MCPS covid cases

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Anonymous wrote:No doubt that cases are increasing rapidly in MCPS even among vaccinated kids. Is it a possible sign of waning vaccine protection in kids too?

These vaccines only work a short time and it’s unclear how well they stop transmission.

You're looking at it wrong. We're not going to be able to eradicate COVID, and breakthrough infections will always happen. We don't need the vaccines to block infection-- we only need them to protect against severe illness. And they're very good at that.

Right, so just not care about Covid? You mean the plan that killed 800k Americans. Good plan. The plan that left many with long term health issues. We need behavior and people like you refuse to be part of the solution.

No, the plan is to get people vaccinated. Most of the deaths were in unvaccinated people. Yes, there will still be some medically frail people that die of COVID just like there are medically frail people that die of influenza and pneumonia. But we don't shut things down or mask indefinitely to try to prevent every single influenza death. You can't go through life without accepting risk.

The get everyone vaccinated plan isn't working. Majority of folks in this area ARE vaccinated. So, you need another strategy and talking point. That failed. Many of those positive are vaccinated. So, now what?

Right. And we're doing fine. Cases are moderate, but COVID deaths remain very low, and our hospitals still have capacity for additional patients.

This. The vaccines have done an excellent job at ensuring that if you do get Covid you do not get seriously ill unless you have an underlying condition/are medically fragile. The idea that we are going to eradicate Covid is absurd, it’s going to become endemic and everyone is going to have to learn how to navigate life with it. Very few of these vaccinated positives are seriously ill, so why would that require schools to shut down, a new stay at home order to be put in place, etc.? Putting aside the fact that no politician is going to return to lockdown or close schools, what would the benefit be? We are one of the most vaccinated and Covid cautious counties in the country and we are seeing an increase in cases right along with everyone else, so what good would adding restrictions do?

What part don't you understand that its not just about hospitalizations and death? Have you thought about folks who literally cannot afford to miss work for a week because you got them sick? It comes down to paying their rent or food for their kids? Or, they cannot afford to take off work because your kid brought in covid from your Paris vacation when they are worried about paying the rent?

These vaccines are not going to save us.

We haven't had real restrictions which is part of the problem.

I wants schools to stay open. I want your kids to get sick with covid and hopefully get natural immunity so its safer for my kids to return. Seems like a simple solution since covid is no big deal to you and your family, but it is to us. And, hey, if your kid gets really sick, I'm so sorry that they have irresponsible parents, and its unfortunate but clearly that is what it takes to get someone like you to take it seriously.

Look we get it. You only care about yourself and your needs. You don't care about how it might impact someone else if you get them sick. They may not be able to take care of their kids or elderly family members. They may not be able to work and pay rent/food/child care for their kids (you know, those restaurant servers who you expose to covid regularly). You don't care if someone has to miss their doctor's appointment who has serious health issues because you got that doctor sick. You don't care about someone who is scared to go to the ER and catching covid who really needs to go because they have a health emergency. Just as long as you can life life as normal. Look you got it. So, stop complaining.

We have zero restrictions. Majority of people are vaccinated. Numbers are rising. Colleges, high schools and middle schools are heavily vaccinated populations and are having outbreaks. This is not something we can ignore but you keep ignoring it. That works great for you, but not for others of us.

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Anonymous wrote:No doubt that cases are increasing rapidly in MCPS even among vaccinated kids. Is it a possible sign of waning vaccine protection in kids too?

These vaccines only work a short time and it’s unclear how well they stop transmission.

You're looking at it wrong. We're not going to be able to eradicate COVID, and breakthrough infections will always happen. We don't need the vaccines to block infection-- we only need them to protect against severe illness. And they're very good at that.

Right, so just not care about Covid? You mean the plan that killed 800k Americans. Good plan. The plan that left many with long term health issues. We need behavior and people like you refuse to be part of the solution.

No, the plan is to get people vaccinated. Most of the deaths were in unvaccinated people. Yes, there will still be some medically frail people that die of COVID just like there are medically frail people that die of influenza and pneumonia. But we don't shut things down or mask indefinitely to try to prevent every single influenza death. You can't go through life without accepting risk.

The get everyone vaccinated plan isn't working. Majority of folks in this area ARE vaccinated. So, you need another strategy and talking point. That failed. Many of those positive are vaccinated. So, now what?

Right. And we're doing fine. Cases are moderate, but COVID deaths remain very low, and our hospitals still have capacity for additional patients.

