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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you and the CDC can't convince him, it's unlikely DCUM can, either.

It's odd that he's OK with daycare, but not the grocery store, though. Can he explain the disconnect?[/quote]

Probably one is a necessary risk and the other is not. [/quote]

I'd argue they are both necessary.  We have to work.  [/quote]

Daycare is necessary. Presumably the grocery store is not. [/quote]

Get a grip. Most of the country has been grocery shopping for months and community spread is negligible in most places. Cases among kids are not a thing now. Do you allow your child to ride in a car? Eat grapes? Both are many many times more likely to kill them. [/quote]

I cut grapes up for my kids and they always wear seatbelts and had car seats when age appropriate. I wouldn’t take a kid to a grocery store. It just isn’t necessary. My kids did attend in person school all year. I judge activities based on usefulness. Eating indoors and grocery shopping are not necessary, so my kids won’t do them until they are vaccinated. [/quote]

OMG that is insane - you aren't letting them eat indoors or do basic errands until they are vaccinated? What  if it takes years for them to get vaccinated? You know kids learn a lot of things about how life works by doing mundane chores and errands. [/quote]

DP, but similar.  (Kid eats indoors at daycare, of course.)  And yeah, daycare is the biggest risk, and it is an absolute necessity for our family.   Also he loves it and learns a lot there.  During the height of the pandemic, the "risk budget" concept was promoted by some.  We use all of our risk on daycare, so we didn't want to incur additional less necessary risks.  You don't say 'kids are in daycare, so that means we can do whatever!", it is really the opposite.

The grocery store? Meh. He'll learn about that eventually, and we sometimes do outdoor errands (non crowded farmers market, outdoor ice cream stop, garden store). I don't really WANT to take my toddler to most errands, our even really to a restaurant. My kid also doesn't care about that much either.

Caveat, I am basically expecting vaccinations for 2-12 late this fall, though.  If it turns out it is years away or not happening, I'll change my approach soon enough.  I'm also quite optimistic that this delta variant is not going to be a big scary thing in the  US, but we'll know for sure in just a month or two.

And actually, I personally am mostly OK with doing some limited indoor things now if I needed/wanted to, but my DH wants to wait, and that seems fine to me.

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