D&D and the rising pandemic

[J.Quondam]

Welp, looks like I've finally caught some sort of chest bug, after avoiding illness of any sort since well before the pandemic began. It was inevitable, I suppose, given the degree of anti-science idiocy in these parts, including some family.
Yay.

 

[J.Quondam]

I am happy to report that I have recovered from my battle with covid and can get back to running my comic and game store. One of my top employees didn't catch it was able to do all the heavy lifting while I was out. The employee that gave it to me is still out, but she's double-vaxxed so she should be okay. I missed getting my booster because my appointment was right in the middle of it (and so did my wife, in case she was a carrier, though she and our two teenagers never came down with anything, which is good.)

I really feel for all the shops of my type (and any other small business) that are being killed by this. I spent 27 of the 28 years I've been in business worrying about tomorrow, but the pandemic has made me realize that I built a strong foundation. My business will ride this out for sure, I have no doubt.

That's great news! Glad to hear you're riding it out okay, on all fronts.

 

[Umbran]

Fair. I'll retract my post until I can locate the source, but my preliminary search makes me think that information might be old now. Sorry about that.

So, I want to give Jacob here a ton of credit for this response!

 

[Umbran]

I am happy to report that I have recovered from my battle with covid and can get back to running my comic and game store.

Woohoo! Happy for you, dude!

 

[Ryujin]

Here's something else that happened during the "trucker protest" in Ottawa. A homeless shelter and soup kitchen was badgered into giving meals to protesters, to the detriment of the people they exist to help. I feel that this was likely some of the people I eluded to in an earlier post, rather than the actual trucker protesters, because this whole situation is being steered by others. I need to check out the shelter's website and make a donation, I think.

Ottawa homeless shelter staff harassed by convoy protesters demanding food

An Ottawa homeless shelter says protesters from the 'Freedom Convoy' harassed some staff and volunteers Saturday, demanding food from its soup kitchen.

ottawa.ctvnews.ca

 

[Umbran]

So, a couple of weeks ago the US government opened a program in which every mailing address could get four free at-home covid tests. I wanted to report that mine arrived today - same brand as I had purchased at Walgreens. So folks can know the program actually works...

 

[Zardnaar]

So, a couple of weeks ago the US government opened a program in which every mailing address could get four free at-home covid tests. I wanted to report that mine arrived today - same brand as I had purchased at Walgreens. So folks can know the program actually works...

America has done some things better.

Lots of people here made their own masks but they're not good vs omicron. They want people to use KN95 but are bit supplying them. And they're quite pricey here.

USA did helicopter money, here it was wage subsidiaries but most if it has ended up in corporate bank accounts. They could have given everyone 10k instead.

They more or less did a government guarantee on housing prices and the had 20-30% rise I'm house prices two years in a row.

So might be looking at a localized 2008 and inflation and housing costs are sucking money out of the real economy and interest rates are due to rise.

Border delays and a crash in house prices are the main risks facing the NZ economy - OECD report

The Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development's survey of the country says the economy is starting to overheat having been supported by government support measures to counter the pandemic.

www.rnz.co.nz

In other news average house prices hit 1 million dollars.

After being told their policies would do exactly that and cause inflation.

Top 20% are creaming it, everyone else is getting reamed.

 

[Umbran]

America has done some things better.

I was pointing this out as a way for folks to support their personal safety. Larger economic discussion you'd really need to take to a different website.

 

[Zardnaar]

I was pointing this out as a way for folks to support their personal safety. Larger economic discussion you'd really need to take to a different website.

Covid bailout response is fair game though da/nyet?

 

[Aeson]

Welp, looks like I've finally caught some sort of chest bug, after avoiding illness of any sort since well before the pandemic began. It was inevitable, I suppose, given the degree of anti-science idiocy in these parts, including some family.
Yay.

If the bug takes you out, will it get 1/8 or full XP?



I'm gonna hate myself for this joke if it happens.