COVID-19 Outbreak (Update: More than 2.9M cases and 132,313 deaths in US)

sammymvpknight said
I'm not trying to be argumentative, but who on this forum has worn a mask for more than 2 hours at a time? I do it on a regular basis, and it's a miserable existence. I do it because I come into contact with sick people and I don't want to bring something home with me. But boys, I'm not sure it is practical to ask people wear PPE for a 10-hour work day. I think that is a very reasonable request in short bursts, such as going to a sporting event, going to the grocery store, going to the restaurant. I also have very little confidence that the average person can wear PPE that long without touching the outside of their evil PPE and completely defeating the purpose of the PPE in the first place.

I think that at some point we are just going to have to send the kids back to school...ready or not. And it'll have to be without PPE. They will be little carrier monkeys, and we will have to try to keep them away from immunocompromised or elderly. Kids that are immunocompromised will have to be home schooled. It's unfortunate, but it's time to put forward realistic strategies.

A lot of us have family that works in healthcare. My wife has to wear a mask all day and she's in administration and not even in a room anymore. She hates it. I think when I think PPE I'm thinking more the cloth variety. I've been wearing a bandana with a Balaclava over top of it when I go places. It's not bad at all.

But you are thinking past where my post was. I'm assuming school is done for this semester. I don't think we can make any decisions on school for another few months. I don't think there's any use in worrying about schools opening in four months right now. We have no idea what things will look like even in a month.

It's a "one thing at a time", then wait and see how it goes, rinse repeat thing. Which really sucks, because I think the most difficult thing for a lot of people is not seeing a finish line. I know it is for me personally.