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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have plans to go to a state that isn't a hot-bed right now via plane in a week. I am meeting family (also traveling via plane) from Texas. I am pregnant and my parents, who will be there, are in their mid-late 60s but otherwise healthy. My husband really doesn't want me to go - I am watching and waiting, but know things could change rapidly in the US (and in DC) in the next week. What would you do?[/quote]

Omg, no way. You’re pregnant. Why on earth would you do this?[/quote]

Well so far, the available evidence suggests that pregnant women are not more susceptible to this/severity and I'm otherwise 30, healthy, and no underlying conditions. I am generally anxious and trying to be rational with the available data. However, my husband (who is not anxious by nature) agrees with you. I have no idea what to do.[/quote]

I don’t think it has to do with being anxious. If anyone has the ability to not potentially contribute to spreading this virus, I don’t see why they wouldn’t do so.[/quote]

Sure, but I guess that would be in the calculus for ANYONE considering non-essential travel right now and so far there's not really guidance on not traveling domestically - even though I know what you're saying. This is elective travel but it's also potentially the last time I'll see my family for a while before I can't fly in my third trimester & with newborn (all are a plane flight away), especially if things change in the next few months and none of them can travel to me as planned for baby-related things.

I guess I'm wondering if you were pregnant, would that factor into your decision differently regarding your personal risk, regardless of whether or not you generally think it's a good idea for people to stop traveling for non-essential reasons to help prevent this spreading in general? [/quote]

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