The official Coronavirus containment thread

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#14300 3 years ago

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Quoted from PantherCityPins:
While we’re on the subject, I’m surprised no one has commented on the President saying he has been taking Hydroxychloroquine for almost two weeks as a preventative for COVID-19.
This is troubling on a few fronts.
First, we still don’t know if Hydroxychloroquine actually works to treat or prevent COVID-19 and the data we do have are mixed at best.
Secondly, the President is overweight and has known high cholesterol so he could be at higher risk for cardiac issues and thus Hydroxychloroquine could have risks for him.
Third, as a physician I am forced to wonder what the President’s doctor is thinking here. He is placing his patient on a medication with risks and without proven benefit. He also is putting the rest of the country’s physicians in a position to have to field more questions and demands from patients for “preventative” Hydroxychloroquine when that isn’t even an approved use of the medication.

I seriously doubt he is taking the drug. I don't have any reason to think otherwise.

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#14302 3 years ago

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My cat after getting Costco rotisserie chicken for the first time in months:

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#14303 3 years ago

GMM

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Quoted from PantherCityPins:
Third, as a physician I am forced to wonder what the President’s doctor is thinking here. He is placing his patient on a medication with risks and without proven benefit. He also is putting the rest of the country’s physicians in a position to have to field more questions and demands from patients for “preventative” Hydroxychloroquine when that isn’t even an approved use of the medication.

His doctor is giving him Tic Tacs and telling him they are medicine.

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#14304 3 years ago

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"Drink Responsibly"

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#14305 3 years ago

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BobSacamano

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Maybe there's some confusion between the medicine and the cookie?

I'm wondering how many I can consume without becoming "morbidly obese"?

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#14306 3 years ago

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An arcade is winning the Coronavirus battle! Chuck E Cheese!!! Go Chuck E.! Wait... How is Chuck E. Cheese winning? They are selling their pizza takeout and delivery via grubhub and other apps. Wait... no one in their right mind would order Chuck E. Cheese to go? You are correct, and Chuck E. Cheese knows that! They have been caught changing their name in the Grub Hub app to Pasquales Pizza (one of the members of the "band") and masquerading as a local joint. Thats right... Chuck E. Cheese has increased their business during the pandemic by pretending to not be... Chuck E. Cheese.

https://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/top-reactions-chuck-e-cheese-tricking-people-into-buying-their-pizza/86273222/

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#14307 3 years ago

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Daditude

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Quoted from DCFAN:
My cat after getting Costco rotisserie chicken for the first time in months: [quoted image]

#Feelingit

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#14308 3 years ago

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Annie Glenn, widow of astronaut and Senator John Glenn, has passed away at 100 due to complications from Covid 19. It's a sad ending but at the same time what an amazing life she had.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/05/19/annie-glenn-widow-astronaut-us-senator-john-glenn-dies-100/5219556002/

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#14309 3 years ago

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#14310 3 years ago

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Quoted from SantaEatsCheese:
An arcade is winning the Coronavirus battle! Chuck E Cheese!!! Go Chuck E.! Wait... How is Chuck E. Cheese winning? They are selling their pizza takeout and delivery via grubhub and other apps. Wait... no one in their right mind would order Chuck E. Cheese to go? You are correct, and Chuck E. Cheese knows that! They have been caught changing their name in the Grub Hub app to Pasquales Pizza (one of the members of the "band") and masquerading as a local joint. Thats right... Chuck E. Cheese has increased their business during the pandemic by pretending to not be... Chuck E. Cheese.
https://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/top-reactions-chuck-e-cheese-tricking-people-into-buying-their-pizza/86273222/[quoted image]

That's insane.

Yeah, Chuck E Cheese always had the worst pizza in the world but that's not why anybody was there

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#14311 3 years ago

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Quoted from PanzerFreak:
Annie Glenn, widow of astronaut and Senator John Glenn, has passed away at 100 due to complications from Covid 19. It's a sad ending but at the same time what an amazing life she had.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/05/19/annie-glenn-widow-astronaut-us-senator-john-glenn-dies-100/5219556002/

100 years, what a life!
When hearing about Annie Glenn I always think back to the movie "The Right Stuff" and the portrayal of Mrs. Glenn by actress Mary Jo Deschanel (mom of Zooey Deschanel).

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#14312 3 years ago

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Quoted from DCFAN:
When hearing about Annie Glenn I always think back to the movie "The Right Stuff" and the portrayal of Mrs. Glenn by actress Mary Jo Deschanel (mom of Zooey Deschanel).

I've always loved that movie. It's the first thing I can remember seeing Ed Harris in. The whole cast was great!

