MCPS covid dashboard data?

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Anonymous wrote:Gosh, it's so nice to hear from the crazy anti maskers again. I thought maybe you all had slithered back to the Fairfax boards for good.

Taking precautions isn't forever. Remember how sick your families were in December and January? We were fine because we were careful. Once covod had burned through your wretched micoclotting bodies and gone dormant again, we came back to school, masked, and have had a good year.

However, now that cases are going nuts, the question becomes, is it worth taking a week or two at home because mcps will do nothing to stop psychos like your sociopathic children from infecting their classmates and teachers? Quite probably, the answer is yes

Ok you had me until you started in on sociopathic children. This is the parents fault, full stop. Don’t blame the kids who don’t know better. But yes we keep our kids home this week. Thee was an event at our school on Friday and I heard it was crowded and only like 50% masked. Superspreader event for sure.

Sorry, you're right. The kids aren't sociopaths. They're just taking the advice of sociopaths.

I remember when I begged the school board to not put our kids in the position where they'd have to make choices about hurting other people, choices they'd have to live with for the rest of their lives. Well, that school board lady is either the real sociopath, or she has eaten a lot of lead paint chips.

Unfortunately, statistically it’s very likely she grew up in a house with lead problems.

But yes all the adults are done with the masks and telling kids it’s ok- parents, teachers, principals. No role models left doing the right thing.

Which “school board lady” are you guys referring to? Last I checked, the majority of BOE members are female.

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Anonymous wrote:Gosh, it's so nice to hear from the crazy anti maskers again. I thought maybe you all had slithered back to the Fairfax boards for good.

Taking precautions isn't forever. Remember how sick your families were in December and January? We were fine because we were careful. Once covod had burned through your wretched micoclotting bodies and gone dormant again, we came back to school, masked, and have had a good year.

However, now that cases are going nuts, the question becomes, is it worth taking a week or two at home because mcps will do nothing to stop psychos like your sociopathic children from infecting their classmates and teachers? Quite probably, the answer is yes

Ok you had me until you started in on sociopathic children. This is the parents fault, full stop. Don’t blame the kids who don’t know better. But yes we keep our kids home this week. Thee was an event at our school on Friday and I heard it was crowded and only like 50% masked. Superspreader event for sure.

Sorry, you're right. The kids aren't sociopaths. They're just taking the advice of sociopaths.

I remember when I begged the school board to not put our kids in the position where they'd have to make choices about hurting other people, choices they'd have to live with for the rest of their lives. Well, that school board lady is either the real sociopath, or she has eaten a lot of lead paint chips.

Unfortunately, statistically it’s very likely she grew up in a house with lead problems.

But yes all the adults are done with the masks and telling kids it’s ok- parents, teachers, principals. No role models left doing the right thing.

Don’t forget to mention that central office has very high Covid numbers.

Are they working in person spreading around the office or still working at home and getting Covid at after hour gatherings?

Doesn't really matter where they contract it. The point is that if it's brought into an unmasked area (school cafeteria, indoor office meeting, etc.) it's an issue.

Only time will tell what effect repeated exposures will have in the long run, but yes, I do suspect test score studies should be done on infected and non-infected children covid populations by age group. I strongly suspect there is a direct correlation.

"Even mild Covid is linked to brain damage, scans show" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/long-covid-even-mild-covid-linked-damage-brain-months-infection-rcna18959

So what’s your long term plan then- keep your kids masked or in VA indefinitely until there is a proven treatment to prevent long Covid? That could be years, if ever. Because if that article is true- that a single case of mild Covid can lead to long term damage, you can’t even risk getting Covid once.

DP. My kids are doing just fine in VA and are healthy. I’m sorry if you can’t devote time to supporting your kids education and depend on public schools for childcare.

+1. VA is doing a fantastic job this year.

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Anonymous wrote:Gosh, it's so nice to hear from the crazy anti maskers again. I thought maybe you all had slithered back to the Fairfax boards for good.

