Social distancing - what are you allowing, and tell me your reasoning.

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Anonymous wrote:Unlimited screen time, walks with me ...no yard. That’s it.

No yard? Why on earth not?

Because if someone walks, drives, or bikes by and sneezes or coughs and no wind blows or the wind blows and it lands on your hand or face or clothes or hair and you ingest it then you die.

Why do I have to explain everything!

I...no. That's such a hysterical reaction I can't even....No. There's a risk, but it's not remotely at this level of hysteria.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah it's sustainable in my house/yard too. I realize not everyone has a home with privacy and a yard, but if you do, suck it up buttercup.

ya gonna do this for 2 years, "buttercup"?

Who said 2 years. We are 6 weeks into 12. We can do this

+ 1 The weaklings are trying to make it seem stupid to stay indoors unless absolutely necessary, like we're being told to do by experts the world over. It will stop making sense to SIP when the experts say so, not when some bitchy poster on DCUM says so.

Oh, the same experts that said that face masks aren’t necessary? That said that restrictions on international travel are unnecessary as long as travelers wash their hands and don’t touch their faces? That there is no evidence of human-to-human transmission of the coronavirus? That asymptomatic transmission is not a major driver of transmission? And then reversed course just days or weeks later on pretty much everything? Yeah, lol. At this point, you have to realize that these experts don’t even know what sport they’re playing, let alone the rules of the game.

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Walks around the neighborhood with a friend. They stay on different sides of the road (we don’t have sidewalks in our neighborhood).

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I have a senior and a sophomore. I have sent them to the grocery store together a couple of times. And since my DD is making masks for neighbors, I let her brother take her to get more fabric and thread this week. They had to wait outside the store for an hour to get in. And the grocery store is often a wait too. I can’t do the fabric store/ gallon of milk and paper towels errands during the week with my telework schedule and the shorter store hours, so being able to send bored teens is a huge help. They will also run to the pharmacy for me (ours brings your prescription out to the car if you have a credit card on file and text that you are there). So, about once a week, they get to run an errand.

Flame away, but they are responsible kids who get sent with masks, hand sanitizer and disinfecting wipes. They aren’t any more likely to get COVID than an adult in our family. And since we are together 24/7, if one person gets it, we are all going to get it. Years of raising kids during cold and flu season has taught me that. I’m not sure if it matters which member of the family it starts with.

We try very hard to get the whole family out of the house on Sunday afternoons. We have found isolated places and had a picnic, done a hike, just gone for a scenic drive, etc. We are getting creative and actively looking for ways to socially isolate outside, away from home.

No friends in person.

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I guess I'm going to sound like an @$$ but I don't understand why this is so difficult. I have three teenagers. They have not left the house since March 15 (or thereabouts), unless it was to go with me to the store for a brief outing, or to go on walks or whatever - with me. They're played basketball outside - with just their siblings. No hanging out with "just one" friend. I don't give a crap if I'm the only one following the rules and their friend's families are not. I'm an adult. I don't base my decisions regarding my children and their safety based on what their friends parents are doing. My kids can tell me I'm mean, I don't really care.

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Anonymous wrote:I guess I'm going to sound like an @$$ but I don't understand why this is so difficult. I have three teenagers. They have not left the house since March 15 (or thereabouts), unless it was to go with me to the store for a brief outing, or to go on walks or whatever - with me. They're played basketball outside - with just their siblings. No hanging out with "just one" friend. I don't give a crap if I'm the only one following the rules and their friend's families are not. I'm an adult. I don't base my decisions regarding my children and their safety based on what their friends parents are doing. My kids can tell me I'm mean, I don't really care.

I don’t let my kids go to stores. One friends seems better than that to me.

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I don’t live in DC, I live in Oregon now and our curve is beyond flattened. Our hospitals are empty. Everyone here are still acting like they are going to drop dead going on a walk though.

I gave in recently to two friends hanging out. After a few store trips where I had so many ppl around me, it felt super pointless to allow that but not allow a handful of friends (whose families are all at home) esp considering the super low cases in my county.

Kids are almost entirely safe from severe symptoms of coronavirus - when you let them hang out, you are really just endangering the adults in your house. So that’s your decision. I personally am not afraid and think that as we aren’t getting rid of it anytime soon, and vaccine looks unlikely (considering past history) we need to move on somewhat from this fear paralysis and accept the virus will be something many of us will get.

And no I’m not a protester - Im proud of my state actually just ready to move on.

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I'm okay with saying no to my kids right now. Eventually we will collectively get a handle on this virus and be able to go out. Right now we're fine to take care of each other and the people we don't even know that we could unwittingly infect. Our neighborhood stood with a family as their baby fought cancer. We shouldn't endanger him now. We have elderly people in nearly every other house who have been our eyes and ears around here when we're at work. We shouldn't endanger them now. Our medical professional friends are taking great precautions to protect their families at the expense of their own family experience. We shouldn't endanger them now. It's hard. It's unfair. I don't have extra money to give the folks who need it so I can only do my tiny part to help. For now, staying home is that part.

