D&D and the rising pandemic

[Umbran]

That isn't surprising. If people think they can tough it out, either through being young and healthy, already having had it, or are an anti-vaccination proponent.

All of those combined becomes a decent sized group of people. The question is, are they right to feel this way? (probably not in the antivaxxers case)

"I can tough it out because I am young and healthy," is equivalent to, "I don't care if I happen to pass it to someone else, and they die." So, that's not really a solid position to take.

 

[Istbor]

"I can tough it out because I am young and healthy," is equivalent to, "I don't care if I happen to pass it to someone else, and they die." So, that's not really a solid position to take.

Oh no, I agree. For that matter, we don't know that catching it brings long term immunity either. Or if it did, that it would also mean you aren't contagious if it is attempting to infect you again.

I can understand that people would think that way is all.

 

[Zardnaar]

This article is decent with various curves from countries that have squashed Covid.

Coronavirus: The story of New Zealand’s Covid-19 lockdown, in graphs

How we vanquished the virus - but we’re not as unique as we thought

interactives.stuff.co.nz

Early in our curve was the same as everyone else's. But there's a few other countries no one pays attention to like Croatia. South Korea an obvious one with a population similar to a lot of European countries

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

This happened.
President Trump's Personal Valet Tests Positive for Coronavirus

This really surprises me. Not the fact that he has it, but the fact that Trump didn't get it. He didn't wear a mask, would feed Trump his meals, and was essentially Trump's Charlie (you know, from the West Wing), and Trump somehow did not get Coronavirus.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

That isn't surprising. If people think they can tough it out, either through being young and healthy, already having had it, or are an anti-vaccination proponent.

All of those combined becomes a decent sized group of people. The question is, are they right to feel this way? (probably not in the antivaxxers case)

Random question to keep us sane, how do you feel about Science-Fantasy? I am thinking pretty hard about my new campaign being developed while in lockdown as stemming off of this style.

Yes, just because you think that you're immune to it (you're really not) doesn't mean that by going outside you're not killing people! In Italy, people who violated stay at home orders were charged with manslaughter if they were tested positive for Covid-19. We should 100% have something like that in every country.

They're not right to feel that they have the right to go outside. People don't understand that in the US your rights are free to be used as yours until the encroach on another person's rights. Going outside and possibly causing deaths is where you should draw the line. You have a freedom of speech until your speech gets people killed.

 

[Istbor]

This really surprises me. Not the fact that he has it, but the fact that Trump didn't get it. He didn't wear a mask, would feed Trump his meals, and was essentially Trump's Charlie (you know, from the West Wing), and Trump somehow did not get Coronavirus.

And as well, one of Pence's aids tested positive today. Though not a personal valet. Katie Miller, who definitely (well hopefully) had close contact with Stephen Miller. If there isn't an outbreak there, I will be frankly surprised.

 

[Eltab]

What is wrong with us?

New Yahoo News/YouGov coronavirus poll: Almost 1 in 5 say they won't get vaccinated

Asked whether they plan to get vaccinated against COVID-19 if and when a vaccine arrives, a majority of Americans say yes. But a significant minority say they won’t get vaccinated or they’re not sure. And that, more than anything else, is what the Yahoo News/YouGov poll found — that Americans...

www.yahoo.com

There is nothing "wrong" with not wanting to pay for a shot that will accomplish the same thing you achieved the hard way (by getting REALLY sick) for free. Especially if you have missed two months' pay and counting, and got no money to pay with.

Ask that same poll when people are back working and feel confident about their finances again; the answers will change.
(The answers will also change if the price runs $10 or $150 each, is covered by insurance or not.)

 

[Zardnaar]

Shots are free here, getting flu one on Wednesday.

But yeah it's easy to say stay at home if you can afford to. On other forums some are facing homelessness on the streets during a pandemic.

I have a literal pile of supplies and even in a worst case scenario won't be on the streets in lockdown.

IIRC something like half the USA has around 3 weeks reserve.

Lose house vs risk catching Covid.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Yes, just because you think that you're immune to it (you're really not) doesn't mean that by going outside you're not killing people! In Italy, people who violated stay at home orders were charged with manslaughter if they were tested positive for Covid-19. We should 100% have something like that in every country.

They're not right to feel that they have the right to go outside. People don't understand that in the US your rights are free to be used as yours until the encroach on another person's rights. Going outside and possibly causing deaths is where you should draw the line. You have a freedom of speech until your speech gets people killed.

You actually CAN be charged with a crime if you knowingly violate public health ordinances dealing with a disease you have. Details and penalties vary from state to state, ranging from fines to imprisonment to institutionalization.

Remember, Mary Mallon- aka Typhoid Mary- lived the last 30 years of her life in an island hospital because she had the disease yet wouldn’t stop taking jobs as a nanny/housemaid, in a time when there was no treatment for typhus.

And knowingly having promiscuous unprotected sex after a HIV diagnosis has been used as an aggravating factor in more than one case.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Random question to keep us sane, how do you feel about Science-Fantasy? I am thinking pretty hard about my new campaign being developed while in lockdown as stemming off of this style.

Sci-fant is cool in MY book.