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Sorry to break it to you, but a vaccine is a long way off. Social distancing is intended to flatten the curve, not to reduce the area under the curve. A lot of people are going to get sick and die. It's horrible, but it's just reality. It's a question of whether it happens now, all at once, or if we spread it out in hopes that our resources aren't overwhelmed. This virus is not going away any time soon.

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Anonymous wrote:Just like you have parents who allow screen time and others post how they allow 30 minutes once per week, you have parents who need to do social distancing better than everyone else and discuss on forums like this. I'm not sure if it's an anxiety coping technique or what.....but it's certainly not limited to the current pandemic.

My boomer parents are at the grocery store multiple times per week....sometimes in more than one store in a day! So I don't particularly worry about letting my kid ride his bike outside with other neighborhood kids. He knows not to play tag or basketball though and comes home if it shifts in that direction.

We're all doing the best we can. Some posters here just need to make it clear how their best is better than everyone else.

Really disturbing article in the NY Times today about the effect of no-outside time on Spain's children, if anyone is interested. I'm all for taking this public health crisis seriously, but it was never realistic to achieve 100% perfect social distancing. Overall, we've done pretty well. But some states are opening up and it's getting a little riot-y in a few places. What we're doing isn't sustainable.

Is this a joke? We should all be striving to do social distancing well, because that’s how we get through this pandemic with the fewest amount of deaths and with our medical system not completely overwhelmed. All those people who are taking social distancing seriously are ultimately helping you and your family, and everyone else.

YEEESSSS!!! Holy s#%t. You are literally endangering lives when you just "do the best you can". Relaxing social distancing should not be on the self care menu, guys. The DMV area continues to see increases in cases every day. We will never be able to reopen until there is a continuous decreasing trend...getting there is entirely on us. STAY THE EFF HOME AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND KEEP YOUR KIDS AWAY FROM OTHER KIDS! For the love of god.

No one is changing their mind because of you posting here. Literally no one.

People like you are endangering everyone!!! We’ll have the last laugh when you and everyone you know gets covid!!!!

Yep, we’ll all get Coronavirus and be sick for 1-2 weeks, which is an inconvenience but certainly not out of the norm for having little kids in preschool/day care/elementary.

1) Some of us will end up hospitalized or dead.
2) Of those that don't, a significant number-- like two of my friends-- will be severely ill, just not quite enough to be hospitalized, and over more than 2 weeks.
3) This virus has long-term and medium-term effects on all sorts of systems-- lungs, kidney, liver, heart. No, thank you. I'd like to TRY to increase the probability that I will be able to get an effective vaccine or get the virus when we have more effective treatments and understand it better.

Sorry to break it to you, but a vaccine is a long way off. Social distancing is intended to flatten the curve, not to reduce the area under the curve. A lot of people are going to get sick and die. It's horrible, but it's just reality. It's a question of whether it happens now, all at once, or if we spread it out in hopes that our resources aren't overwhelmed. This virus is not going away any time soon.

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Anonymous wrote:Just like you have parents who allow screen time and others post how they allow 30 minutes once per week, you have parents who need to do social distancing better than everyone else and discuss on forums like this. I'm not sure if it's an anxiety coping technique or what.....but it's certainly not limited to the current pandemic.

My boomer parents are at the grocery store multiple times per week....sometimes in more than one store in a day! So I don't particularly worry about letting my kid ride his bike outside with other neighborhood kids. He knows not to play tag or basketball though and comes home if it shifts in that direction.

We're all doing the best we can. Some posters here just need to make it clear how their best is better than everyone else.

Really disturbing article in the NY Times today about the effect of no-outside time on Spain's children, if anyone is interested. I'm all for taking this public health crisis seriously, but it was never realistic to achieve 100% perfect social distancing. Overall, we've done pretty well. But some states are opening up and it's getting a little riot-y in a few places. What we're doing isn't sustainable.

Is this a joke? We should all be striving to do social distancing well, because that’s how we get through this pandemic with the fewest amount of deaths and with our medical system not completely overwhelmed. All those people who are taking social distancing seriously are ultimately helping you and your family, and everyone else.

YEEESSSS!!! Holy s#%t. You are literally endangering lives when you just "do the best you can". Relaxing social distancing should not be on the self care menu, guys. The DMV area continues to see increases in cases every day. We will never be able to reopen until there is a continuous decreasing trend...getting there is entirely on us. STAY THE EFF HOME AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND KEEP YOUR KIDS AWAY FROM OTHER KIDS! For the love of god.

No one is changing their mind because of you posting here. Literally no one.

People like you are endangering everyone!!! We’ll have the last laugh when you and everyone you know gets covid!!!!

Yep, we’ll all get Coronavirus and be sick for 1-2 weeks, which is an inconvenience but certainly not out of the norm for having little kids in preschool/day care/elementary.

1) Some of us will end up hospitalized or dead.
2) Of those that don't, a significant number-- like two of my friends-- will be severely ill, just not quite enough to be hospitalized, and over more than 2 weeks.
3) This virus has long-term and medium-term effects on all sorts of systems-- lungs, kidney, liver, heart. No, thank you. I'd like to TRY to increase the probability that I will be able to get an effective vaccine or get the virus when we have more effective treatments and understand it better.

