D&D and the rising pandemic

[Zardnaar]

Second year in a row of very little flu.


Unexpected side effect of Covid/MiQ. Don't think I've even had a cold since 2019.

 

[Mirtek]

Yeah, Germany, in a part with very few doctors to boot.

Find that hard to believe. We're at >50% with 1st dose and ~26% already fully done.

If there's no doctor there should be a central vaccination centre within 100km

We entered unrestricted access last week because there not even enough group 3 left without that they justify to continue going by priorisation.

We had a slower start than we could have had but right now we catched up in terms of first and second doses to where only a very few countries are farther ahead (only 5 countries with more total doses and some of those have a much bigger population)

 

[Janx]

Sorry, no. That was a typo. 5 people in $1 million each.

The scholarships are $300,000.

that's a bit better, but given that there's less testing on <18s, they ought to be due the $1mil and the grups can get $300K.

Ageism goes both ways. Young folks want the moolah!

 

[Cadence]

that's a bit better, but given that there's less testing on <18s, they ought to be due the $1mil and the grups can get $300K.

Ageism goes both ways. Young folks want the moolah!

Would the parents actually control the young one's money if they got it right now? (I guess it could be put it in a time delayed account that would let them take it out for a short list of emergencies).

 

[Umbran]

that's a bit better, but given that there's less testing on <18s, they ought to be due the $1mil and the grups can get $300K.

Ageism goes both ways. Young folks want the moolah!

I'm sorry, but your analysis seems to have suffered a mathematics failure.

The 12-17 year range is less than 10% of the population of the state. They thus present a smaller portion of the risk pool, but they are still getting about 23% of the funds in this plan.

Effectively, the young folks are already getting twice as much money as the older folks under this plan. So, you know, slow your judgement roll.

 

[Cadence]

I'm sorry, but your analysis seems to have suffered a mathematics failure.

The 12-17 year range is less than 10% of the population of the state. They thus present a smaller portion of the risk pool, but they are still getting about 23% of the funds in this plan.

Effectively, the young folks are already getting twice as much money as the older folks under this plan. So, you know, slow your judgement roll.

Motivational money is best targeted at those who need the most motivation, right? I'm guessing hesitant parents are really hard to motivate about their kids (or can the 12-15 yo get the jab without a parent?).

 

[billd91]

I'm sorry, but your analysis seems to have suffered a mathematics failure.

The 12-17 year range is less than 10% of the population of the state. They thus present a smaller portion of the risk pool, but they are still getting about 23% of the funds in this plan.

Effectively, the young folks are already getting twice as much money as the older folks under this plan. So, you know, slow your judgement roll.

That just gives each minor a higher chance of winning compared to the adult population. The individual winners are still getting shafted, by comparison. It’s still a nice benefit and worth pursuing, but I still think it’s a weirdly unbalanced offering.

 

[Umbran]

That just gives each minor a higher chance of winning compared to the adult population.

Each minor has about 8x the chance of winning and the program has over twice the funds per kid in the population than per adult. Proportionately speaking the overall pot for kids is twice the size of the pot for adults.

The individual winners are still getting shafted, by comparison.

In raw dollar amount, you might think so, but... it means the kid will likely enter the working population with a college education, and no debt to speak of. That is a huge benefit.

I will likely be paying off my student loans until I die. I have friends who got through school without debt, and they've already retired, because they could save far more than I could.

 

[Horwath]

Each minor has about 8x the chance of winning and the program has over twice the funds per kid in the population than per adult. Proportionately speaking the overall pot for kids is twice the size of the pot for adults.



In raw dollar amount, you might think so, but... it means the kid will likely enter the working population with a college education, and no debt to speak of. That is a huge benefit.

I will likely be paying off my student loans until I die. I have friends who got through school without debt, and they've already retired, because they could save far more than I could.

you can spin it any way you want, but 1.000.000 is 3 scholarships and lots of change.

That is free college degree, a house, so no rent money and very good car without credit line for it. And no worries for life expenses while you study. Talk about a head start.

 

[billd91]

you can spin it any way you want, but 1.000.000 is 3 scholarships and lots of change.

That is free college degree, a house, so no rent money and very good car without credit line for it. And no worries for life expenses while you study. Talk about a head start.

And what if the kid isn't planning on going to college? Do they get nothing? Do they get the $300,000 (substantially less than the $1 million).