What's everyone's thoughts on the Covid-19 situation?

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The IDA had an excellent webinar yesterday discussing different perspectives of the latest Corona virus. One presenter was well versed in disaster response from his Military training as Chief Health Care NCO for the 36th Infantry, and another was an EMT.

There was a lot of good information, and I have included a link to the CDC's website with some guidelines could be useful for detailing (the car or the house). One interesting thing was about products that can claim to be effective on Covid-19. None have been tested on it, but have been proven in similar viruses.

As for working, the presenters had 3 different response for their businesses. One had shut down completely, and his employees were able to get unemployment. Another another was only doing exterior details onsite, and would not even open the car doors. And the other was mostly doing boats, so was doing full details, but only exterior details on cars.

BTW, the webinar was free for anyone to 'attend', and they said they would put it up on their website soon.

CDC website link:
Chemical Disinfectants | Disinfection & Sterilization Guidelines | Guidelines Library | Infection Control | CDC
 
PaulMys said:
*Big pharma commercial saving you from constipation, but you may die from liver failure. (Ask your doctor).
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Hahaha, you know - when we were over for our family vacation over the holiday season, any time we had the TV on we would laugh at these commercials ...

Often the side effects seems a whole lot worse than the ailment ...


Aaryn NZ. :dblthumb2:
 
Aaryn NZ said:
Hahaha, you know - when we were over for our family vacation over the holiday season, any time we had the TV on we would laugh at these commercials ...

Often the side effects seems a whole lot worse than the ailment ...


Aaryn NZ. :dblthumb2:
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Idk if it’s an American thing only,(torn if I’m honest as I don’t want it to be just Americans that do this, but I also don’t want it to be a human condition) the laziness and ones “inability” to change their own life. At a young age I was diagnosed with a chronic disease, pumped full of meds and doctors visits almost weekly. This isn’t a sob story for me though, my parents are the real heroes through this time bc they drove me everywhere as I was only 11.

Anyways, as years go by I decided to quit cold turkey on my meds, I had been in “remission” for about 6-9 months at the time and I was finishing high school. When I was around 15 I started to work out religiously(being a young teen it was body weight training, boxing and some jogging), and followed a strict diet, cooking my own meals and the sort. As much as I hated those years of being sick, tons of doctor visits, the pain, the tests, medicines and stress on my parents. I feel it was a blessing in disguise, as now I know so many illnesses and conditions are due to lack of care(it’s easy to say diet and exercise, but I’m going to say CARE!).

It’s a bit blunt I know, but if you can’t control your eating, find some form of daily or every other day exercise and activity then you just don’t CARE for YOU! I know we are all busy and have different schedules and workloads, family, obligations etc. I’m not saying this makes for a bad person as clearly there’s so many things that get in the way, first and foremost family is the most important of all!!

In spite of all that, we must take control of our health and ourselves because otherwise it’s of to the “magic pills” the side effects and the “side effect pills” to manage the symptoms of the “magic pills.”

Sorry guys, here’s the soapbox! Actually let me step of the high horse first and then hand you the box!
 
nrengle said:
Concerts are a long ways off, and will never be the same. Gone will be the days of a GA floor, or completely packed houses.
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True enough. But then again, concerts have really never been the same since that fateful night in Cincy on Dec.3, 1979. I was lucky enough to get out of there in one piece but I knew someone who didn't. :(


BudgetPlan1 said:
It's like folks have never heard of Karma. Didn't work out too well for this guy: Man dies from coronavirus after calling it a 'political ploy'
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These protesters remind me of a great quote from the movie about Dalton Trumbo (an excellent movie BTW) :

"There are many angry and ignorant people in this world and they seem to be breeding in record numbers."


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57Rambler said:
True enough. But then again, concerts have really never been the same since that fateful night in Cincy on Dec.3, 1979. I was lucky enough to get out of there in one piece but I knew someone who didn't. :(
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Ahh, The Who concert. I remember that. :(
 
With GA being open again I was finally able to get a haircut! Something we take for granted. My hair was longer than it had been in 40 years. The barber wore a mask, I wore a mask. He sanitized the chair after each customer and everyone that came in used hand sanitizer. This can work, people just have to not be stupid (hard ask).
 
I’m still waiting here in Florida for the barber to open. Indeed the little things we take for granted. When I am finally able to go I think I’m getting scalped!
 
57Rambler said:
True enough. But then again, concerts have really never been the same since that fateful night in Cincy on Dec.3, 1979. I was lucky enough to get out of there in one piece but I knew someone who didn't. :(
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I've played that place twice. Both times that floor is back to GA seating. For years though that was never the case in Cincy. We'll see what happens, and how quick it all goes back to complacency.
 
LOL. I can relate. Haircut is the biggest thing on my plate now. But it is what it is. Just going to have to wait and hope I can even get in when they open.

Work hours have backed off a bit, which I welcome. 36 hours last week. Rumor is we are getting a $300 bonus in MAY. After taxes it will not be much. But it is something in these troubling times...
 
I'm lucky in the fact that I cut my own hair with my trusty clippers.

But my wife is not a happy camper not being able to see her girl at the hair salon.

Man, these women do NOT like grey roots! Lol
 
PaulMys said:
I'm lucky in the fact that I cut my own hair with my trusty clippers.

But my wife is not a happy camper not being able to see her girl at the hair salon.

Man, these woman do NOT like grey roots! Lol
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Lol I just “enhanced” my wife roots. Wasn’t bad and if ones thorough at detailing it carries over to hair tech.
 
nrengle said:
I've played that place twice. Both times that floor is back to GA seating. For years though that was never the case in Cincy. We'll see what happens, and how quick it all goes back to complacency.
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Wow. I was unaware that Cincinnati had overturned its ban on GA seating, apparently in 2004.

