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"It worked so far for our family"

Look, I am a NP and VERY COVID-cautious. Not 99th percentile, but about 80th percentile... in Takoma Park. I completely agree with the quoted poster who is advocating for cumulative protection with multiple precautions.

But anything that has "worked so far," while perhaps not useless against omicron, is nothing to absolutely rely on.

I don't know how to express that I am not being defeatist, and I will be taking a bajillion precautions. But I'm speaking more of the "Just keep them in school, how bad could it get? I'm going to keep eating out because I haven't gotten COVID yet" people. Whatever behavior you thought was fine because it didn't lead to COVID-- oh, or hopelessly overloaded hospitals-- is probably not "fine" any longer! Whether or not you get COVID, you'll have realized this in... oh, about 10 days would be my estimate.

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Last time i checked, kids live within a community. Their parents and other relatives can get covid from them. Neighbors, friends, strangers. This is not just about the elderly but stopping spread for everyone.

Look, we get it. You cannot have your kids at home and have a difficult homelife. Your kids NEED to be in person school. But, since they need to be, you need to step up and keep them safe by understanding you are living in a community of others and its very easy for them to get it. They will be far more miserable at home sick with covid and then you'll catch it.

DP. If my kid gets it, my vaccinated kid is unlikely to get very sick. If my kid gives it to me, my vaccinated/boosted self is unlikely to get very sick. If either of us gets it, we are relying on testing (and N95 masks, as necessary), plus the vaccine/booster, to reduce the chance of giving it to my vaccinated/boosted parents.

And yeah, my kid needs to be in school, because kids need to be in school.

Your kids can be in school online. Either act responsibly to reduce the spread or don't complain about virtual.

You should get mental health treatment to help you fix your miserable home life for your kids sake.

Your kids and family are very likely to get sick. Sad you dont care about your unvaccinated kit. You need to get them vaccinated.

I think you are having an imaginary conversation with some imaginary unvaccinated people, PP. Do you think this is WVruralmoms?

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So many people were like, "Yeah, yeah, that's what they said about Delta, that's what they said about Mu..." And no, Omicron is clearly different. A lot of predictions from a week or two ago are looking like those in Feb of 2020 saying we don't have air pollution like China, so we'll be fine.

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True! By June you should have a handle on any long term effects, learned how to give your kid the insulin, etc. Then in June, when the virus that's been happily mutating all along reinfects your family, we will get to see what exciting new cell damage y'all get. Thanks for signing up for this medical experiment, PP. You really are doing your part to advance science.

My one kid is vaccinated. My other kid is vaccinated and boostered. I am vaccinated and boostered. And you are a troll.

No. I'm a parent with a vaccinated and boostered kid who is at the end of my rope that all the other nice white parents like you are too selfish to care about potentially spreading covid to others. Since your own family is protected you don't give a damn about the two year old next door, or the cancer patient in your daughter's class. You have a blm matters sign on your lawn, I'd expect, but you remain blissfully ignorant about what this virus is doing in low-income communities, to the low-income families at your school, and what it will continue to do to families without access to health care. A million American tragedies are happening all around you, but as long as you have your gym, your date night at Founding Fathers, your kid's swim meet... etc. You tell yourself you deserve all of this and you've done your part--meanwhile ignoring all the people forced to work for low wages with no protection just to keep your bubble going.

(Not jealous. We could be living like you do--but my conscience won't allow it. And so we try to live a life that doesn't spread covid to anyone and doesn't expose anyone to covid.)

They will have a rude awakening as they will get covid at some point even boosted.

Not really. One reason we stay this careful is so that we don't spread COVID. It's not all about the fear of catching it.

Do I want it? Nope. Pretty sure my family HAD it in December 2019--and I had weird symptoms through February. Right around the time everyone locked down was when I started to feel human again. That was also when I realized that the weird fatigue and aches and shortness of breath I'd been having might be something, as others were having it too.

Do I want it again? Really not. But mostly I don't want spreading it on my conscience.

It takes two to tango. Unvaccinated individuals and the medically frail need to take care of themselves.

NP. It takes a really crappy person to repeatedly say medically frail should take care of themselves as if most don't already. Many are literally terrified right now and still have to make doctor's appointments and go in person to get treatment. What is a parent of a two year old leukemia patient supposed to do? It is beyond callous to act this cavalier right now. You know you are wrong, you just want to justify your conscience by creating a straw man.

