Anonymous
Post 05/19/2020 08:51     Subject: Re:Is my brother nuts for taking this trip?
It’s fine. Not everyone agrees with these harsh lockdown restrictions.
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2020 01:09     Subject: Is my brother nuts for taking this trip?
Anonymous wrote:I’m a science loving democrat, and we have been isolating since end of March as well. But unless we plan to SIP for 18 months (surely sending economy into Great Depression) we will have to start taking some risks. Every other country is doing it.
This seems very low risk to me. Especially if they answer the call of nature in the great outdoors while on the road.


Totally agree. OP, you can’t leave in fear forever, life’s to short and the odds are totally in there favor. Stop watching the nightly news.
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2020 17:55     Subject: Is my brother nuts for taking this trip?
I think it's fine. There's obviously some risk to your parents, but it's up to your parents to decide about that. People can't stay in bubbles forever. (And I say this as someone very exasperated by the protests & litigation.)
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2020 17:52     Subject: Is my brother nuts for taking this trip?
Anonymous wrote:I’m a science loving democrat, and we have been isolating since end of March as well. But unless we plan to SIP for 18 months (surely sending economy into Great Depression) we will have to start taking some risks. Every other country is doing it.
This seems very low risk to me. Especially if they answer the call of nature in the great outdoors while on the road.


This. It's our new normal. We will be taking some risks, people. Get used to it.
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2020 17:48     Subject: Re:Is my brother nuts for taking this trip?
You have a different risk tolerance than they do. It's all fine. Everyone just has to live with their choices.
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2020 16:18     Subject: Is my brother nuts for taking this trip?
Anonymous wrote:I’m a science loving democrat, and we have been isolating since end of March as well. But unless we plan to SIP for 18 months (surely sending economy into Great Depression) we will have to start taking some risks. Every other country is doing it.
This seems very low risk to me. Especially if they answer the call of nature in the great outdoors while on the road.


+1

- another science loving democrat. there is a serious mental health cost in an abstinence only approach. not to mention its doomed to fail. better to take well thought out low risk steps then to go nuts one day book a flight to the bahamas because you're going insane
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2020 15:51     Subject: Re:Is my brother nuts for taking this trip?
I don't think the risk here is too high. Now, if they were planning to fly that would completely different. At most they'd need to refuel once. They should probably pack their lunch and snacks. If the pregnant SIL can pee in a bucket or adult diaper en route, even better.

Anonymous
Post 05/15/2020 13:30     Subject: Re:Is my brother nuts for taking this trip?
If everyone has been responsibly SIP I don’t see the issue. Expanding the number of people/families you SIP with is the next logical step (double your bubble). What is the real problem?
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2020 13:20     Subject: Is my brother nuts for taking this trip?
They are all adults.

Is this in one of the five NY regions where PAUSE restrictions were lifted by Cuomo?
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2020 13:20     Subject: Is my brother nuts for taking this trip?
If both sets have been careful, why not? People don’t create the virus, and the chances that someone is an asymptomatic carrier if they have been SIP are remote. Even gas stations are outdoors and hand sanitizer kills the virus.
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2020 13:19     Subject: Is my brother nuts for taking this trip?
I might be your SIL. DH and I are taking a 4 hr drive to see his parents.

We miss them and they have been pretty depressed since the SIP started. It will be a good visit for everyone.
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2020 13:14     Subject: Is my brother nuts for taking this trip?
Yeah I don't see any issue with this although I can understand why some people might. The risk is so very very low.
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2020 09:30     Subject: Is my brother nuts for taking this trip?
I see no problem with this. Good for them!
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2020 09:23     Subject: Is my brother nuts for taking this trip?
If they have both been careful, I don't see that it's a huge risk. At most they'll have to stop to pee, but they can wear masks and wash their hands, and you're not in the bathroom that long. We are debating doing the same thing this summer.
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2020 08:15     Subject: Re:Is my brother nuts for taking this trip?
You just don't want to look like the bad brother. Let it go.