D&D and the rising pandemic

[Garthanos]

positive testing rates from early january till now in a local county ... they were expecting a rise after the first from what I recall.

 

[Garthanos]

derp

 

[Eltab]

Speculation: better protection of most vulnerable + large (but still not well-defined) number of previous asymptomatic cases + deploying vaccine(s) = fewer "defenseless targets" for the virus, so it is slowing down because it has to work to claim each 'new' victim.

 

[Garthanos]

Speculation: better protection of most vulnerable + large (but still not well-defined) number of previous asymptomatic cases + deploying vaccine(s) = fewer "defenseless targets" for the virus, so it is slowing down because it has to work to claim each 'new' victim.

I am just hoping that trend keeps it up.

 

[Zardnaar]

Announcement 9pm on a Saturday night after cabinet has had emergency meeting not good. You know it's bad when it's Jacinda and Director General of Health.

Edit.

Stuff

i.stuff.co.nz

Community spread unknown source.

7 day lockdown for Auckland level 3.
7 day level 2 rest of country.

Rules not followed.

 

[Dioltach]

Rules not followed.

In the Netherlands, not following the rules is the norm. And then people want to sue the government to ease the restrictions. If they want to sue the government for anything, it should be for not being tough enough and dragging the whole thing out.

(After spending nearly my whole life here, I've discovered that a key element in the Dutch mentality is "I'm a firm believer in rules, but when they do and do not apply to me personally is for me to decide.")

 

[Zardnaar]

In the Netherlands, not following the rules is the norm. And then people want to sue the government to ease the restrictions. If they want to sue the government for anything, it should be for not being tough enough and dragging the whole thing out.

(After spending nearly my whole life here, I've discovered that a key element in the Dutch mentality is "I'm a firm believer in rules, but when they do and do not apply to me personally is for me to decide.")

That's human/ hypocrisy.

Think it works that way all around the world.

 

[MarkB]

I got my first jab with the Pfizer vaccine today at lunchtime. It was the first time I'd actually driven in months - I had to call the AA out in the morning to get my car going because the battery was flat. The NHS clinic was well organised, with plentiful staff shepherding everyone down the line through vaccination to a 15-minute wait on well-spaced chairs and then back out a different exit. No significant side effects so far.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Mom got her second inoculation today. MUCH bigger crowd than when she got the first one on Superbowl Sunday. And we were still back in our car 45 minutes later,

I’m sorta looking forward to using that same facility Tuesday morning when I go for my first shot.

 

[Zardnaar]

Mom got her second inoculation today. MUCH bigger crowd than when she got the first one on Superbowl Sunday. And we were still back in our car 45 minutes later,

I’m sorta looking forward to using that same facility Tuesday morning when I go for my first shot.

Americans doing a lot better than a lot of countries with vaccinations.