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Well, that's pretty much just a straightforward insult, not an answer. I'm legit asking you in good faith here. I'm willing to debate, to a point. You're welcome to read the posts I'm made earlier in this thread regarding sourcing if you want to know the kind of things I read. In the meantime, I'm challenging you a little bit because all I want is a serious response to why you believe the things you say you do. You don't have to have try to convince me of anything or worry about me doing the same to you, I just want to know what forms your opinion. I'm not much of a rhetorical "scoreboard" guy. Hoo boy, with freelance gigs drying up, I do want to be careful I don't go down the internet rabbit hole with my time. More productive things to do really.

That's like, your opinion, man. But, really, I'm inquiring about your specific example.

Where? On a Facebook post? If you can't source it, don't say it.

So, in all seriousness, do you really believe this? I mean, I suppose if you bounce around the lefty crackpot websites that are the equivalent of "InfoWars," you might dig up some nonsense, but otherwise? You gotta show your work on this one. If only to give the rest of us an idea where these sorts of assertions are coming from.

This is tangent to the COVID conversation, but I would like to point out that polls are simply pollsters asking a control group questions about how they're going to vote. People answering those polls could have been coy, the posters themselves might have asked poor questions, people were legit undecided up 'til the end, ect. Donald's win fell inside the margin of error for respectable polls that were held within the few days of the campaign. So, no, reporting how people answered a well regarded poll isn't fake news. It's just news. I mean, if you want to hold up the less respectable news outlets as examples, by all means lift an organization like HuffingtonPost up on your petard. I guess we agree on that. They were ridiculous and stupid, but they're akin to Brietbart.com. AKA: full of shit. So much so they were founded by the same dude. Even so, the HP pollster did her job so poorly during the campaign she had to issue a mea culpa on their front page before she was fired. Still, let's not use yellow journalism or an 11th hour poll shift to dismiss all news reporting. Very bad and unhealthy idea.

One of my big fears about the USA and COVID is simply that I don't believe our society is set-up to effectively stop it peaking and overloading hospitals. That's one of the disadvantages of being a mostly free culture. However, reports coming out of South Korea offer hope as their cases are on the down slope without lock-down measures like China: “Without harming the principle of a transparent and open society, we recommend a response system that blends voluntary public participation with creative applications of advanced technology,” South Korea’s Vice Health Minister Kim Gang-lip told journalists. Conventional and coercive measures such as lockdowns of affected areas have drawbacks, he said, undermining the spirit of democracy and alienating the public who should participate actively in preventive efforts. “Public participation must be secured through openness and transparency,” he said. South Korea has been proactive in providing its citizens with information needed to stay safe, including twice daily media briefings and emergency alerts sent by mobile phone to those living or working in districts where new cases have been confirmed. The hitch in Korea vs. the USA is that our federal government is unwilling or unable to offer useful media briefings, and we can't effectively test. Both of those things are unsettling to the public. An unfinished google homepage isn't a solution. It's a cruel joke. Still, a bit of a glimmering light from other front lines.

If it fits your workflow and you really like using it, the answer is “you shouldn’t” I still shoot occasionally with my 5Dii. My GH5 is a more practical camera, however. What it offers, and the ease in which it offers it, makes it a great tool for documentary work.

Good God I want to lose that bet. Maybe I will? Italy has an older population than the US.

Well, at the very least, and as you can tell from my posts, I think he's a study in what not to do in this situation. Hopefully your government is using this example to their advantage. I guess it's sort of like watching a bad movie; seeing what mistakes to avoid to make yourself a better filmmaker. And to try and pull the convo back to where it started, getting gigs in this market is stressful! Add on top of that the fact that we've been trying to juice the US economy for waaaaaay too long. COVID plus a bubble burst and market correction?? No thanks. Seriously, I've been having exestintial episodes about this career for awhile now, not sure where I'll be by mid-summer if this is our track.

Every country really does have to try and flatten the curve of contagion. If there's a sprint to getting infected then people will absolutely be dying that could have been saved with otherwise available medical equipment. When it gets bad doctors literally have to let people die to treat other people that have a better shot at living. From USA Today: "If the nation sees a major spike in COVID-19 cases, there could be almost six seriously ill patients for every existing hospital bed, according to the analysis, which is based on data from the the American Hospital Association, U.S. Census, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization. The estimate is conservative." So, yeah, I just... *sigh*

Unfortunately If you can't access a ventilator to keep you alive during a contagion, you very well might die. And, you're right, there's only so many ventilators on hand. I don't know if people realize this and why the WHO have been extremely aggressive regarding their advice. And I shudder to even mention the problem of viral load for health care workers, of which I have numerous family members. Throw in the mix a POTUS spending weeks yet again claiming he knows better than anyone else -- that it's all nothing to worry about, burning time off the clock to be usefully proactive. Now imagine criticizing the POTUS for this behavior, knowing that the delay can cost lives, and having people defend his attitude for... reasons. I gotta say, American citizens can like the guy because he's brash, upsetting the norm, or generating librul tears, but excusing his behavior regarding COVID should simply be a bridge too far.