This. The vaccines have done an excellent job at ensuring that if you do get Covid you do not get seriously ill unless you have an underlying condition/are medically fragile. The idea that we are going to eradicate Covid is absurd, it’s going to become endemic and everyone is going to have to learn how to navigate life with it. Very few of these vaccinated positives are seriously ill, so why would that require schools to shut down, a new stay at home order to be put in place, etc.? Putting aside the fact that no politician is going to return to lockdown or close schools, what would the benefit be? We are one of the most vaccinated and Covid cautious counties in the country and we are seeing an increase in cases right along with everyone else, so what good would adding restrictions do?

What part don't you understand that its not just about hospitalizations and death? Have you thought about folks who literally cannot afford to miss work for a week because you got them sick? It comes down to paying their rent or food for their kids? Or, they cannot afford to take off work because your kid brought in covid from your Paris vacation when they are worried about paying the rent?

These vaccines are not going to save us.

We haven't had real restrictions which is part of the problem.

I wants schools to stay open. I want your kids to get sick with covid and hopefully get natural immunity so its safer for my kids to return. Seems like a simple solution since covid is no big deal to you and your family, but it is to us. And, hey, if your kid gets really sick, I'm so sorry that they have irresponsible parents, and its unfortunate but clearly that is what it takes to get someone like you to take it seriously.

Look we get it. You only care about yourself and your needs. You don't care about how it might impact someone else if you get them sick. They may not be able to take care of their kids or elderly family members. They may not be able to work and pay rent/food/child care for their kids (you know, those restaurant servers who you expose to covid regularly). You don't care if someone has to miss their doctor's appointment who has serious health issues because you got that doctor sick. You don't care about someone who is scared to go to the ER and catching covid who really needs to go because they have a health emergency. Just as long as you can life life as normal. Look you got it. So, stop complaining.

We have zero restrictions. Majority of people are vaccinated. Numbers are rising. Colleges, high schools and middle schools are heavily vaccinated populations and are having outbreaks. This is not something we can ignore but you keep ignoring it. That works great for you, but not for others of us.

No we’re cool, my kids are fully vaxxed. So keep wishing for them to get covid just to make yourself feel better. No one cared about my kids and the impact the pandemic had on them when we shut everything down so it’s ridiculous to suggest that I now need to care about everyone else and every possible outcome for them and/or each person’s particular risk tolerance. You realize also that people are getting breakthrough infections even when being cautious right? But by all means continue virtue signaling from your bunker, and your kids can keep zooming into school forever.

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Anonymous wrote:No doubt that cases are increasing rapidly in MCPS even among vaccinated kids. Is it a possible sign of waning vaccine protection in kids too?

These vaccines only work a short time and it’s unclear how well they stop transmission.

You're looking at it wrong. We're not going to be able to eradicate COVID, and breakthrough infections will always happen. We don't need the vaccines to block infection-- we only need them to protect against severe illness. And they're very good at that.

Right, so just not care about Covid? You mean the plan that killed 800k Americans. Good plan. The plan that left many with long term health issues. We need behavior and people like you refuse to be part of the solution.

No, the plan is to get people vaccinated. Most of the deaths were in unvaccinated people. Yes, there will still be some medically frail people that die of COVID just like there are medically frail people that die of influenza and pneumonia. But we don't shut things down or mask indefinitely to try to prevent every single influenza death. You can't go through life without accepting risk.

The get everyone vaccinated plan isn't working. Majority of folks in this area ARE vaccinated. So, you need another strategy and talking point. That failed. Many of those positive are vaccinated. So, now what?

Right. And we're doing fine. Cases are moderate, but COVID deaths remain very low, and our hospitals still have capacity for additional patients.

This. The vaccines have done an excellent job at ensuring that if you do get Covid you do not get seriously ill unless you have an underlying condition/are medically fragile. The idea that we are going to eradicate Covid is absurd, it’s going to become endemic and everyone is going to have to learn how to navigate life with it. Very few of these vaccinated positives are seriously ill, so why would that require schools to shut down, a new stay at home order to be put in place, etc.? Putting aside the fact that no politician is going to return to lockdown or close schools, what would the benefit be? We are one of the most vaccinated and Covid cautious counties in the country and we are seeing an increase in cases right along with everyone else, so what good would adding restrictions do?

What part don't you understand that its not just about hospitalizations and death? Have you thought about folks who literally cannot afford to miss work for a week because you got them sick? It comes down to paying their rent or food for their kids? Or, they cannot afford to take off work because your kid brought in covid from your Paris vacation when they are worried about paying the rent?

These vaccines are not going to save us.

We haven't had real restrictions which is part of the problem.

I wants schools to stay open. I want your kids to get sick with covid and hopefully get natural immunity so its safer for my kids to return. Seems like a simple solution since covid is no big deal to you and your family, but it is to us. And, hey, if your kid gets really sick, I'm so sorry that they have irresponsible parents, and its unfortunate but clearly that is what it takes to get someone like you to take it seriously.

