Neighborhood kids are allowed to play together

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Anonymous wrote:Just like you have parents who allow screen time and others post how they allow 30 minutes once per week, you have parents who need to do social distancing better than everyone else and discuss on forums like this. I'm not sure if it's an anxiety coping technique or what.....but it's certainly not limited to the current pandemic.

My boomer parents are at the grocery store multiple times per week....sometimes in more than one store in a day! So I don't particularly worry about letting my kid ride his bike outside with other neighborhood kids. He knows not to play tag or basketball though and comes home if it shifts in that direction.

We're all doing the best we can. Some posters here just need to make it clear how their best is better than everyone else.

Really disturbing article in the NY Times today about the effect of no-outside time on Spain's children, if anyone is interested. I'm all for taking this public health crisis seriously, but it was never realistic to achieve 100% perfect social distancing. Overall, we've done pretty well. But some states are opening up and it's getting a little riot-y in a few places. What we're doing isn't sustainable.

Is this a joke? We should all be striving to do social distancing well, because that’s how we get through this pandemic with the fewest amount of deaths and with our medical system not completely overwhelmed. All those people who are taking social distancing seriously are ultimately helping you and your family, and everyone else.

YEEESSSS!!! Holy s#%t. You are literally endangering lives when you just "do the best you can". Relaxing social distancing should not be on the self care menu, guys. The DMV area continues to see increases in cases every day. We will never be able to reopen until there is a continuous decreasing trend...getting there is entirely on us. STAY THE EFF HOME AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND KEEP YOUR KIDS AWAY FROM OTHER KIDS! For the love of god.

No one is changing their mind because of you posting here. Literally no one.

People like you are endangering everyone!!! We’ll have the last laugh when you and everyone you know gets covid!!!!

Yep, we’ll all get Coronavirus and be sick for 1-2 weeks, which is an inconvenience but certainly not out of the norm for having little kids in preschool/day care/elementary.

Hi. I have COVID. I am (well, was) healthy. 52 years old. No pre-existing conditions. I’m 5’5 and 117 pounds. (Or I was. I’m down to about 104 now.). Marathoner. Yoga teacher. I never get sick. Except that I did. I’ve had a fever for 14 days. The body aches and headache were beyond description. I was in the hospital twice for oxygen. Thankfully, I didn’t need to be intubated. I coughed so hard last week that I broke two ribs. This despite the codeine. I cannot walk up the stairs without stopping to rest. I feel like I’m trying to suck air through a damp towel. I finally started feeling better on Tuesday. I still have a fever. I’m still very weak. I’m not out of the woods yet, according to my doctor.

This is not “just the flu”.

You poor thing! I am so sorry! What wonderful news that you starting feeling better Tuesday. Hopefully every day gets a little better, and you get back to your prior good health soon.

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Are best bike rides with friends ok? What about frisbee?

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Anonymous wrote:Are best bike rides with friends ok? What about frisbee?

The bike rides should be okay if they not right next to each other but frisbee is probably a no because the virus could spread on a frisbee.

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Kids need outdoor time especially if they are old enough to understand social distancing. There have been some articles about some people making calls on neighbors who they think are not properly social distancing. Most people do understand that kids need to be outside once in awhile.

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Anonymous wrote:Kids need outdoor time especially if they are old enough to understand social distancing. There have been some articles about some people making calls on neighbors who they think are not properly social distancing. Most people do understand that kids need to be outside once in awhile.

Most people don't seem to understand the recommendations of epidemiologists. Yes, kids need to play outside. they should not be playing together. Period.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel so bad not letting my kids play at the playground with all the other kids. The parents stand around and talk like there is nothing happening. I just figure it is all fun and games until someone in the groups dies. I know I sound over dramatic but it is statistic likely one parent will die. I figure my kids will bounce back quicker with both parents.

Playgrounds are supposed to be closed. They have signs and/or tape around then. It is surprising to hear that some are still open.

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All the people who are repeating ad nauseum “this social distancing is just supposed to spread out the illness, not diminish it” are technically right.

But we have all done this distancing in order to buy us time and give governments a chance to implement a testing and contact tracing program, and the federal government has utterly failed us.

So yes, under a competent national government, we would re-open and some would get sick, but we would be able to track and manage the outbreaks. But we’re on our own here. And half of the US have pre-existing conditions that make us more susceptible to more serious complications if we were to get covid.

Forgive us for not being so blazé.

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Anonymous wrote:All the people who are repeating ad nauseum “this social distancing is just supposed to spread out the illness, not diminish it” are technically right.

