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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in the Midwest.  I do feel sorry for DC area kids, they have had a terrible time.  My kids were back in school in-person August 2020, we started hanging out with friends, eating in restaurants, etc. May 2020.  Their lives have been pretty much normal for over a year (except wearing masks but they adapted fine to that).

The people arguing that that COVID decisions are a personal choice are right, sort of, but if your entire community has chosen to lock down, who would your kids hang out with even if you wanted to be more open?  When I tell my DC friends the pandemic basically ended for my area a year ago, they act like I have 2 heads.  Ang guess what, our numbers are on par to slightly better than DC area.  What was it all for?

In hindsight, I do feel bad for you![/quote]

I think there is a real misperception how locked down things were here.  Of course some families totally isolated, I’m sure, and that would be the case anywhere.  But, once we got beyond the very early days of the pandemic, my kids:  saw friends almost every day (mostly outside), did an indoor travel sport, ate at restaurants (outside), went on amazing vacations (beach, camping), actually learned something in school, saw grandparents (took precautions the week leading up to the visit, like got tested), etc.  And every time I went to places like Logan Circle, Downtown Bethesda, Downtown Silver Spring, etc, people were out eating, shopping and generally getting our.  Playgrounds have been packed.  Obviously we have adapted somewhat, like our vacations are domestic and more outdoors focused, but who cares, they are still fun.  And the kids have enjoyed doing new things with friends like fire pits instead of malls.  [/quote]

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