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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have an only child. Her boyfriend is also an only. His family is WFH. We let them see each other a couple of times per week. I still WOH.

[b]Limiting risks is not the same as bringing the risk down to 0. [/b]Isolating people who are prone to depression carries risks, too. [/quote]

This is my view. But many people are absolutists. They need to believe that a person 5 feet away is certain death, and a person 7 feet away is certain safety. That strolling in the park without a mask is suicidal. That letting your kid play tennis with a friend is murder.

I would encourage people to think about how much they've decreased their risk. I used to shake hands with probably a dozen people a day, hug one or two, pass dozens in the hallway, share a metro car with a hundred, touch door handles used by a hundred more, and all of my immediate family members did the same with a different hundred, a different dozen. Now? WFH. Most days I have no interaction outside my immediate family. [i]Maybe[/i] I pass within a few feet of someone on the sidewalk while I'm walking the dog, but mostly try to step into the street to distance. Once a week I stock up on groceries while wearing a mask and hand sanitizing. Etc. Same with the rest of the family. So the idea that I must "think the rules don't apply to me" because my kid rides bikes or plays tennis with a single friend once or twice a week just is not at all realistic.

If the virus could be completely defeated by literally locking ourselves in the bathroom for two weeks with nothing but bread and water, I'd do it. But social distancing and hand washing does not "defeat" the virus, it's a way of limiting the spread and lowering risk. It doesn't eliminate it. No one has ever claimed that it does. Like you said, PP, there is no way to bring the risk to zero.

But some people are born with a tendency to judge, scold, and control others. This is their time to shine.[/quote]

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