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#14313 3 years ago

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Quoted from Mr68:
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To be fair this pretty much applies to all pharmaceuticals these days. Every drug commercial on TV usually spends more than half its air time just giving you the cliff notes of all the potentially hazardous and deadly side effects. Making a personal choice to take a drug that could possibly harm you with the intent to prevent or cure illness is nothing new.

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#14314 3 years ago

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Quoted from Daditude:
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It's like the biggest world-wide Darwin Awards event ever. You feel really bad about all the sick and dead, but at the same time you just HAVE to distance yourself from it all at times and just accept that many people are taking it upon themselves to take these risks.

Quoted from CrazyLevi:
That's insane.
Yeah, Chuck E Cheese always had the worst pizza in the world but that's not why anybody was there

Watched a short doc on Bushnell and Chuck E Cheese yesterday and yeah he was foreward about how he wanted to make an arcade disguised as a pizzeria.
I remember a local Pizza Hut we'd go to and the parents would give us a quarter or two to go play the Nintendo Red Tent arcade machine while waiting for the pizza to arrive. I don't remember the pizza, but boy do I remember playing Goonies 2

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#14315 3 years ago

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Quoted from CrazyLevi:
Wait till Christmas comes around, zwarte Pete

Nice one!
(I hope that's the topic on TV by then and not covid-19 anymore, that'd be great.)

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#14316 3 years ago

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Quoted from DCFAN:
When hearing about Annie Glenn I always think back to the movie "The Right Stuff" and the portrayal of Mrs. Glenn by actress Mary Jo Deschanel (mom of Zooey Deschanel).

Quoted from gweempose:
I've always loved that movie. It's the first thing I can remember seeing Ed Harris in. The whole cast was great!

Up coming Covid-19 re-run movie of the week for me, thanks for the reminder. Last night it was Django Unchained.

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#14317 3 years ago

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Quoted from Mr68:
Up coming Covid-19 re-run movie of the week for me, thanks for the reminder. Last night it was Django Unchained.

I think I watched the movie about 10 times during my high school years when it was on HBO for the first time. When my American History teacher was saying John Glenn was the first American in space I had to correct him and say Alan Shepard was the first in space and Glenn was first to orbit the earth.
The movie was also instrumental in getting Chuck Yeager some deserved recognition and fame. Yeager is still alive at the age of 97.

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#14318 3 years ago

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I can't believe we have to go over this again but you probably shouldn't take this drug.

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#14319 3 years ago

EJS

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Quoted from WolfManCat:
To be fair this pretty much applies to all pharmaceuticals these days. Every drug commercial on TV usually spends more than half its air time just giving you the cliff notes of all the potentially hazardous and deadly side effects. Making a personal choice to take a drug that could possibly harm you with the intent to prevent or cure illness is nothing new.

Then 8 years later a law firm will be asking if you took that drug between this year and that year.

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#14320 3 years ago

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Went to Lloydminster for deck supplies. Alberta reopened today and it's a fukn zoo. The mall/retail stores are open again and couldn't find a spot to park to grab some liquor. People are absolute dumbasses and can't even care to pay attention to direction arrows. Finally had enough and snapped at a few people. Even coughed and sneezed to make someone turn around in a issle at home depot. When you have a mask on and cough, people move away scared quickly.

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#14321 3 years ago

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As of today, it looks like National Guard deployed for the federal covid response are getting the shaft. Subject to change of course, but their deployment will end at 89 days. 90 days deployed gets them a whole bunch of benefits. Also while deployed they get a bump in healthcare benefits. Over 1000 have tested positive so far.

I feel pretty strongly that we shouldn’t be yanking their chains like this.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/19/national-guard-coronavirus-267514

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#14323 3 years ago

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Mr68

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Quoted from WolfManCat:
To be fair this pretty much applies to all pharmaceuticals these days. Every drug commercial on TV usually spends more than half its air time just giving you the cliff notes of all the potentially hazardous and deadly side effects. Making a personal choice to take a drug that could possibly harm you with the intent to prevent or cure illness is nothing new.

And there is good reason for that. Since 1997, the FDA has required pharmaceutical company's to disclose side effects in any, direct to consumer adverting.
https://www.fda.gov/drugs/prescription-drug-advertising/prescription-drug-advertising-questions-and-answers#requirements

I posted the meme for entertainment and didn't intend it to be a statement beyond that. I thought it was funny.

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#14324 3 years ago

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Everyone makes fun of "Florida Man" but props today to Florida Woman
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#14325 3 years ago

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A Man Shared A Shocking Photo Of What COVID-19 Did To Him After Six Weeks In A Hospital
"I wanted to show it can happen to anyone. It doesn't matter if you're young or old, have preexisting conditions or not. It can affect you."

