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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's winter time, vaccines are widely available for kids, and[b] families having been dining indoors at restaurants since June 2020[/b], but our kids are forced to eat outside at APS like prisoners.  It's really beyond absurd.

My family dines in at family restaurants throughout Arlington, and we often see other APS families (and say hi).  The vast majority of families are doing indoor playdates and birthday parties.  Why is the burden being put on the least at risk members of this society (kids)?  This charade has to stop.

And before you say "that's why we have cases" - COVID is never going away!! Look at Portugal, with 90%+ of people vaccinated. Most of Florida does none of these things and has the least amount of cases in the country right now. There are seasonal surges and these types of nonpharmaceutical interventions don't stop the spread of a highly transmissible virus, as is obvious. [b]And what is the point of doing these procedures? [/b]

These [b]Arlington COVID extremists are essentially saying our kids have to do these mitigation methods the rest of our lives,[/b] but they can stop when they become adults. There's 0 logic to this disparate (mis-) treatment of children. And newsflash - everyone will get be exposed to COVID repeatedly in their lifetime. Everyone.

This policy is simply appealing only to the most COVID extreme in Arlington. As Anthony Fauci is making clear, COVID will not be eradicated.  If you're that concerned about your child getting a case of COVID (which almost everyone will in their lifetime) that you only "feel" safe if they're eating in "light rain" or with frozen hands outdoors, then you're free to have your child eat outside. But the rest of our children need to be allowed to continue doing exactly what the law allows in every other part of society and most are already doing every weekend with friends and family - eating indoors.  
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You were dining indoors with unvaccinated family in June 2020? JFC. That is why our schools were virtual last fall. Nice job.

Sit TF down - you obviously have bad judgement.

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Here comes the [b]morality[/b] play. Was dining indoors illegal?  Restaurants were freely open.

The same type of mindset that said gay people were horrible people for having sex in the 1980s too, and responsible for AIDS. Disgusting.

Our schools were closed last fall because of our politicians, not because of COVID.  That is clear, especially when you look at schools throughout the country and world that were open and cases in their community.  But let's not get into that argument again. We know the closed school fanatics were wrong.[/quote]

Yes, you are amoral. That is clear. And the reason why our schools were virtual.

Sit down and let people who can properly manage risks figure this out.

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Properly manage risks? People are dining indoors now (without any distancing requirements) and schools are open...riddle me that.  You do understand that COVID risk is age stratified right? If a 65 year old [b][u]can[/u][/b] eat indoors, why can't a 7 year old?  That 65 year old, even if triple vaxxed, has a higher risk than the 7 year old. This is all illogical and irrational and so are your arguments that eating indoors last summer somehow made schools close. What a jump.[/quote]

Just because you CAN doesn't mean you SHOULD.

There are things we can do to reduce community transmission and you are pushing for the OPPOSITE.

Stop being spiteful and let kids eat outdoors FFS. We've had great weather so not even sure why this is a complaint.

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