thoughts on halloween this year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live close to Ashburn and our neighborhood had a big bonfire/outdoor party, adults drinking, kids running around. We avoided it, but took the kids out for socially distanced ToT. Just the optics of it seemed tone deaf and wrong, at a time when the CDC has said not to do stuff like that and we are desperately trying to get kids back in school.

Ashburn lady who thinks the COVID numbers are low here: Go check the recent numbers. In the past two weeks, our numbers have steadily increased. The next wave has reached our county and your little bubble is simply a mirage.

It's because of things like this that our case numbers will continue to rise and our kids will never get back in school. SMH.

Actually I work at Inova hospital. I know the numbers. I also know exactly how many covid patients we have. Average stay is 24hrs, and I can count on one hand how many covid patients we have admitted right now. Its a very slow unit.

We have been averaging about 30-35 positives a day which is a sharp decline from earlier October.

Hospitalizations have remained a very slow trickle, not even daily.

But feel free to tell me how it is😂 i can also point you to the numbers if you'd like. 😉

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I live close to Ashburn and our neighborhood had a big bonfire/outdoor party, adults drinking, kids running around. We avoided it, but took the kids out for socially distanced ToT. Just the optics of it seemed tone deaf and wrong, at a time when the CDC has said not to do stuff like that and we are desperately trying to get kids back in school.

Ashburn lady who thinks the COVID numbers are low here: Go check the recent numbers. In the past two weeks, our numbers have steadily increased. The next wave has reached our county and your little bubble is simply a mirage.

It's because of things like this that our case numbers will continue to rise and our kids will never get back in school. SMH.

Actually I work at Inova hospital. I know the numbers. I also know exactly how many covid patients we have. Average stay is 24hrs, and I can count on one hand how many covid patients we have admitted right now. Its a very slow unit.

We have been averaging about 30-35 positives a day which is a sharp decline from earlier October.

Hospitalizations have remained a very slow trickle, not even daily.

But feel free to tell me how it is😂 i can also point you to the numbers if you'd like. 😉

I'd love to take the word of some random person on the internet who claims to work at a hospital, but luckily everyone with a computer has access to the Loudoun County Department of Health website and can see the numbers themselves. Positivity rate has gone up. Early Fall it was hovering around 5%. Now it's about 8% and rising.

But don't take my word. Read for yourself: https://loudounnow-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/loudounnow.com/2020/10/19/loudoun-covid-case-counts-trending-up/amp/?amp_js_v=a6&_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA%3D#aoh=16040778447127&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Floudounnow.com%2F2020%2F10%2F19%2Floudoun-covid-case-counts-trending-up%2F

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Anonymous wrote:It’s because zero risk people won’t let their kids participate so they don’t want anyone else’s kids to have the option either. They’d rather have no one go then be the ones to tell their kids no. FWIW, our neighborhood is doing trick-or-treat with any house with a light on.

It’s like the parents who don’t want any kids attending school in person, even though they have the option to stay all-virtual.

Like someone upthread said, it’s all about control for some people. They’ve made a decision to be careful. More power to them. But, that doesn’t give them any right to try and force the rest of us to live like they do.

I don’t know, for some reason the DC area attracts those types of people.

I am one of those parents. Look here, the pandemic IS NOT OVER. It is not safe because some kid won't follow the rules and will expose your kid.

Okay. Well, I’m certainly not going to tell you how to live your life. I assume you know what’s best for your family.

But, no, you don’t get to make those decisions for my family. Your stress and anxiety level will go down once you accept that you can’t control other people.

My kids are going trick or treating this year.

Np Just tell your kids not to expect as much candy as previous years because not everyone on your block is going to be handing out candy. If we can't tell you what to do than you can't tell us.

I wish your predictions had been true. My kids weighed their candy last night and the youngest had 12lbs. Plus a ton of king size this year. It was really nice to see most houses with porch lights on welcoming TOT. Also no shortage of bonfires and spiked cider being given to the adults.

