D&D and the rising pandemic

[Zardnaar]

Travel warning for NZ from the US.

United States government issues travel warning for New Zealand due to '23 active cases'

Not safe here, 23 active cases (in isolation). Moot point anyway borders closed to non residents/citizens.

 

[Umbran]

Also, Covid-19 is contagious. Rage-induced shooting rampages don't seem to be.

Dude, Mrs. Crabapple is already putting her life on the line teaching the little germ-factories.

And you're like, "Okay, she can get shot, too. That's fine."

This more illustrates the point that going back to school is a bad idea no matter what the safety measures are more than anything else.

Yep.

It reduces spread, and if the desks are far enough apart, it is more unlikely to spread the virus. I don't know if many (if any) schools will have those precautions.

If your precautions do not reduce the Rt of the virus below 1, you will have an outbreak in the school. Reducing some is kind of like parachuting the first 10,000 feet, but then free-falling the next 10,000.

 

[ccs]

Travel warning for NZ from the US.

United States government issues travel warning for New Zealand due to '23 active cases'

Not safe here, 23 active cases (in isolation). Moot point anyway borders closed to non residents/citizens.

Not safe at 23 cases in isolation? Would that we were all so endangered.....

 

[Hussar]

You know, thinking on this, there is a kind of logic...

1) People get bloody well shot in retail stores for trying to insist on masks. Is Mrs. Crabapple supposed to face down some covid-denier with an assault rifle for making little Johnny cover his mouth and nose?

2) Masks are excellent... for short, casual contact. Wear one in the grocery, or on the street, and you are unlikely to infect a passerby. This breaks down when you have people in an enclosed space, sharing air. Kids are in classrooms breathing each other's air for hours and hours - the mask isn't really going to save them.

3) Given 2, not enforcing masks gets them to have an outbreak quickly and the school shut back down, which might actually minimize the impact.

Except that we do have examples where masking, while not perfect, is working reasonably well. Japanese kids have been back to school now for three months, with masks in place and some other due dilligence, and, while Japan's rate has been rising recently, it's not rising in the schools.

I mean, open the windows, turn on the air conditioner/fans, and wear the masks. It is working.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

Dude, Mrs. Crabapple is already putting her life on the line teaching the little germ-factories.

And you're like, "Okay, she can get shot, too. That's fine."

No, obviously it is not fine, but the amount of people who will be shot because of mask-related issues will probably be less than the amount of people who would catch/die from Covid-19 if they hadn't worn masks.

I'm just saying. If you lower the risk of Covid-19 with the mask, the option of being shot at because of that is not a significant risk to argue against mandating masks in school.

If your precautions do not reduce the Rt of the virus below 1, you will have an outbreak in the school. Reducing some is kind of like parachuting the first 10,000 feet, but then free-falling the next 10,000.

Yeah, I agree with you. The schools in America should not be opening up, especially without mask mandates or social distancing guidelines.

 

[Zardnaar]

Fiji and Taiwan apparently doing good as well.

Stuff

i.stuff.co.nz

Friends sell propelled germ factory age 6 in Houston hasn't been to school since March. She is gonna do homeschooling for the forseeable future.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Travel warning for NZ from the US.

United States government issues travel warning for New Zealand due to '23 active cases'

Not safe here, 23 active cases (in isolation). Moot point anyway borders closed to non residents/citizens.

It’s almost laughable.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

And more kids & teachers getting sick...

Within 11 days of schools opening, dozens of students and teachers have gotten COVID-19: 'I truly wish we'd kept our children home'

Schools began reopening several weeks ago. Dozens of students and staff have already tested positive for COVID-19.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Also, Covid-19 is contagious. Rage-induced shooting rampages don't seem to be.

Actually, a theory first published in 2015 suggests that they are.

Mass Shootings Can Be Contagious, Research Shows

It may not be a coincidence that several mass shootings took place in one week. Research shows perpetrators are often inspired by media coverage of other shootings.

www.npr.org

 

[cbwjm]

Travel warning for NZ from the US.

United States government issues travel warning for New Zealand due to '23 active cases'

Not safe here, 23 active cases (in isolation). Moot point anyway borders closed to non residents/citizens.

Just walked past the Pullman hotel, group of quarantined returnees there. Still, the US warning seems a little off, it's like "Bro, have you seen what your own country is like? We think it's unsafe for you to come here too."