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NTTD has been postponed, not canceled. This Bond film will have a symbolical meaning for us all; it will come with added value.
The Omega Man (1971)!
In addition to lead Charlton Heston it also starred Anthony Zerbe (LTK) as the leader of “The Family.”
That movie gave me nightmares as a child. Lets hope that the current situation doesn't come to that!
First saw it in the theater in '71, aged 9. Gave me the willies for sure!
Have it on Blu-ray and spin it up at least once a year... A really terrific script -- Heston and (especially) Zerbe have reams of quotable lines -- is let down a bit by sometimes TV-quality direction, but parts of it are eerie as hell and the funky score by Ron Grainer (Doctor Who, The Prisoner) is awesome.
https://qz.com/1820422/coronavirus-why-wont-who-use-the-name-sars-cov-2/
And there's a distinction between a virus and a disease. Well, you learn something new every day! Let's hope this bug goes away and we can move on with our lives.
My prediction is that more students next year will consider virology courses in college.
https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/coronavirus-theatre-closure-events-west-end_51154.html?utm_source=dailytickets&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=18march2020
And yes, that includes The Mousetrap.
Great for the kids.
Exactly... and you know why? Because it’s hard to force Italians to stay home, given also a weak and not elected government. If u tell the Chinese to do one thing they will do it. Italians, it’s a different story...
Anyway in Italy the dead are the 8,5% of the infected. Half of the infected are from the very same region, Lombardy (which is funnily the most productive region in the UE) and with the 2nd best healthcare in the country...
Not really. There is nothing for them to do. No movies. No plazas. No museums. No zoos. But they do have plenty of time to read books.
Beats school regardless.
Depends on your aspirations for your child
Here in New York, the schools are expected to be closed until – at least – April 20. While closed, however, most children are expected to attend virtual classes at home - soon as next week (March 23rd).
https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-education-20200315-3kfqdealqvbmjjtg6ofd45q5ty-story.html
How this will impact the normal end-of-year exam process is anyone’s guess at this time.
In NYC all movie theaters, museums and libraries are also closed, and even those restaurants that remain open, can only do take-out and delivery service. In-fact, our state governor has declared that 50% of workers must work from home – unless they are in an essential industry.
Even before this latest policy change, however, more and more people are “staying in place” and not leaving the house except for trips to the drug or grocery store. I did notice some short tempers today, and that may become more common the longer the situation goes on.
Not saying that children shouldn't attend school but Homeschooling is far better imo and both of my parents are teacher who know this as well :)
Absolutely true.
Agreed. One of the dumbest things I heard was from some big football club who wanted the State to save them now.
Interesting, thank you. I did not know that distinction.
On the wider point about moving on with our lives, I think we have missed the train on that one.
The economic shutdown is not going to end in a month or so, IMO. That’s because of the high contagiousness of the virus. When we relax quarantine it will flood back again as soon as travel starts up again and then we will have to reimpose controls. It will be relax, reimpose, relax, reimpose, and our economy is smashed a little bit more every time.
The only thing that can get us off this conveyor belt to economic suicide is a working vaccine. That’s at least 18 months away, so we are trapped in a dying economy for the next 18 months.
If they discover that they cannot create a vaccine (a bit like the way that there’s no vaccine for the common cold) then there’s no way out of this hell.
What we should have done is for every country to do a China style lockdown at the first sign of contagion. Iran should have done that, Italy should have done that, UK should have done that. But we didn’t, and now that ship has sailed.
If it's any consolation, it's not only the Italians.
Furthermore, I know a lot of Italians, having lived there for some time. Every single one of them is staying home and follows the rules.
Also, it's rather difficult to force people to behave in a certain way, even when it's for the greater good. When pubs and restaurants were closed in Belgium, quite a few of my countrymen crossed the border into The Netherlands to have a party over there. Foolish if you ask me, but unfortunately some people are not concerned about the greater good and others aren't able to consider the consequences of their actions. Regrettably, you can find such people in every country.
Poor old Italy was unlucky and got hit first and therefore they were hit hard, I hope they'll recover quickly. I also hope other countries will be able to keep things under reasonable control. I think the Belgian government is doing a great job keeping everyone inside until things get better.
I am hopeful that we can accomplish the same here in the U.S., in a much shorter time.
If all goes well, the world might get back to normal by mid-summer. Fingers crossed.
Thanks for the kind words @GoldenGun. Anyway unfortunately what I’m saying it’s basically supported by statistics: just in one week 43.000 people were officially accused by police for not respecting quarantine. That’s more people than the overall number of infected people since the start of the epidemic (35.700). Right now the government is studying harder rules in order to force people home... they will probably call the army. I live in Milano so I know what I’m saying: there’s still too many people going around and the healthcare in the Lombardy region is collapsing given how bad is the situation now... and we are talking the richest region in the country with the second best healthcare. In Bergamo there are so many casualties the army brought lot of corpses in other cities in order to cremate the bodies. They keep the bodies inside churches because there’s no room for most of them in the hospitals. Today marks my 13th day of quarantine and I went out just two times in order to buy food/wine, some medicine and cigarettes. I’m lucky that at least my job turns out to be quite flexible and working from home for me is definitely fine. Bad news is that the next 7 days will be the worst... hopefully by the end of this month the curve will start to slow down.
Hope better days will come soon for you and everyone else in the country.
Thank you so much!
The NHS is nowhere near as strong as Italy's, and Londoners are not taking this seriously enough (just like the Italians didn't). It's not helped by Boris and his half assed attempts at advising people to stay home, rather than ordering.
I'm predicting London will be the massive epicentre of Europe within 10 days, and will exceed what has happened in Italy. Disaster is looming for us in the UK.