I would expect that they'd already be isolating, with parents being sure to get vaccinated/boosted while also wearing PPE in public.

I get it isn't a great situation to be in, but what else is there? There's always going to be COVID, and there's always going to be two year old leukemia patients.

This isn't a new issue- immunocompromised kids similarly faced risk of influenza and other respiratory diseases during flu season.

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Anonymous wrote:So many people were like, "Yeah, yeah, that's what they said about Delta, that's what they said about Mu..." And no, Omicron is clearly different. A lot of predictions from a week or two ago are looking like those in Feb of 2020 saying we don't have air pollution like China, so we'll be fine.

That's literally what they said about Delta (except obviously they said "Delta is clearly different").

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True! By June you should have a handle on any long term effects, learned how to give your kid the insulin, etc. Then in June, when the virus that's been happily mutating all along reinfects your family, we will get to see what exciting new cell damage y'all get. Thanks for signing up for this medical experiment, PP. You really are doing your part to advance science.

My one kid is vaccinated. My other kid is vaccinated and boostered. I am vaccinated and boostered. And you are a troll.

No. I'm a parent with a vaccinated and boostered kid who is at the end of my rope that all the other nice white parents like you are too selfish to care about potentially spreading covid to others. Since your own family is protected you don't give a damn about the two year old next door, or the cancer patient in your daughter's class. You have a blm matters sign on your lawn, I'd expect, but you remain blissfully ignorant about what this virus is doing in low-income communities, to the low-income families at your school, and what it will continue to do to families without access to health care. A million American tragedies are happening all around you, but as long as you have your gym, your date night at Founding Fathers, your kid's swim meet... etc. You tell yourself you deserve all of this and you've done your part--meanwhile ignoring all the people forced to work for low wages with no protection just to keep your bubble going.

(Not jealous. We could be living like you do--but my conscience won't allow it. And so we try to live a life that doesn't spread covid to anyone and doesn't expose anyone to covid.)

They will have a rude awakening as they will get covid at some point even boosted.

Not really. One reason we stay this careful is so that we don't spread COVID. It's not all about the fear of catching it.

Do I want it? Nope. Pretty sure my family HAD it in December 2019--and I had weird symptoms through February. Right around the time everyone locked down was when I started to feel human again. That was also when I realized that the weird fatigue and aches and shortness of breath I'd been having might be something, as others were having it too.

Do I want it again? Really not. But mostly I don't want spreading it on my conscience.

It takes two to tango. Unvaccinated individuals and the medically frail need to take care of themselves.

NP. It takes a really crappy person to repeatedly say medically frail should take care of themselves as if most don't already. Many are literally terrified right now and still have to make doctor's appointments and go in person to get treatment. What is a parent of a two year old leukemia patient supposed to do? It is beyond callous to act this cavalier right now. You know you are wrong, you just want to justify your conscience by creating a straw man.

I would expect that they'd already be isolating, with parents being sure to get vaccinated/boosted while also wearing PPE in public.

I get it isn't a great situation to be in, but what else is there? There's always going to be COVID, and there's always going to be two year old leukemia patients.

This isn't a new issue- immunocompromised kids similarly faced risk of influenza and other respiratory diseases during flu season.

What else is there? How about some of you stop a few in person activities for a few weeks? Literally one person not going to their idiotic maskless fitness class right now can potentially stop hundreds of infections. It matters folks. Your fatalism is manufactured.

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I waited to do appointments till now and then this hit. So, now I have to wait another year and its an issue given some test results. I'd rather take my chances with cancer than get covid.

PP, I'm sorry. If you were asking me for advice, I'd advise you to get cancer treatment and take your chances with covid. But you're not asking me for advice.

It's been really interesting to see how bad people are at assessing risk. I wonder what that poster thinks is the fatality rate of COVID infections.

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True! By June you should have a handle on any long term effects, learned how to give your kid the insulin, etc. Then in June, when the virus that's been happily mutating all along reinfects your family, we will get to see what exciting new cell damage y'all get. Thanks for signing up for this medical experiment, PP. You really are doing your part to advance science.

My one kid is vaccinated. My other kid is vaccinated and boostered. I am vaccinated and boostered. And you are a troll.

