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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The answers on this thread remind me of college.  You know the kids that were never allowed out or to do anything in high school, then they get to college on their own.  Who would have guessed they party hard, don't study, and end up dropping out during freshman year.

To answer the OPs original question, the family and I are out pretty much as normal.  We go to restaurants and stores.  The kids have had multiple play dates with different friends.  I wear a masks in stores since that is required, but we do not wear masks when we are outside exercising or walking.

The difference between the posters that don't do anything and me is that [b] I can appropriately judge risk [/b].  My family is low risk, but the in-laws are not.  So we don't hang out with them.  Your kids are more likely to be killed in a car accident than killed or seriously injured by COVID-19.  In 2017-18 187 children died from the regular flu.  We haven't hit those numbers yet.  So if you are scared of your kids dying you should be locking them in the house every winter.  Plus the overall rate for death is low.  When you look at the deaths from COVID-19 almost half the deaths are from 75+ year olds.  Another quarter of the deaths are 65-74 years old.  The next quarter of deaths are between 45-64 years old.  I imagine if you break that down there would be a much higher rate as you get towards 60.  My whole family has no real risk or fear of the disease.  I know people will say but what about the permanent lung damage... but that generally doesn't happen. [/quote]

Have you calculated your contribution to public health risks? For the likelihood that you might contribute to an outbreak among your friends and neighbors, or expose essential workers in your community to the virus? With asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic transmission a very real possibility, your own health is only one factor among many that need to be considered.

I'm not saying we should all stay home forever, and I agree that we all have to assess our personal risks. But when you completely ignore your own role in the community and the risks you might unknowingly pose to others, you're not appropriately judging COVID-19 risks. [/quote]

I assume most will not be a fan of my view for my contribution to public health risks.  I believed in flattening the curve, but I am not under the false believe that we can eliminate the disease.  So I would like to keep a high rate of active infections and hospitals at close to capacity.  If the capacity were to come close to the limit, then you can implement more stringent methods, i.e. go back to phase 2.  But, I believe COVID-19 should spread so we can eventually reach herd immunity.  The high risk population should remain isolating at home while this happens.

I have seen at least one poster saying they work in the scientific research field and a vaccine is coming by the end of the year, but I do not believe this yet.  There are some promising vaccines in the works, but none are a guarantee.  If this person thought that would happen, I would love to know what stock to buy since it is a sure thing.  For the people posting that immunity is not guaranteed, then there is really no need for  a vaccine.[/quote]

We are similar, but older, so higher risk. We wear masks inside but rarely outside. We have a circle of 4 couples we are socializing with, even traveling with. We go shopping and to whatever is open... dentists, eye doctors, haircuts, zoos, drive ins, manicures and pedicures, hotels, restaurants. Dh and I work from home. Son, 18, starts his first job next week. We are hoping it helps his mental state; he is struggling with so much he enjoys being closed. He missed prom, graduation, etc.

We watch the cases in our area. They are quite low here. If things change, we will hunker down more.

Mental health is as important as physical health. We are doing better overall since we started seeing friends.
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