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Adobe pulls out of Vegas Conference – Coronavirus
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not sure why the link didn’t post – here it is again
https://www.provideocoalition.com/adobe-cancels-summit-due-to-coronavirus-concerns/
Andy Field
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The possibility of dying on a trip to NAB makes the whole endeavor that much more exciting, do ya think? But, for those who work for others, are they going to take care of your family if you die of Coronavirus for the good of their company?
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist & Workflow Consultant
David Weiss Productions
Los AngelesDavid is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy forum.
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everyone will hate me once I respond to this (many already hate me) –
long before Coronavirus – if I was sick, if I had the flu – I would SHOW UP SICK to any job, because if your equipment was not working – I WAS GOING TO MAKE SURE that your equipment was working when I left. I almost NEVER (except the one time I got Pneumonia) did not show up when people had equipment problems. Who cares if you and your family got my germs – at least your video equipment was working, and your company was able to continue to make money. Perhaps I got this attitude from growing up in NY City – and being in the subways, where there were ALWAYS sick people sneezing and coughing, and I always got sick (being in these confined spaces commuting from Queens to NY City) – but that never stopped me. And when I got sick – I showed up to your place, and I did my job.I expect many to say “wow – you are sick in the head if you did this” – but that’s what I did. And that’s what I still do. Your facility needs to be 100% functional – no matter what. No matter who dies in the process. I always say (when I am setting up new computers) – “you see this Energy Saver function in System Preferences> Energy Saver – you TURN IT TO NEVER – because Video Editors are not going to save the planet. We cannot have our computers go to sleep during a render, because if it’s a matter of saving the planet, or not seeing the TV show – the TV show WINS – screw the future generations !”.
Bob Zelin
Bob Zelin
Rescue 1, Inc.
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Which is why we all love Bob.
Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin’ attached to nothin’
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[Bob Zelin] “We cannot have our computers go to sleep during a render, because if it’s a matter of saving the planet, or not seeing the TV show – the TV show WINS – screw the future generations !”. “
I get the perspective. And it’s undoubtedly served you EXCEPTIONALLY well in building a sterling reputation in a damn tough business.
But I’ve still got to disagree.
This is a RESPIRATORY illness that targets the old and infirm.
If someone passes it along to someone in the nursing home (as we’ve already seen.) you’re potentially condemning someone (and maybe many someones) to a MISERABLE end of their life while fighting for each breath. To me, allowing that as the norm is INTOLLERABLE if we can help avoid it.
If you could show me a pill, shot or therapy that could stop THAT, I’d be on your side in a flash.
If you can’t – sorry. But I’m NOT going to be someone who feels that a young healthy client gets the nod over the whole community, 10 out of 10 times.
Just me, probably. But that’s OK. We all make our own choices about this stuff.
Creator of XinTwo – https://www.xintwo.com
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Bob is being tongue in cheek here. And obviously him running around with a fever from whatever ilness is not the same as Coronavirus.
Remember the 1918 flu? My family tree is forever different because it killed a great-grandfather of mine. I suspect most families have stories from that flu. That had a death rate of 2% and a transmission rate similar to Coronavirus. Coronavirus could be anywhere from less than 1% to 2%. We just don’t know yet. At least medical and sanitary practice is better now, and information more readily available. But what we do know is this is a rare situation. So caution is called for now.
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Just to be clear. Adobe has cancelled its own Summit event. This is not NAB. As of today at least, they still appear to be exhibiting there.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters – oliverpeters.com
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[Brett Sherman] “At least medical and sanitary practice is better now, and information more readily available. But what we do know is this is a rare situation. So caution is called for now.”
Absolutely true.
But while practices ARE better now – the more potent reality is that global travel (and thereby viral spread) is many, many orders of magnitude more widespread now.
They were saying that the core reason that China had such rapid spread of Novel COVID.19 in the early days (compared to SARS and MERS) was that in the last 20 years, China’s travel infrastructure has morphed from rural to robust.
America’s travel capability is INCREDIBLY robust.
And that’s going to be a BIG problem in this.
Creator of XinTwo – https://www.xintwo.com
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Holy Cow!!! Bill and I actually agree on something. Will wonders never cease to amaze?
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist & Workflow Consultant
David Weiss Productions
Los AngelesDavid is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy forum.
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[David Roth Weiss] “Holy Cow!!! Bill and I actually agree on something. Will wonders never cease to amaze?
“Portents of doom!
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