According to a joint recording in the studio, several Latvian popular music performers have also contracted the disease caused by the new coronavirus Covid-19. Musician and producer Arnis Račinskis was the first to announce what happened on his Twitter account on Thursday, November 26, and a day later the leader of the group “The Sound Poets” writes publicly about the illness on Facebook. Jānis Aišpurs. In a conversation with “Delfi”, he agreed to tell about what happened and the course of the disease.
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The musicians recorded a new Christmas song and no one showed any signs of illness at the time of the recording. However, after a few days, the first phone calls were received about being in contact with the patient. Currently, all seven musicians who participated in the recording are ill.
because it is not difficult to distance oneself from strangers in the store or elsewhere. Do not get on the elevator with others. But it’s hard, maybe even inhumane, to distance yourself from old cool friends and acquaintances. This SARS-CoV-2 is extremely sticky and fools learn from its mistakes.
– Arnis Račinskis (@ArnisRachinskis) November 26, 2020
“It is my and Arnis’ choice to talk about illness in public,” says Jānis Aišpurs in a conversation with Delfi. “The others don’t talk about it for their own reasons. It was a normal daily job in the studio, what people come to, write something, produce something. A few days later I received a call from a person with a positive analysis that I’m his contact person. The fact that I’m “I was in contact with the patient, I found out last Sunday night, but less than a day later it was clear that I was ill myself. I have been sitting at home since Sunday evening. The children had been taken to their mother in time. I follow what needs to be observed,” says Leader of The Sound Poets.
Aishpur says that this case proves how contagious the new virus is. “We noticed everything as much as possible. No physical contact, no hugs. We didn’t walk close to each other. But we were still in the same room with all two meters. It’s as if you’re not in close contact, but it’s a closed room. It’s not forbidden to work in a recording studio. However, this case shows that even under security conditions, you are not completely protected.Okay, we can meet two households, no more than 10 people… But friends, dear ones, this is exactly the case. simply, it doesn’t matter anymore. The disease is highly contagious! ” says the musician.
Aispur has no information about the course of the disease of his other colleagues, he has only communicated with two who have a relatively mild form of the disease. The musician says about himself – “nothing ultra heavy, but like on a roller coaster”.
“Yesterday (on the fourth day of the illness) I noticed that I didn’t smell. There was still a bit of taste, but then it ended. The bouquet of symptoms was quite rich. At first there was a lot of muscle and joint pain. not to sleep Great physical discomfort The set included headaches and fever – it was the first day of the illness Then the second day was normal The third day again had headaches, fever and fever The fourth day was completely normal again But then suddenly the temperature rose again and the fever . “
On the fifth day of the illness, when our conversation takes place, the musician says – there is no temperature, feeling relatively good – as if there was a cold a few days ago, but “something is still sitting inside”.
There are no specific recommendations for treatment. “You have to drink a lot of fluids, you have to drink minerals, vitamins. You need to strengthen your immunity. That’s all I can do right now. As we know, there is really no medicine for Covid-19. Now you just have to sit at home, watch yourself and with oxygen saturation in the blood, “says the musician.
“I join Arnis and talk about the illness in public, because the story is not about me or my colleagues. Rather, the story is about disbelief and, in a sense, even arrogance in this situation. Underestimation of the seriousness of the illness. In the spring, we all got caught up in the news of the 20 infected, then now we are used to the growing statistics and we are neither warm nor cold, which is why both Arnis and I chose to talk about it. We move from the categories of essential and important very quickly to the shelf – a common thing. I think this is happening now with the assessment of this situation. I do not want to teach anyone, just to remind that this disease is not fictional and very contagious. “
It has already been reported that 7,193 Covid-19 tests were performed in the last day, 637 new cases were registered, and two infected people died, according to information compiled by the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (SPKC).
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