a model based on the unlikely assumptions of zero attempts at containment. Nice try. Early models had a range of 100k to 200k deaths. I can post the video of Trump and his constantly rising predictions too if you'd like.

[SDbison]

Refund information was received in an email from Teammakers shortly after this decision was made.

Nobody has contacted me yet. I have paid for several games for which the dates have gone by. Just not good business.

[56BISON73]

After this gutless decision and assuming I get 4 home games next Spring, I will be requestimg NDSU refund the cost of tickets I already paid for 2 non -conference games. They can keep my teammaker donation, but the fact is why should I pay for games they decided not to have? Have yet to hear anything about refunds that will be given.

I know this will fall on deaf ears---Call them.