Coffee anyone ?

[Baymule]

PA the guy in your DH class had been exposed? Or actually did have Covid? If he had just been exposed, it is highly likely that your DH is safe.

 

[promiseacres]

PA the guy in your DH class had been exposed? Or actually did have Covid? If he had just been exposed, it is highly likely that your DH is safe.

They said several of his (this guy was at the class) family that he'd been in contact with had it. so he was just exposed.... as of Tuesday. It sounds like this guy will be tested... am guessing if he is positive all the guys at the "class" will be needed to be tested also. They decided that the class should continue at the home shops, it was via the internet anyways they were just in a group setting as they needed access to a particular sprayer and there was only one available for the company. I'm not too worried... just tired of the hassle. I need a break.... I do on a normal basis but it feels impossible to get a break in this new world. I love my kids but this 24/7 plus the worries on top.... I'm tired. I really was praying we'd have a semi normal holiday season... now it seems impossible. We usually have Thanksgiving with DH's family and I don't know if that's going to happen. I don't believe we're promised tomorrow in any case, so we should live TODAY to the fullest. But how to do that when people are afraid of a virus we can't control. I suppose this is TMI and shouldn't be on the coffee thread but oh well. hope everyone stays safe and has a good day.

 

[Bruce]

Our 13 year old granddaughter sat between 2 kids in school, in multiple classes, both of whom have Covid. Granddaughter was wearing a mask, so she is still allowed to go to school.

She should get tested given the close proximity. Were the Covid positive kids wearing masks? If so your GD's risk is much lower.

so he was just exposed.... as of Tuesday.

If he was exposed on Tuesday and your DH was in his presence Wed I think he is fairly safe. It takes a couple of days for the virus to multiply to the point of transmission. I'd be more worried if the guy was exposed last Fri or Sat.

Yep, 24x7 with anyone day after day, week after week can get old. Especially when you have to deal with schooling. DD2 is here 24x7 though she did go to an optometrist appointment yesterday. She hasn't gone anywhere for so long her car battery was dead when I swapped the summer/winter tires on Monday. But she hides in her room most of the time so less "too close too much" there.

 

[Baymule]

PA you can vent here any time. Every one is under pressure, worried and with kids, that is multiplied. You got friends here, we will listen.
@Bruce I don’t know if the other kids were wearing a mask or not. I’m pretty sure the school mandates it.

 

[messybun]

This is probably an unpopular opinion. But mask mandates are proven to be useless. Covid is a small virus that easily travels through masks. Far more importantly, the death rate is very low. Even among at risk people you are looking at 1 in 1000 or less. Almost exactly the same numbers as this year’s flu. No one wants covid. But might I suggest that the media is using this virus to force people to live in fear and blindly follow any illegal regulations that they throw out there? I believe everyone is so sick of this, we just want the pandemic to end. But the government has taken huge leaps that they shouldn’t have been allowed to, all in the name of our safety. Our safety from a virus that has over a 98% recovery rate at even the most liberal rates. The vaccine that they are pushing has been pushed through the system so fast that the proper safety trials haven’t been done, and people are getting severely sick from them, but the drug companies have been told that they will be protected from any law suits. That scares me. In NY and CA especially there are people coming forward whose families are starving, because of covid. The government has forced most small businesses to shut down, and that has led to families forced into starvation, homelessness, poverty of every variety. All in the name of our safety? Before you bash me, ask yourself, how would a worldwide fear help anyone in government gain power? As a side note, have you noted how fast anything that doesn’t go with the narrative is taken down from large sites, such as video sharing sites and social medias.

 

[Mini Horses]

I am concerned for the economic problems from all of this -- business closures, job losses, resulting inability to have shelter and food. Wearing a mask did not cause that. While not perfect, they do help transmission. Its like a strainer, some foods slide thru, generally not all....dirty? Wash it! Same with washing hands and stay home if sick..that is true with even the common cold. Nothing is perfect but, 50% is better than nothing.

As to the vaccines...yes, rushed. But I have not heard or seen any evidence of many of the testers getting severely sick. will I take it? Heck, I've never even had a flu shot. Take a guess....? I agree that the numbers of cases are askew. You know some have tested multiple times and are counted every time. For some, it is not severe, others it is. It is a fact the hospitals are full of sick people. I agree no one wants to report numbers on sick and recovered. Where's the sale in that????

The media will report whatever sensation is happening, usually with extremes.

I don't feel your opinion is unpopular or otherwise. Just your opinion. We all have them.

The one I think everyone shares is ---- enough already!!!! Bring back normal.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

The vaccine that they are pushing has been pushed through the system so fast that the proper safety trials haven’t been done, and people are getting severely sick from them,

Do you have a link to evidence of this? I haven't heard anything about it and I'd like to be informed.

While not perfect, they do help transmission.

Absolutely. While most say that the virus is miniscule and can go through the fabric what they are not taking into consideration is that the virus is carried in moisture droplets. The moisture droplets are what is stopped by the mask. That's why it's better to have a mask with multiple layers and to keep your hands off of it!

 

[farmerjan]

There will be no return to what we called normal. This is the "new normal" and the bs that goes along with it. I don't see where the masks have helped at all because so many of the places that are getting into some real high "numbers" are the very places that the "lockdowns" and masks and all that were pushed more. We are going to have to get exposed or get the vaccine to HELP slow this down. I would really like to see some real number comparisons on the hospitalizations and death rates of some of the past "infections" and the "normal yearly flu" numbers. I am tired of this being the only thing they want to report, when there are so many other things that have reached huge numbers that have not been promoted.
I am NOT SAYING that it isn't a serious "disease" or infection...... it is highly contagious in as much as people are getting sick from exposure to people that didn't know they were sick.....does anyone remember that it was also the case with other diseases.... like chicken pox???? Kids got it from other kids who were not YET showing symptoms......And german measles was very infectious and it also was spread by many non-symptomatic kids who would show symptoms a day or two later.

Then when you add in the stupid and totally a$$inine comments like Cuomo in NY..... that he won't take the vaccine if it comes from the trump administration...... and then Trump said okay, we will put you at the bottom of the list of the places we are going to distribute it to.....and he is claiming that the administration is now conspiring against NY.....They
are all nuts.....

 

[thistlebloom]

I'm glad not everyone has drunk the kool-aid. @messybun , @farmerjan .
It gives me some encouragement.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Kool-Aid vs. Conspircy Theories!