But we have all done this distancing in order to buy us time and give governments a chance to implement a testing and contact tracing program, and the federal government has utterly failed us.

So yes, under a competent national government, we would re-open and some would get sick, but we would be able to track and manage the outbreaks. But we’re on our own here. And half of the US have pre-existing conditions that make us more susceptible to more serious complications if we were to get covid.

Forgive us for not being so blazé.

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Anonymous wrote:All the people who are repeating ad nauseum “this social distancing is just supposed to spread out the illness, not diminish it” are technically right.

But we have all done this distancing in order to buy us time and give governments a chance to implement a testing and contact tracing program, and the federal government has utterly failed us.

So yes, under a competent national government, we would re-open and some would get sick, but we would be able to track and manage the outbreaks. But we’re on our own here. And half of the US have pre-existing conditions that make us more susceptible to more serious complications if we were to get covid.

Forgive us for not being so blazé.

No, the distancing is done in order to not overwhelm the healthcare system. So we don’t have to decide who gets a ventilator and who doesn’t. Literally every article on “flattening the curve” is about exactly this. If you actually read about how Korea managed their contact tracing, that will never ever happen here.

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Anonymous wrote:All the people who are repeating ad nauseum “this social distancing is just supposed to spread out the illness, not diminish it” are technically right.

But we have all done this distancing in order to buy us time and give governments a chance to implement a testing and contact tracing program, and the federal government has utterly failed us.

So yes, under a competent national government, we would re-open and some would get sick, but we would be able to track and manage the outbreaks. But we’re on our own here. And half of the US have pre-existing conditions that make us more susceptible to more serious complications if we were to get covid.

Forgive us for not being so blazé.

No, the distancing is done in order to not overwhelm the healthcare system. So we don’t have to decide who gets a ventilator and who doesn’t. Literally every article on “flattening the curve” is about exactly this. If you actually read about how Korea managed their contact tracing, that will never ever happen here.

But my point, which you seemed to have missed, is that we're actually only operating in a binary function -- the only option to Americans is to huddle and self-quarantine, or you're taking a crap shoot if you're out in the community at all. We're not really doing the work that is required in "flattening the curve" -- there is no testing, no contact tracing, and seemingly no real plan for how we're going to get to the volume necessary. It's binary in that it's all or nothing.

I know the purpose of flattening the curve and probably have read significantly more literature than you on this. At this point in the game, you can't do it without testing AND tracing. Korea was able to mitigate the severity of SARS-CoV-2 by early interventions, closures and early testing.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like I"m loosening up a bit. after dinner we let the kids ride around on bikes and almost half the neighborhood is out- kids on bikes and scooters but within 6 feet of each other. it lasts for like 30-40 minutes and isnt scheduled. we make the kids go inside and shower afterwards and get ready for bed. we've been home for a month and while DH has gone to the grocery store once a week and we've done curbside take out a few times, no one is going into the office, adults staying far away, no indoor play dates, etc. I'm sure people will flame me but i honestly think we are doing a really good job considering all factors.

This is our experience as well. We live in a town home community, and the kids ride bikes together outside several times a day. They are staying maybe four to five feet from each other, adults are definitely giving each other space. My kids spend the entire day, I go only to the store once a week, same with my husband. When I run it’s literally just around the block, wth me wearing a mask. We are doing the best we can.

I love the "we are doing the best we can line" people use to support doing whatever they want.

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It's infuriating.

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And it's not the best they can do. It's the best they want to do, because they want to be put out as little as possible.

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The truth is that the longer we can hold off people from getting it, the more likely that there will be antiviral therapeutic treatments that are effective. We all know about tamiflu (right?) but remdesevir is working for this and it is helping. The death toll will be lower over all if we can keep people from getting it until an even more effective antiviral is found.

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Anonymous wrote:All the people who are repeating ad nauseum “this social distancing is just supposed to spread out the illness, not diminish it” are technically right.

But we have all done this distancing in order to buy us time and give governments a chance to implement a testing and contact tracing program, and the federal government has utterly failed us.

So yes, under a competent national government, we would re-open and some would get sick, but we would be able to track and manage the outbreaks. But we’re on our own here. And half of the US have pre-existing conditions that make us more susceptible to more serious complications if we were to get covid.

Forgive us for not being so blazé.

No, the distancing is done in order to not overwhelm the healthcare system. So we don’t have to decide who gets a ventilator and who doesn’t. Literally every article on “flattening the curve” is about exactly this. If you actually read about how Korea managed their contact tracing, that will never ever happen here.

It could have happened. We did it with H1N1.

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Just let your kids play outside.

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Our neighbors let their kids play outside with each other. One of them got covid.