going slower wrote:
How would you handle it differently?
The question is not rhetorical, I'm curious. I don't think the yelling and swearing did any good.
I read that Tom Cruise had many delays on MI7--his money--because of defining protocols and because of crew memberts testing positive (maybe cast as well?).
As to the world pandemic, the first wave was old people in assisted care, those who interacted with them, and some others traveling about and interacting with lots of people for extended periods of time while socializing at bars for hours during a night, and while eating at restaurants.
The second wave--if any of the official reports are to be believed--was almost entirely spread by young people socializing, some by people eating at restaurants or close association at other public places, and by those who don't have private places to retire at night.
As the two waves played out, and hopefully the vaccines will do the job to remove the problems, I notice that it is primarily still those on the "outskirts of society" and those who "rebel for the sake of rebelling" that don't follow the protocols.
Someone I know recently communicated that he stopped at a rest area during a long drive back during the holiday and someone was standing near him for just a minute, then started coughing and whatever while unmasked, almost in the direction of the person I know. Waited out about 2 weeks to see if there were any symptoms (none!).
Oh no! The sky is falling! Wake up, it's a respiratory virus, just like every other respiratory virus that pops up every year, and has been popping up every year for a million years. We live in the natural world and respiratory viruses are part of it.
Move on, humans. We've been there before, and will continue to be here in the future.
The sky isn't falling. Hysteria rules!