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Anonymous wrote:Unlimited screen time, walks with me ...no yard. That’s it.

No yard? Why on earth not?

Because if someone walks, drives, or bikes by and sneezes or coughs and no wind blows or the wind blows and it lands on your hand or face or clothes or hair and you ingest it then you die.

Why do I have to explain everything!

I...no. That's such a hysterical reaction I can't even....No. There's a risk, but it's not remotely at this level of hysteria.

I went to ten virtual funerals this week for Coronavirus...mostly parents of my friends. Before this I have been to two funerals in my life and I am mid-40s. Taking precautions is prudent.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah it's sustainable in my house/yard too. I realize not everyone has a home with privacy and a yard, but if you do, suck it up buttercup.

ya gonna do this for 2 years, "buttercup"?

Who said 2 years. We are 6 weeks into 12. We can do this

Are you so sure that life will go back to normal in 6 weeks?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t live in DC, I live in Oregon now and our curve is beyond flattened. Our hospitals are empty. Everyone here are still acting like they are going to drop dead going on a walk though.

I gave in recently to two friends hanging out. After a few store trips where I had so many ppl around me, it felt super pointless to allow that but not allow a handful of friends (whose families are all at home) esp considering the super low cases in my county.

Kids are almost entirely safe from severe symptoms of coronavirus - when you let them hang out, you are really just endangering the adults in your house. So that’s your decision. I personally am not afraid and think that as we aren’t getting rid of it anytime soon, and vaccine looks unlikely (considering past history) we need to move on somewhat from this fear paralysis and accept the virus will be something many of us will get.

And no I’m not a protester - Im proud of my state actually just ready to move on.

Your about 3 weeks behind in the news or you chose the wrong language. We used to think kids were "almost entirely safe from severe symptoms." Since then kids with no known pre-existing conditions have died. They are less likely than we are to get a severe response and even less likely than their grandparents, but kids absolutely are at risk, they can have permanent damage from this illness and they can die. This goes beyond flu risks.

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12 yo DD's best friend (also 12) lives with us now after he met unfortunate cirumstances. We're allowing all their usual indoor activities like video games, baking and drawing while keeping 10 ft apart from each other. They are allowed to bike ride or walk around the block keeping the same distance rule. I did have to speak to my daughter a week ago after I saw her giving her friend a piggyback ride whille she was out walking with him. But other than that they've stuck to the rules.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t live in DC, I live in Oregon now and our curve is beyond flattened. Our hospitals are empty. Everyone here are still acting like they are going to drop dead going on a walk though.

I gave in recently to two friends hanging out. After a few store trips where I had so many ppl around me, it felt super pointless to allow that but not allow a handful of friends (whose families are all at home) esp considering the super low cases in my county.

Kids are almost entirely safe from severe symptoms of coronavirus - when you let them hang out, you are really just endangering the adults in your house. So that’s your decision. I personally am not afraid and think that as we aren’t getting rid of it anytime soon, and vaccine looks unlikely (considering past history) we need to move on somewhat from this fear paralysis and accept the virus will be something many of us will get.

And no I’m not a protester - Im proud of my state actually just ready to move on.

Your about 3 weeks behind in the news or you chose the wrong language. We used to think kids were "almost entirely safe from severe symptoms." Since then kids with no known pre-existing conditions have died. They are less likely than we are to get a severe response and even less likely than their grandparents, but kids absolutely are at risk, they can have permanent damage from this illness and they can die. This goes beyond flu risks.

Does anyone feel like finding # of pediatric flu deaths for 2019-2020 and pediatric CV deaths for 2019-2020? While I don’t know that this is the case for adults, I am pretty sure it’s going to be lower for CV for kids.

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I HS and 1 college kid. They have done nothing outside of our family group. We walk and ride bikes staying 6 feet from others. 1 family member goes to the store 1x per week and also delivers to parents. They understand that the more everyone does the quicker they can both go back to their lives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess I'm going to sound like an @$$ but I don't understand why this is so difficult. I have three teenagers. They have not left the house since March 15 (or thereabouts), unless it was to go with me to the store for a brief outing, or to go on walks or whatever - with me. They're played basketball outside - with just their siblings. No hanging out with "just one" friend. I don't give a crap if I'm the only one following the rules and their friend's families are not. I'm an adult. I don't base my decisions regarding my children and their safety based on what their friends parents are doing. My kids can tell me I'm mean, I don't really care.

I don’t let my kids go to stores. One friends seems better than that to me.

+1 You seem to feel like you are following all the rules by not letting your kids meet with a friend, yet you take them to the store with you?? Thanks for the laugh.