D&D and the rising pandemic

[Hussar]

Mind blowing.

I must remember the next time I'm in the states that I can go to a restaurant with no shirt or shoes and then just bully the staff into serving me.

Good grief.

 

[abirdcall]

It’s not legal, but people get away with that all the time.

Part of that is the simple fact that our courts are backed up enough that, even though the threats may rise to the level of criminality, most DAs are not going to be able to afford to “sweat the small stuff”. So there are no repercussions. And a lack of repercussions emboldens the offenders.

As an outsider it looks like the courts have no problem with the 'small stuff' if the person isn't white.

I'm sure you have a much more informed and lived perspective on that than I do though.

It's still astounding to me that they're all okay with this. Toronto doesn't have mask wearing guidelines in place so I guess I don't know what the actual result would be here but I doubt very much that would be it.

I also saw the story where it was okay that armed thugs stormed a government building threatening to murder a governor.

 

[Zardnaar]

USA not to popular on our social media. Very spicy memes.

2 cases more of the same.

Two new cases of Covid-19 and no deaths

The Ministry of Health has announced two new cases of Covid-19, no new probable cases, and no deaths today.

www.rnz.co.nz

Suffering in my South Pacific Police State.

 

[MoonSong]

Suffering in my South Pacific Police State.

At least they are competent and are well funded. The local health system in my country was going through a restructuring when this started. Key hospitals are already saturated, and the others are around 85% full. The other day a group of people attacked a hospital in a poor county and managed to get inside, the personal had no protective gear -oh yes, doctors, nurses and other hospital workers have to buy their own masks, gloves and other gear- , and the bodies were stacked on top of each other. The National Guard had to intervene and now is keeping watch of that hospital.

There's a worry that now these people have gotten exposed to the virus since they were opening body bags. They were filming the whole time!.

But beyond that, hopefully next weak we'll hit peak contagion rate...

 

[Zardnaar]

At least they are competent and are well funded. The local health system in my country was going through a restructuring when this started. Key hospitals are already saturated, and the others are around 85% full. The other day a group of people attacked a hospital in a poor county and managed to get inside, the personal had no protective gear -oh yes, doctors, nurses and other hospital workers have to buy their own masks, gloves and other gear- , and the bodies were stacked on top of each other. The National Guard had to intervene and now is keeping watch of that hospital.

There's a worry that now these people have gotten exposed to the virus since they were opening body bags. They were filming the whole time!.

But beyond that, hopefully next weak we'll hit peak contagion rate...

Humans!!!!

Rise of the NZ Empire. We'll enforce or culture on the world. All disputes will be settled via rugby in the hippodrome in Auckland. Bare feet will be mandatory on Sundays.

Look at my flag and our trained killer attack sheep.

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We are playing Europa Universalis IV with NZ as a custom nation right?

 

[abirdcall]

New York State has completed 15 000 randomized antibody tests.

12.3% came back positive. 12.3% of the population is 2.4 million. There have been 24 000 reported deaths. That makes a death rate of 1% though the CDC thinks the real death rate is likely 36 000 so maybe up to 1.5%.

I think that is about where people thought it would be. Then consider that overwhelming the healthcare system would result in a much higher death rate both of COVID 19 and other illnesses and we can see the disaster of the 'let it burn' strategy.

50-70% of the population needs to be immune for herd immunity if I remember correctly so they still have a far way to go (and we don't actually know what sort of immunity being exposed will provide).

57% of people surveyed were white and 7% of them came back with a positive test. That means that white people in New York State are contracting the virus at half the rate of non-white people.

So that's important to look into.

 

[Zardnaar]

New York State has completed 15 000 randomized antibody tests.

12.3% came back positive. 12.3% of the population is 2.4 million. There have been 24 000 reported deaths. That makes a death rate of 1% though the CDC thinks the real death rate is likely 36 000 so maybe up to 1.5%.

I think that is about where people thought it would be. Then consider that overwhelming the healthcare system would result in a much higher death rate both of COVID 19 and other illnesses and we can see the disaster of the 'let it burn' strategy.

50-70% of the population needs to be immune for herd immunity if I remember correctly so they still have a far way to go (and we don't actually know what sort of immunity being exposed will provide).

57% of people surveyed were white and 7% of them came back with a positive test. That means that white people in New York State are contracting the virus at half the rate of non-white people.

So that's important to look into.

Article I read was the poorer suburbs are the hardest hit as they tend to cram in more and more people in a residence. Makes isolation harder and more people to get sick.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Article I read was the poorer suburbs are the hardest hit as they tend to cram in more and more people in a residence. Makes isolation harder and more people to get sick.

That’s one factor in what’s happening in Singapore right now- lots of people (mostly foreigners) crammed together in tight, low quality living spaces are a new hotspot.

Singapore Seemed to Have Coronavirus Under Control, Until Cases Doubled (Published 2020)

The spread suggests that it is unrealistic for the United States, Europe and the rest of the world to return to the way they were anytime soon, even if viral curves appear to flatten.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Zardnaar]

That’s one factor in what’s happening in Singapore right now- lots of people (mostly foreigners) crammed together in tight, low quality living spaces.

Singapore Seemed to Have Coronavirus Under Control, Until Cases Doubled (Published 2020)

The spread suggests that it is unrealistic for the United States, Europe and the rest of the world to return to the way they were anytime soon, even if viral curves appear to flatten.

www.nytimes.com

Yeah the migrant workers. Apartment living here is a bit of foreign concept. They're throwing $100 million hiring out empty hotels as emergency housing.

Motel rooms not ideal but it's better than a box or the street I suppose. Can't self isolate on the street.

A few trapped tourists just in camper vans parked up in various places. Some are enjoying it.

 

[Hussar]

They've been doing the hotel thing here for a while. Again, because of the law, if you test positive, you must be quarantined. Which means that they had to fill up hotels for those who are more or less asymptomatic or just not all that sick. Which also means they refuse to test in large numbers because it would quickly overwhelm the system.

Getting reports now of people having to travel between multiple hospitals just to get the test and being forced to go home without testing in other cases. Or, the doctor doesn't test, tells the patient, oh, it's just the flu, here's some medicine. There's a case of that out right now where the guy's son was being absolutely cyber bullied because he caught corona from his dad after his dad was told he didn't have it.

Sigh.