Look we get it. You only care about yourself and your needs. You don't care about how it might impact someone else if you get them sick. They may not be able to take care of their kids or elderly family members. They may not be able to work and pay rent/food/child care for their kids (you know, those restaurant servers who you expose to covid regularly). You don't care if someone has to miss their doctor's appointment who has serious health issues because you got that doctor sick. You don't care about someone who is scared to go to the ER and catching covid who really needs to go because they have a health emergency. Just as long as you can life life as normal. Look you got it. So, stop complaining.

We have zero restrictions. Majority of people are vaccinated. Numbers are rising. Colleges, high schools and middle schools are heavily vaccinated populations and are having outbreaks. This is not something we can ignore but you keep ignoring it. That works great for you, but not for others of us.

There you go focusing on cases again. You really don't seem to get that cases don't matter when they're not serious.

So, you're concerned about people that can't miss work in the unlikely event they get sufficiently sick, but you're not concerned by all the people missing work when schools close or quarantine students? How does that make sense?

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Anonymous wrote:No doubt that cases are increasing rapidly in MCPS even among vaccinated kids. Is it a possible sign of waning vaccine protection in kids too?

These vaccines only work a short time and it’s unclear how well they stop transmission.

You're looking at it wrong. We're not going to be able to eradicate COVID, and breakthrough infections will always happen. We don't need the vaccines to block infection-- we only need them to protect against severe illness. And they're very good at that.

Right, so just not care about Covid? You mean the plan that killed 800k Americans. Good plan. The plan that left many with long term health issues. We need behavior and people like you refuse to be part of the solution.

No, the plan is to get people vaccinated. Most of the deaths were in unvaccinated people. Yes, there will still be some medically frail people that die of COVID just like there are medically frail people that die of influenza and pneumonia. But we don't shut things down or mask indefinitely to try to prevent every single influenza death. You can't go through life without accepting risk.

The get everyone vaccinated plan isn't working. Majority of folks in this area ARE vaccinated. So, you need another strategy and talking point. That failed. Many of those positive are vaccinated. So, now what?

Right. And we're doing fine. Cases are moderate, but COVID deaths remain very low, and our hospitals still have capacity for additional patients.

This. The vaccines have done an excellent job at ensuring that if you do get Covid you do not get seriously ill unless you have an underlying condition/are medically fragile. The idea that we are going to eradicate Covid is absurd, it’s going to become endemic and everyone is going to have to learn how to navigate life with it. Very few of these vaccinated positives are seriously ill, so why would that require schools to shut down, a new stay at home order to be put in place, etc.? Putting aside the fact that no politician is going to return to lockdown or close schools, what would the benefit be? We are one of the most vaccinated and Covid cautious counties in the country and we are seeing an increase in cases right along with everyone else, so what good would adding restrictions do?

What part don't you understand that its not just about hospitalizations and death? Have you thought about folks who literally cannot afford to miss work for a week because you got them sick? It comes down to paying their rent or food for their kids? Or, they cannot afford to take off work because your kid brought in covid from your Paris vacation when they are worried about paying the rent?

These vaccines are not going to save us.

We haven't had real restrictions which is part of the problem.

I wants schools to stay open. I want your kids to get sick with covid and hopefully get natural immunity so its safer for my kids to return. Seems like a simple solution since covid is no big deal to you and your family, but it is to us. And, hey, if your kid gets really sick, I'm so sorry that they have irresponsible parents, and its unfortunate but clearly that is what it takes to get someone like you to take it seriously.

Look we get it. You only care about yourself and your needs. You don't care about how it might impact someone else if you get them sick. They may not be able to take care of their kids or elderly family members. They may not be able to work and pay rent/food/child care for their kids (you know, those restaurant servers who you expose to covid regularly). You don't care if someone has to miss their doctor's appointment who has serious health issues because you got that doctor sick. You don't care about someone who is scared to go to the ER and catching covid who really needs to go because they have a health emergency. Just as long as you can life life as normal. Look you got it. So, stop complaining.

We have zero restrictions. Majority of people are vaccinated. Numbers are rising. Colleges, high schools and middle schools are heavily vaccinated populations and are having outbreaks. This is not something we can ignore but you keep ignoring it. That works great for you, but not for others of us.

Your examples are applicable to all illnesses not just Covid, and a break through infection for the vast majority of people is just like any other illness.

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Anonymous wrote:No doubt that cases are increasing rapidly in MCPS even among vaccinated kids. Is it a possible sign of waning vaccine protection in kids too?

These vaccines only work a short time and it’s unclear how well they stop transmission.

You're looking at it wrong. We're not going to be able to eradicate COVID, and breakthrough infections will always happen. We don't need the vaccines to block infection-- we only need them to protect against severe illness. And they're very good at that.

