Why are you people traveling now?!

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Anonymous wrote:I am going to U.S. Open, The finals. Sue me, Karen.

Hope you’re vaccinated.

Of course, I am vaccinated. Moderna. U.S Open requires only vaccinated enter main courts. Asking for proof too.

This is new - which is why I checked. They just changed their policy yesterday.

Yes. Got the e-mail yesterday. The GOAT is trying to get the 21 Grandslams and a calendar hear slams. Just in case, we got the tickets. Too bad Fed and Nadal are not competing and trying to do the same. That would make it the most epic tennis tournament ever.

Barf. Please tell me we are not calling him that.

We sure are. He is the GOAT. Why are you a hater?

He is tacky, has poor gamesmanship, and lacks any humility. His entourage is the worst. Completely classless. Tennis is not nascar or the wwf.

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Anonymous wrote:I am going to U.S. Open, The finals. Sue me, Karen.

Hope you’re vaccinated.

Of course, I am vaccinated. Moderna. U.S Open requires only vaccinated enter main courts. Asking for proof too.

This is new - which is why I checked. They just changed their policy yesterday.

Yes. Got the e-mail yesterday. The GOAT is trying to get the 21 Grandslams and a calendar hear slams. Just in case, we got the tickets. Too bad Fed and Nadal are not competing and trying to do the same. That would make it the most epic tennis tournament ever.

Barf. Please tell me we are not calling him that.

We sure are. He is the GOAT. Why are you a hater?

He is tacky, has poor gamesmanship, and lacks any humility. His entourage is the worst. Completely classless. Tennis is not nascar or the wwf.

What a snob! He is actually a really nice person, and he has humility. You are just upset that he has taken over your favorite, Federer most likely.

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously. People had all summer to travel. Those who are doing it now are ruining school and putting kids’ health in serious jeopardy.

This is how I feel. Travel all you want if you’re not sending you’re kids to school. But now!? F— off.

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We’re hosting a get together over the Labor Day break. No one is local, so most of the family are driving, and a couple is flying in. As for why now, we planned this back in May, to coincide with a long weekend, and giving everyone adequate time to plan. My dad passed away in March, mom is visiting us now (she lives outside the country), and the idea is for us to get together to celebrate his life, and for the family to visit with mom as well. Earlier/later timelines wouldn’t have worked.

Everyone is vaccinated, except my 11 year old.

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously. People had all summer to travel. Those who are doing it now are ruining school and putting kids’ health in serious jeopardy.

Most people who booked end of summer travel booked it back when Covid numbers looked great. No one knew the antivaxers were going to screw us all. I don’t judge the travelers. I’m thankfully I traveled in June, but that was just luck.

+1, and also we traveled this past week because that's when the younger kids' preschool was closed. I have limited vacation time. I'm not going to take a week of in June and then need to take another week in August because the school is closed. We take vacation the week the school is closed, and that was last week. And we booked it back in May, the day after getting our first covid shots.

But absolutely risk picking something up and potentially needing to quarantine two weeks upon returning. Mkay.

Mkay unless I am ill, I can work from home during quarantine. Anyway, we didn't fly; we drove 3 hours. As others have said we've been cooped up for a year and a half. That's a long time for most people. It's a long part of my small kids' life. This could go on for another 3-4 years and what, then I'll have a 10 year old and 7 year olds who have never seen the beach, never been to relatives' houses, never done anything except attend school in a mask? No thanks. My now 7 year old has a friend whose parents did just that. We saw them for the first time a few days ago, outside at a park. The father said it was the first time they'd let the kids leave their yard since covid started. That is criminal in my opinion. And the friend didn't remember DS (who remembered him well as they were in school together for 4.5 years) and didn't speak to anyone when spoken to. It was so sad.

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously. People had all summer to travel. Those who are doing it now are ruining school and putting kids’ health in serious jeopardy.

This is how I feel. Travel all you want if you’re not sending you’re kids to school. But now!? F— off.

In other words, it's ok for you to travel when convenient for you, but not for others to travel when convenient for them. These last couple weeks are convenient for a lot of folks. So, you F-- off.

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All of the type A anxious types love that they can use Covid as an excuse to try to control other people. And hate that people are ignoring them.

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously. People had all summer to travel. Those who are doing it now are ruining school and putting kids’ health in serious jeopardy.

This is how I feel. Travel all you want if you’re not sending you’re kids to school. But now!? F— off.

In other words, it's ok for you to travel when convenient for you, but not for others to travel when convenient for them. These last couple weeks are convenient for a lot of folks. So, you F-- off.

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We travelled to see family this summer. DS has Grandparents who are declining and we were not putting off seeing them any longer. All of the adults were vaccinated and we followed the proper protocols. No dining indoors in restaurants and mostly outdoor dining even at family homes. No one wanted to get sick or get anyone else sick. But all of the trips required plane flights, it was what it was. All of these were trips that were cancelled in 2020 because of COVID.

And we made great memories with cousins, Grandparents, and each other. Was there a risk? Yup but we did our best to mitigate those risks. We were back 10 days before school started, not really planned that way but how it worked out, so we had time to make sure DS was ok before heading back to school.

We also carried bear spray on our hikes in the National Parks because there were lots of active bears. Risk mitigation in all areas of our lives!

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously. People had all summer to travel. Those who are doing it now are ruining school and putting kids’ health in serious jeopardy.

This is how I feel. Travel all you want if you’re not sending you’re kids to school. But now!? F— off.

In other words, it's ok for you to travel when convenient for you, but not for others to travel when convenient for them. These last couple weeks are convenient for a lot of folks. So, you F-- off.

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Yep. “The only acceptable choice for you is making the same choice as I did.”

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The rationalizing is exquisite.

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Anonymous wrote:We are not traveling anywhere but how do you think that’s more risky than eating in the school cafeteria? We went to the Florida beaches for two weeks this summer and I’m far more worried about their exposure in school. We had control during the trip. We don’t there.

Because an education is necessary on every level, and worth a bit of risk.

Going to the beach is not.

See the difference?

No. Because I don’t think going to a beach is risky at all. So I’m not worried about that. I’m worried about my kid eating in the cafeteria with 100+ other maskless unvaxxed kids. It doesn’t matter if education is necessary. It’s still riskier.

You didn’t simply go to the beach, you went to Florida.

Yes. I did. You should try it too. There are many lovely beaches a lot less crowded than OBX or Delaware.

We went two weeks ago to Florida so the kids could see the grandparents. Wife and I spent 5 days at a great resort while the kids had a blast with my parents.

It was great to be away from the scared, anxiety-ridden people in the DC area.

Back to school tomorrow.

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Anonymous wrote:The rationalizing is exquisite.

Lol well I’m vaccinated and managed to avoid Covid so far in my low risk but not zero risk activities- so I would say I’m doing pretty well. I have been rationalizing correctly

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Anonymous wrote:Absurd mom we were in daycare with until just recently (they are now going into K at a different school and using different aftercare, thank God) posts this morning one of those over-the-top “We surprised our kids with Disney tickets” videos. Enjoy getting COVID right before school, and spreading it to others. You freaking morons.

Kid's medical school white coat ceremony. I feel like we have to be there.

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Anonymous wrote:MYOB

There is no "MYOB" in a pandemic, you massive buffoon.

You mad, Karen?

No one cares.