School should never be a scary place. And by all accounts, @Virtual Toad ’s kids are terrified to be there.
Wow, look how masks helped keep things from becoming as bad as it was in the U.S. until the more contagious Delta variant and the Olympics came along.
Not specific to the original poster. But If any vaccinated teen not in a high risk category or an unvaccinated elementary kid not in a high risk category is not only afraid of getting covid at school but then dying as a result, then someone has been overstating the risk to him or her. That’s an unnecessary burden on a child. I keep saying, don’t understate the risk. But don’t overstate it either.
Yeah, as scary as the potential of an allergic reaction was, delta scares the crap out of me. Plus I'm going to WDW in a few weeks, so this will provide partial protection.
A fair point. Our kids take it seriously, probably more than most. Even though they’re vaccinated, it’s hit close enough to home (a teacher passing away and a grandmother testing positive and enduring a dangerous nursing home environment, and this week a fellow student hospitalized) that yes, they’re a bit scared. They also don’t want to get a case, that while most likely mild for them, could infect a loved one, including their grandparents. And while fear is a factor, it’s also extreme exasperation at the complete lack of reasonable safety measures they have to live with every day. Going back was a big step for them after virtual for a year. We’re helping them work through the apprehension but a safe learning environment, free from fear and stress, or at least as much as possible, shouldn’t be too much to ask for.
Not like you require validation from me or anything, but this is a fair and reasonable post IMO.
LOL. It’s genuinely appreciated. Working through this whole thing is a day-by-day affair for everyone, and while not everyone agrees on everything here all the time, just being able to converse and commiserate with others is therapeutic as well as helpful. Cheers
True but kids hear about things that we don't even tell them. It's not always just on the parents. Unfortunately our kids see and hear things. One of my friends with a kid who is a classmate of my own kid was seriously freaked out on their own. Shutting schools down has a way of doing that. Not to mention those with high risk loved ones or losing a loved one or.... yeah they take it seriously and I get why. Kids also tend to develop irrational fears on their own too. Combine that and it can be hard.
I hear you on that. Glad you'll have partial protection and hopefully case numbers drop too.
Someone once said Florida is a sunny place for shady people.
It's not unwise. All health matters are intensely complicated at sea. Add in the extremely likelihood of something happening, and you really have to weigh the risks. The problem is that you can plan a cruise when things look great, and then a variant like Delta (or worse) can crop up before you sail that changes the calculation. And ships just can't be outfitted to handle the kind of care that serious COVID patients need.
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Last place I will get on is a cruise ship and I'm vaccinated.
Next year will best than last year, as everything's going to back to normal with no more masks on transportation anymore, no social distancing anymore, the pandemic would be over soon, even the cruises will go back to normal, no more COVID-19 problems anymore.
Sailing on a boat was a surprisingly dangerous endevour up until about 100 years ago. A certain percentage of the crew and passengers were expected to not just get sick but actually die on every extended ocean voyage. Through the discovery that scurvy was caused by a lack of vitamin C, the germ theory of disease, and the implementation of sanitation and hygiene procedures, death from infectious disease during a cruise became a rarity. Now, it seems we're back to the mid 1850s again. If we can't control a relatively benign but annoying and extremely contagious disease like nororvirus on ships, how can we expect to corale COVID-19?
Sad for the cruise industry, but, the floating Petri dishes had a bad history when it came to disease spread on board to begin with. Now! enter COVID19. Since the days of ships being the primary means of international travel are long gone and cruising is a leisure / vacation thing it is not essential to anything and can be done with out.
Like the optimism! Stay healthy!
Exactly! California and NY both have higher vaccination rates than TX and yet their cases are increasing at a faster exponential rate! One day soon people will wake up and look at the worldwide vaccine stats and realize how manipulated they are in the U.S. Look at the data out of Isreal and the UK. It is not 1% of cases that are vaccinated, it is the majority!
