D&D and the rising pandemic

[Zardnaar]

Well death toll here is still very low. Most of the ones requiring hospital care are unvaccinated.

Big difference is age. They vaccinated the older ones first and the older groups have some of the highest vaccine rates in the country (beaten by Asians maybe?).

Basically they're trying to buy time to get vaccinated rates up around 90%.
Around 2-5% don't get a second shot for various reasons.

 

[J.Quondam]

Yes, but that's the choice of the friends who decided they want to be un-vaccinated. If they decided that they are fine to live with the risk, I may voice my concern once, but at the end of the day respect their choice.

If they decide they are not afraid to meet with me despite them being un-vaccinated and the high enough security of the vaccination makes me comfortable to meet with them despite them being un-vaccinated, then I see no reason not to meet with them.

I would definately not be like "I am confident enough in my safety due to the vaccination, but I am now going to protect you from yourself because I do not accept your acceptance of the risk of being un-vaccinated"

Ah, now I understand that you're talking specifically about the context of a gaming group. I missed that before.
Of course, let people game with whomever they want, I guess. There's no accounting for taste, after all.

As for me, though, I will not game with antivaxxers. I'm done with their willful ignorance and arrogance. If that means I don't get to play, so be it.* No gaming is better than gaming with @#&%#s.

* I currently live in rural Texas, so yes, i'm pretty lonely.

 

[Zardnaar]

I suspect 2 of my group don't want the vaccine for whatever reason. They haven't directly said.

One left though for a new job (best player as well).

It's a moot point anyway as the campaign is defunct atm. I'll probably advertise for some new players vaccines required.

 

[Cadence]

Got my booster today. There were a bunch of appointments available for 1st, 2nd, or 3rd shot.

Guy in front of me somewhere else was joking how he went into a grocery store with a Zorro mask on and laughed at the people who were upset.

 

[Zardnaar]

Got my booster today. There were a bunch of appointments available for 1st, 2nd, or 3rd shot.

Guy in front of me somewhere else was joking how he went into a grocery store with a Zorro mask on and laughed at the people who were upset.

That's kinda funny.

I've been thinking of a Mandalorian costume or the snake armor costume from Assassin's Creed Odyssey as you can wear a mask under them.

 

[Umbran]

like, five, ten, twenty years? More? A large enough number to not mean much to our short attention spans?

Not specifically known. We have some measure on how long protection against SARS-COV-2 infection in general lasts. We are less sure how long protection against very serious disease lasts, and how repeated vaccination and/or infection extend that. And it is that latter protection that turns covid-19 from a thing that kills 5 million worldwide in under 2 years, into more like a common cold.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Not specifically known. We have some measure on how long protection against SARS-COV-2 infection in general lasts. We are less sure how long protection against very serious disease lasts, and how repeated vaccination and/or infection extend that. And it is that latter protection that turns covid-19 from a thing that kills 5 million worldwide in under 2 years, into more like a common cold.

…in no small part because human behavior is the big X factor.

The longer C19 vaccination gets politicized, the longer it will take to reach “annual nuisance” levels.

Ditto the rate at which the world’s poorest countries are able to vaccinate their populations, which pretty much requires the richer ones to lend a helping hand.

In both cases, “enlightened self-interest” would be a positive thing, but alas, it’s also a bit too rare.

 

[Zardnaar]

…in no small part because human behavior is the big X factor.

The longer C19 vaccination gets politicized, the longer it will take to reach “annual nuisance” levels.

Ditto the rate at which the world’s poorest countries are able to vaccinate their populations, which pretty much requires the richer ones to lend a helping hand.

In both cases, “enlightened self-interest” would be a positive thing, but alas, it’s also a bit too rare.

My theory is those countries volunteering to be a petri dish might end up doing the world a favour. Some delta variant hopefully mutate to something less deadly.

 

[Ryujin]

That's kinda funny.

I've been thinking of a Mandalorian costume or the snake armor costume from Assassin's Creed Odyssey as you can wear a mask under them.

I went for "Steampunk Bad Guy."

 

[Zardnaar]

I went for "Steampunk Bad Guy."

Could also pass as S&M gimp