D&D and the rising pandemic

[Hussar]

In the USA I figured safest place would be inland on a hill in a geographically stable place not beside a river. Somewhere in the NE Appalachia through to Vermont.

Except in Vermont, you have very, very cold winters. Bitterly cold. The first ice storm that lasts a few days, and people start dying. This has happened in the recent past.

Then again, I live about 100 km from the world's largest volcano calderra, so, who am I to talk. And yup, active volcano. I was actually up there once when it vented. Just gas, nothing poisonous, but, does make you beat feat in a hurry when you see a jet of steam about the size of a 747 come blasting out of a volcano.

 

[Umbran]

Except in Vermont, you have very, very cold winters. Bitterly cold. The first ice storm that lasts a few days, and people start dying. This has happened in the recent past.

And then, there was Hurricane Irene...

Hurricane Irene - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Ryujin]

In Ontario, Canada there are now 70% of children between 12 and 17 years of age fully vaccinated and 80% who are at least partially vaccinated. School starts back up after Labour Day. I';m still thinking that Delta will see things shut down again within the month, but I'm a pessimist of the "hope for the best, but plan for the worst" type.

 

[Zardnaar]

Except in Vermont, you have very, very cold winters. Bitterly cold. The first ice storm that lasts a few days, and people start dying. This has happened in the recent past.

Then again, I live about 100 km from the world's largest volcano calderra, so, who am I to talk. And yup, active volcano. I was actually up there once when it vented. Just gas, nothing poisonous, but, does make you beat feat in a hurry when you see a jet of steam about the size of a 747 come blasting out of a volcano.

OK west Virginia then and Eastern Kentucky. Yea ha. Think moved away from one of the safest spots here but shaky isles lots of fault lines and volcanoes up north.

Woot 49 cases (53 yesterday) today second day in a row of a decline.

 

[Cadence]

Monday update for our district of somewhere between 8,500 and 9k students across 14 schools:

STUDENT TOTALS REPORTED AS OF MONDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 30
Active positive students: 160
Active quarantine students: 1,278

STAFF TOTALS REPORTED AS OF MONDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 30
Staff positive cases: 22
Staff excluded: Not available

Two middle schools and one grade school have gone all virtual.

Latest tally of COVID-19 cases in Lexington Two schools

See district cases reported in our schools among students and staff, plus read student COVID protocols here

www.lex2.org

Someone in a middle school in a neighboring district reports that their daughter was to be notified if they were supposed to go in to quarantine. The school nurse was behind in calling because 9 different classrooms, the football team, and 5 school busses were all supposed to quarantine.

 

[Cadence]

New umbers from that neighboring district of 27k students:

 

[Zardnaar]

Interesting fact check on vaccine's.

 

[Mirtek]

@Snarf Zagyg

I don’t think anywhere on earth is free from catastrophic natural disasters. I was born in NOLA (hurricanes, floods), we moved to the PacNW (earthquakes, volcanoes, blizzards) and for half my life and counting, I’ve lived in one place or another in Tornado Alley.

Maybe no place is guaranteed 100% free, but in some those where they seem like much more usual occurrences than on other places.

Central Europe seems pretty stable. Yes, we unfortunately had the flood just recently, but such disasters are so rare, it's still seen and talked about as a century event (with discussion on whether climate change will increase the likelyhood to once every few decades).

But to having parts of the country being called "Tornade Alley" or preparing for "Hurricane Season" because well, it sucks but it's a season is something that's only known from the new as something happening far way. Not something you actually expect every year

 

[Hussar]

I keep seeing this Invermectine (sp) thing going on in the news and I just ... I just... words fail me.

Just when I think we've hit rock bottom stupidity. The absolute nadir of thought, people rise up, say, "hold my beer" and show me that nope, we have not yet plumbed the depths of blinding stupidity.

I can't even begin to wrap my head around the mindset that thinks this.

 

[Mirtek]

I keep seeing this Invermectine (sp) thing going on in the news and I just ... I just... words fail me.

Just when I think we've hit rock bottom stupidity. The absolute nadir of thought, people rise up, say, "hold my beer" and show me that nope, we have not yet plumbed the depths of blinding stupidity.

I can't even begin to wrap my head around the mindset that thinks this.

Well, at least that falls under medicine, just one that should not be taken by humans.

In that light I say the bottom still belongs to the people ingesting chlorine bleach (and not just since Covid)