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This is going to be an interesting draft. I’m excited to see how it all plays out. Will they be more lenient if a team doesn’t get a pick in on time? At least If there are any issues they should hopefully be worked out before we pick on day 2.

This is from the NHL Winnipeg Jet’s head coach Paul Maurice. Felt like it was worth sharing in this thread. https://theathletic.com/1726826/2020/04/06/a-deep-dive-into-paul-maurices-first-press-conference-since-the-nhl-shut-down/ (Athletic Sub. req.) Well said. Paul Maurice is one of my favorite head coaches to listen to. You can see why him and Ralph Krueger are such good buddies.

Anyone else watching the Sabres re-broadcast? I think this is the most excited I've been to watch any of the games so far. Looking forward to tomorrow’s game even more though. That was one of the most exciting Sabres playoff games I’ve watched. I remember feeling so good about where that team was at after that game. Man I hope we have a team that good again someday (soon).

For anyone interested: https://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-06-20-00300.pdf U.S. Department of Health and Human Services office of the inspector general report:

https://www.businessinsider.com/boris-johnson-is-in-intensive-care-after-his-coronavirus-symptoms-worsened-2020-4 Boris Johnson moved into the ICU unit after COVID19 symptoms worsen. I believe he was just taken to the hospital yesterday.

Player’s tribune article by Brady: https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/tom-brady-the-only-way-is-through

This tweet kind of confirms what many thought - there are more deaths from COVID19 in NYC than are being reported. ? no words

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/irelands-prime-minister-will-practice-medicine-again-during-pandemic/ar-BB12cbeX?li=BBnbcA1 Ireland's Prime Minister Will Practice Medicine Again During Pandemic ‘Ireland's Prime Minister (or Taoiseach) Leo Varadkar has rejoined his nation's medical register and will work directly to assist in the medical effort to combat the coronavirus pandemic.’ ????

https://www.sciencealert.com/small-trial-found-antimalarial-is-not-effective-for-treating-coronavirus I pray that this drug does end up being effective for COVID19, but it’s just too soon to tell (and definitely way too soon to be telling anyone/everyone that it won’t hurt to take it...). another issue is that patients who are on this drug and truly Need it now can’t find it - https://www.npr.org/2020/04/01/825056946/why-lupus-patients-find-hydroxychloroquine-in-short-supply

I know of a couple friends of friends who have died, and my next door neighbor has at least 2 current cases in her family. Her young niece has it (she has asthma, they are worried) and her brother - he is one of the buffalo police officers that has COVID19. Her daughter was just sick too. They had to quarantine (though they were still out in their yard a lot... I kept more than my 6ft of distance! lol), but she just went back to work yesterday so it wasn’t covid. an acquaintance of mine’s neighbor died. He was in his 40’s and relatively healthy from what I’m told. And I have some friends and family down in NYC (some in healthcare). Thankfully I haven’t heard of anyone I know down there getting it yet (but I haven’t heard from some of them in weeks). One friend is a 65yr old doctor so I’m very worried about him. I talked to him recently. He’s taking every precaution he can, but being a practicing doctor puts him at obvious risk. They are really getting slammed down there.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriaforster/2020/04/05/researchers-warn-that-covid-19-treatment-touted-by-trump-may-be-toxic-when-combined-with-diabetes-drug/#671ae1b655f8 hydroxychloroquine isn’t like Tylenol or something, where anyone can take it at home. It Has To be taken under a doctors supervision, and if combined with certain other drugs it can cause death or other life threatening side effects. Even all on its own it can cause life threatening side effects. It has a very narrow therapeutic window - the difference between an effective dose and a toxic dose is much smaller than other drugs. And it can have many very strange side effects. and it is an immuno-suppressive drug. It shuts down your immune system. That’s why they use it for diseases that attack your immune system like Rheumatoid arthritis (and also why they say people on immune-suppressive drugs are at higher risk of getting COVID19). So for people to take it that are not sick, it could actually cause a lot more harm than good by suppressing their immune system and making them more vulnerable to getting sick. Just look at the list of medications it interacts with- (there’s about 100. A huge number). Look at all the medical problems you have to be cautious of when taking this drug. https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/hydroxychloroquine-oral-route/precautions/drg-20064216?p=1

This is what every other country is doing too (at least in every press conference I’ve watched). We are the only country with a leader constantly contradicting the experts and also giving completely unqualified and unproven advise. It’s crazy. I’ve never seen anything like it before in my life.

Tomorrow MSG starts airing the 2006 playoff series against Philly. I believe the 1st game has Brian Campbell’s hit on RJ Umberger.

Not that I’m aware of. https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2020/03/31/coronavirus-us-crisis-why-airlines-still-flying/2918233001/ Just recommendations to avoid discretionary travel.

Summary of yesterday’s national press conference: https://www.npr.org/2020/04/04/826741317/federal-government-implements-relief-as-nation-reels-from-coronavirus-pandemic

That damn Carol Baskin...

She gave a damn good speech.