We are still distancing. Many of us are. Take heart. |
PP here. We did. For seven straight weeks. It’s time to slowly start easing up. We haven’t been doing this all along. |
+1 who is sitting alone on my deck listening to my neighbors bbq party and laughter. Sounds like fun, but I'm hanging in there with the distancing. |
| I went to the mall today and there were hundreds of people in close proximity to watch the Navy jet flyovers. I stayed distant. But it was like a typical summer day. |
| People are telling themselves a lot of stories to enable poor choices. |
| You should feel good that you are protecting yourself from getting sick. How do you know all those people won’t come down with Covid-19? I don’t feel like a chump. I think people who don’t social distance are the chumps. |
| I don’t think you’re a chump. And REALLY hope that kid simply has allergies. I do. So I’m home. Just in case. And even if it was not allergies, the unknown factor will keep me distancing until we have more rapid testing available. |
+1,000,000 |
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I feel like a chump for clicking on another thread that wants us to think the social distancing is over.
No one is out in our suburban Bethesda neighborhood. It's been deserted for weeks and still is. OP is a troll. |
This is actually NOT a bad idea. IDK what you'd do at an office parking lot but if the kids want to ride bikes, some office parks have those "man made" water/lake things that you could walk around, I'm fairly sure you'd have the place all to yourselves. Residential neighborhoods or parks, I wouldn't -- I think lots of people in this area (and maybe everywhere) are good M-F but then on the weekends, they are ALL out and about. |
You are the weakest link. |
Ha! I’m a dog-owning DINK and am annoyed by all the non-mask wearing little kids who weave in and out on their scooters, not social distancing in the slightest. Though really it’s the lax parents who are to blame. |
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Did non essential businesses never close in Va? I haven't kept track bc I've lived like you. Why are antique stores even open?? I feel like non essential stores like Best Buy and Dicks are open curb side pick up only, where they'll come and place your new TV or tennis racket in your truck but you can't walk around and browse and those stores are MUCH MUCH bigger than a tiny antique store. Was that just a corporate decision taken by those chain stores and not a state requirement?
I know when the Va stay home order was going into effect, a friend rushed to place an order for a wedding gown because she fully assumed the store was non essential and would have to close; though at that time they told her they'd open up appointment only so that way it'd be 1 store person + 1 customer in there, not even risking 10-15 people. |
No I even gave specific stores and locations ... I’m in Virginia, I’m glad it isn’t like this for you in Bethesda but I’m not a troll just because you don’t see it looking out your window. Had you asked me when I was just staying close to my house and neighborhood I’d have said the same as you. But if you get out and drive around it’s like nothing is different. |