Anonymous wrote:Petula Dvorak's most recent column*: "American are being asked to sacrifice. Have we forgotten how?"

I would say yes. It's been just over ONE month for most of us in this area. That's all. And most of the previous posts have been about how hard it is for kids or families not to get together - not about struggling with lost jobs, or lack of food, or other real issues. We can do better.


*https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/americans-are-being-asked-to-sacrifice-have-we-forgotten-how/2020/04/16/e81ab08c-7ff9-11ea-8013-1b6da0e4a2b7_story.html

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Anonymous wrote:I feel so bad not letting my kids play at the playground with all the other kids. The parents stand around and talk like there is nothing happening. I just figure it is all fun and games until someone in the groups dies. I know I sound over dramatic but it is statistic likely one parent will die. I figure my kids will bounce back quicker with both parents.

Three are no statistics that support your dramatic beliefs.

Statistically, we will all know someone who dies from this. I already do.

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Anonymous wrote:Just like you have parents who allow screen time and others post how they allow 30 minutes once per week, you have parents who need to do social distancing better than everyone else and discuss on forums like this. I'm not sure if it's an anxiety coping technique or what.....but it's certainly not limited to the current pandemic.

My boomer parents are at the grocery store multiple times per week....sometimes in more than one store in a day! So I don't particularly worry about letting my kid ride his bike outside with other neighborhood kids. He knows not to play tag or basketball though and comes home if it shifts in that direction.

We're all doing the best we can. Some posters here just need to make it clear how their best is better than everyone else.

Really disturbing article in the NY Times today about the effect of no-outside time on Spain's children, if anyone is interested. I'm all for taking this public health crisis seriously, but it was never realistic to achieve 100% perfect social distancing. Overall, we've done pretty well. But some states are opening up and it's getting a little riot-y in a few places. What we're doing isn't sustainable.

Is this a joke? We should all be striving to do social distancing well, because that’s how we get through this pandemic with the fewest amount of deaths and with our medical system not completely overwhelmed. All those people who are taking social distancing seriously are ultimately helping you and your family, and everyone else.

YEEESSSS!!! Holy s#%t. You are literally endangering lives when you just "do the best you can". Relaxing social distancing should not be on the self care menu, guys. The DMV area continues to see increases in cases every day. We will never be able to reopen until there is a continuous decreasing trend...getting there is entirely on us. STAY THE EFF HOME AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND KEEP YOUR KIDS AWAY FROM OTHER KIDS! For the love of god.

No one is changing their mind because of you posting here. Literally no one.

People like you are endangering everyone!!! We’ll have the last laugh when you and everyone you know gets covid!!!!

Yep, we’ll all get Coronavirus and be sick for 1-2 weeks, which is an inconvenience but certainly not out of the norm for having little kids in preschool/day care/elementary.

Hi. I have COVID. I am (well, was) healthy. 52 years old. No pre-existing conditions. I’m 5’5 and 117 pounds. (Or I was. I’m down to about 104 now.). Marathoner. Yoga teacher. I never get sick. Except that I did. I’ve had a fever for 14 days. The body aches and headache were beyond description. I was in the hospital twice for oxygen. Thankfully, I didn’t need to be intubated. I coughed so hard last week that I broke two ribs. This despite the codeine. I cannot walk up the stairs without stopping to rest. I feel like I’m trying to suck air through a damp towel. I finally started feeling better on Tuesday. I still have a fever. I’m still very weak. I’m not out of the woods yet, according to my doctor.

This is not “just the flu”.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel so bad not letting my kids play at the playground with all the other kids. The parents stand around and talk like there is nothing happening. I just figure it is all fun and games until someone in the groups dies. I know I sound over dramatic but it is statistic likely one parent will die. I figure my kids will bounce back quicker with both parents.

Three are no statistics that support your dramatic beliefs.

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Anonymous wrote:Just like you have parents who allow screen time and others post how they allow 30 minutes once per week, you have parents who need to do social distancing better than everyone else and discuss on forums like this. I'm not sure if it's an anxiety coping technique or what.....but it's certainly not limited to the current pandemic.

My boomer parents are at the grocery store multiple times per week....sometimes in more than one store in a day! So I don't particularly worry about letting my kid ride his bike outside with other neighborhood kids. He knows not to play tag or basketball though and comes home if it shifts in that direction.

We're all doing the best we can. Some posters here just need to make it clear how their best is better than everyone else.

Really disturbing article in the NY Times today about the effect of no-outside time on Spain's children, if anyone is interested. I'm all for taking this public health crisis seriously, but it was never realistic to achieve 100% perfect social distancing. Overall, we've done pretty well. But some states are opening up and it's getting a little riot-y in a few places. What we're doing isn't sustainable.

Is this a joke? We should all be striving to do social distancing well, because that’s how we get through this pandemic with the fewest amount of deaths and with our medical system not completely overwhelmed. All those people who are taking social distancing seriously are ultimately helping you and your family, and everyone else.