Taking precautions isn't forever. Remember how sick your families were in December and January? We were fine because we were careful. Once covod had burned through your wretched micoclotting bodies and gone dormant again, we came back to school, masked, and have had a good year.

However, now that cases are going nuts, the question becomes, is it worth taking a week or two at home because mcps will do nothing to stop psychos like your sociopathic children from infecting their classmates and teachers? Quite probably, the answer is yes

Ok you had me until you started in on sociopathic children. This is the parents fault, full stop. Don’t blame the kids who don’t know better. But yes we keep our kids home this week. Thee was an event at our school on Friday and I heard it was crowded and only like 50% masked. Superspreader event for sure.

Sorry, you're right. The kids aren't sociopaths. They're just taking the advice of sociopaths.

I remember when I begged the school board to not put our kids in the position where they'd have to make choices about hurting other people, choices they'd have to live with for the rest of their lives. Well, that school board lady is either the real sociopath, or she has eaten a lot of lead paint chips.

Unfortunately, statistically it’s very likely she grew up in a house with lead problems.

But yes all the adults are done with the masks and telling kids it’s ok- parents, teachers, principals. No role models left doing the right thing.

Don’t forget to mention that central office has very high Covid numbers.

Are they working in person spreading around the office or still working at home and getting Covid at after hour gatherings?

Doesn't really matter where they contract it. The point is that if it's brought into an unmasked area (school cafeteria, indoor office meeting, etc.) it's an issue.

Only time will tell what effect repeated exposures will have in the long run, but yes, I do suspect test score studies should be done on infected and non-infected children covid populations by age group. I strongly suspect there is a direct correlation.

"Even mild Covid is linked to brain damage, scans show" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/long-covid-even-mild-covid-linked-damage-brain-months-infection-rcna18959

So what’s your long term plan then- keep your kids masked or in VA indefinitely until there is a proven treatment to prevent long Covid? That could be years, if ever. Because if that article is true- that a single case of mild Covid can lead to long term damage, you can’t even risk getting Covid once.

DP, yes, my kids will continue to mask and stay in VA. They choose to mask. We don’t have to tell them or remind them. They are decent people who get how contagious this virus is and understand the impact it could have on others. They also know what is like to lose some who was young and have had several significant losses. Be grateful yours don’t know that kind of pain. Nothing can replace losing a sibling or parent or both. Basic precautions are common sense.

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Anonymous wrote:Gosh, it's so nice to hear from the crazy anti maskers again. I thought maybe you all had slithered back to the Fairfax boards for good.

Taking precautions isn't forever. Remember how sick your families were in December and January? We were fine because we were careful. Once covod had burned through your wretched micoclotting bodies and gone dormant again, we came back to school, masked, and have had a good year.

However, now that cases are going nuts, the question becomes, is it worth taking a week or two at home because mcps will do nothing to stop psychos like your sociopathic children from infecting their classmates and teachers? Quite probably, the answer is yes

Ok you had me until you started in on sociopathic children. This is the parents fault, full stop. Don’t blame the kids who don’t know better. But yes we keep our kids home this week. Thee was an event at our school on Friday and I heard it was crowded and only like 50% masked. Superspreader event for sure.

Sorry, you're right. The kids aren't sociopaths. They're just taking the advice of sociopaths.

I remember when I begged the school board to not put our kids in the position where they'd have to make choices about hurting other people, choices they'd have to live with for the rest of their lives. Well, that school board lady is either the real sociopath, or she has eaten a lot of lead paint chips.

Unfortunately, statistically it’s very likely she grew up in a house with lead problems.

But yes all the adults are done with the masks and telling kids it’s ok- parents, teachers, principals. No role models left doing the right thing.

Don’t forget to mention that central office has very high Covid numbers.

Are they working in person spreading around the office or still working at home and getting Covid at after hour gatherings?

Doesn't really matter where they contract it. The point is that if it's brought into an unmasked area (school cafeteria, indoor office meeting, etc.) it's an issue.

Only time will tell what effect repeated exposures will have in the long run, but yes, I do suspect test score studies should be done on infected and non-infected children covid populations by age group. I strongly suspect there is a direct correlation.

