D&D and the rising pandemic

[Hussar]

In for shot number 3 tomorrow. FInally. Looks like the 3rd booster numbers here are going up nicely and omicron cases are falling as well. Still don7t know if I'm face to face in my uni classes that start in a couple of weeks.

 

[Umbran]

Various masking mandates are dropping in my area as well. Work is sending around a survey, with a goal of having folks start showing up one day a week starting in April.

Meanwhile, China is fighting off its largest outbreak since 2020. So, we'll have to see how that goes.

 

[Thomas Shey]

I'll still be working from home for as long as it is an option, too. I've invested too much in my home office to just scrap it all and go back to a cube farm, and I've learned that I can be so much more productive here in the comfort of my home. No daily commute, no parking fees, no time wasted sitting in traffic...

To the degree there's any statistics so far, it seems that in general, office work operates more efficiently in work-from-home. How much of that is people overworking compared to when they clock in and out probably is yet to be determined.

 

[Cadence]

New CDC map for the US was uplifting (it is basically about the danger of overburdening healthcare iirc).
Then the radio news reported the vaccinated % in Africa as a whole :-(

 

[Thomas Shey]

I'm really surprised about Nevada. It must be an issue of a good population density to medical services ratio.

 

[CapnZapp]

In Scandinavia the pandemic is basically over. All restrictions dropped, no more public announcements, few people wearing masks, everybody acting as before the pandemic, the war in Ukraine consuming the news media...

Yeah, like it never happened.

 

[CleverNickName]

In Scandinavia the pandemic is basically over. All restrictions dropped, no more public announcements, few people wearing masks, everybody acting as before the pandemic, the war in Ukraine consuming the news media...

Yeah, like it never happened.

Same thing here in America, too.

And sure, a thousand Americans are still dying every single day from Covid-19, but we don't talk about that.

 

[Zardnaar]

That feeling you get when your countries like a museum. Skipped delta for the most part straight to Omicron.

Covid-19 update: Seven further deaths, 18,699 new community cases

The total number of deaths of people with Covid-19 in New Zealand has risen to more than 100 with seven more reported today, while community case numbers have risen by 18,699.

www.rnz.co.nz

Think we had 7 deaths today I think that was a new daily record. 18000+ cases today.

One thing I hate here is it's a bit insular sometimes. Lots of complaining about cost of living or gas but there's a pandemic/war double combo going on.

Or my favorite "where's my freight" when the company has 30 people isolating. Few places just outright closed.

 

[Ryujin]

"Wag the Dog" comes immediately to mind.

 

[Cadence]

Same thing here in America, too.

And sure, a thousand Americans are still dying every single day from Covid-19, but we don't talk about that.

If it's not new it's not news. And COVID gradually joins the ranks of all the other things that are just predicted deaths each year and not excess ones (unless it gets "particularly bad" relative to the baseline). Even if they are preventable :-(