Coronavirus disease 2019
COVID-19 is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic.
The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever,[7] fatigue, cough, breathing difficulties, loss of smell, and loss of taste.[8][9][10] Symptoms may begin one to fourteen days after exposure to the virus. At least a third of people who are infected do not develop noticeable symptoms.[11][12] Of those who develop symptoms noticeable enough to be classified as patients, most (81%) develop mild to moderate symptoms (up to mild pneumonia), while 14% develop severe symptoms (dyspnea, hypoxia, or more than 50% lung involvement on imaging), and 5% develop critical symptoms (respiratory failure, shock, or multiorgan dysfunction).[13] Older people have a higher risk of developing severe symptoms. Some complications result in death. Some people continue to experience a range of effects (long COVID) for months or years after infection, and damage to organs has been observed.[14] Multi-year studies on the long-term effects are ongoing.[15]
COVID‑19 transmission occurs when infectious particles are breathed in or come into contact with the eyes, nose, or mouth. The risk is highest when people are in close proximity, but small airborne particles containing the virus can remain suspended in the air and travel over longer distances, particularly indoors. Transmission can also occur when people touch their eyes, nose, or mouth after touching surfaces or objects that have been contaminated by the virus. People remain contagious for up to 20 days and can spread the virus even if they do not develop symptoms.[16]
Testing methods for COVID-19 to detect the virus’s nucleic acid include real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT‑PCR),[17][18] transcription-mediated amplification,[17][18][19] and reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT‑LAMP)[17][18] from a nasopharyngeal swab.[20]
Several COVID-19 vaccines have been approved and distributed in various countries, many of which have initiated mass vaccination campaigns. Other preventive measures include physical or social distancing, quarantining, ventilation of indoor spaces, use of face masks or coverings in public, covering coughs and sneezes, hand washing, and keeping unwashed hands away from the face. While drugs have been developed to inhibit the virus, the primary treatment is still symptomatic, managing the disease through supportive care, isolation, and experimental measures.
Happy Fall you guys!
Big news – DStripped Magazine, featuring a review of The Subway Diaries will be included in the Celebrity Swag Bag for The American Music Awards show this year! http://abc.go.com/shows/american-music-awards
Also, here’s a few shows & Book signings that are comin’ up in case you’re in & around the Big Apple 🙂
- November 5th Opening for DIRK ) http://www.myspace.com/dirkworld
November 5th 7:30 PM – Club Europa – Greenpoint Bkln – http://www.europaclub.com/concerts.php
This night, I’ll be singing on behalf of all of us involved & touched by Occupy Wall Street & the immense energy being generated by this movement! #WeAre99%
Signed copies of “The Subway Diaries” available @ show!
- November 6th Singing and signing books from 4-7PM at Monroe Center, Hoboken NJ
The Biggest Art and Cultural Event of the Year,’The Hoboken Artists
Studio Tour’sponsored by The City Of Hoboken, will be held at The
Monroe Center and throughout the city. Artists, Artisans,
Photographers,Musicians and Vendors who wish to exhibit/sell their
creations,contact: Godfrey Pereira, Events Director,Monroe Center,
Tel. 201 795 5000 or gp@monroedev.com
Happy Holidays guys –
I know you’re all super busy & would love someone to just take care of that holiday shopping list you have staring you in the face. Well, I hope this meks life a bit easier – I’m having a special this Holiday Season where you buy an autographed copy of The Subway Diaries & you get a FREE rockin’ Subway Diaries Tshirt! (They come in white & “vintage” black, your choice)
So, there ya go – two gifts knocked off your shopping list for the price of one! How’s that for efficiency ! 🙂
I also wanted to share with you guys a very special interview I just completed with a Canadian reporter MicheleAndreee Lemieux – she posed some thought provoking questions, the answers to which you might find interesting…
http://www.michele-andree-unblugged.com/heidi-kole-going-under-to-rise-above
I’ll be busking two rockin’ shows this week – the DIVAS UNDERGROUND show this Thurs from 12PM – 7PM at the Mezzanine at Union Square and the Grand Opening of the new NFL Pop Up Store here in NYC this Monday April, 2nd from 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
We’re even ‘sproutier’ now in the PM of Day #5 : )
Hi guys! How is everyone surviging this more than serious winter? Well, the days are at least getting longer so that’s a hint of better things to come! 🙂
In the last week or so lots of fun things have been happening above ground.