"Even mild Covid is linked to brain damage, scans show" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/long-covid-even-mild-covid-linked-damage-brain-months-infection-rcna18959

So what’s your long term plan then- keep your kids masked or in VA indefinitely until there is a proven treatment to prevent long Covid? That could be years, if ever. Because if that article is true- that a single case of mild Covid can lead to long term damage, you can’t even risk getting Covid once.

DP. My kids are doing just fine in VA and are healthy. I’m sorry if you can’t devote time to supporting your kids education and depend on public schools for childcare.

Good for you. Nobody GAF. That's not the reality for most families. You're an irrelevant edge case being catered to with a very niche program.

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Anonymous wrote:Gosh, it's so nice to hear from the crazy anti maskers again. I thought maybe you all had slithered back to the Fairfax boards for good.

Taking precautions isn't forever. Remember how sick your families were in December and January? We were fine because we were careful. Once covod had burned through your wretched micoclotting bodies and gone dormant again, we came back to school, masked, and have had a good year.

However, now that cases are going nuts, the question becomes, is it worth taking a week or two at home because mcps will do nothing to stop psychos like your sociopathic children from infecting their classmates and teachers? Quite probably, the answer is yes

Ok you had me until you started in on sociopathic children. This is the parents fault, full stop. Don’t blame the kids who don’t know better. But yes we keep our kids home this week. Thee was an event at our school on Friday and I heard it was crowded and only like 50% masked. Superspreader event for sure.

Sorry, you're right. The kids aren't sociopaths. They're just taking the advice of sociopaths.

I remember when I begged the school board to not put our kids in the position where they'd have to make choices about hurting other people, choices they'd have to live with for the rest of their lives. Well, that school board lady is either the real sociopath, or she has eaten a lot of lead paint chips.

Unfortunately, statistically it’s very likely she grew up in a house with lead problems.

But yes all the adults are done with the masks and telling kids it’s ok- parents, teachers, principals. No role models left doing the right thing.

Don’t forget to mention that central office has very high Covid numbers.

Are they working in person spreading around the office or still working at home and getting Covid at after hour gatherings?

Doesn't really matter where they contract it. The point is that if it's brought into an unmasked area (school cafeteria, indoor office meeting, etc.) it's an issue.

Only time will tell what effect repeated exposures will have in the long run, but yes, I do suspect test score studies should be done on infected and non-infected children covid populations by age group. I strongly suspect there is a direct correlation.

"Even mild Covid is linked to brain damage, scans show" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/long-covid-even-mild-covid-linked-damage-brain-months-infection-rcna18959

So what’s your long term plan then- keep your kids masked or in VA indefinitely until there is a proven treatment to prevent long Covid? That could be years, if ever. Because if that article is true- that a single case of mild Covid can lead to long term damage, you can’t even risk getting Covid once.

DP, yes, my kids will continue to mask and stay in VA. They choose to mask. We don’t have to tell them or remind them. They are decent people who get how contagious this virus is and understand the impact it could have on others. They also know what is like to lose some who was young and have had several significant losses. Be grateful yours don’t know that kind of pain. Nothing can replace losing a sibling or parent or both. Basic precautions are common sense.

DP but how old are your kids my I ask? We are in VA but my 4rd grader is really rebelling against it and I'm torn whether to continue next year. He is very social and has ADHD (we started meds this year to help with the focus). I know he would wear a mask in school but all other precautions are gone and guessing by next year few kids will be masked. How did you instill this sense of empathy and understanding in your kids? We haven't resumed in-person church and gave up on the Zoom services. He plays baseball this spring but I haven't initiated getting together with families one-on-one because they all seem pretty lax.

My 6th grader is fine, they'd be happy to do remote indefinitely but I wonder how they would feel not having a sibling at home.

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Anonymous wrote:Gosh, it's so nice to hear from the crazy anti maskers again. I thought maybe you all had slithered back to the Fairfax boards for good.