No. I'm a parent with a vaccinated and boostered kid who is at the end of my rope that all the other nice white parents like you are too selfish to care about potentially spreading covid to others. Since your own family is protected you don't give a damn about the two year old next door, or the cancer patient in your daughter's class. You have a blm matters sign on your lawn, I'd expect, but you remain blissfully ignorant about what this virus is doing in low-income communities, to the low-income families at your school, and what it will continue to do to families without access to health care. A million American tragedies are happening all around you, but as long as you have your gym, your date night at Founding Fathers, your kid's swim meet... etc. You tell yourself you deserve all of this and you've done your part--meanwhile ignoring all the people forced to work for low wages with no protection just to keep your bubble going.

(Not jealous. We could be living like you do--but my conscience won't allow it. And so we try to live a life that doesn't spread covid to anyone and doesn't expose anyone to covid.)

They will have a rude awakening as they will get covid at some point even boosted.

Not really. One reason we stay this careful is so that we don't spread COVID. It's not all about the fear of catching it.

Do I want it? Nope. Pretty sure my family HAD it in December 2019--and I had weird symptoms through February. Right around the time everyone locked down was when I started to feel human again. That was also when I realized that the weird fatigue and aches and shortness of breath I'd been having might be something, as others were having it too.

Do I want it again? Really not. But mostly I don't want spreading it on my conscience.

It takes two to tango. Unvaccinated individuals and the medically frail need to take care of themselves.

NP. It takes a really crappy person to repeatedly say medically frail should take care of themselves as if most don't already. Many are literally terrified right now and still have to make doctor's appointments and go in person to get treatment. What is a parent of a two year old leukemia patient supposed to do? It is beyond callous to act this cavalier right now. You know you are wrong, you just want to justify your conscience by creating a straw man.

I would expect that they'd already be isolating, with parents being sure to get vaccinated/boosted while also wearing PPE in public.

I get it isn't a great situation to be in, but what else is there? There's always going to be COVID, and there's always going to be two year old leukemia patients.

This isn't a new issue- immunocompromised kids similarly faced risk of influenza and other respiratory diseases during flu season.

What else is there? How about some of you stop a few in person activities for a few weeks? Literally one person not going to their idiotic maskless fitness class right now can potentially stop hundreds of infections. It matters folks. Your fatalism is manufactured.

Then what? COVID will still be around after those few weeks. I honestly don't know what you're trying to accomplish. That's not going to stop infections. At most it will delay them a bit. Is that your goal?

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True! By June you should have a handle on any long term effects, learned how to give your kid the insulin, etc. Then in June, when the virus that's been happily mutating all along reinfects your family, we will get to see what exciting new cell damage y'all get. Thanks for signing up for this medical experiment, PP. You really are doing your part to advance science.

My one kid is vaccinated. My other kid is vaccinated and boostered. I am vaccinated and boostered. And you are a troll.

No. I'm a parent with a vaccinated and boostered kid who is at the end of my rope that all the other nice white parents like you are too selfish to care about potentially spreading covid to others. Since your own family is protected you don't give a damn about the two year old next door, or the cancer patient in your daughter's class. You have a blm matters sign on your lawn, I'd expect, but you remain blissfully ignorant about what this virus is doing in low-income communities, to the low-income families at your school, and what it will continue to do to families without access to health care. A million American tragedies are happening all around you, but as long as you have your gym, your date night at Founding Fathers, your kid's swim meet... etc. You tell yourself you deserve all of this and you've done your part--meanwhile ignoring all the people forced to work for low wages with no protection just to keep your bubble going.

(Not jealous. We could be living like you do--but my conscience won't allow it. And so we try to live a life that doesn't spread covid to anyone and doesn't expose anyone to covid.)

They will have a rude awakening as they will get covid at some point even boosted.

Not really. One reason we stay this careful is so that we don't spread COVID. It's not all about the fear of catching it.

Do I want it? Nope. Pretty sure my family HAD it in December 2019--and I had weird symptoms through February. Right around the time everyone locked down was when I started to feel human again. That was also when I realized that the weird fatigue and aches and shortness of breath I'd been having might be something, as others were having it too.

Do I want it again? Really not. But mostly I don't want spreading it on my conscience.

It takes two to tango. Unvaccinated individuals and the medically frail need to take care of themselves.

