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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know someone who insisted on seeing their son and grandchild. Both grandparents got Covid-19 from them. Son brought it home from his work. If you are willing to take that risk...I know it’s hard, but if they get it, will you regret it?[/quote]
Those of us that said we were said we’ve been isolating. So nobody has been to work. Also, I am starting to really wonder about these stories. 80,000
People have died. All of dcum knows one? K. [/quote]

The deaths have been concentrated in certain parts of the country, many fairly close to the DC area. And you know a lot of people--coworkers, fellow congregants, people you went to college with, relatives, friends, your kids' friends, etc....and for some of them you know their friends and family too. So it doesn't seem unlikely at all that many people would know someone who died. If each person who died only had 100 people who knew them (which seems low) that would be 8 million people who know someone who died. My grandfather died of covid and  just his direct descendants and the people they married are 25 people. Then add his spouse, siblings and their spouses, cousins, the 200-ish people who live and work in his assisted living community, folks from his military history club and book group, former coworkers, old neighbors...he knew a lot of people.

There are definitely lower risk ways to bring people into your bubble. I'm not saying whether OP should or shouldn't do it, but I probably would in her shoes if I could make the drive in one day. Assuming that somehow the stories are being told are fake (or worse, that the number of deaths is exaggerated) is a pretty low blow.[/quote]

That’s not what I was doing. I just think it’s ridiculous to go around saying people aren’t being safe enough when they’re practicing sheltering in place entirely, plan to drive in a single day with no stops to stay with family that’s been doing the same, that a friend of a person you talked to once at a store died so don’t do it. This is getting out of hand. [/quote]

What is it like living in a head so small? We are a country of 350 million people but you can only grasp it if it happens to someone you personally know? I have nothing for you my friend. [/quote]

Wtf are you talking about? Hope you’re enjoying that high horse. I am a health care lawyer. I also read studies for a living. I can well understand and grasp risk. You can’t, clearly. I don’t appreciate morons trying to make things personal by knowing a friend of a friend of an acquaintance. Sorry. Also, the whole point of this is reducing the risk for those we don’t know. We all get that. Thanks. You don’t have to “know” all kinds of afflicted to be super in the know. [/quote]

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