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/davidmack/man-shares-photo-before-after-covid-19

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#14326 3 years ago

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I never laughed so hard checking in on this thread ...well done. The Costco cat , space, chucky cheese, a guy about to get his sack munched by a German Shepard.

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#14327 3 years ago

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This saved me from despair

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#14328 3 years ago

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Screen shot from 'top stories' on my phone tells a story.

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#14329 3 years ago

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Quoted from cait001:
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/davidmack/man-shares-photo-before-after-covid-19
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Looks like that dude has a Ileostomy bag attached to his abdomin... I'm sure those journalist at buzzfeed did a very thorough investigation.

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#14330 3 years ago

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gambit3113

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It’s a feeding tube.

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#14331 3 years ago

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Quoted from Oaken:
As of today, it looks like National Guard deployed for the federal covid response are getting the shaft. Subject to change of course, but their deployment will end at 89 days. 90 days deployed gets them a whole bunch of benefits. Also while deployed they get a bump in healthcare benefits. Over 1000 have tested positive so far.
I feel pretty strongly that we shouldn’t be yanking their chains like this.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/19/national-guard-coronavirus-267514

The word "cheapskate" comes to mind.

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#14332 3 years ago

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Daditude

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#14333 3 years ago

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BobSacamano

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Quoted from Oaken:
As of today, it looks like National Guard deployed for the federal covid response are getting the shaft. Subject to change of course, but their deployment will end at 89 days. 90 days deployed gets them a whole bunch of benefits. Also while deployed they get a bump in healthcare benefits. Over 1000 have tested positive so far.
I feel pretty strongly that we shouldn’t be yanking their chains like this.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/19/national-guard-coronavirus-267514

The Guard is doing a ton of work around here from setting up makeshift hospitals, helping in nursing homes, testing and handing out food.

Unsung heros in my opinion...

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#14334 3 years ago

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Quoted from WolfManCat:
Looks like that dude has a Ileostomy bag attached to his abdomin... I'm sure those journalist at buzzfeed did a very thorough investigation.

Dude is a 43 year old nurse, in great shape. Buzzfeed did a thorough job in the article. Guy attended a festival sometime between March 4-10th. At least 38 attendees contracted coronavirus and 3 died.

Same timeframe we had almost no testing capability in the US and so only 11 confirmed cases. While the president was assuring us it was not a problem because Xi told him the heat in April will kill it. I think Senator Burr sold a few Nasdaqs on the 13th, lol.

Check timeframes for yourself if you are bored: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/timeline-president-donald-trump-changing-statements-on-coronavirus/

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#14335 3 years ago

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PantherCityPins

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Quoted from WolfManCat:
Looks like that dude has a Ileostomy bag attached to his abdomin... I'm sure those journalist at buzzfeed did a very thorough investigation.

That is definitely not an ileostomy.

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#14336 3 years ago

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screaminr

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China has said we look like a giant kangaroo and acts as the dog for the US.
Stay classy China .

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#14339 3 years ago

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Hey guys - if you don’t like what your own CDC is saying about re-opening, just make a shadow CDC!

https://apnews.com/4ee1a3a8d631b454f645b2a8d9597de7

Drs Phil, Oz, Doom, and Octopus could not be reached for comment.

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#14340 3 years ago

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Quoted from RTR:
Dude is a 43 year old nurse, in great shape. Buzzfeed did a thorough job in the article. Guy attended a festival sometime between March 4-10th. At least 38 attendees contracted coronavirus and 3 died.
Same timeframe we had almost no testing capability in the US and so only 11 confirmed cases. While the president was assuring us it was not a problem because Xi told him the heat in April will kill it. I think Senator Burr sold a few Nasdaqs on the 13th, lol.
Check timeframes for yourself if you are bored: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/timeline-president-donald-trump-changing-statements-on-coronavirus/

It’s a bit of stretch to blame that weight loss on Covid, if you’re built like that and stop taking in 6000 calories a day and working out 3 hours a day your going to lose a lot of weight in a hurry no matter what illness you have.

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#14341 3 years ago

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Quoted from Jaybird815:
It’s a bit of stretch to blame that weight loss on Covid, if you’re built like that and stop taking in 6000 calories a day and working out 3 hours a day your going to lose a lot of weight in a hurry no matter what illness you have.

Well, the weight loss is due to him being in ICU on a vent for several weeks which was due to COVID so while dramatic weight loss isn’t associated with the milder forms of COVID it certainly can happen like this in patients who get very ill.

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#14342 3 years ago

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Guys, the guy was obviously on a vent. See the tracheotomy scar? That’s a feeding tube run into his abdomen. Let’s quit looking to conspiracy everything.

