YES or No: Are you having holiday gatherings as usual (no changes due to coronavirus)?

Star wrote:

If you contract the virus from your gathering and give it to a coworker who gives it to their father who dies - not your problem.

Personal responsibility and personal choices. If my coworker's father is concerned about contracting it, he shouldn't be putting himself in a situation where he would be more likely to contact it.

survey says wrote:

Yes.

Multi-generational gatherings, coastal travelers and more than 50 people.

No, only meeting with my parents (they're 57) and my sister's family (her husband and two toddlers). This weekend will be Thanksgiving and Christmas all wrapped in one since it's barely a month apart and things will probably be slightly worse in a few more weeks.

My parents are in their 80s. My wife's parents are in their mid 70s and have lots of health problems. Visiting either requires 3+ hours plane ride. Not even thinking of visiting until a vaccine is available. My mother is going to visit my sister and her family (two grow daughters in their 20s). My sister's family is supposed to quarantine for 14 days prior to the holiday, but who knows how strict they will be about it. I am not going to touch that situation with a ten foot pole as my sister has been an expert at starting family fights and has disowned my father for a petty spat with my step mother. But it is a terrible idea given that a vaccine may be available as early as this spring.

survey says wrote:

Yes.

Multi-generational gatherings, coastal travelers and more than 50 people.

Yes, but we're kind of lucky (or unlucky?)

All of us who are gathering have already had coronavirus.

We didn't gather before, but we all were exposed and infected in various ways (work, school, etc.) despite precautions. In any case, we're all immune, and very excited to see each other!

Patrick Henry wrote:

Yes. The First Amendment guarantees freedom of assembly and association. It explicitly forbids the government from interfering with your right to associate with whomever you want.

"We'll be partying like it's 1791"

My wife and I are getting out of Metro Atlanta to go see my sister in Charleston where we will be attending a somewhat non-traditional BBQ (brisket, ribs, pulled pork, and I forgot what else) outside at her house. There will be a total of 8 people there including us. My dad is making the trip separately as well. I'm pretty excited honestly just because I've found myself getting excited to go into the grocery store unplanned as of lately.

return to index wrote:

No. We'll be 5 for Thanksgiving instead of the usual 20+.

No for Christmas as well. I really wanted to see my mom, but flying doesn't look like a good option, and the country where she lives has reinstated many restrictions.

pavement88 wrote:

No. My wife is 31 weeks pregnant. She is due mid-January when things will be really bad. Don't need more stress or risk.

Congrats! I hope your wife is feeling well. It must be strange (and stressful) to be pregnant during these pandemic times.

Thanks, strange for sure. Conceived during the first lockdown and arriving during second!!

I have a heart and soul so I will be with just my household. I will be visiting my grandmother that weekend for a socially distanced hello and food drop.

Patrick Henry wrote:

Yes. The First Amendment guarantees freedom of assembly and association. It explicitly forbids the government from interfering with your right to associate with whomever you want.

This is not a First Amendment issue. This is a question of personal choice and personal responsibility. If you believe in the Bill of Rights, you should also believe in the concept of personal responsibility. This means individual citizens working for the good of their communities, rather than letting the government tell them what to do.

In this context, personal responsibility means wearing a mask and taking the year off from family gatherings that will spread COVID.

survey says wrote:

Yes.

Multi-generational gatherings, coastal travelers and more than 50 people.

I'm curious why people post these poll questions. What do you get out of the data? A feeling of community that there are other people out there that agree with you? Or are you unsure of what you're going to do, and looking to other people to make a decision? Or do you want to feel special, hoping that most people aren't doing what you're doing?

I just don't understand what value it adds. Live your own life. Let others live theirs. When I make a decision, I don't go around asking people if they would have made the same decision. It seems odd to me.

Common Sense Responsibility wrote:

Patrick Henry wrote:

Yes. The First Amendment guarantees freedom of assembly and association. It explicitly forbids the government from interfering with your right to associate with whomever you want.

