Nanny just booked a trip to Florida for Apr 20.....WWYD

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You cannot force anyone to quarantine. All you can say is they can’t come to your house. Other than that, it’s up to them, so make your decisions accordingly.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the bigger issue is that you should assume that her husband at minimum is not following appropriate precautions, which means you are not a closed loop. My mom compared it to a sex ed lecture she got in school: when you are choosing to be around someone, you are also choosing everyone else they have been around.

I am a nanny and I live alone and go to work. Other than a weekly grocery run, I am with my NKs or alone. Your nanny is with her DH, who does not care about avoiding CV. So you are exposed already whether she does the trip or not.

Excellent point!

[Anonymous]

Disney World just told their cast members that they will be closed indefinitely. Universal and the other parks will follow.

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Anonymous wrote:Disney World just told their cast members that they will be closed indefinitely. Universal and the other parks will follow.

Correcting myself. They said until further notice.

[Anonymous]

This virus is not airborne HIV delivered via drone. If you keep your distance from people, wash hands regularly and observe other precautions you will probably be fine. Everyone shouldn’t have to cancel their trip or risk getting fired. Be rational.

[Anonymous]

You can play a game of chicken with her (in effect). I highly doubt those weird amusement parks will be open then. The question would ten become, does she bail on the trip entirely or go on it in any event just to do whatever else. Nightmare situation for you.

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Anonymous wrote:This virus is not airborne HIV delivered via drone. If you keep your distance from people, wash hands regularly and observe other precautions you will probably be fine. Everyone shouldn’t have to cancel their trip or risk getting fired. Be rational.

not a good idea to travel by plane now.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This virus is not airborne HIV delivered via drone. If you keep your distance from people, wash hands regularly and observe other precautions you will probably be fine. Everyone shouldn’t have to cancel their trip or risk getting fired. Be rational.

not a good idea to travel by plane now.

There are too many unknowables right now. Two weeks ago, it was dogma that kids wouldn’t get that sick. They have gotten that sick. From an article in The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/03/my-whole-household-has-covid-19/608902/

I can pinpoint the exact moment I started feeling off. My partner, Will, and I were on a bike ride on the afternoon of Wednesday, March 18, to escape our apartment and get some exercise. This was back when leaving a New York City apartment to get some exercise was still okay, or at least that’s what we’d read, or at least that’s what we thought? If the coronavirus pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that what is considered dogma today might change tomorrow.

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I told her about the bike ride.

The doctor became irritated. “You rode a bike? With viral load everywhere? Why?”

Hadn’t I read one or maybe several experts saying it was safe to go outside and exercise? “I thought it was okay to go out if you stayed six feet from others?”

“No,” she said. “Not in New York. Not right now.”

So nobody knows anything. Or some people know some things, but then facts catch up and prove them wrong.

[Anonymous]

Maybe this was already said, but offer her the time off now that she already planned And say if she will please not travel that week you will then give her an extra week later this year when it’s safe to have the vacation she really wanted.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I think I would look for a new nanny. I wouldn’t want someone that stupid in charge of my children all day.

I would also look for a new nanny.

That stupid or selfish.

I would give her the option of self quarantine for two weeks unpaid after the vacation but I doubt she will be honest about the self quarantine