Right, so just not care about Covid? You mean the plan that killed 800k Americans. Good plan. The plan that left many with long term health issues. We need behavior and people like you refuse to be part of the solution.

No, the plan is to get people vaccinated. Most of the deaths were in unvaccinated people. Yes, there will still be some medically frail people that die of COVID just like there are medically frail people that die of influenza and pneumonia. But we don't shut things down or mask indefinitely to try to prevent every single influenza death. You can't go through life without accepting risk.

The get everyone vaccinated plan isn't working. Majority of folks in this area ARE vaccinated. So, you need another strategy and talking point. That failed. Many of those positive are vaccinated. So, now what?

Right. And we're doing fine. Cases are moderate, but COVID deaths remain very low, and our hospitals still have capacity for additional patients.

This. The vaccines have done an excellent job at ensuring that if you do get Covid you do not get seriously ill unless you have an underlying condition/are medically fragile. The idea that we are going to eradicate Covid is absurd, it’s going to become endemic and everyone is going to have to learn how to navigate life with it. Very few of these vaccinated positives are seriously ill, so why would that require schools to shut down, a new stay at home order to be put in place, etc.? Putting aside the fact that no politician is going to return to lockdown or close schools, what would the benefit be? We are one of the most vaccinated and Covid cautious counties in the country and we are seeing an increase in cases right along with everyone else, so what good would adding restrictions do?

What part don't you understand that its not just about hospitalizations and death? Have you thought about folks who literally cannot afford to miss work for a week because you got them sick? It comes down to paying their rent or food for their kids? Or, they cannot afford to take off work because your kid brought in covid from your Paris vacation when they are worried about paying the rent?

These vaccines are not going to save us.

We haven't had real restrictions which is part of the problem.

I wants schools to stay open. I want your kids to get sick with covid and hopefully get natural immunity so its safer for my kids to return. Seems like a simple solution since covid is no big deal to you and your family, but it is to us. And, hey, if your kid gets really sick, I'm so sorry that they have irresponsible parents, and its unfortunate but clearly that is what it takes to get someone like you to take it seriously.

Look we get it. You only care about yourself and your needs. You don't care about how it might impact someone else if you get them sick. They may not be able to take care of their kids or elderly family members. They may not be able to work and pay rent/food/child care for their kids (you know, those restaurant servers who you expose to covid regularly). You don't care if someone has to miss their doctor's appointment who has serious health issues because you got that doctor sick. You don't care about someone who is scared to go to the ER and catching covid who really needs to go because they have a health emergency. Just as long as you can life life as normal. Look you got it. So, stop complaining.

We have zero restrictions. Majority of people are vaccinated. Numbers are rising. Colleges, high schools and middle schools are heavily vaccinated populations and are having outbreaks. This is not something we can ignore but you keep ignoring it. That works great for you, but not for others of us.

No we’re cool, my kids are fully vaxxed. So keep wishing for them to get covid just to make yourself feel better. No one cared about my kids and the impact the pandemic had on them when we shut everything down so it’s ridiculous to suggest that I now need to care about everyone else and every possible outcome for them and/or each person’s particular risk tolerance. You realize also that people are getting breakthrough infections even when being cautious right? But by all means continue virtue signaling from your bunker, and your kids can keep zooming into school forever.

Lady, you don't even care enough about your own kids to teach them that other people matter.

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Anonymous wrote:The number of cases is lower now than it was in September. Obviously, the numbers could get worse as we head into winter, but IMO, the numbers aren't that bad compared to the start of the school year. Vax obviously helps.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/coronavirus/dashboard/index.aspx

In my kids’ high school we went from practically zero Covid cases to almost 30 between 12/7-12/14 (and these are just the positives the school has been made aware of).

+1 MCPS should release overall absences as well as confirmed COVID cases. I am not sure if everyone exhibiting symptoms are getting tested.

My son has many friends at school that have a “stomach bug” and are absent. It could be a non-COVID virus or it could be COVID. The only way to know for sure is a PCR test for COVID. Just the fact that a “stomach bug” is rampant at the school would indicate COVID safety measures haven’t been followed by students all the time - most likely when students gathered outside of school.

MCPS needs more testing of students in schools to stop the spread. Is there any plan to test all students and staff on their return from Winter Break?

MCPS should be working with county officials including DHHS. It’s a terrible time for school administrators to take a vacation.

Or, you know, it could actually be a stomach bug or one of the other very common infections going around. When we keep our kids home we at least do a rapid test.

Keep in mind, if students are contracting and transmitting covid off-campus, then there's no good reason to close schools.

Rapid tests are not always accurate and you sending a sick kid to school is a huge problem regardless of what illness it is. These kids are spreading it in and out of school.

Rapid tests would be better than no tests at all.

