Anyone changing behavior due to the latest uptick in Covid?

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Anonymous wrote:I wish they could speed up availability of the new booster so that kids could get boosted before school starts. I mask inside and on transit, but I can't force my kids to mask at school or camp now that their peers aren't masking there.

The likelihood is that the fall booster will only be recommended for vulnerable people, including 65+ years old, not everyone. In many European countries, kids can't even get a covid vaccine now without doctor certification of need, because the small risks are thought to exceed the even smaller benefits for children.

Not recommended and not available are two different things.

True, but they will recommend based on their assessment of the trade-off of benefits and risks and they have the most information regarding both.

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Anonymous wrote:People really need to stay home. I’m debating whether the kids should go to school virtual or maybe home schooling them.

Please be kidding.

+1. If schools start threatening this en masse again there are going to be riots.

Cope.

No. If schools close again I’ll be leading the riot. Kids are just not affected like adults. There’s absolutely no reason to damage their education like that

Where was this attitude back when the schools were closed??? How did people NOT know that closing schools would greatly affect their education??

If more people would’ve spoke out against this, it wouldn’t have happened. But everyone just rolled over and let Big Government lock us down. For what?? Nothing. It did nothing and now we pay the price.

They can NEVER do this crap again.

The school issue was not virtual. It was the lack of curriculum, parents not willing to be involved and other issues. Plenty of kids remained virtual like mine and are on target.

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Anonymous wrote: Yes! We are masking and wearing gloves - everywhere! We cancelled our Labor Day vacation to Europe - it was non refundable but SAFETY FIRST, amirite?

We sprayed our groceries with Lysol after the teen delivery driver risked her life by going into the belly of the beast (grocery store) to fetch us our groceries. We let them sit in the garage for 48 hours before bringing them into the house.

If we need to go in public, we carry a measuring tape to make sure we are 6 ft apart from others.

Oh we test hourly for Covid - environment be dammed - you can never be too safe!

Have some respect for the over one million people in the US who died from Covid. Make your own choices but it’s not funny.

Died with Covid. Not necessarily of Covid. And if you can't figure out by how the deaths were heavily, hugely, dependent on age and health conditions, then don't know what is left to say.

Glad you think you are invincible. Stay blessed. And selfish.

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Anonymous wrote: Yes! We are masking and wearing gloves - everywhere! We cancelled our Labor Day vacation to Europe - it was non refundable but SAFETY FIRST, amirite?

We sprayed our groceries with Lysol after the teen delivery driver risked her life by going into the belly of the beast (grocery store) to fetch us our groceries. We let them sit in the garage for 48 hours before bringing them into the house.

If we need to go in public, we carry a measuring tape to make sure we are 6 ft apart from others.

Oh we test hourly for Covid - environment be dammed - you can never be too safe!

Have some respect for the over one million people in the US who died from Covid. Make your own choices but it’s not funny.

Died with Covid. Not necessarily of Covid. And if you can't figure out by how the deaths were heavily, hugely, dependent on age and health conditions, then don't know what is left to say.

Glad you think you are invincible. Stay blessed. And selfish.

Of course the “s” word is being trotted out already! Sheesh.

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Anonymous wrote:People really need to stay home. I’m debating whether the kids should go to school virtual or maybe home schooling them.

Please be kidding.

Umm. Do you recall how many dead there were? How sick people were getting? I’m not taking that chance with my littles or fam.

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Anonymous wrote:With the uptick in cases is there any talk about delaying school openings or going remote for a few weeks? It would be unfortunate to restart the epidemic right as it was dying down.

Seriously?!? The numbers have been much much higher before, and schools didn’t close or go remote (after the first year). I can’t believe people are still thinking this is a possibility.

If there is no virtual option I may pull my kids and homeschool them

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Anonymous wrote:People really need to stay home. I’m debating whether the kids should go to school virtual or maybe home schooling them.

Please be kidding.

Umm. Do you recall how many dead there were? How sick people were getting? I’m not taking that chance with my littles or fam.

Do you keep them inside for flu season? Because the flu is vastly more dangerous for "littles" (blech) than covid.

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Anonymous wrote: Yes! We are masking and wearing gloves - everywhere! We cancelled our Labor Day vacation to Europe - it was non refundable but SAFETY FIRST, amirite?

