Elrich: We will have fewer activities open @ beginning of this summer than last summer

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I absolutely agree with a cautious approach.

And if a few kids commit suicide because we’re telling them to stay in their houses all summer, who cares right?

Who is saying kids have to stay in their houses this summer? Kids in my neighborhood are outside playing, not near unrelated adults, right now. Are many people dealing with mental health issues, yes.

Stop exaggerating, we are tired of hearing it.

And I’m tired of people acting like this year is comparable to last year, despite the fact that we have over a million people in this state vaccinated and are giving 15,000 people their first show and 20,000 people their second shot every single day.

That is very little and no kids are vaccinated. And, we don't know if the vaccines are long term and many other issues.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Chill out, people. He probably means indoor dining and bars. Last year we were opening indoor bars and Elrich caught enough flak for saying stop serving alcohol after 10pm (which caused people to congregate, maskless). Bars and clubs (indoors) present the highest risk because of there’d be crowds of young (unvaccinated) people packed against each other.

Outdoor activities will be fine. Just chill.

Limiting hours does not limit poor behavior.

And that’s probably why Elrich wants to start with fewer activities. He probably won’t open indoor nightlife (at all). Sucks but it makes sense.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I absolutely agree with a cautious approach.

And if a few kids commit suicide because we’re telling them to stay in their houses all summer, who cares right?

Who is saying kids have to stay in their houses this summer? Kids in my neighborhood are outside playing, not near unrelated adults, right now. Are many people dealing with mental health issues, yes.

Stop exaggerating, we are tired of hearing it.

+1. So very sick of the manipulative, gross, op-ed driven Play the Teen Suicide Card posts. Disgusting.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I absolutely agree with a cautious approach.

And if a few kids commit suicide because we’re telling them to stay in their houses all summer, who cares right?

Calm your tits. No one said stay in the house. You do know that kids can ride bikes, go for hikes, swim, play kickball or jump rope outdoors, outside of the context of organized sports?

Oh wait...your kids only get outside when there are carpool, referees and designated crap snacks involved.

Oh STFU.

My kid isn’t even in any organized sports. She’s been in preschool this entire time, so she’s gotten plenty of socialization, and she plays outside otherwise.

I’m pushing back against the people on this thread who think 2021 is at all comparable to 2020, when we had ZERO vaccines. It’s just asinine.

What's asinine is you trying to play the "kid suicide" card when...NO ONE IS REQUIRED TO STAY INSIDE, AND NEVER HAS BEEN. And yours has been in preschool, so WTF? Shut up and live your privileged life. Bye.

My privileged life, being an essential worker who has been in person this entire time? Sure. What privilege.

Show me exactly when and where people were required to stay inside. I'm all ears.

Show me how Elrich is being guided by “the science” in his decision-making. I’ll wait.

Nope. You answer first. "Shoe me exactly when and where people were required to stay inside."

Come on. Tap tap. We're all waiting.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I absolutely agree with a cautious approach.

And if a few kids commit suicide because we’re telling them to stay in their houses all summer, who cares right?

Calm your tits. No one said stay in the house. You do know that kids can ride bikes, go for hikes, swim, play kickball or jump rope outdoors, outside of the context of organized sports?

Oh wait...your kids only get outside when there are carpool, referees and designated crap snacks involved.

Oh STFU.

My kid isn’t even in any organized sports. She’s been in preschool this entire time, so she’s gotten plenty of socialization, and she plays outside otherwise.

I’m pushing back against the people on this thread who think 2021 is at all comparable to 2020, when we had ZERO vaccines. It’s just asinine.

What's asinine is you trying to play the "kid suicide" card when...NO ONE IS REQUIRED TO STAY INSIDE, AND NEVER HAS BEEN. And yours has been in preschool, so WTF? Shut up and live your privileged life. Bye.

My privileged life, being an essential worker who has been in person this entire time? Sure. What privilege.

