Anonymous wrote:No. I do not feel guilty in the least. We did the right thing.

This is a truly stupid topic and thread.

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Anonymous wrote:We’ve been really careful since the beginning of the pandemic, which has meant very limited human interaction for our 6-year-old. Her school has been virtual since last March, camps were canceled. We did work hard to make outdoor playdates happen last summer and early fall, but in November it got too cold plus we moved to a place where we didn’t know anyone. Normally we’d do outings at the children’s museum, playgrounds etc, but being in crowded places felt unsafe. So we’d go places but keep a distance and she wouldn’t get to interact with other kids. Besides us and her grandparents (once they got vaccinated), she hasn’t really had any contact with people.


She’s always been really quiet and shy, and this year seems to have made it worse. We’re trying to make up for lost time by signing her up for classes, camp this summer, etc, but I feel like I’ve messed her up and I’m a terrible mom. Especially looking at everyone I know who didn’t take precautions at all and none of them or their kids got seriously sick and I’m kind of feeling like an idiot. People were pretty judgy about us trying to follow the COVID rules, so I’m really second guessing if we were wrong to do that.

Obviously the ideal would be to have a few close friends taking the same level of precautions and hang out with them, but we just didn’t have any friends like that.

At this point I kind of feel like throwing all caution to the wind, esp because my DH and I are completing our own vaccinations, and just letting her socialize in any way we can get - inside, outside, masks, no masks, getting up close in each other’s faces, etc. In our area other people just don’t seem to care the same way we do, so the other kids don’t wear masks or distance.

It feels like such a lose-lose situation for me.

I am so sorry OP. Do what’s right by your kid and don’t let the judging Karens dictate your choices. Seriously, look at the data and make your own decisions.

No, the judging Karen’s are the pro-masking harpies who go mental when even one person is unmasked within a 1 mile radius of them. I feel bad for OP but worse for her kid. Barring major pre-existing medical conditions, OP should have done her own risk analysis instead of relying on the idiotic media to do it for her.

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Anonymous wrote:Nope. Not a bit. Having living parents was a much higher priority than anything he missed.

Are you fat or over 80?

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“Proud” —?? That’s so silly.





Not silly at all. Those who took all recommended precautions saved lives and slowed the mutation. And they did at at their own sacrifice. Great reason to feel proud.

Those running around pretending it didn’t exist spread the virus through their selfishness. They should feel shame.


No they didn’t. Sheltering the elderly and providing supports for essential workers would have done much more to prevent the spread of illness. Staying home did not save lives. In fact according to CDC data teen deaths increased 15%.

https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/AH-Deaths-by-Age-Sex-and-Week-2018-2020/w56u-89fn

Drug overdoses increased 30%.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2021/...-coronaviurs-pandemic.amp.html

This is the tip of the iceberg.

Oh look. More homicides too.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/01/opinion/democrats-james-carville.html

And more motor vehicle deaths.

https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/Monthly-Counts-of-Deaths-by-Select-Causes-2020-202/9dzk-mvmi/data


Hmm..half of the yearly increase in mortality wasn’t from Covid per CDC data.

https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/Provisional-COVID-19-Death-Counts-by-Place-of-Deat/uggs-hy5q/data

And we haven’t even tried to quantify the long-term impact of school closures. But yeah...your restrictive policies saved so many lives, even though the poor/vulnerable had to work through the pandemic without sick leave. Gold star!

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Anonymous wrote:Nope. Not a bit. Having living parents was a much higher priority than anything he missed.

Are you fat or over 80?

Stop being a fool, PP. My trim 35 year old neighbor died from covid.

You still upset about trump losing so badly?

I voted for Biden. But I will be voting for DeSantis in 2024 if schools are not open 5 days per week and kids are still masked in the fall.

What underlying condition did your neighbor have. You are absolutely leaving out something important.

Absolutely no underlying condition. And you’re too stupid to have voted for Biden if you think the President controls school districts.

But the kids will be masked in the fall - no question. As they should.

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Anonymous wrote:Nope. Not a bit. Having living parents was a much higher priority than anything he missed.

Are you fat or over 80?

Stop being a fool, PP. My trim 35 year old neighbor died from covid.

You still upset about trump losing so badly?

I voted for Biden. But I will be voting for DeSantis in 2024 if schools are not open 5 days per week and kids are still masked in the fall.

What underlying condition did your neighbor have. You are absolutely leaving out something important.

The president is influenced by special interest groups. You are a fool if you think schools were closed in part because Trump said they should be open.

I absolutely voted for Biden. In fact, I voted a straight blue ticket.
Absolutely no underlying condition. And you’re too stupid to have voted for Biden if you think the President controls school districts.

But the kids will be masked in the fall - no question. As they should.

“Proud” —?? That’s so silly.





Not silly at all. Those who took all recommended precautions saved lives and slowed the mutation. And they did at at their own sacrifice. Great reason to feel proud.

Those running around pretending it didn’t exist spread the virus through their selfishness. They should feel shame.


No they didn’t. Sheltering the elderly and providing supports for essential workers would have done much more to prevent the spread of illness. Staying home did not save lives. In fact according to CDC data teen deaths increased 15%.

https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/AH-Deaths-by-Age-Sex-and-Week-2018-2020/w56u-89fn

Drug overdoses increased 30%.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2021/...-coronaviurs-pandemic.amp.html

This is the tip of the iceberg.

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Anonymous wrote:No. I don’t feel guilty. But I also know a fair number of people who weren’t as careful as we were, and they did get Covid, and so did their kids. Or their kids got it and they didn’t or vice versa.

Was anyone hospitalized? Any symptoms worse than flu?

NP here. Five people in my brother’s nine person office got covid from their trump-loving boss. My brother, who had both malaria and dysentery, said his 14 days with covid was the worst he ever felt in his life. The cough was unbearable.

So yes, far, far worse than the flu.

So no one hospitalized then?9

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Anonymous wrote:Nope. Not a bit. Having living parents was a much higher priority than anything he missed.

Are you fat or over 80?

Stop being a fool, PP. My trim 35 year old neighbor died from covid.

You still upset about trump losing so badly?

I voted for Biden. But I will be voting for DeSantis in 2024 if schools are not open 5 days per week and kids are still masked in the fall.

What underlying condition did your neighbor have. You are absolutely leaving out something important.

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Anonymous wrote:No. I don’t feel guilty. But I also know a fair number of people who weren’t as careful as we were, and they did get Covid, and so did their kids. Or their kids got it and they didn’t or vice versa.

Was anyone hospitalized? Any symptoms worse than flu?

NP here. Five people in my brother’s nine person office got covid from their trump-loving boss. My brother, who had both malaria and dysentery, said his 14 days with covid was the worst he ever felt in his life. The cough was unbearable.

So yes, far, far worse than the flu.