Die Hard Is Not an Xmas Movie and i still Exist?

Every once in a while i should probably post something.  The last few years have not been fun and there have been some chronic chest shoulder issues plaguing me. Yes, i am still disillusioned (don't get me started on the BS COVID-19 government response).  i just don't feel like making a ton of lengthy posts (conversely, Twitter doesn't give enough characters for anything useful).  

No, Virginia, Die Hard is not an Xmas movie.  To me Xmas movies are not about the time of year they are set - they have to have Xmas themes (like Santa, be about key elements of the actual seasons).  Die Hard could have happened any other time of the year (whenever Hans Gruber wanted it to), Xmas was just a minor backdrop.  Scrooged - yes, Die Hard no.  The Santa Claus - obviously, Home Alone - not really.  

 

Liberal Social Media Talking Points

Recently, i have been looking at some social media posting and seeing what liberal posters have been using to attack people who disagree with them (as liberal posters typically do).  Hint: trying to guilt someone into doing something you want is not a sound strategy.  Here are some of the most common I have seen (in no particular order, but numbered none the less)

All of life is a risk.  Everything is risky (and the amount of stuff that can kill you is amazing).

US COVID 19 Opinion Part 2: Life Ain't Worth It

In my first post, I outlined what I thought would be the worst case if there was 100% exposure and it followed the rules of normal distribution (the easiest distribution rules).  8.234 million people could theoretically die in the US in that situation - yes that is massively overstated.  I seriously doubt 1 million unless this becomes annualized/seasonalized like the flu.  The last several paragraphs of this post are more interesting to me.

US COVID 19: My Constroversial Opinion

Reminder: my post is not necessarily reflect the views of anyone - not Goolge, not my ISP, not even humanity.  Also remember I am not a virologist, statistician, psychic or human (I really, really hope).  I kind of suck at grammar now, so paragraph structure may be off and some breaks are for emphasis.

So what is my ultra-controversial opinion:
The US should have done absolutely NOTHING to stop the spread of the COVID-19 Corona Virus.

What, you say to yourself (semi incensed).  Yes, I did just say the US should have done nothing.  I view the response by the government and especially dangerous overhype by the media (to me bordering of domestic terrorism - using fear for political purposes) as worse than the disease.

I am not just talking about the massive overreaction in the stock market (though the world is far too dependent on China's supply chains).  I am talking about the government cancelling everything and generally trying to control everyone's life - but for what real benefit?  The government (especially at the state level) calling for martial law is inevitable.  

First off is the COVID really as much of a threat as people are claiming?  No, if you believe the media this will be worse than the Spanish Flu of 1918.  Let's assume a normal distribution...
at 81.5% of the people would suffer mild to no symptoms. 2.5% of the people would die.  13.5% of the population would become hospitalized.  

So why those numbers?  81.5% - 1 standard deviation on both sides plus 13.5% on the light tale.  2.5% either die or don't get it at all.  This is probably a little unrealistic as it is doubtful even 75% of the population would even get it.  13.5% hospitailized would be (50-34)-2.5.  Now for my real, probably overstated (especially deaths and hospitalization) estimate for the US - truncated.
* Deaths - 8.234 million
* Hospitalizations -  44.468 million
* Not hospitalized/minor - 268.456 million
* Not get at all - 8.234 million

Are 8 million deaths (and change) reason enough for all of the hype and the billions (if not trillions of dollars that this is costing)?  In my opinion, no.  The more daunting is the 44.468 million potential hospitalizations.  Of course, in my view, human life is not worth a whole lot.

The current technique they are pretending to employ - flatten the curve, seems off to me.  Wouldn't that just prolong the suffering and cost, not to mention a loss of freedom?  It might also be susceptible to more waves of an illness.  There is something to be said of developing immunities for future similar outbreaks too.  Of course I err on the side of let's get the crap over with as soon as possible.