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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Well, many research scientists (yes, I believe in science), medical professionals, and researchers estimate an infection rate of about 30% in the US. That means 100 million people will eventually be infected. The mortality rate is 10 times higher than that for influenza B. That translates to 1 million dead Americans, mostly those in our demographic. Remember, we won’t have a vaccine until around the time spring football camp begins in <b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>year 2021</span></b>. And that’s optimistic.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I agree with everyone who made this decision, and hats off to Fran for also agreeing.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I would say I have discerning thought and a strong belief in professionals who know what they are talking about. Not hysterical.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dennis v.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Herky <herky-bounces@lists.herky.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gwen McNatt Enokian<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 12, 2020 6:06 PM<br><b>To:</b> Herky <herky@lists.herky.net><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Herky] NCAA tournament canceled in response to coronavirus<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Frankly, I am angry. Last week alone, over 300 people died from influenza. Less than 40 have died in US and 22 of those in the same building. This is just mass hysteria. I am not saying that we should not take it lightly but this seems like overreaction to me. In some ways, we will never know (I sincerely hope so) as we won't know how bad it COULD have been. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Just venting<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Gwen <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 4:01 PM June Hauck <<a href="mailto:jehauck@bellsouth.net">jehauck@bellsouth.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal>March Sadness....I understand why but it’s hard to miss my favorite time of year.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>June H<br><br><br><a href="https://yho.com/footer0" target="_blank">Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone</a><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-top:0in'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#715FFA'>On Thursday, March 12, 2020, 3:47 PM, Larry Edwards <<a href="mailto:larryed6124@knology.net" target="_blank">larryed6124@knology.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div id="gmail-m_-8398549450769967011yiv9647471233"><div><div><div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2A2A2A'>The NCAA has canceled its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments in response to the coronavirus outbreak.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2A2A2A'>NCAA President Mark Emmert and the Board of Governors on Thursday announced in a statement that they had canceled the events, as well as all remaining winter and spring NCAA championships.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2A2A2A'><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/03/12/coronavirus-live-updates/#link-TTNH2IHQFNFMDBBVWOJHBX3AE4" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/03/12/coronavirus-live-updates/#link-TTNH2IHQFNFMDBBVWOJHBX3AE4</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2A2A2A'>I assume this includes wrestling which is just underway. It is going to be very quiet on Herky the next half year.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>Herky mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Herky@lists.herky.net" target="_blank">Herky@lists.herky.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.herky.net/listinfo.cgi/herky-herky.net" target="_blank">http://lists.herky.net/listinfo.cgi/herky-herky.net</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>Herky mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Herky@lists.herky.net" target="_blank">Herky@lists.herky.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.herky.net/listinfo.cgi/herky-herky.net" target="_blank">http://lists.herky.net/listinfo.cgi/herky-herky.net</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>