181 confirmed casses of corona in Slovenia from over 5300 tests, one death yesterday, it was an elderly man with chronic diseases who got infected by a doctor who came from skiing from Italy, think it was in a health home that he got infected, was otherwise from an elderly home but they have now some infected workers and elderly people there. He was hospitalized in an infection clinic but died due to complications of corona
Public life is closed for 2 weeks, no more busses, libraries, churches, even some bars are closing. Don't need to go to work on monday.
People who show respiratory infections and don’t need hospitilazation won’t be tested anymore but will have to stay home in isolation for 14 days. If they need hospitilazation they will be tested for the cause of sickeness.

So what about a Corona Virus GOG sale? I guess many people would find this highly distasteful since a lot of people are going to die from this but we know that GOG aren't averse to a little controversy.

Since many people are going to stay home the time is perfect for trying out new games and games with pandemics and post-apocalyptic scenarios would be especially suitable.

To be serious I expect that GOG have the good judgement to not make such a sale but I'm sure there are some people in the company that would be itching for it :)

LOL. Gave you a +1, because even if somewhat macabre, that made me laugh.
Probably not true for me though...I've got Pathologic in my backlog, definitely not going to play that as long as this crisis lasts, because I'm already anxious enough.

Their words still come off as them saying "why contain it or even try?", that they don't mind more being killed due to this, and that they want people to allow themselves to get infected to build this "herd immunity"....that is what I(and others as well most likely) took issue with more than simply the plan itself.

As said before by me: A combination of denial(to themselves and others) that it will ever happen(as in the Mass Effect series) or will be as bad & wanting to bicker back-forth more over party lines/etc and other short term stuff.

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Speaking of such....I wonder how Madagascar is handling this so far? :\

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They did where I am at, on TP/Paper Towels/sanitizer/bleach/Water/etc.

The result? TP/Paper Towels/Sanistizer all gone or mostly gone, and bleach half gone. Yet food is still mostly plentiful(minus stuff like ramen, etc), and water as well.

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So people will have nothing to do(outside I mean) and have to all huddle up like elderly waiting to get sick/worse in yet another country?
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To all here: Tbh if we're all forced to live like virtual prisoners for months is it really worth it? Why can't people wash hands/not touch face/wear masks(if they have any) and meet in small crowds/maintain safe distances?
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I see they still aren't reporting re-infection numbers rates....I wonder if they are doing that on purpose? :\

(This isn't a dig on you or anyone else, btw.....I just find it odd they aren't reporting re-infection rates....seems it'd be easy enough to do while the systems aren't too strained)

As others have said online, it is a disproportionate response......washing hands/wearing masks/not touching some surfaces/not touching face until one has washed their hands/meeting in small crowds & at safe distances should be enough......not essentially locking everyone in their homes like prisoners.

I agree some measures to limit spread(closing schools/etc, limiting crowds at events or in buildings, etc) is prudent, though, and a good idea at this point.....just not full home isolation style lockdowns.


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People are trying to make every dollar count(well some of them anyways) maybe?

A good idea if one wants produce(fresh) might be to go to local farms.....as many throw out "ugly looking produce" as it is supposedly less sell-able in stores.

Systems in northern Italy are strained close to breaking point, and so far nobody seems to have any good idea about immunity, prevalence of re-infections etc. There just isn't clear enough data about this.

The problem is that people didn't follow these rules when everything started, because "It's just a flu that only kills the old and weak". Watch the numbers from Spain during the next two weeks. They'll explode despite everyone being under house arrest.

When we're through the expected spike of infections, we'll be able to keep the numbers low with the simple measures you've mentioned. It's just that we're beyond washing hands already. It seems we need these drastic measures to understand that washing your hands and keeping a distance to others all the time isn't something you should do, but something you absolutely HAVE to do. People simply underestimated the consequences of Corona.

Most people here seem to be pretty understanding. But when the house arrest is over, they'll do everthing to prevent a second house arrest.

It think that you can take Taiwan (we were talking about it yesterday) as a case study to quickly and easily understand why they are pretty much on top of the situation, and why us in Western countries are totally f***ed up in comparison.

Gouv./authorities did LEARN from past experience and did not underestimate the situation. They had prepared themselves as much as possible for another epidemic/pandemic outbreak, and most of all, they communicated properly and without hiding any fact to the population, which in turn has shown discipline in following directives. Culturally speaking anyway and pretty much like in Japan, people when they go out will wear mask not just as a preventive measure to infection but also in case of them being and unknowingly potential carriers

For the rest of us on the other hand, we've seen what casual approaches and down plays have led to. You'd think that priorities here would be the safety of the populations, but it's obvious that is has not being the case for many 'leaders' and I don't think I need to go into details about that one. It takes balls to do what needs to be done if you intend to protect your population, but when you are emasculated and at the whim of those who put interest over nations, well we've seen what the result is in Europe alone. So it's now also pretty much down to us to act responsibly and not take any chances, neither for us nor others and take charge for ourselves whenever is possible to do so.

It's funny, people are panicking over toilet paper while I live like a king.

Without paid leave, people living on the edge become homeless. Meanwhile, Wall Street gets a 1.5 trillion dollar shot in the arm.

Jesus I'm sick of this shit.

Agreed

But surely they keep track of some who have been hospitalized with it and make note if they are brought back in?

Not to make an intentional dig at their system/etc, but they seem to be able to record other numbers somewhat well. :\
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I get what you're saying.

That said: TBH imo if they(govt/etc) had been quicker/stricter back when it started we wouldn't need such measures at all(or not as much), and also I despise this level of govt force......if I was gonna die(not saying I or most will, btw...just musing) i'd rather do so not caged like a rat waiting for it.

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*Pic related*

Now it is time, to play the following games:
A Plague Tale: Innocence
A Plague Tale: Innocence - Coats of Arms DLC
Total Annihilation: Iron Plague
Entomorph: Plague of the Darkfall

GOG, when will you bring games like Plague Inc. into your Store?