Are you letting your teen have a friend over to hang out for a bit?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. You need to make hard choices and sacrifices for the greater good. You also need to protect your children.

I’m proud that my family is making the harder choice to social distance. Some people don’t have the option to do the right thing (health care aides in nursing homes with families at home; nurses, doctors, hospital staffs; grocery store workers, mail carriers, cops...) Those of us who have the option should stay home and away from other people because essential workers can’t. It’s the only way to flatten the curve.

No hysteria here. Just social responsibility.

THIS

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Oh, my good God. The level of overreaction and hysteria on this board is out of control. We are not under a national quarantine. We’ve been asked to limit gatherings to 10 people or less. Yes, this is serious but some of you people need to take your anti-anxiety meds and stay away from DCUM for a while.

Yes, I’ve heard of people who haven’t left their houses for two weeks now. And this board is a feedback loop increasing the posters’ anxiety.

Take reasonable precautions, sure, but don’t bury yourself in fear. This virus isn’t a risk for your children, and if you’re a healthy adult, it’s not much of a threat to you, either. The average age of people who have died of this in Italy is almost 80.

We’re taking our kids to play with their cousins this afternoon. Life goes on.

I am in the Midwest now, and this is how many people are going about life.

Cutting way down on social interaction, but not cutting it off. I am not breaking any laws and am following the 6 feet rule. I am still walking with friends, getting my teen out once a day to a store so he can move around, etc.

You need to get on Twitter to hear the stories of people struggling with Coronavirus. Just because people aren't dying doesn't mean it's a cakewalk. I've seen fainting, hallucinations, panicked calls with 104 degree fever, etc.

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Anonymous wrote: Yes, mostly elderly people are dying but Children’s Hospital has a frightening number of otherwise healthy children on respiratory-assistance.

Do you have a source for this? Because this goes against everything I’ve read so far.

Many sources. It’s been all over the news. Just do a news search.

Did a search on Google. Not finding your level of hysteria to be accurate. Yes, some children get it. It's a very small amount, and in the U.S., they aren't even sure if what the have is coronavirus, becaues of the lack of tests.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Yes, mostly elderly people are dying but Children’s Hospital has a frightening number of otherwise healthy children on respiratory-assistance.

Do you have a source for this? Because this goes against everything I’ve read so far.

Many sources. It’s been all over the news. Just do a news search.

So far, there’s one 8 year old in DC who has been diagnosed with the virus. I don’t know the number in Maryland or Virginia, but given that we’ve only had a few hundred cases around here, total, I find it hard to believe that Children’s is inundated with kids from this.

The only news I found about Children’s relates to one kid and one doctor being infected.

[Anonymous]

pp @ 12:28...I failed to mention that many of these are people in 20s and 30s.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Yes, mostly elderly people are dying but Children’s Hospital has a frightening number of otherwise healthy children on respiratory-assistance.

Do you have a source for this? Because this goes against everything I’ve read so far.

Many sources. It’s been all over the news. Just do a news search.

Did a search on Google. Not finding your level of hysteria to be accurate. Yes, some children get it. It's a very small amount, and in the U.S., they aren't even sure if what the have is coronavirus, becaues of the lack of tests.

NP here. It’s not hysteria, it’s fact. Try a news search.

[Anonymous]

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You need to get on Twitter to hear the stories of people struggling with Coronavirus. Just because people aren't dying doesn't mean it's a cakewalk. I've seen fainting, hallucinations, panicked calls with 104 degree fever, etc.

You really shouldn’t rely on Twitter for medical information.

And the people who are posting the worst stories are very self-selecting.The large majority of infected people who have mild to moderate symptoms aren’t posting, because there’s nothing interesting about their story.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No. You need to make hard choices and sacrifices for the greater good. You also need to protect your children.

I’m proud that my family is making the harder choice to social distance. Some people don’t have the option to do the right thing (health care aides in nursing homes with families at home; nurses, doctors, hospital staffs; grocery store workers, mail carriers, cops...) Those of us who have the option should stay home and away from other people because essential workers can’t. It’s the only way to flatten the curve.

No hysteria here. Just social responsibility.

THIS

I feel like the concept of sacrificing for the greater good is separating the faux-liberals from the true liberals. If you cannot social-distance for the greater good for a few weeks, you are not a liberal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. You need to make hard choices and sacrifices for the greater good. You also need to protect your children.

I’m proud that my family is making the harder choice to social distance. Some people don’t have the option to do the right thing (health care aides in nursing homes with families at home; nurses, doctors, hospital staffs; grocery store workers, mail carriers, cops...) Those of us who have the option should stay home and away from other people because essential workers can’t. It’s the only way to flatten the curve.

