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I need a tldr on this, stat. Even timr's response is giving me headaches. I don't consider household infection avoidable. I'm going to keep hugging my kids and

• sokoloff 6y ago
  If it were Ebola instead, would you keep doing that? That suggests to me that it's a choice/avoidable. Given the overall risk level, I agree with your decision [and do the same], but it does seem avoidable if we wanted to choose that.
  • jeffrallen 6y ago
    Ebola does not have asymptomatic transmission, which is what we risk when we keep living family life.
  • schwartzworld 6y ago
    maybe above a certain age it's avoidable. I'm pretty sure my two year old isn't going to keep her fingers out of my mouth no matter what I explain.
• ReactiveJelly 6y ago
  Yeah, I'm not understanding it. And I don't think useful information should be hard to understand, so I hope someone can clarify. Here's what I figure: - If I caught it a week ago, I would be sick by now - So, I didn't have it a week ago - I haven't had contact with anyone outside my house for a week And it's the same for my spouse. We can't catch it from each other if we don't have it. So, the payoff for distancing and masks inside the house seems very low for a very high cost. I can only stand 6 months and counting of lockdown because my best friend (spouse) is locked down with me. We did have a scare once, and did a 2-week quarantine within the house. I just don't see any point doing that all the time when neither of us have it right now.
  • _jahh 6y ago
    From what I understand this is more of a concern in larger and especially multi generational families. You're absolutely right with only two there is less or no concern.