Land of The Free: American Political Roleplay (OOC V)

[Azekopolaltion]

Idk why people are overreacting so much to some virus in Indonesia.

If this happened a year and a half ago, you wouldn’t have Governors/Senators/Representatives/political figures tweeting about it.

It’s quite metagamey if I’m being honest.

Exactly

no one in America gave a shit until it was a pandemic

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/busi ... virus.html

That was only after cases had been discovered in 21 other countries and around the world and was a full month after the outbreak in Wuhan. Literally no politician was paying attention on the first day the virus was reported.

[Lavan Tiri]

Idk why people are overreacting so much to some virus in Indonesia.

If this happened a year and a half ago, you wouldn’t have Governors/Senators/Representatives/political figures tweeting about it.

It’s quite metagamey if I’m being honest.

I agree with Azek, we can't time travel and put our mindset to a year and a half ago, our reactions will be as though we know whats going to happen. A virus ic and a virus irl that are both very similar, will not get an authentic and fresh mindset that another 9/11 per say would, or a massive hurricane, or a bomb getting dropped somewhere. A virus is just too real.

Exactly this.

[Meelducan]

Idk why people are overreacting so much to some virus in Indonesia.

If this happened a year and a half ago, you wouldn’t have Governors/Senators/Representatives/political figures tweeting about it.

It’s quite metagamey if I’m being honest.

I agree with Azek, we can't time travel and put our mindset to a year and a half ago, our reactions will be as though we know whats going to happen. A virus ic and a virus irl that are both very similar, will not get an authentic and fresh mindset that another 9/11 per say would, or a massive hurricane, or a bomb getting dropped somewhere. A virus is just too real.

It’s really not that hard to do.

I’d doubt even more that everyone’s characters would’ve even seen the story, as I doubt all of them keep up with illnesses in foreign countries

[The Grand Duchy Of Nova Capile]

At this point it’s already kind of been blown out of proportion so unless we’re retconning a lot of tweets I’d assume this is a major issue now.

[Gordano and Lysandus]

At this point it’s already kind of been blown out of proportion so unless we’re retconning a lot of tweets I’d assume this is a major issue now.

I don't think tweet retcons are necessary, but people seen to be panicking or making political hay out of it should probably be penalised for it in polling, and if it keeps up, I could see market effects from sustained panic. Leadership on both sides, at least, seems to be sticking to the "monitor and kind thoughts" stage which is where we should be. But calling for a shutdown with Indonesia has consequences and it's excessive, and I'm sure the simulation'll reflect that.

[Emazia]

I mean Ebola was a far less infectious virus and yet it triggered quite a lot of panic too.

[Emazia]

Ebola hit a travel ban at around 1,000 cases per week: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even ... tober-2014

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/201 ... est-africa

Coronavirus hit 7,000 in its first week: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavir ... try/china/

[Meelducan]

Ebola hit a travel ban at around 1,000 cases per week: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even ... tober-2014

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/201 ... est-africa

Coronavirus hit 7,000 in its first week: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavir ... try/china/

This isn’t Ebola, and the cases aren’t at 1000 per week. We are in February and only around 1000 people have been infected with it.

Stop trying to justify Porters Metagaming Response

[Emazia]

Ebola hit a travel ban at around 1,000 cases per week: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even ... tober-2014

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/201 ... est-africa

Coronavirus hit 7,000 in its first week: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavir ... try/china/

This isn’t Ebola, and the cases aren’t at 1000 per week. We are in February and only around 1000 people have been infected with it.

Stop trying to justify Porters Metagaming Response

It's not metagaming lmao

For all I know OOC it could be a false flag, and I think at some point it was confirmed to NOT be a virus.

[Agarntrop]

Bare in mind my characters cited a pandemic as an "extremely unlikely" outcome.

I don't see them treating it as anything more than SARS, Ebola or MERS, which is about the stage it is at rn.

[Emazia]

Unrelated note, does the Republicans' warming up to Russia still exist in this timeline, since there's no Trump-Russia scandal?

[Meelducan]

This isn’t Ebola, and the cases aren’t at 1000 per week. We are in February and only around 1000 people have been infected with it.

Stop trying to justify Porters Metagaming Response

It's not metagaming lmao

For all I know OOC it could be a false flag, and I think at some point it was confirmed to NOT be a virus.

Calling for a complete shut down from Indonesia, despite it only being 1000 cases, which is relatively low for a city with that high of a population density? Seems pretty strange to me.

Bare in mind my characters cited a pandemic as an "extremely unlikely" outcome.

I don't see them treating it as anything more than SARS, Ebola or MERS, which is about the stage it is at rn.

Your characters are arguably worse, getting their respective health department to come up with a plan for the virus despite it only being in an Indonesian city?

[Louisianan]

It's not metagaming lmao

For all I know OOC it could be a false flag, and I think at some point it was confirmed to NOT be a virus.

Calling for a complete shut down from Indonesia, despite it only being 1000 cases, which is relatively low for a city with that high of a population density? Seems pretty strange to me.

Bare in mind my characters cited a pandemic as an "extremely unlikely" outcome.

I don't see them treating it as anything more than SARS, Ebola or MERS, which is about the stage it is at rn.

Your characters are arguably worse, getting their respective health department to come up with a plan for the virus despite it only being in an Indonesian city?

Hypolite and Linda say be cautious, and Angelle is like, calm your tits.

[Emazia]

It's not metagaming lmao

For all I know OOC it could be a false flag, and I think at some point it was confirmed to NOT be a virus.

Calling for a complete shut down from Indonesia, despite it only being 1000 cases, which is relatively low for a city with that high of a population density? Seems pretty strange to me.

Bare in mind my characters cited a pandemic as an "extremely unlikely" outcome.

I don't see them treating it as anything more than SARS, Ebola or MERS, which is about the stage it is at rn.

Your characters are arguably worse, getting their respective health department to come up with a plan for the virus despite it only being in an Indonesian city?

Hey I'm just trying to stir shit, the virus itself doesn't matter, only the ensuing chaos. Let the sparks fly.

[Kargintinia]

How to solve the virus crisis:

https://youtu.be/tCsrc53cU1c

[Emazia]

Bernard J. Porter
@BerniePorter

NUKE INDONESIA!!!!!! IF I WAS STILL SECRETARY OF DEFENCE, THERE WOULD BE FIRE AND BRIMSTONE OVER THE RICE FIELDS!!!!!

[Alozia]

Can't believe it's been almost 8 months since Vaq died. Damn, I miss that dude. RIP.

[Gordano and Lysandus]

Can't believe it's been almost 8 months since Vaq died. Damn, I miss that dude. RIP.

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[Agarntrop]

Can't believe it's been almost 8 months since Vaq died. Damn, I miss that dude. RIP.

You mean CTEd right?

[Alozia]

Can't believe it's been almost 8 months since Vaq died. Damn, I miss that dude. RIP.

You mean CTEd right?

No

[Louisianan]

You mean CTEd right?

No

A man died????

[Agarntrop]

You mean CTEd right?

No

I don't know whether this is a joke or not?

[Dentali]

CURRENT DATE

February 24th, 2020 - March 2nd, 2020

[Alozia]

A man died????

Not sure if I would call him a "man" per se

I don't know whether this is a joke or not?

Of course you don't

[Louisianan]

A man died????

Not sure if I would call him a "man" per se

I don't know whether this is a joke or not?

Of course you don't

Well, did somebody die?