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I have a solution for everyone who wants to avoid Corona Virus and for kids marching in drum corps, it could help with dues and spending money for the summer. If you walk into a CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid, or other chain pharmacy, chances are you will see a help wanted sign. Apply and accept the job, even if it’s part time. My father was a pharmacist and owned his own store. As early as I can remember, I waited on customers who coughed, sneezed, wiped their runny nose then handed me their money. Then there was cleaning up after a kid vomited and cleaned up after other unpleasantries I’ll leave to your imagination. I rarely catch anything worse than a slight cold. I need to watch my blood pressure and heart rate, but that’s family history, not a contagious illness. Working in a drug store builds up your immunity for a lifetime. 👨‍⚕️ .🤧

NEIL DIAMOND: touching hands CDC: no don’t touch hands NEIL DIAMOND: reaching out CDC: please avoid that NEIL DIAMOND: touching you! CDC: everyone in Boston is doomed (source)

So Sanchez had 12 kids in 1979 and Mangione was the uncle to each of them. Sounds like the start of a Mensa exam question. Now let's talk about Land of Make Believe.....

Easier to ask who did NOT play it! 😎

The show must go on! Our 11 minutes of goosebumps can't be denied because of COVID-19. Cases have been confirmed in Solano and Santa Clara counties. Even though the CDC just sent teams to Nor Cal with intensions of quarantines, I will assure you that BD still wins even if they need to phone it in. 🤧

Covid-19 bears watching because it straddles the boundary between SARS / MERS and the common cold. It's very communicable and as a result has fatalities that are already more than twice those of SARS. Responsible parties are worried it won't be "containable" (despite the very aggressive attempts to limit it's spread). It's not influenza so there are no manufacturing facilities in place to rapidly bring a vaccine to market (even if one is found). Strangely the fact that it's so mild for most who contract it is the very thing that makes it more dangerous.

Awww, and just when they had built up so much credibility.

So what is “the media” saying that is not the truth.... craps hitting the fan all over and it’s being reported *shrug*

This may be the most annoyed anyone has been at Switzerland since Heidi preempted the Jets-Raiders game.

it gives him material. from what i remember of the membership list, it seemed to me like more people were there to watch the NASCAR crash

Got an email this past week stating that we are closing all international travel for the company....and I quote...."Including travel to Phoenix Arizona." I personally didn't realize that Arizona was considered international...but whatevs....

But it also said this, just below your quote: “However, it’s important to note that current global circumstances suggest it is likely that this virus will cause a pandemic. In that case, the risk assessment would be different.” Which gets us back to we just don’t know yet. There’s no reason to think this is turning into Captain Trips but, considering the disruption happening in other corners of the world, it would still be smart, IMO, for DCI to have some initial discussions about possible repercussions for the activity this coming summer.

Saw it on cable one night.zzzzzzz and I like Anthony Quinn. Wow this May be first time Wind Gap was even mentioned in dcp. 🤭

You're posting fake news. If you stop doing that, I'll stop correcting it.

"...no worse than the flu..." The New England Journal of Medicine https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2002032?query=RP

I originally entered this discussion to consider that the ACTUAL virus might cause the drum corps season to be modified/cancelled. Now I think the ACTUAL virus might not cause the impact and, instead, the hyped fear for unrelated reasons might end up causing a modification of the season.

Reported cases: 62 at last count. Whatever. 325 MILLION people in the US, we're "chatting" around 62 cases, and our flu has killed more than 8,000 people this season and NO ONE calls the "US flu" a pandemic. But, this one is just around the corner. Just wait... This unproven emotional fear may cause the drum corps season to be cancelled as so many conventions in Barcelona. Lucas Oil Stadium could be forced empty during finals week based on unrealized fear.

OK, fine. It's a virus, not a flu. Got it. A calm, dispassionate discussion doesn't contain hyped, aluminum foil scenarios of doom conflated from circumstance exogenous to our own. 62 cases, and counting.

Thus spaketh a certain television game show host, i.e, a member of the media, in 2014: ---"Ebola patient will be brought to the U.S. in a few days - now I know for sure that our leaders are incompetent. KEEP THEM OUT OF HERE!" (7/31/14) ---"The U.S. cannot allow EBOLA infected people back. People that go to far away places to help out are great-but must suffer the consequences!" (8/1/14) ---"The U.S. must immediately stop all flights from EBOLA infected countries or the plague will start and spread inside our 'borders.' Act fast!" (8/2/14) ---"Ebola is much easier to transmit than the CDC and government representatives are admitting. Spreading all over Africa-and fast. Stop flights" (10/2/14) ---"A single Ebola carrier infects 2 others at a minimum. STOP THE FLIGHTS! NO VISAS FROM EBOLA STRICKEN COUNTRIES!" (11/10/14) Those are among more than 150 public, and dare I say, "over hyped" utterances that person, who shall remain nameless, made over the course of about four months. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Anyway, the most important thing everyone can do to impede the spread of COVID-19 is to wash your hands. Lots of people do it wrong. Here's a useful aid for those who need a refresher.

You forgot to mention Tim, even as a young person, you had the Big Guy on speed dial. He had bigger plans for you.

I think the age old adage, “Hope for the best; prepare for the worst,” applies here.

I don’t know if this works or not but I amp up on elderberry airborne all winter. I had a little something at the beginning of December last year but besides that, I’ve been fine. Went to Florida this month, ate out all the time.. Exercise and staying hydrated is always good. And like @N.E. Brigand Said, wash your hands frequently.

fewer people will hear the dirt

OMG - does this mean you can get corona virus from a toilet seat?!?!? Cal down people - first off, it is from China so it is not going to last long. Second, the serious cases seem to happen in the elderly, very young, or otherwise vulnerable (for example - immunosuppressed) individuals. If you have 13 Min & care to see a good but not too technical explanation of what is really going on from a physician who posts on youtube than check this out. But watch it all because there are some really good points he makes at the end.

