Anonymous wrote:We think as long as new people (waitstaff, stores, outside) are not talking at you, indoors, unless they have a mask in or are 6’ away, risks are considerably lowered. And of course no getting sneezed on, coughed at, shouting nearby (more high speed spit particles). Then wash hands frequently and and avoid touching face.

The problem is that people aren't wearing masks or aren't wearing them properly.

We think as long as new people (waitstaff, stores, outside) are not talking at you, indoors, unless they have a mask in or are 6’ away, risks are considerably lowered. And of course no getting sneezed on, coughed at, shouting nearby (more high speed spit particles). Then wash hands frequently and and avoid touching face.

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Anonymous wrote:We are traveling out of the country and spending 2-3 months there (until September or later if schools don’t reopen in person). That is where my parents live and where we can have childcare. We will be careful on the plane and will quarantine once there and back here. Where we are going, things are much better than here in the states. There will be summer camps and my older kids are likely to attend. They will be playing at the beach with other kids I think. We aren’t likely to go to restaurants anywhere, but where we go it would be much safer.
If we were to stay here, I think we wouldn’t do camps and probably wouldn’t do play dates... not sure

I wouldn’t do a playdate but you would go to an airport and get on a plane?

Yeah... we need to go so we need to take some risks. TBH the airline we are flying with has taken pretty decent measures (space between pasengers, masks, sanitation, air filters, etc.). On top of that my son has already had COVID (the rest of us tested negative). We will do the antibody test before traveling and I hope we all have them anyway. Once there, things are much safer than here and we plan on staying there at least until beginning of September

Where are you going?

Europe

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Anonymous wrote:We are traveling out of the country and spending 2-3 months there (until September or later if schools don’t reopen in person). That is where my parents live and where we can have childcare. We will be careful on the plane and will quarantine once there and back here. Where we are going, things are much better than here in the states. There will be summer camps and my older kids are likely to attend. They will be playing at the beach with other kids I think. We aren’t likely to go to restaurants anywhere, but where we go it would be much safer.
If we were to stay here, I think we wouldn’t do camps and probably wouldn’t do play dates... not sure

I wouldn’t do a playdate but you would go to an airport and get on a plane?

Yeah... we need to go so we need to take some risks. TBH the airline we are flying with has taken pretty decent measures (space between pasengers, masks, sanitation, air filters, etc.). On top of that my son has already had COVID (the rest of us tested negative). We will do the antibody test before traveling and I hope we all have them anyway. Once there, things are much safer than here and we plan on staying there at least until beginning of September

Where are you going?

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Anonymous wrote:We are traveling out of the country and spending 2-3 months there (until September or later if schools don’t reopen in person). That is where my parents live and where we can have childcare. We will be careful on the plane and will quarantine once there and back here. Where we are going, things are much better than here in the states. There will be summer camps and my older kids are likely to attend. They will be playing at the beach with other kids I think. We aren’t likely to go to restaurants anywhere, but where we go it would be much safer.
If we were to stay here, I think we wouldn’t do camps and probably wouldn’t do play dates... not sure

I wouldn’t do a playdate but you would go to an airport and get on a plane?

Yeah... we need to go so we need to take some risks. TBH the airline we are flying with has taken pretty decent measures (space between pasengers, masks, sanitation, air filters, etc.). On top of that my son has already had COVID (the rest of us tested negative). We will do the antibody test before traveling and I hope we all have them anyway. Once there, things are much safer than here and we plan on staying there at least until beginning of September

Meant my daughter has already had it.

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Anonymous wrote:We are traveling out of the country and spending 2-3 months there (until September or later if schools don’t reopen in person). That is where my parents live and where we can have childcare. We will be careful on the plane and will quarantine once there and back here. Where we are going, things are much better than here in the states. There will be summer camps and my older kids are likely to attend. They will be playing at the beach with other kids I think. We aren’t likely to go to restaurants anywhere, but where we go it would be much safer.
If we were to stay here, I think we wouldn’t do camps and probably wouldn’t do play dates... not sure

I wouldn’t do a playdate but you would go to an airport and get on a plane?

Yeah... we need to go so we need to take some risks. TBH the airline we are flying with has taken pretty decent measures (space between pasengers, masks, sanitation, air filters, etc.). On top of that my son has already had COVID (the rest of us tested negative). We will do the antibody test before traveling and I hope we all have them anyway. Once there, things are much safer than here and we plan on staying there at least until beginning of September

My older kid plays outside with the neighborhood kids. Not worried about it at all. We wear our masks indoor at stores, but not outside. When I walk, I keep to the social distancing guidelines.

Traveling? That's a laugh. There's a Depression to prep for. I'll probably give it another month or so and then I'll go for a haircut and dental appointment. But I want to see what things look like in a few weeks.

I'm pregnant so I can't avoid the hospital/medical entirely.

Very similar to you, OP. I have a preschooler and am due with my second in October. I am really surprised at some of the decisions made by states and individuals on what to re-open first, and what activities people seem to be scared of doing. During quarantine I have been 100% ok with outdoor activity, unmasked, where social distancing is easy (it is in my neighborhood and several trail stretches in a park nearby) - the research shows it is VERY unlikely that COVID could be transmitted in those circumstances. (I've also had a negative antibody test, so I am pretty sure I have not unknowingly contracted the virus). I'm annoyed that DC still hasn't opened its parks - the more outdoor public space we have, the better people can spread out and safely enjoy the outdoors instead of crowding into tiny parks. But no way no how am I going into a salon before there's a vaccine - that level of sustained indoor exposure seems wildly unsafe, particularly for the stylists. I'm also in no hurry to dine in at restaurants or go to concerts, etc.

