MCPS covid cases

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gosh. We are not through with the first week yet and cases are already popping up at so many schools. How hard is it to enforce some minimal social distancing? Can’t believe that MCPS is so lazy and irresponsible!

Who says they got it at school? The first round of notifications are for kids who came in the first day of school or went to orientation. The schools letters say "an individual. " only one notification letter has said "two individuals" or more. Over the next few days and into next week we will see if those initial.cases spread at those schools or not.

In reality we won't see because they certainly aren't advertising it. But if letters start saying 2,3 and more cases then yes it's spreading in schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Gosh. We are not through with the first week yet and cases are already popping up at so many schools. How hard is it to enforce some minimal social distancing? Can’t believe that MCPS is so lazy and irresponsible!

Who says they got it at school? The first round of notifications are for kids who came in the first day of school or went to orientation. The schools letters say "an individual. " only one notification letter has said "two individuals" or more. Over the next few days and into next week we will see if those initial.cases spread at those schools or not.

In reality we won't see because they certainly aren't advertising it. But if letters start saying 2,3 and more cases then yes it's spreading in schools.

We do not really know. Unless someone is obviously symptomatic MCPS assumes that everything is fine. Chances are that all of a sudden a large number of kids may become symptomatic in a short period of time. I hope that it won’t end up this way.

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Anonymous wrote:Frederick County opened last week -- 40 something cases -- 600 in quarantine.

And only 55 cases the second week.

Cases will happen. So far, FredCo is an example of it being done well.

FredCo standards are way lower than Moco. There is no comparison in terms of number of schools, number of students and density.

I have friends with kids in FredCo schools. They are not happy with the lack of basic measures.

It's basically the same measures that MoCo is taking...

I also have friends in FredCo, and they pity us for being stuck around the Covid-forever crazies

Ya, they're almost as bad as the open at all costs types who are unable to comprehend basic facts like the alarming rise in child hospitalizations.

Here's a basic fact:

no pediatric deaths from Covid in Moco....EVER! Going back to March 2020.

You guys watch the news, and get spun up into a tizzy over Lousiana and other redneck backwards places and don't realize that actually live in MoCo!

One of the most intelligent and educated locations in the county, and with the worst ability to manage their anxiety

Here comes “It’s not just about death, it’s about long Covid” whiner. Then comes, “it’s about public health (and schools should be closed no matter that everything else is open)” whiner. There’s literally a Whiner’s Playbook.

It’s hilarious that you’re calling us whiners when, in fact, you are the biggest whiners of all.

Really? This summer has been non-stop whining about the VA applications, lunches, hybrid, etc. Non-stop whining and doomsday predicting.

It's DCUM. You could have stopped at "This summer has been non-stop whining."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m generally pro opening but my HS kid was pretty concerned by the crowds in the hallway. I wish there was some way to mitigate the crowds on the passing periods. Maybe if they had grouped classes in the building so there was less need to go distance? I’m going to at least order her better masks for hallway passage.

My child's in MS and they are having the same problem. Once in the classroom, it's distancing and not that crowded but just getting thru hallways is the problem.
And this isn't something MCPS can realistically solve, short of keeping cohorts of kids in the same room all day.

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Anonymous wrote:Frederick County opened last week -- 40 something cases -- 600 in quarantine.

And only 55 cases the second week.

Cases will happen. So far, FredCo is an example of it being done well.

FredCo standards are way lower than Moco. There is no comparison in terms of number of schools, number of students and density.

I have friends with kids in FredCo schools. They are not happy with the lack of basic measures.

It's basically the same measures that MoCo is taking...

I also have friends in FredCo, and they pity us for being stuck around the Covid-forever crazies

Ya, they're almost as bad as the open at all costs types who are unable to comprehend basic facts like the alarming rise in child hospitalizations.

Here's a basic fact:

no pediatric deaths from Covid in Moco....EVER! Going back to March 2020.

You guys watch the news, and get spun up into a tizzy over Lousiana and other redneck backwards places and don't realize that actually live in MoCo!

One of the most intelligent and educated locations in the county, and with the worst ability to manage their anxiety

Here is a basic fact! It doesn't matter if there are no deaths here yet as it will happen at some point! And, our kids aren't vaccinated. How is that so hard to understand?

It will be your wet dream come true won’t it?

Note how this forum allows these really demeaning, crude responses on covid posts. The owner of this site is clearly a covid denier.

