Coronavirus (NO POLITICAL OR SOCIAL COMMENTARY PLEASE)

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Staying Salty

...But Penton-Man, given your background, would you agree that what is shown on the “Big Screen” is only the message that they want the audience to see.

no matter, I’ll still add Top Gun: Maverick to my UHD-BD collection

[ctujackbauer]

Germany looks like its about to ramp.

Coronavirus, wherein yesterday's success story becomes today's "Houston, we have a problem."

[Penton-Man]

CDC adds back to its Covid-19 guidelines the acknowledgment that small air particles can transmit the coronavirus (airborne transmission), weeks after deleting references to their role –
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...d-spreads.html

[Tony208]

The "science" has flip flopped so many times

[ay221]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

CDC adds back to its Covid-19 guidelines the acknowledgment that small air particles can transmit the coronavirus (airborne transmission), weeks after deleting references to their role –
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...d-spreads.html

so n-95 type masks are more important when at the gym. That's where I wear mine.

[dublinbluray108]

Breaking: Trump is to be discharged from Walter Reed Medical Center tonight. He will leave at 6:30pm local time.

The recent cases numbers in NY over the past week have been in Ultra Orthodox Jewish communities in Brooklyn & Queens.

In Rome, Italy; people have to wear face masks as it became mandatory from today.

Ireland is to have increased Covid restrictions across the country. They will go up to level 3 from midnight Wednesday Irish time.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by dublinbluray108

Breaking:

not breaking, but an important reminder from 10-01-2020:

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

I would hope that any person who tests positive for COVID-19 and is fortunate enough not to get seriously ill, does not end up ultimately minimizing the significance of this disease.

Because remember, for those not so lucky, there is still no proven cure, only supportive therapeutics like Remdesivir, anti-coagulants, Dex – https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...d#post17791930
etc.

[mar3o]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/president...185628667.html

Trump announces he's leaving hospital after 3 days of coronavirus treatment

“Feeling really good! Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!”

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by mar3o

Trump announces he's leaving hospital after 3 days of coronavirus treatment

well he’s not leaving a hospital and going ‘home’ in the traditional sense of the word as many of us would without fanfare….in essence, given the quality and availability of the staffing and equipment, he’s going to a step-down unit (https://www0.gsb.columbia.edu/mygsb/...s/19222/cc.pdf ) just in the White House rather than located in another ward

oh, how but many would give to have someone like - https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/prof...rian-garibaldi
(with his research interests as a bonus) on site at their residence and/or on 24 hr. call at a moment’s notice

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

well he’s not leaving a hospital and going ‘home’ in the traditional sense of the word as many of us would without fanfare….in essence, given the quality and availability of the staffing and equipment, he’s going to a step-down unit (https://www0.gsb.columbia.edu/mygsb/...s/19222/cc.pdf ) just in the White House rather than located in another ward

oh, how but many would give to have someone like - https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/prof...rian-garibaldi
(with his research interests as a bonus) on site at their residence and/or on 24 hr. call at a moment’s notice

Correct. His "leaving the hospital and going home" is more like returning to a live-in hospital. It's not like you or me returning home.

Remember that he's had a staff of at least 13 doctors treating him, combined with a unique combination of cutting-edge treatments - basically a cocktail that few if anybody has ever received as a COVID treatment together. It's no surprise he's responding well. I doubt any of us could afford or get that kind of care.

Also keep in mind that some of his treatments can cause a "high" according to doctors; a feeling of being invincible. He's still infected and contagious and will be for a while yet. And that "I feel better than I did 20 years ago!" high will come down when he's off treatment. Then we'll see how he's doing.

[deckard82]

Originally Posted by ctujackbauer

Germany looks like its about to ramp.

Coronavirus, wherein yesterday's success story becomes today's "Houston, we have a problem."

Well, a daily average of 2,000 to 2,500 new cases and an average of probably 10 deaths per day ain't great but it ain't really too awful yet either. Things will probably get worse at some point, sure. But then there will be tighter restrictions again which, I think, every reasonable person expected for fall and winter anyways. As a matter of fact I think there should be tighter restrictions now already preemptively with winter in mind.

Originally Posted by Tony208

The "science" has flip flopped so many times

To be fair, recently science in the US hasn't flip flopped voluntarily...

[AnamorphicWidescreen]

Originally Posted by mar3o

Correct. His "leaving the hospital and going home" is more like returning to a live-in hospital. It's not like you or me returning home.

