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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Given how contagious Delta is, I think many of us have resigned ourselves that our kids will probably get it at school despite mitigation measures. It’s a terrifying premise after essentially hiding out from the disease for over a year. But most of what I’m reading says that kids don’t get super sick. We didn’t live in a risk free world before Covid, and despite my anxiety disorder, I’m not going to insist on one now.[/quote]

This is really it. I'd really love to avoid DC getting it before the child vaccine is approved, but at this point, it feels inevitable and I guess it's better for DC to develop some natural immunity before a worse variant comes along. So we'll keep wearing our masks and what will be, will be. [/quote]
I don't understand your resignation, considering the vaccine is 5 months away, and you've successfully shielded you child for 18 months, admittedly from lesser 'versions' of the virus. Not looking to shame, but I need to understand.[/quote]

PP here. Yes, successfully, but at an ENORMOUS cost to my child's mental health. Which was necessary when nursing homes and hospitals were collapsing under COVID infections, possibly worth it before the vaccine was approved for adults (really for the sake of high risk, elderly, health care and essential workers, etc.), but when my SIX year old ends up in therapy for depression from isolation, despite a pod with their best friend and local cousins, then no, it's not worth any more months of sacrifice. And my kid isn't the only one, I know many, many parents that say their kids had the same issues as mine, despite loving homes, sibling playmates, Outschool classes, and pod friends. Let alone any of the actual at-risk kids that make our kids' struggles look like nothing in comparison to what they went through. It's time for this to be over and to prioritize children's mental and emotional health, and education.

And Delta is just so very transmissible. What we were able to do safely 6 months ago we cannot do safely anymore. So to truly shield my child, it would mean going back to spring 2020 levels of restrictions and that's impossible since I'm back in the office and schools are re-opening (as they should). And at this point it's simply unnecessary. I don't isolate my child to protect them from the flu or RSV, and I assume risk every day when we get in the car or cross the street. So in the words of Samuel, enough is enough, what will be, will be.[/quote]

That's heartbreaking, PP.  We also have a 6-year-old and had a rough go of it, particularly in the beginning of quarantine.  We couldn't even find an out-of-pocket therapist since they were booked.  [/quote]

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