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.

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

@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?

@Dr-GO said in Playing risks in Covid-time:

@Kehaulani said in Playing risks in Covid-time:

"The government", in this case, are the highly experienced, infectious disease medical experts the President, himself, selected.

I don't think the President selected Fauci. I believe he was already in the position as the Director of the National Science Foundation Allergy and Infections Disease Division. The President can only elect to listen or not to listen to Dr. Fauci's advice.

Doesn't Fauci "serve at the pleasure of the President"?

I used a special bifocal lens that allowed me to use the custom lower lens to focus on the music (at the music's special distance), and with the upper lens, to concentrate on the conductor.

If I was conducting, I used a different set of glasses that allowed me to read scores with the lower lens and an upper lens to focus on the orchestra, itself.

Neither set of glasses served as all-purpose lenses. For general use, I used conventional tri-focals.

"The government", in this case, are the highly experienced, infectious disease medical experts the President, himself, selected.

Who would be the propogandist? This seems to me, to just be another step closer to learning more about the disease and how to handle it.

@Dr-GO said in Clean with 'alcohol'?:
Check out all the snipes he deleted.

What I deleted were not "snipes", they were comments supporting what I previously said, but I deleted them just to lower the temperature. Evidently, it doesn't matter.

I'm not going to let this deteriorate into a "he said, she said" bickering. I have nothing else to say. Just leave me alone and I will be more than happy to do the same.

@Dr-GO said in Clean with 'alcohol'?:

@Kehaulani said in Clean with 'alcohol'? I use Everclear. 95% Alcohol. I drink a big swig then play my horn. Kills everything in it. "Including brain cells."

Relevant to Kehaulani and his recent posts, that goes without saying.

Am I going to have to tolerate cheap, off-topic sniping like calling me brain-dead, going forward? This is like a playground bully who just has to have the last word, even though it's not even called for.

If we can't avoid finding opportunities to slip in cheap, crude shots, I may just reconsider my participation in this forum.