Las Vegas may have a hard time recovering from the Covid-19 virus

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Poker Orifice said:
Poker Mike.. how do they clean the cards & chips?
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There are ways Mr. Orifice. Yes, every hand.


I will not share them here yet for intellectual property purposes.

They are obvious to me - maybe take out a patent or two.

One easy way would be to have gloves available at the table and insist everyone uses them.

Just so you know there have been studies at card tables previously - regarding spread of flu and it was NOT associated with touching cards or chips. But I would like to see better studies.


But there have been reports of spread of COVID19 at live bridge tournaments in Tucson and Colorado. Unfortunately some of these players have died.
Be well !
 
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You do not get COVID19 by touching the cards and chips! All you need is to clean your hands often and avoid touching your face.
 
balo said:
You do not get COVID19 by touching the cards and chips! All you need is to clean your hands often and avoid touching your face.
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Are you sure there is zero chance of Covid-19 bacteria landing on cards and chips?
 
Shells said:
Are you sure there is zero chance of Covid-19 bacteria landing on cards and chips?
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That was not my point, you do not get infected by getting Covid-19 on your hands. Only when you touch your face or eyes.
So you just have to protect your face.
 
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balo said:
That was not my point, you do not get infected by getting Covid-19 on your hands. Only when you touch your face or eyes.
So you just have to protect your face.
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I understand what you mean now even though the virus can easily infect us by hand contact then to the face. In my book, I will do as much as I can to protect me and my family.

If the cards, chips, etc are cleaned (still not sure how they are going to do it) the goal is to lessen the chances of spreading the virus. Did you know that the average human touches their face on average 15 or more times in an hour? We are so accustomed to touching our faces even for a split second that we often are not even aware of it.
 
Shells said:
I understand what you mean now even though the virus can easily infect us by hand contact then to the face. In my book, I will do as much as I can to protect me and my family.

If the cards, chips, etc are cleaned (still not sure how they are going to do it) the goal is to lessen the chances of spreading the virus. Did you know that the average human touches their face on average 15 or more times in an hour? We are so accustomed to touching our faces even for a split second that we often are not even aware of it.
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Yes, I am aware of that, and I have been testing myself the last months. I do not touch my face anymore when I'm outside, only when I return and after I clean my hands. After a while it will become just another habit.

But a face mask will prevent you from touching your face, and glasses to protect your eyes.
 
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Vegas will have a tough time bouncing back until the convention industry returns. Losing millions of restaurant and hotel dollars. Conventions won't work with the current social distancing guidelines.
 
All sectors that have crowds will be affected, such as casinos, live poker tournaments.
It is also difficult if they open that people go, they can become afraid of getting infected, it is complicated.🙁
 
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Shells said:
In a study, it is said Las Vegas will suffer greatly due to the coronavirus pandemic - perhaps, worse than any other US city. And this could also affect the local poker rooms. Will your town or city be hit as bad?


Experts Anticipate Rough Financial Times Ahead for Las Vegas: Impact on Poker Community?
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The coronavirus has be devastating for Las Vegas. Many individuals have lost their jobs or have been put on furlough. With no vaccine for COVID-19 for at least a year, it will probably be 2 years before Vegas even comes close to what it has been in the past. without a vaccine people will be vary of catching the virus. With the average age of people who visit Las Vegas casinos being almost 50 years, that will make it more impactful with older individuals as they are more susceptible to the effects of the virus. It's a sad situation, but avoiding CV is more important.
 
FastEddie777 said:
The coronavirus has be devastating for Las Vegas. Many individuals have lost their jobs or have been put on furlough. With no vaccine for COVID-19 for at least a year, it will probably be 2 years before Vegas even comes close to what it has been in the past. without a vaccine people will be vary of catching the virus. With the average age of people who visit Las Vegas casinos being almost 50 years, that will make it more impactful with older individuals as they are more susceptible to the effects of the virus. It's a sad situation, but avoiding CV is more important.
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Some very good and sobering points there, Eddie.
 
So tragic this pandemic . I feel that not only las vegas how other cities that are attracted by poker are suffering and wiil agonize for one time yet.
 
It is unlikely that Las Vegas will succumb to this for the long term. Once there is a vaccine, then things can truly start to return to normal. I fear that the formal restrictions will stay in place until we have a vaccine or the virus itself runs its course.

Once we actually have our new normal, Las Vegas won't decide its own fate, the people who go there will. I suspect that the people will vote with their actions and Las Vegas will be right back where it was in no time at all.
 
NWPatriot said:
It is unlikely that Las Vegas will succumb to this for the long term. Once there is a vaccine, then things can truly start to return to normal. I fear that the formal restrictions will stay in place until we have a vaccine or the virus itself runs its course.

Once we actually have our new normal, Las Vegas won't decide its own fate, the people who go there will. I suspect that the people will vote with their actions and Las Vegas will be right back where it was in no time at all.
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Wouldn't it make a lot of sense financially for the Casinos to actively invest in COVID-19 vaccine research and development?
And by the same token, the oil industry? All the governments and businesses around the Globe?
In my opinion there should be unlimited funding available for vaccine R&D at this moment in time.
 
In my country there aren't that many infected people so there are no changes except distance in stores and you need to use masks in public transport. But for US its pretty crazy, almost 1 million+ infected people so I think live poker business is affected there for sure.
 
zinzir said:
Wouldn't it make a lot of sense financially for the Casinos to actively invest in COVID-19 vaccine research and development?
And by the same token, the oil industry? All the governments and businesses around the Globe?
In my opinion there should be unlimited funding available for vaccine R&D at this moment in time.
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Yup, from what I see, there is no new normal with the risk of a resurgence of this thing.

My opinion is that we are taking much of this to an extreme level, but at the same time, I am not knowledgeable enough to know how "easy" it would be for the virus to get right back to killing 100's of thousands of people.
 
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