Superspreaders

 Yesterday, we found ourselves at a super-spreader event - or at least what could very well turn out to be a viral super-spreader event.

For over a year now, we have been so careful about staying home, avoiding anything even remotely risky, and staying away from people. And then yesterday, we found ourselves in a huge crowd of people. We did our best to social-distance. We all wore masks. But... I have a bad feeling that we are all going to get sick.

Cases are up in our area, and a week after spring break, there is likely to be another spike coming up.

You could ask: what were you thinking? How could you be so irresponsible?

Well... we certainly didn't expect there to be a crowd of people... In retrospect, there were things we could have done better. We could have left. But for many complicated reasons, we stayed. I felt I had to be near our youngest, which was about the most crowded spot possible.

So, yes, a collection of small not-great choices ended up endangering our whole family. We've been super-safe and felt we've been doing a great job... and then we just kind of dropped the ball. 

The weirdest thing is this. While I was there, among dozens of people, I did not feel particularly unsafe. It wasn't until we got home that I started to realize how risky our behavior has actually been. 

Not much we can do now. Just wait and see how things progress over the the next 2 weeks.