D&D and the rising pandemic

[NotAYakk]

I've heard a claim that while low and asymptomatic people are half as contagious, they are 80% of the spread, because they don't isolate as well as people who are sick.

Hence; we need to test everyone, so asymptomatic people self isolate better.

 

[Zardnaar]

The advice we got here. Self isolate regardless. Treat yourself as if you already have Covid.

 

[FrogReaver]

I've heard a claim that while low and asymptomatic people are half as contagious, they are 80% of the spread, because they don't isolate as well as people who are sick.

Hence; we need to test everyone, so asymptomatic people self isolate better.

Which is why this thing is so hard to stop. More testing doesn't solve that though. 100% testing could - but that's not realistic. Best option seems to be for everyone to isolate as @Zardnaar said.

 

[NotAYakk]

The advice we got here. Self isolate regardless. Treat yourself as if you already have Corvid.

Would a grocery store worker go to work if she had Covid?

R0 grows with the highest contact subpopulation.

 

[FrogReaver]

Would a grocery store worker go to work if she had Covid?

R0 grows with the highest contact subpopulation.

Which implies that we need to test and retest those that actually are essential to be around many people while everyone else self isolates.

 

[Zardnaar]

Would a grocery store worker go to work if she had Covid?

R0 grows with the highest contact subpopulation.

They've shut worksites down with Corvid.

That includes food production.

In other cases even if you can ship something they're not allowed to deliver it.

I wasn't joking when I said I'm living in a police state Can't leave, can't really travel. Can't buy most things.

Cops are breaking up beach visits, tourism spots, people self isolating on boats or using jetskis also getting pinged.

Reason being if you're at the beach and something goes wrong you will want to use emergency services.

They closed big box retail.

Here's your option really.

Stay at home.
Go to buy essentials
Go to work if you're in essential services
Walk around the block.

You can only travel by air if you're essential, 95% of domestic air routes are gone.

You're not even supposed to drive to small towns etc. Some tribal areas have blocked the roads into their towns and the cops are backing them since you're not supposed to be traveling anyway.

Tourists were bitching and moaning but they deported a few and have facilities to put you if they can't deport.

Stay where you are or be bored in a motel room with the boys in blue checking on you.

Only people who can enter the country are returning citizens and dependents plus essential personal. Only people who can leave are a handful of citizens whose embassys have organized flights. That's basically Germans and any country who has convinced the Germans to let their citizens share the flights.

They have expanded the list if what's essential you can buy online. For a few days you couldn't buy clothing, appliances, or anything that's not good and could be bought at supermarket or pharmacy.

Wife's in freight they weren't allowed to deliver it either.

 

[UngainlyTitan]

Which is why this thing is so hard to stop. More testing doesn't solve that though. 100% testing could - but that's not realistic. Best option seems to be for everyone to isolate as @Zardnaar said.

I would only see 100% testing possible id there was a cheap quick pretest that could be bought over the counter. Like a pregnancy kit. Spit into tube, add reagent and insert colour strip. With low false negatives. If positive contact health service for proper/confirmatory test. This would also require universal healthcare or at least a testing service.
As a society in the long term, turning up to work sick or with the sniffles, etc. should not longer be acceptable.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Which is why this thing is so hard to stop. More testing doesn't solve that though. 100% testing could - but that's not realistic. Best option seems to be for everyone to isolate as @Zardnaar said.

Paraphrasing Arthur Conan Doyle, once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how impractical, must be the plan. We may not be able to hit 100% testing, but we can certainly make it a goal. I’m predicting that Covina-19 testing regimes will go hand in hand with vaccination policies...probably with far fewer exemptions.

 

[Zardnaar]

They're not gonna be able to test everyone anytime soon.

There's going to be shortages if a lot of things worldwide. Doesn't matter if intentions are good.

It's like hand sanitizer they can't make enough of it fast enough.

In other cases countries are banning the export of whatever while others are intercepting each other's supplies.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

The advice we got here. Self isolate regardless. Treat yourself as if you already have Covid.

I think where I am, British Columbia (Canada), is dealing with this exactly the same as New Zealand. We seem to be seeing decent results, relative to a lot of places, including other Canadian provinces, in spite of not having anywhere near enough testing going on. (A shame, but I think we're doing all that we can - we just don't have enough tests.)