Hey, like I said, let's let everyone hold their opinions. You're completely in your right to be skeptical of news sources and see things through a prism of being anti-conservative. Similarly, I don't watch FNC without deep skepticism. All that's not necessarily bad. But, let's also be fair. If you're gonna call me out for a report originating from a newspaper like Die Welt, which is considered to be a conservative European source, let's at least leave Shapiro's name out of the conversation and source someone, anyone, with more integrity. Here's a suggestion: https://blogs.wsj.com/numbers/the-trouble-with-ranking-national-health-care-systems-819/ I'm not gonna say that the WHO doesn't hold certain biases, but the WHO is scientifically reputable and allow their journals to be peer reviewed. All of this is a tangent from COVID. I do fear contagion and the direction it's heading. And, man, I really hope I'm on the wrong side of history here.

I hope you're right and I'm so so so wrong. I don't like exponential numbers, however. Perhaps a capitalist Deus Ex Machina will sweep us right outta everything. Because of the current culture of the US I don't think we'll escape mother nature on this one. Again, I hope I'm completely incorrect about that. Regardless, H1N1 is not the same thing as a new novel COVID. Here's a excerpt from factcheck.org, where I've been spending alot of time recently: "Contrary to Trump’s suggestion that the Obama administration did “nothing,” officials declared a public health emergency early in the H1N1 outbreak, secured funding from Congress and ultimately declared a national emergency, as we’ll explain below. On top of that, the CDC sequenced the new virus, created testing kits, and the Food and Drug Administration approved multiple vaccines, among other actions. Rep. Michael Burgess, a Republican from Texas, praised the CDC at a House hearing in 2016 for quickly developing a vaccine for the swine flu in about six months — in time for the start of the school year in September 2009. “So that’s a 6-month time frame if I’m doing my math correctly that you were able to identify the genetic sequence of the virus, reverse engineer a vaccine, test it, assure its safety and efficacy, and get it to school teachers on the second week of school. That’s pretty impressive,” he said. Trump said in a tweet that the Obama administration’s response to the 2009 H1N1 pandemic “was a full scale disaster.” While he can have that opinion, there is little to support such a negative view." Let's hope scientist can somehow hit that 6 month H1N1 window for COVID instead of the projected 18 months. I would like to ask, since your original post was about vaccines, what do you think about the report I put up of Trump trying to buy vaccine development from Germany? Or the advanced development of a vaccine in Canada? Finally, here's a ranking of the USA Health care from 10 years ago: https://www.internationalinsurance.com/health/systems/ Our rating has gone up from 37th at least.

Hey, I can withstand the slings and arrows. You think I'm wrong, and you're saying so. BTW, here's the original article if you want to run it through a translator: https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/plus206563595/Trump-will-deutsche-Impfstoff-Firma-CureVac-Traumatische-Erfahrung.html FWIW, Die Welt is sorta akin to the WSJ in Germany and Welt is the broadcast offshoot of the paper, which is why you might find this URL a little superficial. I can't find any news sources right now that dispute the actual reporting of this story. Perhaps you can?

I don't know. Do you want to revisit this thread 12 months from now? The hard data suggests that fast comprehensive suppression action, such as that taken in Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong has helped mitigate the contagion. Places like China and Italy have not fared as well. Italy's numbers from two weeks ago directly track day-to-day numbers of the USA. Italy is a top 5 health care system. The USA is below 25th. I'll say this: I don't believe I can change anyone's mind typing on the internet, so no big deal there. It's your right to hold your outlook about American life and politics.

It's just context as I was responding to a post about the world wanting a "sweet, sweet AMERICAN created vaccine" and that "the rest of the world has been sucking on the [American] teet." So, you know, highlighting the contradiction. There's also a promising vaccine coming out of Saskatchewan. So eleison's jingoism I thought was a bit much. FWIW, it's not just the article that got my motor running. It's everything. There's a special situation in my life that makes this pandemic a bit unnerving to me, but that's neither here nor there.

