D&D and the rising pandemic

[Garthanos]

Half of the people in the US seem to be walking in the opposite direction.

30 percent

 

[cbwjm]

30 percent

While that is better than 50%, 30% of the population ignoring the pandemic is still a crazy high number

 

[Zardnaar]

While that is better than 50%, 30% of the population ignoring the pandemic is still a crazy high number

Did you not know that?

Europe's brewing up again. Idiocracy in some places, arrogance and complacency in other eg " we've got the best health care in the world".

 

[cbwjm]

Did you not know that?

Europe's brewing up again. Idiocracy in some places, arrogance and complacency in other eg " we've got the best health care in the world".

I knew there was a large number, hard to hide from what's happening in the states at the moment.

 

[MarkB]

Half of the people in the US seem to be walking in the opposite direction.

And in the UK we seem to be struggling to decide which direction is 'forward'.

 

[Zardnaar]

Subscribed to Washington Post for a month just to see if anything interesting happens in USA early November.

Start clicking on links.

Trump Accuses New Zealand’s Prime Minister of Competently Handling the Coronavirus to Get Reëlected

Trump called Jacinda Ardern’s use of public-health measures to mitigate the pandemic’s impact “a sleazy political move like you wouldn’t believe.”

www.newyorker.com

Satire btw. #nzhellhole.

 

[Umbran]

In the City of Boston, public schools opened for students one month ago. As of today, they are going back to all remote classes.

 

[billd91]

One of the schools in the county north of mine has had to go all virtual twice since the start of the school year. Considering what I know of the area (I grew up not too far away), I'm not really surprised.

 

[CleverNickName]

It seems like most of the people here in the United States just got tired of it and simply decided the pandemic was over.

Except it isn't over. The virus doesn't care about how bored or frustrated you are with it. It doesn't care about how many weeks you've had to spend indoors with your children, and it doesn't care about the economy or the election either. It's still out there, still spreading, still killing people, and we still don't have a vaccine....and grown adults are acting like petulant children over the bare minimum precautions like "stay home" and "wear a mask."

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Not “most”, just a sizable minority, too many of whom are in positions that amplify their utterances.

 

[CleverNickName]

Not “most”, just a sizable minority, too many of whom are in positions that amplify their utterances.

Yeah, I know. It just seems like most.

Of course, the virus doesn't care about the majority either. It only needs a handful of bad actors to spread, and even 1% is far more than enough (especially when they are spread out across such a large area, and largely unchecked, untracked, and untested.)

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

FWIW, I was reading about similar anti-public health measures in the past. I was, of course, familiar with the parallels between our current situation and the 1918 flu.

Today, I learned that similar behavior occurred while the world was ramping up its fight against SMALLPOX.

Covid-19 anti-vaxxers use century-old arguments

As we get closer to an effective vaccine for Covid-19, we should expect to see a renewed push of disinformation and vocal resistance from the anti-vaccination movement.

www.cnn.com

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Yeah, I know. It just seems like most.

Of course, the virus doesn't care about the majority either. It only needs a handful of bad actors to spread, and even 1% is far more than enough (especially when they are spread out across such a large area, and largely unchecked, untracked, and untested.)

You forgot unapologetically unconcerned.

 

[Deset Gled]

FWIW, I was reading about similar anti-public health measures in the past. I was, of course, familiar with the parallels between our current situation and the 1918 flu.

Today, I learned that similar behavior occurred while the world was ramping up its fight against SMALLPOX.

Covid-19 anti-vaxxers use century-old arguments

As we get closer to an effective vaccine for Covid-19, we should expect to see a renewed push of disinformation and vocal resistance from the anti-vaccination movement.

www.cnn.com

To be fair, when the smallpox vaccine was created germ theory was still in it's infancy. Heck, homeopathy was once legitimately considered as an alternative to germ theory. Lots of details like sterilization, preservative chemicals, and proper storage were still being worked out; getting a vaccine was a bit riskier than it is today.

Nowadays, people are a lot more educated and have access to much better scientific resources. I mean, it's not like there are still companies selling "homeopathic medicine" based off of science that was proved wrong 150 years ago, right?

 

[Umbran]

Nowadays, people are a lot more educated and have access to much better scientific resources. I mean, it's not like there are still companies selling "homeopathic medicine" based off of science that was proved wrong 150 years ago, right?

snrk. Okay, that's funny.

 

[Garthanos]

Satire btw. #nzhellhole.

So many things which you would expect to be satire these days are so not distant from a truth.

 

[AcererakTriple6]

Nowadays, people are a lot more educated and have access to much better scientific resources. I mean, it's not like there are still companies selling "homeopathic medicine" based off of science that was proved wrong 150 years ago, right?

Sometimes, less is more, right?

I can't believe that homeopathy is still a thing.

 

[Garthanos]

Sometimes, less is more, right?
I can't believe that homeopathy is still a thing.

The us government finally decided they cannot make claims of efficacy in advertisements....

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

To be fair, when the smallpox vaccine was created germ theory was still in it's infancy. Heck, homeopathy was once legitimately considered as an alternative to germ theory. Lots of details like sterilization, preservative chemicals, and proper storage were still being worked out; getting a vaccine was a bit riskier than it is today.

Nowadays, people are a lot more educated and have access to much better scientific resources. I mean, it's not like there are still companies selling "homeopathic medicine" based off of science that was proved wrong 150 years ago, right?

Did you catch the part where one of the most vocal and visible antivax activists at the time had been vaccinated for smallpox?

Published by a leading anti-vaccinationist, Dr. Alexander M. Ross, this pamphlet was widely circulated during the smallpox epidemic of 1885 in Montréal, as public health officials were seeking to increase vaccination coverage.
Ross seized on the opportunity of increased health measures to gain authority, notoriety and personal fame. He painted himself the hero of his own story, the "only doctor; who had dared to doubt the fetish" of vaccination. Despite this, it was discovered that he had been recently vaccinated during the epidemic, a fact that was gleefully reported by the major newspapers at the time.

The STONES on that guy!

 

[briggart]

At least this happened.

I think they have since removed the tweet (this was back in March).