Taking precautions isn't forever. Remember how sick your families were in December and January? We were fine because we were careful. Once covod had burned through your wretched micoclotting bodies and gone dormant again, we came back to school, masked, and have had a good year.

However, now that cases are going nuts, the question becomes, is it worth taking a week or two at home because mcps will do nothing to stop psychos like your sociopathic children from infecting their classmates and teachers? Quite probably, the answer is yes

Pediatric hospitalizations are just as low now as they were back in February. Kids are doing fine.

Can you show us the data that all kids are fine, and none are having complications due to covid. Or, when they bring covid home, its having no impact on the adults and other family members they live with. You keep using hospitalizations as a talking point but they have always been low for kids. The issue is transmission within MCPS that impacts them, their families and the community. If your grocery store worker gets covid and cannot work for two weeks, its far more of an impact on them, than it would be someone like you. How hard is that to understand? I guess you never get out of your perfectly manicured bubble.

There was higher mortality from the flu in 2017-2018 than we’re seeing from covid now in vaccinated/booster adults. Were you freaking out this much then, too?

Which part of there is more to this than hospitalization. The issue is transmission at school. You don’t even have kids in mcps.

I do have one kid in MCPS and another in Prek.

The issue with covid is severity. That’s what really distinguishes it from other respiratory infections which collectively spread at very high levels. With vaccines and boosters, the severity of covid infections is similar to that of other common respiratory infections, such as the flu.

No. The real issue with COVID is that it does long term damage. (In addition to killing your grandparents, which most people would also consider an issue. But not you!)

https://fortune.com/2022/05/08/surviving-pandemic-half-the-battle-long-covid-growing-public-health-crisis-could-affect-a-billion-in-just-a-few-years/

You don’t seem to know what long covid given that you’re equating it to long-term damage. I'm not disputing that *some* infections can lead to long-term damage, but *most* long COVID symptoms are mild and resolve within a few months. And the rates of long COVID have been been greatly exaggerated by studies that rely heavily on subjective symptom reporting and that don't include control groups.

It is pretty common for other respiratory infections to result in lingering symptoms. When someone has lingering congestion or a cough for a month after getting a cold, we don't make a big deal about it. The same goes for when someone doesn't feel quite right for a month or two as they're recovering from the flu.

Only *some* cases of polio let to long term damage.

I get it. You really don't want to admit what you've done to your kids.

The level of risk matters.

Yes. It's mitigated very effectively by a mask and eating outdiors.

Sadly, pathetic parents like you tell their kids masks don't work and send them to school sick.

NP

You seem to be confused on who the pathetic one is here.

What reaction are you looking for? Mitigation is very important, especially in large schools that MCPS has. Its pretty sad that you don't feel any responsibility to anyone, including your own kids if you even have them. Covid numbers in MCPS are going up. For may alone, we are not looking good.

What makes you think I don’t feel any responsibility? I work in healthcare. Have been on the frontline for 2 years. I guarantee I have done more to help people/keep them safe than you have. And I mean actually WORK, not keyboard warrior BS.
Our family has always followed the current guidelines. My daughter had Covid at the beginning of the year, I have it right now. Son and husband are fine. Because I’m not squawking about bringing mandatory masking back does not make me irresponsible. But you go ahead and keep thinking that if it makes you feel better.

Bragging about how many times you've been irresponsible enough to expose your family to COVID is not the win you think. You followed current guidelines... They didn't work... And your conclusion is we don't need guidelines. I hope when you say "work in healthcare" you mean answer phones, because any medical diagnostic type job in your hands would be alarming

I hope for your family's sake you have a full recovery. I pray you didn't expose too many people on the way down.

Where do you get that I’m bragging about exposing my family? I work in healthcare (a doctor - not phones, sorry to disappoint; don’t care about your alarm), it would be impossible not to expose them at this point. I still don’t think we need new guidelines.

You're a doctor who doesn't know you can do more than one thing to mitigate the risk of catching a contagious virus? Wow. Yeah. I'm no doctor, but I'd say you have a brain bleed.

