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We haven't seen our parents since last X-mas and won't see them until 2021


at the earliest. My wife works in a medical facility and, while she wears a mask and gloves, she is in physical contact with patients (also masked) every day. We also have two school aged kids (home with me as I generally work from home). Our parents are in their mid 70s, and are in generally good health, although one has type 1 diabetes, so that's more risk than we want to tolerate.

If they have face-to-face school this fall, your wife will be indoors in relatively close contact with many kids for significant lengths of time. None of us really know for sure, and, like the rest of life, it's all risk evaluation and risk tolerance. Not an easy choice.
[Post edited by BB Hokie at 07/15/2020 10:04AM]

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  Question for teachers with school-aged kids -- Nova Hokie 95 07/15/2020 09:43AM
  That decision is being made with a lot of professions. ** -- Twelfth Man 07/15/2020 1:13PM
  It is, yes. But many other professions can socially distance better ** -- Nova Hokie 95 07/15/2020 1:21PM
  We are dealing with health care, law enforcement and a teacher. It sucks -- Twelfth Man 07/15/2020 1:31PM
  It does indeed -- Nova Hokie 95 07/15/2020 1:34PM
  Not a teacher, but yes, I agree with your wife. -- GFallsFan 07/15/2020 12:58PM
  Don't know about the teacher/kids conundrum, but I haven't seen my ... -- TD-Tech 07/15/2020 11:21AM
  I'm in a similar situation, wife teaches HS in Pulaski -- HortHokie 07/15/2020 10:53AM
  My wife is teaching summer school -- HOKIEVET 07/15/2020 11:30AM
  This is where the teachers lose me. And I'm certainly not advocating -- tchokie 07/15/2020 10:49AM
  Two words ... teachers unions. Very powerful! Plus, I would say that ... -- vt90 07/15/2020 11:15AM
  Dude, that's harsh -- darnellm 07/15/2020 11:09AM
  SHUN ** -- darnellm 07/15/2020 10:48AM
  As discussed yesterday, the key phrase is 'until things were over'. -- vt90 07/15/2020 10:31AM
  Yes - good points ** -- TD-Tech 07/15/2020 11:25AM
  Not same, but similar -- HokieHutch 07/15/2020 10:16AM
  I teach elementary and have a 6th grader and 4th grader with special needs -- HokieGator 07/15/2020 10:06AM
  The entire risk mitigation/avoidance is a crap shoot.... -- HokieForever 07/15/2020 09:58AM
  We haven't seen our parents since last X-mas and won't see them until 2021 -- BB Hokie 07/15/2020 09:57AM
  My wife is also a teacher. -- Guy LeDouche 07/15/2020 09:57AM
  SHUN ** -- darnellm 07/15/2020 10:44AM
  I want this Outlander in my life. -- Guy LeDouche 07/15/2020 11:07AM
  I have two HS kids in FCPS -- TJ Hokie 07/15/2020 09:51AM
  That decision is a little easier for those with older kids, too -- Nova Hokie 95 07/15/2020 09:54AM
  Yeah....I can imagine it would be downright impossible -- TJ Hokie 07/15/2020 10:48AM
  Seems like a valid concern - no easy/good solution ** -- FfxStationHokie 07/15/2020 09:51AM

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