If any child is at school with symptoms (gastrointestinal problems would be considered symptoms) test and send child home

If your kid has a cold, flu, virus, stomach issues, you keep them home. How hard is that? Schools should not have to send sick kids home. Parents need to grow up, take responsibility for their kids and keep them home.

I am absolutely not keeping my kid home for a cold. In what universe does that make sense?

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Anonymous wrote:The number of cases is lower now than it was in September. Obviously, the numbers could get worse as we head into winter, but IMO, the numbers aren't that bad compared to the start of the school year. Vax obviously helps.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/coronavirus/dashboard/index.aspx

In my kids’ high school we went from practically zero Covid cases to almost 30 between 12/7-12/14 (and these are just the positives the school has been made aware of).

+1 MCPS should release overall absences as well as confirmed COVID cases. I am not sure if everyone exhibiting symptoms are getting tested.

My son has many friends at school that have a “stomach bug” and are absent. It could be a non-COVID virus or it could be COVID. The only way to know for sure is a PCR test for COVID. Just the fact that a “stomach bug” is rampant at the school would indicate COVID safety measures haven’t been followed by students all the time - most likely when students gathered outside of school.

MCPS needs more testing of students in schools to stop the spread. Is there any plan to test all students and staff on their return from Winter Break?

MCPS should be working with county officials including DHHS. It’s a terrible time for school administrators to take a vacation.

Or, you know, it could actually be a stomach bug or one of the other very common infections going around. When we keep our kids home we at least do a rapid test.

Keep in mind, if students are contracting and transmitting covid off-campus, then there's no good reason to close schools.

Rapid tests are not always accurate and you sending a sick kid to school is a huge problem regardless of what illness it is. These kids are spreading it in and out of school.

Rapid tests would be better than no tests at all.

If any child is at school with symptoms (gastrointestinal problems would be considered symptoms) test and send child home

If your kid has a cold, flu, virus, stomach issues, you keep them home. How hard is that? Schools should not have to send sick kids home. Parents need to grow up, take responsibility for their kids and keep them home.

I am absolutely not keeping my kid home for a cold. In what universe does that make sense?

The one that most of us live in, cupcake. The one where we don't like infecting other people.

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Anonymous wrote:The number of cases is lower now than it was in September. Obviously, the numbers could get worse as we head into winter, but IMO, the numbers aren't that bad compared to the start of the school year. Vax obviously helps.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/coronavirus/dashboard/index.aspx

In my kids’ high school we went from practically zero Covid cases to almost 30 between 12/7-12/14 (and these are just the positives the school has been made aware of).

+1 MCPS should release overall absences as well as confirmed COVID cases. I am not sure if everyone exhibiting symptoms are getting tested.

My son has many friends at school that have a “stomach bug” and are absent. It could be a non-COVID virus or it could be COVID. The only way to know for sure is a PCR test for COVID. Just the fact that a “stomach bug” is rampant at the school would indicate COVID safety measures haven’t been followed by students all the time - most likely when students gathered outside of school.

MCPS needs more testing of students in schools to stop the spread. Is there any plan to test all students and staff on their return from Winter Break?

MCPS should be working with county officials including DHHS. It’s a terrible time for school administrators to take a vacation.

Or, you know, it could actually be a stomach bug or one of the other very common infections going around. When we keep our kids home we at least do a rapid test.

Keep in mind, if students are contracting and transmitting covid off-campus, then there's no good reason to close schools.

Rapid tests are not always accurate and you sending a sick kid to school is a huge problem regardless of what illness it is. These kids are spreading it in and out of school.

Rapid tests would be better than no tests at all.

If any child is at school with symptoms (gastrointestinal problems would be considered symptoms) test and send child home

If your kid has a cold, flu, virus, stomach issues, you keep them home. How hard is that? Schools should not have to send sick kids home. Parents need to grow up, take responsibility for their kids and keep them home.

I am absolutely not keeping my kid home for a cold. In what universe does that make sense?

The one that most of us live in, cupcake. The one where we don't like infecting other people.

You're definitely in the minority on that one, and I'm pretty sure you know it. Most people go to work with mild colds and will send their kids to school with minor cold-like symptoms.

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Closures will end up happening because Omicron spreads so staggeringly fast that it will send a much greater portion of vulnerable people at the dame time into hospital than Delta ever did.

There will be significantly fewer staff because Omicron is so contagious it will spread like wildfire in hospitals. We might have to keep positive staff with positive patients otherwise we won’t have any staff left!

The rapidity of transmission of this variant is mind-blowing.

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Closures will end up happening because Omicron spreads so staggeringly fast that it will send a much greater portion of vulnerable people at the dame time into hospital than Delta ever did.

