# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 25, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938 "2020-01-25T03:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 57
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1121 "2020-03-11T15:14:55Z")
Fictional works that include around a world wide pandemic 1. The Stand - Stephen King 2. 28 Days Later ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1122 "2020-03-11T15:31:35Z")
Fictional works that include around a world wide pandemic 1. The Stand - Stephen King 2. 28 Days Later 3. Day of Resurrection (1980 film) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1123 "2020-03-11T17:05:46Z")
Fictional works that include around a world wide pandemic 1. The Stand - Stephen King 2. 28 Days Later 3. Day of Resurrection (1980 film) 4. [“The Giving Plague” by David Brin](http://www.davidbrin.com/fiction/givingplague.html) ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1124 "2020-03-11T18:15:22Z")
Fictional works that include around a world wide pandemic 1. The Stand - Stephen King 2. 28 Days Later 3. Day of Resurrection (1980 film) 4. [“The Giving Plague” by David Brin](http://www.davidbrin.com/fiction/givingplague.html) 5. The Andromeda Strain Story that launched Michael Crichton’s career as an author ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1125 "2020-03-11T18:32:11Z")
Fictional works that include around a world wide pandemic 1. The Stand - Stephen King 2. 28 Days Later 3. Day of Resurrection (1980 film) 4. “The Giving Plague” by David Brin 5. The Andromeda Strain 6. Last Man - Mary Shelley ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1126 "2020-03-11T18:49:02Z")
Fictional works that include around a world wide pandemic 1. The Stand - Stephen King 2. 28 Days Later 3. Day of Resurrection (1980 film) 4. “The Giving Plague” by David Brin 5. The Andromeda Strain 6. Last Man - Mary Shelley 7. Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1127 "2020-03-11T19:04:52Z")
Fictional works that include around a world wide pandemic 1. The Stand - Stephen King 2. 28 Days Later 3. Day of Resurrection (1980 film) 4. “The Giving Plague” by David Brin 5. The Andromeda Strain 6. Last Man - Mary Shelley 7. Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel 8. The “Pandemic” board game series ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1128 "2020-03-11T19:27:26Z")
Fictional works that include a world wide pandemic 1. The Stand - Stephen King 2. 28 Days Later 3. Day of Resurrection (1980 film) 4. “The Giving Plague” by David Brin 5. The Andromeda Strain 6. Last Man - Mary Shelley 7. Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel 8. The “Pandemic” board game series 9. The Scarlet Plague - Jack London Written in 1912, about a plague that ravages the world in 2013 ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1129 "2020-03-11T19:41:08Z")
Fictional works that include a world wide pandemic 1. The Stand - Stephen King 2. 28 Days Later 3. Day of Resurrection (1980 film) 4. “The Giving Plague” by David Brin 5. The Andromeda Strain 6. Last Man - Mary Shelley 7. Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel 8. The “Pandemic” board game series 9. The Scarlet Plague - Jack London 10. I Am Legend - Richard Matheson ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1130 "2020-03-11T20:54:37Z")
Fictional works that include a world wide pandemic 1. The Stand - Stephen King 2. 28 Days Later 3. Day of Resurrection (1980 film) 4. “The Giving Plague” by David Brin 5. The Andromeda Strain 6. Last Man - Mary Shelley 7. Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel 8. The “Pandemic” board game series 9. The Scarlet Plague - Jack London 10. I Am Legend - Richard Matheson 11. Blindness - Joe Saramago ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1131 "2020-03-11T21:36:36Z")
Fictional works that include a world wide pandemic 1. The Stand - Stephen King 2. 28 Days Later 3. Day of Resurrection (1980 film) 4. “The Giving Plague” by David Brin 5. The Andromeda Strain 6. Last Man - Mary Shelley 7. Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel 8. The “Pandemic” board game series 9. The Scarlet Plague - Jack London 10. I Am Legend - Richard Matheson 11. Blindness - Joe Saramago 12. Pale Horse, Pale Rider - Katherine Anne Porter ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1132 "2020-03-12T02:09:43Z")
