Coronavirus (NO POLITICAL OR SOCIAL COMMENTARY PLEASE)

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Anthony P

sorry rushed through the posts did not check out any video's.

I agree ethically it is a minefield. And honestly I don't know how I feel about it. Human challenges are great ways to get good answers, but let's be honest, it tends to prey on the vulnerable. I did not post it to open up that can of worms.

But in a time when there is very little even remotely good news I take it as the vaccine is far enough along and testing well that they think it is relatively safe to do human testing on the next level and if they do do it we might have good answers on the effective ness of the vaccine.

HCT definitely has its pros and cons. Unlike most everything we’ve discussed in this thread, it’s an issue that the scientific community truly is mixed and not in agreement.

[LordoftheRings]

This is seriously scary, and Halloween is only next week.

[Penton-Man]

U.S. records highest single-day coronavirus infections since pandemic - YouTube

[LordoftheRings]

! Video unavailable ^
The uploader has not made this video available in your country.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

! Video unavailable ^
The uploader has not made this video available in your country.

That’s too bad, it’s a CBS news recap of the last few weeks and yesterday with regards to COVID-19 in the U.S., including future predictions by American epidemiologist Dr. Michael Osterholm.

Anyway, what about the two YouTubes I posted on the previous page from 2 other networks….one being from ABC news and the other MSNBC. Can you view those in your country?

[TheSpruceMoose]

I had a coworker in another department test positive for the flu. Naturally some were worried and curious about who that person may've been, but seeing as how its only the 3rd case in the last several months that we've had I'm not the least bit worried about it. It's a remarkable feat in some regards when you think of the thousands of interactions that happen in and outside of work that could transmit something, and so to have so few whom all returned to work healthy is something to be grateful of. Of course I can't say the same for other regions, and I don't know enough about the specifics regarding other states to comment.

Wouldn't mind if the news would be a little more specific about their coverage or show some kind of silver lining in all of it. "This many people tested positive, and this many people died", seems to be the start and end of every conversation it seems.

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

That’s too bad, it’s a CBS news recap of the last few weeks and yesterday with regards to COVID-19 in the U.S., including future predictions by American epidemiologist Dr. Michael Osterholm.

Anyway, what about the two YouTubes I posted on the previous page from 2 other networks….one being from ABC news and the other MSNBC. Can you view those in your country?

Yes, I can see the videos on posts #13236 and #13238 from the previous page.
I can see 99.99% of all videos of this thread and other threads @ blu-ray.com

But somehow that CBS video I can't. I have zero clue why.
Perhaps if you can tell me the [exact title] I can search for it through other outlets.

Stay safe

P.S. There are several projections/predictions for the global pandemic including the United States of America. Worldometer has few; this one for the US ... by February 1st, 2021, with three scenarios, depending (best with masks, realistic and worst).

• https://covid19.healthdata.org/unite...aths&tab=trend

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[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Anyway, what about the two YouTubes I posted on the previous page from 2 other networks….one being from ABC news and the other MSNBC. Can you view those in your country?

they work (at least for me in Canada)

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by TheSpruceMoose

Wouldn't mind if the news would be a little more specific about their coverage or show some kind of silver lining in all of it. "This many people tested positive, and this many people died", seems to be the start and end of every conversation it seems.

don't know about that somehow the premier of Québec always finds a silver lining and all it does is infuriate me.

him: "cases are going up but the good news is deaths are not keeping pace"

me: "obviously, first you get sick, then you need hospitalization, then ICU to end with death days or weeks later. death rate will always appear "good" as cases increase to look bad when cases decrease."

him: "12 people have died but in good news there are 8 less people in the ICU"

me: "you do realize that those deaths freed up those spaces and it means there are at least 4 people in the ICU because of Covid that were not there before."

....

I had to stop watching his announcements, they would just infuriate me with his fake "good news"

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

But somehow that CBS video I can't. I have zero clue why.

it is there in the message
"the uploader has not made the video available in your country"

Does CBS do that for all their videos (no use for anyone else to add regional restrictions) or just this one (maybe there is some copyrighted material and they only have US rights), I don't know but the reason is CBS does not want to make it available.

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Today, > 82,000 –

COVID-19 cases surge with more than 82,000 in single day - YouTube

among them, my brother-in-law - https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...o#post18159620
is hanging in there

The New York Times

U.S. Sets Coronavirus Case Record Amid New Surge
More than 85,000* new cases of the virus were reported across the country on Friday, shattering an earlier single-day record and stirring new fears about the months ahead.

Hang it there to your brother Penton.

* Those numbers (new cases and mortalities) are never accurate.
The numbers are actually higher and it can take 24 hours up to two weeks before they form a broader data picture.

UPDATE:

The United States saw a record high number of new daily Covid-19 cases for the second day in a row, figures from Johns Hopkins University showed, as warnings grew over its spread.
The country reported 88,973 new infections between 8.30pm Friday and 8.30pm Saturday, the figures showed, substantially above the previous day’s 79,963.
A total of 8,578,415 cases have been reported in the United States with 224,906 deaths, the highest in the world.