There will be significantly fewer staff because Omicron is so contagious it will spread like wildfire in hospitals. We might have to keep positive staff with positive patients otherwise we won’t have any staff left!

The rapidity of transmission of this variant is mind-blowing.

Where have we heard that before?

We'll be fine.

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Anonymous wrote:No doubt that cases are increasing rapidly in MCPS even among vaccinated kids. Is it a possible sign of waning vaccine protection in kids too?

These vaccines only work a short time and it’s unclear how well they stop transmission.

You're looking at it wrong. We're not going to be able to eradicate COVID, and breakthrough infections will always happen. We don't need the vaccines to block infection-- we only need them to protect against severe illness. And they're very good at that.

Right, so just not care about Covid? You mean the plan that killed 800k Americans. Good plan. The plan that left many with long term health issues. We need behavior and people like you refuse to be part of the solution.

No, the plan is to get people vaccinated. Most of the deaths were in unvaccinated people. Yes, there will still be some medically frail people that die of COVID just like there are medically frail people that die of influenza and pneumonia. But we don't shut things down or mask indefinitely to try to prevent every single influenza death. You can't go through life without accepting risk.

The get everyone vaccinated plan isn't working. Majority of folks in this area ARE vaccinated. So, you need another strategy and talking point. That failed. Many of those positive are vaccinated. So, now what?

Right. And we're doing fine. Cases are moderate, but COVID deaths remain very low, and our hospitals still have capacity for additional patients.

This. The vaccines have done an excellent job at ensuring that if you do get Covid you do not get seriously ill unless you have an underlying condition/are medically fragile. The idea that we are going to eradicate Covid is absurd, it’s going to become endemic and everyone is going to have to learn how to navigate life with it. Very few of these vaccinated positives are seriously ill, so why would that require schools to shut down, a new stay at home order to be put in place, etc.? Putting aside the fact that no politician is going to return to lockdown or close schools, what would the benefit be? We are one of the most vaccinated and Covid cautious counties in the country and we are seeing an increase in cases right along with everyone else, so what good would adding restrictions do?

What part don't you understand that its not just about hospitalizations and death? Have you thought about folks who literally cannot afford to miss work for a week because you got them sick? It comes down to paying their rent or food for their kids? Or, they cannot afford to take off work because your kid brought in covid from your Paris vacation when they are worried about paying the rent?

These vaccines are not going to save us.

We haven't had real restrictions which is part of the problem.

I wants schools to stay open. I want your kids to get sick with covid and hopefully get natural immunity so its safer for my kids to return. Seems like a simple solution since covid is no big deal to you and your family, but it is to us. And, hey, if your kid gets really sick, I'm so sorry that they have irresponsible parents, and its unfortunate but clearly that is what it takes to get someone like you to take it seriously.

Look we get it. You only care about yourself and your needs. You don't care about how it might impact someone else if you get them sick. They may not be able to take care of their kids or elderly family members. They may not be able to work and pay rent/food/child care for their kids (you know, those restaurant servers who you expose to covid regularly). You don't care if someone has to miss their doctor's appointment who has serious health issues because you got that doctor sick. You don't care about someone who is scared to go to the ER and catching covid who really needs to go because they have a health emergency. Just as long as you can life life as normal. Look you got it. So, stop complaining.

We have zero restrictions. Majority of people are vaccinated. Numbers are rising. Colleges, high schools and middle schools are heavily vaccinated populations and are having outbreaks. This is not something we can ignore but you keep ignoring it. That works great for you, but not for others of us.

No we’re cool, my kids are fully vaxxed. So keep wishing for them to get covid just to make yourself feel better. No one cared about my kids and the impact the pandemic had on them when we shut everything down so it’s ridiculous to suggest that I now need to care about everyone else and every possible outcome for them and/or each person’s particular risk tolerance. You realize also that people are getting breakthrough infections even when being cautious right? But by all means continue virtue signaling from your bunker, and your kids can keep zooming into school forever.

Lady, you don't even care enough about your own kids to teach them that other people matter.

DP. Actually, you sound like the selfish one who demands that children give up important years of their development to protect high-risk people who can protect themselves. Look, the choice between COVID and no COVID does not exist. Restrictions, lockdowns, and other measures won't get us out of this. Children aren't responsible for the health and safety of their elders; we, as a society, are responsible for the health and safety of children. And health, as they say, is more than the absence of disease.

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Anonymous wrote:The number of cases is lower now than it was in September. Obviously, the numbers could get worse as we head into winter, but IMO, the numbers aren't that bad compared to the start of the school year. Vax obviously helps.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/coronavirus/dashboard/index.aspx

How do you figure? I think you are misunderstanding the data. In the ENTIRE MONTH of September (30 days) there were 380 student cases of COVID. In the first 10 DAYS of December there have been 390 student cases. That is not lower. It cases stay the same (which is unlikely as they will probably increase), that would make a total of 1,170 students who test positive for the month of December.

