Is my brother nuts for taking this trip?

[Anonymous]

You just don't want to look like the bad brother. Let it go.

[Anonymous]

If they have both been careful, I don't see that it's a huge risk. At most they'll have to stop to pee, but they can wear masks and wash their hands, and you're not in the bathroom that long. We are debating doing the same thing this summer.

[Anonymous]

I see no problem with this. Good for them!

[Anonymous]

Yeah I don't see any issue with this although I can understand why some people might. The risk is so very very low.

[Anonymous]

I might be your SIL. DH and I are taking a 4 hr drive to see his parents.

We miss them and they have been pretty depressed since the SIP started. It will be a good visit for everyone.

[Anonymous]

If both sets have been careful, why not? People don’t create the virus, and the chances that someone is an asymptomatic carrier if they have been SIP are remote. Even gas stations are outdoors and hand sanitizer kills the virus.

[Anonymous]

They are all adults.

Is this in one of the five NY regions where PAUSE restrictions were lifted by Cuomo?

[Anonymous]

If everyone has been responsibly SIP I don’t see the issue. Expanding the number of people/families you SIP with is the next logical step (double your bubble). What is the real problem?

[Anonymous]

I don't think the risk here is too high. Now, if they were planning to fly that would completely different. At most they'd need to refuel once. They should probably pack their lunch and snacks. If the pregnant SIL can pee in a bucket or adult diaper en route, even better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a science loving democrat, and we have been isolating since end of March as well. But unless we plan to SIP for 18 months (surely sending economy into Great Depression) we will have to start taking some risks. Every other country is doing it.
This seems very low risk to me. Especially if they answer the call of nature in the great outdoors while on the road.

+1

- another science loving democrat. there is a serious mental health cost in an abstinence only approach. not to mention its doomed to fail. better to take well thought out low risk steps then to go nuts one day book a flight to the bahamas because you're going insane

[Anonymous]

You have a different risk tolerance than they do. It's all fine. Everyone just has to live with their choices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a science loving democrat, and we have been isolating since end of March as well. But unless we plan to SIP for 18 months (surely sending economy into Great Depression) we will have to start taking some risks. Every other country is doing it.
This seems very low risk to me. Especially if they answer the call of nature in the great outdoors while on the road.

This. It's our new normal. We will be taking some risks, people. Get used to it.

[Anonymous]

I think it's fine. There's obviously some risk to your parents, but it's up to your parents to decide about that. People can't stay in bubbles forever. (And I say this as someone very exasperated by the protests & litigation.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a science loving democrat, and we have been isolating since end of March as well. But unless we plan to SIP for 18 months (surely sending economy into Great Depression) we will have to start taking some risks. Every other country is doing it.
This seems very low risk to me. Especially if they answer the call of nature in the great outdoors while on the road.

Totally agree. OP, you can’t leave in fear forever, life’s to short and the odds are totally in there favor. Stop watching the nightly news.

[Anonymous]

It’s fine. Not everyone agrees with these harsh lockdown restrictions.