The things that I do plan on resuming when the stay at home order is lifted are:

1. Playdates/social gatherings with one or two families - This seems low risk to me, if the families have been isolating (and we know two that are)

2. School/daycare - I know this is higher risk, but my husband and I want/need to keep our jobs, and I think it's important for our kid to start getting socialization with kids his own age (he will be in PK3 in the fall and has been in a nanny setting through now). This is contingent upon outcomes in European countries from places that have re-opened schools, but early data suggests that schools are not contributing to the virus spread in significant ways.

3. Family visit - We won't travel to them simply because it's logistically harder than them coming to us, but I do want to have my parents come visit after my baby is born in October, both to see them and to have them take care of my oldest while I care for the new baby. I want all of us to get COVID tests first though (you can easily get a test w/o symptoms in their state).

WORK - DH is working remotely and loving it. This will continue. I am SAHM.

EDUCATION - Kids are learning online. I have paid serious cash to enable online lessons for the rest of this year and next year. All other plans are a go.

SPORTS and ECs - What can be learned online is continuing. Rest has stopped.

EATING OUT - Not going to restaurants. We are doing curbside pickups occasionally and then transferring food to safe containers. Our best bet is our local chinese restaurant that is only taking online orders and will deliver food on your driveway and call you. Lots of social distancing.

CAR WASH - Maybe we will go to an automatic car wash. No detailing and cleaning inside. Using vacuum to clean up inside.

HAIR CUTS - Coloring and cutting at home.

GROCERY - Three places that we thought were safe with masks - our local Indian grocery store, korean grocery store and Costco. We are getting online orders from Whole Foods also. We were much more confident during the lockdown but we are absolutely heartsick now when people are acting like animals.

CLEANING PERSON. - Paying her but she will not be allowed to work in our house until the pandemic dies off. I am cleaning myself and it is hard.

LAWN MOWING -Person is still coming and mowing my lawn.

CONSUMER GOODS - Online.

TRAVEL - None.

SOCIALIZING - With a few close friends in open, staying far away from each other (more than 10 ft away) and with a mask. Mainly facetime and zoom.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS - Everything is frozen. Thankfully we do not have appliances that need repairing.

GAS STATION - Using our hybrid plug-in. Avoiding gas stations.

DR VISITS - None yet. Lots of stuff is overdue. We have used TeleDoc. No Vaccines are scheduled yet. We will venture out in July.

GYMS - Not renewed.

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Anonymous wrote:No additional ones.

Telework, online shopping, distance learning, walking the dog, Facetime playdates, talking with neighbors from 8 ft away.

I will not contribute to a second surge.

You're welcome.

Ha ahh the martyr

PP you replied to. I don't consider myself a martyr, so I don't know why you should! Just pointing out that I am doing this not just for myself and my family, but for you as well, as are many other people who prefer to be cautious.

Dp. The "you're welcome" put it over the top, for me.

DP, and same. Being smug and judgmental damages society, too, just not as obviously as COVID-19.

Anonymous wrote:We are traveling out of the country and spending 2-3 months there (until September or later if schools don’t reopen in person). That is where my parents live and where we can have childcare. We will be careful on the plane and will quarantine once there and back here. Where we are going, things are much better than here in the states. There will be summer camps and my older kids are likely to attend. They will be playing at the beach with other kids I think. We aren’t likely to go to restaurants anywhere, but where we go it would be much safer.
If we were to stay here, I think we wouldn’t do camps and probably wouldn’t do play dates... not sure

I wouldn’t do a playdate but you would go to an airport and get on a plane?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No additional ones.

Telework, online shopping, distance learning, walking the dog, Facetime playdates, talking with neighbors from 8 ft away.

I will not contribute to a second surge.

You're welcome.

Ha ahh the martyr

PP you replied to. I don't consider myself a martyr, so I don't know why you should! Just pointing out that I am doing this not just for myself and my family, but for you as well, as are many other people who prefer to be cautious.

Dp. The "you're welcome" put it over the top, for me.

I allowed my first outdoor play date today for my almost 5 year old. It made a world of difference. They got a little too close a few times- like going down the slide on top of each other close. But neither of them has been out of their yards for over a month so I considered the risk low enough for me.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No additional ones.

Telework, online shopping, distance learning, walking the dog, Facetime playdates, talking with neighbors from 8 ft away.

I will not contribute to a second surge.

You're welcome.

Ha ahh the martyr

PP you replied to. I don't consider myself a martyr, so I don't know why you should! Just pointing out that I am doing this not just for myself and my family, but for you as well, as are many other people who prefer to be cautious.

Considering an outdoor “play date” with another family — basically a midweek hike. That’s about it.

No camps. No pools.

No in-person lessons.

No haircuts. We all have curls. I don’t color, so it’s easy enough to deal with product and pins. I can trim my son’s hair if he wants it. DH already cuts his own.

Nails, brows, etc. No way; I’m nowhere as good as my estheticians but it’ll do for now. Bought gift certificates in effort to help keep them afloat.

No eating in restaurants, no matter how desperate I am for an amazing meal. And I am so damn sick of cooking.

Will continue to homeschool in fall unless there’s a drastic change. DC misses friends but connects daily through FaceTime and chats with neighbors from a distance. They even have no-contact “socially distant” sword / stick battles with our fence in between

We have always worked from home, so that’s helpful.

Basically, we will be late to emerge. And are ok with that.