Did kids actually unmask?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If a month from now the numbers are still low and your kids haven’t caught covid going maskless indoors, we will revisit. I don’t see any benefit being guinea pigs.

They'll put their masks back on in a month.
The hospital numbers ("community levels") might be low today in the DMV, but the immediate suburbs show substantial community transmission.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is still masking because we have two younger, unvaccinated children.

Who are at zero risk, barring extreme existing health issues.

So, good job teaching your kids to ignore science.

WTF?! What do you care if her kids wear masks? How does this hurt you? I don’t understand your vitriol. So bizarre.

[Anonymous]

My MS and HS kids decided to still wear masks because I’m immunocompromised. I was pleasantly surprised because they both hate masks but admitted they deeply fear me getting it. Teenagers are alright.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I see the people who are allowing their kid to unmask to be more cognizant of 1) the protective aspects of the vaccine, and 2) the low risk to kids to begin with. So the people wanting mask choice have all vaccinated their kids, and are not anti-vaxxers. I think there are some that have read the recent study that the 5-11 vaccine did little in terms of reducing transmission, and that has impacted their thinking about whether it should be required or used as a metric in deciding when schools should unmask.

PP, I think you might be thinking of people that are largely not in DC.

My kids have had the vaccine (5-11). We are still masking and will be for at least the next couple of weeks. Husband and I are highly educated and we understand the science. We chose to continue masking. I don’t particularly care what your kids do. It’s extremely hard to judge why others are still masking or not masking.

Lol, let me educate you.

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4046809

FCM mandates in schools were not associated with lower SARS-CoV-2 incidence or
transmission, suggesting that this intervention was not effective. Instead, age-dependency was
the most important factor in explaining the transmission risk for children attending school.

Thanks for the research. Can you let me know how my choice for my family affects you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If a month from now the numbers are still low and your kids haven’t caught covid going maskless indoors, we will revisit. I don’t see any benefit being guinea pigs.

They'll put their masks back on in a month.
The hospital numbers ("community levels") might be low today in the DMV, but the immediate suburbs show substantial community transmission.

That's "community levels" = whether there is room in the hospital for you if you need it. That metric was created weeks ago out of thin air and hopefulness.
Community transmission remains substantial in much of the country, including in the DMV, and high in 25% of the country. See below image for comparison of "community levels" vs "community transmission" maps for entire country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I see the people who are allowing their kid to unmask to be more cognizant of 1) the protective aspects of the vaccine, and 2) the low risk to kids to begin with. So the people wanting mask choice have all vaccinated their kids, and are not anti-vaxxers. I think there are some that have read the recent study that the 5-11 vaccine did little in terms of reducing transmission, and that has impacted their thinking about whether it should be required or used as a metric in deciding when schools should unmask.

PP, I think you might be thinking of people that are largely not in DC.

My kids have had the vaccine (5-11). We are still masking and will be for at least the next couple of weeks. Husband and I are highly educated and we understand the science. We chose to continue masking. I don’t particularly care what your kids do. It’s extremely hard to judge why others are still masking or not masking.

Lol, let me educate you.

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4046809

FCM mandates in schools were not associated with lower SARS-CoV-2 incidence or
transmission, suggesting that this intervention was not effective. Instead, age-dependency was
the most important factor in explaining the transmission risk for children attending school.

Breath deep in your arrogance, breath deep.



Is there research out there that demonstrates how my choice to mask affects your choice to not mask?

[Anonymous]

Here is a 'zoomed in' snapshot of community transmission from the past couple of days, to answer PP's zoomed in snapshot of community level. Both metrics come from the CDC.

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#county-view?list_select_state=District+of+Columbia&data-type=Risk&null=Risk&list_select_county=11001

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At Lafayette there were maybe 2-3 masked kids per room, everyone else had them off.

Wow, I definitely think you will notice a difference between predominantly white schools, and predominately black schools. My school is 90+% black, everyone wore a mask.

I noticed in my predominantly white ES that a much larger percentage of black students were masked than white. That makes sense to me, however. If your community has felt the effects more, and lives with a heightened sense of threat on a daily basis, you might easily be slower to unmask. Our black students who really never fully/effectively masked during the pandemic were unmasked today however.

Yes, rich white people have seen it as a status symbol to be unafraid of COVID infection and its consequences.

"My children are not wearing a mask at school, because my family can afford to gamble the medical bills and lost productivity from long-COVID."