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by Anthony P

it is there in the message
"the uploader has not made the video available in your country"

Does CBS do that for all their videos (no use for anyone else to add regional restrictions) or just this one (maybe there is some copyrighted material and they only have US rights), I don't know but the reason is CBS does not want to make it available.

That's why I said I have zero clue.
But if you give me the exact title of that video I can search and find it through an alternate route.

* Sometimes some networks want you to download their app, or subscribe monthly for $5.99 to have access. During a pandemic useful info to the public's health should be free, IMHO.

◇ What's the title of that CBS video? ...Word for word.

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

That's why I said I have zero clue.
But if you give me the exact title of that video I can search and find it through an alternate route.

* Sometimes some networks want you to download their app, or subscribe monthly for $5.99 to have access. During a pandemic useful info to the public's health should be free, IMHO.

◇ What's the title of that CBS video? ...Word for word.

you can get that by quoting his post


U.S. records highest single-day coronavirus infections since pandemic


I am guessing it is this and it will work for you as well
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/u-s-re...ince-pandemic/

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by TheSpruceMoose

I had a coworker in another department test positive for the flu.....Of course I can't say the same for other regions, and I don't know enough about the specifics regarding other states to comment.

FLUVIEW weekly report from the CDC……https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm#ILIMap
bottom line, it's still early

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Anthony P

you can get that by quoting his post
U.S. records highest single-day coronavirus infections since pandemic

I am guessing it is this and it will work for you as well
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/u-s-re...ince-pandemic/

Yeah, Anthony, that's ^ it.

Odd you couldn’t view it from the link I posted. Now I’m wondering if people from across the pond are seeing (or not) all these different national news videos or they’re blocked. Were you guys able to see this one recently posted here several pages back from CBS news? –
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...s#post18178553

[LordoftheRings]

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/u-s-re...ince-pandemic/

That's the same one I found @ about the same time as you, Anthony.
But no YouTube video for that one, not on my end anyway.
No big deal, we know the score; last Friday was not a rosy day all across the board (globe) for the data (number of new cases and departed).

It's cold here today, the coldest day so far this year, freezing cold last night and this morning and still now.

And Victoria is like a ghost town, not much traffic and even less people walking on the sidewalks. I wasn't sure if it was safe to park without putting money in the parkometer; someone told me he doubt that I'll get a ticket...I paid anyway to be safer.
Walking in the streets is like in a movie, empty and they actually were filming a movie in one of the streets, with Christmas lights. So it has to do with the Christmas holidays. That was spooky, like Halloween before the nightmare. ...Tim Burton?

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Stay safe

* By the way, the few people on the streets, having a coffee here and there, construction workers, film's crew, sitting, walking, ... not even 50% wear a mask. But they keep their distance. And inside shopping places (Victoria), groceries, Best Buy, ... the majority wear masks. Some places it is even mandatory. ...Banks not yet. Some friends flew to Mexico for a 6-month vacation in the sun...cool. ✈ The aviation industry is starving, for money, for lots of money, money from people, money from the rich, money from the poor, money from everyone. One niece is a stewardress, but off work for the last 8 months or so. She is well covered though financially; her company covers her fully 100%...very very good money by the way.

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Yeah, Anthony, that's ^ it.

Odd you couldn’t view it from the link I posted. Now I’m wondering if people from across the pond are seeing (or not) all these different national news videos or they’re blocked. Were you guys able to see this one recently posted here several pages back from CBS news? –
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...s#post18178553

Penton, like I said it's only that CBS video that I couldn't access from the Canadian Wet coast (Vancouver Island South). ...And the same from that older CBS video; I cannot access it from my end.
CBS is not playing nice here where I live.

It's ok though, there are not many Canadians here anyway. We are like living in the country side, the great White North, with the polar bears, the beavers, the moose, the skidoos, the igloos, the Arctic polar cap, the icebergs, the Eskimos and the Rockies.

You guys down South by San Diego and California are from the Heat country, the fire element.
We have a fair bunch too during the hot summers, and desert areas...like in the Okanagan Valley.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

Victoria
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Pandemic or not, I like Victoria, reminds me of Annapolis on the Severn as a youngin in the old days.

Meanwhile, as a distraction during these trying times for all of us, Halloween by Dean - https://www.cinegearexpo.com/cinegea...m-dean-cundey/

[LordoftheRings]

In that one downtown marina (across the Empress Hotel) there wasn't any boat worth photographing or I would have share. Summer is better for the big cruising and sailing ships (three masts).

Sundays are always slow days for the virus. The data people are relaxing I guess.

[LordoftheRings]

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Snow is in the forecast for tomorrow, in the Eastern part of the Canadian Atlantic.
My family in Quebec they are all in the red zones. Quebec City is also like a ghost town (my favorite city back east). ...Hotels, bars, restaurants, gyms ... all closed or very very low clientele.