Remember that he's had a staff of at least 13 doctors treating him, combined with a unique combination of cutting-edge treatments - basically a cocktail that few if anybody has ever received as a COVID treatment together. It's no surprise he's responding well. I doubt any of us could afford or get that kind of care.

Agreed. I laugh when I hear him downplaying the severity of the virus & acting like his experience with this is the same as anyone else's experience would be if they contracted Covid. Obviously, John/Jane Q. Public don't have the money/resources to get treated like he's being treated/looked after. Anyone that thinks otherwise is a fool.

[MrHT]

Originally Posted by mar3o

Correct. His "leaving the hospital and going home" is more like returning to a live-in hospital. It's not like you or me returning home.

Remember that he's had a staff of at least 13 doctors treating him, combined with a unique combination of cutting-edge treatments - basically a cocktail that few if anybody has ever received as a COVID treatment together. It's no surprise he's responding well. I doubt any of us could afford or get that kind of care.

But he's 74 years old and is overweight, so he is still quite vulnerable to this disease. I'm pretty amazed at how he is supposedly recovering so well.

[dublinbluray108]

400 students & staff from Queens University Belfast are self-isolating after an outbreak of Covid-19. 166 cases were positive within 2 weeks.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-54423830

It's one of 56 Universities across the UK that have seen 2,500 positive cases of Covid-19.

A small number of Darts & Snooker personalities from the UK also got positive tests for Covid-19.

In Ireland; A member of FAI backroom staff had also tested positive for Covid-19 this morning. Other FAI staff who tested negative & The Rep.of Ireland football senior men's team got official clearance from UFEA today to fly from Dublin Airport to Bratislava in Slovakia. The Rep.of Ireland are to due to play against Slovakia in the delayed UFEA European Championship Play-Off Semi-Final on Thursday night. Source: RTÉ Sport.

There also has been positive Covid-19 cases confirmed with self-isolating procedures being put in place today for squad members based in Ireland for Galway United FC & Munster Rugby in Limerick.

[Hayabusa85]

Originally Posted by MrHT

But he's 74 years old and is overweight, so he is still quite vulnerable to this disease. I'm pretty amazed at how he is supposedly recovering so well.

He was really struggling with breathing when he took off the mask last night and a lot of people tend to get worse after they think they were getting better so he is still far from clear regardless of what treatment they give him.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by mar3o

Don’t be afraid of Covid

I think that really sends the wrong message as it trivializes the disease (e.g. interviewing Dr. Fauci, this morning - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fifq..._title#t=5m22s).

For some current perspective, it’s been reported that over 1,400 people in the U.S. died of COVID-19 during the time the patient was admitted at Walter Reed. If not ‘afraid’, I think people certainly should be respectful of the danger coronavirus poses to themselves, their families and society in general and thusly abide, even being fastidious to, public health guidelines. Same thing goes for things like high blood pressure. You may feel just fine, even great, running around with hypertension and not taking your meds…..until you have a stroke. With high blood pressure, you have time, not so much if you acquire COVID-19 and are one of the less fortunate.

P.S.
First my sister-in-law afflicted months ago, now, my brother-in-law who is in his late 40’s (possessing no comorbidities), a manager at a restaurant in Chicago, where apparently they have/had indoor dining now is in the ICU on a vent (after O2 sat dropped quickly into the 70’s) at a local hospital there.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by mar3o

I feel better than I did 20 years ago!

My wife informs me - “if not the patient’s normal affect, such an expressed sentiment could very well be an accentuation of that or exclusively due to ‘steroid euphoria’ ” (https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-de...e-and-covid-19 )

but what would she know - https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...y#post18151721

[Pondosinatra]

10 months later....and no one really knows anything.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/worl...e-than-6-feet/

[BoonDog1711]

Just finished listening to a joint presentation from the U of WA and Johns Hopkins with Drs. Fauci, Slaoui, and Corey, along with other Drs. and panelists. Main takeaway is that, they believe, in order to ensure a safe and effective vaccine, it will take into next year quarter 1 or quarter 2 at the earliest to complete the studies and then they have to still figure out how to manufacture it for global distribution.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by BoonDog1711

to ensure a safe and effective vaccine,

breaking news –

the final authority - https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...y#post18123693
has dropped its objections and signed off on the FDA’s new stricter guidelines for vetting COVID-19 vaccines