First, Tyear Middleton of Tyeartv interviewed me & reviewed The Subway Diaries on her show, followed closely by rockin’ interview on ‘LIve It Up TV”-WLNY-TV w/ host Donna Drake. Donna’s show has an impresive following of 15 Million viewers so this should be fun when aired!
I’ll fill you in just as soon as I’m sent the air dates for both.
And, here’s a mid-winter pick me up! Join me and a host of other ‘fantabulous’ artists and performers @ the Feb 14th “Missed Connections Party”
Find your Missed Connection @ the New York Transit Museum on Valentine’s Day!
Monday February 14, 6 – 8 pm
New York Transit Museum
Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street in Brooklyn Heights
Free
Poems by New York Times Metro writer Alan Feuer
Paintings by Sophie Blackall
Music by Left on Red and Heidi Kole
Refreshments thanks to Brooklyn Brewery and 5th Avenue Chocolatiere (Yummmmm:)
So – hang in there everyone & Happy Valentine’s Day!!!
My good friend & Japanese sociologist, Saburo Horikowa, came to take pictures of the underground just one week before the horrific 8.9 earthquake and successive Tsunami hit his country. He has reported that he is finally back with his family now but that the nuclear threat is looming and serious His words will move you, both honest and raw – he is grateful for any words of support you wish to leave: http://www.thesubwaydiaries.com/blog/from-my-friend…-on-japan-pray_1123/
I’ll be performing(above ground) this week & per his wishes above, singing for the entire situation in Japan – sending a percentage of the proceeds from the gigs to Japan via the Red Cross. Please come out and support if you’re in the NYC area as Saburo, his family and all of Japan need every bit of support you can lend.
- 3/16/11 Matchless Bar, 557 Manhattan Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11222.Williamsburg, NY 9PM
- 3/17/11 DIVAS Underground MUNY Concert Marathon Honouring Women’s History Month 12-8PM Union Square Mezzannine, Union Square, NYC, NY I go on @ 4:30PM
- 3/18/2011 10:30 AM TV Interview – Heidi Kole interviewed by Host, Tyear Middleton on ‘Tyear TV’ http://www.tyeartv.com on Time Warner Channel 35 & Live on the web @ www.bcat.tv
- HOLIDAY SPECIAL – GET YOUR BOOK SIGNED FOR FREE BY AUTHOR! All, all of us at The Subway Diaries want to wish you a Happy Holiday season by offering you a Special on books you order from www.thesubwaydiaries.com. You can now get signed copies at no additional cost to you if ordered before December 10th, 2010. (that’s a savings of $5 per book US & Canada only)
- Mark your calendars – Tues the 16th, 7PM The Subway Diaries & I will be featured guests on live Radio Broadcast w/Centanni Broadcasting www.centannibroadcasting.com . It’s a fantastic, cutting edge show recorded above Giovanna’s Restaurant here in NYC and piped live throughout the restaurant while folks are eating their dinners. Rockin’ concept if I do say so myself 🙂 So tune in & be part of the party!
- GREAT NEWS WE’RE IN BARNES & NOBLE! The Subway Diaries Is now stocked at BARNES & NOBLE!!! Right now it’s featured in the Union Square Store, here in New York City. This is in addition to, of course, The New York Transit Museum @ Grand Central Station, Politics & Prose in DC, The Video Cafe on 9th Ave, NYC, NY and all onine vendors for all you Kindle, iPAD, Snook and other ereader owners out there!
- The Subway Diaries & yours truly will be featured in the December issue of DSTRIPPED Magazine so go ahead, check it out www.dstripped.com & send me feedback @ www.thesubwaydiaries.com/blog/the-wall/
- Check out this past month’s rockin’ interview of me conducted by fellow author JC Davies @ http://www.igotthefeverbook.com/blog/2010/10/28/music-subways-and-intercultural-dating.html
- Don’t forget to join me on
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There’s more good news in the pipeline & I’ll besure to let you know as it filters in!
