UrbanBaby

06.04.20, 02:25 AM General Topics
12 replies

To protest or not during Covid? [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 06.04.20, 02:25 AM Flag

Dear UrbanBaby community,

Thank you so much for being a valued member of the UrbanBaby community. We wanted to inform you that we are shutting down the site on July 6th. We are grateful for your participation and support that has helped make UrbanBaby such an important resource to parents for many years.

If you have any questions or concerns, you can email us at urbanbaby-support@cbsinteractive.com.

Thanks so much,

UrbanBaby Support

so personal. [ Reply | More

]
General Topics 06.04.20, 02:39 AM Flag

It really depends on your comfort level and where you are. I took my teens, or rather my teens took me as they were insistent on going, to a peaceful protest of about 300o people in my small Long Island town. Everyone there wore masks and we stayed in the back or on the sides 6-10feet away from others. I'm glad we went. [ Reply | More

]
General Topics 06.04.20, 02:45 AM Flag

Depends where and when, I've seen a couple of marches and both were peaceful and I didn't feel threatened being in the close vicinity. However, things can always get heated and being around a crowd of super-charged people is never 100% safe, you need to plan for exit and it may not be easy as it's not a parade, there is police all around. Just don't think it's a parade, that's all. And honestly this can't go on forever, at some point people will stop marching, it does hurt the economy which is already f-ed. [ Reply | More

]
General Topics 06.04.20, 03:31 AM Flag

And that is without Covid considerations. If you are compromised or at risk, just stay home. It's not risk free. [ Reply | More

]
General Topics 06.04.20, 03:33 AM Flag

There are many ways to support the cause. [ Reply | More

]
General Topics 06.04.20, 11:49 AM Flag

I went to the rally by Gracie Mansion last night. Very safe, very well organized. Not totally socially distant, but much looser than, say at the last Women's March and masks were worn by most. A group of marchers arrived ~7:30 and it got more congested at that point - then the groups combined and marched downtown from there. I split off about 8:15/8:30 [ Reply | More

]
General Topics 06.04.20, 12:18 PM Flag

HM - I firmly believe in peaceful protest. But I would think long and hard about going into a crowd of people right now. Disease risk aside, it only takes a couple of bad actors to result in tragedy. [ Reply | More

]
General Topics 06.04.20, 12:36 PM Flag

Just curious, HM - do the "bad actors" showing up at these protests have historical precedent in a setting like this? [ Reply | More

]
General Topics 06.04.20, 03:27 PM Flag

I would have to do some research, but just go back a couple of months when the lockdowns started: people were being warned that the scammers were spiraling out of control. [ Reply | More

]
General Topics 06.04.20, 03:42 PM Flag

Yes, I saw evidence of that myself. This just doesn't seem like self-interested acting - it's almost frighteningly purposeful. [ Reply | More

]
General Topics 06.04.20, 05:52 PM Flag

Choosing not to protest, but writing letters. Protest doesn't have to be public. [ Reply | More

]
General Topics 06.04.20, 03:26 PM Flag

No way am I going out in a crowd anytime soon. There are other, better ways that don't cause inadvertent harm. [ Reply | More

]
General Topics 06.04.20, 06:15 PM Flag