Did anyone else NOT see extended family today?

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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?

I am following social distance guidelines. Of course the CDC will recommend staying at home. But once again, statistically the risk is very very VERY low. Your dramatics about not wanting your parents to die show me that you really don’t grasp that.

DP but the risk of dying from covid in my parents’ age group is 13.4% using case fatality rates for their age group so far. Yes, that assumes they could even get the virus from us (highly unlikely since we’ve been isolating ourselves well) but if they did manage to get the virus from us somehow, they’d have a 13.4% chance of dying from it...and an even higher chance of getting seriously ill. That is not a risk I’m willing to take.

You can mitigate your risks to near zero. But you are not willing to do that for your own parents.

[Anonymous]

My parents are local. I went over by myself and dropped off some gifts and sat in their backyard a good 10 feet apart from them for about an hour and chatted. I did not enter their home. That was it.

I didn’t post about it on FB because I hate Facebook, but I’m not going to apologize or think I did anything wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:I saw photos on FB. They were either older photos or photos where the family was sitting/standing 6 feet apart. But it won't surprise me if many people got together yesterday.

People aren't going to post photos of real get togethers because they don't want to risk the wrath of the Coronavirus police. Who the heck wants to be "contact traced"?

Um, people who care about public health? Being "contact traced" isn't torture, after all -- it's literally finding out who an infected person was in contact with so they can be notified. If you're willing to violate public health orders, you should own it. You're not afraid of suffocating in your own bloody lung fluids, or of causing someone else to, but you're afraid of some social opprobrium on FB?

[Anonymous]

We sat in my parents backyard at least 6 or more feet away from them and chatted. The kids ran around the backyard and did not get close to their grandparents. I brought the kids their own water bottles and a few snacks so there was no need for sharing or anything. It was wonderful and we don’t feel like we did anything wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:My parents are local. I went over by myself and dropped off some gifts and sat in their backyard a good 10 feet apart from them for about an hour and chatted. I did not enter their home. That was it.

I didn’t post about it on FB because I hate Facebook, but I’m not going to apologize or think I did anything wrong.

This is and has always has been allowable. Don’t let these quarantine freaks make you think otherwise.

[Anonymous]

We video chatted with ILs (local) and my parents (distant). My dad dropped flowers on his mom's porch. I don't know anybody who saw their parents in person yesterday.

We did it for social distancing but I admit it was nice to have Mother's Day at home for once, instead of visiting.

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Anonymous wrote:I saw photos on FB. They were either older photos or photos where the family was sitting/standing 6 feet apart. But it won't surprise me if many people got together yesterday.

People aren't going to post photos of real get togethers because they don't want to risk the wrath of the Coronavirus police. Who the heck wants to be "contact traced"?

Um, people who care about public health? Being "contact traced" isn't torture, after all -- it's literally finding out who an infected person was in contact with so they can be notified. If you're willing to violate public health orders, you should own it. You're not afraid of suffocating in your own bloody lung fluids, or of causing someone else to, but you're afraid of some social opprobrium on FB?

There are no public health orders to not see your parents for God's sake. You are actually ALLOWED to go to a restaurant brunch in some states now. We weren't breaking the law or doing anything wrong. The crazy Coronavirus police with their own insane "rules" are the ones who are behaving in a mentally unstable way.

People are allowed to have small gatherings. And they don't need your permission or your o.k. to have them.

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Anonymous wrote:My parents are local. I went over by myself and dropped off some gifts and sat in their backyard a good 10 feet apart from them for about an hour and chatted. I did not enter their home. That was it.

I didn’t post about it on FB because I hate Facebook, but I’m not going to apologize or think I did anything wrong.

This is and has always has been allowable. Don’t let these quarantine freaks make you think otherwise.

Oh, I know. That’s why I wrote that I am not going to apologize. I can’t imagine being so wrapped up in what others do or don’t do or the “sacrifice” you are making by not seeing your loved ones at a social distance if you want to. Typical DCUM competition to see who can be the biggest martyr.

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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?

I am following social distance guidelines. Of course the CDC will recommend staying at home. But once again, statistically the risk is very very VERY low. Your dramatics about not wanting your parents to die show me that you really don’t grasp that.

DP but the risk of dying from covid in my parents’ age group is 13.4% using case fatality rates for their age group so far. Yes, that assumes they could even get the virus from us (highly unlikely since we’ve been isolating ourselves well) but if they did manage to get the virus from us somehow, they’d have a 13.4% chance of dying from it...and an even higher chance of getting seriously ill. That is not a risk I’m willing to take.

You can mitigate your risks to near zero. But you are not willing to do that for your own parents.

Stfu. My parents don’t live locally so I can’t see them right now anyway without either a (not nonstop) flight or a long drive w multiple stops. So that’s not happening safely. You know nothing about me to have the ability to say what I’m willing to do for my parents.

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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.

Almost all your “facts” in this are untrue. In the SC region, we are still weeks from peak infection. And, in fact, most people who get Covid 19 get it from someone in their household. Your mom will probably be fine, and I hope she is, but you just put her at totally unnecessary risk.

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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?

I am following social distance guidelines. Of course the CDC will recommend staying at home. But once again, statistically the risk is very very VERY low. Your dramatics about not wanting your parents to die show me that you really don’t grasp that.

Is it really spreading like wildfire? I don't know anyone who knows anyone that's been infected...no one! Not a family member, friend, coworker, neighborhood, old college friend...not a single person that I know.
DP but the risk of dying from covid in my parents’ age group is 13.4% using case fatality rates for their age group so far. Yes, that assumes they could even get the virus from us (highly unlikely since we’ve been isolating ourselves well) but if they did manage to get the virus from us somehow, they’d have a 13.4% chance of dying from it...and an even higher chance of getting seriously ill. That is not a risk I’m willing to take.

You can mitigate your risks to near zero. But you are not willing to do that for your own parents.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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?

I am following social distance guidelines. Of course the CDC will recommend staying at home. But once again, statistically the risk is very very VERY low. Your dramatics about not wanting your parents to die show me that you really don’t grasp that.

Is it really spreading like wildfire? I don't know anyone who knows anyone that's been infected...no one! Not a family member, friend, coworker, neighborhood, old college friend...not a single person that I know.
DP but the risk of dying from covid in my parents’ age group is 13.4% using case fatality rates for their age group so far. Yes, that assumes they could even get the virus from us (highly unlikely since we’ve been isolating ourselves well) but if they did manage to get the virus from us somehow, they’d have a 13.4% chance of dying from it...and an even higher chance of getting seriously ill. That is not a risk I’m willing to take.

You can mitigate your risks to near zero. But you are not willing to do that for your own parents.

NP. I have a relative abroad who died from it, and a friend's parent died from it near DC--both in their 60s. My mom doesn't live in the area, but will not be putting her at risk from exposure to my family during this pandemic. My mom is a retired nurse, so she gets it.

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We did. My parents came over and we ate outside. I put food on the screened in porch so we we took turns being in there and sat at other ends of our table. Is there a slight risk from this. Yes. But my mom also goes the the grocery every week. I think we were safe. No hugs or touching.

[Anonymous]

We saw one set of grandparents via facetime and visited the other granny through the glass at assisted living. I don't know anyone who had in-person visits. Lots of states are still surging, so I hope people use common sense.

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PP. My father is a retired emergency room doctor. And he didn’t have a problem with what we did.