Did kids actually unmask?

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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.

What are you trying to say? Yes, they do believe in science, and yes, they have the ability to evaluate risk rationally. "Gambling on the risk of Long Covid"? You clearly aren't of the rational or science-minded sort.

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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!"

This is so far removed from what I’m seeing and hearing in my circles, I wonder where you live.

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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

"Rare" is so very relative as to be meaningless these days, particularly when stated by a less cautious to a more cautious person. I've heard "rare" so many times the past two years.

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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

"Rare" is so very relative as to be meaningless these days, particularly when stated by a less cautious to a more cautious person. I've heard "rare" so many times the past two years.

Whatever your mind wants to tell you to keep you worried.

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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

"Rare" is so very relative as to be meaningless these days, particularly when stated by a less cautious to a more cautious person. I've heard "rare" so many times the past two years.

Whatever your mind wants to tell you to keep you worried.

gaslighting light.

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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.

PP gave a reason for continued masking which isn't based on science or any rational reason, really. Pointing that out isn't vitriol. This is a discussion board, which sometimes involves disagreement.

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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.

PP gave a reason for continued masking which isn't based on science or any rational reason, really. Pointing that out isn't vitriol. This is a discussion board, which sometimes involves disagreement.

It isn't very rational or science based to spout that others' decisions aren't "based on science or any rational reason," after science and rational reasons have been stated. It sounds more like vitriol than disagreement to me.

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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

"Rare" is so very relative as to be meaningless these days, particularly when stated by a less cautious to a more cautious person. I've heard "rare" so many times the past two years.

Ok, then how do YOU evaluate "rare"? How do you define a risk that's rare enough for you that you don't worry about it daily, or take major steps to avoid it?

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My kids are unmasked because they chose to be. Their Ward 6 school was about 40% unmasked Wednesday and like 75% today based on drop off observations. My assumption is that the 2nd Omicron wave will hit soon and then we'll mask again, but I'm happy to let them get a little taste of normalcy while they can.

My younger kid (PK4) has an IEP for speech articulation and the mask definitely makes it harder to understand him, so he's particularly excited to drop it.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are unmasked because they chose to be. Their Ward 6 school was about 40% unmasked Wednesday and like 75% today based on drop off observations. My assumption is that the 2nd Omicron wave will hit soon and then we'll mask again, but I'm happy to let them get a little taste of normalcy while they can.

My younger kid (PK4) has an IEP for speech articulation and the mask definitely makes it harder to understand him, so he's particularly excited to drop it.

Given how little evidence they have that mask *mandates* in schools have even a marginal impact and the existence of better evidence that they don't work at all, they should never reinstate them for this low risk group.

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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.

What are you trying to say? Yes, they do believe in science, and yes, they have the ability to evaluate risk rationally. "Gambling on the risk of Long Covid"? You clearly aren't of the rational or science-minded sort.

Gaslighting heavy.

[Anonymous]

My MSer said lots more kids unmasked today than Wednesday.

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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.

What are you trying to say? Yes, they do believe in science, and yes, they have the ability to evaluate risk rationally. "Gambling on the risk of Long Covid"? You clearly aren't of the rational or science-minded sort.

Gaslighting heavy.

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

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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.

What are you trying to say? Yes, they do believe in science, and yes, they have the ability to evaluate risk rationally. "Gambling on the risk of Long Covid"? You clearly aren't of the rational or science-minded sort.

Gaslighting heavy.

NP. Absolutely gaslighting.

[Anonymous]

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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.

What are you trying to say? Yes, they do believe in science, and yes, they have the ability to evaluate risk rationally. "Gambling on the risk of Long Covid"? You clearly aren't of the rational or science-minded sort.

Gaslighting heavy.

NP. Absolutely gaslighting.

Care to explain what you mean? Because you aren't making sense to several posters.