NP. It takes a really crappy person to repeatedly say medically frail should take care of themselves as if most don't already. Many are literally terrified right now and still have to make doctor's appointments and go in person to get treatment. What is a parent of a two year old leukemia patient supposed to do? It is beyond callous to act this cavalier right now. You know you are wrong, you just want to justify your conscience by creating a straw man.

I would expect that they'd already be isolating, with parents being sure to get vaccinated/boosted while also wearing PPE in public.

I get it isn't a great situation to be in, but what else is there? There's always going to be COVID, and there's always going to be two year old leukemia patients.

This isn't a new issue- immunocompromised kids similarly faced risk of influenza and other respiratory diseases during flu season.

What else is there? There's being a nice person and making sure you do everything you can not to infect other people.

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True! By June you should have a handle on any long term effects, learned how to give your kid the insulin, etc. Then in June, when the virus that's been happily mutating all along reinfects your family, we will get to see what exciting new cell damage y'all get. Thanks for signing up for this medical experiment, PP. You really are doing your part to advance science.

My one kid is vaccinated. My other kid is vaccinated and boostered. I am vaccinated and boostered. And you are a troll.

No. I'm a parent with a vaccinated and boostered kid who is at the end of my rope that all the other nice white parents like you are too selfish to care about potentially spreading covid to others. Since your own family is protected you don't give a damn about the two year old next door, or the cancer patient in your daughter's class. You have a blm matters sign on your lawn, I'd expect, but you remain blissfully ignorant about what this virus is doing in low-income communities, to the low-income families at your school, and what it will continue to do to families without access to health care. A million American tragedies are happening all around you, but as long as you have your gym, your date night at Founding Fathers, your kid's swim meet... etc. You tell yourself you deserve all of this and you've done your part--meanwhile ignoring all the people forced to work for low wages with no protection just to keep your bubble going.

(Not jealous. We could be living like you do--but my conscience won't allow it. And so we try to live a life that doesn't spread covid to anyone and doesn't expose anyone to covid.)

They will have a rude awakening as they will get covid at some point even boosted.

Not really. One reason we stay this careful is so that we don't spread COVID. It's not all about the fear of catching it.

Do I want it? Nope. Pretty sure my family HAD it in December 2019--and I had weird symptoms through February. Right around the time everyone locked down was when I started to feel human again. That was also when I realized that the weird fatigue and aches and shortness of breath I'd been having might be something, as others were having it too.

Do I want it again? Really not. But mostly I don't want spreading it on my conscience.

It takes two to tango. Unvaccinated individuals and the medically frail need to take care of themselves.

NP. It takes a really crappy person to repeatedly say medically frail should take care of themselves as if most don't already. Many are literally terrified right now and still have to make doctor's appointments and go in person to get treatment. What is a parent of a two year old leukemia patient supposed to do? It is beyond callous to act this cavalier right now. You know you are wrong, you just want to justify your conscience by creating a straw man.

I would expect that they'd already be isolating, with parents being sure to get vaccinated/boosted while also wearing PPE in public.

I get it isn't a great situation to be in, but what else is there? There's always going to be COVID, and there's always going to be two year old leukemia patients.

This isn't a new issue- immunocompromised kids similarly faced risk of influenza and other respiratory diseases during flu season.

What else is there? There's being a nice person and making sure you do everything you can not to infect other people.

To what end? I know that sounds callous, but what is your endgame? It is one thing to keep sick kids home. It is something else to suggest we should be doing masking, physical distancing, rolling school closures, etc., indefinitely because COVID will never go away.

When would you say it would acceptable to end COVID restrictions given that there's always going to be a risk to the medically frail?

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What else is there? There's being a nice person and making sure you do everything you can not to infect other people.

To do EVERYTHING I can? No, I'm not going to do that. I'm going to visit my relatives (who are all vaccinated and boosted), I'm going to go to the grocery store and other stores too, I'm going to go to doctor's appointments, my child (who is vaccinated) is going to go to school and do their extracurricular activities, I'm going to have repair people come into the house if repairs in the house are needed, etc. etc. etc.

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True! By June you should have a handle on any long term effects, learned how to give your kid the insulin, etc. Then in June, when the virus that's been happily mutating all along reinfects your family, we will get to see what exciting new cell damage y'all get. Thanks for signing up for this medical experiment, PP. You really are doing your part to advance science.

My one kid is vaccinated. My other kid is vaccinated and boostered. I am vaccinated and boostered. And you are a troll.

