Guests and Relatives during Covid-19?

Here in South Florida, after our Zoom Board Meeting discussion, we are leaning toward no relatives and quests being allowed in Commons areas of our Club/Condo until this virus is gone. They can only go to the beach. They are allowed to go into the condo, take the elevator to their host residence and stay there for any amount of time or visit. We have been in a lock down now since March 15th which has been doable since we have very few summer residents here in our community of 365 owners.
What are other communties doing in regard to having company coming into your communities? We're talking starting now and holiday's such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, etc. Don't forget all the college kids coming to be with the grandparents and the parents coming with them too! We are not a 55 and older community butI would say it's 65% older owners over 65 years old.
Hope to get much needed discussion on this............Thank you, be safe!!

Makes sense to me. Our pool finally opened but nothing else. No gym, etc. Certainly we would not open up the gym to guests. I think it should be open for US, but whatever. They fear some sort of liability perhaps. Don't want to pay to make sure it's sanitized.

Masks are not magic shields and too onerous to enforce.

What is ignorant? You think masks mean we can return to normal and be fine? No more distancing or other precautions?

Right. Best not to allow guests into the amenities, imo. Too much unneeded risk. Were I a resident there, I'd appreciate that only other residents could also come in. The pool, I don't care. Plenty of space for distancing and it's outside.

Actually, you may not need to worry about a ton of visitors after all. The COVID numbers are popping all over the place and some places mandate self-quarantine if you're visiting from a hotspot (how they enforce that I have no idea). My employer has a similar rule - I just came off a 10-day quarantine after checking on my mother in a hotspot state, and I've decided not to do any more traveling until spring unless it's an emergency.

I saw an article where Dr. Fauci said people really need to rethink holiday visits this year, meaning some college students may wind up staying on campus rather than putting others (especially the elderly) at risk. My sister and I are now talking about setting up some sort of Zoom thanksgiving and asking Mon relatives back home to host my mother and another cousin for thanksgiving so they won't be alone (they don't have cable or the internet).

In your case, I think it's best to require masks and social distancing in the common areas (my office building has such a rule). For amenities like exercise rooms, you may want to shut those down altogether unless homeowners are willing to pay extra for disinfecting equipment and use it.

I think SheliaH's post is right on as well.

I too heard what Dr. Fauci said about the holidays. He is right, of course.

Visits to my elderly relatives in another state are not possible. They do not want the risk. They are right. Phone calls will do in the place of visits.

You are welcome to retract the following statement:AFAIC, you are saying that you are not pro-mask.

I think, "I didn't say" is code for, 'I do not want to say, because then people will not want to be around me.' You have a right to your opinion. But this is an incredibly serious health crisis. Expect your opinion to be met with counter-opinions.

I still picture the piling up of bodies in refrigerated trucks alongside New York City hospitals. I still picture exhausted, heroic, underpaid health care workers in Texas as well as New York.

Regarding enforcement of the mask rule: Businesses nationwide are finding it is pretty easy to enforce.

Have the Board make a Rule based on the 'well-being' clause in the condo's governing docs. Enforce the rule with a $100 fine for the first violation; $500 fine for the second violation; $1500 fine for the third violation.