D&D and the rising pandemic

[Umbran]

People want someone to blame for ruining their spring/summer plans, so they draft up conspiracy theories

I think the psychology of conspiracy theory is a little deeper than that, but yeah, people get dim.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

I think the psychology of conspiracy theory is a little deeper than that, but yeah, people get dim.

Yeah, I'm not saying all conspiracy theories originate from people wanting someone to blame, but I think specifically for Coronavirus theories it is mainly looking for someone to blame.

 

[Zardnaar]

What's that fancy term for people who think they're a lot smarter than they are? Dunning whatever.

A lot of conspiracy theorys are people thinking they're smarter than most because they're in on "the truth".

I've met a Holocaust denier, flat earther and a 9/11 that were otherwise intelligent people. The flat earther was quite funny as he also believed Mesa were fossilized ancient tree stumps.
He was also very good at a lot of life skills, and with his hands.he was a qualified cable installer in construction and maintained power tools and could reassemble almost anything. Also knew his way around a garden and seemed to be a bit of a prepper.

 

[Eltab]

Yah.

So, we have had a statistical weirdness related to Covid-19. As you'd imagine, overall traffic volume is down. However, at least in my town, traffic accidents are up. Apparently, those idiots who are on the road are saying, 'Gee, the road's empty! I can go as fast as I want!' and they then smash into other cars and people, because they forget silly things like physics don't shut down during a pandemic.

Over the weekend I saw an article that CHiPs (CA Highway Patrol) has handed out twice as many tickets for driving 100+ MPH as usual. (Simultaneously, total tickets written is down.) I'm waiting to hear that somebody got pulled over for speeding and his speakers were blasting "I - CAN'T - DRIVE - 55 !"

 

[Jester David]

Some conspiracy theories make sense. The labratory theory is a huuuuuuge stretch (and not true) but it's not outside the bounds of logic. But the G5 theory is just dumb and makes zero sense.
Ignoring the fact those frequencies have been used before and that micorwaves at those frequencies are non-ionizing and don't affect living tissue... 5G isn't worldwide. There's no 5G in Canada, but 63,000 cases of Covid-19.
Correlation doesn't equal causation... especially when there's not even any correlation.

Anyhoo, happy to hear some people are out of lockdown. Still ongoing here in Alberta but is mostly under control. A few more weeks.
Not that it matters to me. Schools are still closed for the year, so I'm laid off until September when they open up. It's going to be a looooong four months.

 

[Zardnaar]

One new case today, expectations are to ease restrictions next week. Restaurants and stores can reopen with restrictions.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

The city I live in in Washington has more cases than any other region in my state, because people aren't following stay at home orders. Then people justify the deaths by saying, "It's okay, they were old or had pre-existing health conditions". My town is filled with terrible people who are essentially killing people.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

I can't understand anyone who thinks that old people should have less a right to live.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

It’s one thing to make decisions based on pure fantasy. It is another to reveal your fantastical process to the world.

Trump's advisers released a 'beyond stupid' mathematical model of coronavirus deaths created in Excel by a controversial economist

A slew of economists and public health experts have repudiated Kevin Hassett's model and some argued he bent the data to fit the outcome he desired.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[Mikeythorn]

The main thing that will help us be able to open back up is testing. We need more testing. There's a great new video by John Oliver on youtube on this subject, and why it's key that we get more testing if we want to save the economy.

Here in New Zealand the government’s position has been that three things are vital: testing; quarantine of those who test positive and close contacts; and rapid contact tracing. I am wondering how well contact tracing is going in countries with large numbers (eg over 100,000) of cases? Can anyone in one of those countries comment? I have a background in public health, and have done contact tracing myself in the past, and it is massively time-consuming.