Anonymous wrote:I think we are an average family taking average precautions.

We have a stack of COVID tests. Some we bought, some was free from the govt delivered free from USPS, and some were given by the school.

We are taking precautions in public and masking when doing a grocery run or going to any store. We are not masking with family and friends. We are hosting outdoors parties in our backyard also. We are travelling in aircrafts (while masked) in US and in other countries. We are vaccinated, double boosted, up to date with all our vaccines for seasonal flu etc.

A lot of hygiene and self-care rituals for us has become ingrained -
- no shoes household, good cleanliness in the house
- sanitizer on person
- Salt gargles every day when brushing teeth
- a multivitamin every day
- getting adequate nutrition, hydration, sleep. Incorporating breathing exercise and yoga to manage stress

we use n-95 when going to a doctor or a very crowded place, but usually it is a normal triple-ply fabric reusable mask.

We now assume that COVID is something that we will have to live with. Having extra COVID tests allows us to do a quick check if there is a need. Otherwise, it is pretty much business as usual. I actually appreciate having extra tests because it is a good tool to have to give us peace of mind.

Anonymous wrote:This is a strange take, OP. I am happy to be given free tests. So far I have used them when I have had cold symptoms. No one if forcing anyone to take a test, at home or at school.

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Anonymous wrote:I think we are an average family taking average precautions.

We have a stack of COVID tests. Some we bought, some was free from the govt delivered free from USPS, and some were given by the school.

We are taking precautions in public and masking when doing a grocery run or going to any store. We are not masking with family and friends. We are hosting outdoors parties in our backyard also. We are travelling in aircrafts (while masked) in US and in other countries. We are vaccinated, double boosted, up to date with all our vaccines for seasonal flu etc.

A lot of hygiene and self-care rituals for us has become ingrained -
- no shoes household, good cleanliness in the house
- sanitizer on person
- Salt gargles every day when brushing teeth
- a multivitamin every day
- getting adequate nutrition, hydration, sleep. Incorporating breathing exercise and yoga to manage stress

we use n-95 when going to a doctor or a very crowded place, but usually it is a normal triple-ply fabric reusable mask.

We now assume that COVID is something that we will have to live with. Having extra COVID tests allows us to do a quick check if there is a need. Otherwise, it is pretty much business as usual. I actually appreciate having extra tests because it is a good tool to have to give us peace of mind.

Wow. This is nuts you think this is average and normal. Salt gargles?

I like the no shoe household one. What does that even have to do with covid?

You must have little kids that you are getting them to do all this. Any tween/teen would be giving you so much crap your life would be a living hell.

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Anonymous wrote:I think we are an average family taking average precautions.

We have a stack of COVID tests. Some we bought, some was free from the govt delivered free from USPS, and some were given by the school.

We are taking precautions in public and masking when doing a grocery run or going to any store. We are not masking with family and friends. We are hosting outdoors parties in our backyard also. We are travelling in aircrafts (while masked) in US and in other countries. We are vaccinated, double boosted, up to date with all our vaccines for seasonal flu etc.

A lot of hygiene and self-care rituals for us has become ingrained -
- no shoes household, good cleanliness in the house
- sanitizer on person
- Salt gargles every day when brushing teeth
- a multivitamin every day
- getting adequate nutrition, hydration, sleep. Incorporating breathing exercise and yoga to manage stress

we use n-95 when going to a doctor or a very crowded place, but usually it is a normal triple-ply fabric reusable mask.

We now assume that COVID is something that we will have to live with. Having extra COVID tests allows us to do a quick check if there is a need. Otherwise, it is pretty much business as usual. I actually appreciate having extra tests because it is a good tool to have to give us peace of mind.

Wow. This is nuts you think this is average and normal. Salt gargles?

Anonymous wrote:I think we are an average family taking average precautions.

We have a stack of COVID tests. Some we bought, some was free from the govt delivered free from USPS, and some were given by the school.

We are taking precautions in public and masking when doing a grocery run or going to any store. We are not masking with family and friends. We are hosting outdoors parties in our backyard also. We are travelling in aircrafts (while masked) in US and in other countries. We are vaccinated, double boosted, up to date with all our vaccines for seasonal flu etc.

A lot of hygiene and self-care rituals for us has become ingrained -
- no shoes household, good cleanliness in the house
- sanitizer on person
- Salt gargles every day when brushing teeth
- a multivitamin every day
- getting adequate nutrition, hydration, sleep. Incorporating breathing exercise and yoga to manage stress

we use n-95 when going to a doctor or a very crowded place, but usually it is a normal triple-ply fabric reusable mask.

We now assume that COVID is something that we will have to live with. Having extra COVID tests allows us to do a quick check if there is a need. Otherwise, it is pretty much business as usual. I actually appreciate having extra tests because it is a good tool to have to give us peace of mind.

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Anonymous wrote:I think we are an average family taking average precautions.

