Anyone else getting more vigilant/more careful as this virus continues?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, I am the opposite. I'm getting ready to let my kids play with another kid in our backyard soon. We've all tested positive for antibodies so that give me a little bit more security. Yes, I know technically it shouldn't, but it does.

How do you know you won't spread it to others? Have you tested negative from the nasal swab? WTF, PP?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No, I am the opposite. I'm getting ready to let my kids play with another kid in our backyard soon. We've all tested positive for antibodies so that give me a little bit more security. Yes, I know technically it shouldn't, but it does.

How do you know you won't spread it to others? Have you tested negative from the nasal swab? WTF, PP?

Because I was sick over 2 months ago. Have been symptom free for over eight weeks. Doctors advise people with positive covid tests they can come out of quarantine 2 weeks after symptoms are gone.

And I am still wearing a mask when I go out. And staying socially distant.

But tell me, please - at what point can I visit with a neighbor from 3 or 4 feet away in a backyard? When can my kid throw a football with a friend? Not until there is a vaccine? When is that magic moment?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm becoming differently vigilant. I'm less worried about disinfecting my deliveries, for example, and more focused on minimizing time indoors with other people. We're still doing basic hygiene -- washing hands any time we return to the house after being outside, for example -- but most focused on avoiding the places and situations that present the highest risk of transmission. I'm more likely to take the stairs and avoid the elevator, but less concerned about someone passing me on the sidewalk outside when we're only close for a second, at most. I don't plan on eating in restaurants or going to the gym any time soon, but there are considering meeting up with people outside with appropriate distance.

Same here!

[Anonymous]

We have followed all the guidelines to date. We have not socialized with anyone.

I went to my friend’s backyard and hung out 10ft apart. I went alone because I did not trust my kids to be able to social distance.

I plan to allow play dates once the stay at home order lifts in June. They will most likely be outdoor play dates with 1-2 kids.

[Anonymous]

We’ll begin to be more careful with groceries and such. With others being less so I am dreading the second wave. Not hyper vigilant, but definitely not going to any block parties. And I’d like to see our older relatives and parents, so will continue to distance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was never very vigilant and getting even less so. Seems like I’m not alone. I suspect this whole thing will blow over in a few months. Not a republican. Just watching. Observing.

Same. I’ve never worn a mask on a walk and now I rarely see them.

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Anonymous wrote:I was never very vigilant and getting even less so. Seems like I’m not alone. I suspect this whole thing will blow over in a few months. Not a republican. Just watching. Observing.

Same. I’ve never worn a mask on a walk and now I rarely see them.

It must vary wildly by neighborhood. One side of ours is near a major road, most are masked; those living deeper into neighborhood tend not to be - but it’s only a difference of three blocks... it seems based more on income than anything else here. Less $$ is more often masked, more $$ less often, but sometimes you’ll see one kid in group with a mask. It’s interesting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You know what? For the last few years there has been a polio-like virus (acute flaccid myelitis) circulating that has paralyzed kids. Doctors don’t know why or how to treat it. The flu also kills 37 to 187 kids per year. These are highly contagious viruses and genuinely dangerous to kids, but we don’t seem to think about them. But talk about COVID toes and a rare inflammatory syndrome that may or may not be coronavirus related and is unlikely to affect your kid, and people are terrified.

My kid actually had acute flaccid myelitis and improbably recovered without residual effects. The acute-onset paralysis reversed itself after a week. The episode came out of nowhere and blindsided us; there was no media coverage really at the point my child got sick and no cluster of cases at that point in the DMV. Nobody talks about this even though there have been hundreds of cases nationwide in the last several years and most kids have lingering effects, including paralysis.

Conversely, every COVID development is breathlessly covered by the media/ social media and you can't escape the subject even if you actively try.

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2019/06/10/666230.full.pdf

https://www.statnews.com/2019/06/14/acute-flaccid-myelitis-possible-cause-paralysis-kids/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My friend is a pediatric nurse in NYC treating kids with this condition and says they are all recovering in a few days and going home. Kawasaki is thought to be caused by viruses so it’s not surprising, no one gave a shit about sending their kids sick to school before not sure why bc it’s COVID related we should stop the world over a rare condition....

It’s almost comical how easily ppl are manipulated by media coverage over this stuff - clearly ppl were getting complacent so they had to rile ppl up to fear status again. And I’m a democrat and didn’t vote for trump, but I’m as embarrassed at the far left panic police as I am the far right COVID deniers

Cool story. Now ask your "friend" about post polio syndrome

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No, I am the opposite. I'm getting ready to let my kids play with another kid in our backyard soon. We've all tested positive for antibodies so that give me a little bit more security. Yes, I know technically it shouldn't, but it does.

How do you know you won't spread it to others? Have you tested negative from the nasal swab? WTF, PP?

Because I was sick over 2 months ago. Have been symptom free for over eight weeks. Doctors advise people with positive covid tests they can come out of quarantine 2 weeks after symptoms are gone.

