Did anyone else NOT see extended family today?

[Anonymous]

We dropped off groceries for my mother in law. Kept six feet away but stayed about half an hour chatting. Feel bad for her as she is all by herself and doesn't go anywhere at all. Must feel lonely.

[Anonymous]

Both sets of our parents are local. We see them regularly because they help with our very small children. We decided early on to have a bubble and otherwise be strict. We had brunch with my mom and evening cocktails with MIL. It was lovely. I’m sure my neighbors all judge me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Me.

Two of my neighbors invited their extended family to their homes. I saw them out of their front porch or their front yard.

Ew. Quit staring at your neighbors and keeping track of what they are doing. My god. Get a life.

[Anonymous]

People keep posting these types of posts to suggest that no one is social distancing anymore. Then 99% of the people say they are still social distancing. I really don’t know what the motivation is but some people continue to try to make it look like no one is respecting the orders anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This whole thing has gotten so extremely out of hand. We are weeks past the peak and most of our areas never saw that many people getting seriously sick anyway.

I saw my mom today. We had a nice family get together (less than 9 of us), outside. None of us feel ill or have been around ill people. We didn't hug each other and maintained a reasonable distance.

At this point the chances of Mom getting sick with the Coronavirus from a visit like this is pretty much slim to none. We broke no rules, we used proper caution and we had fun, too.

What area do you think is weeks past the peak? If you look at actual data for DMV... we are still at the peak. More of a plateau, per se

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Of course we didn't. We're not selfish a-holes like most people apparently are.

Your arm must be exhausted from patting yourself on the back. You found an excuse to not visit your parents and grandparents. Yay, you! I'll bet they feel so loved.....

Yep. The excuse was I don't want them to die.

You really don’t have a firm grasp on statistics, do you?

You don’t seem very smart. There’s a pandemic. My parents are elderly. I have young children who could be asymptomatic. I go to the grocery store and DH has to go into the office every now and then. This thing is spreading like wildfire despite social distancing. My parents weren’t comfortable with me coming to their home anyway and neither was I. Is that strange? Are you all really hanging out with your elderly parents? Presumably the CDC is better at statistics than you, PP, and they are recommending against this. Why are you so mad that your fellow citizens are doing their part? Are you feeling bad about your inability to follow guidelines for the greater good?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This whole thing has gotten so extremely out of hand. We are weeks past the peak and most of our areas never saw that many people getting seriously sick anyway.

I saw my mom today. We had a nice family get together (less than 9 of us), outside. None of us feel ill or have been around ill people. We didn't hug each other and maintained a reasonable distance.

At this point the chances of Mom getting sick with the Coronavirus from a visit like this is pretty much slim to none. We broke no rules, we used proper caution and we had fun, too.

What area do you think is weeks past the peak? If you look at actual data for DMV... we are still at the peak. More of a plateau, per se

+1. Seems like PP isn’t actually looking at the data.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Of course we didn't. We're not selfish a-holes like most people apparently are.

Your arm must be exhausted from patting yourself on the back. You found an excuse to not visit your parents and grandparents. Yay, you! I'll bet they feel so loved.....

PP and many like her prefer being socially distant as a general way of life.

LOL, me staying away from my at-risk parents during a pandemic means I’m cold and uncaring? Well now, don’t we have different views of the world. In case you’re curious, I think people who would visit elderly people during this time are selfish pricks with no grasp on reality and the self control of a 4 year old. It hasn’t been that long.

[Anonymous]

I saw several posts of pics of visits on my feed as well OP. People wearing masks but hugging and arms around each other, holding babies. It sucks. I want to see my family, too. I’d love for someone else to hold my baby for a while.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This whole thing has gotten so extremely out of hand. We are weeks past the peak and most of our areas never saw that many people getting seriously sick anyway.

I saw my mom today. We had a nice family get together (less than 9 of us), outside. None of us feel ill or have been around ill people. We didn't hug each other and maintained a reasonable distance.

At this point the chances of Mom getting sick with the Coronavirus from a visit like this is pretty much slim to none. We broke no rules, we used proper caution and we had fun, too.

What area do you think is weeks past the peak? If you look at actual data for DMV... we are still at the peak. More of a plateau, per se

Thank you! DMV has some of the highest rates and not yet declining! Why do people think they're safer NOW, with tens of thousands of cases in the area, than in late March, when there were hundreds?

And "none of us feel ill or have been around ill people." FFS. When they test closed groups (like cruise ships), the MAJORITY of COVID carriers are asymptomatic.

[Anonymous]

My parents are cautious and made it clear that they did not plan to get together even before I could suggest it probably wasn't a good idea.

[Anonymous]

I saw VERY little of this on my Facebook feed, which spans the US. But I did get to see pics of my cousin (who's been out and about with an "essential worker" live-in boyfriend who splits custody of his kids with yet another household) and my aunt (not my cousin's mother, a MAGA "don't tread on me") snuggling up to my grandmother, who is 91 and on 24/7 oxygen. Did I mention there are other photos of my cousin with her boyfriend's mother, that same day?

This is in the panhandle of WV, so <1 hour from MD, VA and PA, and about 2 hours from DC.

Really wanted to vaguebook "At least I know when Grandma dies, it won't be my fault." But that's not really vague enough, is it?

[Anonymous]

By the way, I don't think there will be a spike, at least not in the DMV, because I don't think there are enough people who did this to make a big difference in any direction, considering, you know, that we're still essentially at our peak.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We dropped off groceries for my mother in law. Kept six feet away but stayed about half an hour chatting. Feel bad for her as she is all by herself and doesn't go anywhere at all. Must feel lonely.

All of this. I dropped off groceries / dinner for my mother. It wasn't a "cheat" day, been shopping for her since March. Then I spent the rest of the day begging my brother's family not to take her out to a crowded local restaurant to eat. Getting that "I can't do this much longer, I'm going crazy...." feeling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I did not see my mom today and I would not because I have no interest in killing her. But I did post a picture of her and my dad and it’s possible people may have drawn from that that I saw her today

Yes, OP, are you sure you aren’t seeing pics of other celebrations from another time? We have not seen anyone but if we were going to cheat, it would not be to see anyone older!!!