Pandemic: How will you continue to enjoy your hobbies?

[generic]

I plan to play videogames and do my coursework until I pass out each night. There's no break when your professor likes to use online classroom environments to carry on classes.

 

[The Green Hermit]

I'm going to cancel the local organized play for now. Might try discord if I can set it up.

My BIG problem is my son. He's my gamer buddy, but this week is kicking his ass.

This is his final year of school before college next fall, and he was as busier than a one armed paper hanger. He had 2 orchestra concerts and a solo competition canceled this week. His trip to Europe (France and Germany) with the Youth Symphony "postponed" until ? He normally has 3 rehearsals a week at different locations besides the after school orchestra and musical rehearsals. 3 weeks off school is going to be rough for him.

Next month is a band trip to Orlando, maybe.

He's not showing interest in gaming. Gods and Magic was a book he looked forward to getting, but he only looked at it for a few minutes. Normally my books disappear for months before I get them back. He wouldn't answer about playing any board games, so I'm playing zombicide alone.

I'm worried for his state of mind, don't know what I can do to get him going again.

Practicing his music isn't helping and he's getting mouthy.

We're already experiencing the mouthiness here as well. Is his school moving Online? Having a set schedule will probably help.

 

[LordEntrails]

My BIG problem is my son. He's my gamer buddy, but this week is kicking his ass.

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I'm worried for his state of mind, don't know what I can do to get him going again.

Practicing his music isn't helping and he's getting mouthy.

Teenage years are challenging enough. My son likes his routines and doesn't do well with change. And these are changes that none of us really have any power over and can be even more frustrating.

Whatever you do, just don't give up. Just gotta keep trying until things work out. Good luck.

 

[gepetto]

Im not changing anything. This virus is a joke. I'd say its the seasonal flu but so far thats killed 18000 people in america this year and corona mania has killed about 50.

So since I dont twist my life into a pretzel for the regular flu, I'm definitely not going to do it for this.

 

[Nebulous]

We are moving online with Roll20 and Fantasy Grounds. I don't think we will be able to finish our in person Lost Mine campaign until this thing is under control, however long that takes.

 

[tommybahama]

We are moving online with Roll20 and Fantasy Grounds.

We discovered that Roll20 isn't a perfect solution either as their server went down during our normal gaming session! Grrr...

I hope it wasn't due to all the increased traffic.

 

[HarbingerX]

Im not changing anything. This virus is a joke. I'd say its the seasonal flu but so far thats killed 18000 people in america this year and corona mania has killed about 50.

So since I dont twist my life into a pretzel for the regular flu, I'm definitely not going to do it for this.

I will come back and quote you when the death rate starts skyrocketing in 2 weeks. It takes about 14 days for those in acute care to die. Coronavirus is currently estimated at 3.4% fatality rate, which is 6.8x that of the seasonal flu. 6% of cases become acute.

Based on CDC data (Preliminary In-Season 2019-2020 Flu Burden Estimates), the low end estimates for the flu are:

31,000,000 infected
370,000 hospitalized
22,000 deaths

If the coronavirus has the same number of infections, then it will be:
31,000,000 infected
1,860,000 hospitalized
1,054,000 dead.

This of course is assuming that we do nothing about it, like we mostly do for the seasonal flu. The actual outcome will be much better than this because of a couple of factors:

• the 6% acute care rate is likely much higher than the actual rate, as lots of people will be infected and not report it.
• measures the governments are taking are reducing transmission, so it is highly unlikely we'll get to 31M infected.

But will it be 50x better to make it no worse than season flu? We'll see.

 

[Sacrosanct]

edit. Not worth it.

 

[Sacrosanct]

I will come back and quote you when the death rate starts skyrocketing in 2 weeks. It takes about 14 days for those in acute care to die. Coronavirus is currently estimated at 3.4% fatality rate, which is 6.8x that of the seasonal flu. 6% of cases become acute.

Based on CDC data (Preliminary In-Season 2019-2020 Flu Burden Estimates), the low end estimates for the flu are:

31,000,000 infected
370,000 hospitalized
22,000 deaths

If the coronavirus has the same number of infections, then it will be:
31,000,000 infected
1,860,000 hospitalized
1,054,000 dead.

This of course is assuming that we do nothing about it, like we mostly do for the seasonal flu. The actual outcome will be much better than this because of a couple of factors:

• the 6% acute care rate is likely much higher than the actual rate, as lots of people will be infected and not report it.
• measures the governments are taking are reducing transmission, so it is highly unlikely we'll get to 31M infected.

But will it be 50x better to make it no worse than season flu? We'll see.

Flu is 0.1% fatality rate. So corona is a lot more than 6.8x the rate. And has been pointed out so many times (not directed at you), there is no vaccine, and you are contagious for days before and after and have no symptoms. And 20% of cases require medical assistance. Way higher than any seasonal flu.

 

[gepetto]

I will come back and quote you when the death rate starts skyrocketing in 2 weeks. It takes about 14 days for those in acute care to die. Coronavirus is currently estimated at 3.4% fatality rate, which is 6.8x that of the seasonal flu. 6% of cases become acute.

Based on CDC data (Preliminary In-Season 2019-2020 Flu Burden Estimates), the low end estimates for the flu are:

31,000,000 infected
370,000 hospitalized
22,000 deaths

If the coronavirus has the same number of infections, then it will be:
31,000,000 infected
1,860,000 hospitalized
1,054,000 dead.

This of course is assuming that we do nothing about it, like we mostly do for the seasonal flu. The actual outcome will be much better than this because of a couple of factors:

• the 6% acute care rate is likely much higher than the actual rate, as lots of people will be infected and not report it.
• measures the governments are taking are reducing transmission, so it is highly unlikely we'll get to 31M infected.

But will it be 50x better to make it no worse than season flu? We'll see.

Actually the fatality rate wildly varies per country and is almost certainly vastly overstated by the fact that only extremely serious cases that wind up in hospitalization are being counted. Most of the experts are saying that 80% of people get symptoms so slight that they never even know they're sick, or they confuse it for the common cold and so never go to the Dr for it. Which badly skews the data set.

So far though nearly everyone who has died is over 75 years old or already seriously immune compromised. For your average person this is no worse and in most cases less serious then the average flu bug. Despite the massive misinformation being spread by a media more interested in clicks and ratings from fear porn then in telling the truth.

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For perspective H1N1 was at least 10X as lethal as even the most overblown estimates of Covid19 and the world did not grind to a halt. Nobody changed their lives around. From April 12, 2009 to April 10, 2010, CDC estimated there were 60.8 million cases (range: 43.3-89.3 million), 274,304 hospitalizations (range: 195,086-402,719), and 12,469 deaths (range: 8868-18,306) in the United States due to the (H1N1)pdm09 virus. And that one actually was more dangerous to people UNDER 60. Because they didnt have pre-existing antibodies for it.

Covid has 2000 confirmed cases and 48 dead. Again almost all super old people.

Also you might want to check your math there buddy. Even if it does turn out to be a 3% fatality rate, which it wont. But if it does 22,000 X 6 isnt 1 million. Its 120,000. So your only off by a factor of 9.