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He's out of the ICU now but still hospitalized.

FIFY.

Ya know? It would seem that if we do the exact opposite of what the Mango Mussolini says, if we take every statement he makes and reverse it, we'd be doing the right thing.

God works in mysterious ways.

Ron, if he had died you'd still praise God, correct?

Sorry

How could any instructor/DZO sleep at night knowing they just raped a fellow jumper? $120 for a D license holder to get current after 7 months is insane.

I can't think of a single DZO or instructor who is looking forward to a bonanza from recurrency jumps.

Robert: The spammer has nothing to do with Bruce. Anyone interested in the case can go to any of the websites like Mountain News or the Cooper Forum. Just because they are on those sites does not mean they support everything that goes on. Calm down. Bruce's credibility is doing just fine.

Of course they protect. Like with every other measure no-one is saying it is complete protection, but it reduces the risk of transmission. In this case, the mask doesn't have to stop viral particles getting through, it just has to reduce the amount of saliva and mucus particles you expel into the air. This will reduce the potential exposue to the virus of everyone around you. Hopefully some people can use it as a memory aid to stop touching their faces as much. Sure there are people out there that will keep moving them to itch or talk or put lipstick on or whatever, but they'd be doing that anyway. Everyone that doesn't do that because they have a mask on is a benefit. Like washing your hands. Is it perfect? Of course not. Sooner or later you will touch your face after touching a public surface, or touch a surface after touching your face. However if you are diligent about washing your hands as much as possible you will greatly reduce those potential transmissions. If everyone does it Covid won't be stopped dead, but it will be significantly slowed. Like staying 2 meters away from people. Will it definitely stop you being infected or infecting someone via airborne particles? No, but it will reduce the likelihood that it happens. If everyone stays 2 meters away from people from other households Covid won't be stopped dead, but it will be significantly slowed vs going around shaking hands, hugging or kissing the cheeks of everyone you meet with.

As I was saying in the other thread - several countries hate China's guts, especially Taiwan and Vietnam, and that didn't stop them from executing an effective response to the virus. The US's failure to contain it stands independently on its own.

Respectfully, yes it can, and I believe it is being hidden - not through maliciousness, but mostly through poor messaging and inconsistent procedures. I've read several pieces recently highlighting an unusual uptick in deaths attributed to pneumonia or acute respiratory syndrome, that could well be Corona related but either aren't tested due to not meeting a local criteria, or there just aren't tests available. I trust the current US numbers barely more than the Chinese or Russian ones.

If you haven't already, absolutely.

I agree -- except I think there will continue to be a possibility of new contamination once we start jumping again. We need to start thinking about what the protocols will be.

A few examples: "Square": Sabre, PD Reserve, Triathalon (IIRC) "Tapered/Semi-Elliptical": Sabre2, Safire 1&2, Lotus, Pilot, Fusion, Spectre, Navigator, Silhouette, etc... "Elliptical/Fully-Elliptical/High-Performance": Samurai, Stiletto, Nitro(n), Katana, Crossfire 1 & 2, Jedei, Cobalt, Blade, etc... "Cross-braced": Extreme FX, VX, JVX, Xaos-21, 27, Velocity, etc... "Defies description": Diablo NSCR-2376, SCR-15080