Thread by @dasingleton

Debated on sharing this, but there is a broader part of the story that seems worth considering.

We took pretty careful precautions all along until one thing recently. We did not become hermits but we kept our distance and did all the little stuff, with no bars, no restaurants,

no groups, no close face-to-face even with masks. There were family connections that were potential problems but everyone involved was being careful themselves. And considering ourselves in a somewhat elevated risk category (for one thing I’m 61), we had the kids (12 and 5)

do online school until the beginning of November.

But the schooling wasn’t working. It’s no one’s fault - the teachers tried really hard, my wife tried really hard, the kids were themselves with their own special abilities and needs, but they were understanding and tried.

But it wasn’t working.

So we sat down and decided to take a risk. It was a hard decision.

Now I don’t know for certain that the kids going to school is what got us here. We will never know. There are some things that fit and there is a lack of cases along other possibilities,

but it seems most likely.

Schools are important. I surely understand, more than ever, the need to have in-person schools open, for many reasons. But if Covid is rampant in the community then schools and essential businesses and fully unavoidable contacts are going to serve

as vectors to get the virus to vulnerable people, no matter how careful they are otherwise. I have an ancient tweet saying this from the spring (before I got to the arguing-covid-online-with-idiots-costs-me-brain-cells epiphany). So I told you so.

Thanks to all with their well wishes. So far we seem somewhere in the middle range if cases.
Just don’t tell me to smile and keep a positive attitude or that you know I will be ok because I’m a fighter, because I will personally come and kick you ass.