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Anonymous wrote:No doubt that cases are increasing rapidly in MCPS even among vaccinated kids. Is it a possible sign of waning vaccine protection in kids too?

These vaccines only work a short time and it’s unclear how well they stop transmission.

You're looking at it wrong. We're not going to be able to eradicate COVID, and breakthrough infections will always happen. We don't need the vaccines to block infection-- we only need them to protect against severe illness. And they're very good at that.

Right, so just not care about Covid? You mean the plan that killed 800k Americans. Good plan. The plan that left many with long term health issues. We need behavior and people like you refuse to be part of the solution.

No, the plan is to get people vaccinated. Most of the deaths were in unvaccinated people. Yes, there will still be some medically frail people that die of COVID just like there are medically frail people that die of influenza and pneumonia. But we don't shut things down or mask indefinitely to try to prevent every single influenza death. You can't go through life without accepting risk.

The get everyone vaccinated plan isn't working. Majority of folks in this area ARE vaccinated. So, you need another strategy and talking point. That failed. Many of those positive are vaccinated. So, now what?

Right. And we're doing fine. Cases are moderate, but COVID deaths remain very low, and our hospitals still have capacity for additional patients.

This. The vaccines have done an excellent job at ensuring that if you do get Covid you do not get seriously ill unless you have an underlying condition/are medically fragile. The idea that we are going to eradicate Covid is absurd, it’s going to become endemic and everyone is going to have to learn how to navigate life with it. Very few of these vaccinated positives are seriously ill, so why would that require schools to shut down, a new stay at home order to be put in place, etc.? Putting aside the fact that no politician is going to return to lockdown or close schools, what would the benefit be? We are one of the most vaccinated and Covid cautious counties in the country and we are seeing an increase in cases right along with everyone else, so what good would adding restrictions do?

What part don't you understand that its not just about hospitalizations and death? Have you thought about folks who literally cannot afford to miss work for a week because you got them sick? It comes down to paying their rent or food for their kids? Or, they cannot afford to take off work because your kid brought in covid from your Paris vacation when they are worried about paying the rent?

These vaccines are not going to save us.

We haven't had real restrictions which is part of the problem.

I wants schools to stay open. I want your kids to get sick with covid and hopefully get natural immunity so its safer for my kids to return. Seems like a simple solution since covid is no big deal to you and your family, but it is to us. And, hey, if your kid gets really sick, I'm so sorry that they have irresponsible parents, and its unfortunate but clearly that is what it takes to get someone like you to take it seriously.

Look we get it. You only care about yourself and your needs. You don't care about how it might impact someone else if you get them sick. They may not be able to take care of their kids or elderly family members. They may not be able to work and pay rent/food/child care for their kids (you know, those restaurant servers who you expose to covid regularly). You don't care if someone has to miss their doctor's appointment who has serious health issues because you got that doctor sick. You don't care about someone who is scared to go to the ER and catching covid who really needs to go because they have a health emergency. Just as long as you can life life as normal. Look you got it. So, stop complaining.

We have zero restrictions. Majority of people are vaccinated. Numbers are rising. Colleges, high schools and middle schools are heavily vaccinated populations and are having outbreaks. This is not something we can ignore but you keep ignoring it. That works great for you, but not for others of us.

No we’re cool, my kids are fully vaxxed. So keep wishing for them to get covid just to make yourself feel better. No one cared about my kids and the impact the pandemic had on them when we shut everything down so it’s ridiculous to suggest that I now need to care about everyone else and every possible outcome for them and/or each person’s particular risk tolerance. You realize also that people are getting breakthrough infections even when being cautious right? But by all means continue virtue signaling from your bunker, and your kids can keep zooming into school forever.

Lady, you don't even care enough about your own kids to teach them that other people matter.

DP. Actually, you sound like the selfish one who demands that children give up important years of their development to protect high-risk people who can protect themselves. Look, the choice between COVID and no COVID does not exist. Restrictions, lockdowns, and other measures won't get us out of this. Children aren't responsible for the health and safety of their elders; we, as a society, are responsible for the health and safety of children. And health, as they say, is more than the absence of disease.

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Anonymous wrote:The number of cases is lower now than it was in September. Obviously, the numbers could get worse as we head into winter, but IMO, the numbers aren't that bad compared to the start of the school year. Vax obviously helps.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/coronavirus/dashboard/index.aspx

In my kids’ high school we went from practically zero Covid cases to almost 30 between 12/7-12/14 (and these are just the positives the school has been made aware of).

+1 MCPS should release overall absences as well as confirmed COVID cases. I am not sure if everyone exhibiting symptoms are getting tested.