No. I'm a parent with a vaccinated and boostered kid who is at the end of my rope that all the other nice white parents like you are too selfish to care about potentially spreading covid to others. Since your own family is protected you don't give a damn about the two year old next door, or the cancer patient in your daughter's class. You have a blm matters sign on your lawn, I'd expect, but you remain blissfully ignorant about what this virus is doing in low-income communities, to the low-income families at your school, and what it will continue to do to families without access to health care. A million American tragedies are happening all around you, but as long as you have your gym, your date night at Founding Fathers, your kid's swim meet... etc. You tell yourself you deserve all of this and you've done your part--meanwhile ignoring all the people forced to work for low wages with no protection just to keep your bubble going.

(Not jealous. We could be living like you do--but my conscience won't allow it. And so we try to live a life that doesn't spread covid to anyone and doesn't expose anyone to covid.)

They will have a rude awakening as they will get covid at some point even boosted.

Not really. One reason we stay this careful is so that we don't spread COVID. It's not all about the fear of catching it.

Do I want it? Nope. Pretty sure my family HAD it in December 2019--and I had weird symptoms through February. Right around the time everyone locked down was when I started to feel human again. That was also when I realized that the weird fatigue and aches and shortness of breath I'd been having might be something, as others were having it too.

Do I want it again? Really not. But mostly I don't want spreading it on my conscience.

It takes two to tango. Unvaccinated individuals and the medically frail need to take care of themselves.

NP. It takes a really crappy person to repeatedly say medically frail should take care of themselves as if most don't already. Many are literally terrified right now and still have to make doctor's appointments and go in person to get treatment. What is a parent of a two year old leukemia patient supposed to do? It is beyond callous to act this cavalier right now. You know you are wrong, you just want to justify your conscience by creating a straw man.

I would expect that they'd already be isolating, with parents being sure to get vaccinated/boosted while also wearing PPE in public.

I get it isn't a great situation to be in, but what else is there? There's always going to be COVID, and there's always going to be two year old leukemia patients.

This isn't a new issue- immunocompromised kids similarly faced risk of influenza and other respiratory diseases during flu season.

What else is there? How about some of you stop a few in person activities for a few weeks? Literally one person not going to their idiotic maskless fitness class right now can potentially stop hundreds of infections. It matters folks. Your fatalism is manufactured.

Then what? COVID will still be around after those few weeks. I honestly don't know what you're trying to accomplish. That's not going to stop infections. At most it will delay them a bit. Is that your goal?

Every avoided infection is not merely delayed.

[Anonymous]

This is it. No school for DD tomorrow. Finally.

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True! By June you should have a handle on any long term effects, learned how to give your kid the insulin, etc. Then in June, when the virus that's been happily mutating all along reinfects your family, we will get to see what exciting new cell damage y'all get. Thanks for signing up for this medical experiment, PP. You really are doing your part to advance science.

My one kid is vaccinated. My other kid is vaccinated and boostered. I am vaccinated and boostered. And you are a troll.

No. I'm a parent with a vaccinated and boostered kid who is at the end of my rope that all the other nice white parents like you are too selfish to care about potentially spreading covid to others. Since your own family is protected you don't give a damn about the two year old next door, or the cancer patient in your daughter's class. You have a blm matters sign on your lawn, I'd expect, but you remain blissfully ignorant about what this virus is doing in low-income communities, to the low-income families at your school, and what it will continue to do to families without access to health care. A million American tragedies are happening all around you, but as long as you have your gym, your date night at Founding Fathers, your kid's swim meet... etc. You tell yourself you deserve all of this and you've done your part--meanwhile ignoring all the people forced to work for low wages with no protection just to keep your bubble going.

(Not jealous. We could be living like you do--but my conscience won't allow it. And so we try to live a life that doesn't spread covid to anyone and doesn't expose anyone to covid.)

They will have a rude awakening as they will get covid at some point even boosted.

Not really. One reason we stay this careful is so that we don't spread COVID. It's not all about the fear of catching it.

Do I want it? Nope. Pretty sure my family HAD it in December 2019--and I had weird symptoms through February. Right around the time everyone locked down was when I started to feel human again. That was also when I realized that the weird fatigue and aches and shortness of breath I'd been having might be something, as others were having it too.

Do I want it again? Really not. But mostly I don't want spreading it on my conscience.

