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

St. Widge said

Here is the thing. People are dumb. They will do dumb things. So, masks aren't going to be 100% effective. But, they will be some percentage of effective and even if that's only 50% effective it could slow the virus down enough to be able to maintain some semblance of an economy while not overwhelming the healthcare system. As Dave said, it's either we try going to social distancing with PPE or we all stay home until this is over.

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We aren't going to stay home until this is over. That's just not happening. Any thought that is even remotely possible should be immediately deleted from the trash bin. Some of us will continue to have social distancing with or without PPE, and some will not. And life will go on for better or for worse.

We had our first friend over this week. He was well and we were all well. It's the first person from outside the family that we have had interactions with in the past handful of months. It was time. We will probably one of our kids come over to play in the next few weeks, because we find that to be important for our children. Of course there are risks, but I think that all of us are trying to find balances right now...and script social distancing guidance is I think moving the needle toward a net negative for my family, so we will make some modifications.