Fictional works that include a world wide pandemic 1. The Stand - Stephen King 2. 28 Days Later 3. Day of Resurrection (1980 film) 4. “The Giving Plague” by David Brin 5. The Andromeda Strain 6. Last Man - Mary Shelley 7. Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel 8. The “Pandemic” board game series 9. The Scarlet Plague - Jack London 10. I Am Legend - Richard Matheson 11. Blindness - Joe Saramago 12. Pale Horse, Pale Rider - Katherine Anne Porter 13. The Plague – Albert Camus pass ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1133 "2020-03-12T02:17:05Z")
Ways your life will change during the coronavirus epidemic 1. Washing my hands a lot more, and for longer duration. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1134 "2020-03-12T02:26:36Z")
Ways your life will change during the coronavirus epidemic 1. Washing my hands a lot more, and for longer duration. 2. Work from home more often. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1135 "2020-03-12T04:39:31Z")
Ways your life will change during the coronavirus epidemic 1. Washing my hands a lot more, and for longer duration. 2. Work from home more often. 3. There’s a LOT LESS traffic on the SFBA roads! Very little traffic on US-101 between San Carlos (S of San Francisco) and Santa Clara! Yeah! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1136 "2020-03-12T04:44:21Z")
Ways your life will change during the coronavirus epidemic 1. Washing my hands a lot more, and for longer duration. 2. Work from home more often. 3. There’s a LOT LESS traffic on the SFBA roads! Very little traffic on US-101 between San Carlos (S of San Francisco) and Santa Clara! Yeah! 4. 'Way too many things I actually wanted to go to are getting cancelled - grrrrr! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1137 "2020-03-12T04:59:21Z")
Ways your life will change during the coronavirus epidemic 1. Washing my hands a lot more, and for longer duration. 2. Work from home more often. 3. There’s a LOT LESS traffic on the SFBA roads! Very little traffic on US-101 between San Carlos (S of San Francisco) and Santa Clara! Yeah! 4. 'Way too many things I actually wanted to go to are getting cancelled - grrrrr! 5. Lots more alone time. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1138 "2020-03-12T06:32:15Z")
Ways your life will change during the coronavirus epidemic 1. Washing my hands a lot more, and for longer duration. 2. Work from home more often. 3. There’s a LOT LESS traffic on the SFBA roads! Very little traffic on US-101 between San Carlos (S of San Francisco) and Santa Clara! Yeah! 4. 'Way too many things I actually wanted to go to are getting cancelled - grrrrr! 5. Lots more alone time. 6. Trying to figure out how to do my job, teaching online instead of face-to-face ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1139 "2020-03-12T06:58:30Z")
Ways your life will change during the coronavirus epidemic 1. Washing my hands a lot more, and for longer duration. 2. Work from home more often. 3. There’s a LOT LESS traffic on the SFBA roads! Very little traffic on US-101 between San Carlos (S of San Francisco) and Santa Clara! Yeah! 4. 'Way too many things I actually wanted to go to are getting cancelled - grrrrr! 5. Lots more alone time. 6. Trying to figure out how to do my job, teaching online instead of face-to-face 7. I’m in the high-risk group. If I get it, I’m a dead man, so I need to live like Bubble Boy. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1140 "2020-03-12T07:37:51Z")
Ways your life will change during the coronavirus epidemic 1. Washing my hands a lot more, and for longer duration. 2. Work from home more often. 3. There’s a LOT LESS traffic on the SFBA roads! Very little traffic on US-101 between San Carlos (S of San Francisco) and Santa Clara! Yeah! 4. 'Way too many things I actually wanted to go to are getting cancelled - grrrrr! 5. Lots more alone time. 6. Trying to figure out how to do my job, teaching online instead of face-to-face 7. I’m in the high-risk group. If I get it, I’m a dead man, so I need to live like Bubble Boy. 8. Fewer TV sports to watch. NBA is cancelled, baseball has yet to start (if it even does), so we’re left with nothing but hockey. Until that gets cancelled too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=56) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=58)