I’m a doctor who realizes that this is not the same virus that we had in 2020. Guidelines change, and rightfully so.
And someone who disagrees with you doesn’t have a brain bleed, ffs. I mean do you have any medical training at all? Wait - I already know the answer.
Keep squawking about your mitigation efforts and the rest of us (yes, doctors too!) will just keep on with our lives.

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Anonymous wrote:Gosh, it's so nice to hear from the crazy anti maskers again. I thought maybe you all had slithered back to the Fairfax boards for good.

Taking precautions isn't forever. Remember how sick your families were in December and January? We were fine because we were careful. Once covod had burned through your wretched micoclotting bodies and gone dormant again, we came back to school, masked, and have had a good year.

However, now that cases are going nuts, the question becomes, is it worth taking a week or two at home because mcps will do nothing to stop psychos like your sociopathic children from infecting their classmates and teachers? Quite probably, the answer is yes

Ok you had me until you started in on sociopathic children. This is the parents fault, full stop. Don’t blame the kids who don’t know better. But yes we keep our kids home this week. Thee was an event at our school on Friday and I heard it was crowded and only like 50% masked. Superspreader event for sure.

Sorry, you're right. The kids aren't sociopaths. They're just taking the advice of sociopaths.

I remember when I begged the school board to not put our kids in the position where they'd have to make choices about hurting other people, choices they'd have to live with for the rest of their lives. Well, that school board lady is either the real sociopath, or she has eaten a lot of lead paint chips.

Unfortunately, statistically it’s very likely she grew up in a house with lead problems.

But yes all the adults are done with the masks and telling kids it’s ok- parents, teachers, principals. No role models left doing the right thing.

Don’t forget to mention that central office has very high Covid numbers.

Are they working in person spreading around the office or still working at home and getting Covid at after hour gatherings?

Doesn't really matter where they contract it. The point is that if it's brought into an unmasked area (school cafeteria, indoor office meeting, etc.) it's an issue.

Only time will tell what effect repeated exposures will have in the long run, but yes, I do suspect test score studies should be done on infected and non-infected children covid populations by age group. I strongly suspect there is a direct correlation.

"Even mild Covid is linked to brain damage, scans show" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/long-covid-even-mild-covid-linked-damage-brain-months-infection-rcna18959

So what’s your long term plan then- keep your kids masked or in VA indefinitely until there is a proven treatment to prevent long Covid? That could be years, if ever. Because if that article is true- that a single case of mild Covid can lead to long term damage, you can’t even risk getting Covid once.

DP, yes, my kids will continue to mask and stay in VA. They choose to mask. We don’t have to tell them or remind them. They are decent people who get how contagious this virus is and understand the impact it could have on others. They also know what is like to lose some who was young and have had several significant losses. Be grateful yours don’t know that kind of pain. Nothing can replace losing a sibling or parent or both. Basic precautions are common sense.

DP but how old are your kids my I ask? We are in VA but my 4rd grader is really rebelling against it and I'm torn whether to continue next year. He is very social and has ADHD (we started meds this year to help with the focus). I know he would wear a mask in school but all other precautions are gone and guessing by next year few kids will be masked. How did you instill this sense of empathy and understanding in your kids? We haven't resumed in-person church and gave up on the Zoom services. He plays baseball this spring but I haven't initiated getting together with families one-on-one because they all seem pretty lax.

My 6th grader is fine, they'd be happy to do remote indefinitely but I wonder how they would feel not having a sibling at home.

I think the middle and high school classes are much better than the elementary as there is a lot more structure and a more normal class experience. Hopefully next year they will get more lower school staffing. We are heavily involved, monitor things, have the computers on restrictions in a shared room and are available for help. We also use some of the free virtual tutoring to supplement. It’s a lot of work for us as parents but we’d monitor things in person as well.

I would send the 4th grader in person next year especially if he will mask depending on if there are health issues in your family or not. The 6th grader might like the extra attention. Talk to them. You can return in person at any time. You have to plan that he will get it and bring it home.

