The question you really need to ask is why does it take "extra time to code a COVID-19 death" ? I work directly with healthcare reporting and billing services and am connected with state 'health exchanges'. The guidelines used to identify a co-morbid diagnosis have changed - specific to COVID-19. Reimbursement structures are also changing. ICD10 coders are being told 'when in doubt, include COVID-19 and sort things out later'.

The bottom line is NOT that one number is more trustworthy than another - its that the numbers will reflect the perspective you examine the data from. And the media will always promote the one that gets more people to watch more coverage. I don't dispute the idea that a traffic fatality victim may have been corona-virus positive but I certainly would not use that unfortunate persons death to spread fear and panic just to sell more ads. With the local hospitals at 40-50% occupancy in western PA, I would say that somehow the media is flawed in their reporting.

I am also very aware of hydroxychloroquine's effectiveness - in conjunction with other drugs - to combat the disease. I do not know any individuals personally that have been treated but do look at the reports by physicians coming from all over the country. Yet the FDA has authorized the use of a comparatively much more expensive drug (up to $1000 per dose) that is less than 50% effective over a drug that has been used successfully numerous times and has been proven safe for other problems as well for YEARS. Even if people are going to follow their party line - ask what is the most effective treatment. Or another way to put it - which would you rather be treated with - a drug with a proven efficacy rate over 80% or one with a 50% *estimated* efficacy ...

Oh well - done commenting here - I will leave those who want to be scared to hide in their dark corners. Seems there are very few actual thinkers and a whole of of blind followers on BOTH sides - unwilling to even question the media. Before you accuse me of being a President Trump blind follower - I take what everybody says and throw out the conclusions to look only at facts. So far many of those commenting in this forum are only in it to see more doom and gloom that the media wants them to subscribe to. So sad that people don't care about the facts anymore and can't make their own decisions.

Won't try to pass any more facts along - I am done with all COVID-19 talk. I am sure many are relieved that I will not challenge their deranged thinking.

care to identify the website you are quoting from ?

The CDC site itself reports the updated data on a given day. The totals are from the previous week - as stated on the site.

I also know that physicians have been told to include the COVID-19 diagnosis as a contributing cause of death if the patient tests positive - regardless of the actual cause of death (all healthcare organizations were informed of this requirement months ago). CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services) issued that directive. If a patient dies of trauma resulting from a vehicular accident and is tests positive prior to expiring, COVID is added. Check CMS guidelines.

Those are supposed to end up as presumptive cause of death and are supposed to be corrected 'later'. I am not saying the number won't go down - it will when the cases are audited. What I AM saying is that the media jumps on the numbers and pretends things are worse than it seems to sell more media. But when the real number decreases, not so much ...

As someone who watched the number daily, I can tell you for certain it was changed from previous numbers. even the CDC actual dataset states the percentage of actual deaths is 103% as of 04/25/2020. So you are claiming that the 67,000 number that is in numerous media reports were not reported ? And the 'daily' claim has 23k+ people dying in 7 days ? Even CNN disputes that.

sorry - used published as another word for released to the public - like publishing a newspaper ... I am sure you read the content before you commented (?)

Thought people would be more concerned about the factual information than my choice of words. (And yes, the invitation/request for review is published according to my university research friends who *publish* scientific articles for peer review.)

The CDC just revised their "actual COVID-19" death toll - from 60,000 to 37,000 thats one heck of a problem adding the numbers.

( https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm) Read it before you comment with any politically induced ferver.

Additionally, for those who made fun of President Trump talking up Hydroxychloroquine - would you believe a research paper published for peer review ? The content is here https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/05/02/pseudo-science-behind-the-assault-on-hydroxychloroquine/ . Before you complain about the person not being a 'scientist' please read the whole article and check the references at the bottom.

One reason nobody should need it - its a Nikon !!!

Why not do a 'replacement' ? Take your least used, least useful telescope and sell it ? Will help fund the new one and not add to space needed for storage.

