D&D and the rising pandemic

[Fenris-77]

South Pacific Police State.

These Russian beers hit hard.

Hmm. SPPS has a ring to it. A certain je ne c'est quoi. I like it. Spasibo tovarishch.

 

[Zardnaar]

Hmm. SPPS has a ring to it. A certain je ne c'est quoi. I like it. Spasibo tovarishch.

I understand that.

I can read a handful of Russian words, menu, bar and place names.

My plan for this year was a booze cruise through Moldova, Ukraine, Russia that's not gonna happen.

Moron of the day award. Man's spits on police officer. 3 months jail.

Safety?

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German planes flying over our cities. Granddad's rolling in his grave.

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[LuisCarlos17f]

Sorry but I have to say this.

The Spanish president Pedro Sanchez's managament is the worst example, the Razzia or Ig-Nobel. Sometimes it seems like if they really wanted to terminate us. They are going to trials to be judged for criminal negligence and reckless manslaughter . I don't talk about any mistakes weeks ago but they are still doing wrong things. He is the pyromaniac firefighter, he should help but only is causing more damages. They are hindering the efforts by others to help. This is maybe the main reason to be ashamed for being Spanish.

We had got the sad record of percentage of infections and deaths.

And the tourism industry is too important for Spanish economy but after this it is going to be very bad years. And also there are serious suspects about electoral fraud. Lot of people, even young ones, are falling by fault of a total incompetent who didn't even was elected by the people.

Are we going to give total control to an irresponsable who agravatted this health crisis? If this epidemic gives them absolute power to rule us then they will not hurry for its end.

 

[Sadras]

What is happening with all the dead in Italy, Spain and US? Is anyone even reporting on the distribution/disposal of the bodies?
EDIT: I have read a few articles about the those refrigerated trucks in the streets in the US which can house 44 bodies but surely there is plan thereafter. I mean there are only a limited amount of those trucks available.

 

[Zardnaar]

What is happening with all the dead in Italy, Spain and US? Is anyone even reporting on the distribution/disposal of the bodies?

They were talking about mass graves in NYC, Italy and Spain nothing new for a while but they used the army to remove them from old folks homes. Carers had fled.

Temporary morgues. In Italy you could go to the funeral.

 

[Imaculata]

Right now we're seeing a lot of people in power responding to this crisis like the mayor in Jaws, including the US president, Boris Johnson and several governors. I wonder if some of these folks realise how history is going to reflect on their actions.


And it seems I'm not alone in making that comparison. It is ironic and rather telling that Boris Johnson said in 2006 to an audience that he considers the mayor of Jaws the real hero of the story. And governor of Florida Ron DeSantis, insisting on keeping the beaches open, mirrors the movie all too well.

 

[Umbran]

What is happening with all the dead in Italy, Spain and US?

They were talking about mass graves in NYC...

The issue in the US is really a matter of processing time. The morgues and cemeteries and crematories are built in response to the normal rates of death in the population. Spikes of bodies can overwhelm them, just like the hospitals. So, temporary storage may be needed.

"They" were talking nonsense. The Powers That Be were not talking about mass graves in NYC. They were talking about using parks as temporary internment sites if the need arose. These would NOT be mass graves (the public here would not find that acceptable, yet), but individual graves dug on public lands. The plan would be then to move remains to more proper sites or crematories after the crisis is over. You can't do that with a mass grave, as you can't be sure you've got the correct remains.

 

[Istbor]

Man, I hope they burn me up or stick me in a compose heap. I don't need to take up real estate. Just put me back with my ancestors and star stuff in the Earth. And hopefully cheaply.

Saying now that US seems to be flattening the curve and 80,000 deaths by August is down to 60,000. I am not sure how much of that I believe, and while I understand the sentiment behind a report like that. I just hope it doesn't embolden others into thinking this is over and reigniting another wave too soon. Trying to find that article but so far unsuccessful. I think it came from CNN.

 

[Theo R Cwithin]

I just hope it doesn't embolden others into thinking this is over and reigniting another wave too soon. Trying to find that article but so far unsuccessful. I think it came from CNN.

We haven't even hit the peak yet here in the US, and there are already a lot of pundits and politicians making rumbles about reopening things, Some are even falling back on an early tough-guy idea: "It's not that bad, just let it run its course." At least one high-profile talking head recently pointed out that projections are lower than epidemiologists' initial fears, so why, he asked, should we listen to experts at all?

Humans-- and in particular, politically motivated ones-- are just really, really bad at doing crisis.

 

[Fenris-77]

Humans are generally just bad at critical thinking. The heuristic nature of consciousness coupled with an immense and mostly dodgy information pool isn't a good match. Our clever monkey brains aren't designed for it by nature. Add in that most people are pretty lazy, mentally, and you have a recipe for conspiracy and nonsense.