GA seating wasn't the problem anyways. The reason for the stampede being deadly was that they only had (2) sets of doors open that night, on opposite sides of the Coliseum. What started it all was they began playing the soundtrack to Quadrophenia over the PA inside, and all the people congregated outside on the plaza between the stadium (Riverfront) and the Coliseum thought the band had taken the stage and then the mad rush began. We were lucky because one guy in our group was a local and suggested we go around to the other side of the Coliseum to see if there was another door open. There was and we walked right in. Once inside we had zero idea that anyone had been killed or anything. The only clue that something was up was that The Who only played one set, no encore, and then the lights came on. In the car on the way back to campus, we turned on the radio to WEBN (local station) only to hear the DJ say "And the death toll from The Who concert is now at 11." Then we got back to our dorm only to find out that a friend had been killed - he had gotten crushed up against one of the huge concrete support columns just inside the entrance.

Sorry for the thread-crap. Stuff like this is hard to forget. :(

As for concerts in general, I think it will be 2021 at the soonest ...
 
a lot of interesting perspectives that open your eyes. thanks to everyone that's posted...
 
57Rambler said:
Wow. I was unaware that Cincinnati had overturned its ban on GA seating, apparently in 2004.

GA seating wasn't the problem anyways. The reason for the stampede being deadly was that they only had (2) sets of doors open that night, on opposite sides of the Coliseum. What started it all was they began playing the soundtrack to Quadrophenia over the PA inside, and all the people congregated outside on the plaza between the stadium (Riverfront) and the Coliseum thought the band had taken the stage and then the mad rush began. We were lucky because one guy in our group was a local and suggested we go around to the other side of the Coliseum to see if there was another door open. There was and we walked right in. Once inside we had zero idea that anyone had been killed or anything. The only clue that something was up was that The Who only played one set, no encore, and then the lights came on. In the car on the way back to campus, we turned on the radio to WEBN (local station) only to hear the DJ say "And the death toll from The Who concert is now at 11." Then we got back to our dorm only to find out that a friend had been killed - he had gotten crushed up against one of the huge concrete support columns just inside the entrance.

Sorry for the thread-crap. Stuff like this is hard to forget. :(

As for concerts in general, I think it will be 2021 at the soonest ...
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Awful thing that happened, but lesson learned.

Holds true today with this virus.
 
57Rambler said:
Wow. I was unaware that Cincinnati had overturned its ban on GA seating, apparently in 2004.

GA seating wasn't the problem anyways. The reason for the stampede being deadly was that they only had (2) sets of doors open that night, on opposite sides of the Coliseum. What started it all was they began playing the soundtrack to Quadrophenia over the PA inside, and all the people congregated outside on the plaza between the stadium (Riverfront) and the Coliseum thought the band had taken the stage and then the mad rush began. We were lucky because one guy in our group was a local and suggested we go around to the other side of the Coliseum to see if there was another door open. There was and we walked right in. Once inside we had zero idea that anyone had been killed or anything. The only clue that something was up was that The Who only played one set, no encore, and then the lights came on. In the car on the way back to campus, we turned on the radio to WEBN (local station) only to hear the DJ say "And the death toll from The Who concert is now at 11." Then we got back to our dorm only to find out that a friend had been killed - he had gotten crushed up against one of the huge concrete support columns just inside the entrance.

Sorry for the thread-crap. Stuff like this is hard to forget. :(

As for concerts in general, I think it will be 2021 at the soonest ...
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I'm quite familiar with the story, anyone that's in my industry should be. I actually remember it first from WKRP when they did the episode on it. It's tragic. And it still happens on occasion. The last time I remember something similar was a festival in Europe about 8 years ago or so where a surge in the crowd caused the same trampling.

Right now from talk with the big players I deal with, it's hoped for summer, but a lot of those dates are quickly going away. And they're planning for beginning of the year. Anything that got rescheduled from spring to fall took all the arena slots besides the sports events. Meanwhile if Fall get's cancelled those tours may just get taken away entirely now. I have some artists that were in the middle of their album cycles that are now writing their next album because they have nothing else they can do besides get ready for whenever it gets back to whatever we do. Entertainment will definitely be the very last thing to come back because of the close quarters enviroments, and cutting capacity on razor thin margins already will just bankrupt most venues (let alone movie theaters, AMC will not be coming out this as it stands).
 
Im in nyc, worst of the worst in the united states and maybe the world technically. Im not wanting to sound political here but we were warned about another pandemic and the current government not only failed to act but gutted safety nets that help prevents this and often does not believe in science and medicine and tells people to basically inject themselves with lysol?!?!

I fear alot of restaurants will close and unfortunately other industries will go down too. My biggest grip is the people calling this a hoax. A nurse committed suicide recently due to being so overworked and people have the nerve to go and form mass crowds and be jerks. I have been there with depression and you lose hope and become overwhelmed and down so fast and hard. I have family working covid and I fear for them as well. However I appreciate what some companies have done to fight back.
 
Some elevators don’t go to the top floor and some don’t even work ..we have them in my area
 
this is not only upsetting, but truly heart breaking...

August 24, 2020

175,938 total deaths (USA)

9073 total deaths (Canada)

309 total deaths (South Korea)

1179 total deaths (Japan)

4634 total deaths (China)

9332 total deaths (Germany)

30,153 total deaths (France)

35,437 total deaths (Italy)
 
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