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There's a lot more to learn. This is a virus that hadn't been seen before it appeared two years ago. BUT (and it's an important 'but'), there's a lot about viruses in general that we DO know. And we've learned a lot about Covid-19 in the past two years, including how to create a vaccine to help prevent it (not perfectly, but no vax is). The part that's infuriating is how many people simply refuse to believe it. They pretend it's a 'hoax'. Or that the vax is killing people. Or that they won't get it. Or if they do get it, it will be 'just like the flu'. So many of them have wrapped up their 'tribal identity' (political views) in it. The unvaxed are dying by the thousands. Something like 80% of them are Trump supporters. If they weren't overloading the health care system I really wouldn't care (regardless of their political alignments). If they want to risk dying because of their idiocy, that's on them. But they're filling the hospitals. To the point that other people, people with legitimate health issues, people that DID take proper precautions, get vaxed, ect are being denied care because of the morons.

Hi folks, This one has been going around; but, just in case you have not seen it: GOD'S TECH SUPPORT - YouTube Jerry Baumchen

I think this thread is a joke, which is why I’ve had no interest in participating, but this is the most ironic thing yet that you’ve posted to it.

We might even have a sitting president call them 'very fine people'. Oh... Wait... We did.

Right, because there's already a solution. "As of today, it is now policy on The Rookie that all gunfire on set will be Air Soft guns with CG muzzle flashes added in post," Hawley continued. "There will be no more 'live' weapons on the show. The safety of our cast and crew is too important. Any risk is too much risk." That decision was made 1 day after the rust shooting. People can make it as difficult or as easy as they want. If you want to spend a load of money on state of the art equipment for the best cg possible, great - there are even ways to offset the cost. If you don't, that's fine too - there are plenty of options where the sacrifice in quality is negligible and won't make or break your B movie anyway. The people saying quality cg still looks shitty are mostly professionals breaking it down frame by frame and comparing any flaws to their subjective view of both reality and perfection - It's not worth dying for.

And happy new year. Best of luck navigating all the hazards and opportunities of 2022.

I hope so. I’ll be passing through there tomorrow evening. I’m working right now on Christmas day, probably for the first time in my life.

I definitely disagree there. I've been to sound stages during shooting and there are people _everywhere._ There are camera and boom operators, FX people controlling things, safety people ready to catch people during stunts (not even hazardous stunts, think diving over a box.) There are photographers and directors peering at things from unusual angles. There are assistants hanging around with scripts and towels. There's no way to reliably make an accidentally fired weapon miss everyone there. The only way to ensure that is to ensure that the weapon is safed. That shouldn't be hard to do, and it's unfortunate that people seem to have to relearn this lesson every ten years or so.

Hi Keith, You mean like this: 14-Year-Old Killed by Stray Bullet in Dressing Room in Police Shooting | PEOPLE.com Jerry Baumchen

How about ditching the stupid union that "qualifies" stupid people in charge of serious shit?