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Love the PA announcer. He said we are in the the social distancing, pandemic  rules, 6 foot or what ever,  but we have people who need a seat so slide together.

Only guessing but Eldora is considered a major venue in the eyes of the state because of capacity and the attention it gets nationally. The state and the track have more at stake with a Kings Royal type event and the publicity it would get, so there's a lot more caution. 
 

Not to say any of it makes any sense but this is a very small example of all of the Covid nonsense that goes on now. 

I was wondering about that too since most OH tracks have been racing with fans for several months now.

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And some ohio tracks have closed the gates for the year because of covid. Who the heck knows what's real and what isn't anymore.  Some ohio tracks most definitely ran a weekly show while some did nothing. I think a lot depends on what the tracks does for the local community and what town officials look the other way. 

That's the answer I think. Because Eldora holds 25,000, they are considered a major venue by the state. The governor made an exception recently for the Browns/Bengals game held in Cleveland where he allowed 6k fans (I believe that was the number). 

Many Ohio tracks have been having regular racing seasons since May.

The secret may be in which way each county health dept. sets the rules.

Also no reports of covid-19 outbreaks at these tracks could be a huge factor.

The counties they are in might be considered in not red zones like they break counties into.

Many of these tracks did opening phases of no fans and moved past that gradually. 

I also think folks just dont care so much anymore in open air venues. 

I heard them announce take up your blankets if you are just taking up space with them and to put your coolers down by your feet instead of spreading them out along the bleacher seats. 

Plus it was live on Dirt Vision for anyone with concerns.

Many Ohio businesses in the areas here now have signs that say some employees dont wear masks so it is up to you whether to enter or not.

I think majority of Ohio folks are just over it good or bad and they are careful for the most part.

I am curious.  I know people that have had covid. I do not know anyone that died from it. I can not find a person that even knows of anyone that died from it. Even the doctors and nurses I have talked to in the last 3 months don't know anyone that has died. That's even with me spending half a day in the ER at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. I asked everyone of them that can into my room and I had 9 different medial people throughout the day three weeks ago.

They made a big deal out of Sturgis and I can only find one death from there. More likely to be killed on a motorcycle than die from Covid from what I've seen.

Any one here know of a death from Covid?

www.harleytrikes.com

I've asked many people the same questions. I dont cross paths with apt but have made a point of asking if they k ow anyone who has had it, or k ow of anyone who k ow anyone who has had it. Always get nos across the board.

In Sask there are many positive cases but very few show any symptoms or feel sick. I wish they would publish the number of sick instead of positive cases,, but those numbers would be more difficult to twist into a plannedemic to control our everyday lives more than they have in the past. We had a Hutterite Colony get 44 positive cause and zero people felt sick, life on the farm continued as  normal. 

Even though I may not know you, I 
care what most of you think!

Keep in mind I live in the Dallas/FW area, so there's a huge population here.   As of today I know of 10 people who have had it, including my pregnant daughter and son-in-law.   I do personally know one person who died from it.   This was early in the pandemic though, and I think it's pretty well known that the virus that's spreading now is less deadly despite possibly being more contagious.    The man I know who died was elderly, very overweight, and had serious heart and other health issues.   His wife got very sick but survived and recovered.    

Nearly everyone else I know who has had it more recently either had mild or no symptoms, including a 90+ year old woman and a 65+ guy who's major overweight and has heart issues.   My daughter had fatigue and minor body aches for about four days and then got better.  They checked her out after she recovered and the baby seems to be just fine.   My son-in-law never had a symptom.   

Before I answer, I want to be clear that enough data has surfaced in the last few weeks to say the entire US should be open for business until there is a legit reason is should not be open for business.  That's just my opinion.  

I know 2 people who have died, one was going to die within the next 2-3 months anyways and the other was a perfectly healthy 69 year old who practiced martial arts and was a fitness nut.  I know/am related to about 50-60 people who have had it and did not die.  Of those, I can think of 5 who were put into intensive care.  Those 5 are struggling with the lasting effects of pneumonia.   Most had minor symptoms if any at all.  Moving forward, this has proven to have weakened substantially as the summer months have passed.  The only problem is, hardly any state health dept. has mentioned this or even acknowledged it.  It's still deadlier than the flu.  However, it's fallen to a level that does not warrant the precautions and shutdowns at our schools, etc.  If it re-emerges as a deadlier second wave in the fall/winter, why couldn't we just adjust at this point?  I was a strong supporter of the early mitigation efforts because there were so many unknowns.  Now, we have a lot of knowns.  And it seems our governors are ignoring these knowns.   JMO 

I know two who have died (one family member), 6 others who have gotten it and two of those strugged heavily with it (one still battling it).

Just keep this in mind...Year over year deaths of Americans was 209,000 higher in August of this year. It's not BS...

Something from a friend of mine who is a well known sprint car photographer...

