OT: Covid-19 (Part 28) Stop Making Sense (Mod warning on first post)

[Runner77]

Speaking of musicians, I heard someone has just booked a venue for his band to perform in front of 50 people in October. He believes that having the band behind a plexiglass barrier is going to protect them from the virus.

When did this kind of live gig stop being a Covid risk? Even if all patrons wore masks (and that's assuming the right masks worn properly), what about recirculated air?

 

[peate]

Speaking of musicians, I heard someone has just booked a venue for his band to perform in front of 50 people in October. He believes that having the band behind a plexiglass barrier is going to protect them from the virus.

When did this kind of live gig stop being a Covid risk? Even if all patrons wore masks (and that's assuming the right masks worn properly), what about recirculated air?

Just crank it up, loud volume kills Covid virus.

 

[Treb]

Just crank it up, loud volume kills Covid virus.

Just take shots of absinthe by the mouth and nose all night, alcohol kills the virus.

 

[Paddyjack]

Guys, you have better numbers than in BC this week. Good job with the masks.

 

[CrAzYNiNe]

It's been pretty good here in Quebec, and after seeing the lineup in Quebec City of it was reported that 7 or 8 employees at a Costco tested positive. Glad so many are taking it seriously, would be nice if everyone was taking it seriously given school is about to start in a few weeks.

A bit of the numbers: We were at our lowest 2 weeks total on july 5th (june 22nd to july 5th inclusive) with 1097 new cases over that 2 week span. We were at our worst July 31st (July 18 to 31st inclusive) with 2170 new cases over that span. Today we are at 1552 new cases over the last two weeks. We are having smaller and smaller daily new cases, since august 11, all days have been under 100 new cases except august 13 at 104.

3 more weeks to get these numbers even lower and hopefully find ways for the teachers, students, everyone involved in the back to school to find ways to be safe and avoid spreading this virus. Watching Europe sure makes things less positive.

 

[Lshap]

Speaking of musicians, I heard someone has just booked a venue for his band to perform in front of 50 people in October. He believes that having the band behind a plexiglass barrier is going to protect them from the virus.

When did this kind of live gig stop being a Covid risk? Even if all patrons wore masks (and that's assuming the right masks worn properly), what about recirculated air?

One of my bands performed last weekend at the Royalmount drive-in, outdoors. Massive stage and great sound. We played to about 200 people, all of them in or in front of their parked cars. From the stage, seeing 50-60 cars staring back felt like I was in a Disney movie.

Haven't heard about any indoor gigs yet.

 

[GoodKiwi]

 

[groovejuice]

Just take shots of absinthe by the mouth and nose all night, alcohol kills the virus.

Absinthe got an unearned negative reputation around the turn of the 20th century. There was an individual case of a French man who started drinking large amounts of absinthe in the morning and continued with wine throughout the day. He later had a serious fight with his wife who was tired of his drunken behavior and ended up shooting and killing his wife and 2 children.

Abstainers, quick to demonize alcohol of all kinds, jumped on the opportunity to denigrate the reputation of absinthe. A doctor devised an experiment with rats. One box had open saucers of pure wormwood oil, the second just distilled alcohol. The oil had an extemely concentrated proportion of a toxic extract found in wormwood, at an absurdly greater amount than potable absinthe. Needless to say, all those rats died.

The third strike was caused by a drought (or blight?) that attacked grapevines of winemakers around that time. The wine industry was fearful of absinthe grabbing too much of the market, so used their hefty political influence to have it banned, using false claims of its toxicity as ammunition.

 

[Kriss E]

Absinthe got an unearned negative reputation around the turn of the 20th century. There was an individual case of a French man who started drinking large amounts of absinthe in the morning and continued with wine throughout the day. He later had a serious fight with his wife who was tired of his drunken behavior and ended up shooting and killing his wife and 2 children.

Abstainers, quick to demonize alcohol of all kinds, jumped on the opportunity to denigrate the reputation of absinthe. A doctor devised an experiment with rats. One box had open saucers of pure wormwood oil, the second just distilled alcohol. The oil had an extemely concentrated proportion of a toxic extract found in wormwood, at an absurdly greater amount than potable absinthe. Needless to say, all those rats died.

The third strike was caused by a drought (or blight?) that attacked grapevines of winemakers around that time. The wine industry was fearful of absinthe grabbing too much of the market, so used their hefty political influence to have it banned, using false claims of its toxicity as ammunition.

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I went to a bar that specialises in Absinthe...I was so f***ed.

 

[Milhouse40]

France is having a big surge right now.....let's hope they can control it.
More than 3000 cases in the last 2 days

 

[Ozmodiar]

Absinthe got an unearned negative reputation around the turn of the 20th century. There was an individual case of a French man who started drinking large amounts of absinthe in the morning and continued with wine throughout the day. He later had a serious fight with his wife who was tired of his drunken behavior and ended up shooting and killing his wife and 2 children.