We are doing similar. We have some outside activities but limit other contact and if we do, it’s generally outside except the rare situation. It’s a bunch of hard choices. We pull our kids from the activities when things surge and return when numbers are better. The social is the hard part.

I think empathy and understanding are modeled by parents and other adults. Kids follow your lead in how you treat them and how they see you treat others. They see our concern and behavior. We set the example. We sat down and talked about it all and they understand our family situation. Our kids watch a parent suffer though health issues so they understand the impact that has on them and our concern of it happening to them. We may return in person next year or wait one more year. Kids are torn as they like VA and their teachers. As it mutates, hopefully it will get better. Our big concern is we were expecting updated vaccines by now as they said march and no more news on them.

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Anonymous wrote:Gosh, it's so nice to hear from the crazy anti maskers again. I thought maybe you all had slithered back to the Fairfax boards for good.

Taking precautions isn't forever. Remember how sick your families were in December and January? We were fine because we were careful. Once covod had burned through your wretched micoclotting bodies and gone dormant again, we came back to school, masked, and have had a good year.

However, now that cases are going nuts, the question becomes, is it worth taking a week or two at home because mcps will do nothing to stop psychos like your sociopathic children from infecting their classmates and teachers? Quite probably, the answer is yes

Pediatric hospitalizations are just as low now as they were back in February. Kids are doing fine.

Can you show us the data that all kids are fine, and none are having complications due to covid. Or, when they bring covid home, its having no impact on the adults and other family members they live with. You keep using hospitalizations as a talking point but they have always been low for kids. The issue is transmission within MCPS that impacts them, their families and the community. If your grocery store worker gets covid and cannot work for two weeks, its far more of an impact on them, than it would be someone like you. How hard is that to understand? I guess you never get out of your perfectly manicured bubble.

There was higher mortality from the flu in 2017-2018 than we’re seeing from covid now in vaccinated/booster adults. Were you freaking out this much then, too?

Which part of there is more to this than hospitalization. The issue is transmission at school. You don’t even have kids in mcps.

I do have one kid in MCPS and another in Prek.

The issue with covid is severity. That’s what really distinguishes it from other respiratory infections which collectively spread at very high levels. With vaccines and boosters, the severity of covid infections is similar to that of other common respiratory infections, such as the flu.

No. The real issue with COVID is that it does long term damage. (In addition to killing your grandparents, which most people would also consider an issue. But not you!)

https://fortune.com/2022/05/08/surviving-pandemic-half-the-battle-long-covid-growing-public-health-crisis-could-affect-a-billion-in-just-a-few-years/

You don’t seem to know what long covid given that you’re equating it to long-term damage. I'm not disputing that *some* infections can lead to long-term damage, but *most* long COVID symptoms are mild and resolve within a few months. And the rates of long COVID have been been greatly exaggerated by studies that rely heavily on subjective symptom reporting and that don't include control groups.

It is pretty common for other respiratory infections to result in lingering symptoms. When someone has lingering congestion or a cough for a month after getting a cold, we don't make a big deal about it. The same goes for when someone doesn't feel quite right for a month or two as they're recovering from the flu.

Only *some* cases of polio let to long term damage.

I get it. You really don't want to admit what you've done to your kids.

The level of risk matters.

Yes. It's mitigated very effectively by a mask and eating outdiors.

Sadly, pathetic parents like you tell their kids masks don't work and send them to school sick.

NP

You seem to be confused on who the pathetic one is here.

What reaction are you looking for? Mitigation is very important, especially in large schools that MCPS has. Its pretty sad that you don't feel any responsibility to anyone, including your own kids if you even have them. Covid numbers in MCPS are going up. For may alone, we are not looking good.

What makes you think I don’t feel any responsibility? I work in healthcare. Have been on the frontline for 2 years. I guarantee I have done more to help people/keep them safe than you have. And I mean actually WORK, not keyboard warrior BS.
Our family has always followed the current guidelines. My daughter had Covid at the beginning of the year, I have it right now. Son and husband are fine. Because I’m not squawking about bringing mandatory masking back does not make me irresponsible. But you go ahead and keep thinking that if it makes you feel better.