No hysteria here. Just social responsibility.

THIS

I feel like the concept of sacrificing for the greater good is separating the faux-liberals from the true liberals. If you cannot social-distance for the greater good for a few weeks, you are not a liberal.

Oh, please. This is not a political issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel like the concept of sacrificing for the greater good is separating the faux-liberals from the true liberals. If you cannot social-distance for the greater good for a few weeks, you are not a liberal.

Don’t dislocate your shoulder patting yourself on the back.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

You need to get on Twitter to hear the stories of people struggling with Coronavirus. Just because people aren't dying doesn't mean it's a cakewalk. I've seen fainting, hallucinations, panicked calls with 104 degree fever, etc.

You really shouldn’t rely on Twitter for medical information.

And the people who are posting the worst stories are very self-selecting.The large majority of infected people who have mild to moderate symptoms aren’t posting, because there’s nothing interesting about their story.

WTF - how is reading stories relying on Twitter for medical information. Yeah, I'm sure they're self selecting because they want to get out information that is not being otherwise reported and to warn people that it's not necessarily easy if you get it. Why should those stories not be as believable as the folks who say they are asymptomatic? They're all over Twitter too. Do you only want to hear those stories to help you justify letting your kids hang out with friends all day. It's a gamble, that's what the stories on both sides prove. Some are clearly more willing to take it, while others are not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. You need to make hard choices and sacrifices for the greater good. You also need to protect your children.

I’m proud that my family is making the harder choice to social distance. Some people don’t have the option to do the right thing (health care aides in nursing homes with families at home; nurses, doctors, hospital staffs; grocery store workers, mail carriers, cops...) Those of us who have the option should stay home and away from other people because essential workers can’t. It’s the only way to flatten the curve.

No hysteria here. Just social responsibility.

THIS

I feel like the concept of sacrificing for the greater good is separating the faux-liberals from the true liberals. If you cannot social-distance for the greater good for a few weeks, you are not a liberal.

Oh, please. This is not a political issue.

Yes, it actually is a political issue. It’s about who you are when your comfort level is being tested. It’s about real social responsibility. And to quoten old movie, “people are their principals”.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like the concept of sacrificing for the greater good is separating the faux-liberals from the true liberals. If you cannot social-distance for the greater good for a few weeks, you are not a liberal.

Don’t dislocate your shoulder patting yourself on the back.

Why not? Why not pat yourself on the back for doing something that clearly you can’t do?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

You need to get on Twitter to hear the stories of people struggling with Coronavirus. Just because people aren't dying doesn't mean it's a cakewalk. I've seen fainting, hallucinations, panicked calls with 104 degree fever, etc.

You really shouldn’t rely on Twitter for medical information.

And the people who are posting the worst stories are very self-selecting.The large majority of infected people who have mild to moderate symptoms aren’t posting, because there’s nothing interesting about their story.

WTF - how is reading stories relying on Twitter for medical information. Yeah, I'm sure they're self selecting because they want to get out information that is not being otherwise reported and to warn people that it's not necessarily easy if you get it. Why should those stories not be as believable as the folks who say they are asymptomatic? They're all over Twitter too. Do you only want to hear those stories to help you justify letting your kids hang out with friends all day. It's a gamble, that's what the stories on both sides prove. Some are clearly more willing to take it, while others are not.

My point is that you shouldn’t rely on Twitter stories to decide what is a typical situation for someone who gets this virus. What is typical depends on your age and whether you have underlying health issues.

I agree with you, it’s a risk. But, adults can make their own decisions as to what risks to take. For the average, healthy adult, completely locking yourself away from other people isn’t really needed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. You need to make hard choices and sacrifices for the greater good. You also need to protect your children.

I’m proud that my family is making the harder choice to social distance. Some people don’t have the option to do the right thing (health care aides in nursing homes with families at home; nurses, doctors, hospital staffs; grocery store workers, mail carriers, cops...) Those of us who have the option should stay home and away from other people because essential workers can’t. It’s the only way to flatten the curve.

No hysteria here. Just social responsibility.

THIS

I feel like the concept of sacrificing for the greater good is separating the faux-liberals from the true liberals. If you cannot social-distance for the greater good for a few weeks, you are not a liberal.

Oh, please. This is not a political issue.

Yes, it is. Either you care about your fellow citizens or you don’t. Don’t pretend you care if you can’t say no to your 15 yr old whine to have a friend over.