D&D and the rising pandemic

[Zardnaar]

Mass vaccinations starting now. Better late than never.

NZers 'embracing the vaccine': Nearly 1 million active bookings

One site put through 11000 in one day. One I went to was in the mall they converted a department store.

Ant vaxxers down to 9%. Current theory here is rather than bombard them with facts etc more one on one work emphasis community seems to work better convincing them.

 

[Umbran]

Ant vaxxers down to 9%. Current theory here is rather than bombard them with facts etc more one on one work emphasis community seems to work better convincing them.

That's not at all surprising. I'm glad you've got folks working that angle.

 

[Zardnaar]

That's not at all surprising. I'm glad you've got folks working that angle.

Alot of ads targeting those groups and the mass vaccination in Auckland was in the target area.

They're also rolling out mobile vaccines for rural areas so the farmers can Access them easier.

Thousands expected at NZ's first rural mass Covid-19 vaccination clinic

Thousands of people are expected to turn up to New Zealand's first rural mass Covid-19 vaccination event at Stratford today and tomorrow.

www.rnz.co.nz

Some people have managed to skip the line as some areas are using leftovers if people bturn up.

Basically you book on your phone or ring them up. Had to scan in and sanitize the hands and join the line. Took about ten minutes of waiting then had to sit for 20 minutes.

You get a fold out brochere with what to expect and possible side effects. You get the choice of Pfizer, Pfizer or Pfizer. It's almost idiot proof.

Hope I got the extra microchips. Gotta collect that free iphone.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Remember the suggestion that anti-vaxxers should have to pay more for insurance, etc.? Some were worried about the precepts it might set.

Well, apparently that precedent has already been set with other risky behaviors BESIDES use of tobacco or alcohol. Sooooo…

Health insurers already do charge more to people who smoke and are permitted in many states to exclude coverage when injuries arise from illegal acts or under the influence of drugs – including alcohol.

Don't want the COVID-19 vaccine? Then pay the full cost if you land in the hospital

Standing up for your belief in personal responsibility means being willing to bear the consequences. Otherwise it’s just cheap talk.

www.marketwatch.com

 

[Cadence]

K-12 starts here again in a bit over a week. State law prevents requiring masks (but the district changed the dress code to allow them at least, and will still go virtual if over 5% of the students test positive). A friend from PA said some parents there were saying they'd lie and send their kids to school with positive tests anyway, so bleh. Pondering virtual options for a semester (state has some, district doesn't).

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Happy to say my kids are fully vaccinated! In fact, my entire extended family is (barring one crazy uncle who lives an hour away). He says that his reasoning is that his now-deceased wife (unrelated long time poor health) once got sick from a flu shot, is why he won't get the vaccine. No amount of explaining how that has so very little in relation to HIM getting a covid-vaccine... Not to mention that he will never be invited to visit his own mother (94 and a germaphobe before this pandemic). None of that has helped him.

 

[Umbran]

Well, apparently that precedent has already been set with other risky behaviors BESIDES use of tobacco or alcohol. Sooooo…

Okay, so there's that.

In my state, at least, this would still need governmental cooperation - right now, in MA, insurance companies are required to pay for covid-related expenses (in full, IIRC - if you are insured in MA, hospital treatment for covid can't bankrupt you). That would have to change before such a plan comes into effect.

 

[J.Quondam]

some parents were saying they'd lie and send their kids to school with positive tests anyway,

Some people in this country really need to "enjoy" some serious consequences for their grotesque view of their own rights and responsibilities.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Some people in this country really need to "enjoy" some serious consequences for their grotesque view of their own rights and responsibilities.

Unfortunately, that's not how it works.

It's like the vaccination/mask thing. I've been so many places and seen that they "require" masks for the unvaccinated.

... I know what the numbers are. I know that a good number of the people aren't vaccinated. In fact, that strategy can't work, because there is almost a perfect correlation between the people who refuse to get vaccinated, and those who refuse to mask.

 

[J.Quondam]

Unfortunately, that's not how it works.

It's like the vaccination/mask thing. I've been so many places and seen that they "require" masks for the unvaccinated.

... I know what the numbers are. I know that a good number of the people aren't vaccinated. In fact, that strategy can't work, because there is almost a perfect correlation between the people who refuse to get vaccinated, and those who refuse to mask.

Yeah, I know. I'm just venting frustration, not seriously suggesting a strategy.
Like everyone else not blinkered by the disinformation bubble, I just wish we'd get past the entitlement mentality and get our collective shizzle together, like what @Zardnaar has been relating about New Zealand. It's way past time to just git 'er done!*
But we won't, because America is what it is.

* I can say that. I'm a Texan.