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Coronavirus (COVID-19) is too exciting for adults to discuss (CLOSED)

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Jagdaddy said:
I don't know that. But most people who lose their jobs don't commit suicide. Much like the virus for many who "die from it", losing his job might well have been the straw that broke an already weakened camel's back, in which case it may be as reasonable to attributable the suicide to that as it is to attribute the death of someone with comorbidities to the virus (albeit the former requires a bit more of a leap to make the connection). I'm just pointing out that preexisting biases lean people to weight confounding variables differently in the two cases.

Also the friend losing his job might, or might not, have been a result of government action. Many people were, to a degree at least, going to be hunkering down without stay at home orders. Does the guy still get to rage at the "faux high-ground" people if the friend lost his job just because those people limited their patronage of his employer's business of their own volition in accordance with their own risk tolerance? I also think that there are businesses (especially the big publicly held multinationals) that are or will, with government ramping up unemployment compensation, use "the government shutdown" as an excuse to trim some employee fat from their payrolls, automate more, etc.
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That’s a lot of words directed at someone who agrees with you. :cool:

And yes, don’t be an overpaid executive or mid level manager right now. Days numbered.
 
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Jagdaddy said:
I don't know that. But most people who lose their jobs don't commit suicide. Much like the virus for many who "die from it", losing his job might well have been the straw that broke an already weakened camel's back, in which case it may be as reasonable to attributable the suicide to that as it is to attribute the death of someone with comorbidities to the virus (albeit the former requires a bit more of a leap to make the connection). I'm just pointing out that preexisting biases lean people to weight confounding variables differently in the two cases.
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While it's true that most people who don't lose their jobs end up committing suicide, the uncertainty of what's next, being a lot more isolated than normal (and thus missing out on otherwise-available support), and the financial straits caused by the job loss almost certainly played a major factor.

Jagdaddy said:
Also the friend losing his job might, or might not, have been a result of government action. Many people were, to a degree at least, going to be hunkering down without stay at home orders. Does the guy still get to rage at the "faux high-ground" people if the friend lost his job just because those people limited their patronage of his employer's business of their own volition in accordance with their own risk tolerance? I also think that there are businesses (especially the big publicly held multinationals) that are or will, with government ramping up unemployment compensation, use "the government shutdown" as an excuse to trim some employee fat from their payrolls, automate more, etc.
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True, but regardless the virus is the major (if not sole) catalyst in what's you've mentioned. I think in addition to Bongino's anger at losing a friend, it shows that more people are being significantly hurt by the shutdown than simply being "inconvenienced" as those "faux high-ground people" (as Bongino puts it) insinuate.
 
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charlohiottean said:
So, uh, most Movie and TV show production has been shut down to stem Covid-19 spread. How are all these “we’re in this together” commercials being made?

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It's actually relatively trivial to make broadcast quality content at home, especially when the equipment/software you need is a relative drop in the bucket and you probably have most of it from when you made your own content before you hit it big or after your peak touring/studio days were over. Just look at the meteorologists for some local and national stations with their full setups at home, green screen and all. The only thing a celebrity may need to borrow is a broadcast camera, but really there's plenty of prosumer cameras out there more than capable of broadcast quality.

Just hit record and then send the file off to the skeleton crew in the studio controls keeping the programming running from all the remote feeds, you may or may not have to do some/all of the editing, but that's not too difficult either.
 
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Taosman said:
The issue of mental illness has not been adequately addressed for a long time. Many of the homeless I see have mental issues. Maybe one day when people have equal access to healthcare the homeless issue will get addressed as well but I believe many with mental issues will contract Covid.
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We got rid of most psychiatric hospitals decades ago. Bad idea. Point is, no one, homeless or not, has access to mental health facilities any longer.
 
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heisman said:
We got rid of most psychiatric hospitals decades ago. Bad idea. Point is, no one, homeless or not, has access to mental health facilities any longer.
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That's news to me and our 5,000 patients, over 130 of whom live in our facilities.

Closing the psychiatric hospitals was a mistake in that no reasonable alternative was offered. Activists wanted people out of those places, understandably, but you can't just wish someone into a normal living environment. They were hospitalized for a reason and that reason didn't go away with the hospital.
 
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Jake said:
That's news to me and our 5,000 patients, over 130 of whom live in our facilities.

Closing the psychiatric hospitals was a mistake in that no reasonable alternative was offered. Activists wanted people out of those places, understandably, but you can't just wish someone into a normal living environment. They were hospitalized for a reason and that reason didn't go away with the hospital.
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Hey, that’s great Jake. My response was a reflection of my experience with the Cook County Sheriffs Dept. Been told most of the county jails are just housing for the mentally ill these days.
 
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Jagdaddy said:
From me, from yesterday, I think:
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These are the scenes we need to worry about... this is the stuff that's going to be the canary in the coal mine for the rest of the shit.

We're all about 4 meals from precivilization.

If this curve isn't flat enough... it will all fall apart.
 
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