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<blockquote data-quote="Kor - Orc Scrollkeeper" data-source="post: 7995664" data-attributes="member: 11096"><p>I think being patient and waiting for medical research to be done is a wise choice before attending gaming conventions. It pains me to say that, but given that roleplaying involves going to a place where people sit closely at a table for hours at time, often in tightly packed rooms, is giving the virus exactly what it wants -- a lot of easy to access hosts. People don't typically eat and sleep properly during conventions either so immune systems are often not at their peak performance.</p><p></p><p>The reason I recommend waiting on the medical research is because of recent new studies that have identified other complications the virus has caused (such as kidney problems in up to 30% of the healthy adults it has infected. and also the small percentage of children worldwide which have experienced multi-system inflammatory syndrome). COVID 19 cannot be brushed off like a flu. Evidence is showing that even us health adults with no underlying conditions may have unexpected complications from it. I don't want to fear monger, but I do want to reiterate that there are still a lot of unknowns about this virus. We can't live life locked away in our homes forever, but being smart and listening to the medical experts is the best course of action we have right now. No mass congregation events should be happening until more is know about this virus, its mutations, and until a vaccine is available. There are currently 10 vaccines that are already in the testing phases, so I think that is very positive news.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kor - Orc Scrollkeeper, post: 7995664, member: 11096"] I think being patient and waiting for medical research to be done is a wise choice before attending gaming conventions. It pains me to say that, but given that roleplaying involves going to a place where people sit closely at a table for hours at time, often in tightly packed rooms, is giving the virus exactly what it wants -- a lot of easy to access hosts. People don't typically eat and sleep properly during conventions either so immune systems are often not at their peak performance. The reason I recommend waiting on the medical research is because of recent new studies that have identified other complications the virus has caused (such as kidney problems in up to 30% of the healthy adults it has infected. and also the small percentage of children worldwide which have experienced multi-system inflammatory syndrome). COVID 19 cannot be brushed off like a flu. Evidence is showing that even us health adults with no underlying conditions may have unexpected complications from it. I don't want to fear monger, but I do want to reiterate that there are still a lot of unknowns about this virus. We can't live life locked away in our homes forever, but being smart and listening to the medical experts is the best course of action we have right now. No mass congregation events should be happening until more is know about this virus, its mutations, and until a vaccine is available. There are currently 10 vaccines that are already in the testing phases, so I think that is very positive news. [/QUOTE]
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