Show me exactly when and where people were required to stay inside. I'm all ears.

Show me how Elrich is being guided by “the science” in his decision-making. I’ll wait.

Nope. You answer first. "Shoe me exactly when and where people were required to stay inside."

Come on. Tap tap. We're all waiting.

*Show, obviously. But stop with the juvenile deflection tactics and give an actual answer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The people who can’t see the difference between summer 2021 and summer 2020 have the critical thinking skills of a snail.

DCUM is an incredibly risk-averse group.

OP, you're not going to get any support here. There are people on DCUM who haven't done their own shopping in a year.

I think secretly a lot of them are hoping for everything to fall apart. You see their gleeful threads on there about all the fun they're having at home (translation: not having to go into the office).

[Anonymous]

C’mon down the beltway to Virginia, Northam is going to remove a lot of the outdoor gathering limits in April supposedly and summer camps are a go already!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I absolutely agree with a cautious approach.

And if a few kids commit suicide because we’re telling them to stay in their houses all summer, who cares right?

Who is saying kids have to stay in their houses this summer? Kids in my neighborhood are outside playing, not near unrelated adults, right now. Are many people dealing with mental health issues, yes.

Stop exaggerating, we are tired of hearing it.

And I’m tired of people acting like this year is comparable to last year, despite the fact that we have over a million people in this state vaccinated and are giving 15,000 people their first show and 20,000 people their second shot every single day.

That is very little and no kids are vaccinated. And, we don't know if the vaccines are long term and many other issues.

So then what’s your proposal?

[Anonymous]

Thanks guys! Got my popcorn going for the fighting...
I’m happy to start slow this summer

[Anonymous]

While your kids are borderline suicidal (eye-roll), my kids will be:

-Going to our neighborhood pool, which was open from June-October last summer

-Going to the zoo, which was open last summer

-Biking and trampolines and sidewalk chalk and playing tag and all sorts of neighborhood outdoor fun, just like last spring/summer

-Going to a fully sanitized beach house with grandparents with socially distanced protocols and a few changes to how we interact, just like last summer; this time, with all adults vaccinated

-Enjoying take-out nights and BBQ nights on our back deck, which my kids like better than restaurants anyway, just like last spring/summer.

-Being the kind of flexible, low-key, happy kids who are thrilled by a Popsicle and a sprinkler in the back yard, just like last summer.

I mean, sorry your kids were locked on the house for no reason :shrug:

-Going to Jug Bay, Allen Pond, Watkins Park, Patapsco Valley and numerous other hiking trails and parks, just like last spring/summer

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I absolutely agree with a cautious approach.

And if a few kids commit suicide because we’re telling them to stay in their houses all summer, who cares right?

Who is saying kids have to stay in their houses this summer? Kids in my neighborhood are outside playing, not near unrelated adults, right now. Are many people dealing with mental health issues, yes.

Stop exaggerating, we are tired of hearing it.

And I’m tired of people acting like this year is comparable to last year, despite the fact that we have over a million people in this state vaccinated and are giving 15,000 people their first show and 20,000 people their second shot every single day.

That is very little and no kids are vaccinated. And, we don't know if the vaccines are long term and many other issues.

So then what’s your proposal?

We are waiting it out. Simple.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I absolutely agree with a cautious approach.

And if a few kids commit suicide because we’re telling them to stay in their houses all summer, who cares right?

Who is saying kids have to stay in their houses this summer? Kids in my neighborhood are outside playing, not near unrelated adults, right now. Are many people dealing with mental health issues, yes.

Stop exaggerating, we are tired of hearing it.

And I’m tired of people acting like this year is comparable to last year, despite the fact that we have over a million people in this state vaccinated and are giving 15,000 people their first show and 20,000 people their second shot every single day.

That is very little and no kids are vaccinated. And, we don't know if the vaccines are long term and many other issues.

So then what’s your proposal?

We are waiting it out. Simple.

You're going to keep your kids home until they are vaccinated?

