Further Discussion About Covid-19 and the Covid-19 Crisis 2020

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When the premiership started up behind closed doors, every single match was televised.

We have a peculiar thing about football over here. Matches played at 3pm on a Saturday cannot be broadcast live at home, although they are broadcast live overseas. The highlights are shown on the BBC in the evening, some people avoid the results until they watch Match of the Day. I think it something to do with fear that fans would stay away if it was on television.

All pay per view matches are held at other times.

Not only was every single match televised they weren’t all pay per view. Some Southampton matches were on the BBC and others I could see with my ordinary satellite non sports subscription. Out of about 8 or 9 matches there were only 2 or 3 I couldn’t see.

That must have brought in something.

Well yes, most premiership matches are too but that doesn’t make any odds.

Crowd scenes are a no-go. Real-world locations will be limited. On-screen romance will be less common, sometimes restricted to actors who have off-screen relationships. And independent films — that tantalizing side dish in the U.S. entertainment meal — could be heavily scaled back.

“A lot of people believe this is just about getting back to work,” said Mark Gill, a producer and former head of Warner Independent Pictures, the studio unit responsible for independent hits such as “Slumdog Millionaire” and “Good Night, and Good Luck.” “They don’t realize the massive cultural impact we’re about to face.”

To avoid reminding viewers of the pandemic, creators may take an approach that will lead to an unusual trend.

“I think over the next few years you’re going to see a lot more movies set in the past,” Foster said. “Even movies written for the present will be changed. They’ll make it the ’90s because then you don’t have to deal with these questions. And then you can just put in some cool ’90s music, so everybody wins.”

My American Christian penpal thinks there is a Socialist agenda tied to the Covid-19 pandemic and crisis.

When I asked him about Bing Liu, the professor who was killed doing research on Covid-19, he said:

"The guy was obviously murdered."

I asked how did he learn about him, he responded with:

"I read it online. Heard it on the radio. The people who murdered him are Socialists who want Covid-19 to kill as many people as possible, especially the elderly and the disabled. They think the world is 'overpopulated' (it isn't), and they want to cut the population. That's why they killed that guy. He not only had valuable research, but he may have known the truth about how it all started."

I asked how did he know Socialists were behind his murder. He said:

"The general idea is that people think the world is 'overpopulated.' It isn't; but they want to kill off millions, to 'thin the herd.' Also, the virus came from China, a Communist country. When President Trump demanded a travel ban, that was the right thing to do; but Socialists denounced it as 'racist' and 'xenophobic.' Race had nothing to do with it."

I asked where are these Socialists from he was referring to. He said:

"They're from all over the world. One of the Chinese scientists who worked on the virus attended Harvard University. Also, foreign influences like George Soros want to mess things up, too."

These are further comments he made about the Covid-19 crisis and pandemic and Socialists from later emails:

"The Bible does say that there would be plagues in the end times (Revelation 11:6, KJV). However, it is pretty obvious that Covid-19 is not one of them. I think it isn't nearly as bad as the news manufacturers say it is. The Socialists are lying about the death toll, as an excuse to create chaos. The Antichrist will soon be revealed, and pull a fake 'miracle' to get rid of Covid-19. This will no doubt be one of the 'lying wonders' he will do (2nd Thessalonians 2:9, KJV)."

"As for Covid-19, the plan-demic is doing exactly what Socialists wanted it to do. Not only is it killing off the 'unfit,' but it also provides Socialists with an excuse to kill job prospects. They want people to be unemployed and unhappy, so they can provoke anger and anarchy. I thank God I am still working. There are a lot of things about my job that I hate; but I am fortunate to have one at all."

I asked him how many Christians does he know share his views on Socialism, and do they believe there's a Socialist agenda tied to the Covid-19 pandemic and crisis. He said:

"All the members of my church are the only Christians I know closely, and all of them are adamantly opposed to Socialism. My pastor works for a financial institution, so he knows economics far better than the fools who are being suckered by Socialism."

"Everyone in my church would agree 100% with everything I said. Covid-19 is part of a Eugenics program, and we all know why."

Your friend is misinformed and probably not a critical thinker. Advocates of population control — and yes, the planet is overpopulated with humans — have never advocated killing the living. And covid-19 would be a particularly inefficient method as it is primarily lethal only in the elderly or those with chronic diseases like diabetes who are already at a greater risk of dying — and healthy people of childbearing age are largely spared the worst outcomes. Encouraging birth control, educating people about the benefits of family planning, and drawing attention to the negative consequences of overpopulation are more effective methods of reducing population growth.