S/O how many will continue to SIP even when

There's no guarantee of there ever being a vaccine... I am not in that frame of mind at all. I will wear a mask and keep my hands clean. But you also have some major health issues and I get your fear.

I am in for what may be forever. I am in the highest risk age/health group and just can't take the chance.

The earliest my dh is going back to work (physically, he is wfh) is July.
I am at higher risk and not working so I'll be staying at home.
Three of my extended family members are at very high risk and don't work so I assume they will SIP. I sure hope so.

Us, for the most part. We’re both high risk and he works in a nursing home. Many of our close family members and friends are also high risk. I think I will probably do things like meet BFF or mom in our separate cars in a parking lot for lunch occasionally. He currently meets part of his triathlon team at a river to swim and if he’s allowed (probably has a stress fracture) he will continue to do that.

But shopping, restaurants, gatherings? In a state where people aren’t following safe guidelines? Nope. It would be different if my fellow citizens gave a rip about anyone else and wore masks and kept their distance, and if businesses were following correct protocols set out by the experts. But by and large, they don’t and aren’t.

We will SIP until the virus really dies down and no more new cases are being reported. But I can't imagine we will be just running amuck willy nilly. Most likely we will have to have a good reason to go out. If we are in the yellow phase by June 12, we are going camping, but it's pretty easy to stay away from people at the campground we are going to. We rent a little cabin that is pretty much away from everyone else, it's so beautiful.

I'm ready to go back to living my life, oh, now. Will be getting my hair cut tomorrow morning (have to find my mask).

I don't think they'll ever be able to create a vaccine. We're just going to have to learn to adjust to it.

Reddit has started calling the SIP until there’s a vaccine people Doomers.

I agree with that assessment.

I have a hard time understanding why anyone would do that. I mean, I guess if you’re high risk, ok, but I just don’t even see the point of living like that.

I think the chance of dying of COVID is incredibly low for most of us.
But even if the risk were greater, I would take it in order to continue living my life.

I’m not going to shut down because I’m scared of a tiny chance of dying. If I used that logic, I’d never ride in a car or go swimming or let my kids ride a bike or jump on a trampoline.

I don't plan to SIP forever, but I will be more cautious and vigilant about wearing a mask and handwashing, etc. I'll also be less likely to attend large events, movie theatres and certain restuarants.

Im going to have to work outside if my home long before there is a vaccine ( if there is one ) I will have to wear a mask & wash my hands.

What I will NOT do is enter crowded situations, malls, or restaurant dining until there is a handle on this.

I’m going to get tested when I can, vaccinated if/when I can & participate in contact tracing as best I can.

My SIL has antibodies & best she can figure when she must have had it was a time period when I saw her And therefore I may well have already been exposed. ( I have had nothing more than allergy symptoms & some tiredness I blamed on my hectic schedule if I ‘had’ it )

It will make changes in things like my work, I’m going to have to be more careful to get the names of everyone present not just my clients when I go back ( in case needed for tracing )
I’ll have to wear a mask, possibly gloves and wash my hands. I’m also looking into other methods of decontaminating objects without liquid.

But I’m going to have to go on, go out, work, and live life whatever it may bring at some point. The point was to not overwhelm the health system, in my area we have done that, so I’m ready to live my life, with appropriate precautions. Because not seeing my family is not *living* it’s existing, which is fine for a short period of time, but not for 18-24 months. I could leave strangers alone pretty much forever ( other than what I have to do for work ) with no issue, but I need to see my family.

Besides, If we are all going to ‘get it’ eventually ( as per experts ) I’d rather ‘get it’ while the hospitals are at a more normal level of capacity rather than waiting until they are overwhelmed again with wave 2 or 3. I’m not going to purposefully expose myself but I’m going to go back to work with precautions when I’m required to do so and do my best to decontaminate myself as per the expert advice I can find.

Thanks! We can’t wait 😜

My county is leading the west coast in cases, so I honestly don’t know that we will come out of SIP anytime soon. Regardless, I will continue to SIP until I have to stop (like if I get a teaching job in the fall, although it’s not looking good right now. All the districts here are making massive cuts.).

They just said (news) that 80% of the deaths are in people in my age group.
Not sure how I adjust to that.

 Yes! SO and I don't need to go to a crowded amusement park, beach, or restaurant to continue living our life! We don't depend on outside events to fulfill our lives.  They are nice, but not necessary for us. 

It doesn’t take much to get me to stay home under normal circumstances, this just makes it easier. I can’t imagine being so cavalier when the people who have been seriously affected by it are so random, especially with how long it festers before the person knows they have it and could be infecting others.

I realize we can’t stay totally locked down forever, but that doesn’t mean that I’m not going to be very careful about where I go, what I do and how I go about living my life. Will we be having our big potlucks every Saturday this summer at the lake? Probably not because some of our neighbors that we typically meet up with refuse to wear masks when they are out and about, including places like church that are known to be hotbeds for transmission. I also won’t be doing general random shopping for things I want like I used to. We’ll get takeout instead of dining in at restaurants. I’d rather continue to be cautious than to wind up sick, or for my kid to get that Covid related illness. It would crush her to have to be in the hospital for weeks alone.