The only troubling part is that he still has a cadre of boot-licking sycophants.

Troopers just released this on their facebook page! A few days ago, a different photo was leaked that led to a lot of speculation and mystery. But, it sure seems like the Mystery corps is in fact the Troopers. Here is the other photo that was on Reddit....

DARK AND SERIOUS, THAT’S WHY! People have always called me serious, maybe even dark sometimes too, and those 1990s Cavaliers shows really were intense. I was drawn to them like gods and taught myself to play mellophone at 19 just so I could be a part of that. Look at my case: 1990 – Anthems – I believe this is supposed to be choral church music, but those first two pieces sound like no church I’ve ever been to. That Gloria percussion feature is bone crushing – which is very good! 1991 – Christmas music from hell 1992 – Revolution - enough said. 1993 – I’ve often called this the darkest music ever played. I believe the opener is about Jesus’s procession with the cross and the second piece is about fighters in Vietnam. 1994 – rope and lumber to accentuate heavy masculine effect we’ve always had 1995 – all emotions covered, but Mars… I stand my ground! 1996 – Pan-American Sketches, the year I marched – they told us this more gentle show was actually about Europeans stealing the Americas from the Natives (Copland at the end is pretty “white” to finish off the meaning) 1997 – who thought the Firebird ballet could be made more dark and serious than Stravinsky made it – The Cavaliers proved it could be done. 1998 and 1999 – “Machine” was pretty heavy, but for the most part, I think we started to back off… Any thoughts?

Wow, you guys marched corps, know the "news" before it ever hits the stands, know the truth from the fake "news" regardless of personal knowledge of the individual, AND are all doctors or top professionals in the medical field? I can't believe you find time to post on DCP!

Man couldn’t quite place it.... ugh....

Not worried about the virus in the San Francisco area, as the plague will likely wipe it out.

Now we're dieseling this subject. When there's more empirical data, we'll keep going. OK?

"[T]he overall clinical consequences of Covid-19 may ultimately be more akin to those of a severe seasonal influenza (which has a case fatality rate of approximately 0.1%) or a pandemic influenza (similar to those in 1957 and 1968) rather than a disease similar to SARS or MERS, which have had case fatality rates of 9 to 10% and 36%, respectively." (Bold mine)

Yeah your quote does not appear in the NEJM article you cited. OTHO here is an actual quote from that article: " Patients often presented without fever, and many did not have abnormal radiologic findings."

I think he was thinking of the antivirus and not the vaccine.

It does bear repeating that most people who contract this disease will completely recover. Here's a new article in the Washington Post by someone who was on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan and bought back to the U.S., where he is in quarantine: "I have the coronavirus. So far, it isn't that bad." He was tested upon leaving the ship, but the results weren't confirmed until after he reached the U.S.; he began developing symptoms on the flight back. After nearly two weeks, he seems to be making a full recovery, although he still tests positive for the virus and remains in quarantine.

yes they have restarted. yes that gives them a head start. no one has ever brought a vaccine for a coronavirus to market yet. even if it experiences no problems on it's path to production, its at least 18-24 months away. sorry. marketing <> reality and confusing the two is irresponsible. as i said earlier, it's amazing to watch both sides of the talking points play out.

And laughing face because you also put “news” in quotes. I’m still looking for a middle of the road/independent network that PO’s BOTH sides. Heaven knows they both PO me....

Most car "crashes" are human error so how do we fix stupid?

Seriously... media is wrong for getting facts correct? And quite frankly sometimes the public needs to hear what they don’t want to hear. Back to mom lectures on “eat it, it’s good for you”. In this case it would be my dad “hey you need to listen ######”

When you referred "this strain of flu", were you not referring to the coronavirus?

And I am, frankly, SHOCKED at the number of people I know who are falling for the hype as if it's gospel. Shameful on the media's part. 62 cases in the US.

Yow... just read two articles that hit regarding “the flu” (not Coronavirus). My home state released info that deaths are up and multiple deaths in all age groups not just very young and elderly. including age range of potential DCI members to keep it Corps related. And a Cleveland Clinic cardiologist has passed from the flu at age 60. He had his seasonal flu shot but was sickened from a different strain. Should wake up anyone who thinks “one size fits all” applies to respiratory ailments. Be careful folks...

I have a friend who is a heavyweight in IT and they cancelled the big show in Barcelona last week.

Jack Daniels, Johnny Walker, George Dickel, Jim Beam. Friends of mine!

Yup. Several of which are posting here

Think he is “washed” but just waiting for judicial system to finally start in....

Hmmmmmm...alot of that goin around lately

God complex - A god complex is an unshakable belief characterized by consistently inflated feelings of personal ability, privilege, or infallibility. A person with a god complex may refuse to admit the possibility of their error or failure, even in the face of irrefutable evidence, intractable problems or difficult or impossible tasks. The person is also highly dogmatic in their views, meaning the person speaks of their personal opinions as though they were unquestionably correct.[1] Someone with a god complex may exhibit no regard for the conventions and demands of society, and may request special consideration or privileges.[1] my view: Once (hopefully) the Cadets start moving forward successfully (June??!!) and put a quality product on the field and chart a solid volunteer/financial future he will "move on" since the "evidence" will no longer reinforce the God complex. Unfortunately 2018/19 results have only served to reinforce the self-perspective

Because math.

If you think of some of the other threads this off season, quiet is not a bad thing!