I really appreciate all that the doctors who post on here do for their patients and our country. That being said, there is a financial crisis coming that the government cannot prevent with a national shelter in place policy. If you think the country can sustain the status quo for another two months that is the topic for another conversation.

No matter what the CDC says, there is a difference between a stated policy and a belief. Additionally, all of this is moot if IL-6 inhibitors and Chloroquine/Zirthomax turn out to be 99.999% effective. I have four activities that I am curious to know what everyone's participation requirements are:
1) Working at your normal office or place of business
2) Sending your kids to school
3) Traveling for vacation to a normal tourist destination
4) Attending an Aggie Football game

For example, my answers are
1) Office mask and hand sanitation policy
2) School mask policy, social distancing at Lunch, thermometer scans at the beginning of the day
3) Hotel cleaning staff mask requirement, daily sheet and disinfectant policy
4) Game mask policy, concession ban

I agree with 4

1-4

Effective contact tracing, and an abundance of tests, Ppe and vent capacity.

South Korea mirrored here with some additional privacy safeguards

I would do 1-3 tomorrow. I wouldn't be fully comfortable in a large gathering. Maybe masks? But I likely wouldn't go.

Everything else let's do it. I'll wash my hands, strip in the doorway, and shower when I come home.

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I'd go to work, on vacation, or to a sporting event tomorrow with no special provisions. I don't have kids.

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same here. In fact, I'm still going to the office everyday, just washing my hands more and maintaining space from people. small office though, only like 25 people total so not difficult to avoid someone.

Just give kids N95 masks and have them wear a Cone of Shame to keep them from touching their face. Back to school. Problem solved.

Better delivery options. Hubby and I are high risk, especially hubby. I just can't easily get groceries with pick up or delivery.

I was ok with the shutdown initially to get things in place and buy us time, but things got to get opened up.

We are trying to move to our retirement home. We are trying to downsize and move out of California.

I've switched from worrying about our health to our finances. It seems there are ways to avoid getting infected, and now there are some treatments.

Thank you all for your responses. We have had only a few people with responses that are not comfortable with current options. I know from all the other threads that there are a significant number out there. I would really like to hear from those people as well.

1) Working at your normal office or place of business
My office is easy to socially distance. Wearing a mask would be helpful. One of the last days before i was told to work from home I had a coworker come up to me and shake my hand and cough on me without covering his mouth. I immediately went to go wash my hands, but it just goes to show why wearing a mask would have been helpful.

2) Sending your kids to school..
I'm not really worried about my kids, the decision to reopen schools probably has more to do with the safety of the teachers and administrators who are at risk. I do find it interesting that Japan was mostly able to keep businesses open and had low growth of cases, but they did close schools. Now that they are trying to reopen schools, they are having a delayed increase in cases. Have to wonder if kids are a growth vector because they can spread the virus without ever having symptoms.

3) Traveling for vacation to a normal tourist destination
I'd go somewhere where I felt like I could safely socially distance. I had to cancel a trip to a Mexican beach resort for Spring Break. The anxiety was less about the destination and more about the travel in the airport, plane, etc. Although, seeing a fair bit of outbreaks on cruise ships and people coming back from resort destinations has made me feel good about cancelling.

4) Attending an Aggie Football game
I wouldn't go until we had the disease pretty firmly in control. Everybody yelling their spit into the air in unison seems like a super spreader event bound to happen.

My concern in general is less about myself and more so about getting infected and passing it to my parents who are much more high risk.

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2) School mask policy, social distancing at Lunch, thermometer scans at the beginning of the day

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This is completely not doable. Not even close. It would be a complete disaster.

Beer.

Nothing will change for me, I already wash my hands regularly, I practice social distancing as a general safety precaution, I will not wear a mask.

I will still attend weddings, funerals and football games. I will still go to bars and restaurants and I will still shake hands.

I will add an emergency stash of hand cleaner, sanitizing wipes, ppe and toilet paper.

1) Mask usage, and lack of face to face meetings. Also they need to clean the bathrooms more, and fill the soaps more. More than they anticipate.

2) TBH I'd be find sending kids to school today. The risk is low, but I understand they would become a vector. This is the toughest question to solve. I have no good ideas here or even thought of what a world where work happens and school doesn't looks like.

3) Traveling for vacation to a normal tourist destination - Well, first they would have to let me book a ticket. lol. I would not want to travel out of the country without a vax. Paying for care overseas can be backbreaking.

4) I'll risk my life if we can get a QB that doesn't make me start licking doorknobs in Wuhan.

A golden parachute crafted by Floyd Wilson.

I disagree with number 3. As reported by the CDC, be there have only been 3 child deaths recorded during this outbreak in the US. Children need to catch this to help build up herd immunity. This is relatively low risk.

effective drug regimen would be nice but would still be weeks or probably months before 1 Billion doses could be available.

Agree

A 32 year old Singapore girl.

1) Nothing
2) Nothing
3) Nothing
4) Nothing

I truly don't worry about it...I'd rather get it and get it over with...