MCPS will now send kids home for ten days based on symptoms only

[Anonymous]

It's also the case that for whatever stupid reason, MCPS is not the body testing for positive cases. They should have testing centers specifically set up for this and tests for kids and teachers and staff should be free.

But since they put the onus and cost of testing on the families, they have to assume that many families won't test. Therefore, going with symptoms is pretty much all they do. You've got to remember, one case of covid can become 9 with unvaxed exposure and then each of those 9....

This is still a very contagious, very serious disease. People refusing to treat it like one are why we are in the mess we are in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are these numbers saying that nominally 80percent of the suspected cases are actually covid? Or something along the lines of 50%? Either seems kind of high honestly, but I'm finding these numbers problematic.

Actually, after thinking about it for 30 seconds, I wonder if they have results for all those kids and /or are counting ones without results of a covid test for a certain amount of time as actually being covid.
Open to the fact that these numbers could be correct, but it just sounds super fishy to me. Like super super fishy. And I am. I conspiracy theorist

I'm **NO** conspiracy theorist. Sorry for the typo

Yeah I agree- also my quick math says that's an average of 16 "close contacts" per positive case. So can we presume the whole class was considered close contacts?

At our ES, we were told by the principal at a PTA meeting that the whole class is a “close contact”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's also the case that for whatever stupid reason, MCPS is not the body testing for positive cases. They should have testing centers specifically set up for this and tests for kids and teachers and staff should be free.

But since they put the onus and cost of testing on the families, they have to assume that many families won't test. Therefore, going with symptoms is pretty much all they do. You've got to remember, one case of covid can become 9 with unvaxed exposure and then each of those 9....

This is still a very contagious, very serious disease. People refusing to treat it like one are why we are in the mess we are in.

No, there was new guidance on Tuesday. The onus is no longer on families. Schools will test.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's also the case that for whatever stupid reason, MCPS is not the body testing for positive cases. They should have testing centers specifically set up for this and tests for kids and teachers and staff should be free.

But since they put the onus and cost of testing on the families, they have to assume that many families won't test. Therefore, going with symptoms is pretty much all they do. You've got to remember, one case of covid can become 9 with unvaxed exposure and then each of those 9....

This is still a very contagious, very serious disease. People refusing to treat it like one are why we are in the mess we are in.

A big part of the problem is the nut jobs who refuse to let the school perform a non invasive test on their kid without their consent. It is nonsense and they are holding everyone back in so many ways with their obstinacy and selfishness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's also the case that for whatever stupid reason, MCPS is not the body testing for positive cases. They should have testing centers specifically set up for this and tests for kids and teachers and staff should be free.

But since they put the onus and cost of testing on the families, they have to assume that many families won't test. Therefore, going with symptoms is pretty much all they do. You've got to remember, one case of covid can become 9 with unvaxed exposure and then each of those 9....

This is still a very contagious, very serious disease. People refusing to treat it like one are why we are in the mess we are in.

No, there was new guidance on Tuesday. The onus is no longer on families. Schools will test.

When will that start though? They still don’t actually have the tests, and unless they go opt out on this, will need parents to sign consent forms again. Meanwhile the onus is on parents to test or classmates get quarantined. This should have been sorted out weeks ago. Gayles is such an a—, waiting until yesterday to put any of this in writing, but MCPS are fools to follow it blindly too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's also the case that for whatever stupid reason, MCPS is not the body testing for positive cases. They should have testing centers specifically set up for this and tests for kids and teachers and staff should be free.

But since they put the onus and cost of testing on the families, they have to assume that many families won't test. Therefore, going with symptoms is pretty much all they do. You've got to remember, one case of covid can become 9 with unvaxed exposure and then each of those 9....

This is still a very contagious, very serious disease. People refusing to treat it like one are why we are in the mess we are in.

A big part of the problem is the nut jobs who refuse to let the school perform a non invasive test on their kid without their consent. It is nonsense and they are holding everyone back in so many ways with their obstinacy and selfishness.

No, that was for surveillance PCT testing of asymptomatic students. It’s not the same. They need to get new consent for rapid tests, that was not in the consent form because this scheme hadn’t been cooked up yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's also the case that for whatever stupid reason, MCPS is not the body testing for positive cases. They should have testing centers specifically set up for this and tests for kids and teachers and staff should be free.

But since they put the onus and cost of testing on the families, they have to assume that many families won't test. Therefore, going with symptoms is pretty much all they do. You've got to remember, one case of covid can become 9 with unvaxed exposure and then each of those 9....

This is still a very contagious, very serious disease. People refusing to treat it like one are why we are in the mess we are in.

A big part of the problem is the nut jobs who refuse to let the school perform a non invasive test on their kid without their consent. It is nonsense and they are holding everyone back in so many ways with their obstinacy and selfishness.

No, that was for surveillance PCT testing of asymptomatic students. It’s not the same. They need to get new consent for rapid tests, that was not in the consent form because this scheme hadn’t been cooked up yet.

Because who could have predicted they'd need the do rapid tests? Who?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's also the case that for whatever stupid reason, MCPS is not the body testing for positive cases. They should have testing centers specifically set up for this and tests for kids and teachers and staff should be free.

