Parks in MD are open.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NJ has opened its state parks, it has NOT opened playgrounds. I don't think NY has opened playgrounds either. Our playgrounds definitely should not be open.

Besides both NY and NJ have seen their numbers start to level off or decline. The DC area has not.

But our hospital systems are not overwhelmed. We need to consider reopening to some extent soon.

They're close:
https://twitter.com/mcfrsPIO/status/1256001673320898560?s=20

"
Pete Piringer
@mcfrsPIO
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Apr 30
Update 7p Thursday, April 30, 2020
@MontgomeryCoMD
BLUE ALERT continues at this time
@MCFRS

@MCFRS_EMIHS
on Blue Alert to continue actively managing patient transport distribution county-wide, ALL hospitals are reporting that critical care beds are filling up & in some cases full"

Because kids like mine lick shit, that's why.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NJ even opened their parks. We are still allowed to go on the trails. Just open the parking lots and playgrounds. I see people parking on the streets and crossing dangerous roads.

Our families should be allowed to go to the park.

Parking lots in MD parks are open, thank goodness. When we went to Riverbend a few weeks ago, we saw how ppl were on the street going to Great Falls. It’s so dangerous! Going to Riverbend park was a huge hassle. Parking ok the street and we have two small kids and so exhausting as it’s so far to walk in. Yes, that did deter me from going to Fairfax parks.. we now stick to the MD ones now.

Op here. We live in McLean. Scott’s Run, Great Falls, Riverbend all have people parked off Georgetown Pike. This is not a street you should be crossing with kids on foot. I saw parents allowing toddlers on Georgetown Pike not even holding hands. So dangerous.

Anonymous wrote:Fresh air is essential for life.

Do you live in an underground bunker?

Anonymous wrote:NJ even opened their parks. We are still allowed to go on the trails. Just open the parking lots and playgrounds. I see people parking on the streets and crossing dangerous roads.

Our families should be allowed to go to the park.

Parking lots in MD parks are open, thank goodness. When we went to Riverbend a few weeks ago, we saw how ppl were on the street going to Great Falls. It’s so dangerous! Going to Riverbend park was a huge hassle. Parking ok the street and we have two small kids and so exhausting as it’s so far to walk in. Yes, that did deter me from going to Fairfax parks.. we now stick to the MD ones now.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NJ has opened its state parks, it has NOT opened playgrounds. I don't think NY has opened playgrounds either. Our playgrounds definitely should not be open.

Besides both NY and NJ have seen their numbers start to level off or decline. The DC area has not.

But our hospital systems are not overwhelmed. We need to consider reopening to some extent soon.

Perhaps if what we are doing now is working, we should keep doing it.

Have some of you not updated your Coronavirus information since early March?

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/494348-new-study-finds-few-cases-of-outdoor-transmission-of-coronavirus-in-china - 318 Covid “outbreaks” were studied, only one was linked to outdoor activity, and that one outbreak caused only two cases.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/cleaning-disinfection.html - “ transmission of novel coronavirus to persons from surfaces contaminated with the virus has not been documented.”

https://www.newsweek.com/air-conditioners-spread-coronavirus-1497933 - open windows and natural light slow the spread of viruses vs. enclosed spaces and air conditioning, which can spread it

Parks and playgrounds are probably the safest places we can be right now honestly. Safer than getting your hair cut or nails done in an enclosed space or shopping in a store, which many people are clamoring to be the first things to open.

Anonymous wrote:NJ even opened their parks. We are still allowed to go on the trails. Just open the parking lots and playgrounds. I see people parking on the streets and crossing dangerous roads.

Our families should be allowed to go to the park.

Don't know where you live but Montgomery County was up 43% yesterday. You don't get it.

Anonymous wrote:NJ even opened their parks. We are still allowed to go on the trails. Just open the parking lots and playgrounds. I see people parking on the streets and crossing dangerous roads.

Our families should be allowed to go to the park.

I heard that there were UFO's and that people are being abducted by UFO's in the parks. Oh...and there's some kind of killer virus. IDK.

This is a good review of the research done so far on whether kids can transmit COVID.

Essentially, there’s growing evidence that they transmit it MUCH LESS than adults.

The primary contradictory evidence is that they have similar viral loads to adults. This makes scientists infer that they must transmit it like adults do, but there doesn’t seem to be hard evidence that transmission actually happens at the same rate as adults.

I think it’s probably prudent to keep playgrounds closed for now, but I wouldn’t be surprised if, as more research is done, it becomes increasingly clear that children simply aren’t big vectors.

https://www.vox.com/2020/5/2/21241636/coronavirus-children-kids-spread-transmit-switzerland

Anonymous wrote:Playgrounds should stay closed. Kids are adorable “walking, talking bacteria spreaders!

I have two!

Agreed. I'm fine with certain things opening back up with restrictions. But anything geared towards kids should remain closed.

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Anonymous wrote:Why not start with playgrounds. Closing playgrounds is not scientifically based. It may make you feel safer, and you can choose not to go. Let those that want to have the option.

I disagree completely. Playgrounds should be among the last to reopen. Little kids cannot keep not understand social distancing nor can they keep masks on. Further the hard plastic structures hold corona for about 8 hours minimum outside.

The last place a child should be is a playground.

Are you a Russian bot hitting the internet to spread fake news. There is no hard evidence that covid can live outside on playground surfaces for 8 hours. This is based on studies in a lab under controlled conditions. If you are worried, don't take your kids to the playground. Nobody is forcing you to go.

Anonymous wrote:Fresh air is essential for life.

And you can get it by going for a walk or a bike ride in your neighborhood.

Fresh air is essential for life.