oh they have the wow nerds who knew exactly what was happening. they just choose not to use them.
everyone always overexaggerates how useful the incident was to epidemiologists. It was certainly an interesting novelty, and some cool studies were produced, but the issue was that there weren’t actually consequences for bad actors. It’s a lot harder for assholes to willingly catch a disease with the goal of spreading it when that disease can actually kill them.
I’m more miffed that they never figured out a way to rerun the event for WoW Classic, if even for only 24 hours.
I was beyond disappointed when they messed it up, then issued an apology with no intention whatsoever to actually try to get it right.
honestly if anything, covid showed us how bad actor assholes can easily be substituted with stupid people & negligence/spite
“covid? it doesnt exist! lets have a party with 200 people!! :D”
The bad actors were the people telling people lies about COVID, how to avoid it, how to treat it. Most of the party goers were deluded, some were just foolish
There’s at least one video I saw of a maskless person claiming they didn’t need the mask to protect themselves because they already have covid.
Reminder, masks were not suppose to protect YOU. They were to stop you from coughing/spitting on other people. You needed eyewear/face shield to properly protect yourself.
That general approach was so common. It really is sad.
One of the really bad effects of modern society (american especially) has been conditioning us to think of ourselves as these independent entities separate from nature and from our actual physical communities & people. We just interact with those things when we require their resources, etc. Transactional relationships happen.
One effect of this is, of course, not being considerate to those around you. But as your example shows, some people are so bad about it that it’s not even a question of deciding whether to choose their own convenience over the safety of others. Considering the risk to others never enters the picture in the first place. When asked about it they would answer something like “my health is my concern, their health is their concern, and it’s also none of my business.” Said politely and without malice. It’s just ingrained that deep.
A well fitted N95 mask protects both you and others
One vector for infection is the eyes. Even people wearing eye glasses had a measurably lower infection rates then people who didn’t.
Is my salty tears not enough?
So like Covid
Yea, if anything it underestimated how many people would be willing dedicate themselves to becoming full time plague spreaders.
No, not at all like COVID. Don’t confuse ignorance for malice. The issue with COVID was skeptics who only consumed right-wing propoganda downplaying the severity of the virus. There were no skeptics in the Corrupted Blood incident, people were maliciously trying to spread the virus knowing that it would kill other people.
So like covid
The vast majority of COVID skeptics wernt really skeptical, they were scared and thought they could change reality by denying it.
For the uninitiated/lazy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrupted_Blood_incident
After several failed hotfixes, Blizzard ended the pandemic by performing a hard reset, and a later patch prevented companions from contracting Corrupted Blood entirely.
Note to the future: next pandemic, try a hard reset.
Seriously though, it’s wild they couldn’t hotfix it.
It’s wild that they couldn’t change the spread property of the debuff to be deactivated if you weren’t in the boss chamber. That should not be a hard fix…
Huh, TIL. Neat.
Who else remembers learning this from Cracked articles (which they read at work)?
Man i really miss Cracked. It used to be so good.
I still credit my sense of humor to Cracked.
Good fucking riddance! They made me believe if I don’t poop standing up, I will get hemorroids…for years.
https://viruscomix.com/page599.html
you may or may not recognize the artist
And who else didn’t need an article because they were there when it happened?
Also, if you like videos: https://youtu.be/EB3jOD2wjUc
That was highly entertaining, thank you
Let’s all laugh at an industry that never learns anything teeheehee
cough cough to the auction house and then to the flight path!
t… TWENTIETH??? 😨
Ohhh nooo. I was having an okay day, and now the inexorable passage of time is fucking it up again!
Last night I realized we’re closer to 2030 than 2020 now
Loved that event. Was a lot of fun.
Too bad we can’t have that sort of fun in WoW anymore…
How about Plague inc. ?
Plague Inc. doesn’t include real human behaviour
Did someone say Corrupted Blood?
Did someone say [Thunderfury Blessed Blade of the Windseeker]?
Anal [Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker]
Barrens chat was really something.
The perfect weapon for shamans
Hunter weapon
Dammitalltohellinahandbasket.
I feel old now. (I was there, Gandalf. I was there.)
that shit came in handy during the covid pandemic /s