That's just cruel. Cleary you haven't actually looked at the risks of COVID in kids if you think that is at all rational.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I absolutely agree with a cautious approach.

And if a few kids commit suicide because we’re telling them to stay in their houses all summer, who cares right?

Who is saying kids have to stay in their houses this summer? Kids in my neighborhood are outside playing, not near unrelated adults, right now. Are many people dealing with mental health issues, yes.

Stop exaggerating, we are tired of hearing it.

And I’m tired of people acting like this year is comparable to last year, despite the fact that we have over a million people in this state vaccinated and are giving 15,000 people their first show and 20,000 people their second shot every single day.

That is very little and no kids are vaccinated. And, we don't know if the vaccines are long term and many other issues.

So then what’s your proposal?

We are waiting it out. Simple.

You're going to keep your kids home until they are vaccinated?

That's just cruel. Cleary you haven't actually looked at the risks of COVID in kids if you think that is at all rational.

NP. No, dummy. Because we are creative, resourceful, and flexible, we do way outdoor things, again, some more, like the list that follows. I'm sorry you are an incompetent parent if you can't easily think up:

-Going to our neighborhood pool, which was open from June-October last summer

-Going to the zoo, which was open last summer

-Biking and trampolines and sidewalk chalk and playing tag and all sorts of neighborhood outdoor fun, just like last spring/summer

-Going to a fully sanitized beach house with grandparents with socially distanced protocols and a few changes to how we interact, just like last summer; this time, with all adults vaccinated

-Enjoying take-out nights and BBQ nights on our back deck, which my kids like better than restaurants anyway, just like last spring/summer.

-Being the kind of flexible, low-key, happy kids who are thrilled by a Popsicle and a sprinkler in the back yard, just like last summer.

-Going to Jug Bay, Allen Pond, Watkins Park, Patapsco Valley and numerous other hiking trails and parks, just like last spring/summer

[Anonymous]

What a moronic petty tyrant. These people are really changing my politics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I absolutely agree with a cautious approach.

And if a few kids commit suicide because we’re telling them to stay in their houses all summer, who cares right?

Who is saying kids have to stay in their houses this summer? Kids in my neighborhood are outside playing, not near unrelated adults, right now. Are many people dealing with mental health issues, yes.

Stop exaggerating, we are tired of hearing it.

And I’m tired of people acting like this year is comparable to last year, despite the fact that we have over a million people in this state vaccinated and are giving 15,000 people their first show and 20,000 people their second shot every single day.

That is very little and no kids are vaccinated. And, we don't know if the vaccines are long term and many other issues.

So then what’s your proposal?

We are waiting it out. Simple.

You're going to keep your kids home until they are vaccinated?

That's just cruel. Cleary you haven't actually looked at the risks of COVID in kids if you think that is at all rational.

NP. No, dummy. Because we are creative, resourceful, and flexible, we do way outdoor things, again, some more, like the list that follows. I'm sorry you are an incompetent parent if you can't easily think up:

-Going to our neighborhood pool, which was open from June-October last summer

-Going to the zoo, which was open last summer

-Biking and trampolines and sidewalk chalk and playing tag and all sorts of neighborhood outdoor fun, just like last spring/summer

-Going to a fully sanitized beach house with grandparents with socially distanced protocols and a few changes to how we interact, just like last summer; this time, with all adults vaccinated

-Enjoying take-out nights and BBQ nights on our back deck, which my kids like better than restaurants anyway, just like last spring/summer.

-Being the kind of flexible, low-key, happy kids who are thrilled by a Popsicle and a sprinkler in the back yard, just like last summer.

-Going to Jug Bay, Allen Pond, Watkins Park, Patapsco Valley and numerous other hiking trails and parks, just like last spring/summer

Do you really think the "waiting it out" pp is going to go to a community pool or the zoo? And what if you don't have money, or the time off from work, to rent your own beach house for a week? That's a completely different kind of "resourceful."