D&D and the rising pandemic

DND_Reborn · Mar 10, 2020

Nice map, but still proves the point about red. All those Total Confirmed could be in a nice light blue with blue circles on the map, and many people would not be as worried for that factor alone.

Again, I am not downplaying the significance and impact of the virus, just how important they way we interact with the information and how it affects us.

atanakar · Mar 10, 2020

I live with someone who has a low immune system because of a chronic disease. No chances to be taken.

Enrico Poli1 · Mar 10, 2020

I live in northern Italy near Milan. Currently under quarantine.
Please do NOT underestimate the Coronavirus, it is NOT THE FLU, but much more dangerous. It is DEADLY for old people but also FOR ANY AGE WITHOUT HOSPITALIZATION, and it saturates the healthcare system quickly.
Please take care!
Inasmuch D&D is concerned, as soon as you can, please start to play via internet. It is easier then you think.

atanakar · Mar 10, 2020

atanakar said:
I live with someone who has a low immune system because of a chronic disease. No chances to be taken.

Having said that, the person plays D&D and we started the Essential Kit campaign solo in January. We can always do that.

lowkey13 · Mar 10, 2020

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Dausuul · Mar 10, 2020

My group is in the "play it by ear" category. We are an established group with very little turnover, and we only play every two weeks. One of our players is a doctor, so we'll let him call the shots on this.

My other "social hobby" is ballroom dance, and I expect that will get hit a lot harder; we've already seen a sharp drop-off in attendance at social events and they will probably have to be canceled entirely when COVID-19 starts popping up in this area. Events where you get a bunch of random people together, many of them elderly, and have them spend 2-3 hours in close physical contact are... not ideal... during this outbreak.

Umbran · Mar 10, 2020

Enevhar Aldarion said:
Considering the reputation of convention crud and people getting sick after getting home from cons, I will start to worry once sci-fi and gaming conventions start cancelling.

Emerald City ComicCon did postpone several months.

And as a side note, this virus will probably not be dangerous to most gamers, rather it will be dangerous to those they may pass it on to: the elderly or those already with compromised health...

There are a lot of gamers out there with compromised immune systems, or with people in their homes who are - it might do well to ask.

I mean, in my group, we recognize that if someone has the cold or flu in their house, they ought to stay home. It isn't like the flu would kill anyone at the table, but it wouldn't be good to spread it around. This is a worse idea to spread around.

dnd4vr said:
Our reaction is something scary is going on.

With respect, the fact that you shouldn't panic does not mean that what is going on is not scary.

Certainly in areas where the virus is present, people need to be cautious, but media pushes it overboard in my estimation.

There is an issue with this disease - the long transmissible incubation period before symptoms are apparent. This means the known number of cases is always going to be about two weeks behind the actual number of cases. Which means, to get ahead of the thing, you need to behave in ways that will seem excessive for the number of cases known at the moment.

aco175 · Mar 10, 2020

My group is not changing anything as of yet. I tend to just play with my son, brother, and father do most likely by the time any of us realize we are sick- the others will have been exposed. I'm really only worried about my father who is over 70.

If I played in larger groups and/or had a convention planned I would still most likely go. I would monitor to see if there is an explosion of the infected in my area and most likely bring some wipes for people to use as well.

Celebrim · Mar 10, 2020

dnd4vr said:
And that causes fear and panic instead of rational reactions.

What exactly do you think is a rational reaction to a disease with apparently an R0 of higher than 2.5 and a mortality rate of higher than 3.4%?

I'm not denying that there is a certain amount of hype, but those two numbers I think pretty much tell the whole story. You either believe those numbers are real, or you don't - in which case your distrust extends to far more than just 'the media'.

So, as for myself, I don't think we'll meet for two reasons.

First, and most importantly, for the sake of people outside our group who would be at high risk in the event of a general epidemic. For the sake of the elderly, it just doesn't make any sense to put our enjoyment ahead of their lives.

And secondly, several members of my group have the single most important co-morbidity factor - high blood pressure. So, even though mortality in our age group is quite low, with the high blood pressure present in it's in the 1% range. And that's to not even get into the relatively high risk that they'd need to be on oxygen for 2 to 4 weeks.

jayoungr · Mar 10, 2020

We've played online in the past when one of our group had to be out of town for an extended period, so I'm sure we'd just go back to that.

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