D&D and the rising pandemic

[Dannyalcatraz]

and nobody knows that's on the ballot. Which is how they pull that crap.

It’s worse than that: it-and all the other proposals have been in the print & tv news.

The wording of Prop3 on the ballot, however, is vague as hell, almost like a weaksauce plagiaristic version of the Federal laws regarding separation of church & state and freedom of religion. In the context of a Bible Belt state that has had numerous and ongoing acrimonious disputes between state, county and municipal politicians on how to handle C19, it’s another cynical “pro-virus” move at the state level.

 

[Mallus]

The wording of Prop3 on the ballot, however, is vague as hell, almost like a weaksauce plagiaristic version of the Federal laws regarding separation of church & state and freedom of religion. In the context of a Bible Belt state that has had numerous and ongoing acrimonious disputes between state, county and municipal politicians on how to handle C19, it’s another cynical “pro-virus” move at the state level.

Is it worded worse than in the Texas law that gave us the "teach both sides of the Holocaust" kerfuffle?

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

Is it worded worse than in the Texas law that gave us the "teach both sides of the Holocaust" kerfuffle?

Wait, sorry, what? Was that seriously a thing?!?!

 

[niklinna]

Wait, sorry, what? Was that seriously a thing?!?!

Texas School Administrator to Teachers: Teach “Opposing” Sides of the Holocaust

The comments came just a few days after the district reprimanded a teacher for having an anti-racist book.

truthout.org

 

[J.Quondam]

Wait, sorry, what? Was that seriously a thing?!?!

"Was"?
LoL, nope! This was barely a week ago. It still is a thing.

 

[Umbran]

I think the Texas "opposing sides" thing is rather out of scope for a discussion of Covid-19 and gaming, folks.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

I think the Texas "opposing sides" thing is rather out of scope for a discussion of Covid-19 and gaming, folks.

You're right, of course, but it does give some context for why it's so difficult to get people to cooperate, even when the stakes are high. People just really are all kinds of difficult.

 

[MoonSong]

You're right, of course, but it does give some context for why it's so difficult to get people to cooperate, even when the stakes are high. People just really are all kinds of difficult.

It is human nature, not just a matter of political sides, as seen by that time WoW became an unintentional outbreak simulator:

What a WoW virtual outbreak taught us about how humans behave in epidemics

Revisiting a seminal 2007 paper modeling WoW’s Corrupted Blood incident.

arstechnica.com

Corrupted Blood incident - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Zardnaar]

New framework. Red/orange/green rates tied to vaccine levels (double dosed).

Basically hit 90% vaccine rates no lockdowns.

Some sort of vaccine passport as well. No vaccine no service.

Govt reveals its Covid-19 Protection Framework

The government has announced details of its Covid-19 Protection Framework, involving the roll-out of a 'traffic-light' system once all DHBs hit 90 percent full vaccination rates.

www.rnz.co.nz

See what happens though once Covid spreads more.

DHB= District Health Board.

Few places are hitting 90% for first dose.

 

[billd91]

It’s worse than that: it-and all the other proposals have been in the print & tv news.

The wording of Prop3 on the ballot, however, is vague as hell, almost like a weaksauce plagiaristic version of the Federal laws regarding separation of church & state and freedom of religion. In the context of a Bible Belt state that has had numerous and ongoing acrimonious disputes between state, county and municipal politicians on how to handle C19, it’s another cynical “pro-virus” move at the state level.

We've been grappling with this is Wisconsin too, not at the level of pushing an amendment yet, but with a high court tending toward looking at the separation of church and state as meaning the church has special privileges to avoid any sort of regulation, including public health and safety regulations about crowd size. Too many on the SCOTUS are inclined to go that way as well.