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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]An outdoor pool with limited number of users (50), who bring their own chairs, is much less of a virus vector than these other phase 2 activities: indoor gyms, salons, spas, indoor restaurants, churches, etc.

It is very frustrating that it is just easier for politicians to cancel things for kids that don't have lobbyists or bring money to the state. [/quote]

Any activities that have very young kids are going to be hard to keep the kids 6' apart from others.[/quote]

OK, let's just say oh it's too hard and throw our hands up. Who cares about young kids right? They don't deserve any sort of outside recreation or break from the monotony of months at home. No pools, no playgrounds, no zoo, no library, no sports, no school. All because they have no voice. [/quote]

Who said your kid can’t have tons of recreation outside?  Rent a boat. Go fishing. Go hiking. Play basketball or tennis. Go on a nature walk. Throw rocks into a creek. That’s different from having 30 young kids and you’re spending the entire practice saying, “too close, ella!” “Back up, Johnny!”  This isn’t about trashing young kids and their interests. It’s about being able to follow guidelines. For our swim team, for example, we have 55 min practices, two coaches. No way they can spend their time ensuring the little ones are 6’ apart for the limited 55 min while also getting a decent practice in. [/quote]

Gee thanks for the suggestions. We have only done all of those things (other than renting a boat... seriously?) a bunch of times already in the 80+ days at home.

Who said anything about swim team practice? I had hoped for my oldest to do swim team for the first time this year but no way that's happening even in a modified way because the youngest kids still need hands-on instruction from coaches. This is about the fact that people think that because might be hard for some little kids to social distance from other families in a 25 meter pool when using the pool recreationally, then let's just give up. Young kids aren't even allowed at pools without a parent or adult caregiver. If we are trusting adults to social distance while at a restaurant, mall, gym or hair salon (which oh by the way they almost certainly aren't, at least not perfectly), why aren't we trusting that adults supervising children at a pool can make sure their kids are following the rules? [/quote]

Because the kids in my neighborhood are climbing ball over each other while the parents BS in the street. THAT'S WHY![/quote]

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