With all the positive cases at MCPS, can you simply elect to do zoom?

[Anonymous]

Whether isolating or by choice, can a student simply join class by zoom? This would facilitate a measure of safety for all.

[Anonymous]

No Zoom, no virtual.

[Anonymous]

Uhh, no.

[Anonymous]

No, only zoom offering is for ES students who are in a Health Dept-mandated protocol.

[Anonymous]

Why OP? Not vaccinated? Otherwise, what does it matter?

[Anonymous]

No, you can apply to the virtual academy but there is a wait list so its unclear if they are taking new students right now. There is no dual teaching. You agreed to in person, so either in person or homeschool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why OP? Not vaccinated? Otherwise, what does it matter?

Many of the recent outbreaks are "breakthrough cases."

[Anonymous]

There are about 2000-3000 students whose parents decided this summer to place them in the Virtual Academy, OP. They were mocked and vilified.

Now the VA is full and has a waitlist, and I don't anticipate that in-person schools will switch to virtual unless or until Omicron provokes such hospital saturation that it force their hand.

Given the level of vaccination in this area, I do not believe the current Delta wave will trigger such a healthcare crisis locally. However, Omicron should be watched. The UK has announced that in just Omicron will become the major variant there in the space of less than a month! It anticipates hospital saturation. We must learn from them, since they're a few weeks ahead of us - and don't give me crap about how they're so different that we cannot compare. What happens to them will happen to us, just as it always has.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why OP? Not vaccinated? Otherwise, what does it matter?

Many of the recent outbreaks are "breakthrough cases."

And in a couple days, they’re breakthrough recoveries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
There are about 2000-3000 students whose parents decided this summer to place them in the Virtual Academy, OP. They were mocked and vilified.

Now the VA is full and has a waitlist, and I don't anticipate that in-person schools will switch to virtual unless or until Omicron provokes such hospital saturation that it force their hand.

Given the level of vaccination in this area, I do not believe the current Delta wave will trigger such a healthcare crisis locally. However, Omicron should be watched. The UK has announced that in just Omicron will become the major variant there in the space of less than a month! It anticipates hospital saturation. We must learn from them, since they're a few weeks ahead of us - and don't give me crap about how they're so different that we cannot compare. What happens to them will happen to us, just as it always has.

I doubt we will go virtual again. Its over 3000K students and there is a waitlist as they stopped taking kids. The lower school is overcrowded. They may pull people off as some families have elected to return in person.

The option is for families to homeschool like they told us, who were concerned over the summer. MD has two virtual programs authorized as well but they are more like homeschooling than what MCPS offers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why OP? Not vaccinated? Otherwise, what does it matter?

Many of the recent outbreaks are "breakthrough cases."

And in a couple days, they’re breakthrough recoveries.

Ok, covid denier. You don't seem to get those cases, will spread within all the schools through siblings and our community. Thanks for doing your part to spread it through the schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why OP? Not vaccinated? Otherwise, what does it matter?

Many of the recent outbreaks are "breakthrough cases."

Answer me this: are they mild? Then I don’t care

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why OP? Not vaccinated? Otherwise, what does it matter?

Many of the recent outbreaks are "breakthrough cases."

And in a couple days, they’re breakthrough recoveries.

Ok, covid denier. You don't seem to get those cases, will spread within all the schools through siblings and our community. Thanks for doing your part to spread it through the schools.

You're welcome. My kids certainly enjoy being back in-person. I just took a look...Giant Foods is carrying both 2-ply and 3-ply Kleenex if you're interested.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why OP? Not vaccinated? Otherwise, what does it matter?

Many of the recent outbreaks are "breakthrough cases."

Answer me this: are they mild? Then I don’t care

The only way that "mild" cases can pose a problem is if the variant is so transmissible and therefore spreads so much that it ends up sending a large portion of vulnerable people (partially vaccinated, those with waning immunity, the elderly, the medically fragile, etc) into hospitals, and the hospitals get overwhelmed. So mild Covid in children or healthy, recently-boostered adults, doesn't really tell you much, because it doesn't give you an accurate picture of what the same variant could do if a whole lot of vulnerable people had it within a short period of time and all went to the hospital, also within a short period of time.

This is the concern with Omicron. The UK has come out with a predictive study that lists a range of potential Omicron outcomes, none of which are good, but the worse one is hospitals getting overwhelmed and lockdowns put in place, because despite a robust vaccination system, this variant is way more transmissible than Delta: it doubles cases once every 2.4 days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why OP? Not vaccinated? Otherwise, what does it matter?

Many of the recent outbreaks are "breakthrough cases."

Answer me this: are they mild? Then I don’t care

The only way that "mild" cases can pose a problem is if the variant is so transmissible and therefore spreads so much that it ends up sending a large portion of vulnerable people (partially vaccinated, those with waning immunity, the elderly, the medically fragile, etc) into hospitals, and the hospitals get overwhelmed. So mild Covid in children or healthy, recently-boostered adults, doesn't really tell you much, because it doesn't give you an accurate picture of what the same variant could do if a whole lot of vulnerable people had it within a short period of time and all went to the hospital, also within a short period of time.

This is the concern with Omicron. The UK has come out with a predictive study that lists a range of potential Omicron outcomes, none of which are good, but the worse one is hospitals getting overwhelmed and lockdowns put in place, because despite a robust vaccination system, this variant is way more transmissible than Delta: it doubles cases once every 2.4 days.

They don't care. Its only about them.