Abstainers, quick to demonize alcohol of all kinds, jumped on the opportunity to denigrate the reputation of absinthe. A doctor devised an experiment with rats. One box had open saucers of pure wormwood oil, the second just distilled alcohol. The oil had an extemely concentrated proportion of a toxic extract found in wormwood, at an absurdly greater amount than potable absinthe. Needless to say, all those rats died.

The third strike was caused by a drought (or blight?) that attacked grapevines of winemakers around that time. The wine industry was fearful of absinthe grabbing too much of the market, so used their hefty political influence to have it banned, using false claims of its toxicity as ammunition.

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I’ve got some in the liquor cabinet. Was gonna break it out if the leafs landed Lafrenière. lol

 

[Runner77]

One of my bands performed last weekend at the Royalmount drive-in, outdoors. Massive stage and great sound. We played to about 200 people, all of them in or in front of their parked cars. From the stage, seeing 50-60 cars staring back felt like I was in a Disney movie.

Haven't heard about any indoor gigs yet.

I knew it wasn't a good idea to play indoors. Proof's in the pudding, no one who is remotely Covid-conscious is looking for that but somehow, there are people willing to book those gigs and venues willing to hold them, without regard for consequences.

How are you doing on outdoor gigs? Wondering if you've found several like locations to keep you going. Playing online can really get trying, you'll want a live audience soon enough. These past few months of internet collabs beg for variety.

 

[Runner77]

One of my bands performed last weekend at the Royalmount drive-in, outdoors.

Just checked pricing for that venue. It starts at $10000 to book.

How'd you guys pull that off? You must have had a bunch of bands each paying their share.

 

[Per Sjoblom]

I’ve got some in the liquor cabinet. Was gonna break it out if the leafs landed Lafrenière. lol

I have it as well, I pour it on a sugar cube until the cube is dissolved then down it goes.

 

[OnTheRun]

In the last 6 days: 524 new cases and 878 recovered, so ultimately that's -354 active cases in the province during that stretch. Covid is losing ground fairly quickly right now.

 

[Treb]

Absinthe got an unearned negative reputation around the turn of the 20th century. There was an individual case of a French man who started drinking large amounts of absinthe in the morning and continued with wine throughout the day. He later had a serious fight with his wife who was tired of his drunken behavior and ended up shooting and killing his wife and 2 children.

Abstainers, quick to demonize alcohol of all kinds, jumped on the opportunity to denigrate the reputation of absinthe. A doctor devised an experiment with rats. One box had open saucers of pure wormwood oil, the second just distilled alcohol. The oil had an extemely concentrated proportion of a toxic extract found in wormwood, at an absurdly greater amount than potable absinthe. Needless to say, all those rats died.

The third strike was caused by a drought (or blight?) that attacked grapevines of winemakers around that time. The wine industry was fearful of absinthe grabbing too much of the market, so used their hefty political influence to have it banned, using false claims of its toxicity as ammunition.

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Absinthe is still usually 50-70% ethanol so consuming it in large quantities can be very harmful (just as much as the identical alcohol volume of whatever you are drinking, it's just in less total volume for absinthe). I was just saying that because several hand sanitizer are in the 60-70% ethanol range so they overlap.

I had absinthe before (I think it was close to 70%) and it sure wakes you up.

 

[Lshap]

Just checked pricing for that venue. It starts at $10000 to book.

How'd you guys pull that off? You must have had a bunch of bands each paying their share.

We were the only band, hired to play before the two drive-in movies, which was the main draw. They screened Goonies and The Wall, and we played short sets before each viewing. Why get a rock band on top of the movies? No idea.

 

[Runner77]

We were the only band, hired to play before the two drive-in movies, which was the main draw. They screened Goonies and The Wall, and we played short sets before each viewing. Why get a rock band on top of the movies? No idea.

Fantastic. So the venue hired you guys, that helps.

Well, the question is, why not hire a rock band -- we're all watching movies during the pandemic, whether it's indoors or out. How many live rock acts can we lay claim to since Covid? Sounds like a great idea to me.

 

[Ozmodiar]

I have it as well, I pour it on a sugar cube until the cube is dissolved then down it goes.

yep. Got the slotted spoon hanging around the bottle neck.

 

[Habsawce]

I'm all kinds of bored of COVID. The good news is, probably only another 4 years or so of this.

 

[GoodKiwi]

 

[Crusher117]

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Great numbers. Especially MTL. numbers should be close to 0 by the time schools open.

 

[GoodKiwi]

Added averages.

 

[azcanuck]

It came to AZ in a furry. IT's disappearing quickly now. We should be good. Life will be back to normal soon.

 

[Runner77]