https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulrich_Beck
Ulrich Beck
From Wikipedia
Ulrich Beck (15 May 1944 – 1 January 2015) was a well known German sociologist, and one of the most cited social scientists in the world during his lifetime.
His work focused on questions of uncontrollability, ignorance and uncertainty in the modern age, and he coined the terms "risk society" and "second modernity" or "reflexive modernization".
He also tried to overturn national perspectives that predominated in sociological investigations with a cosmopolitanism that acknowledges the interconnectedness of the modern world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_society
Risk society
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Beck has argued that older forms of class structure – based mainly on the accumulation of wealth – atrophy in a modern, risk society, in which people occupy social risk positions that are achieved through risk aversion. "In some of their dimensions these follow the inequalities of class and strata positions, but they bring a fundamentally different distribution logic into play". Beck contends that widespread risks contain a "boomerang effect", in that individuals producing risks will also be exposed to them. This argument suggests that wealthy individuals whose capital is largely responsible for creating pollution will also have to suffer when, for example, the contaminants seep into the water supply. This argument may seem oversimplified, as wealthy people may have the ability to mitigate risk more easily by, for example, buying bottled water. Beck, however, has argued that the distribution of this sort of risk is the result of knowledge, rather than wealth. Whilst the wealthy person may have access to resources that enable him or her to avert risk, this would not even be an option were the person unaware that the risk even existed. However, risks do not only affect those of a certain social class or place, as risk is not missed and can affect everyone regardless of societal class; no one is free from risk.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_outbreak_in_the_United_States
2020 coronavirus outbreak in the United States
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The first confirmed case of the global outbreak of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the United States was announced on January 21, 2020.
From 7/14/1943 ( premiere US film "For Whom the Bell Tolls" ) To 1/21/2020 ( ) is 27950 days
27950 = 13975 + 13975
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 2/6/2004 ( as me, Kerry Burgess, my final day full-time employment Microsoft Corporation in Seattle beginning 12/07/1998 ) is 13975 days
From 5/15/1944 ( Ulrich Beck ) To 8/3/1998 ( "Rainbow Six" by Tom Clancy ) is 19803 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 1/21/2020 ( ) is 19803 days
From 3/10/2004 ( premiere US film "Dawn of the Dead" ) To 1/21/2020 ( ) is 5795 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 9/14/1981 ( premiere US TV series "The People's Court" ) is 5795 days
From 3/10/2004 ( premiere US film "Dawn of the Dead" ) To 1/21/2020 ( ) is 5795 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 9/14/1981 ( premiere US TV series "Entertainment Tonight" ) is 5795 days
From 9/30/2014 ( the United States Centers for Disease Control announces confirmation of the first known case of Ebola in the United States ) To 1/21/2020 ( ) is 1939 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 2/23/1971 ( premiere US TV movie "The Selling of the Pentagon" ) is 1939 days
From 10/24/1989 ( "The Stand" complete edition, by Stephen King ) To 1/21/2020 ( ) is 11046 days
11046 = 5523 + 5523
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 12/16/1980 ( Harland Sanders dead ) is 5523 days
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/coronavirus-fueling-worldwide-anxiety/story?id=68424536
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett where a man with the first case of coronavirus in the United States is being treated in Everett, Wash., Jan. 21, 2020.
http://see-aych.com/2000s-movies/dawn-of-the-dead/
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
(from internet transcript)
Andre: Hey, my man. You know, I hear you talking a lot. You know, you're always saying something. Who the fuck are you that we should listen, huh? What are you, like, in Special Ops? You in the Marines? What the fuck do you do?
Michael: I sell televisions at Best Buy.
Andre: [to Kenneth] Wow.
[chuckling]
Andre: Hey, Officer, how you like following a guy that sells TVs?
Kenneth: About as much as I like following a guy who steals them. I'm not following anyone. I'm going to Fort Pastor to get my brother.
- posted by me, Kerry Burgess 11:27 AM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Thursday 01/20/2022
