017 - Part one of our guest this week is Josh Gibson

Joe Biden urges Americans to mask up for 100 days as covid surged.

Thoughts.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/03/politics/biden-harris-interview-covid-mask/index.html




Lockdowns effects on small businesses.

Some are being defiant, i.e. Mac’s Public House in Staten Island, NY.

Mac's Public House reopened its doors Friday, continuing its defiance of city and state restrictions on bars and restaurants amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The reopening comes days after the bar was shut down by the city sheriff's office for blatantly violating orders put in place to curb the rising number of coronavirus cases on Staten Island.

"We are not getting the support that we need, the funding, anything from our local, state governments, all governments, for what we need, and we need our livelihoods back, and if they're not going to give it to us, we're going to take it back at this point because we have no confidence in them to do what needs to be done," GM Danny Presti said.

California protests lockdowns.

'This coming lockdown will pretty much put us out'

Businesses have been ordered closed in regions where available ICU beds fall below 15%

Alex Adams, the owner of Paragon Bar and Grill in the California town of Northridge, said the prospect of another shutdown was "scary." He said he just took in $2,500 compared to before Thanksgiving when he took in $11,000. "I can't even pay my kitchen staff with that," he said.

Vaccines to be distributed in the U.S.

Would you get vaccinated?

FAQ https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/coronavirus-disease-(covid-19)-vaccines




Warner Bros. to make its 2021 movies available on streaming service HBO Max the same day they hit theaters.

Studios have long sought greater flexibility in terms of releasing movies to digital and on-demand platforms, while theaters want to preserve their exclusivity for as long as possible. The pandemic's impact has clearly given the former leverage in shrinking the standard 90-day gap between theatrical and home release on major films, which was already under pressure with studios intent on offering premium content to generate more streaming subscribers.

The advent of streaming has already threatened existing media models, including the cable/satellite TV bundle, with more "cord-cutting," and linear TV viewing. Everything about the business that Netflix has championed -- and the studios are largely emulating with their rival products -- says you can have what you want, when you want it.

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