D&D and the rising pandemic

[abirdcall]

This is mind boggling.

Why is the US acting like this (or parts of it).

The most effective thing to get the US to change right now I think is for every other location in the World to ban travel to and from the US, but more than that...ban ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING coming and going from the US until the virus is under control. That would probably change their tune within 1 or 2 months (hard heads are hard to convince).

If the US says it's about the economy, then shut the economy down and that argument no longer has any legs to stand on.

I'm not sure how to make the US see more sense, and I am unfortunately in the heart of it (as many of us are).

That's simply not possible with Canada.

20% of Canada's GDP is from exports to the US translating to $400 billion per year.

Canada is the US's top country for exports too. The US exports $300 billion of goods per year to Canada.

The USA has a trade deficit of over $600 billion per year so the numbers make sense.

Can't just shut off $700 billion of trade.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

That's simply not possible with Canada.

20% of Canada's GDP is from exports to the US translating to $400 billion per year.

Canada is the US's top country for exports too. The US exports $300 billion of goods per year to Canada.

The USA has a trade deficit of over $600 billion per year so the numbers make sense.

Can't just shut off $700 billion of trade.

You say that NOW.

Just wait until our anti-maskers and Covid-hoaxers start licking our exports...

 

[abirdcall]

The US pressures Canada to reopen. Canada wants nothing of it.

Canadians push back as U.S. Congress pressures Canada to reopen shared border

As U.S. members of Congress push Canada to reopen its shared border with the United States, Canadians are pushing back — both in government and on social media.

www.ctvnews.ca

In Canadian news Ontario just dropped below 1500 cases, down to 1456.

That's down 25% since Toronto reopened 2 weeks ago.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Go, Canada!

 

[abirdcall]

Person attends Covid party, dies.

30-Year-Old Coronavirus Hoax Theorist Who Attended 'Covid Party' Dies Of Covid-19

The 30-year-old patient didn't believe the virus was real

www.ladbible.com

 

[Zardnaar]

Why?

Because entities internal and external to the United States benefit from chaos, infection, fear and divisiveness.

It's not hard to be further divided once you see a % of the populist is bigoted nutjobs. Kinda hard to ignore that.

Meanwhile, cutting off the US. What do you hope to achieve? Mask wearing? Self isolationing?

Don't forget that the USA fought WW2 on two fronts using all its own supplies and manufacturing. We have tons of resources. Not much manufacturing anymore, but a world quarrantine of the US would encourage us to spin up all that stuff again and make people go to work. Exact opposite effect.

Add to that, resentment against the world. Worked great for Germany post WW1. By great, I mean that's how evil starts. Got good.

USA has declined to the point they can't refight WW2 again.

 

[Theo R Cwithin]

(So since this is technically also a D&D thread....)

Is anyone finding that groups are shying away from "plague" as a theme in games they're playing or otherwise aware of?

I have no input on the matter, as I'm not actively playing. I'm just curious about others' experiences.

 

[Zardnaar]

The US pressures Canada to reopen. Canada wants nothing of it.

Canadians push back as U.S. Congress pressures Canada to reopen shared border

As U.S. members of Congress push Canada to reopen its shared border with the United States, Canadians are pushing back — both in government and on social media.

www.ctvnews.ca

In Canadian news Ontario just dropped below 1500 cases, down to 1456.

That's down 25% since Toronto reopened 2 weeks ago.

They'll start figuring it out when USians can't go anywhere.

Even if places like Florida is open tourism well be down due to Covid/job losses/international restrictions.


Technically we can travel but you've got two weeks of Quarantine that you might have to pay for by the time you get back ($249 USD a day).

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Utawwdangit!

Utah group organizes 'flash mobs' at grocery stores to oppose face masks

A Utah group has been organizing what they call flash mobs, where they show up to grocery stores without face masks. Caption: KUTV: Kelly Vaughen reports. The group “Defending Utah” has organized the demonstrations, and said they have plenty more planned for the future. Supporters who...

kutv.com

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

(So since this is technically also a D&D thread....)

Is anyone finding that groups are shying away from "plague" as a theme in games they're playing or otherwise aware of?

I have no input on the matter, as I'm not actively playing. I'm just curious about others' experiences.

I‘m not currently in an active gaming group at the moment. So speaking only for myself, should I ever run another campaign, “plague” themes won’t automatically be off the table. If anything, I’ve gotten all new kinds of ideas about how NPCs might react...

That said, I also would treat a plague storyline like anything else potentially controversial- I’d definitely try to figure out if anyone in the group would have a problem with such a theme before I ran it. And if I misread the room, I wouldn’t push on- scrapping a campaign is better than trampling a friend.