My son has many friends at school that have a “stomach bug” and are absent. It could be a non-COVID virus or it could be COVID. The only way to know for sure is a PCR test for COVID. Just the fact that a “stomach bug” is rampant at the school would indicate COVID safety measures haven’t been followed by students all the time - most likely when students gathered outside of school.

MCPS needs more testing of students in schools to stop the spread. Is there any plan to test all students and staff on their return from Winter Break?

MCPS should be working with county officials including DHHS. It’s a terrible time for school administrators to take a vacation.

Or, you know, it could actually be a stomach bug or one of the other very common infections going around. When we keep our kids home we at least do a rapid test.

Keep in mind, if students are contracting and transmitting covid off-campus, then there's no good reason to close schools.

Rapid tests are not always accurate and you sending a sick kid to school is a huge problem regardless of what illness it is. These kids are spreading it in and out of school.

Rapid tests would be better than no tests at all.

If any child is at school with symptoms (gastrointestinal problems would be considered symptoms) test and send child home

If your kid has a cold, flu, virus, stomach issues, you keep them home. How hard is that? Schools should not have to send sick kids home. Parents need to grow up, take responsibility for their kids and keep them home.

I am absolutely not keeping my kid home for a cold. In what universe does that make sense?

The one that most of us live in, cupcake. The one where we don't like infecting other people.

DP

Anyone who condescendingly calls another adult female ‘cupcake’ simply can’t be taken seriously.

It is insanity to expect anyone to keep their kid home with a cold. And you know what, it would be TeRRIBLE for kids. Kids need to be exposed to all sorts of germs as kids in order for them to develop a healthy immune system.

PP, you should anxiety-ridden and paranoid. And it sounds like you are lashing out due to that anxiety. I hope you get the help you need so that you needn’t be so rude.

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Anonymous wrote:The number of cases is lower now than it was in September. Obviously, the numbers could get worse as we head into winter, but IMO, the numbers aren't that bad compared to the start of the school year. Vax obviously helps.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/coronavirus/dashboard/index.aspx

In my kids’ high school we went from practically zero Covid cases to almost 30 between 12/7-12/14 (and these are just the positives the school has been made aware of).

+1 MCPS should release overall absences as well as confirmed COVID cases. I am not sure if everyone exhibiting symptoms are getting tested.

My son has many friends at school that have a “stomach bug” and are absent. It could be a non-COVID virus or it could be COVID. The only way to know for sure is a PCR test for COVID. Just the fact that a “stomach bug” is rampant at the school would indicate COVID safety measures haven’t been followed by students all the time - most likely when students gathered outside of school.

MCPS needs more testing of students in schools to stop the spread. Is there any plan to test all students and staff on their return from Winter Break?

MCPS should be working with county officials including DHHS. It’s a terrible time for school administrators to take a vacation.

Or, you know, it could actually be a stomach bug or one of the other very common infections going around. When we keep our kids home we at least do a rapid test.

Keep in mind, if students are contracting and transmitting covid off-campus, then there's no good reason to close schools.

Rapid tests are not always accurate and you sending a sick kid to school is a huge problem regardless of what illness it is. These kids are spreading it in and out of school.

Rapid tests would be better than no tests at all.

If any child is at school with symptoms (gastrointestinal problems would be considered symptoms) test and send child home

If your kid has a cold, flu, virus, stomach issues, you keep them home. How hard is that? Schools should not have to send sick kids home. Parents need to grow up, take responsibility for their kids and keep them home.

I am absolutely not keeping my kid home for a cold. In what universe does that make sense?

The one that most of us live in, cupcake. The one where we don't like infecting other people.

DP

Anyone who condescendingly calls another adult female ‘cupcake’ simply can’t be taken seriously.

It is insanity to expect anyone to keep their kid home with a cold. And you know what, it would be TeRRIBLE for kids. Kids need to be exposed to all sorts of germs as kids in order for them to develop a healthy immune system.

PP, you should anxiety-ridden and paranoid. And it sounds like you are lashing out due to that anxiety. I hope you get the help you need so that you needn’t be so rude.

Its insane NOT to keep your child home when they are sick. They are sick and don't feel good. They aren't going to focus at school and staff should not be responsible for sick kids, their parents should be. Don't you love your kids enough to care for them when they are sick? And, you don't infect others. Colds are generally very contagious.

Kids don't need to be exposed and that is your justification for your bad behavior. Kids live with families, some of whom could get seriously sick or miss work/not provide for their families because you were too selfish to keep your kid home sick. They could get pneumonia and end up in the hospital because of your sick child.

It is not anxiety to not want to get covid or colds. It is disgusting that you cannot understand that when you live in a community that is heavily populated its not just about you.