Jeff is most certainly not a covid denier. He seems well educated and level headed on the subject.
Just because someone does not indulge your crippling anxiety, it doesn’t mean he’s a covid denier. He’s just realistic, and I applaud that. He’s doing a fantastic job.

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Anonymous wrote:Frederick County opened last week -- 40 something cases -- 600 in quarantine.

And only 55 cases the second week.

Cases will happen. So far, FredCo is an example of it being done well.

FredCo standards are way lower than Moco. There is no comparison in terms of number of schools, number of students and density.

I have friends with kids in FredCo schools. They are not happy with the lack of basic measures.

It's basically the same measures that MoCo is taking...

I also have friends in FredCo, and they pity us for being stuck around the Covid-forever crazies

Ya, they're almost as bad as the open at all costs types who are unable to comprehend basic facts like the alarming rise in child hospitalizations.

Here's a basic fact:

no pediatric deaths from Covid in Moco....EVER! Going back to March 2020.

You guys watch the news, and get spun up into a tizzy over Lousiana and other redneck backwards places and don't realize that actually live in MoCo!

One of the most intelligent and educated locations in the county, and with the worst ability to manage their anxiety

Here is a basic fact! It doesn't matter if there are no deaths here yet as it will happen at some point! And, our kids aren't vaccinated. How is that so hard to understand?

It will be your wet dream come true won’t it?

Note how this forum allows these really demeaning, crude responses on covid posts. The owner of this site is clearly a covid denier.

Jeff is most certainly not a covid denier. He seems well educated and level headed on the subject.
Just because someone does not indulge your crippling anxiety, it doesn’t mean he’s a covid denier. He’s just realistic, and I applaud that. He’s doing a fantastic job.

Lol. so true. the threshold to be labeled a 'covid-denier' seems to be: do you think COVID will end humanity and end life on earth as we know it?

'You don't!?!?! Ok trumper covid-denier. Enjoy coughing yourself to death with a tube down your throat'

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m generally pro opening but my HS kid was pretty concerned by the crowds in the hallway. I wish there was some way to mitigate the crowds on the passing periods. Maybe if they had grouped classes in the building so there was less need to go distance? I’m going to at least order her better masks for hallway passage.

My child's in MS and they are having the same problem. Once in the classroom, it's distancing and not that crowded but just getting thru hallways is the problem.
And this isn't something MCPS can realistically solve, short of keeping cohorts of kids in the same room all day.

I can’t believe that MCPS could not shift the class schedules so that not everyone has to rush to the hallway or go to lunch at the same time. If it is not laziness I don’t know what it is.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m generally pro opening but my HS kid was pretty concerned by the crowds in the hallway. I wish there was some way to mitigate the crowds on the passing periods. Maybe if they had grouped classes in the building so there was less need to go distance? I’m going to at least order her better masks for hallway passage.

My child's in MS and they are having the same problem. Once in the classroom, it's distancing and not that crowded but just getting thru hallways is the problem.
And this isn't something MCPS can realistically solve, short of keeping cohorts of kids in the same room all day.

I can’t believe that MCPS could not shift the class schedules so that not everyone has to rush to the hallway or go to lunch at the same time. If it is not laziness I don’t know what it is.

Clearly you don't understand how complicated scheduling is and how there are many moving parts that creates a domino effect.

[Anonymous]

MCPS isn't reporting all cases on the covid dashboard. They never have. They are deliberately not testing 7-12th graders and only random opt in for lower grades. They were very clear there will be no social distancing, no safety precautions outside of hand sanitizer and masking and everything back to normal. Back to normal is very limited cleaning, no social distancing, hand washing only after the bathroom..... so, you got your reopening, you said you were ok if your kids got covid, so stop complaining. When those of us expressed concerns about all this you made fun of us for being concerned. Now live with it.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m generally pro opening but my HS kid was pretty concerned by the crowds in the hallway. I wish there was some way to mitigate the crowds on the passing periods. Maybe if they had grouped classes in the building so there was less need to go distance? I’m going to at least order her better masks for hallway passage.

My child's in MS and they are having the same problem. Once in the classroom, it's distancing and not that crowded but just getting thru hallways is the problem.
And this isn't something MCPS can realistically solve, short of keeping cohorts of kids in the same room all day.

I can’t believe that MCPS could not shift the class schedules so that not everyone has to rush to the hallway or go to lunch at the same time. If it is not laziness I don’t know what it is.