Again, CDC's "All green!" isn't about the likelihood of infection, but about the likelihood of hospital systems breaking down. It is a "Go on ahead and risk your and your employees' health for now, while you can! We'll let you know if and when we're on the brink of collapse and you can pull back then!"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At Lafayette there were maybe 2-3 masked kids per room, everyone else had them off.

Wow, I definitely think you will notice a difference between predominantly white schools, and predominately black schools. My school is 90+% black, everyone wore a mask.

I noticed in my predominantly white ES that a much larger percentage of black students were masked than white. That makes sense to me, however. If your community has felt the effects more, and lives with a heightened sense of threat on a daily basis, you might easily be slower to unmask. Our black students who really never fully/effectively masked during the pandemic were unmasked today however.

Yes, rich white people have seen it as a status symbol to be unafraid of COVID infection and its consequences.

"My children are not wearing a mask at school, because my family can afford to gamble the medical bills and lost productivity from long-COVID."

Again, CDC's "All green!" isn't about the likelihood of infection, but about the likelihood of hospital systems breaking down. It is a "Go on ahead and risk your and your employees' health for now, while you can! We'll let you know if and when we're on the brink of collapse and you can pull back then!"

Actually, progressives, which in this area are disproportionately rich and white, are the group most afraid of Covid:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/18/briefing/covid-risks-poll-americans.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At Lafayette there were maybe 2-3 masked kids per room, everyone else had them off.

Wow, I definitely think you will notice a difference between predominantly white schools, and predominately black schools. My school is 90+% black, everyone wore a mask.

I noticed in my predominantly white ES that a much larger percentage of black students were masked than white. That makes sense to me, however. If your community has felt the effects more, and lives with a heightened sense of threat on a daily basis, you might easily be slower to unmask. Our black students who really never fully/effectively masked during the pandemic were unmasked today however.

Yes, rich white people have seen it as a status symbol to be unafraid of COVID infection and its consequences.

"My children are not wearing a mask at school, because my family can afford to gamble the medical bills and lost productivity from long-COVID."

Again, CDC's "All green!" isn't about the likelihood of infection, but about the likelihood of hospital systems breaking down. It is a "Go on ahead and risk your and your employees' health for now, while you can! We'll let you know if and when we're on the brink of collapse and you can pull back then!"

The free and easily available vaccine is a status symbol? Mmm hmm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At Lafayette there were maybe 2-3 masked kids per room, everyone else had them off.

Wow, I definitely think you will notice a difference between predominantly white schools, and predominately black schools. My school is 90+% black, everyone wore a mask.

I noticed in my predominantly white ES that a much larger percentage of black students were masked than white. That makes sense to me, however. If your community has felt the effects more, and lives with a heightened sense of threat on a daily basis, you might easily be slower to unmask. Our black students who really never fully/effectively masked during the pandemic were unmasked today however.

Yes, rich white people have seen it as a status symbol to be unafraid of COVID infection and its consequences.

"My children are not wearing a mask at school, because my family can afford to gamble the medical bills and lost productivity from long-COVID."

Again, CDC's "All green!" isn't about the likelihood of infection, but about the likelihood of hospital systems breaking down. It is a "Go on ahead and risk your and your employees' health for now, while you can! We'll let you know if and when we're on the brink of collapse and you can pull back then!"

Actually, progressives, which in this area are disproportionately rich and white, are the group most afraid of Covid:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/18/briefing/covid-risks-poll-americans.html

It remains true that several JKLMs seem to be the least masked schools in DCPS this week, including teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At Lafayette there were maybe 2-3 masked kids per room, everyone else had them off.

Wow, I definitely think you will notice a difference between predominantly white schools, and predominately black schools. My school is 90+% black, everyone wore a mask.

I noticed in my predominantly white ES that a much larger percentage of black students were masked than white. That makes sense to me, however. If your community has felt the effects more, and lives with a heightened sense of threat on a daily basis, you might easily be slower to unmask. Our black students who really never fully/effectively masked during the pandemic were unmasked today however.

Yes, rich white people have seen it as a status symbol to be unafraid of COVID infection and its consequences.

"My children are not wearing a mask at school, because my family can afford to gamble the medical bills and lost productivity from long-COVID."

Again, CDC's "All green!" isn't about the likelihood of infection, but about the likelihood of hospital systems breaking down. It is a "Go on ahead and risk your and your employees' health for now, while you can! We'll let you know if and when we're on the brink of collapse and you can pull back then!"

The free and easily available vaccine is a status symbol? Mmm hmm.

