D&D and the rising pandemic

[Zardnaar]

I understand people might think they’ve come up with a reasonable and effective alternative to local health & safety rules, but part of having strict liability on those rules is the sheer impossibility of assessing everyone’s variations.

Well there's been a few "exemptions" from quacks, frauds and some doctors.

But the only ones allowed are for a very narrow range and from permitted specialists. And via the Ministry of Health not a hospitality owner.

Beats me with vax rates in the 90-95% range a few places in the news are essentially advertising themselves as places to avoid.

The two reasonably nearby are near my hometown ones from that village I've mentioned in the cooking thread the other was that castle we visited a month or two ago.

They're doing take out only as not enough staff would get vaccinated and with borders closed they can't seem to find replacements.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Looks like studies in the UK are supporting South African data suggesting Omicron isn’t as deadly as delta.

Omicron hospitalisation risk around one third of Delta, UK analysis shows

LONDON (Reuters) -The risk of hospitalisation with the Omicron variant of coronavirus is about one-third that of the Delta variant, according to British analysis of more than a million cases of both types in recent weeks. Britain is experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases driven by the...

www.yahoo.com

Edit: and this may be why:

Omicron might be milder because it has a less effective way of attacking lung cells, studies say

The variant favors a way of taking over cells that works well in some parts of the body but not in the lungs, the authors of a new study told Insider.

www.yahoo.com

 

[Zardnaar]

Alternative types.

99% local vax rate. 3/4 yoga studios close down.

New Zealand yoga industry suffers as anti-vax sentiment co-opts wellness community

Spread of disinformation via popular social media wellness accounts playing significant role in rejection of Covid vaccines

www.theguardian.com

Another volunteer to donate 20k to her majesty's representatives.

Stuff

www.newshub.co.nz

Already been visited by the authorities. Watch this space. Golden Bay being known as sort of hippie type place. Not exactly secret from October.

Stuff

i.stuff.co.nz

 

[Imaculata]

I see the owner of the Golden Bay cafe is applying to be a future HCA winner.

 

[Zardnaar]

I see the owner of the Golden Bay cafe is applying to be a future HCA winner.

Yup. He kinda infamous in a small way on Reddit.

 

[Ryujin]

Yup. He kinda infamous in a small way on Reddit.

Sort of Golden Bay's answer to Pete Evans?

 

[Zardnaar]

Sort of Golden Bay's answer to Pete Evans?

IDK who Pete Evans is.

Golden Bay and Coromandel tend to attract the alternative types. Good weed up there.

 

[Ryujin]

IDK who Pete Evans is.

Golden Bay and Coromandel tend to attract the alternative types. Good weed up there.

Pete Evans is a famous Australian TV chef, who thinks that makes him an endocrinologist.

 

[Maxperson]

One of the local Q-Anon groups is ingesting cocktails including chlorine dioxide as an ingredient, possibly as an alternative Covid treatment.

Dallas QAnon Cultists Are Drinking Toxic Chemicals from A Communal Bowl, Family Says

The family of a Dallas' QAnon cult member is sounding the alarm. Multiple members of the Leek family confirmed that their relative, who left her husband and children behind in Delaware to follow a fringe QAnon cult leader to Dallas last month, has been drinking a chemical cocktail containing...

www.dallasobserver.com

It's times like this when I really wish a facepalm emoji was available. I mean, wow fits, but facepalm would fit better.

 

[Maxperson]

A 1st degree FBF just caught covid. Not my first one. And I suspect not my last with Omicron around.

A woman I used to play D&D with just came back from a vacation with Omicron. Thankfully, she has light symptoms(fully vaxxed). One of my current D&D group and fully vaxxed as well who is an EMT(almost paramdedic) also got Covid last week.