D&D and the rising pandemic

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

A bit too close to the truth for comfort there:

Michiganders urged to stay indoors as officials race to stop the spread of a dangerous mosquito-borne disease | CNN

Not only are Michigan health officials dealing with the coronavirus, but they're also trying to contain the spread of a rare mosquito-borne disease.

edition.cnn.com

Gamma World thought of that (minus the disease part) back in 1980. They are overdue.

Great. That sounds great. Thanks 2020

 

[Imaculata]

Can this year get any worse? When does Godzilla show up?

 

[Zardnaar]

Can this year get any worse? When does Godzilla show up?

Silence!!!!!

Pessimist outlook pandemic into depression into war into nuclear bomb detonation.

 

[ccs]

Can this year get any worse?

Yes. Yes it can.

Personally I have "Politicians in Nov." on my Bingo card.

 

[Zardnaar]

Yes. Yes it can.

Personally I have "Politicians in Nov." on my Bingo card.

Got a spare for me?

I'm playing bingo next month. My cards reasonably good though.

2020 an improvement over 2018 personally but that's just me.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

Can this year get any worse?

Easily. Don't tempt the fates, or aliens might invade.

 

[Eltab]

Easily. Don't tempt the fates, or aliens might invade.

This year we've had such a string of bad luck, we should be due for a break*:
We will get the aliens from War of the Worlds and their weakness will be COVID.

* Lifted from Hunt for Fed October

 

[Imaculata]

I made the difficult decision to not meet with my mother for an undetermined time. This news will land hard with her so shortly before her birthday, but it is the best thing to do at the time. I care deeply about the people around me, and I don't want to put them at risk. There are people in my street who can barely walk after 'recovering' from COVID. This is a scary disease that leaves people with permanent damage to their muscles. If certain people in my life don't take it serious enough, it is dangerous for me and those I care about, to hang out with them. If she believes it is fine to have parties and be in one space with large amounts of people, then I can't trust her to behave carefully elsewhere. And that puts me and my friends at risk.

 

[Zardnaar]

All restrictions removed in about 3.5 hours.
Functionally business as usual.

0 cases today, think we had 2 in last week or so.

Cabinet agrees to move Auckland to level 2 and rest of New Zealand to level 1

Auckland is to move to Covid alert level 2 at 11.59pm on Wednesday and the rest of the country will shift to level 1 tonight, PM Jacinda Ardern has announced.

www.rnz.co.nz

Auckland still at level 2.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I made the difficult decision to not meet with my mother for an undetermined time. This news will land hard with her so shortly before her birthday, but it is the best thing to do at the time. I care deeply about the people around me, and I don't want to put them at risk. There are people in my street who can barely walk after 'recovering' from COVID. This is a scary disease, and if certain people in my life don't take it serious enough, it is dangerous for me and those I care about, to hang out with them. If she believes it is fine to have parties and be in one space with large amounts of people, then I can't trust her to behave carefully elsewhere. And that puts me and my friends at risk.

You made the right- though clearly difficult- choice. Your priorities in order.

My barber of the past decade+ lost his brother to C19, and passed on going to the funeral because he knew others with the virus were going. He’s just had a kid with his 2nd wife- no way in hell he was going to jeopardize his newborn.