This is not a First Amendment issue. This is a question of personal choice and personal responsibility. If you believe in the Bill of Rights, you should also believe in the concept of personal responsibility. This means individual citizens working for the good of their communities, rather than letting the government tell them what to do.

In this context, personal responsibility means wearing a mask and taking the year off from family gatherings that will spread COVID.

+1

No changes. This is typical cold and flu season and yet some how holiday gatherings with friends and family have gone on for years.

Common Sense Responsibility wrote:

Patrick Henry wrote:

Yes. The First Amendment guarantees freedom of assembly and association. It explicitly forbids the government from interfering with your right to associate with whomever you want.

This is not a First Amendment issue. This is a question of personal choice and personal responsibility. If you believe in the Bill of Rights, you should also believe in the concept of personal responsibility. This means individual citizens working for the good of their communities, rather than letting the government tell them what to do.

In this context, personal responsibility means wearing a mask and taking the year off from family gatherings that will spread COVID.

Some would say it's a matter of personal responsibility to ensure your older relatives are taken care of emotionally. But, sure, the only thing that matters is they don't get the covid, even if that means extreme loneliness and anxiety.

Hopefully your elderly loved ones aren't alone and are doing just fine. If so, great, stay apart. But don't put some one-size-fits-all hot take out there and expect that it's the only perspective.

Libertarian Christian wrote:

Yes. We have all prayed over this and decided that it will be safe to hold a ~25 person family gathering. Mine and my wife's grandparents will be in attendance. They told us they would rather not live in fear. We are all taking prophylactic zinc and vitamin C just to be safe.

OPEN AMERICA NOW

You’re joking right?

Anyway, if Christians keep gathering in large numbers, they might not be alive at Xmas but with COVID... they shouldn’t be gathering then either.

Suck it up America for a few more months and hopefully, everyone that wants a vaccine will be vaccinated. Miss one thanksgiving & one Xmas and enjoy many more later...

No. We were going to have a group of 14 but my sister in-laws teenage daughter got Covid from a retirement center she works at. So now we are just getting a group of 6 together. We found out now the family is quarantined.

Star wrote:

newserton wrote:

Yes, normal holidays.

When I look at the data, I just don't understand the fear. The oldest people in my family have like a 3.6% chance of death if they get infected. They are healthy, and would rather see their grandchildren than stay at home by themselves because of a 3.6% chance of dying... if they even get infected.

And if that leads to 20 of them getting infected there is a greater than 50% of at least one them dying.

Wow! You come up with that on your own?

If the WW2 generation is the greatest, we are by far the wimpiest. It's amazing the unfounded fear that people have over a virus that is not killing that many people. People equate getting the virus to an immediate death sentence. This is so far from truth.

The conditioning is complete in the big Dem cities where they stay huddled in their houses awaiting certain "death" from every side. What kind of life is this? You will lose all your freedoms in this county for another day of "this" life? This is nothing but being a coward and letting fear of "what if" bind you into submission. Half the country are nothing but whining cowards and it makes me sick!

short term pain long term gain wrote:

Libertarian Christian wrote:

Yes. We have all prayed over this and decided that it will be safe to hold a ~25 person family gathering. Mine and my wife's grandparents will be in attendance. They told us they would rather not live in fear. We are all taking prophylactic zinc and vitamin C just to be safe.

OPEN AMERICA NOW

You’re joking right?

Yes, s/he's joking. The username might be a clue there. "Libertarian Christian" posts pretty funny stuff sometimes. (Other times, not so much.)

Libertarian Christian wrote:Yes. We have all prayed over this and decided that it will be safe to hold a ~25 person family gathering. Mine and my wife's grandparents will be in attendance. They told us they would rather not live in fear. We are all taking prophylactic zinc and vitamin C just to be safe.

OPEN AMERICA NOW

This is why the pandemic is spreading. People like you are too selfish and aren't willing to sacrifice for America. Others with your line of thinking will have people get sick. A few may die. These illnesses and deaths are preventable but you choose to put their health and well being in jeopardy as well as others.