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Get tested like Friday before. Lock down till the event. Reserve spots now as this will be popular.

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If you have to go to those lengths, just don't go. Just Zoom in and fight with family that way because they didn't quarantine as hard as you did.

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If you have to go to those lengths, just don't go. Just Zoom in and fight with family that way because they didn't quarantine as hard as you did.

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How are you getting there? Airports have been okay so far, but I'm not sure I'd trust holiday travel especially since a lot of colleges are sending everyone home at Thanksgiving.

If you're driving, stay out of public bathrooms.

As for pre-visit prep, I would definitely get a PCR test a day or two before you leave and quarantine completely between test and departure. I wouldn't eat inside at a restaurant week of but I would continue to grocery shop, run errands. I don't think two tests are necessary unless you start feeling bad in the days before leaving. Just be mindful of your surroundings and wash your hands often.

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How are you getting there? Airports have been okay so far, but I'm not sure I'd trust holiday travel especially since a lot of colleges are sending everyone home at Thanksgiving.

If you're driving, stay out of public bathrooms.

As for pre-visit prep, I would definitely get a PCR test a day or two before you leave and quarantine completely between test and departure. I wouldn't eat inside at a restaurant week of but I would continue to grocery shop, run errands. I don't think two tests are necessary unless you start feeling bad in the days before leaving. Just be mindful of your surroundings and wash your hands often.

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Driving and going to avoid public bathrooms will be a given for sure. We're both going to avoid eating in restaurants and will likely do a majority of grocery shopping if not all via curbside pickup.

If you have a soul... you know what to do

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We're driving to visit my wife's 92 year old grandmother in Arkansas and she doesn't GAF about the virus and neither do we. We'll be living every day normally as we've done since March. She's said she's lived through real crises in her life and this isn't one of them.

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I genuinely wish my parents would have this sort of mindset but unfortunately they do not.

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We're driving to visit my wife's 92 year old grandmother in Arkansas and she doesn't GAF about the virus and neither do we. We'll be living every day normally as we've done since March. She's said she's lived through real crises in her life and this isn't one of them.

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Went to wedding in Amarillo last weekend. Bride had Covid about two weeks before. 89 year old grandma was still there having a great time. No mask.

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I applaud people - including the older generation - deciding on their own risk tolerances.

But those are individual choices not guidance for all - we shouldn't be looking at someone who has mastered a Jitterbug phone and assume they also are wise ole sages on epidemiology.

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I love this. How come the elderly value family more than surviving? How come the elderly were the first to return to church? The elderly just have this thing called priorities and their survival isn't based on substance but on will.

Doing thanksgiving with In-Laws, Christmas with my family.

In my family, my mother and sister/BIL are all very skittish still. BIL has immunodeficiency, and my mom thinks she's old already (she's 62). For the first few months my mom refused to see my family (Me, My Wife, Our Daughter) at all and only saw my sister as she, too, was isolating. Fathers day that finally changed and we've seen them once a month of so since. Seen my sister only once, outside at my daughter's 2 year birthday during mid-October.

My grandmother (88) has been all over with all of our extended family (beach vacation, family lakehouse), and in-and-out of the hospital last month. She's dead set on everyone being together for Christmas as usual so I think even the skittish ones will oblige.

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texagbeliever said:

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Proposition Joe said:

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I applaud people - including the older generation - deciding on their own risk tolerances.

But those are individual choices not guidance for all - we shouldn't be looking at someone who has mastered a Jitterbug phone and assume they also are wise ole sages on epidemiology.

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I love this. How come the elderly value family more than surviving? How come the elderly were the first to return to church? The elderly just have this thing called priorities and their survival isn't based on substance but on will.

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You know it doesn't have to be either "family" or "surviving", right?

There's thousands of elderly out there that are still communicating and seeing their family, just taking certain precautions while doing so -- with the mindset that if they make these adjustments for a year that they can survive and have more time with their family.

There's very few people around here promoting a "lock the elderly up and we'll see them next year if they survive"... People are still seeing their elderly family, but that doesn't necessarily require a "eff social distancing and this mask, meemaw ain't changin' for no virus!"

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First of all your original post was a slight at the intellectual capabilities of the elderly. Mocking their ability to only get the most basic cell phone to work. You use this as a basis to deem them unfit to make decisions that they think are best for them. I'm just telling you, that maybe, just maybe, elderly people are wise enough to value things better than you!

Just remember 2 weeks = 8 months. So you can say things will be better next year, or 2 years but don't think that line hasn't been used before. Besides life is not guaranteed for the young and certainly less for the old.

texagbeliever said:

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Proposition Joe said:

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texagbeliever said:

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Proposition Joe said:

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I applaud people - including the older generation - deciding on their own risk tolerances.

But those are individual choices not guidance for all - we shouldn't be looking at someone who has mastered a Jitterbug phone and assume they also are wise ole sages on epidemiology.

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I love this. How come the elderly value family more than surviving? How come the elderly were the first to return to church? The elderly just have this thing called priorities and their survival isn't based on substance but on will.

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You know it doesn't have to be either "family" or "surviving", right?

There's thousands of elderly out there that are still communicating and seeing their family, just taking certain precautions while doing so -- with the mindset that if they make these adjustments for a year that they can survive and have more time with their family.

There's very few people around here promoting a "lock the elderly up and we'll see them next year if they survive"... People are still seeing their elderly family, but that doesn't necessarily require a "eff social distancing and this mask, meemaw ain't changin' for no virus!"

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First of all your original post was a slight at the intellectual capabilities of the elderly. Mocking their ability to only get the most basic cell phone to work. You use this as a basis to deem them unfit to make decisions that they think are best for them. I'm just telling you, that maybe, just maybe, elderly people are wise enough to value things better than you!

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Apparently you didn't comprehend the point being made. I never stated old people are "unfit to make decisions that they think are best for them" -- I actually applauded people for making their own risk assessments in another post.

My point is just because meemaw decides she doesn't care (or it's worth it) isn't an indicator of anything other than her own personal decision, not that it's a smart move for Meemaw Worldwide.