Coronavirus

[RedLED]

Star,

No, however, this is the longest down time I have had since summer vacations so I am enjoying it. With that said all my corporate gigs are cancelled, and I have no idea if they will reschedule if not for a while. Journalism does not pay much but it is fun and interesting. I may have go back to quinceneras (SP), like 29 years ago.

 

[Bullzeyebill]

Wood you guys get back on topic instead of picking at each other. Never seen so many Rule 4's and rule 8 violations since becoming a mod.

Bill

 

[RedLED]

How is it off topic if it involves down time, and loss of work? Just asking.

 

[RedLED]

Star,

No, however, this is the longest down time I have had since summer vacations so I am enjoying it. With that said all my corporate gigs are cancelled, and I have no idea if they will reschedule if not for a while. Journalism does not pay much but it is fun and interesting. I may have go back to quinceneras (SP), like 29 years ago.

 

[Chauncey Gardener]

Oh wow! Déjà vu. :p

 

[StarHalo]

I may have go back to quinceneras (SP), like 29 years ago.

I ain't shootin' groups now; but when it's 80 and sunny, time to get the gear out, get around the neighborhood, gather building materials like this guy today:

 

[ven]

Cool shot star!

Well reports are the north west UK will be a slower peak over the next few weeks, not as steep as predicted. 2500 first predicted ventilators has been reduced to an estimated 500. How they work this out, i dont know.

Mean while another young chap in work, his parents tested positive so he is off for 2 weeks. This guy i was winding up(as you do) last week.........guess i will find out how effective these masks, distancing and hand washing is!

One day at a time, stay safe guys

 

[StarHalo]

Well reports are the north west UK will be a slower peak over the next few weeks, not as steep as predicted. 2500 first predicted ventilators has been reduced to an estimated 500. How they work this out, i dont know.

At least you guys are still staying strong with the testing, we're actually down from a peak that was significantly lower than what was promised. And now they're promising it'll rain ventilators next..

 

[ven]

Honestly star, awesome NHS and other front line heroes aside, our country is an embarrassment . From not listening to advice, from still not getting front line staff tested(yet MPs daughters who are not front line have been). From a few year back , cheering in the Houses of Parliament when the 1% pay rise was voted against.

We still don’t have enough testing, there are still nurses working without correct PPE(our company actually donated lots of PPE the other week locally). There are still nurses catching covid19 and passing away from it. Over 30 now!. Words and certainly on a family forum can not express my disgust in how it’s been handled . Yes I am not a fan of our government in anyway. Will leave that there.
Many small businesses are still out of pocket , a very small % have been helped so far.
I think it’s too early to start looking at reducing measures, in fact I would not be changing anything until a vaccine was available. It won’t take much to kick this all off again, after all, it only takes 1, then 3, then 9.........

I can see the social distancing staying for a while, heck who knows maybe the rest of 2020. If a vaccine is available from September, it’s how long it takes to get out there. We don’t know fully if we can catch this again, there are reports some have. How true or not, don’t know, but it is a concern!

I really feel for small businesses / self employed out there, just hope help gets to them sooner than later. All these promises come true!

Stay safe

 

[bykfixer]

I took this with a scratched to death lens on Easter morning.
When Nikon discontinued an f2.8 35-70 lens a while back they were commanding up to $1000 for new ones on eBay. They had been around $400. A friend of mine in Seattle had one laying around for magazine shoots but said "it's ruined with scratches at both ends, want it pay the postage". Cool.

I used it for modeling shots for a while because it created a soft glow like you used to see in scenes in the show Dynasty where those wrinkled up women always looked so young and vibrant. Made great still life effects too.

A fellow in Durham NC had a broken one with good glass and sold me the glass for $50. He showed me how to replace the glass too. So for this one it had a good glass up front and scratched on the rear. I used a 6200k flashlight to back light it. My Nikon 7000 with a Manfroto macro friendly tripod was used. My neighbor who grew the flower asked for copies when I was done so I emailed her a full res jpeg of all I took that day. She said they'll be used for a life during corona pandemic calendar.

 

[ven]

Awesome mr fixer, its like mr fixer can fix anything! :thumbsup:

 

[Greta]

And now for something a little different... but still on topic: Sent to me by Cyclops942

https://amgreatness.com/2020/04/13/can-we-trust-the-experts/

Pay special attention to the topic "Expert Myopia" - I promise you won't be disappointed ;)

 

[StarHalo]

Pay special attention to the topic "Expert Myopia" - I promise you won't be disappointed ;)

Right, the other countries followed the experts and we didn't. So what was the result?

 

[Greta]

Right, the other countries followed the experts and we didn't. So what was the result?

:shakehead And this is why no one really takes you seriously. 'Cuz obviously you completely missed the reason I posted the link. :ohgeez::sigh:

 

[StarHalo]

:shakehead And this is why no one really takes you seriously. 'Cuz obviously you completely missed the reason I posted the link. :ohgeez::sigh:

You posted the link to point out that experts are unreliable holistically because they only give you information from their respective fields; I responded by pointing out that we generally ignored the medical field's warnings about needing to be proactive and to flatten the curve early, which is evident in our unique lack of a national response. The result is that we now have significantly more cases and deaths than any other country.

I would point out that your article makes the case that human life is not the ultimate goal of recovering from a pandemic, that other business factors may take precedence.

 

[Greta]

You posted the link to point out that experts are unreliable holistically because they only give you information from their respective fields; I responded by pointing out that we generally ignored the medical field's warnings about needing to be proactive and to flatten the curve early, which is evident in our unique lack of a national response. The result is that we now have significantly more cases and deaths than any other country.

I would point out that your article makes the case that human life is not the ultimate goal of recovering from a pandemic, that other business factors may take precedence.

Not even close. Might wanna pay closer attention and actually read the part I referenced. Let me know when you get it.

 

[StarHalo]

Not even close. Might wanna pay closer attention and actually read the part I referenced. Let me know when you get it.

I can see that there's a link to CPF there, but I'm not sure we should be flattered to be included, is all.

 

[Greta]

I can see that there's a link to CPF there, but I'm not sure we should be flattered to be included, is all.

I'm VERY flattered! Because it proves the whole point of the entire article:

[FONT=&quot]"Everyone knows a lot about his own little corner of the world."[/FONT]

CPF is a great example of how people can be experts in all kinds of different things... even flashlights! But just because you're an expert in flashlights doesn't mean you know squat about infectious diseases or running a first world country. I'm very proud of our little corner of the world here on CPF. But I also know that there are a lot of people in the world who just look at it and can't even begin to wrap their head around "an expert in flashlights". You can substitute any word you want for the word "flashlights". You'll still get the same reaction from a large amount of the population.

 

[bykfixer]

Everybody goofed early on. Eh-vir-ee-bod-ee. Not one side, not the other. Not the in between. Every Body goofed up in December. Nobody stopped traveling when it was known to exist way back then. By mid January it was too late by the time anybody tried to stop it.

China goofed up, America goofed up, the entire world goofed up. Plain and simple, just like with the great pandemic of 1917.

Here we are a few months later and none of the long term models are coming true. The noise from the sky is falling crowd is now being drowned out now with the sounds of the people chanting "we the people want liberty back". Like it or not the masses are speaking loudly. The masses who volunteered to stay at home, avoid each other as much as possible, even let the gubment stop barbecues and birthday parties because the "experts" said it was best. Those same experts who told us in February "our models say nothing to fear folks".

 

[Fish 14]

New information was released saying that China worked in correlation with the WHO to create a virus just to show the USA that China was better at creating vaccines than the US was.