Smart Restart - Arlington Public Schools Needs to Require Masks through At Least this School Year

[Anonymous]

Thoughts?

[Anonymous]

Not sure what those ladies are going to do with themselves when covid is over. It's going to be a loss of an identity kind of thing.

[Anonymous]

I think it's a random tweet that practically no one will see.

I also think when our region is down to "blue" transmission and we know the majority of kids are vaccinated then masks should be optional.

Also, why are we orange when we are surrounded by yellow?

[Anonymous]

I like how they frame it as a helping kids at risk issue. Please.

This is why Youngkin won. Because of people like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure what those ladies are going to do with themselves when covid is over. It's going to be a loss of an identity kind of thing.

Maybe they can create a political lobbying group and write dumba$$ newsletters.

Seems like a fun hobby.

[Anonymous]

Same old, same old.

I disagree with their underlying premise that the number one goal at all costs is reducing cases of covid. At this point in time, that is no longer my number one goal as a parent.

I do think everyone should have a chance to be vaccinated and there should be options at every school. But that shouldn't take until the end of the school year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it's a random tweet that practically no one will see.

I also think when our region is down to "blue" transmission and we know the majority of kids are vaccinated then masks should be optional.

Also, why are we orange when we are surrounded by yellow?

Those CDC Covid transmission maps are complete BS. They take the worst of two numbers (% positivity and cases/100K) and assign the worst color. They don't take into account hospitalizations, deaths or percent vaccinated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's a random tweet that practically no one will see.

I also think when our region is down to "blue" transmission and we know the majority of kids are vaccinated then masks should be optional.

Also, why are we orange when we are surrounded by yellow?

Those CDC Covid transmission maps are complete BS. They take the worst of two numbers (% positivity and cases/100K) and assign the worst color. They don't take into account hospitalizations, deaths or percent vaccinated.

+1000

The CDC has never explained where those tiers came from. Their anti-vax too as they don't take vaccination into account at all.

Rochelle Walensky is a disaster and needs to resign. She's driving Democrats off the cliff. First, she has the teachers union rewrite the CDC school guidance. The other day, she rejected offramps for kids in masks, saying we had cold and flu season coming too (when on earth did we ever mask for cold or flu season?!?). Last Friday, she claimed masks are 80% effective without any cites and implied masks were effective as vaccines, which is completely anti-vax.

Glad Youngkin will be jettisoning her crazy guidance.

[Anonymous]

totally ridiculous and arbitrary...makes no sense at all. We have no idea what things will look like in January much less June...makes no sense to just come out now and say masks for the rest of the year. If you want your kid in a mask until June, you do you. My kids got vaccinated on Friday to hopefully be able to enjoy part of this year without masks...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's a random tweet that practically no one will see.

I also think when our region is down to "blue" transmission and we know the majority of kids are vaccinated then masks should be optional.

Also, why are we orange when we are surrounded by yellow?

Those CDC Covid transmission maps are complete BS. They take the worst of two numbers (% positivity and cases/100K) and assign the worst color. They don't take into account hospitalizations, deaths or percent vaccinated.

+1000

The CDC has never explained where those tiers came from. Their anti-vax too as they don't take vaccination into account at all.

Rochelle Walensky is a disaster and needs to resign. She's driving Democrats off the cliff. First, she has the teachers union rewrite the CDC school guidance. The other day, she rejected offramps for kids in masks, saying we had cold and flu season coming too (when on earth did we ever mask for cold or flu season?!?). Last Friday, she claimed masks are 80% effective without any cites and implied masks were effective as vaccines, which is completely anti-vax.

Glad Youngkin will be jettisoning her crazy guidance.

Youngkin isn't going to follow CDC guidelines? Citation?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's a random tweet that practically no one will see.

I also think when our region is down to "blue" transmission and we know the majority of kids are vaccinated then masks should be optional.

Also, why are we orange when we are surrounded by yellow?

Those CDC Covid transmission maps are complete BS. They take the worst of two numbers (% positivity and cases/100K) and assign the worst color. They don't take into account hospitalizations, deaths or percent vaccinated.

What are the specific metrics/criteria you think make sense for kids wearing masks in schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's a random tweet that practically no one will see.

I also think when our region is down to "blue" transmission and we know the majority of kids are vaccinated then masks should be optional.

Also, why are we orange when we are surrounded by yellow?

Those CDC Covid transmission maps are complete BS. They take the worst of two numbers (% positivity and cases/100K) and assign the worst color. They don't take into account hospitalizations, deaths or percent vaccinated.

What are the specific metrics/criteria you think make sense for kids wearing masks in schools?

Percent positivity, hospitalization rate and percent vaccinated are most important. Start with those, because cases/100K depends on the number tested, which can vary day to day, but the percentage who test positive takes that variability away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure what those ladies are going to do with themselves when covid is over. It's going to be a loss of an identity kind of thing.

The main one who runs this Twitter account should go back to focusing on coaching Odyssey of the Mind. I'm a Glebe parent and she's a really good coach whereas her COVID takes are completely nutty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's a random tweet that practically no one will see.

I also think when our region is down to "blue" transmission and we know the majority of kids are vaccinated then masks should be optional.

Also, why are we orange when we are surrounded by yellow?

Those CDC Covid transmission maps are complete BS. They take the worst of two numbers (% positivity and cases/100K) and assign the worst color. They don't take into account hospitalizations, deaths or percent vaccinated.

What are the specific metrics/criteria you think make sense for kids wearing masks in schools?

Death rate in children under 18. Which is basically zero so let's take off the masks and get back to normal.

[Anonymous]

Wait - I thought data from Europe was no good and couldn't ever be applied to use here in the US...