I'm going to leave this right here: https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-confirms-that-donald-trump-tried-to-buy-firm-working-on-coronavirus-vaccine/amp/ And request OP to respond. With any luck, the response will be in good faith. Meanwhile, all we are left to do as citizens is slow the roll of infection. Hopefully so hospitals do not have to triage patients due to a rush on their health care services. Imagine being an elderly 80+ person that just had pneumonia, you then get hit with COVID and you find out you're going to need a ventilator to assist your lungs from failing under the strain. So, you go to the hospital but you're informed there are no ventilators available for you. Why? Because all the COVID suffering people that are 50+ and more likely to survive get priority. You, 80+ old man with weak lungs, you unfortunately have to die. Keep in mind too that the US healthcare system is ranked 27th globally, so it's not like we have the best resources across the socioeconomic spectrum. And since I'm getting back into politics, why wouldn't we hold accountable people with the power of America's purse to help, yet for weeks actively not helping? Openly mocking the situation or dismissing it because they don't want to accept any responsibility? https://tinyurl.com/vdnjuoz https://tinyurl.com/txex9zo https://tinyurl.com/tll9d9o https://tinyurl.com/t52s9lx I don't understand this attitude of ideologists to earnestly ignore reality that cuts against their ideals. This era of truthiness doesn't work against the hard facts of nature. You can't bend optics to offset this sort of reality. If someone is making the situation worse, they simply need to be held accountable. That's. Our. Job. As. Americans. It's literally our civic responsibility. Maybe it hurts someone's feelings because a guy they champion is being criticized? C'mon. What are we, a bunch of overly sensitive snowflakes now? Have we truly lost the ability to look at a problem directly and honestly in order to attempt to solve it? I mean, things have been bad, but are they really beyond all hope? Sad to say, I'm beginning to think so. All this might seem out of place on a film making website, but I have a friend who is 80+ and vulnerable. We've been chatting about making a movie as this unfolds and I'd follow him through the ordeal if/when he gets it. I've never done guerrilla documentary work before and it seems daunting, but I feel like he and I need something productive to hold onto.

Because of projects I’ve done, I know what the silhouette of her legs look like. (Don’t judge me harshly, 30 years ago was a different time, y’all.)

NewTek, huh? Full circle for me then. Does it come with Kiki wipes? Can I use it in my Amiga 2500? In all seriousness, I should research this. Had a municipal client request streaming service a few months ago.

Not only have I lost multiple jobs and screenings at this point, but my wife and I's supplemental income as landlords looks like it might be in jeopardy too, depending on what politicians do. Yikes. The US is going to get rocked hard by this all around. If we are where Italy is 2 weeks from now, it ain't likely to be pretty. My opinion is that life in the USA is pretty much random cultural nonsense anyway, with people in power operating with fear rather than our citizen's best interest. What happened yesterday at the White House was just another paper cut, just a longer stroke. "It's national emergency time all of a sudden! Pretend everything I've said over the past 4 weeks about COVID is irrelevant. And here are a bunch of corporate CEO standing behind me for some bullshit reason! I'm not responsible!" I'm pretty damn cynical about society right about now.

Any good cinematography will be emotionally manipulative. So the answer is yes. Suggest watching and studying early movies that really explored this such as Citizen Kane or Battleship Potemkin. I also just recently watched Rudolph Maté's work with Joan of Arc and was in tears by the end of it.

I trust the actual medical scientists of the CDC. They're not idiots and they know how reality works. Do I trust other people that disseminate the information (including me)? Not so much. Yeah, but I think that's just in general. They'd probably rather drink a Coors Light or some shit.

The way things happen in the USA is unique. We have a different sort of society and culture from elsewhere in the world. That comes with good and bad realities. When it comes to dealing with modern health issues, we all know that the USA is absolutely not great for health care for the middle and lower class. (anyone seriously dispute this?) So, how is a system that barely holds itself together in the first place handle the impact of a new novel virus? i.e: The head of the Department of Health in Ohio just said there are five confirmed cases in the state, but actually thinks there are 100,000+ cases in the state unreported. And that's as of today. Where is it in a week or two? If only a modest percent of those people start taking beds at hospitals, can our system handle it? Meanwhile, I just got an editing gig which allows me to work from home for a few weeks, so I don't feel scared or panicked (even if I do I don't fret about serious health risks). My main worry is having it spread it to the older members of my family. I guess we'll see how this all played out.

Buying cameras online? 🙂 Luckily, I do a pretty good job of chillin' anyway. Love working a job and doing it well, but I tend to keep things reasonable and my stress in check.

Not all American. I guess that means the teat doesn't need more suckling? https://www.narcity.com/news/ca/sk/coronavirus-vaccine-made-in-saskatchewan-is-now-in-the-testing-stages