Corona

It's hard to summon up a topic to write about at a time when the world is suffering from all the pain and hysteria from the Coronavirus (Covid 19).

Take Wednesday as an example of a day that might be remembered historically under certain conditions and yet could very well be just another ripple on the pond before this can be corralled and controlled.
In one day, the World Health Organization declared Covid to be officially declared a pandemic, the President spoke from the Oval Office with a policy that will heavily restrict travel from other countries for thirty days, arguably the nation's most loved actor and his wife (Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson) announced that they are in quarantine after testing positive for the virus, and the NBA released a statement that their season is being suspended indefinitely after a player has tested positive (reportedly Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz) with the five teams (including the Cavaliers) that Utah has played in the last ten days being placed in self-quarantine.
And I didn't even touch the plans for the NCAA Tournament being planned to play in arenas without fans or the potential issues with Major League Baseball and their opener in just two weeks.

That was only one day.
Who knows what today or next week etc will bring and it's about more than sports, although it's hard to tell just how much damage could be done to various sports.
When anything is gone for a while, people realize that anything can be replaced.
You find other things to occupy your time, other things to collect, and you learn to move on and away from what once brought you joy.

I'm wondering just what the impact will be on the baseball, NBA, and NHL seasons.
The main impact on the NFL will likely be moving the draft to a quiet indoor environment and considering the craziness that hosting the draft brings anymore, I actually like that idea.
Baseball will likely lose much of April at a minimum and this might give Rob Manfred the opening he needs to really rip up the minors in the manner that he chooses.
The results of this pandemic will likely at least reduce the playoffs in the NBA and NHL, if not eliminate them completely and who really can see how boxing, UFC, golf, etc will deal with these issues as each of those have their own interests involved without a league structure for the most part.
Golf has the PGA Tour, but all four major tournaments are held outside the auspices of the PGA and you have to think of the Masters in only three weeks' time.

I'm not going to dig too deep into the political aspect of this other than two things.
One- The President seemed to be either subdued or overwhelmed (depending on whether you support or you do not) and had the look of a man that was facing something that he couldn't dismiss with a proclamation that something was "Fake" or a tweet or a nickname and he had discovered that the unraveling of a persona may have begun.
Two- I'm interested to see how the President and the Democratically-controlled house can work together on this issue.
Who will be helped the most- the people dealing with the illness or the various industries that will be affected by Covid 19?
I'm hoping that both sides can work together and do the right thing for everyone involved.