D&D and the rising pandemic

[Mannahnin]

5 months after delta got out here.

28 cases daily cases

Covid-19 update: 28 new community cases today, returnee who didn't complete isolation left with child

There are 28 new cases of Covid-19 in the community, and no new Omicron cases in Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ).

www.rnz.co.nz

Vaccination rate north of 90%. It's like science or something. 57 in hospital, 7 in ICU.

New Hampshire's vaccination rate (our population ~1.38 million) is 66.4% fully vaxxed; a bit ahead of the overall US rate of 61.5%. Our immediate neighbor states are Vermont (650k pop, 76.6% fully vaxxed), Maine (1.37mm, 75.1% fully vaxxed), and Massachusetts (7.1 million, 74% fully vaxxed), and due North the Province of Quebec (8.6 million, 77.5% fully vaxxed).

My hospital alone (fewer than 100 beds) has twenty covid cases and around the same number in the ICU as your country. :/

 

[Maxperson]

Got my third vaccine (the "booster") the other day. I didn't really have any side effects at all from the first two injections, but that third one was a doozy and left me tired, achy, and queasy for about 12 hours afterward. It was nothing that soup and ibuprophen couldn't fix, but it was surprising given my history with the other Covid-19 vaccines.

I feel you. That happened to me. Not achy, but tired and nauseas, with associated loss of appetite.

 

[Maxperson]

I have my moments.

I have a friend who is moving to Florida. I find that hard to fathom, even from the context that the House of Mouse is pretty much his favorite place on the planet.

You should let him know that we have one here in Southern California, which is much saner with vaccination rates.

 

[Thomas Shey]

My wife and I got our vaccine boosters last week. Of the three Covid-19 vaccinations I've gotten (all Pfizer), only the booster caused some bad side effects for me. I felt completely exhausted for days afterward.

You know that feeling you get when you stay up all night and then try to go to work the next morning, where you feel tired and hazy with that dull headache and burning eyes and you can't concentrate on anything for very long? It felt like that, and no amount of sleep, exercise, or coffee would help it. It took three days to get back up to a full battery.

Still: if that's the worst, I can deal.

That was what I felt like the day after my second Moderna shot (though I didn't have the headache or the burning eyes, just the fatigue and lack of focus).

You aren't the only person I've heard of have a stronger reaction to the booster than the original shots, though.

 

[Maxperson]

Shortly thereafter, you will learn that the Disney secret police are large, burly, and overly-serious when it comes to their "Don't get out of the boat, sir" orders.

...or so I hear.

Same here. My wife has reported to me that when as a teen she jumped out of the Pirates of the Caribbean boat onto the treasure room to check out the gold coins, there was no sense of humor from Disney..........................or her father.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Same here. My wife has reported to me that when as a teen she jumped out of the Pirates of the Caribbean boat onto the treasure room to check out the gold coins, there was no sense of humor from Disney..........................or her father.

True Facts:

1. Disney has a lot of security.

2. Disney has plain-clothes security.

3. In order to be hired by Disney for security, you must have your sense of humor surgically removed.

 

[Thomas Shey]

True Facts:

1. Disney has a lot of security.

2. Disney has plain-clothes security.

3. In order to be hired by Disney for security, you must have your sense of humor surgically removed.

That describes most serious security, honestly (says the man who did security many years ago).

 

[Maxperson]

True Facts:

1. Disney has a lot of security.

2. Disney has plain-clothes security.

3. In order to be hired by Disney for security, you must have your sense of humor surgically removed.

Disney is also scary with their ability to track people with their cameras. I once had the opportunity to go to Club 33 as a guest. The group I was with wandered the park having a great time. We even split up at one point coming to Club 33 lunch as 3 different groups. When we got there and were going to knock on the door, it just opened. After entering I asked how they knew it was us and was told that they had been tracking us by camera all day so that they would know precisely when we arrived.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Disney is also scary with their ability to track people with their cameras. I once had the opportunity to go to Club 33 as a guest. The group I was with wandered the park having a great time. We even split up at one point coming to Club 33 lunch as 3 different groups. When we got there and were going to knock on the door, it just opened. After entering I asked how they knew it was us and was told that they had been tracking us by camera all day so that they would know precisely when we arrived.

Not just cameras- at this time, they also have magic band technology (RFID) and also use their app to track you around the parks. They have fingerprint scanners at entrances, and have tested their facial recognition for park entrances.

In short, Disney leads the way in making sure that every last dollar is extracted from each customer, and also making sure that you will have the exact allotted amount of fun, but never more. NEVER MORE.

 

[Imaculata]

First US Omnicron death a reinfection apparently.

It takes a special kind of stupid to catch covid twice, and still refuse getting vaccinated after that first infection. He basically dodged a bullet, and concluded that he must be invincible!

Are we done with these people yet? I'm looking at my field of F's to give, and am finding it barren. I'm all out of sympathy.