The Official Coronavirus / COVID-19 Discussion Thread

[JBS]

Since everything everywhere is all about the pandemic right now... here is a place for everyone to talk about it... no gymnastics required. Post links to news articles and such... just don't try to convince anyone of anything... everyone has their own views.

Here is an interesting stats site...

Coronavirus Update (Live): 136,661,795 Cases and 2,950,186 Deaths from COVID-19 Virus Pandemic - Worldometer

Live statistics and coronavirus news tracking the number of confirmed cases, recovered patients, tests, and death toll due to the COVID-19 coronavirus from Wuhan, China. Coronavirus counter with new cases, deaths, and number of tests per 1 Million population. Historical data and info. Daily...

www.worldometers.info

 

[xxStumpyxx]

One of the positive news stories from the Uk, Captain Tom Moore has raised millions for the NHS and also has a record at number 1 with Michael Ball - You’ll Never Walk Alone.

Coronavirus: Capt Tom Moore's NHS fundraiser hits £17m

As he completed the 100th lap of his garden earlier, Capt Tom Moore said: "I feel fine."

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[JBS]

One of the positive news stories from the Uk, Captain Tom Moore has raised millions for the NHS and also has a record at number 1 with Michael Ball - You’ll Never Walk Alone.

This is excellent...

 

[CuriousCate]

Loosely pandemic related...
Anyone have any good ZOOM games to share? Family friendly and adult only? We have been playing a lot of Pictionary with the whiteboard option with kids/cousins and a lot of Quiplash on Jackbox.tv with our adult buddies. Looking for some other ideas!

 

[QuietColours]

Loosely pandemic related...
Anyone have any good ZOOM games to share? Family friendly and adult only? We have been playing a lot of Pictionary with the whiteboard option with kids/cousins and a lot of Quiplash on Jackbox.tv with our adult buddies. Looking for some other ideas!

Tabletopia and Tabletop Simulator are both options. Drawful is fun, and Drawful 2 was free on Steam for a while. If you like Dominion, it can be played online here: http://dominion.games/ .

If people share a gaming platform (Steam's a good example because it doesn't require extra hardware), there are a huge number of multiplayer games out there, for whatever people's interests are--you'll probably just have voice chat, not video, but it can still be a lot of fun.

 

[CuriousCate]

@QuietColours Thanks for all of the suggestions!!

 

[Geoffrey Taucer]

Jackbox can work well over zoom.

 

[CuriousCate]

To answer my own question, we just discovered Scattergories on Swellgarfo.com! It is awesome!

 

[Mrs. Puma]

Jackbox can work well over zoom.

YES! We are not big video game people (Well, Puma is Lol) but we love Jackbox TV! Drawful, Split the Room, Fibbage, Mystery Murder Trivia... we were playing via zoom (and Steam I think?) with friends from CA, MA and ME last weekend. It was awesome. We could see them all in small boxes off to the side, so it felt as close to “hanging out” as possible. Definitely good for the soul.