[stupac2]

The impetus for my previous post and another recent one was a recent visit to my elderly parents (80+) who have the added risk created by the fact that my middle-aged brother lives with them and works out of the home.  I found it harder to make the case to my mother to avoid trips to the grocery store, and to try to modify the situation involving my brother for my parents' protection.  Instead, it seems that the tide of the virus is soon to wash over all of us despite our efforts to contain it, and that one can only hope that his or her immune system is neither under- nor over-reactive when faced with fighting it off.
This board is a fantastic source of de facto psychotherapy, and I guess I'm now looking for more.  The good news is that....

I'm very sorry to hear that, but I am still uncertain what it is that is making your case "harder" for your mother to avoid trips to the grocery store. The slow progress on a vaccine? The failure to find a game changing treatment? I guess it seems like, if anything, the bad news about the progress of SARS-COV-2 would suggest you have a stronger case for her to stay in, not a weaker one?

Yeah, what's the good news here? Even the worst-hit place in the US isn't all that close to herd immunity (which I've seen as starting at 50-70%, though that could be wrong). If NYC's experience is what it takes to get 1/3 of the way to herd immunity in a short timeframe... eesh, that's not a happy thought.

[stupac2]

The impetus for my previous post and another recent one was a recent visit to my elderly parents (80+) who have the added risk created by the fact that my middle-aged brother lives with them and works out of the home.  I found it harder to make the case to my mother to avoid trips to the grocery store, and to try to modify the situation involving my brother for my parents' protection.  Instead, it seems that the tide of the virus is soon to wash over all of us despite our efforts to contain it, and that one can only hope that his or her immune system is neither under- nor over-reactive when faced with fighting it off.
This board is a fantastic source of de facto psychotherapy, and I guess I'm now looking for more.  The good news is that....

I'm very sorry to hear that, but I am still uncertain what it is that is making your case "harder" for your mother to avoid trips to the grocery store. The slow progress on a vaccine? The failure to find a game changing treatment? I guess it seems like, if anything, the bad news about the progress of SARS-COV-2 would suggest you have a stronger case for her to stay in, not a weaker one?

Yeah, what's the good news here? Even the worst-hit place in the US isn't all that close to herd immunity (which I've seen as starting at 50-70%, though that could be wrong). If NYC's experience is what it takes to get 1/3 of the way to herd immunity in a short timeframe... eesh, that's not a happy thought.