We sprayed our groceries with Lysol after the teen delivery driver risked her life by going into the belly of the beast (grocery store) to fetch us our groceries. We let them sit in the garage for 48 hours before bringing them into the house.

If we need to go in public, we carry a measuring tape to make sure we are 6 ft apart from others.

Oh we test hourly for Covid - environment be dammed - you can never be too safe!

Have some respect for the over one million people in the US who died from Covid. Make your own choices but it’s not funny.

Died with Covid. Not necessarily of Covid. And if you can't figure out by how the deaths were heavily, hugely, dependent on age and health conditions, then don't know what is left to say.

Glad you think you are invincible. Stay blessed. And selfish.

Of course the “s” word is being trotted out already! Sheesh.

"another person calling me selfish! how weirdly typical!"

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Anonymous wrote:The impact of the fear and trauma of COVID a when it first appeared is long lasting.

Just remember as you burn through N95 masks as an under 50 year old, otherwise healthy person, going to well ventilated, relatively empty grocery stores, you’re reinforcing a business model that reduces the availability of N95s for HCPs.

As you LiStEn tO tHe ExPeRtS just know that the CDC, still as of May 2023, is recommending N95 masks be prioritized for HCP use in healthcare settings.

Flattening the curve and reducing the spread wasn’t about keeping the otherwise healthy adults, like most of these posters, from getting sick - it was about preventing our healthcare system from collapsing and protecting vulnerable populations.

Now we have the vaccine, that takes the risk down substantially, especially for the otherwise healthy, who were at low risk to begin with.

But, healthcare workers still need them for COVID and also routine use. They’re the most at risk for COVID because severe cases that are expelling high viral loads will still present at the hospital.

So when you consume a lot of N95 masks, you are making a reduction in your small risk. But if everyone did what you did, HCPs wouldn’t have masks. So it’s pretty selfish to just look out for yourself. And you’re not going to get/give COVID at this point in the virus with incidental contact in a grocery store.

If you’re in a high risk group or live with someone in a high risk group, listen to your doctor and follow their instructions.

If you’re not in those groups, stop using medical equipment to allow you to do more than you’re otherwise comfortable doing. If you’re so worried about COVID, stay home. Don’t be selfish.

Most people I see are wearing KN95–not the actual N95 as these need to be fit to your face type.

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Anonymous wrote:People really need to stay home. I’m debating whether the kids should go to school virtual or maybe home schooling them.

Please be kidding.

Umm. Do you recall how many dead there were? How sick people were getting? I’m not taking that chance with my littles or fam.

🙄🙄🙄 “my littles”

No one takes you seriously when you talk like that.

Most of the people who died had other major health issues. They died with Covid. Big difference.

Healthy 30 year olds were not dropping dead in the street and neither were children. But hey, keep isolating your “littles” and your “fam”

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Anonymous wrote:People really need to stay home. I’m debating whether the kids should go to school virtual or maybe home schooling them.

Please be kidding.

Umm. Do you recall how many dead there were? How sick people were getting? I’m not taking that chance with my littles or fam.

That was all before vaccines. Not many people dying anymore, and you and your “littles” are probably at low risk to begin with. Are you really going to pull them out if school each time you read about an “uptick?”

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Anonymous wrote:People really need to stay home. I’m debating whether the kids should go to school virtual or maybe home schooling them.

Please be kidding.

Umm. Do you recall how many dead there were? How sick people were getting? I’m not taking that chance with my littles or fam.

That was all before vaccines. Not many people dying anymore, and you and your “littles” are probably at low risk to begin with. Are you really going to pull them out if school each time you read about an “uptick?”

Vaccines aren’t stopping transmission. How hard is that to get?

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Anonymous wrote:People really need to stay home. I’m debating whether the kids should go to school virtual or maybe home schooling them.

Please be kidding.

Umm. Do you recall how many dead there were? How sick people were getting? I’m not taking that chance with my littles or fam.

That was all before vaccines. Not many people dying anymore, and you and your “littles” are probably at low risk to begin with. Are you really going to pull them out if school each time you read about an “uptick?”

Vaccines aren’t stopping transmission. How hard is that to get?

So what are you going to do? Go in and out of hiding forever?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCUM is not a good barometer for even the DC area. No one wearing a mask in the grocery store today. People have moved on

Funny. About 50% of the grocery store I was at was masked today.

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Risk it for the biscuit.