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mootsman replied to the topic Postpone RAGBRAI XLVIII to 2021?? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 3 minutes ago
Stay cool and wait for RAGBRAI officials to make the call.
mootsman replied to the topic Postpone RAGBRAI XLVIII to 2021?? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 23 hours, 45 minutes ago
Jboz: I think the curve is not exponential but logarithmic. There will be a plateau at some point as we hit the upper part of the S shipped curve. We are just getting into the steep part of that S curve now in some states.
The TdF says they will announce if they will cancel about mid-May or about 6-7 weeks before the event starts. RAGBRAI I…[Read more]
mootsman replied to the topic Postpone RAGBRAI XLVIII to 2021?? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 3 days, 3 hours ago
I think you’re right. It will be a ways before June 1st. Early May maybe. They may be waiting/hoping for warmer weather to see what happens.
mootsman replied to the topic Postpone RAGBRAI XLVIII to 2021?? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 3 days, 5 hours ago
Sounds like a lot of stinkin-thinkin here. The crown on the crown viruses (corona means crown) like this tend to melt when it gets up to 70 which typically is why they go away mostly in the summer. Just wait and see like the RAGBRAI officials.
mootsman replied to the topic Postpone RAGBRAI XLVIII to 2021?? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 4 days, 1 hour ago
The fear mongering isn’t about CV. It’s about cancelling RAGBRAI. And speculating/odds are useless. It either will or will not be cancelled. Speculating and odds are for gamblers and bored cyclists. I say grab a beer 🍻 and chill until the definitive annocement.
mootsman replied to the topic Postpone RAGBRAI XLVIII to 2021?? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 4 days, 6 hours ago
Sounds like a few missed the point about fear mongering. RAGBRAI officials will make the right decision taking into account their lead time to cancel. We riders also can decide for ourselves. If its not cancelled it will be because things will have or are improving a lot. Calls to cancel now are premature. I just suggest to stay cool as it is too…[Read more]
mootsman replied to the topic Postpone RAGBRAI XLVIII to 2021?? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 4 days, 21 hours ago
Odds are useless fear mongering. RAGBRAI leadership will decide closer to the registration cancellation deadline at a time when much more will be know. Just stay frosty until then.
mootsman replied to the topic Postpone RAGBRAI XLVIII to 2021?? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 5 days, 18 hours ago
They just postponed the Olympics which might give some clarity here. For an event of that magnitude they needed much more lead time to cancel then a RAGBRAI size event. The people running RAGBRAI have a good idea of how much lead time they’ll need. Since a CV plateau could be reached before then they are waiting based on the RAGBRAI lead time (not…[Read more]
mootsman replied to the topic Postpone RAGBRAI XLVIII to 2021?? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 6 days, 4 hours ago
Those projections are just someone’s guess. The US death rate has already dropped below what that projection used. And if it’s so much more communicable than the flu how come the total number of flu deaths continues to increase faster than CV.
But the point here is stay cool and wait for RAGBRAI to make the call later in May.
mootsman replied to the topic Postpone RAGBRAI XLVIII to 2021?? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 6 days, 4 hours ago
Those projections are just someone’s guess. The US death rate has already dropped below what that projection used. And if it’s so much more communicable than the flu how come the total number of flu deaths continues to increase faster than CV.
But the point here is stay cool and wait for RAGBRAI to make the call later in May.
mootsman replied to the topic Postpone RAGBRAI XLVIII to 2021?? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 1 week ago
Complete control means? As of this morning 471 in the US have died due to CV. 20,000+ have from the flu this flu season. Any fear based over-reaction will be gone by mid-May I suspect. If you want to be safe, stop riding the road all together. Cyclists stand more of a chance of being killed in traffic then by CV.
mootsman replied to the topic RAGBRAI & How Does Warm Weather Kill Off the Coronavirus? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 1 week ago
This will all be decided by RAGBRAI officials closer to the new cancellation deadline. No need to makes guesses or predictions. Road riders – RAGBRAI riders tend to be braver souls since we already deal with cars coming at us from behind that could mow us down, yet we fear not or at least overcome our fear. Hang tight everyone. If RAGBRAI goes…[Read more]
mootsman replied to the topic RAGBRAI & How Does Warm Weather Kill Off the Coronavirus? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 1 week ago
What RAGBRAI does about CV belongs here. No, politics does not belong here. That’s for websites for bored retirees needing to fill up their day.
mootsman replied to the topic RAGBRAI & How Does Warm Weather Kill Off the Coronavirus? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 1 week, 2 days ago
Well put and I suspect lots of us agree. I do.
mootsman replied to the topic Refunds of Registration Fees if RAGBRAI is Cancelled in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 1 week, 2 days ago
How the heat will effect this has yet to be determined. I saw an interview with an infectious disease doc who said lots of viruses with a crown like this one (those spikes sticking up) fade when the temps get to the upper 60s and 70s because those crowns melt and they can no longer be spread. But that temp would include low temps. That’s just…[Read more]
mootsman replied to the topic Refunds of Registration Fees if RAGBRAI is Cancelled in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 1 week, 2 days ago
Chill riders. The fear is outpacing the situation. There were 575,000 deaths from the swine flu 2009 – 2010 and RAGBRAI was fine. We have 20,000+ deaths in the US alone from the flu this flu season. So stop panicking.
This will all be sorted out before the new cancellation deadline. The path forward will be obvious by then. And those that cancel…[Read more]
mootsman replied to the topic RAGBRAI & How Does Warm Weather Kill Off the Coronavirus? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 1 week, 3 days ago
Chill riders. No need to fear. It will all be sorted out before the new cancellation deadline. The path forward will be obvious by then. And those that cancel out prematurely might just feel like they missed out on a great RAGBRAI instead. Imagine how much extra fun it will be on the other side of all the closings.
mootsman replied to the topic RAGBRAI & How Does Warm Weather Kill Off the Coronavirus? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 1 week, 4 days ago
20,000+ deaths in the US alone this flu season (since October). Normal flu season US – 10,000 – 61,000 deaths. Swine flu (2009-2011) 575,000 deaths world wide. Hong Kong flu (1968) 1 million deaths world wide 100,000 in US. Asian flu (1957) 1.1 million deaths world wide, 116,000 US. Spanish flu (1918) 50 million deaths world wide 670,000 US.…[Read more]
mootsman replied to the topic Refunds of Registration Fees if RAGBRAI is Cancelled in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Smart thinking on RAGBRAI’s part. The extension allows riders to adapt a wait-and-see approach before any feel compelled to pull the trigger on canceling to quickly. Before June 1st gets here the fear-vs-reality should be known.
mootsman replied to the topic Refunds of Registration Fees if RAGBRAI is Cancelled in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Funny Joe 😁. Google did report that a popular recent search was for how coronavirus was caused by Corona beer. Should tell just how irrational the fear has become.