D&D and the rising pandemic

[Zardnaar]

Can relate. Even as careful as we are, sometime even WE forget at home. Or while out- Mom forgot hers in the car while we were in a store last week. I didn’t notice because I’m pushing the wheelchair, so couldn’t see her face. She didn’t realize it until we were on the way to the register, at which point she pulled a fresh one from her purse.

It's the intent that matters. Brain farts happen to everyone.

I've forgotten makes before basically means some doesn't get done or go without if one can't get a mask.

 

[Umbran]

Can relate. Even as careful as we are, sometime even WE forget at home.

This isn't about forgetting. For example....

My wife goes to a house call, and is met at the door by the lady of the house. She tells my wife, "Oh, gee, I'm so sorry, I just have no idea where our masks have gone to!"

Her husband's voice then comes from the kitchen, "Dear, they are out in the car, right where you told me to hide them before the doctor showed up!"

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

I am exhausted (well, aside from the actual symptom from Covid) by another year spent isolated, socially distancing, not being able to go out without a mask on. I also am well aware of the importance of all these things in trying to reduce the spread of Covid. I miss going out to eat, going to concerts, seeing people in person.

But no matter how much I want life to go back to normal, I am very much aware that we are not there yet, and no amount of pretending everything is fine is going to do anything other than make 2023 another year like the last one. I very much wish that the country hadn't relaxed restrictions, and indeed, had been even more strict from the get-go.

I won't speak for everyone, but:

• I'm not sick of restrictions. In fact, I would like to see them continue--hundreds of people are still dying of Covid daily.
• I don't mind wearing a mask in public. My wife and I still do, and we still wish everyone else would.
• I hope we keep social distancing restrictions for the rest of my natural life. (Seriously, strangers don't need to sit or stand closer than six feet. Back up, random dude standing behind me at the grocery store.)
• I wouldn't notice if every restaurant permanently switched to only pick-up or delivery service. We order takeout 4, sometimes 5 times a week, but we haven't sat down in a restaurant in years.

I think the "everyone is tired of this" attitude is grossly overstated. 1 in 10 people, certainly. 4 out of 5, unlikely. Everybody? Nope.

Nuance appears to be lost on many here in the U.S. All they see is "it's okay to not wear masks" and not all the caveats.

I was kind of hoping the new CDC color coding in the US would have worked, with people masking and distancing when it hit yellow, and pretty much staying home at red. Didn't really have much hope though.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

This isn't about forgetting. For example....

My wife goes to a house call, and is met at the door by the lady of the house. She tells my wife, "Oh, gee, I'm so sorry, I just have no idea where our masks have gone to!"

Her husband's voice then comes from the kitchen, "Dear, they are out in the car, right where you told me to hide them before the doctor showed up!"

Oh yeah, I understood. But I was trying to put a more positive spin on things.

It’s getting so that those who are still masking in public- like us- are becoming a clear minority. As long as downward trends continue, I’m sorta OK with that. But I fear that if we get another major outbreak, things could get ugly. Some people have gone feral the past few years.

 

[MoonSong]

Oh yeah, I understood. But I was trying to put a more positive spin on things.

It’s getting so that those who are still masking in public- like us- are becoming a clear minority. As long as downward trends continue, I’m sorta OK with that. But I fear that if we get another major outbreak, things could get ugly. Some people have gone feral the past few years.

In my country we are in the middle of a new major outbreak. People still don't mask. Turns out my mother and I might have it. We haven't taken a test yet, but might once we feel better.

 

[Mirtek]

In Germany a council of scientists and experts was tasked with an evaluation of all the different Covid meassures that have been taken during the past 3 years.

Today they finally publishing their 165 pages long paper.

This result will be crucial for any further meassures

 

[briggart]

In Italy there's a new outbreak ramping up, driven by Omicron 5 high transmission rate coupled with the (almost total) end of mask mandate. We have one of the highest rate of vaccination and of booster administration in the world, so things are still reasonably under control, but it will quickly become painful if people do not start behaving soon.

 

[CapnZapp]

it will quickly become painful if people do not start behaving soon.

People don't just start taking responsibility.

They only act responsibly if forced to by authorities.

So your sentence can be rewritten as: "it will quickly become painful if the authorities does not implement unpopular measures soon."

 

[briggart]

People don't just start taking responsibility.

They only act responsibly if forced to by authorities.

So your sentence can be rewritten as: "it will quickly become painful if the authorities does not implement unpopular measures soon."

Not necessarily. Fear is a good motivator. Over the last couple of years, we typically had a spontaneous increase in mask use, distancing, remote working, etc. when the case/death numbers had a quick upturn. The issue had always been keeping up with smart behavior when the situation stabilizes and numbers start to go down. That is when you really need authority mandates to keep things improving.

 

[Hussar]

People don't just start taking responsibility.

They only act responsibly if forced to by authorities.

So your sentence can be rewritten as: "it will quickly become painful if the authorities does not implement unpopular measures soon."

You might want to rephrase that as “people where I live” because it’s certainly not true everywhere.