"I didnt believe it and thought it was just a flu bug and didnt do what I needed to protect myself and thought it was just a bad joke kind of but then I got it and was only sick for the 1st 4-5 days then thought I was well and then on day 17 , All my oxygen fell to nothing and had to go to the ER and then had Pneumonia and blood clots in my lungs NOT GOOD all almost died the great Drs gave me theCOVID anti body blood transfusion and lots of bags of meds from a IV for 6-days then I was able to come home but still have lots of breathing problems and it might take 6+ months to get rid of them and who knows what damage to my lungs and when I will be able to breath good on my own without oxygen that I am on here at home !!! So wear a MASK and PROTECT yourself and your family ( Its no joke its the real deal and dont do what I didnt do !! Wear that mask everywhere !! All the time around others no matter who !!"

Member of this message board since 1997

It's definitely not BS, and anyone who thinks that is just silly. Having said that it by and large severely impacts the elderly and people with preexisting conditions. If you're young and healthy chances are if you got it you got over it. 

Even then there have been plenty of cases where young peope that were in great shape with no underllying issues getting their asses handed to them. Hell, look at the cases in Penn State Athletes. A 1/3rd of the athletes that tested positive for COVID also had myocarditis. That is a viral inflammation of the heart. This can be cleared up with some meds but also could end up with a chronic condition or even death. This kind of damage to organs is what worries me. I'm concered us younger people might end up paying when ww get older instead of now.

This was totally debunked. 

"Comments made earlier this week by Penn State's director of athletic medicine suggesting that roughly a third of Big Ten athletes who had contracted COVID-19 and undergone a cardiac scan showed heart-related issues were inaccurate, the university said in a statement shared Thursday evening."

I know of 4 directly, 1 related to me and another handful indirectly. I had a Aunt die at 61, my best friends uncle at 55, former co worker at 42, and another friend had his dad pass at 54. Have seen several "facebook friends" post about some deaths including a 17yr old who apparently let it go too long as he thought his symptoms were not severe enough. It's real, people have died, its ignorant to say people haven't at this point.

As for Ohio, a lot of things have been left to individual counties. Waynesfield speedway also hasn't been able to open up and I believe Portsmouth has had to close a couple times due to the county going red.

I know there were some talks of the initial numbers being off and not just limited to Penn State Athletes, but nothing about cardiac inflmation was debunked. Even other medical professionals are starting to notice and questions the effects on the heart. This on top of what it can do to the lungs.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/09/evidence-builds-covid-19-can-damage-heart-doctors-are-racing-understand-it

https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/autopsies-show-varied-forms-of-heart-damage-in-covid-19-patients-67969

Your original comment was 1/3rd of PSU athletes had this issue, which is not true. Whatever the long term impacts are, we don't know.

I'm impressed with the number of opened minded informed and informative post's on this thread. I'm sorry to hear about the long time hoseheads members that are fighting this virus right now, and my condolences to those that have lost friends and family and acquaintances. I am seeing a lot of very unpatriotic selfish people though, but that go's from coast to coast. A patriot would put on a mask to possibly save another American's life in my America, and if we had early on, we wouldn't be in nearly as bad of a mess as we're in now.

Half the lies they tell about me aren't true. 

Super Chuck says he had it. He either licked one too many toilets seats at Dingus, or it was from walking into a porta-potty with an open beer (rookie mistake during a pandemic). He will only speak to HIS experience...because it's difficult to know what to believe.

Day 1--Felt symptoms, low-grade fever, fatigue, overall felt like crap.

Day 2--Still running fever, so went and got brain-effed...err tested for the 'rona. Major fatigue, body aches and chest cough.

Day 3--See Day 2. Add loss of taste and smell, which is really weird btw. Porterhouse steak or bowl of jello...you choose, they still taste the same. Started to feel some tightness in chest, shortness of breath. Felt like breathing through a cocktail straw. Can get air, just restricted.

Day 4--Turned the corner. Cough and fever both gone. Still fighting the body aches. Breathing difficult when taking sudden, deep breaths but showing improvement. Fatigue gone, but batteries were low. Just low energy. A walk around the house left me looking for a place to sit down.

Day 5--Good day. Things looking better on almost all fronts.

Day 6--Basically back to normal, other than the taste/smell thing that lingered for 3 1/2 weeks. Oh, and the hospital called to confirm he was positive. So Momma Chuck and the Little Chucks were tested. Momma was positive (no symptoms, other than a headache and fatigue 10 days prior) and the little fellas were both negative. Figure that one out...same house, same air, using same bathroom(s). Thankful for the negative tests, but still weird.

It's real, no doubt. For a small percentage of our population it is more serious. But from HIS experience and the 40+ people he knows that have had it, the response to it is absurd. We somehow went from "flatten the curve" to prevent overwhelming the health care system to "nobody can get sick". Not a grandma hater, just need to be real here.

Super Chuck's two cents are spent. Moving on with life. Be well you Hosers.

Super Chuck

Well said!!!!