Brainstorming ideas for 90th birthday during pandemic
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Comments (350)Hi @AboutToGetDusty, I would not venture an answer alone, don’t listen to anyone who would, but I can pass along the following info from the CDC: “...transmission of novel coronavirus to persons from surfaces contaminated with the virus has not been documented.... It is unknown how long the air inside a room occupied by someone with confirmed COVID-19 remains potentially infectious.” They don’t know. Work from the National Institutes of Health, CDC, UCLA and Princeton University published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that the virus that causes COVID-19: “... was detectable in aerosols for up to three hours, up to four hours on copper, up to 24 hours on cardboard and up to two to three days on plastic and stainless steel.” So it sounds like the virus in respiratory droplets is undetectable in the air after a few hours, and on surfaces after a few days - and they have not confirmed a case of transmission from a surface. I’ve been leaving boxes and mail untouched for three days. In the end you’re going to have to make a decision based on your best common sense....See MoreCar Parades during the pandemic
Comments (41)I guess I was raised in a different world from most so although I feel sorry for all the disappointing things that everyone is experiencing, most of it is way down the ladder in importance to me. All the touchy, mushy stuff that people are doing such as the parades, etc. are trivial and useless activities to me but I don't begrudge people from participating in them if it helps them or others cope better. It doesn't take any energy or sacrifice to "care". I have a lot more respect for people who are actually doing something that requires sacrifices of their time or resources such as helping in a food bank or donating to a charity that is helping really needy people in their community. Personally, this really hasn't affected us because we aren't involved socially that much. We don't belong to any social or religious groups and since we live in a rural area we don't even see neighbors very much. So this hasn't affected us as much as more gregarious people. My biggest personal sadness about this is that it looks like our plans for something really special for our golden anniversary coming later this year aren't going to happen. But I'm not losing sleep over it. I'll be grateful that both of us are still alive after all this. We were so poor when we got married that we couldn't afford (and most definitely not our parents) a wedding and most of our lives have been spent working and making do without much traveling or fancy celebrations so this we can survive just as well. It's a disappointment but we will get over it. So, I guess I can see that parades and all these mushy FB videos, etc. might be helping young children and even teens and adults with childish tendencies get through the day - I think that beyond that there is more need of real help and sacrifice right now - IMO....See MoreSeeking gift ideas for a very hip grandmother
Comments (37)I am going to tack onto this thread although I see it's been solved. I know there have been numerous threads of this type over the years and I know they have been helpful. I stumbled upon a great gift which is appropriate for almost anyone. ... It is DD2 's birthday and like many, she needs and wants very little. Now especially so hard to think of anything tempting. So, we "adopted" a koala in her honor (koala rescue). It can all be done online, and you get a really sweet adoption certificate as well as a bio of the koala adopted. Some are released back to the wild, but the one we adopted has been there a few years and would not survive back in the wild. The Port Macquarie Koala Hospital Website is now accepting e-adoptions and donations. For the record, we adopted Zenani. The adoption when we did 2 days ago, was $28. My daughter was beyond delighted with this ( and the grandkids loved the story and photo)....See MoreBirthday party for 90 year old recap
Comments (18)The risk from fomites landing on surfaces and then getting picked up by hands and the hands transfer it to the nose or eyes is not zero, although being in close proximity and not masking are the main means of spread. There aren't hard numbers on any of this, just some ballparks and public health officials always go for the biggest bang for the buck, can't waste the time and resources on the small stuff. Still, I'm not a fan of multiple hands touching things. I did too many bacteria cultures in science lab . . . the high hand touch items were the germ-iest, not the toilets. They got sanitized! That's why hand washing is known as one of the most effective disease prevention methods, at least for ones transmitted from person to person. It's simple and very effective. But no need to go overboard, just do what is easy, so we tried to walk the line between what would be most effective and what was easy even if one of the less problematic concerns. Getting sick with flu as seriously and often as I have, I have gotten very conscious of ventilation, sanitation, distance, etc. Also allergies. We constantly have to clean, clean clean at our house with so many trees and plants on the property and going in and out all the time, shoes, etc,. etc. We're currently battling tiny biting gnats outside, trying to keep them outside . . . The saddest thing about this pandemic is the person to person spread is really the main means of disease transfer. It's so isolating and stressful for folks in high personal contact realms. All the more reason to help your community by getting vaccinated!...See Morerobo (z6a)
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