All in all it was actually a great Halloween. So many creative ideas and way more people outside than ever (people in driveways and such, basically met lots of new people).

Frankly I'm glad the Debbie Downers in this site are clearly in the minority hysterical fringe.

Agree! We had a good Halloween despite the gloom and doom predictions. My kids loved the individual Halloween themed treat bags. So glad we didn’t take Halloween away from our kids! F Fauci!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm in a largish neighborhood in Ashburn and there was no t or ting tonight. Our hoa did something covid safe and that was it. There have been no kids out here.

That sucks - sorry

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Anonymous wrote:It’s because zero risk people won’t let their kids participate so they don’t want anyone else’s kids to have the option either. They’d rather have no one go then be the ones to tell their kids no. FWIW, our neighborhood is doing trick-or-treat with any house with a light on.

It’s like the parents who don’t want any kids attending school in person, even though they have the option to stay all-virtual.

Like someone upthread said, it’s all about control for some people. They’ve made a decision to be careful. More power to them. But, that doesn’t give them any right to try and force the rest of us to live like they do.

I don’t know, for some reason the DC area attracts those types of people.

I am one of those parents. Look here, the pandemic IS NOT OVER. It is not safe because some kid won't follow the rules and will expose your kid.

Okay. Well, I’m certainly not going to tell you how to live your life. I assume you know what’s best for your family.

But, no, you don’t get to make those decisions for my family. Your stress and anxiety level will go down once you accept that you can’t control other people.

My kids are going trick or treating this year.

Np Just tell your kids not to expect as much candy as previous years because not everyone on your block is going to be handing out candy. If we can't tell you what to do than you can't tell us.

I wish your predictions had been true. My kids weighed their candy last night and the youngest had 12lbs. Plus a ton of king size this year. It was really nice to see most houses with porch lights on welcoming TOT. Also no shortage of bonfires and spiked cider being given to the adults.

All in all it was actually a great Halloween. So many creative ideas and way more people outside than ever (people in driveways and such, basically met lots of new people).

Frankly I'm glad the Debbie Downers in this site are clearly in the minority hysterical fringe.

Our neighborhood was great too. Decorated tables, ziplines, chutes, tong throws, candy on skewers in the front law. One neighbor had a chute from his second floor window. My kids declared it the best Halloween. Everyone was in masks and socially distant. So happy for the kids. It was the spark they needed and deserved.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I live close to Ashburn and our neighborhood had a big bonfire/outdoor party, adults drinking, kids running around. We avoided it, but took the kids out for socially distanced ToT. Just the optics of it seemed tone deaf and wrong, at a time when the CDC has said not to do stuff like that and we are desperately trying to get kids back in school.

Ashburn lady who thinks the COVID numbers are low here: Go check the recent numbers. In the past two weeks, our numbers have steadily increased. The next wave has reached our county and your little bubble is simply a mirage.

It's because of things like this that our case numbers will continue to rise and our kids will never get back in school. SMH.

Actually I work at Inova hospital. I know the numbers. I also know exactly how many covid patients we have. Average stay is 24hrs, and I can count on one hand how many covid patients we have admitted right now. Its a very slow unit.

We have been averaging about 30-35 positives a day which is a sharp decline from earlier October.

Hospitalizations have remained a very slow trickle, not even daily.

But feel free to tell me how it is😂 i can also point you to the numbers if you'd like. 😉

I'd love to take the word of some random person on the internet who claims to work at a hospital, but luckily everyone with a computer has access to the Loudoun County Department of Health website and can see the numbers themselves. Positivity rate has gone up. Early Fall it was hovering around 5%. Now it's about 8% and rising.

But don't take my word. Read for yourself: https://loudounnow-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/loudounnow.com/2020/10/19/loudoun-covid-case-counts-trending-up/amp/?amp_js_v=a6&_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA%3D#aoh=16040778447127&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Floudounnow.com%2F2020%2F10%2F19%2Floudoun-covid-case-counts-trending-up%2F

Or you could just go direct to the VDH?


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