And I am still wearing a mask when I go out. And staying socially distant.

But tell me, please - at what point can I visit with a neighbor from 3 or 4 feet away in a backyard? When can my kid throw a football with a friend? Not until there is a vaccine? When is that magic moment?

Why would you not assume you had immunity? The consensus opinion would be that you do, it just hasn’t been definitively proven yet.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, I am the opposite. I'm getting ready to let my kids play with another kid in our backyard soon. We've all tested positive for antibodies so that give me a little bit more security. Yes, I know technically it shouldn't, but it does.

How do you know you won't spread it to others? Have you tested negative from the nasal swab? WTF, PP?

Because I was sick over 2 months ago. Have been symptom free for over eight weeks. Doctors advise people with positive covid tests they can come out of quarantine 2 weeks after symptoms are gone.

And I am still wearing a mask when I go out. And staying socially distant.

But tell me, please - at what point can I visit with a neighbor from 3 or 4 feet away in a backyard? When can my kid throw a football with a friend? Not until there is a vaccine? When is that magic moment?

Why would you not assume you had immunity? The consensus opinion would be that you do, it just hasn’t been definitively proven yet.

Apparently other coronaviruses do give lasting immunity so there is some concern that someone who gets this one may be able to get it again. To my knowledge, there's no data right now either way.

But beyond that, we also have no measuring stick to tell whether someone who has antibodies has enough to confer immunity. Qualitative antibody tests (the ones that test titer levels, not presence of antibodies) are used to evaluate whether someone's antibody levels fall at a level that is immune, somewhat immune, or not immune. Those titer level measuring sticks don't exist yet for COVID-19.

As an example .. I had the usual vaccine sequence when I was a kid, but when I was pregnant for the first time and they tested me for immunity to Rubella, my levels were low enough that I was not immune to it. Apparently my body did not create enough long term antibodies in response to that vaccine. So I got to enjoy an MMR alongside my son (and boy that shot is a MFer).

[Anonymous]

I'm more concerned now because it's becoming much more prevalent, doubling times aren't really dropping, and people are relaxing social distancing. I agree with PPs who talk about differently vigilant, though. At least we're learning more about how it does and doesn't spread.

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In the words of Mad-Eye Moody:

“Constant vigilance!”

Wear your mask, wash your hands, socialize outside from a safe distance, and vote for the right team in November: we’ll have a vaccine sooner!

Sorry, but it’s unlikely there will be an effective vaccine under either team.

Trump hater here, but no matter who is in office, they have nothing to do with this vaccine being created. I heard a scientist say yesterday that he’s never seen a vaccine for a novel virus like this, be created in 12-18 months. He said it may take 10 years. Nobody knows, but has nothing to do with presidency. The fact that we weren’t prepared and don’t have testing, yes that’s the president’s fault


I think we all know there won’t be one under trump. I’ll place my vote with the other side.

[Anonymous]

We may never get a vaccine. We are going to just have to take our chances at some point. We can’t live like this forever.

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Anonymous wrote:No, I am the opposite. I'm getting ready to let my kids play with another kid in our backyard soon. We've all tested positive for antibodies so that give me a little bit more security. Yes, I know technically it shouldn't, but it does.

How do you know you won't spread it to others? Have you tested negative from the nasal swab? WTF, PP?

Because I was sick over 2 months ago. Have been symptom free for over eight weeks. Doctors advise people with positive covid tests they can come out of quarantine 2 weeks after symptoms are gone.

And I am still wearing a mask when I go out. And staying socially distant.

But tell me, please - at what point can I visit with a neighbor from 3 or 4 feet away in a backyard? When can my kid throw a football with a friend? Not until there is a vaccine? When is that magic moment?

Why would you not assume you had immunity? The consensus opinion would be that you do, it just hasn’t been definitively proven yet.

Apparently other coronaviruses do give lasting immunity so there is some concern that someone who gets this one may be able to get it again. To my knowledge, there's no data right now either way.

But beyond that, we also have no measuring stick to tell whether someone who has antibodies has enough to confer immunity. Qualitative antibody tests (the ones that test titer levels, not presence of antibodies) are used to evaluate whether someone's antibody levels fall at a level that is immune, somewhat immune, or not immune. Those titer level measuring sticks don't exist yet for COVID-19.

As an example .. I had the usual vaccine sequence when I was a kid, but when I was pregnant for the first time and they tested me for immunity to Rubella, my levels were low enough that I was not immune to it. Apparently my body did not create enough long term antibodies in response to that vaccine. So I got to enjoy an MMR alongside my son (and boy that shot is a MFer).

This is very interesting to me PP. My DD tested positive for COVID earlier this week and the rest of us all tested negative a few days later. We have not been sick though (except that my husband had a fever for one day a week/10 days before my DD had her first symptoms). I want to get us the antibody test as well