Anonymous wrote:What are your 1 year olds doing at restaurants that is so terrible? I've only been to a restaurant once w/my now 1 year old but all he did was look at people in amazement and confusion and eat.

Agree. Also, my 1yo at a restaurant was a dream compared to 2, lol. Kids should be trained to eat in restaurants with the family, imo, and it's better if you start them young -- just like air travel.

Anonymous wrote:What are your 1 year olds doing at restaurants that is so terrible? I've only been to a restaurant once w/my now 1 year old but all he did was look at people in amazement and confusion and eat.

I posted earlier about not wanting to go to a restaurant with my 1-year-old regardless of covid. Mine walked early and didn’t like sitting still, so if I’d tried to put her in a chair for long enough for me to have a nice meal with my parents, either I would have to spend the whole time amusing her and/or there would have been crying/kicking/squirming/projectiles. And even if she did end up being good, I would be constantly worrying about a potential meltdown inconveniencing other diners. YMMV depending on the kid/your social anxiety levels, of course! But takeout is just so much less stressful for me, so that’s what I do.

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Anonymous wrote:No, but then I don’t understand the near-pathological, rabid need so many people seem to have to eat indoors at restaurants during a pandemic the exact same food I can eat takeout, and certainly not with an unvaccinated kid.

I could agree with this in early 2020. It’s been nearly two years. Three effective vaccines are available to adults and children over age 5. Anti viral pills are on the way. Even in the youngest population there is a great deal of immunity. Plus, the one year old is at lower risk than the vaccinated adults given that age is by far the greatest risk factor for severe outcomes. Aside from that Covid 19 will never be eradicated and we will be infected and reinfected throughout our lives, as we are with other respiratory pathogens.

I don’t understand why some people can’t understand that this isn’t April of 2020.

And yet Covid numbers are climbing, little ones cannot be vaccinated and Covid deniers like you make it unsafe for all of us.

It's a seasonal respiratory virus. The numbers will always be high this time of year. We have herd immunity to RSV and it's as prevalent as SARS COV 2.
https://syndromictrends.com/

The only way you can be safe from respiratory pathogens is to stay home. And when you rejoin the world, you may be worse off for excluding yourself from the ecosystem.

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Anonymous wrote:No, but then I don’t understand the near-pathological, rabid need so many people seem to have to eat indoors at restaurants during a pandemic the exact same food I can eat takeout, and certainly not with an unvaccinated kid.

I could agree with this in early 2020. It’s been nearly two years. Three effective vaccines are available to adults and children over age 5. Anti viral pills are on the way. Even in the youngest population there is a great deal of immunity. Plus, the one year old is at lower risk than the vaccinated adults given that age is by far the greatest risk factor for severe outcomes. Aside from that Covid 19 will never be eradicated and we will be infected and reinfected throughout our lives, as we are with other respiratory pathogens.

I don’t understand why some people can’t understand that this isn’t April of 2020.

And yet Covid numbers are climbing, little ones cannot be vaccinated and Covid deniers like you make it unsafe for all of us.

What are your 1 year olds doing at restaurants that is so terrible? I've only been to a restaurant once w/my now 1 year old but all he did was look at people in amazement and confusion and eat.

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Anonymous wrote:Grandparents say it’s too cold to eat outdoors so only options are stay home or eat indoors.

Who are you worried about? The triple vaxxed adults, or the kid who's at lower risk for severe outcomes than they are?

DP. You must not have to deal with school or daycare quarantine.

I try not to let ridiculous quarantine rules drive my health decisions.

Yeah, well, those ridiculous quarantine rules dictate our ability have childcare to do our jobs, so….

Anonymous wrote:No, but then I don’t understand the near-pathological, rabid need so many people seem to have to eat indoors at restaurants during a pandemic the exact same food I can eat takeout, and certainly not with an unvaccinated kid.

I could agree with this in early 2020. It’s been nearly two years. Three effective vaccines are available to adults and children over age 5. Anti viral pills are on the way. Even in the youngest population there is a great deal of immunity. Plus, the one year old is at lower risk than the vaccinated adults given that age is by far the greatest risk factor for severe outcomes. Aside from that Covid 19 will never be eradicated and we will be infected and reinfected throughout our lives, as we are with other respiratory pathogens.

I don’t understand why some people can’t understand that this isn’t April of 2020.

No, but then I don’t understand the near-pathological, rabid need so many people seem to have to eat indoors at restaurants during a pandemic the exact same food I can eat takeout, and certainly not with an unvaccinated kid.

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Anonymous wrote:Grandparents say it’s too cold to eat outdoors so only options are stay home or eat indoors.

Who are you worried about? The triple vaxxed adults, or the kid who's at lower risk for severe outcomes than they are?

DP. You must not have to deal with school or daycare quarantine.

I try not to let ridiculous quarantine rules drive my health decisions.

Really does a one year old belong at any restaurant that isn’t fast food?

I wouldn't.