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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your house, your rules. As long as your family is also social distancing, it's not unfair or hypocritical to ask your AP to do the same. Every family has a different risk tolerance. I would not feel comfortable with a beach trip, especially considering the headlines out of South Carolina/Myrtle Beach becoming a coronavirus petri dish. Depending on your relationship with her, there is always the risk that she will bail to a family with looser rules. [/quote]

There are more emotionally stable HFs out there, grant her freedom and quit the program. [/quote]

That's a strange dig that makes you seem... off. Everyone has a different comfort level. Obviously, this is a unique situation. This is a highly contagious virus with few treatment options and no vaccine. It's rational to take these steps and it's what scientists and public health officials have been practically begging people to do since the beginning. Maybe you don't read the news (or take the most basic step like wear a mask) but there've been spikes in all of the states that re-opened. These rules are for everyone's protection, AP and host family alike. Obviously, if the family is going out but not letting their AP do the same, that's a different story. But don't judge host families that are actually sacrificing and doing their part to keep numbers low by staying home (again, as scientists have advised). APs can either accept that, rematch or go home. Thankfully, we have a mature AP who has accepted that and we allow outings within reason like hanging out with a friend who has also been social distancing. [/quote]

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