D&D and the rising pandemic

[Zardnaar]

Me? No. Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex of North central Texas.

Why do you ask?

Think I confused you with someone else.

 

[FrogReaver]

Probably means NY has done testing.

I have American friends in Houston. They've been in self isolation last week. In her words "our governor's and idiot, our presidents an idiot" and they have a few guns. They're the sane ones.

And her sister is showing symptoms.

New York tested over 61000 cases. 15000+ have came back positive.

 

[jayoungr]

I'm suddenly drowning in opportunities to play! Not only are both my regular groups (plus an occasional group) moving online, but another pick-up group has sprung up to play for at least the duration of lockdown. All of us have had our regular evening activities canceled, so we're playing as often as we can.

 

[Sacrosanct]

Today, the governor of Oregon finally made it a mandatory order to stay home. Before, she had just given guidelines. And people being people, of course no one listened. People flocked to the beach and to the hiking trails and parks (it was a beautiful weekend, weather wise). This is why we can't have nice things. People are dumb. Many Oregon beach towns gave an order a few days ago telling vacationers and visitors they had 24 hours to leave. The beach communities are older, and the hospitals are small. A couple towns actually put roadblocks on the roads preventing entry into the towns.

 

[Horwath]

Today, the governor of Oregon finally made it a mandatory order to stay home. Before, she had just given guidelines. And people being people, of course no one listened. People flocked to the beach and to the hiking trails and parks (it was a beautiful weekend, weather wise). This is why we can't have nice things. People are dumb. Many Oregon beach towns gave an order a few days ago telling vacationers and visitors they had 24 hours to leave. The beach communities are older, and the hospitals are small. A couple towns actually put roadblocks on the roads preventing entry into the towns.

hiking should be ok as you are km or so from another group, but going to parks and beach is downright dumb.

In the company where I work, we split the people in two groups half the people work and half are on paid vacation. We will change every week.

there is also aprox €1.100 fine for anyone that breaks quarantine.(it is for people that have or are suspected to have the virus).

 

[MoonSong]

There are. The hemorrhagic fevers would all do that.

Ok, then I'm going to lock myself in my room, cower under the bed, and not going out ever again...

To the contrary, remote tabletop might soar to new heights, when some people can’t work and have nothing to do but play the cheapest hobby possible... can’t know for sure, but I do know streaming services are facing MASSIVE loads right now, so anything that allows you to both use the internet for cheap and talk to other human beings is king right now.

I predict a spike in sales of the essentials kit. With children at home as a captive audience and the upcomming internet congesting as more and more people use internet for remote work and studying and all that streaming... it is the perfect chance for elder and lapsed gamers to play with the little ones. It is also sold at Walmart and the like, so it remains available. (Plus Amazon, the one industry that is actually hiring as we speak)

 

[Sacrosanct]

hiking should be ok as you are km or so from another group, but going to parks and beach is downright dumb.

In the company where I work, we split the people in two groups half the people work and half are on paid vacation. We will change every week.

there is also aprox €1.100 fine for anyone that breaks quarantine.(it is for people that have or are suspected to have the virus).

This is Oregon. People hike. A lot. This is how crowded trails are on a normal day. Then when everything else is shut down, there were 4x as many people hiking. And with narrow trails, there is no way you can avoid people coming the other direction (which is about a person every 10 seconds).

 

[Zardnaar]

Ok, then I'm going to lock myself in my room, cower under the bed, and not going out ever again...

I predict a spike in sales of the essentials kit. With children at home as a captive audience and the upcomming internet congesting as more and more people use internet for remote work and studying and all that streaming... it is the perfect chance for elder and lapsed gamers to play with the little ones. It is also sold at Walmart and the like, so it remains available. (Plus Amazon, the one industry that is actually hiring as we speak)

You shouldn't go out to buy the kit and idk if Amazon will be doing deliveries.

 

[MoonSong]

You shouldn't go out to buy the kit and idk if Amazon will be doing deliveries.

I mean that it is in the same stores that some people will go anyway to get groceries. Also Amazon and delivery services have more work than ever.

 

[Umbran]

You shouldn't go out to buy the kit and idk if Amazon will be doing deliveries.

Amazon is currently hiring like, 100K people to support greater delivery demand. They show no sign of stopping.