Re: Corona Virus: is it the beginning of the end?
Masks do work. Sure, they're hot and inconvenient and uncomfortable, but they do work. They are a damn sight better than nothing.
Fun fact: lip-reading is said to be between 30-40% accurate at the best of times.
Accman, your questions about gigging virtually are legitimate enough I suppose. But what about getting help from your wife to set up video? Or asking other blind people here if they have any experience with this sort of setup? Ditto things like Paypal and whatnot. You haven't even tried, to my knowledge, investigating any of this. While I understand that it's frustrating as hell not to have business as usual, you aren't alone in this, and just because you're frustrated doesn't give you or anyone the right to toss everyone under the bus. I don't 'know what sort of home setup you have, but if you're a gigging musician, you likely have the means to record, correct? Why not record at home and sell your music digitally? I mean, there may be valid reasons why some of this stuff won't work, but when you came back with reasons as to why you can't work virtually or whatever, most of them boiled down to "well I don't know but...". Sure, okay, that's understandable, but you've had months to find out. If you're really so frustrated by your lack of work, have you made the attempt? Have you been told and had it confirmed that nothing's going to work? Paypal and other money services are pretty common. Online streaming is very possible. I don't personally have all your answers, but they're out there.
Also, let's be clear. When I said that I understand your frustration, that doesn't mean I agree with the conclusions you're drawing. Sure, okay, it's annoying that you're out of work and that life has been disrupted. It feels like fear-mongering, all this mask and Covid stuff. But that doesn't change all the people who have sickened and died either as a direct result of this disease, or due to complications from the damage done. It doesn't change that masks are effective...not perfectly so, but definitely effective. And no, they are not just for the sick, either. Obviously you are not going to change your mind until someone close to you gets sick, but I just wanted to be clear that sympathy does not mean tacit agreement.
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