[Magdalen] Dilemma

[Chad Wohlers]

Well, if they've all had Covid & you've been vaccinated, I personally 
wouldn't worry too much about them being in your house, as long as other 
folks weren't there also. I also wouldn't worry about being outside - 
there's very little danger of infection outdoors. If the weather's nice, 
a short hike someplace would be nice, and masks shouldn't be an issue. 
However, if you were going someplace indoors, I'd insist that they be 
masked. That day you are, in effect, the "mother", so they play by your 
rules. Now, up here in VT, masks, while not generally required indoors 
(although they are in many places), are pretty much the norm. I don't 
know how things are down in Virginia, so that may be a factor.

So - no, you're not overreacting, and personally I would as a minimum 
insist that they wear masks if you all are indoors someplace other than 
your house. They're still kids, after all, and that day *you* are the boss.

just my $0.02, and worth about as much -

-- 
Chad Wohlers
chad at satucket.com
Woodbury, VT   USA


On 11/28/2021 4:00 PM, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
> I had a phone call from my son this morning asking if he could bring the three boys here on a Saturday in December. He has a job and can’t bring them. They are 16, 10, and 8. I don’t really have much for them to do here, but I figured maybe we could go out for pizza and maybe go to the community park if it’s not too cold, or to a movie.
> But then I remembered that they aren’t vaccinated and won’t be. So I won’t want to take them out for lunch or to a movie. But I’m also not terribly comfortable with the idea of having them here in the house all day. I left a message with my son that we need to discuss it, but I haven’t heard back yet. He told me awhile ago that the whole family had COVID back at the beginning, so they don’t need the vaccine, but I’ve heard that isn’t necessarily true. I know there’s going to be a confrontation over this, and I’d like another opinion or two. Am I overreacting? At the very least, I will insist that they wear masks—he doesn’t believe in those, either.