D&D and the rising pandemic

[Dannyalcatraz]

Ditto most licensed professions.

 

[Maxperson]

Texas update:

1) In Dallas county, we are down to only 25 ICU beds.

2) The TxSuppCt ruled against Gov. Abbot’s order banning masking mandates

And there's also this.

Texas county judge issues dire warning about ICU beds for children

'Your child will wait for another child to die.' The Dallas County judge issued a dire warning as COVID cases and hospitalizations surge.

abc7chicago.com

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

And there's also this.

Texas county judge issues dire warning about ICU beds for children

'Your child will wait for another child to die.' The Dallas County judge issued a dire warning as COVID cases and hospitalizations surge.

abc7chicago.com

Despite his edicts generally being in accord with CDC guidelines, he’s not universally beloved in Dallas county.

 

[Hussar]

Good grief. @Umbran, seriously? We have a national conference for teachers here in Japan in November and they just announced it will be 100% virtual. They had hoped to be hybrid, but, with the way things are here, they're not taking the risk. And Japan really hasn't done all that badly overall. Yeah it isn't fantastic right now, but, sheesh, it's nothing like what you guys have had to deal with.

 

[Zardnaar]

Hmmmn doh. Only matter of time.

As it happened: Covid-19 community case in Auckland

New Zealand is getting ready to enter its first national lockdown in more than a year tonight.

www.rnz.co.nz

They've found a case of community spread outside of qurantine.

Press conference at 6pm around 2 hours away. I'm guessing lockdown for Auckland level 2 for everyone else. Next Covid jab is next week.

 

[Zardnaar]

NZ into level 4 lockdown for 3 days nationwide. 7 days in Auckland and the Coromandel.

On a single case.

Stuff

i.stuff.co.nz

Covid-19 community case: Nationwide level 4 lockdown

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced an alert-level 4 lockdown starting at 11.59pm tonight for seven days in Auckland and Coromandel, and three days elsewhere.

www.rnz.co.nz

Level 4 is essential services only basically fuel, medical, transport, food production and supermarkets. Travel between towns and cities verboten.

All retail, restaurants, take aways and delivery are closed. 60% of the country is being closed on 6 hours notice.

Vaccinations paused for 48 hours.

National lockdown round 2, round 4 for Auckland.

Australia used as an example of why it's straight to level 4.

Key messaging points.

Be kind, considerate follow the rules and go hard and early vs Covid. Assume it's delta.



NZ rallies around the flag locally by heading to the bottle store. They don't count as essential.



Newbs.

 

[Cadence]

School started yesterday for K-12 in the area, and the local university starts Thursday. Unlike NZ our current COVID mitigation strategy is that the largest city in the area and county containing it put in mask mandates that violate state law and so might not last long, planning to have classes/schools go virtual when they get to 5% positives, and depending on people to do the right thing.

The two counties here have about 700k combined population. In 2020, Richland voted 68.4% Biden, Lexington voted 64.2% Trump. Almost equal vaccination rates of around 57.5% for those age 12+.

 

[Garthanos]

The two counties here have about 700k combined population. In 2020, Richland voted 68.4% Biden, Lexington voted 64.2% Trump. Almost equal vaccination rates of around 57.5% for those age 12+.

my county is 75 percent for 16+

 

[J.Quondam]

My county at 39% with at least one dose, of which 33% is fully vaxxed.

 

[Garthanos]

My county in Texas is at 39% with at least one dose, of which 33% is fully vaxxed.

I live in a fairly well educated cosmopolitan (for its size) capital city it has its perks.