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[quote=Anonymous]Some things are out of your control, OP-- new variants, rules for entry and capacity in public places-- but what you do in your own home and with your own kids is your choice, and you don't owe us or anyone an explanation of what you do.

All choices have risks and benefits. We saw this before covid. (If you're a fan of Lenore Skenazy like I am, you've always been of the opinion that some of the things we do to keep our kids "safe" actually doesn't.) Now add that special sauce of "societal shaming and calling you a potential superspreader if you dare not follow the rules" (often done by someone who secretly flouts a few of the rules themselves but wants others to follow so they'll be safe) and it's hard to remember that the only measure of good health in our society is not the current number of covid cases.

I'm of the opinion that the future will be a better place if we prioritize giving our kids a childhood. I've been doing it ever since it became clear just how little a danger healthy children face from covid-- and that when they spread it, it doesn't seem like they do so with a homicidal viral load. (Anybody here who caught their covid from a child, can you back me up on this? Or who knows of studies where a child was patient 1? I don't see a lot of evidence that children are lethal spreaders of covid.) We're not throwing huge unmasked parties, but each of my kids has a best friend who is welcome for sleepovers and playdates. As long as things are open we are doing regular kid stuff.

And yes, I have the same worries as you, OP, about new variants and how they may affect children and evade the vaccine. But (and this is going to get dark) I'm sure we all have had those moments in life that make us face our own mortality. A sibling dying, or a high school classmate, a parent, or a colleague, or a friend. We do all that we can to prevent death and suffering, but we also need to do all we can to promote joyful living. Because if-- God forbid-- one of us were to perish in the near future, we wouldn't want to do so with the regret that we were just sitting life out, waiting for the danger to pass so that we could resume living. And we need to stop trying to put out each other's sparks out of fear that they might light us all on fire.[/quote]

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