Will There Be a 2022 Season?

Guy Chamberlin said:
I guess we agree on a lot of the important stuff. I live in a part of the country where vaccinations have been extremely high and mask-wearing met with little protest. We've had extremely low numbers of hospitalizations and deaths, and have managed to go on with our lives in a neighborly way with no excessive fear-mongering. The narrative of fearful American sheep is a bit slanted too, eh? 

I like the BBC, too, and while they avoid the click bait headlines they certainly haven't underplayed the real or possible threat of a global pandemic. The U.K. has gotten hammered. CNN and Fox need hired pundits to jabber 24/7, and that's always going to be a speculation-fest. Again, anyone who would have predicted 2,000 deaths a day and more than 800,000 U.S. dead by Christmas 2021 would have been accused of fear-mongering. The reflex to blame things on the media can get lazy and inaccurate.

As mentioned, I'd bet on that 2022 season coming off fine,  but I'm watching my sports getting canceled and compromised long after I thought this would be over. It's not like this isn't a thing, or that sports isn't the place to talk about it. 
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For sure. Though, regarding the media, there is a stark difference between a lot of international news outlets, and what we have in the states. It's gross. I like the BBC because they tell you what's happening, with little-to-no commentary. Perfect. Also, none of what I posted was to defend those who don't take the pandemic seriously. As with most issues, I have fallen somewhere in the middle.... More than willing to take reasonable precautions when necessary, but not willing to put my life on hold any longer. I'm just not doing it. Not to myself, or my kids.

RedDenver said:
Except hospitals are running low on beds, monoclonal antibody treatments that worked on previous variants aren't as effective against omicron, and some of the most effective treatments for omicron are running low on supply.

I'm glad you live somewhere less affected by the pandemic, and I get that we're all tired of having to deal with it, but there are still reasons why we can't simply go back to life as before just yet. I think as covid, flu, and respiratory ailments combine we're in for a few more tough months. But I think/hope by the end of spring we will be past the worst of it and returning to normal.
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Maybe so, but we've heard the *almost there* spewed for some time now. Remember, it was supposed to be 2 weeks to slow the spread.

As, I alluded to above, I'm willing to take reasonable precautions, but I'm not going to let it stop me from doing anything. At the same time, I'll respect anyone's wishes who feel differently (wear a mask in a client's presence if requested, for example). 

We just got back from Minneapolis for a Vikings game, was very surprised by the lack of masks, avoidance in such a 'blue' part of the country. As you mentioned, everyone is growing weary of it.

 
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B.B. Hemingway said:
Maybe so, but we've heard the *almost there* spewed for some time now. Remember, it was supposed to be 2 weeks to slow the spread.
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Initial guidance was based on best available knowledge at the time. Guidance will continue to evolve and change as more is learned and as the situation changes due to new variants, new treatments, hospital capacity, etc. You can be annoyed at what's "spewed" or "supposed to be", but that's just reality.

B.B. Hemingway said:
As, I alluded to above, I'm willing to take reasonable precautions, but I'm not going to let it stop me from doing anything. At the same time, I'll respect anyone's wishes who feel differently (wear a mask in a client's presence if requested, for example). 

We just got back from Minneapolis for a Vikings game, was very surprised by the lack of masks, avoidance in such a 'blue' part of the country. As you mentioned, everyone is growing weary of it.
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Yep, it's a balance of what we want to do personally, what other people want us to do around them, and what's best for the community.

 
I just want them to keep kicking the Ireland game down the line until it's enjoyable to travel and watch this team in the same season. 

 
Guy Chamberlin said:
Speculation is always speculation, but the stone-cold facts suggest every stage of the pandemic has been more serious than the non-mainstream media wants us to believe.

The U.S. logged 200,000 new cases and 2,000 deaths Monday, part of a big uptick that's been going on for weeks.  The vast majority of hospitalizations and deaths are among the un-vaccinated. Many of the positive trends are indeed positive and will help get us out of it, but they obviously haven't stopped some of the worst numbers in the last two years, and it's not a huge mystery that a strain exponentially more infectious would take advantage of a population that has returned to its pre-COVID lifestyle. 

It's crazy to think that this shouldn't be news, but that's apparently where we're at. 
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Depends on what "news" you watch.

 
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