D&D and the rising pandemic

[Sadras]

The only anglosphere nation with an effective government?

You're cheating

OTOH, look at Japan. Our first case was over a month ago, and, yes, there have been cases all over the country, but, certainly not to the panic levels that I'm seeing here.

The culture of the Japanese is very different to the culture of the Americans which is very different to the culture of the South Africans. For a while the mentality here was that this was a white person's virus and would not affect people of colour - nevermind the singing and dancing at massive parties by the youth while chanting corona! corona!

 

[Zardnaar]

You're cheating



The culture of the Japanese is very different to the culture of the Americans which is very different to the culture of the South Africans. For a while the mentality here was that this was a white person's virus and would not affect people of colour - nevermind the singing and dancing at massive parties by the youth while chanting corona! corona!

If you want a Southern Hemisphere example Brazil I think is going to be one.

Anglo-Saxons not good at following orders though. We've had problems here I was almost yelling at in laws last Friday and Saturday.

Things started sinking in Saturday though when the PM did a presidential style emergency broadcast.

Started early isolation and last played D&D 3 weeks ago.

Jacinda getting good at this. Our wartime PM is over her shoulder.

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Best vote I ever made in my life lol.

 

[R_J_K75]

The problem is that in the United States we have abysmally incompetent "leadership" at the federal level which does not believe in science.

Trumps speech on Monday was pathetic. He looked defeated and was just reading that speech as quick as he could. Barely looked up. He thinks this is a season of the Apprentice, FFS Gary Busey could do a better job leading this country.

About a possible drug against COVID-19 Trump said and Im paraphrasing..."There was a guy, said goodbye to his family. Took this pill, fell asleep, woke up, felt better, a little while later he was fine, now hes fine". He's acting like the guy got Covid-19, had an asprin with some OJ, took a nap and... "hes fine, now hes fine"!

 

[Oofta]

Trumps speech on Monday was pathetic. He looked defeated and was just reading that speech as quick as he could. Barely looked up. He thinks this is a season of the Apprentice, FFS Gary Busey could do a better job leading this country.

About a possible drug against COVID-19 Trump said and Im paraphrasing..."There was a guy, said goodbye to his family. Took this pill, fell asleep, woke up, felt better, a little while later he was fine, now hes fine". He's acting like the guy got Covid-19, had an asprin with some OJ, took a nap and... "hes fine, now hes fine"!

Well, it is true that around 80% of the people that get sick don't get that sick. So just hope you're one of the lucky ones I guess?

But then we have Glenn Beck (along with a smattering of others) saying that they'd rather risk dying than kill the economy. I just ... people's priorities baffle me sometimes.

 

[Umbran]

Trumps speech on Monday was pathetic.

Mod Note:
Folks, we know that government response to this is part and parcel to the issue, but can we keep the partisan commentary down as much as possible please? If we can't, the thread will just close, which isn't really a constructive end.

 

[Umbran]

I just ... people's priorities baffle me sometimes.

Humans are amazingly bad at risk assessment, and not very good at things beyond proximal empathy.

As was pointed out in an opinion piece I read this morning - "In this plague, if you catch it, other people die." Which means that your reaction to it is largely dependent on how you treat other people.

 

[Umbran]

I've converted my company, which normally makes judicial gowns and graduation caps and gowns and such, over to making washable, reusable masks.

Dude, that's awesome. Thank you.

 

[Sacrosanct]

I guess it’s the price of living in a western society. The same happened here in Italy at the beginning of the outbreak. Now the government has enforced draconian measures, police checkpoints are everywhere, and some dumbasses still try to weasel their way around the containment rules.

Around 40k people have been caught so far, they face severe fines or even jail time. Idiots.

Yep. I lived in South Korea for several years. One of the reasons they were able to get a handle on this much better than the US is because of culture. I hate to say it, but our country (the US) is rooted in individualism and what's in it for me. It's been that way since the Mayflower, and really took hold in the 19th century with massive westward expansion.

 

[Umbran]

Yep. I lived in South Korea for several years. One of the reasons they were able to get a handle on this much better than the US is because of culture.

The biggest reason, however, is that they had to deal with MERS, and had maintained a stockpile of testing reagents that the rest of the world lacked.

 

[Umbran]

I wonder what will happen when covid really goes dormant in summer only to come back in winter, like some experts predict...

Broadly speaking, real experts don't predict that. They mention it as a possibility, and then non-experts mis-report it as a prediction.