# Stupid Kids on Spring Break! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [March 26, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-kids-on-spring-break/850321 "2020-03-26T14:19:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-kids-on-spring-break/850321/1 "2020-03-26T14:19:48Z")
We’ve all seen the pictures of the young crowd in Florida dancing on the beach, celebrating Spring Break. Reporters who talked with them were told to get lost. “It’s my life, and I get to decide what I want to do with it.” The parent in me wants to cancel phones and credit cards, and to drag that collective bunch off the beach by the ear. News says there is a college student in Kentucky who returned from Spring Break, and has tested positive. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-kids-on-spring-break/850321/2 "2020-03-26T14:48:38Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > We’ve all seen the pictures of the young crowd in Florida dancing on the beach, celebrating Spring Break. Reporters who talked with them were told to get lost. “It’s my life, and I get to decide what I want to do with it.” > > The parent in me wants to cancel phones and credit cards, and to drag that collective bunch off the beach by the ear. > > News says there is a college student in Kentucky who returned from Spring Break, and has tested positive. > ~VOW I dont know, we shall see. And testing positive doesnt mean ICU and death. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-kids-on-spring-break/850321/3 "2020-03-26T15:02:07Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > And testing positive doesnt mean ICU and death. Likely not for that kid. For someone who that kid had contact with, or someone who had contact with someone who had contact with that kid, it certainly can. That’s kinda the problem. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-kids-on-spring-break/850321/4 "2020-03-26T15:16:47Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > And testing positive doesnt mean ICU and death. For some percentage of the population, it does. It’s really all a numbers game. But for the most part the Spring Breakers are already gone and the beaches are closed, right? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-kids-on-spring-break/850321/5 "2020-03-26T15:52:31Z")
What?! Young adults with still developing prefrontal cortexes and bad risk assessment make poor choices? I’m shocked, shocked I tell you. Major failing on the part of the elected leaders to close beaches earlier. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-kids-on-spring-break/850321/6 "2020-03-26T18:41:20Z")
[Original thread on this topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=892128) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-kids-on-spring-break/850321/7 "2020-03-26T18:48:39Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > What?! Young adults with still developing prefrontal cortexes and bad risk assessment make poor choices? I’m shocked, shocked I tell you. Major failing on the part of the elected leaders to close beaches earlier. Seriously wonder how many towns had [Sheriff Brody’s and were stopped and confounded by Mayor Vaughn’s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaws_(film)#Plot). ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-kids-on-spring-break/850321/8 "2020-03-26T21:51:42Z")
IIRC Tramp recently suggested that all people exiting New York be quarantined. Can Spring Break returnees be identified and isolated per state orders? ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-kids-on-spring-break/850321/9 "2020-03-27T13:02:42Z")
> [@RioRico](#): > > IIRC Tramp recently suggested that all people exiting New York be quarantined. Can Spring Break returnees be identified and isolated per state orders? Notice so far its just been democrats restricting peoples rights? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-kids-on-spring-break/850321/10 "2020-03-27T13:23:03Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > Notice so far its just been democrats restricting peoples rights? [Gov. Abbott Orders Mandatory Quarantine for People Traveling From NY Area, New Orleans](https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/coronavirus/gov-greg-abbott-to-provide-update-thursday-on-covid-19-efforts-in-texas/2339488/) > [@](#): > > Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Thursday mandating quarantine for anyone traveling to Texas from either New Orleans or the New York Tri-State area. > > Abbott said anyone arriving at an airport in Texas from either New York, Connecticut, New Jersey or New Orleans, Louisiana, must register with the Texas Department of Public Safety and **immediately quarantine themselves at home or in a hotel for 14 days or until they leave the state,** which ever occurs first. > > **“During this period, a quarantined person shall not allow visitors into or out of the designated quarantine location, other than a physician or healthcare provider, and cannot visit any public spaces,”** Abbott said. “The New York Tri-State Area and the City of New Orleans have become major centers of this pandemic, and it is vital that we take necessary precautions to prevent additional exposure that could originate from people traveling from these areas to Texas.” When did Abbott switch parties? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-kids-on-spring-break/850321/11 "2020-03-27T13:27:45Z")
C’mon people! It’s not like this is something serious where millions will die . . . like a pot luck dinner. CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-kids-on-spring-break/850321/12 "2020-03-27T14:12:58Z")
Covidiots. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-kids-on-spring-break/850321/13 "2020-03-27T14:48:26Z")
> [@RioRico](#): > > IIRC Tramp recently suggested that all people exiting New York be quarantined. > [@Urbanredneck](#): > > Notice so far its just been democrats restricting peoples rights? **Moderator Note** Keep the political jabs out of this forum. Changing Trump’s name is not clever, and in order to think “only democrats are restricting people’s rights” you need to be willfully ignorant of the news. Colibri Quarantine Zone Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-kids-on-spring-break/850321/14 "2020-03-27T21:58:49Z")
Back to the OP, I think its ok to let the kids blow off some steam. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-kids-on-spring-break/850321/15 "2020-03-27T22:01:37Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > Back to the OP, I think its ok to let the kids blow off some steam. They can do that in isolation like the rest of us. It’s called adulting. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-kids-on-spring-break/850321/16 "2020-03-27T22:11:31Z")
I’d be much more willing to blame the stupid kids if the municipal governments had shut things down and they were defying a stay at home order. Spring Breakers are not known for their shrewd cost-benefit analysis, and expecting them to somehow figure this one out is not reasonable. We should be angry at the city managers that didn’t shut them down and clear the beaches and bars. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-kids-on-spring-break/850321/17 "2020-03-27T22:17:39Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > Back to the OP, I think its ok to let the kids blow off some steam. Depends what you mean by [blowing off steam](https://fox17.com/news/local/nashville-21-year-old-battling-covid-19-warning-youth-to-take-virus-seriously). Even twenty-somethings shouldn’t be playing viral Russian Roulette. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-kids-on-spring-break/850321/18 "2020-03-29T18:06:37Z")
> [@iamthewalrus\_3](#): > > I’d be much more willing to blame the stupid kids if the municipal governments had shut things down and they were defying a stay at home order. > > Spring Breakers are not known for their shrewd cost-benefit analysis, and expecting them to somehow figure this one out is not reasonable. > > We should be angry at the city managers that didn’t shut them down and clear the beaches and bars. I have friends in several places with SAH orders - whose kids are being wilfully clueless. Refusing to understand that “no public or private gatherings” means “don’t hang out with friends even if you ARE 6 feet away”, “We can rent a beach house and quarantine there just as well as at home, right?” etc. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-kids-on-spring-break/850321/19 "2020-03-29T18:22:13Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > Back to the OP, I think its ok to let the kids blow off some steam. For the sake of the many, many people who’d be adversely affected, I hope to heaven this isn’t your personal approach to this crisis (and yes, it’s a crisis) for yourself and your family. And it’s not, right? You’re not letting your kids get together with other kids to “blow off steam,” correct? Because while your kids and their friends may not show symptoms of COVID-19, they’d be passing it along to others who’d get sick. We all have to make sacrifices these days for the good of our fellow Americans. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-kids-on-spring-break/850321/20 "2020-03-29T18:46:53Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > “We can rent a beach house and quarantine there just as well as at home, right?” You can. You literally can. The virus doesn’t care if you surroundings are nice or ugly. I don’t understand what this is supposed to mean. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-kids-on-spring-break/850321.md?page=2)