Notes From All Over -- July 26, 2020

This on Covid-19, from a reader.

The link is here.

My reply to the reader:

Wow, that's a great note. Thank you for doing all that work.

It is interesting, isn't it? That explains why government officials, the CDC, etc., are not really all that concerned about Covid-19 except as a political issue: keeping their jobs; not losing face; affecting long-term health care policies; affecting pending elections; etc; etc.

If this was all that serious, we would be doing more than wearing masks and staying six feet from others. Swimming pools and beaches remain open, etc, etc.

I still haven't met anyone I know that has tested positive for the virus. We were told last week that someone in our apartment complex tested positive for the virus: I assume it was a worker. No resident would be "dumb" enough to tell management he/she was positive: it would mean a mandatory 14-day quarantine in a small apartment. Interestingly enough, not one more case has been reported. Not a particularly infectious virus.

Speaking of which, has anyone seen any grocery store, Wal-Mart, Target, close because one of their employees tested positive for the virus? Not me.

Again, thank you for the note. I will post it with minor editing.

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A Damn Near Perfect Film

TCM: "The Breaking Point."

John Garfield, Patricia Neal. Directed by Michael Curtiz. Based on Ernest Hemingway's To Have and Have Not, 1937. Original movie, 1944; the Garfield re-make, 1950. I've watched the 1944 movie and hated it; the 1950 re-make was incredible.

The best part of "The Breaking Point": the metaphorical merging of two of the lead characters, John Garfield and Juano Hernandez into one character.

I do think TCM keeps getting better and better. Unfortunately "Noir Alley" now goes away for a month, and we move to "Summer Under The Stars."