Football Suspended until at least 4th April

Quoted from NorthseaMariner

Government advice is, no need for this. So not sure I agree with the need to suspend everything, at least not yet.

The PL will have tried to carry on but with players and staff been affected its just not practicable.
They have suspended for a short time to see if the league can resume-if not they will be hit by massive penalty clauses by the broadcasters if the season is curtailed.
Correct decision-it cannot make a dire situation any worse by suspending large gatherings.

Typical I was coming up for the match this weekend aaaarrrggghh   

Quoted from Stadium

The PL will have tried to carry on but with players and staff been affected its just not practicable.
They have suspended for a short time to see if the league can resume-if not they will be hit by massive penalty clauses by the broadcasters if the season is curtailed.
Correct decision-it cannot make a dire situation any worse by suspending large gatherings.

I don’t disagree with you, only stating the health experts advice, so why invent your own precautions, as this sort of thing creates other problems within our society.
I’m obviously no expert. So we, in my opinion, should follow the experts advice.

Quoted from promotion plaice

Right or wrong but the Government's slant on this at the moment is that a lot of children would then have to be looked after by their grandparents which would put the grandparents at more risk.

We need more data on just how much transmission is kid related as opposed to workplaces, public transport, poor hygeine etc. While essential workers, like NHS, can carry on working without childcare stress so be it. If Schools are closed then what happens to indoor play centres and public playgrounds? When my four grandkids come to me I will be avoiding both! They are past the nappy stage so it will be a Swallows and Amazons regime in the Peak District building dens and damming streams. Grandma has reduced immunity after cancer treatment so she will be i/c crafts, cookery and planting seeds.

Quoted from NorthseaMariner

I don’t disagree with you, only stating the health experts advice, so why invent your own precautions, as this sort of thing creates other problems within our society.
I’m obviously no expert. So we, in my opinion, should follow the experts advice.

Agree.
The PL have postponed the schedule due to the practicalities.
Personally I believe that large gatherings should be halted-not only on medical grounds but to relieve the burden on other services.

Government didn't advise to suspend mass activities because there's no medical evidence that it would have an impact.

But what we do know is that even relatively small events like the game that would have gone ahead tomorrow at Blundell Park put a strain on essential services.  You multiply that across everything that's going on and it's clear to see that this is a sensible decision.  How would you feel if a loved one couldn't get the medical attention needed, but a football game went ahead and took some resources away?

Footballers and staff are cropping up all over the place as displaying the virus symptoms, the environment in which they work means they're more likely to pass it onto a peer.  

It's a no-brainer.

Ok, ok.  BUT surely they need to take into account that I’ve now got to stay at home with the wife.......

Quoted from mariners1

Ok, ok.  BUT surely they need to take into account that I’ve now got to stay at home with the wife.......

I feel your pain mate.  

Quoted from diehardmariner

Government didn't advise to suspend mass activities because there's no medical evidence that it would have an impact.

But what we do know is that even relatively small events like the game that would have gone ahead tomorrow at Blundell Park put a strain on essential services.  You multiply that across everything that's going on and it's clear to see that this is a sensible decision.  How would you feel if a loved one couldn't get the medical attention needed, but a football game went ahead and took some resources away?

Footballers and staff are cropping up all over the place as displaying the virus symptoms, the environment in which they work means they're more likely to pass it onto a peer.  

It's a no-brainer.

Unless supermarkets are closed down, people are prevented from receiving delivered parcels and packaging, workplaces with large workforces are closed, I cannot understand how shutting sporting events down for a few weeks is going to make a blind bit of difference other than a bit of grandstanding. Closing down football for example would account for 0.000000000000000000001% of all human contact. Either put everything on lockdown for a month or carry on as normal wihile taking health precautions. This just seems to be a self inflicted fudge at the moment where, peoples lives are affected, companies are getting obliterated and yet the precautions taken so far will have minimal impact on virus spread in the scheme of things. Came into more close contact with people at my local supermarket this morning than going to half a dozen football matches..

Question - Would this decision have been made if nobody connected to the Prem had been affected by the virus??