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I do that every chance I get

Still won't cure COVID, but sure makes you feel better!

Right it's not a cure, but there has been indications that having sufficient Vitamin D leads to better outcomes if you're infected. Plus it's really easy to get and no harm at all. 

Let's you and I bury the hatchet.  VItamin D and methanol would be the best thing for everybody right now.  I think it would cure more than Covid-19.  What do you say?

Monarch Motor Speedway www.MMSdirt.com and 82 Speedway www.82Speedway.com are both opening up this weekend. Several sprint shows between the two will take place this month and throughout the season...Governor Abbott laid out the rules this afternoon and we're back up and running all with new safety rules in place.  :) 

great news!

With fans too. Limited to 25% but racing in 2020 is looking better all the time I'd say. 

For us that live here in Central Pa we maybe in trouble with getting vitamin D by sunlight as the sun only shines one day a week and thats in a good week! lol 

egras was out to lunch with this post---an anti-America post to say the least.  Yes, some "experts", like pelosi and her nutty doctor friends who share her politics are hoping beyond hope that not only has the problem continuing, but continuing until the end of the year--they hope and hope and hope.    "4 outcomes "many experts" say and the one that says we may get some racing in this year is the least likely outcome".  Ruin the country.  Party first, the hell with the country, especially employment and the economy--- thru November!!   The best thing by far that happened early on in these problem times is "stopping global travel", something the other party was against.  Something they don't want to talk about now and the media won't ask them about it either.

I'd be surprised if 99% of the race tracks in this country are not racing by the end of May or earlier.  

Lawlessness + liberalism = HELL -  NYC, Detroit, Chicago, 
Seattle, LA  Who the H runs those cities. 

That is certainly true. If we were not complaining about not racing because of the crazyness going on we would be complaing about not racing because of the weather. The best weather we have had this spring was the weekends that we raced in early March.

That might just be the stupidest political post I've seen on here yet

Anti-American?  Thanks.  

I was mistaken that one of the biggest parts of being an American was being able to form my own opinion with what is hopefully still a free media.  I guess I was wrong.  I am assuming your media sources are the only credible ones?

I hate that politics continue to have to be brought into this.  I can't stand Nancy Pelosi FYI.  I don't need her "nutty doctors" to help me form an opinion about this---I have my own family members who have been hospitalized with this---3 to date.  I have listened to doctors and scientists alike on shows from Fox News, to CNN, in the president's daily briefing and my governor's daily briefing.  Haven't heard anything different in principle come out of any of their mouths.  They all agree with what's going on with some small differences on how to move forward.   Notice I said doctors and scientists---not politicians.  The politicians are simply vessels to spread the health dept's recommendations filled with jabs at the other party.  I can drown out the jabs and listen to the facts.  

I'm not sure why my sharing of an article----that has 4 very different outcomes, all very valid by the way, would cause someone to get so pissed off.  What am I missing?   I absolutely hate every second of this.  Why does sharing information turn this in to kill the messenger?  

Let me rephrase the title of the post:  How about "Dirt track racing nationwide, at every track in America, uninterrupted, like it has always been--not looking good for 2020"  Is that better?   We are approaching May, and some tracks are not even thinking about opening.  How is that normal?   Would you like to put a wager on your 99% of tracks open by end of May?  

Thanks revjimk.  I agree with you most of the time. But, we don't always see eye to eye, and I respect your opinions at least.  I would never call you anti-American for giving them to me either.  

And I didn't even give an opinion.  I just shared the link to an article.  

Agree 100%. Hate that people keep bringing politics into this whole thing when the politicans are doing as you said listening to scientists and doctors, but everyone has to judge everything on their political affiliation. Someone who votes Republican or Democrat hears one of their party members say something then all of a sudden that is how they formulate their opinion. Heck, I didn't vote for my governor but I will say he has at least done a good job in handling this and letting the director of health speak about the scientific things. All of the politicans are as you said vessels and this is a worldwide thing that the whole world is doing. Plus everything that the scientists are saying are consistent with everything that everyone learned in school if they were actually paying attention in school, some of this is not rocket science. And everyone is entitled to their opinion, some people think theirs is just worth more than other people's opinion because of their political affiliation when it doesn't matter any more than the next persons. I've come to the conclusion that even if this wasn't going on, people will find something else to bring their stupid political banter into it as if they are going to change anyone's opinion

After reading some of the rules and regulations for some of the tracks attempting to open I see where this is going for me personally.  I'm high risk so I'll be watching all of my racing on PPV along with NASCAR when they get back up and running.  Even if I was willing to take the risk I'd avoid crowds as I wouldn't want to pass this virus onto my wife.  I'm not interested in getting into the middle of the debates on here, just saying that live racing will not work for me for the forseable future.  Either the virus will have to run it's course or a vaccine will need to become available before I'll attend any races.  Looking as some of the rules these tracks are implementing where the first 25% get in I wouldn't even bother making the drive.  I'm old, fat and slow so I'd never be anywhere close to the front of the line.  Some rules pages are suggesting online ticket sales but I'm not going to hover over the "enter" button like it's some kind of eBay bid just to see a damn race. 

