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The article I shared talked about shared responsibility and informed consent. It's a really great doc. I guess I just hang out in leftist circles where everyone takes that very seriously.

I would guess that most people's experiences with "pods" or "bubbles" are much closer to Manjoo's in this article:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/20/opini...ticleShare

To find some empirical foothold in a debate mired in uncertainty, I decided to investigate my own potential lethality to the older people in my life. Among other things, I contact-traced myself — an exercise that ended up being nearly as vulgar as it sounds. I went to all of my regular close contacts, then I went to all of their contacts, and so on, asking everyone about their potential exposure to the virus.

Nice graphic, by the way, showing the problem.

This is, exactly my problem. I had no contacts outside the house except for picking up food and sometimes going to my inlaws.  But my kids have contact outside the house, which is why we'll be having Thanksgiving outside with my in-laws at socially distanced tables if the weather is supportive... or we will drop the food off and have Thanksgiving over zoom.  It sucks, but it is simply not worth the risk.

BC

[BostonCard]

The article I shared talked about shared responsibility and informed consent. It's a really great doc. I guess I just hang out in leftist circles where everyone takes that very seriously.

I would guess that most people's experiences with "pods" or "bubbles" are much closer to Manjoo's in this article:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/20/opini...ticleShare

To find some empirical foothold in a debate mired in uncertainty, I decided to investigate my own potential lethality to the older people in my life. Among other things, I contact-traced myself — an exercise that ended up being nearly as vulgar as it sounds. I went to all of my regular close contacts, then I went to all of their contacts, and so on, asking everyone about their potential exposure to the virus.

Nice graphic, by the way, showing the problem.

This is, exactly my problem. I had no contacts outside the house except for picking up food and sometimes going to my inlaws.  But my kids have contact outside the house, which is why we'll be having Thanksgiving outside with my in-laws at socially distanced tables if the weather is supportive... or we will drop the food off and have Thanksgiving over zoom.  It sucks, but it is simply not worth the risk.

BC