D&D and the rising pandemic

[Umbran]

Just had a thought. Elevators can be absolute killers

Oh, yeah. You might be able to get two people in a large elevator 6' apart....

And who’s more likely to take the elevator instead of walking a few flight of stairs?

A few flights? Dude, in a city, the buildings are dozens of stories tall. So try 13, or 20, or 30 flights....

So, one major point of discussion for cities is how do you get people into and out of your building in a safe way.

 

[Fenris-77]

Oh, yeah. You might be able to get two people in a large elevator 6' apart....

A few flights? Dude, in a city, the buildings are dozens of stories tall. So try 13, or 20, or 30 flights....

So, one major point of discussion for cities is how do you get people into and out of your building in a safe way.

It's a little dissociative how this whole situation has made the previously trivial into things of vital importance.

 

[Olrox17]

Oh, yeah. You might be able to get two people in a large elevator 6' apart....



A few flights? Dude, in a city, the buildings are dozens of stories tall. So try 13, or 20, or 30 flights....

So, one major point of discussion for cities is how do you get people into and out of your building in a safe way.

Very tall buildings aren’t really widespread in my country, but I’ve been to New York, so yeah, I see what you mean.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

A few flights? Dude, in a city, the buildings are dozens of stories tall. So try 13, or 20, or 30 flights....

So, one major point of discussion for cities is how do you get people into and out of your building in a safe way.

Part of that problem is very American. When I visited Moscow a while back, I found out that they use elevators a lot less than we do. A LOT less.

After the Fedoskina (Russian lacquer box) factory tour started by walking up to the 5th floor, several members of my group were asking our guide why we didn’t take the elevator. There wasn’t one.

In fact, he added, many apartment buildings as high as 20 stories didn’t have elevators for anything but freight- tenants couldn’t use them without the assistance of a building employee.

Sobering, to say the least.

 

[MoonSong]

The underreport of the underreport got underreported. Or how my country's official death toll is half to one third of what the states register, and that isn't even taking into account people who die at home or in transit while looking for a hospital that isn't saturated. Local hospitals are filled to the brim.

Cifras ocultas: México desatiende ola de muertes en la capital (Published 2020)

Según un análisis hecho por el Times, la cifra de personas que pudieron haber muerto de la COVID-19 en Ciudad de México es más de tres veces la que muestran las cifras federales.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Umbran]

Sobering, to say the least.

I am not sure that, "an economy poorly managed for decades failed to make buildings well-designed for humans," is all that sobering a thought.

 

[Zardnaar]

Well things like yeast and hand sanitizer are turning back up. All the supermarket staff have masks, very few customers wearing them.

No new local cases for 21 days iirc. Social distancing was decent all things considered. Still only letting a few in at a time.

Bare essentials.

Almost beer o clock and I've got some blood in my alcohol stream. Normally drink about a dozen a month almost weekly in lockdown.

Czech style pilsner, brewed in Russia by a Danish company, bought in New Zealand.

 

[Zardnaar]

Meanwhile in the USSR VE day. No lockdowns the KGB scared off Covid.

World of Tanks the LARP. T-34's in 2020.



Even Russia cancelled the parades.

 

[Azzy]

I’ma wait another few weeks before I even THINK about trying to get a haircut.

4 states that are reopening — Florida, Georgia, Texas, and Colorado — are not conducting enough coronavirus tests to safely do so, Harvard researchers say

The US needs to ramp up testing by nearly 400% in the next week, at a bare minimum, to even think about slowly reopening.

www.yahoo.com

Yeah, it's things like this that make my cynical side tell me I should listen to it all the time.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I am not sure that, "an economy poorly managed for decades failed to make buildings well-designed for humans," is all that sobering a thought.

Sobering in the sense of “How’d you like to do a grocery run for your 20-story walk-up.” sense. See also taking your dog walkies, late night at the bar, and other scenarios.

I liked some of what I saw in Moscow & St Petersburg, but that quashed any notions of staying there long term.