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#14343 3 years ago

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Quoted from gambit3113:
Guys, the guy was obviously on a vent. See the tracheotomy scar? That’s a feeding tube run into his abdomen. Let’s quit look to conspiracy everything.

True story:

My aunt’s ex brother in law knows a nurse at that facility. And he said this guy is a fake.

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#14344 3 years ago

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gweempose

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For all of the people that still think the coronavirus is a hoax, it's time to put up or shut up ...

https://1daysooner.org/

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#14345 3 years ago

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Atari_Daze

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Quoted from CrazyLevi:
My aunt’s ex brother in law knows a nurse at that facility. And he said this guy is a fake.

Thank you Simone!

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#14346 3 years ago

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Due to sport injuries and age, I had become accustomed to therapeutic massage on a semi-regular basis. I would also use home remedies in between sessions and now with isolation, I have gone to them exclusively.

A foam roller and "The Stick" do really well for me and I hope you find the attached pictures helpful and self explanatory. You can also find a ton of video instructions on the internet.

Maybe pinball related, maybe not, but one issue I had was tendonitis at the elbow in both arms. It wasn't pictured on the instruction chart but I devised a way of laying on the floor and pinning The Stick with my body weight on my arm. By placing it directly on the tendon, beginning at the joint, I slowly rolled the tendon out by gliding my body over it lengthwise. Man, did that ever work great and in short order.
In fact, all of these exercises gives me great relief and they're easy to do.

I hope everyone finds this useful and a nice break from the political undertones that dominate this thread.

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#14347 3 years ago

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Mr68

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Quoted from embryonjohn:Deleted post

I gotta tell ya John, you've posted some interesting thoughts in this thread but that aint one of them.

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#14348 3 years ago

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Kansas is starting to open back up.

I used to play pool on Tuesday night at a local bar. 7 pool tables with two 4-man teams to each table. My team leader texted me yesterday saying we are starting back up next week. Another member texted back that he was ready to get back to it.

The place serves food and drinks. I have not seen much mask wearing around here. I can only imagine how it will be in a bar with everybody leaning on the pool table to make a shot.

Call me chicken but I think I am going to pass.

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#14349 3 years ago

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BobSacamano

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Quoted from Mr68:
Due to sport injuries and age, I had become accustomed to therapeutic massage on a semi-regular basis. I would also use home remedies in between sessions and now with isolation, I have gone to them exclusively.
A foam roller and "The Stick" do really well for me and I hope you find the attached pictures helpful and self explanatory. You can also find a ton of video instructions on the internet.
Maybe pinball related, maybe not, but one issue I had was tendonitis at the elbow in both arms. It wasn't pictured on the instruction chart but I devised a way of laying on the floor and pinning The Stick with my body weight on my arm. By placing it directly on the tendon, beginning at the joint, I slowly rolled the tendon out by gliding my body over it lengthwise. Man, did that ever work great and in short order.
In fact, all of these exercises gives me great relief and they're easy to do.
I hope everyone finds that useful and a nice break from the political undertones that dominate this thread.
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Did you ever try the "Flexbar" (by Theraband) for your elbow? I have one sitting on my desk, but I don't use it regularly. It's supposed to be pretty good for "tennis elbow" and general elbow pain.

Good stuff. I do a ton of rehab/prehab stuff nowadays, because when I was younger I sat in front of a desk for 10-12 hours a day (forward head, rounded shoulders, anterior pelvic tilt) and then spent the next 2 hours trying to lift really stupid amounts of weights in the gym. If only my older self, could have had a 15 minute conversation with my younger self...

I also do a lot of Yoga. I personally use the subscription site ManflowYoga, but there's a TON of free Yoga on Youtube:

led by Men:
https://www.youtube.com/user/yogawithtim
https://www.youtube.com/user/ManFlowYoga

led by Ladies:
https://www.youtube.com/user/yogawithadriene
https://www.youtube.com/user/lesleyfightmaster
https://www.youtube.com/user/yogawithkassandra

There's also a lot of great other non-yoga prehab/rehab channels too:

Back Intelligence: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwFplYvhHks5TV3bWxUrU9A/videos
Bob & Brad: https://www.youtube.com/user/physicaltherapyvideo
Smashwerx: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4BvkJe2U4CnenW61nm_HOQ
GoldMedalBodies: https://www.youtube.com/user/GoldMedalBodiesVids/videos
Jeremy Either: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCERm5yFZ1SptUEU4wZ2vJvw
Tone and Tighten: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJASBOyF4Fkd26SIwRhLuZw

(I've got tons more in my Subcriptions list!)

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