The free and available 3-soon to be 4- shot vaccine course will keep you alive, which is substantial, but doesn't eliminate the risk of long-covid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At Lafayette there were maybe 2-3 masked kids per room, everyone else had them off.

Wow, I definitely think you will notice a difference between predominantly white schools, and predominately black schools. My school is 90+% black, everyone wore a mask.

I noticed in my predominantly white ES that a much larger percentage of black students were masked than white. That makes sense to me, however. If your community has felt the effects more, and lives with a heightened sense of threat on a daily basis, you might easily be slower to unmask. Our black students who really never fully/effectively masked during the pandemic were unmasked today however.

Yes, rich white people have seen it as a status symbol to be unafraid of COVID infection and its consequences.

"My children are not wearing a mask at school, because my family can afford to gamble the medical bills and lost productivity from long-COVID."

Again, CDC's "All green!" isn't about the likelihood of infection, but about the likelihood of hospital systems breaking down. It is a "Go on ahead and risk your and your employees' health for now, while you can! We'll let you know if and when we're on the brink of collapse and you can pull back then!"

Actually, progressives, which in this area are disproportionately rich and white, are the group most afraid of Covid:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/18/briefing/covid-risks-poll-americans.html

It remains true that several JKLMs seem to be the least masked schools in DCPS this week, including teachers.

Well, they are the most vaccinated ones, so that makes sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At Lafayette there were maybe 2-3 masked kids per room, everyone else had them off.

Wow, I definitely think you will notice a difference between predominantly white schools, and predominately black schools. My school is 90+% black, everyone wore a mask.

I noticed in my predominantly white ES that a much larger percentage of black students were masked than white. That makes sense to me, however. If your community has felt the effects more, and lives with a heightened sense of threat on a daily basis, you might easily be slower to unmask. Our black students who really never fully/effectively masked during the pandemic were unmasked today however.

Yes, rich white people have seen it as a status symbol to be unafraid of COVID infection and its consequences.

"My children are not wearing a mask at school, because my family can afford to gamble the medical bills and lost productivity from long-COVID."

Again, CDC's "All green!" isn't about the likelihood of infection, but about the likelihood of hospital systems breaking down. It is a "Go on ahead and risk your and your employees' health for now, while you can! We'll let you know if and when we're on the brink of collapse and you can pull back then!"

The free and easily available vaccine is a status symbol? Mmm hmm.

The free and available 3-soon to be 4- shot vaccine course will keep you alive, which is substantial, but doesn't eliminate the risk of long-covid.

Long Covid is rare in vaccinated people. Also, nothing eliminates all risk. Are you striving for a risk-free life? There are many risks much greater than that of Long Covid in a vaccinated person that you probably don't even think about.

You must fit exactly the profile of the most Covid anxious discussed in this article:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/18/briefing/covid-risks-poll-americans.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At Lafayette there were maybe 2-3 masked kids per room, everyone else had them off.

Wow, I definitely think you will notice a difference between predominantly white schools, and predominately black schools. My school is 90+% black, everyone wore a mask.

I noticed in my predominantly white ES that a much larger percentage of black students were masked than white. That makes sense to me, however. If your community has felt the effects more, and lives with a heightened sense of threat on a daily basis, you might easily be slower to unmask. Our black students who really never fully/effectively masked during the pandemic were unmasked today however.

Yes, rich white people have seen it as a status symbol to be unafraid of COVID infection and its consequences.

"My children are not wearing a mask at school, because my family can afford to gamble the medical bills and lost productivity from long-COVID."

Again, CDC's "All green!" isn't about the likelihood of infection, but about the likelihood of hospital systems breaking down. It is a "Go on ahead and risk your and your employees' health for now, while you can! We'll let you know if and when we're on the brink of collapse and you can pull back then!"

Actually, progressives, which in this area are disproportionately rich and white, are the group most afraid of Covid:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/18/briefing/covid-risks-poll-americans.html

It remains true that several JKLMs seem to be the least masked schools in DCPS this week, including teachers.

Well, they are the most vaccinated ones, so that makes sense.

You know, OK. You can convince me that the rich white people at the broadly unmasked JKLMs believe that 2- and 3-shot series of COVID vaccine are sufficient to keep everyone in their household healthy and competitive for future college sports. You can convince me that the rich white people unmasking in dense public buildings daily are not showing off that they're fine with gambling on the risk of long-covid, but that they just don't even think of long-COVID. OK. I'm convinced.