But since they put the onus and cost of testing on the families, they have to assume that many families won't test. Therefore, going with symptoms is pretty much all they do. You've got to remember, one case of covid can become 9 with unvaxed exposure and then each of those 9....

This is still a very contagious, very serious disease. People refusing to treat it like one are why we are in the mess we are in.

A big part of the problem is the nut jobs who refuse to let the school perform a non invasive test on their kid without their consent. It is nonsense and they are holding everyone back in so many ways with their obstinacy and selfishness.

No, that was for surveillance PCT testing of asymptomatic students. It’s not the same. They need to get new consent for rapid tests, that was not in the consent form because this scheme hadn’t been cooked up yet.

Because who could have predicted they'd need the do rapid tests? Who?

Actually, no one did. While maybe useful, rapid tests quickly became recognized the only solution to deal with the dumb policy that "close contacts" need to quarantine until the symptomatic kids gets a negative result. That policy was unveiled right before school started and in fact was not officially described until after school started. So it was impossible for anyone to plan anything with such a haphazard process and lack of leadership coming from the top. It's the stupid policy and nothing else. Rapid tests are the band aid on Gayles and McKnight's incompetence.

[Anonymous]

MCPS Kids will be the least educated In AMERICA

LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's also the case that for whatever stupid reason, MCPS is not the body testing for positive cases. They should have testing centers specifically set up for this and tests for kids and teachers and staff should be free.

But since they put the onus and cost of testing on the families, they have to assume that many families won't test. Therefore, going with symptoms is pretty much all they do. You've got to remember, one case of covid can become 9 with unvaxed exposure and then each of those 9....

This is still a very contagious, very serious disease. People refusing to treat it like one are why we are in the mess we are in.

A big part of the problem is the nut jobs who refuse to let the school perform a non invasive test on their kid without their consent. It is nonsense and they are holding everyone back in so many ways with their obstinacy and selfishness.

The problem is not those "nut job" parents. The problem is the ridiculously stupid policy that is contrary to science and against CDC guidance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's also the case that for whatever stupid reason, MCPS is not the body testing for positive cases. They should have testing centers specifically set up for this and tests for kids and teachers and staff should be free.

But since they put the onus and cost of testing on the families, they have to assume that many families won't test. Therefore, going with symptoms is pretty much all they do. You've got to remember, one case of covid can become 9 with unvaxed exposure and then each of those 9....

This is still a very contagious, very serious disease. People refusing to treat it like one are why we are in the mess we are in.

No, there was new guidance on Tuesday. The onus is no longer on families. Schools will test.

Schools will test if families opt in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's also the case that for whatever stupid reason, MCPS is not the body testing for positive cases. They should have testing centers specifically set up for this and tests for kids and teachers and staff should be free.

But since they put the onus and cost of testing on the families, they have to assume that many families won't test. Therefore, going with symptoms is pretty much all they do. You've got to remember, one case of covid can become 9 with unvaxed exposure and then each of those 9....

This is still a very contagious, very serious disease. People refusing to treat it like one are why we are in the mess we are in.

No, there was new guidance on Tuesday. The onus is no longer on families. Schools will test.

Schools will test if families opt in.

Which is another way of saying -- if the family of someone with a symptom does not opt in, we will still see quarnatines. And MCPS is quarantining entire classes right now (which makes sense--principals are in charge of contact-tracing right now, and logistically their job is much easier if they can have the teacher teach the entire class online rather than having to find another teacher to teach just some of the kids online). The testing is good, but it doesn't solve the problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's also the case that for whatever stupid reason, MCPS is not the body testing for positive cases. They should have testing centers specifically set up for this and tests for kids and teachers and staff should be free.

But since they put the onus and cost of testing on the families, they have to assume that many families won't test. Therefore, going with symptoms is pretty much all they do. You've got to remember, one case of covid can become 9 with unvaxed exposure and then each of those 9....

This is still a very contagious, very serious disease. People refusing to treat it like one are why we are in the mess we are in.

A big part of the problem is the nut jobs who refuse to let the school perform a non invasive test on their kid without their consent. It is nonsense and they are holding everyone back in so many ways with their obstinacy and selfishness.

No, that was for surveillance PCT testing of asymptomatic students. It’s not the same. They need to get new consent for rapid tests, that was not in the consent form because this scheme hadn’t been cooked up yet.

Because who could have predicted they'd need the do rapid tests? Who?

Actually, no one did. While maybe useful, rapid tests quickly became recognized the only solution to deal with the dumb policy that "close contacts" need to quarantine until the symptomatic kids gets a negative result. That policy was unveiled right before school started and in fact was not officially described until after school started. So it was impossible for anyone to plan anything with such a haphazard process and lack of leadership coming from the top. It's the stupid policy and nothing else. Rapid tests are the band aid on Gayles and McKnight's incompetence.

And they aren't a good bandaid, becuase they still require families to opt in. Asymptomatic kids in class will continue to be quarantined if the family of the symptomatic student hasn't opted in. And the quarantines will continue to be well beyond close contacts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS Kids will be the least educated In AMERICA

LOL

Time to homeschool in quarantine. Have fun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS Kids will be the least educated In AMERICA

LOL

You clearly have limited experience with public schools around the country. Or even the former segregation academy private schools across the South.