It takes two to tango. Unvaccinated individuals and the medically frail need to take care of themselves.

NP. It takes a really crappy person to repeatedly say medically frail should take care of themselves as if most don't already. Many are literally terrified right now and still have to make doctor's appointments and go in person to get treatment. What is a parent of a two year old leukemia patient supposed to do? It is beyond callous to act this cavalier right now. You know you are wrong, you just want to justify your conscience by creating a straw man.

I would expect that they'd already be isolating, with parents being sure to get vaccinated/boosted while also wearing PPE in public.

I get it isn't a great situation to be in, but what else is there? There's always going to be COVID, and there's always going to be two year old leukemia patients.

This isn't a new issue- immunocompromised kids similarly faced risk of influenza and other respiratory diseases during flu season.

What else is there? How about some of you stop a few in person activities for a few weeks? Literally one person not going to their idiotic maskless fitness class right now can potentially stop hundreds of infections. It matters folks. Your fatalism is manufactured.

Then what? COVID will still be around after those few weeks. I honestly don't know what you're trying to accomplish. That's not going to stop infections. At most it will delay them a bit. Is that your goal?

Every avoided infection is not merely delayed.

Pretty close. Or are you still under the impression that COVID is going to be eradicated?

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True! By June you should have a handle on any long term effects, learned how to give your kid the insulin, etc. Then in June, when the virus that's been happily mutating all along reinfects your family, we will get to see what exciting new cell damage y'all get. Thanks for signing up for this medical experiment, PP. You really are doing your part to advance science.

My one kid is vaccinated. My other kid is vaccinated and boostered. I am vaccinated and boostered. And you are a troll.

No. I'm a parent with a vaccinated and boostered kid who is at the end of my rope that all the other nice white parents like you are too selfish to care about potentially spreading covid to others. Since your own family is protected you don't give a damn about the two year old next door, or the cancer patient in your daughter's class. You have a blm matters sign on your lawn, I'd expect, but you remain blissfully ignorant about what this virus is doing in low-income communities, to the low-income families at your school, and what it will continue to do to families without access to health care. A million American tragedies are happening all around you, but as long as you have your gym, your date night at Founding Fathers, your kid's swim meet... etc. You tell yourself you deserve all of this and you've done your part--meanwhile ignoring all the people forced to work for low wages with no protection just to keep your bubble going.

(Not jealous. We could be living like you do--but my conscience won't allow it. And so we try to live a life that doesn't spread covid to anyone and doesn't expose anyone to covid.)

They will have a rude awakening as they will get covid at some point even boosted.

Not really. One reason we stay this careful is so that we don't spread COVID. It's not all about the fear of catching it.

Do I want it? Nope. Pretty sure my family HAD it in December 2019--and I had weird symptoms through February. Right around the time everyone locked down was when I started to feel human again. That was also when I realized that the weird fatigue and aches and shortness of breath I'd been having might be something, as others were having it too.

Do I want it again? Really not. But mostly I don't want spreading it on my conscience.

It takes two to tango. Unvaccinated individuals and the medically frail need to take care of themselves.

NP. It takes a really crappy person to repeatedly say medically frail should take care of themselves as if most don't already. Many are literally terrified right now and still have to make doctor's appointments and go in person to get treatment. What is a parent of a two year old leukemia patient supposed to do? It is beyond callous to act this cavalier right now. You know you are wrong, you just want to justify your conscience by creating a straw man.

I would expect that they'd already be isolating, with parents being sure to get vaccinated/boosted while also wearing PPE in public.

I get it isn't a great situation to be in, but what else is there? There's always going to be COVID, and there's always going to be two year old leukemia patients.

This isn't a new issue- immunocompromised kids similarly faced risk of influenza and other respiratory diseases during flu season.

What else is there? How about some of you stop a few in person activities for a few weeks? Literally one person not going to their idiotic maskless fitness class right now can potentially stop hundreds of infections. It matters folks. Your fatalism is manufactured.

We did. We did stop going to our fitness classes. For over a year. Now my kids are fat and lazy. Their study skills have regressed and they're just starting to come back. My teenager has never been to a party or even to hang out with a group of kids. And, at the end of the day, we are in exactly the same spot that we were at the beginning of the pandemic. Please hide your sickly people because the rest of us are ready to let it burn and be done with it.