@Kehaulani said in Playing risks in Covid-time:

And for the musicians' sake, rubbing elbows with audience members, even though you may have taken all precautions on stage, then puts you at greater risk off-stage. Point is that, even though you may take precautions on stage, as soon as you socialise with others at the venue, all bets are off.

Sadly, this is so true.

@Kehaulani said in Playing risks in Covid-time:

@ROWUK said in Playing risks in Covid-time:
Doesn't Fauci "serve at the pleasure of the President"?

No, he does what is right...

What's that supposed to mean? Do you mean that he can't be fired by the President?

So Kahaulani, I believed I answered the second part of your question to ROWUK regarding who and who not a President can fire (I said a President not The President as that commentary is based on Political Science, not Politics).

For the first question: What's that suppose to mean by "No, he does what is right... I believe I may share with ROWUK that Dr. Fauci, a scientist, is guided by the science, not politics [i.e. trying to make a decision in saving the economy for political gain over diminishing loss of life for optimal medical outcomes]. As it is the science behind Fauci's course of decision making that impacts on health. If the decision is made based on politics then the opposite may be the fate for We the People.

So before I am challenged on this as being a political comment... I am only stating current fact that the science has been ignored, the the US is now at 5 million infected. So our governments, State or Federal, has been ineffectual in the United States of America to protect We the People.

So how does all this impact on "Playing risks in Covid-time"? Whether the trumpet does or does not significantly produce infectious particulates, I doubt this will impact significantly on spreading Covid over the higher risk of an audience that dances on large dance floors to musicians that may be social distancing, or with the patrons that sit at the bar shoulder and shoulder to drink or eat, obviously without the ability to wear a face mask, whether they believe in doing so or not. No politics here, just human behavior. Right?

And elected officials cannot be fired by the President. So if the VP does something to totally violate the President's intent, the President cannot remove his VP.

@grune said in A little humour:

uh, grammatically...

Accordion to who whom ?

But I was talking to grammpa.

@Kehaulani said in Playing risks in Covid-time:

But isn't the NIH a government agency under the Executive? Not quibbling or arguing, just want clarification.

From a CNN New Feed: Under federal law, Trump doesn't have the power to directly fire Fauci, a career civil servant, and remove him from government. And while Trump could try ordering his political appointees to dismiss the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Fauci could appeal -- a time-consuming process.

@Kehaulani said in Playing risks in Covid-time:

@ROWUK said in Playing risks in Covid-time:
Doesn't Fauci "serve at the pleasure of the President"?

No, he does what is right...

What's that supposed to mean? Do you mean that he can't be fired by the President?

No. Fauci cannot be fired by the President. He is a division head under the director of the NIH. The President can choose to kick him off the task force though.

My optometrist has created lenses that my left eye is corrected to see close distances, my right far distances. I believe it is called monocular vision contact lenses. This works VERY WELL if I skew my stand to rotate at 45 degrees NW relative to my stance. My left eye sees the left written notes and my right the further right written notes and it is amazing that there is no blur in the transition across the page in so doing.

@ROWUK said in Playing risks in Covid-time:
...Fact is, if everyone simply practices good hygiene, distancing and wears a mask whenever possible, we could be well on our way to recovery...

And at the present time, this is the ONLY intervention we have at this time to prevent the spread. Sadly, there are many here in the USA that when not mandated by Government, does not follow this advice. That is why the US has had such an augmented rise in the past month.