Have you considered using HDR techniques in order to get the best of both worlds ? That way you get the 'atmosphere' of the original shot and the detail you desire. Just suggesting you don't have to wait for the sun to get the detail you want ! For a detail shot, I agree waiting for the light to move where you want it is good but just suggesting there are other ways to get the detail besides waiting hours on the sun.

There are a number of vaccines out there in testing now specific to COVID-19 (I specifically am aware of 3 that are in testing right now). So far there is some evidence of mutation but nothing conclusive. Also, need to keep in mind that there are different forms of immune responses in the body and that antibody production may not be the only/best way to deal with the virus. I believe the vaccines in testing right now are all about triggering antibody protections but I only know for certain that is true of the one I am most directly getting information about. Only further research will guide the path

Vaccines prevent the infection by triggering antibody production in the human body. Most vaccines are not made from 'weakend' or non-viable viruses but by creating a partial 'replica' of virus DNA/RNA so that when the antibody comes into contact with the full RNA/DNA of the virus, it identifies it as a pathogen and encapsulates/destroys it.

The questions are: 1) how long do those antibodies continue to be produced and 2) will the virus mutate like the yearly strains of the flu ?

For certain diseases, the antibody production seems to last a long time maybe even your entire life. It has been demonstrated that tetanus and diphtheria vaccines require a 'booster' vaccine be taken about every 10 years. At this time, the vaccines being developed for COVID are appearing to have somewhat lasting effects in the body and speculation is that the body will continue to produce antibodies for more than 1 year. This is in VERY preliminary results sets but the news from the folks testing the vaccines are promising and they are encouraged.

Mutation is the big worry now. If COVID-19 acts in a similar manner as the flu, we may need to watch every year for the latest strain needing a vaccine. Fortunately, once we have a vaccine, it should be much more easily modified and ready for the current strain. There still is a lot of basic research needed for the coronavirus family in general and also specific to COVID-19. SARS and MERS are 2 illnesses that caused by the coronavirus family that are already under study and may help with future coronavirus strains.

Some interesting reading:
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/04/how-long-do-vaccines-last-surprising-answers-may-help-protect-people-longer

I use Pocketwizard tt5's. the TT5 transceivers can be used on camera as sending units or on flash as receivers. I actually use a TT1 on the camera as a sending unit. TT1's and TT5's can be found somewhat inexpensively on Ebay. They also allow TTL metering. With a configuration of a Pocketwizard AC3 unit on top of the TT1 on camera, you have +-3 steps of individual control for 3 groups of flashes when shooting manual flash. TTL works well but the metering may not give you the results you want when using multiple flashes.

Canon 5DS, 5D2 and 70D integrate well with this setup.

That 90 degree at the bottom could be where you are getting the issue. If you have to redo, would suggest you try to reduce that to a 45 so you have a good slope. Maybe as a last resort ?

from your link-

“President Trump has repeatedly said that Americans should consult with medical doctors regarding coronavirus treatment, a point that he emphasized again during yesterday’s briefing,” McEnany said in a statement. “Leave it to the media to irresponsibly take President Trump out of context and run with negative headlines.”

'nuff said - everybody have a safe and restful evening

wasn't going to reply any more but wanted to address your comment. I have no problem with your interpretation - however much I disagree with it - you are entitled to be wrong .

However if I seriously said to you, "I know a nuclear bomb kills everything through concussion and radiation, could we use something like that to kill the virus" - I would hope you could tell I was not suggesting we stand up the infected and explode a bomb next to them.

If you take my actual words and suggest I was saying that nuclear bombing should be a course of action and say I am presenting it as a proposed solution ( factually using the words I used ) you are at best being disingenuous because you are presenting facts without context and not what was intended.

I don't like the president's use of hyperbole and self-aggrandizement but I also recognize he is doing it and why. Maybe there are a lot of people who don't understand the way he speaks but for the media to push an agenda by intentionally misleading people is wrong and we would be much better off as a country if folks just watched for themselves as you did and evaluated the statements on their own. When you see all the comments posted here that parrot the headlines and can't offer their own facts to support it, you know they are not thinking. When coupled with the vitriol and anger you see here with name calling and degrading remarks, it shows the end of the America I knew. Thats true of BOTH political parties, not just one side.