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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have friends in a similar place and have decided to work together.  In both families one spouse has to physically be at work and the other can work from home flexibly.  Kids are similar ages.

So e.g., Martin Smith goes to an office, Mary Smith teleworks for now, George Jones in the office and Gina Jones teleworks

Monday and Tuesday: Martin Smith drops the Smith kids at the Jones house on his way to work and picks them up on the way home (8:30-5:30).  Mary Smith tries to get as much work done as possible. Gina Jones watches 4 kids for the day. George Jones works in the office.

Wednesday and Thursday: George Jones drops the Jones kids at the Smith’s house and picks up (8:30-5:30).  Mary Smith watches 4 kids.  Gina Jones works from home, Martin Smith goes in to work.

Fridays Martin and George alternate taking sick or vacation days and watching all 4 kids, Mary and Gina put in as many hours as they can.

Saturdays Martin and George deal with kids the whole day so Mary and Gina can catch up.

Sundays the kids become tv zombies and the parents all collapse from exhaustion and stress.  :D

Not perfect but we hope it will work for a while before anyone gets sick.

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I don't think this is a good idea.  Reports are now suggesting that the disease is transmitted for some time by people who are not showing any symptoms, and that people who are not showing symptoms are actually far more infections than those who are not.  That means that you have broadened out your infection circle beyond your own family and into that of five other families -- if even one of those people becomes infectious, all of your are susceptible.

[url]https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/14/health/coronavirus-asymptomatic-spread/index.html[/url]

Not what I would do.[/quote]

Funny, I was going to say that might not work but for a completely different reason.  How will the person watching four kids get them to do their school work?  I have a hard enough time with just my kids.  Otherwise, I would have gone this route, too (i.e., sharing responsibility with a neighbor).

I'm willing to expand my contact with people to include a few people from another family if that's what I have to do to get paid and keep life going.  Those of you who are saying things like this, are you going to the store?  Do you wear gloves when you go get gasoline for your car?  Are you stopping work altogether?  I'm really trying to understand what's going on in your lives.  No one I have spoken with at my large office or in our neighborhood is hunkering down like that.  Subject to change, of course, but for now some small contact is still happening with healthy people who are practicing reasonable social distancing in their lives.[/quote]

Hey believe me I hear you.  I had not been taking all of these precautions before, but now that this new evidence is coming out, we are going to be more careful.  So much is happening so fast.  Look at this latest report from CNN:

[quote]For the first time ever, Americans are being called upon to practice "social distancing," which the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines as "remaining out of places where people meet or gather," and "avoiding local public transportation." That includes buses, subways, taxis and rideshares (like carpools, Uber and Lyft).
WHO declares novel coronavirus outbreak a pandemic
WHO declares novel coronavirus outbreak a pandemic
It also means maintaining a distance of six feet (or two meters) from others. Yes, that means you're supposed to be keeping kids six feet apart, not piling them in a car to go the local movie just because they're out of school.
"Children were sent home, businesses closed, and people began working from home," Bitton said, "so they would not be exposed to other children and adults who might unknowingly have the coronavirus.
"When people want to have the kids play with each other or otherwise normally interact, it sort of defeats the purpose," Britton said. "So frankly I wanted to send out a bit of an alarm ... because going out and pretending that life is as usual certainly can't be recommended at this time."[/quote]

From here:  [url]https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/14/health/coronavirus-kids-social-distancing-wellness/index.html[/url]

I mean, people will do what they need to do, obviously.  But if the government and the community isn't taking what the scientists are saying seriously enough, it might not come out that well.[/quote]

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