a risk analysis scale.
Our adult daughter (only child) lives alone and has been "isolating" since March We have invented our own vocabulary for this.
By isolating - only socializing primarily outdoors with 2 others (who also both work and live with partners, however), masked. She doesn't go to restaurants and bars, wears a mask at work and shopping.
Her employer is quite mask compliant. However there was a part-timer who let her mask fall below her nose, who my daughter worked in close proximity to. Co-worker tested positive, so daughter had to quarantine for 2 weeks in early November. She tested negative and is back at work.
We drove the 10 hours to spend Thanksgiving with daughter. No socializing with others; just hiked, cooked, ate, played games. We had a long discussion about whether to go, but daughter has been getting depressed
Now daughter is driving here for Christmas. She will have potential exposure through 12/18. Following new CDC guidelines somewhat, she will isolate /quarantine till 12/23, drive home, then further isolate here while indoors, thru about 12/25.
It's not ideal, in my mind. Husband and I are 65. We are in very strict compliance. I shop for maybe 1 hour a week, fully double-masked, and that's it. We are very fortunate that I can work from home and he retired in March.
I really rankle at the judging of some about a situation like mine, where we are doing our best, but accommodations have to be made for reality, including, as for us, our daughter's mental health!
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