Concerned about future home releases

[WBMakeVMarsMovieNOW]

Originally Posted by Troy73

That’s not entirely true. If viruses couldn’t live outside of living cells we wouldn’t need to disinfect surfaces that come into contact with them. The lifespan outside of the body may be as much as 2-3 hours on surfaces. Packages move from person to person to person before you get it.

a few days even

[jFug]

Originally Posted by nick4Knight

Dude. So much concern. So little reality. All I gotta say on this outstanding thread.

Thank you for that quality comment.

[WBMakeVMarsMovieNOW]

If theaters open before a vaccine or very safe and highly effective cure they will see very poor business (at least 40% loss, probably a lot more). If they open after (one hopes for an after), they will do incredible business. I think this won't kill movie going on at all, people will be thirsting to head out. The latter may not be until say maybe spring 2021?

[Vertizontal]

When a vaccine is finalized (and that WILL happen) and people know a simple shot or pill will keep them safe from the virus (like the all the previous times things like this have happened before)...people will certainly feel confident going back into crowed theaters, etc. How silly to think so negatively and believe this is the end of the movie theater experience.

EDIT: LOL...the above guy beat me to the same point!

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Troy73

That’s not entirely true. If viruses couldn’t live outside of living cells we wouldn’t need to disinfect surfaces that come into contact with them. The lifespan outside of the body may be as much as 2-3 hours on surfaces. Packages move from person to person to person before you get it.

The COVID-19 virus can live for the following amount of time on surfaces and in the air according to the National Institutes of Health:

"The scientists found that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was detectable in aerosols for up to three hours, up to four hours on copper, up to 24 hours on cardboard and up to two to three days on plastic and stainless steel."

"The results provide key information about the stability of SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 disease, and suggests that people may acquire the virus through the air and after touching contaminated objects."

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news...hours-surfaces

[Troy73]

Originally Posted by Vilya

The COVID-19 virus can live for the following amount of time on surfaces and in the air according to the National Institutes of Health:

"The scientists found that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was detectable in aerosols for up to three hours, up to four hours on copper, up to 24 hours on cardboard and up to two to three days on plastic and stainless steel."

"The results provide key information about the stability of SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 disease, and suggests that people may acquire the virus through the air and after touching contaminated objects."

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news...hours-surfaces

Damn, if anything, I really understated the severity.

[emailking]

Originally Posted by Troy73

That’s not entirely true. If viruses couldn’t live outside of living cells we wouldn’t need to disinfect surfaces that come into contact with them. The lifespan outside of the body may be as much as 2-3 hours on surfaces. Packages move from person to person to person before you get it.

I've been letting packages sit in a room for a few days before tackling them. This hopefully neutralizes most of the virus, if any is there.

[HillSprinter]

Times like these are exactly what having a film collection/library are for!

[WBMakeVMarsMovieNOW]

Originally Posted by emailking

I've been letting packages sit in a room for a few days before tackling them. This hopefully neutralizes most of the virus, if any is there.

same here
4-5 day quarantine for all mail

[PenguinInfinity]

World Health Organization says receiving packages is safe.

Is it safe to receive a package from any area where COVID-19 has been reported?

Yes. The likelihood of an infected person contaminating commercial goods is low and the risk of catching the virus that causes COVID-19 from a package that has been moved, travelled, and exposed to different conditions and temperature is also low.

https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-de...-coronaviruses

[Pans]

Originally Posted by PenguinInfinity

World Health Organization says receiving packages is safe.

They state the risk is low for this as does the CDC, compared to direct airborne transmission, however the CDC doesn't state it's safe more that it's less likely.

Originally Posted by CDC.gov

It may be possible that a person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object, like a packaging container, that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes, but this is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads.

In general, because of poor survivability of these coronaviruses on surfaces, there is likely very low risk of spread from food products or packaging.

I'd say if someone wanted to practice decontamination on such surfaces as a precaution it'd be a decent idea if it was known the package arrived under a day or so from a source.

None of this btw should make consumers feel anxious about receiving packages if they can understand the likelihood of exposure and how to decontaminate things if desired. Just having enough information to make informed decisions is key.

[neoz]

It is not racist to call it the China corona virus. I have stated this before in the actual Corona thread. It is however racist to target Chinese people.

This thread should actually be merged with that thread as well as it has no reason to even be in the 4K thread to begin with.

[Brian81]

Hmm... some postings disappeared. Hopefully the earlier postings were deleted as well, and they weren't cherry picked. People are so strange these days - being offended simply because they feel someone else might be offended. Especially when it happens to simply involve how one person chooses to interpret something. Aaaanyways... I just hope this pandemic doesn't harm the future of physical media. And for those who might get upset, that's not placing movies before everything else. One can be concerned about many things at once. Like my retirement, employment, the strength of the U.S. dollar, whether the Snyder Cut gets released, etc.

[ronboster]

Originally Posted by kevin87

Or drive ins will make a comeback.

Maybe not a comeback, but are getting an increase in attendance.

https://www.latimes.com/business/sto...rs-coronavirus

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by kevin87

Or drive ins will make a comeback.

I would love that.

[WBMakeVMarsMovieNOW]

Originally Posted by PenguinInfinity

World Health Organization says receiving packages is safe.



https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-de...-coronaviruses

meanwhile they are spraying down everything in cities with bleach, even stuff baking in the sun....

and none of those guidelines account for the fact that many pre-releases get shipped overnight mail these days or that someone with Corona may the mailer sorter at your local branch or the delivery man in which case it can be just a few hours to minutes when it got exposed to the virus (and, while one hopes it was an extraordinarily rare event, they had some videos on the news showing a delivery man spitting on each package as he dropped it off and then smearing it all over with his hands, granted one would hope that is like a 1 in 10,000 chance)

[PenguinInfinity]

My attitude is always to be cautious, but not worry. I wear gloves and lightly wash all of my packages and other mail but I'm never going to stop ordering plenty of items.

If people are avoiding ordering items because they are worried about getting sick, what are they doing with the rest of their mail?

[BDaddict]

I’m not overly concerned about future disc releases, part of me is glad there is only a few releases I want between now and June 2. That’s kinda my own buying shutdown day. With such a uncertain time currently I’m strictly buying my personal must haves. Bad Boys, Birds of Prey, and Watchmen. Possibly The Outsider. There’s a couple other titles I’d like but they’ll be there down the road.

[fistymusic]

Originally Posted by Mobe1969

Yes, it would be awesome if they started filling in release schedules with Back Catalog titles!

Yep, a few pop to mind, Twister, Dante's Peak, U571, Breakdown, Casper, Tears Of The Sun, True Lies, Daylight, Dragonheart. These are just a few of many.

[neoz]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

I would love that.

We have a local drive in and it is going pretty strong. It helps they have really good burgers as well. But people really love this drive in.

Also I don't think this will hurt future blu rays. While I can see the virus getting people to stream more because they are inside. I believe that companies will still release bd's because people like us still buy them.