Have a good season everyone.  I'll be back when I stand a chance of actually seeing a live race.  ;)

Stan Meissner

Stan---be careful.  dirtraceorbust may read what you said, and judging by your negativity, those are very anti-American thoughts!  After all, 99% of tracks will be open and everything will be back to normal by the end of May.  ;)

(I'm kidding of course)

Seriously though, I don't blame you one bit.  I have a lot of races on my radar.  If they are allowed to run, I will go.  I'm 46 and, as far as I know, perfectly healthy.  Contrary to some of the accusations thrown my way, I am not sitting here wearing a mask, and typing in gloves.  I have been going to work, the store, and will not be afraid to go to the track if they public health dept. says it's okay to do so.  The spread doesn't even need to stop.  Hell, I think the only way out of this is to get it through the community while protecting the vulnerable.  So, I fully expect to get it---if I haven't already!

Hope to see you at the track in 2021.  This ain't going to be a normal year no matter what smoke people try to blow up everyone's asses.  

So the Oxford vaccine mentioned 2 weeks ago that was aiming to potentially be approved and ready for production by September got some more bits of promising news. First was the vaccine protected rhesus macaques monkeys from being infected despite being exposed to large amounts of the virus. These monkeys are the most similar to humans, so this is a very good step (a Chinese vaccine also achieved these results last week). They also got started with the human trials for oxford vaccine, a few weeks earlier than their original target of mid-May. Lastly they were hoping to have 1 million doses ready by September if it got approved, well a vaccine producer in India is going to produce 40 million doses at risk by September to help hitting the ground running even faster if it passes trials. 

I know many are apprehensive about a rushed vaccine, and I am as well. But I am much less so about this particular one. This group was already in trials for a MERS vaccine doing the traditional steps and already established safety, so when covid emerged they just adjusted the vaccine a bit for this new virus. That is why I'm paying very close attention to this particular candidate, they pretty much had a head start on everyone and to me looks like the best odds of quickly being approved. Let's hope it works in humans and can be fully available to the world by the end of the year to move back on to completely normal life.

Getting a vaccine to the vulnerable population and medical community would make this situation 10,000 times better!

As I stated in earlier posts, I would weigh the risk/reward of the vaccine for myself in my family.  I am not an anti-vaxxer by any means, but would not jump on it if the big risk is gone at that point.  I'm going to push my parents to get it----though they will likely refuse.  I think the reward is much higher than the risk for those in their 70's and above. 

"PATRIOTISM means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the President or any other public official save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him in so far as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country"..... Theodore Roosevelt

I would never base what could be a potentially life or death descicion for me on the political rants of some message board hero.  I take all of these discussions with a grain of salt and they seldom change my opinions.  

Most of my decision is based on concerns about the virus but a good portion of them revolve around the hoops I'd have to jump through just to attend a race.  I'm not going to go out of my way to score a ticket when crowds are restricted or even things like freeway rest stops being closed.  I'm old, I can't go much further than an hour and a half without stopping and driving cross country sounds kind of sketchy right now.  Just a lot of things that came together that convinced me it won't be worth the hassle this season.

My other big car event of the summer, Back to The 50's at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds where they draw about 10,000 street rods, is cancelled this year as well.  I like to spend the day there taking photos and that won't happen either.  My interest in cars and racing have been shelved for the year and I went so far as to spend my first half of the season racing budget on another electric guitar.  I knew I wouldn't be going to any races through June and was coveting an SG with humbuckers for more sound versatility. 

I've got Floracing for the year and they have three nights of Late Model racing this week, invitational events from down south.  I suspect there will eventually be a few All Star and USAC races but I'm not sure about the IRA.  If what Dirtvision offers includes some stuff from my neck of the woods and a big enough schedule to justify the cost I might do a month or two of Fast Pass as well.  Aside from that I've got a ton of streaming channels, a big yard and house that always needs something done to it.  I will be fine without live racing as my well being doesn't depend on attending races.  When having fun becomes a bigger hassle than the enjoyment I derive from the fun (in this case going to races) it's not worth the hassle.  When it's convenient and safe for senior citizens to go I will be back.

Stan Meissner

Really big news today that the antiviral drug Remdesivir is the first to show efficacy in a clinical study. The drug reduced recovery time for hospitalized patients by 31%. It also showed a decrease in mortality from 11% in the placebo group to 8% in the treatment group but that may not be statistically relevant (these patients were hospitalized and severe case patients). The FDA is going to give it emergency use and it will be the standard of care going forward. This is great news, and now we can start testing it with other drugs to possibly develop a cocktail (like what's used to treat HIV). We can also start testing it early in patients to see if it can significantly prevent patients from progressing to severe, which would be a real game changer. 
 

There is drawbacks though- This drug currently can only be administered through IV. It also apparently is difficult to produce so it'll be tough to ramp up and get the doses required. I imagine the Feds will put pressure on them to license it out.