D&D and the rising pandemic
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I don't doubt it.
And you'd think simple self-preservation would be an incentive to take very good care of guys who's job is taking bullets etc for you if needed. Mistreat them &, weather intentionally or sub-consciously, they might not move as fast in an emergency....
(almost any D&D player could explain this to him via the 1e Charisma chart or the 3x/PF Leadership feat - you gotta keep that Loyalty score up.)
And then there's anyone he "visited" in the hospital & everyone their connected to.
MoonSong
Rules-lawyering drama queen but not a munchkin
This thing keeps hitting close to home. My great uncle passed away yesterday. We weren't close, but still he was essentially the patriarch of the family. I respected him and looked up to him -my father was named after him-. I feel for my grandma and my great aunt, (just the last month my great aunt lost her husband, and my aunt -her daughter- was hospitalized because of Covid and still has sequels. My aunt is barely a few years older than me.)
I can't really comprehend how things are going, and I'm more and more scared every day for everybody close to me. I'm also increasingly angrier at people who keep denying how dangerous this is (and/or keep treating this as if it was simply culling the old and the ill and it is ok because they are full of the Malthusian Kool-aid and have no empathy for these they deem undesirable). Yes, my great uncle was 90, but he was very healthy. He was in top condition, had good habits and exercised regularly. He was in better shape -and health- at 90 than many in their twenties. He didn't have a "preexisting condition". He was by no means at death's door, if not for this he could have easily made it to a hundred years while still remaining active and self-reliant.
I don't know how to feel, I'm torn between sadness, worry and anger. (Am I wadgry?) Sorry for the rant
I can't really comprehend how things are going, and I'm more and more scared every day for everybody close to me. I'm also increasingly angrier at people who keep denying how dangerous this is (and/or keep treating this as if it was simply culling the old and the ill and it is ok because they are full of the Malthusian Kool-aid and have no empathy for these they deem undesirable). Yes, my great uncle was 90, but he was very healthy. He was in top condition, had good habits and exercised regularly. He was in better shape -and health- at 90 than many in their twenties. He didn't have a "preexisting condition". He was by no means at death's door, if not for this he could have easily made it to a hundred years while still remaining active and self-reliant.
I don't know how to feel, I'm torn between sadness, worry and anger. (Am I wadgry?) Sorry for the rant
There’s an ad campaign in my market for the shingles vaccine, with the tag line, “Shingles doesn’t care.” In it, that line is the response to people from a variety of demographics extolling the good things in their lives- their health, their family, their job, their hopes for the future.
I wonder if we’ll see something in the if/when of C19.
I wonder if we’ll see something in the if/when of C19.
Levistus's_Leviathan
5e Freelancer
I cannot facepalm enough on this guy's behavior with this virus. Fails to control it nationwide, fails with testing and contact tracing, pushes us to open up with absolutely no change in treatment/vaccine, refuses to wear a mask or have people around him wear masks or social distance so he finally catches the stupid virus, and then when he has the virus he refuses to take precautions against spreading it to other people. At this point it's like he's trying to give the virus to as many people as possible.
I never thought there would be a second Typhoid Mary, but here I am proven wrong once again by this dumpster fire year.
The CDC is finally acknowledging that the virus can be airborne:
www.cnbc.com
Of course, they posted this before and someone made them retract it. I guess whoever made them retract it isn't in a place to stop them anymore. Hmm, wonder who that could be.
CDC revises coronavirus guidance to acknowledge that it spreads through airborne transmission
"CDC's recommendations remain the same based on existing science and after a thorough technical review of the guidance," the agency said.
www.cnbc.com
Of course, they posted this before and someone made them retract it. I guess whoever made them retract it isn't in a place to stop them anymore. Hmm, wonder who that could be.
Another update, Trump is leaving Walter Reed.
www.npr.org
This is his tweet: "I will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 P.M. Feeling really good! Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!"
I just... I mean... I can't... Please make it stop.
'Don't Be Afraid Of It': Trump Dismisses Virus Threat As He Returns To White House
President Trump had been at Walter Reed since Friday evening for coronavirus treatment. In a tweet, he said, "Don't be afraid of Covid." The White House physician would not comment on the remarks.
www.npr.org
This is his tweet: "I will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 P.M. Feeling really good! Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!"
I just... I mean... I can't... Please make it stop.
Levistus's_Leviathan
5e Freelancer
Another update, Trump is leaving Walter Reed.
'Don't Be Afraid Of It': Trump Dismisses Virus Threat As He Returns To White House
President Trump had been at Walter Reed since Friday evening for coronavirus treatment. In a tweet, he said, "Don't be afraid of Covid." The White House physician would not comment on the remarks.
This is his tweet: "I will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 P.M. Feeling really good! Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!"
I just... I mean... I can't... Please make it stop.
(About the nonsense in the tweet.)
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