This is in response to 3:17AM from Friday's thread.

Are you certain that all those people have died from coronavirus as opposed to with coronavirus? The federal government pays $30,000 to hospitals for each patient lost COVID. This must result in some fatalities being ascribed to COVID-19 when the real cause of death is something else. And it’s worth bearing in mind that the average age of COVID fatalities is 80 and an estimated 90 percent have 2 or more co-morbidities.

The reason so many governments across the world decided to place their citizens under virtual house arrest is because the World Health Organization praised China for it. WHO & China! In Wuhan and neighboring cities this involved mandatory testing of the entire population, with the imprisonment of all those who tested positive in purpose-built ‘hospitals’ and literally boarding up in their homes anyone who tested negative. China’s Communist leadership initially denied there was a problem and, after finally admitting it, only imposed a travel ban on January 23, after an estimated five million people had left Wuhan to fan out for Chinese New Year celebrations. A too late response by a totalitarian Chinese Communist Party dictatorship, which involved denying tens of millions of people their basic rights, was then mimicked by the rest of the world, thanks to the sage advice of the WHO.

Ordering entire populations to remain in their homes has had a devastating impact on public health. There is a huge rise in mental illness and domestic violence, including the abuse of children. Millions of people around the world are delaying or missing screening and prevention programs. The most devastating impact of following China’s lead will be felt in low- and middle-income countries, where public health programs designed to prevent the spread of TB, HIV, dysentery, malaria and all the other mass killers have been suspended. The death toll from that alone will run into the tens of millions.

The economic impact of lockdowns has and will continue to lay waste to small businesses across, condemn millions of people to long-term un- and under-employment, and could kill as many as a billion people in the developing world thanks to the inevitable wave of famines.

After the election, public health historians will look at lockdowns as the most catastrophic policy error ever made in the history of the world, including in wars. Future generations will look back and marvel at our stupidity as a matter of public health. However, the political historians will regard the lockdown as brilliant strategy by politicians to burn down America and the rest of the free world in order to implement progressive changes.

It's gonna be interesting to see what the pass rate is and which of the so-called "diploma privilege" activists pass and which fail. I predict a few will wish they had spent more time prepping/studying and less time getting friends and family to write the Supremes.

11:58–to what extent do GPA still matter when seeking an attorney positon?

I posed this question to a few colleagues and they indicated that where you went to law school, or what your GPA was really only tends to help you obtain your very first attorney job–and then only if it's a large, rather prestigious firm that places emphasis on such matters.

But they insist that even in cases where it(GPA and law school attended) helps a young attorney gain their very first job, that once you are seeking your second or third job all that recesses well into the background, and that instead you are primarily judged by where you worked, what areas of law you worked in, how you appear to have performed in those area, your apparent work ethic, personality in the interview, perhaps references, occasionally writing samples, etc.

Is that accurate or does where someone attended law school(and their GPA) continue to be some huge issue even when one has already worked at a couple different law firms and is now looking for a change? Anyone have any thoughts?