We have a stack of COVID tests. Some we bought, some was free from the govt delivered free from USPS, and some were given by the school.

We are taking precautions in public and masking when doing a grocery run or going to any store. We are not masking with family and friends. We are hosting outdoors parties in our backyard also. We are travelling in aircrafts (while masked) in US and in other countries. We are vaccinated, double boosted, up to date with all our vaccines for seasonal flu etc.

A lot of hygiene and self-care rituals for us has become ingrained -
- no shoes household, good cleanliness in the house
- sanitizer on person
- Salt gargles every day when brushing teeth
- a multivitamin every day
- getting adequate nutrition, hydration, sleep. Incorporating breathing exercise and yoga to manage stress

we use n-95 when going to a doctor or a very crowded place, but usually it is a normal triple-ply fabric reusable mask.

We now assume that COVID is something that we will have to live with. Having extra COVID tests allows us to do a quick check if there is a need. Otherwise, it is pretty much business as usual. I actually appreciate having extra tests because it is a good tool to have to give us peace of mind.

Wow! Imagine doing all of those hypochondriacal COVIDian rituals and thinking you're the average. Meanwhile, almost no one wears a mask on a plane and the average American and European is completely done with any precautions.

COVID is never going away. It has the mortality risk now of the flu. If that is how you want to live your life, then so be it but please realize you're way outside the norm.

Anonymous wrote:I think we are an average family taking average precautions.

We have a stack of COVID tests. Some we bought, some was free from the govt delivered free from USPS, and some were given by the school.

We are taking precautions in public and masking when doing a grocery run or going to any store. We are not masking with family and friends. We are hosting outdoors parties in our backyard also. We are travelling in aircrafts (while masked) in US and in other countries. We are vaccinated, double boosted, up to date with all our vaccines for seasonal flu etc.

A lot of hygiene and self-care rituals for us has become ingrained -
- no shoes household, good cleanliness in the house
- sanitizer on person
- Salt gargles every day when brushing teeth
- a multivitamin every day
- getting adequate nutrition, hydration, sleep. Incorporating breathing exercise and yoga to manage stress

we use n-95 when going to a doctor or a very crowded place, but usually it is a normal triple-ply fabric reusable mask.

We now assume that COVID is something that we will have to live with. Having extra COVID tests allows us to do a quick check if there is a need. Otherwise, it is pretty much business as usual. I actually appreciate having extra tests because it is a good tool to have to give us peace of mind.

Anonymous wrote:I am confused. I got the tests and thought it was great and added them to my stash that I use when we need to home test for one reason or another. Why would anyone throw them out? You're not obligated to do anything with them.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, it's definitely far, far worse than just a bad cold for some who get long covid, and pretty much ruins their existence, so you look like a dipsh!t insisting that cold is as bad as it gets. You could say "for most people" and appear more reasonable. But maybe reasonable isn't what you're going for. *shrug*

Long COVID is a psychochosomatic disease. Harvard Medical School professor did a great thread on the latest study showing just that yesterday. The most common risk factor for Long COVID was...a history of anxiety disorders!
https://twitter.com/awgaffney/status/1528876982754476032

That would explain why Long COVID seems to be affecting middle age, white affluent suburban mothers in unhappy marriages. Arlington has plenty.

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Anonymous wrote:Arlington county just sent this out: “ Arlington County and the region continue to experience a rise in COVID-19 cases. As of May 23, 2022, the County remains in the CDC’s Medium Community Level of transmission, with a positivity rate hovering around 14.7% – its highest since early January. “

This doesnt have anything to do with spring break. Just another wave.

Who cares? I can't imagine my family living our life, worried about what is at worst a bad cold. Something like 80% of the country has already had COVID, including our family (some of probably multiple times).

The threshold is not that no one ever gets a cold again. I can't imagine if there was a rhinovirus tracker.

Thankfully we don't have to worry about forced child masking or school shutting down. Thank you Chap Petersen!

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Anonymous wrote:Wait...they gave you tests and you threw them in the trash? For why?

At least donate to someone who might want it.
Just like there are people still very panicked about Covid there are people who are addicted to complaining about every single thing APS does.

I was told by a friend who wanted a visit we would have to sit outside 10 feet apart and I’d have to wear a mask because I didn’t boost. Meanwhile, she picked her son and girlfriend up at the airport the day before after a week long jaunt overseas. They had spent the week unmasked and partying. But I’m the risk People have gone mad.

Anonymous wrote:I mean, it's definitely far, far worse than just a bad cold for some who get long covid, and pretty much ruins their existence, so you look like a dipsh!t insisting that cold is as bad as it gets. You could say "for most people" and appear more reasonable. But maybe reasonable isn't what you're going for. *shrug*

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Anonymous wrote:Wait...they gave you tests and you threw them in the trash? For why?

At least donate to someone who might want it.
Just like there are people still very panicked about Covid there are people who are addicted to complaining about every single thing APS does.