It would be impossible as there are kids in different grades in each class. What were you expecting? They said back to normal and that is what you got.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS isn't reporting all cases on the covid dashboard. They never have. They are deliberately not testing 7-12th graders and only random opt in for lower grades. They were very clear there will be no social distancing, no safety precautions outside of hand sanitizer and masking and everything back to normal. Back to normal is very limited cleaning, no social distancing, hand washing only after the bathroom..... so, you got your reopening, you said you were ok if your kids got covid, so stop complaining. When those of us expressed concerns about all this you made fun of us for being concerned. Now live with it.

It's tempting to leave them to their fate, PP, but the fact of the matter is that schools are the main accelerator of viral spread in communities where there is a indoor mask mandate. Because schools are the most crowded buildings where people are in close proximity and eat together, unmasked.

So even if we don't have kids, or our kids go to private or the Virtual Academy (as mine do, once I saw what a sh1tshow this was going to be), public schools' response to Covid is effectively our business, because if they don't the necessary measures, they will drive up case numbers to stratospheric heights in the next few weeks. And then we'll need to take drastic measures which will affect the entire population.

So yes, I'm upset that schools aren't doing more.

[Anonymous]

How are all of these cases getting reported to MCPS? If your kid gets sick and it ends up being COVID, tell the school its the flu or a stomach bug.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS isn't reporting all cases on the covid dashboard. They never have. They are deliberately not testing 7-12th graders and only random opt in for lower grades. They were very clear there will be no social distancing, no safety precautions outside of hand sanitizer and masking and everything back to normal. Back to normal is very limited cleaning, no social distancing, hand washing only after the bathroom..... so, you got your reopening, you said you were ok if your kids got covid, so stop complaining. When those of us expressed concerns about all this you made fun of us for being concerned. Now live with it.

It's tempting to leave them to their fate, PP, but the fact of the matter is that schools are the main accelerator of viral spread in communities where there is a indoor mask mandate. Because schools are the most crowded buildings where people are in close proximity and eat together, unmasked.

So even if we don't have kids, or our kids go to private or the Virtual Academy (as mine do, once I saw what a sh1tshow this was going to be), public schools' response to Covid is effectively our business, because if they don't the necessary measures, they will drive up case numbers to stratospheric heights in the next few weeks. And then we'll need to take drastic measures which will affect the entire population.

So yes, I'm upset that schools aren't doing more.

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Anonymous wrote:Frederick County opened last week -- 40 something cases -- 600 in quarantine.

And only 55 cases the second week.

Cases will happen. So far, FredCo is an example of it being done well.

FredCo standards are way lower than Moco. There is no comparison in terms of number of schools, number of students and density.

I have friends with kids in FredCo schools. They are not happy with the lack of basic measures.

It's basically the same measures that MoCo is taking...

I also have friends in FredCo, and they pity us for being stuck around the Covid-forever crazies

Ya, they're almost as bad as the open at all costs types who are unable to comprehend basic facts like the alarming rise in child hospitalizations.

Here's a basic fact:

no pediatric deaths from Covid in Moco....EVER! Going back to March 2020.

You guys watch the news, and get spun up into a tizzy over Lousiana and other redneck backwards places and don't realize that actually live in MoCo!

One of the most intelligent and educated locations in the county, and with the worst ability to manage their anxiety

Here comes “It’s not just about death, it’s about long Covid” whiner. Then comes, “it’s about public health (and schools should be closed no matter that everything else is open)” whiner. There’s literally a Whiner’s Playbook.

It’s hilarious that you’re calling us whiners when, in fact, you are the biggest whiners of all.

Really? This summer has been non-stop whining about the VA applications, lunches, hybrid, etc. Non-stop whining and doomsday predicting.

It's starting to sound like they don't want things to improve. Odd case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS isn't reporting all cases on the covid dashboard. They never have. They are deliberately not testing 7-12th graders and only random opt in for lower grades. They were very clear there will be no social distancing, no safety precautions outside of hand sanitizer and masking and everything back to normal. Back to normal is very limited cleaning, no social distancing, hand washing only after the bathroom..... so, you got your reopening, you said you were ok if your kids got covid, so stop complaining. When those of us expressed concerns about all this you made fun of us for being concerned. Now live with it.

They're still making fun. Will make fun when our children are in the hospital. Will make fun when our children have life long effects of the virus and will make fun when our children die.