deacdiggler
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thanks for that CONTENT dickhead
I think the absence of a cohesive national plan makes people impatient. Two month lock-down was supposed to keep hospitals from being overrun (that did happen), and buy time for the government to catch up, prepare a plan, and begin executing it (it didn't happen). We can't be in lock-down until a vaccine. If there is no plan, no goal we are shooting for, then why are we doing this (lock-down)? So yeah, people became impatient and said eff it.
Non-political, parenting question(s): how have parents been handling their childcare, and what will it look like moving forward?
It appears that awar and I will continue working from home for some indeterminate amount of time. Since March, we've kept our two kids at home with us, even though our 2yo's daycare and our 5yo's after-school program (during COVID it's been running all-day and will soon convert to summer camp) remain open. We've done this primarily because of safety concerns (for our family and the community). But, we'd also love to send them for a variety of reasons - do folks feel like it is relatively safe to do so?
Non-political, parenting question(s): how have parents been handling their childcare, and what will it look like moving forward?
It appears that awar and I will continue working from home for some indeterminate amount of time. Since March, we've kept our two kids at home with us, even though our 2yo's daycare and our 5yo's after-school program (during COVID it's been running all-day and will soon convert to summer camp) remain open. We've done this primarily because of safety concerns (for our family and the community). But, we'd also love to send them for a variety of reasons - do folks feel like it is relatively safe to do so?
It's tough. You're probably going insane, but also children are human petri dishes capable of delivering disease at a horrifying rate.
There's no good answer, but I would just look to the local percentages of COVID-19 in GBoro and make the best decision you can.
Forsyth is very much headed the wrong way. It sucks you basically have to make a decision by June 1st for the rest of the summer.
I've been pretty obviously conservative in how I've viewed all this, so I wouldn't feel comfortable sending my kids to daycare yet.
I know the risk of them getting it is very low, but if they do all this then they basically can't see grandparents/older folks for a long time.
Non-political, parenting question(s): how have parents been handling their childcare, and what will it look like moving forward?
It appears that awar and I will continue working from home for some indeterminate amount of time. Since March, we've kept our two kids at home with us, even though our 2yo's daycare and our 5yo's after-school program (during COVID it's been running all-day and will soon convert to summer camp) remain open. We've done this primarily because of safety concerns (for our family and the community). But, we'd also love to send them for a variety of reasons - do folks feel like it is relatively safe to do so?
Forsyth is very much headed the wrong way. It sucks you basically have to make a decision by June 1st for the rest of the summer.
I've been pretty obviously conservative in how I've viewed all this, so I wouldn't feel comfortable sending my kids to daycare yet.
I know the risk of them getting it is very low, but if they do all this then they basically can't see grandparents/older folks for a long time.
Non-political, parenting question(s): how have parents been handling their childcare, and what will it look like moving forward?
It appears that awar and I will continue working from home for some indeterminate amount of time. Since March, we've kept our two kids at home with us, even though our 2yo's daycare and our 5yo's after-school program (during COVID it's been running all-day and will soon convert to summer camp) remain open. We've done this primarily because of safety concerns (for our family and the community). But, we'd also love to send them for a variety of reasons - do folks feel like it is relatively safe to do so?
2&2 vs everything/one has to be the main event, right?
Are they seeing them now anyway?
No clue what they're doing re: grandparents.
A daycare is probably one of the most germ-centered place that exists in America in "normal" time. When you throw in COVID you have to consider every single parent who is sending their kids to school and where they have been/how they are social distancing. Not to mention parents who are sending their children may not have a choice (if they are essential workers can literally cannot watch their children during the daytime) and likely at a higher risk to contract COVID due to being out in the world.
It's a very tough assessment when we have no idea who does and does not have it. That's why, again, testing and contact tracing are vital to getting us anywhere back to normal before a safe vaccine is developed.
You don't know if your kids are seeing their grandparents?