Just trying to drive into this a bit. I keep asking people why and trying to listen to concerns because its not going away. Missouri is a good example of low vaccine rates and not going away. (They don't care though, so doesn't matter). Is most of your small circle vaccinated then? Is your wife?
Did ya'll do a lot of stuff before covid/baby?
I missed this edit the first time around.
most people i know/see are vaccinated. but not all. my wife is not. She was pregnant when it rolled out and we didn't want to even consider it.
Now, my boy cant get one anyway (not like i would...) so we still have to keep him safe nonetheless so even if she and i got vaccinated, and it doesn't give me a heart attack like it did my hygienist and killed her at 45, we'd still have to maintain distance and keep the circle close and only those we actually trust to be safe. I've had some heart muscle enlargement stuff in the past so the fact that these things are causing cardiomyopathy things makes it even scarier for me.
We are both working from home a year and a half.
we wear masks in stores/etc.
we wash well immediately when we get home.
if we do catch it, we'll probably be fine in a few days.
I'm also pretty damn sure we both had it last february before anyone knew what it was.
we were both sick as hell with fevers and it's the only time in 5+ years that I've known my wife has been sick at all, not even a cold.
I live in a small town of 10,000 people.
in the county, there's 4 new cases a day average and most of those are in one city in the county. less than 1 per 100,000.
I don't really go anywhere, and if we do, it's safely done and outside for the most part.
Also, trump got a vaccine early on and told everyone to get it.