YEEESSSS!!! Holy s#%t. You are literally endangering lives when you just "do the best you can". Relaxing social distancing should not be on the self care menu, guys. The DMV area continues to see increases in cases every day. We will never be able to reopen until there is a continuous decreasing trend...getting there is entirely on us. STAY THE EFF HOME AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND KEEP YOUR KIDS AWAY FROM OTHER KIDS! For the love of god.

No one is changing their mind because of you posting here. Literally no one.

People like you are endangering everyone!!! We’ll have the last laugh when you and everyone you know gets covid!!!!

Yep, we’ll all get Coronavirus and be sick for 1-2 weeks, which is an inconvenience but certainly not out of the norm for having little kids in preschool/day care/elementary.

Anonymous wrote:I feel so bad not letting my kids play at the playground with all the other kids. The parents stand around and talk like there is nothing happening. I just figure it is all fun and games until someone in the groups dies. I know I sound over dramatic but it is statistic likely one parent will die. I figure my kids will bounce back quicker with both parents.

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Anonymous wrote:Just like you have parents who allow screen time and others post how they allow 30 minutes once per week, you have parents who need to do social distancing better than everyone else and discuss on forums like this. I'm not sure if it's an anxiety coping technique or what.....but it's certainly not limited to the current pandemic.

My boomer parents are at the grocery store multiple times per week....sometimes in more than one store in a day! So I don't particularly worry about letting my kid ride his bike outside with other neighborhood kids. He knows not to play tag or basketball though and comes home if it shifts in that direction.

We're all doing the best we can. Some posters here just need to make it clear how their best is better than everyone else.

Really disturbing article in the NY Times today about the effect of no-outside time on Spain's children, if anyone is interested. I'm all for taking this public health crisis seriously, but it was never realistic to achieve 100% perfect social distancing. Overall, we've done pretty well. But some states are opening up and it's getting a little riot-y in a few places. What we're doing isn't sustainable.

Is this a joke? We should all be striving to do social distancing well, because that’s how we get through this pandemic with the fewest amount of deaths and with our medical system not completely overwhelmed. All those people who are taking social distancing seriously are ultimately helping you and your family, and everyone else.

YEEESSSS!!! Holy s#%t. You are literally endangering lives when you just "do the best you can". Relaxing social distancing should not be on the self care menu, guys. The DMV area continues to see increases in cases every day. We will never be able to reopen until there is a continuous decreasing trend...getting there is entirely on us. STAY THE EFF HOME AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND KEEP YOUR KIDS AWAY FROM OTHER KIDS! For the love of god.

No one is changing their mind because of you posting here. Literally no one.

People like you are endangering everyone!!! We’ll have the last laugh when you and everyone you know gets covid!!!!

Yep, we’ll all get Coronavirus and be sick for 1-2 weeks, which is an inconvenience but certainly not out of the norm for having little kids in preschool/day care/elementary.

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Anonymous wrote:One of my friends lives in a neighborhood like this. She said it’s so hard to be the only one in the neighborhood sticking to guidelines because her kids see all the other kids playing and they come knock on their door asking them to come out.

KidS

They have their siblings to play with.

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Anonymous wrote:Just like you have parents who allow screen time and others post how they allow 30 minutes once per week, you have parents who need to do social distancing better than everyone else and discuss on forums like this. I'm not sure if it's an anxiety coping technique or what.....but it's certainly not limited to the current pandemic.

My boomer parents are at the grocery store multiple times per week....sometimes in more than one store in a day! So I don't particularly worry about letting my kid ride his bike outside with other neighborhood kids. He knows not to play tag or basketball though and comes home if it shifts in that direction.

We're all doing the best we can. Some posters here just need to make it clear how their best is better than everyone else.

Really disturbing article in the NY Times today about the effect of no-outside time on Spain's children, if anyone is interested. I'm all for taking this public health crisis seriously, but it was never realistic to achieve 100% perfect social distancing. Overall, we've done pretty well. But some states are opening up and it's getting a little riot-y in a few places. What we're doing isn't sustainable.

Is this a joke? We should all be striving to do social distancing well, because that’s how we get through this pandemic with the fewest amount of deaths and with our medical system not completely overwhelmed. All those people who are taking social distancing seriously are ultimately helping you and your family, and everyone else.

YEEESSSS!!! Holy s#%t. You are literally endangering lives when you just "do the best you can". Relaxing social distancing should not be on the self care menu, guys. The DMV area continues to see increases in cases every day. We will never be able to reopen until there is a continuous decreasing trend...getting there is entirely on us. STAY THE EFF HOME AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND KEEP YOUR KIDS AWAY FROM OTHER KIDS! For the love of god.

No one is changing their mind because of you posting here. Literally no one.

People like you are endangering everyone!!! We’ll have the last laugh when you and everyone you know gets covid!!!!

Yep, we’ll all get Coronavirus and be sick for 1-2 weeks, which is an inconvenience but certainly not out of the norm for having little kids in preschool/day care/elementary.