We just got back from DL last night and we are noticing fewer and fewer masks every trip, outside it’s extremely rare but indoors it’s probably 5-10% still.
I understand that it's a proven thing that immune systems need exposure to work on and build strength.
We do all kinds of things for public health reasons. This isn't something magic and special that's different.
I have said this repeatedly. I have a child's size face. There are zero, and I mean zero, N95s for kids. Best I can do is a KN94. Hospitals do have access to items I do not though. All said I have a friend who no longer works in medical field thanks to covid burn out who could not be properly fitted when they were working. So yes, it happens.
Not entirely form what I have read https://medical.mit.edu/covid-19-updates/2020/05/all-social-distancing-weakening-our-immune-systems
Doesn't that article seem to contradict itself a bit? It refers to this study, for example https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9200634/ which seems to imply that those who have a strong social circle are less likely to catch even a common cold. Though I cannot read the entire text without a login. But that study does seem to imply that if you are socially active, you're less likely to catch the rhinovirus they tested with than if you are anti-social (which I'd argue social distancing falls into that category)
That's absolutely possible, but again, without reading the full text or getting data on the physical movements of the test candidates, one cannot know if those people are socially active in only a remote manner or if they are the type that go and visit family members and friends daily, weekly, monthly. I wouldn't assume they are all socially active shut ins, would you?
Yes, I was referring to childhood over cleanliness.
Me too. Would play in houses being built in my subdivision. Dirt clod fights, nail punctures, 2x4 in the face. Learned a lot about construction by age 7. I wonder if that experience is why I ended up as an Engineer
I would say I had a very cautious group because so many were living with super high risk. We only met outdoors socially distanced or zoomed. We had each other's back when someone was sick or the like though. So yes, you can be socially active but not exposing yourself much. We had weekly zooms with my close knit group. We were close prior to covid though.
Ah then yes! I totally agree on that! We were not hand santizers. Washed hands normally and such. We didn't over clean. Lots of playground days and all that. As much for my sanity as my kid. Also because dirt won't kill you.
Whatever hand sanitizer WDW had last time we were there was wicked strong. The skin was peeling off the palms of my hands by our third day. It was worse than the powdered lye soap they had in the restrooms years ago.
Holy
that's crazy! As soon as I hit submit, I wondered when someone was going to say something like thatAs long as you are immunized to tetanus amiright?
You can count on meAs soon as I hit submit, I wondered when someone was going to say something like that
Borax, not lye.
That powdered soap for me deep cleaned my hands in the theme parks what feels like taking off a layer of skin back in the day.
Whatever it was as a kid I just loved it. I'm weird though.
