# Karma's a bitch: Harvey Weinstein tests positive for corona virus! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 23, 2020, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karmas-a-bitch-harvey-weinstein-tests-positive-for-corona-virus/850077 "2020-03-23T05:45:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karmas-a-bitch-harvey-weinstein-tests-positive-for-corona-virus/850077/61 "2020-03-24T21:30:09Z")
I hope no one else catches COVID19 ever again. But if I were to make a list of people, ranked in order of how much I wish they don’t catch it, then Weinstein would be near the bottom. Trump too. How’s that? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karmas-a-bitch-harvey-weinstein-tests-positive-for-corona-virus/850077/62 "2020-03-24T23:35:12Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > As I said back in post #29, the most vulnerable inmates are being released. [Here’s that cite again.](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51947802) Those are inmates in jails, not in prisons. And I’m not moving the goalposts here. I think it’s a bad thing to be happy that another person is sick. Whether that person is Harvey Weinstein or the Pope, it doesn’t matter. It shouldn’t matter. And schadenfreude isn’t a positive thing. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karmas-a-bitch-harvey-weinstein-tests-positive-for-corona-virus/850077/63 "2020-03-25T00:34:45Z")
I’m not cheering, but I’m not upset about it the way I’d be if it was a less reprehensible person. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karmas-a-bitch-harvey-weinstein-tests-positive-for-corona-virus/850077/64 "2020-03-25T00:40:36Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > The folks you are talking to are legit mentally ill and morally deranged. And you’re qualified to make that diagnosis? Who do you think you are, Dr. Octopus? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karmas-a-bitch-harvey-weinstein-tests-positive-for-corona-virus/850077/65 "2020-03-25T00:52:13Z")
Isn’t karma supposed to be an ironic justification of the suffering one caused to others? So Harvey exploited and molested vulnerable women who wanted to succeed. Wouldn’t a fitting punishment be unconsentual butt stuff with his 300-pound cellmate Bubba? Harvey got a disease because he was caught in an inescapable situation. I guess you could say his victims couldn’t escape him either, but it just sounds so mundane in comparison. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karmas-a-bitch-harvey-weinstein-tests-positive-for-corona-virus/850077/66 "2020-03-25T01:58:38Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > Those are inmates in jails, not in prisons. You seem to be under the impression that all jails are small. Rikers Island, where Weinstein was previously incarcerated, can hold up to 15,000; yes, Rikers is one of the facilities that has been releasing inmates. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karmas-a-bitch-harvey-weinstein-tests-positive-for-corona-virus/850077/67 "2020-03-25T02:03:48Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Isn’t karma supposed to be an ironic justification of the suffering one caused to others? > > So Harvey exploited and molested vulnerable women who wanted to succeed. Wouldn’t a fitting punishment be unconsentual butt stuff with his 300-pound cellmate Bubba? > > Harvey got a disease because he was caught in an inescapable situation. I guess you could say his victims couldn’t escape him either, but it just sounds so mundane in comparison. No, prison rape of anyone is not karma for anyone. Please don’t perpetuate rape culture. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karmas-a-bitch-harvey-weinstein-tests-positive-for-corona-virus/850077/68 "2020-03-25T02:27:04Z")
[The overcrowded state prison system in California will likely start releasing inmates.](https://californiaglobe.com/section-2/some-state-prison-inmates-may-be-released-early-due-to-coronavirus-threat/) ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karmas-a-bitch-harvey-weinstein-tests-positive-for-corona-virus/850077/69 "2020-03-25T04:35:30Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Isn’t karma supposed to be an ironic justification of the suffering one caused to others? > > So Harvey exploited and molested vulnerable women who wanted to succeed. Wouldn’t a fitting punishment be unconsentual butt stuff with his 300-pound cellmate Bubba? > > Harvey got a disease because he was caught in an inescapable situation. I guess you could say his victims couldn’t escape him either, but it just sounds so mundane in comparison. To quote Rumsfeld, “You go to prison with the karma you have, not the karma you might want or wish to have at a later time.” ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karmas-a-bitch-harvey-weinstein-tests-positive-for-corona-virus/850077/70 "2020-03-25T23:38:56Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > As I said back in post #29, the most vulnerable inmates are being released. [Here’s that cite again.](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51947802) As far as “vulnerable ones”, what happens when those are ones who are in there for serious reasons, like rape or murder? Yes, I know it’s jail, not prison, but surely they’re not just letting them go without some kind of restriction? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karmas-a-bitch-harvey-weinstein-tests-positive-for-corona-virus/850077/71 "2020-03-25T23:50:24Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > As far as “vulnerable ones”, what happens when those are ones who are in there for serious reasons, like rape or murder? Yes, I know it’s jail, not prison, but surely they’re not just letting them go without some kind of restriction? There is already a precedent set for releasing prisoners for humane reasons, usually medical ones. This seems like the same thing, just on a larger scale, and with an ulterior motive of general public health (trying to keep a prison from being a virus breeding zone). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karmas-a-bitch-harvey-weinstein-tests-positive-for-corona-virus/850077/72 "2020-03-26T00:01:21Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > As far as “vulnerable ones”, what happens when those are ones who are in there for serious reasons, like rape or murder? Yes, I know it’s jail, not prison, but surely they’re not just letting them go without some kind of restriction? The relevant authorities are presumably working out plea deals. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karmas-a-bitch-harvey-weinstein-tests-positive-for-corona-virus/850077/73 "2020-03-31T19:50:47Z")
Illinois Department of Corrections has been releasing vulnerable inmates from prisons by working out plea deals. Prior to release, they ensure the inmates will have a home to go to and will not present any violent threat to their communities. Source: Gov. Pritzker daily live press conference which I’m listening to right now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karmas-a-bitch-harvey-weinstein-tests-positive-for-corona-virus/850077.md?page=3)