Why are our parks still closed???
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Anonymous
| Fresh air is essential for life. |
Anonymous
And you can get it by going for a walk or a bike ride in your neighborhood. |
Anonymous
Are you a Russian bot hitting the internet to spread fake news. There is no hard evidence that covid can live outside on playground surfaces for 8 hours. This is based on studies in a lab under controlled conditions. If you are worried, don't take your kids to the playground. Nobody is forcing you to go. |
Anonymous
Agreed. I'm fine with certain things opening back up with restrictions. But anything geared towards kids should remain closed. |
Anonymous
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This is a good review of the research done so far on whether kids can transmit COVID.
Essentially, there’s growing evidence that they transmit it MUCH LESS than adults. The primary contradictory evidence is that they have similar viral loads to adults. This makes scientists infer that they must transmit it like adults do, but there doesn’t seem to be hard evidence that transmission actually happens at the same rate as adults. I think it’s probably prudent to keep playgrounds closed for now, but I wouldn’t be surprised if, as more research is done, it becomes increasingly clear that children simply aren’t big vectors. https://www.vox.com/2020/5/2/21241636/coronavirus-children-kids-spread-transmit-switzerland |
Anonymous
I heard that there were UFO's and that people are being abducted by UFO's in the parks. Oh...and there's some kind of killer virus. IDK. |
Anonymous
Don't know where you live but Montgomery County was up 43% yesterday. You don't get it. |
Anonymous
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Have some of you not updated your Coronavirus information since early March?
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/494348-new-study-finds-few-cases-of-outdoor-transmission-of-coronavirus-in-china - 318 Covid “outbreaks” were studied, only one was linked to outdoor activity, and that one outbreak caused only two cases. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/cleaning-disinfection.html - “ transmission of novel coronavirus to persons from surfaces contaminated with the virus has not been documented.” https://www.newsweek.com/air-conditioners-spread-coronavirus-1497933 - open windows and natural light slow the spread of viruses vs. enclosed spaces and air conditioning, which can spread it Parks and playgrounds are probably the safest places we can be right now honestly. Safer than getting your hair cut or nails done in an enclosed space or shopping in a store, which many people are clamoring to be the first things to open. |
Anonymous
Perhaps if what we are doing now is working, we should keep doing it. |
Anonymous
Parking lots in MD parks are open, thank goodness. When we went to Riverbend a few weeks ago, we saw how ppl were on the street going to Great Falls. It’s so dangerous! Going to Riverbend park was a huge hassle. Parking ok the street and we have two small kids and so exhausting as it’s so far to walk in. Yes, that did deter me from going to Fairfax parks.. we now stick to the MD ones now. |
Anonymous
Do you live in an underground bunker? |
Anonymous
Op here. We live in McLean. Scott’s Run, Great Falls, Riverbend all have people parked off Georgetown Pike. This is not a street you should be crossing with kids on foot. I saw parents allowing toddlers on Georgetown Pike not even holding hands. So dangerous. |
Anonymous
| Because kids like mine lick shit, that's why. |
Anonymous
They're close: https://twitter.com/mcfrsPIO/status/1256001673320898560?s=20 " Pete Piringer @mcfrsPIO · Apr 30 Update 7p Thursday, April 30, 2020 @MontgomeryCoMD BLUE ALERT continues at this time @MCFRS @MCFRS_EMIHS on Blue Alert to continue actively managing patient transport distribution county-wide, ALL hospitals are reporting that critical care beds are filling up & in some cases full" |
Anonymous
| Parks in MD are open. |