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I like what happened, but the Browns got a top 3 pick too.

Thank God.... We'll make this quick: the San Diego (we don't recognize football in LA) Chargers select Justin Herbert, QB, Oregon. The Chargers take a chance that no QB needy team jumps up ahead of them at 10, and get the number 41 pick and their QB in choosing to pass on the stud Okudah. @MAJBobby and the NY Jests are on the clock.

Chargers traded back; Browns traded up for Okudah

Sorry guys almost done teaching...

Again, Chargers entertaining all trade offers....

The Chargers will listen to all offers...

I'd take a second team if need be.

WHO adopted a test that was created by German researchers. Your links to seem to be apples vs oranges....?

Unsurprising.

If anything, I would think they are being under-counted since you have to be tested to confirm a Covid death. How many people in nursing homes or other care centers have died without being test? I know this was an issue in other countries, but not sure here?

Interesting guy. That OL coach is no longer with Miami which explains why he probably isn't either. It sounds like he's got a good shot to push for the backup C/G. Good camp battle. As stated he played with Morse at Missouri, then took over C after Morse left. Another college teammate, McGovern was signed by the Jets in FA this year to start at C, after playing C for the Broncos. McGovern played OT in college. If he makes the Bills, there will be a lot of jersey swapping when they play the Jets...

You can read the Trump Economy thread beginning the first week of March to see the timeline...

Sounds more like a lesson than a myth.

I’ll take Jets again. If not, Vikings, chargers, patriots, fins

Taiwan, Singapore, and SK are lumped into the top category for how they dealt with it. Do I think we could've done that? No. Do I think we could've done better, yes. You won't like it, but the fact that Fox and trump were down playing it didn't help. I'm also with GG on the fact that you have 50 states with different reactions and policies too...

1. Navarro warned it could cause a significant number of deaths, and we needed to take it seriously. 2, Those that did take it seriously and did what has been prescribed as how to successfully take it on have the lowest deaths per million (< 5) and I don't think had any significant economic dislocation. Our response has us somewhere in the middle--we're not Italy and we're not Singapore. Could we have been Singapore had we immediately responded? It's possible...

You're probably right, but I'd take Lewis in a minute if were there. His injury history might cause that.

So, are you suggesting trump was completely unaware of the severity of the virus then? China lied? It's a nice scapegoat and I'm sure they've been spinning the tale for quite some time now. Those with TLS can't seem to accept any criticism of HIM for anything.... #OrangemanGOD My argument has always been they were fully aware of its severity, but he (and others like Kudlow and mnuchin) was more concerned about the economic/stock market numbers until Wall Street got his attention on March 16th.

As I've said all along, his messaging/focus was downplaying it because he was worried about the impact on his economy, which is what he was focusing reelection on. We can argue about some of the substantive things that could've changed the outcome, but I wouldn't put the blame on Trump for any, Bolton maybe, because without that pandemic czar on the NSA, you end up with competing bureaucracies, like FDA/CDC, but that's MMQBing at this point...

I don't know that he ever said to shut down the economy, but he did warn the virus could kill 100s of 1000s. As you know, being aggressive early with testing, isolation, and contact tracing is how some countries were able to prevent the calamity.

Not at all. Of course the CDC et al are doing what they should be doing. What I'm saying and what I said in real time, the messaging from the top was to downplay the virus so as not to harm the economy. Kudlow saying it's under control, Trump talking about 15 cases, and the new demo hoax. There are now a lot of articles about this internal debate.

I'm not claiming we should've adopted WHO's test, rather the point is the information (genetic sequencing of the virus) was made available to create the test in early January. I also posted a few days ago a link to research funded by DARPA published January 30th that suggested the R0 for the virus was twice the initial estimated range (which was 2-2.5). The information was readily available by the end of January that the virus was a serious threat, and some in the administration were sounding the alarm at that point (Navarro for example). As I commented in real time in the Trump Economy thread, it was very clear the economy/stock market was taking precedent over combating the virus. As I commented then, you could see Trump finally took leadership on this after the market crashed March 16th, the day after the Fed dropped interest rates to zero (he commented that Sunday evening how Wall Street would be very happy--they were not). I even stated he finally looked presidential at that Monday afternoon presser. Yes, yes, others were also late to the game, but to say Trump was focused on this from the beginning is spin. Wall Street forced him to take it seriously March 16th.

How much earlier was needed? The German test, adopted by WHO, was ready Jan 17th. https://www.businessinsider.com/us-coronavirus-testing-problems-timeline-2020-3

Yes, trump has been perfect from the beginning. Ignore anything he actually says, it's just he way his brain works...

Yes, and I'll say it again, the comparison should be made at similar stages or in a few months when we're through the worst. I don't think anyone has ever compared us to Italy on this site though, so I"m not sure what you're point is? For countries with a significant number of cases, we'll probably end up in the middle.