Carolyn Hax: A pandemic bubble threatens to pop over disagreement on covid disclosure

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Sign up for this newsletter Read online Advice to help you tackle life's problems.     (Nick Galifianakis for The Post) A pandemic bubble threatens to pop over disagreement on covid disclosure Dear Carolyn: I have two kids in elementary school. After a year of virtual school, we let them go back to the building in April. They play nearly exclusively with a child around the corner from us, and her family was part of our pandemic bubble. The parents are vaccinated and my husband and I are as well. The neighbors decided not to allow their daughter to go back to school, but they knew our kids were back and let the kids continue to play inside their house. They recently found out there were a few covid cases at our school. My children weren't part of the affected learning pods, which had to quarantine. The school notified everyone via phone calls, emails and posts on their Facebook page. The neighbors are upset with us now and believe we should have told them about the cases. They think we intentionally lied to them. We apologized but said we didn't think it was necessary to mention since our children were not affected. Now they say they can't trust us. We honestly didn't intend to hide the info from them. Are we in the wrong? — S. Read Carolyn's Response     ADVERTISEMENT   Want more? Carolyn's been writing her advice column for two decades. Explore the archives below. 'Living in sin'? Tensions are about more than boyfriend's move-in. Read more »   Mistrust arises over husband's secret friend Read more »   Caroyln Hax: The (married) name game Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out What Day Is It? for tips on how to recover your sense of time and make the most of pandemic life with this 7-day email course. Sign up »

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