Bragging about how many times you've been irresponsible enough to expose your family to COVID is not the win you think. You followed current guidelines... They didn't work... And your conclusion is we don't need guidelines. I hope when you say "work in healthcare" you mean answer phones, because any medical diagnostic type job in your hands would be alarming

I hope for your family's sake you have a full recovery. I pray you didn't expose too many people on the way down.

Where do you get that I’m bragging about exposing my family? I work in healthcare (a doctor - not phones, sorry to disappoint; don’t care about your alarm), it would be impossible not to expose them at this point. I still don’t think we need new guidelines.

You're a doctor who doesn't know you can do more than one thing to mitigate the risk of catching a contagious virus? Wow. Yeah. I'm no doctor, but I'd say you have a brain bleed.

I’m a doctor who realizes that this is not the same virus that we had in 2020. Guidelines change, and rightfully so.
And someone who disagrees with you doesn’t have a brain bleed, ffs. I mean do you have any medical training at all? Wait - I already know the answer.
Keep squawking about your mitigation efforts and the rest of us (yes, doctors too!) will just keep on with our lives.

Don’t you have patients to see. I hope you are not one of my doctors. Maybe it’s time for a change in professions.

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Anonymous wrote:Gosh, it's so nice to hear from the crazy anti maskers again. I thought maybe you all had slithered back to the Fairfax boards for good.

Taking precautions isn't forever. Remember how sick your families were in December and January? We were fine because we were careful. Once covod had burned through your wretched micoclotting bodies and gone dormant again, we came back to school, masked, and have had a good year.

However, now that cases are going nuts, the question becomes, is it worth taking a week or two at home because mcps will do nothing to stop psychos like your sociopathic children from infecting their classmates and teachers? Quite probably, the answer is yes

Ok you had me until you started in on sociopathic children. This is the parents fault, full stop. Don’t blame the kids who don’t know better. But yes we keep our kids home this week. Thee was an event at our school on Friday and I heard it was crowded and only like 50% masked. Superspreader event for sure.

Sorry, you're right. The kids aren't sociopaths. They're just taking the advice of sociopaths.

I remember when I begged the school board to not put our kids in the position where they'd have to make choices about hurting other people, choices they'd have to live with for the rest of their lives. Well, that school board lady is either the real sociopath, or she has eaten a lot of lead paint chips.

Unfortunately, statistically it’s very likely she grew up in a house with lead problems.

But yes all the adults are done with the masks and telling kids it’s ok- parents, teachers, principals. No role models left doing the right thing.

Don’t forget to mention that central office has very high Covid numbers.

Are they working in person spreading around the office or still working at home and getting Covid at after hour gatherings?

Doesn't really matter where they contract it. The point is that if it's brought into an unmasked area (school cafeteria, indoor office meeting, etc.) it's an issue.

Only time will tell what effect repeated exposures will have in the long run, but yes, I do suspect test score studies should be done on infected and non-infected children covid populations by age group. I strongly suspect there is a direct correlation.

"Even mild Covid is linked to brain damage, scans show" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/long-covid-even-mild-covid-linked-damage-brain-months-infection-rcna18959

So what’s your long term plan then- keep your kids masked or in VA indefinitely until there is a proven treatment to prevent long Covid? That could be years, if ever. Because if that article is true- that a single case of mild Covid can lead to long term damage, you can’t even risk getting Covid once.

DP. My kids are doing just fine in VA and are healthy. I’m sorry if you can’t devote time to supporting your kids education and depend on public schools for childcare.

Good for you. Nobody GAF. That's not the reality for most families. You're an irrelevant edge case being catered to with a very niche program.

Actually it’s not. We are in 2022. It’s the future and a lot of class work even in person is done online. Time to adapt.

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Anonymous wrote:Gosh, it's so nice to hear from the crazy anti maskers again. I thought maybe you all had slithered back to the Fairfax boards for good.

Taking precautions isn't forever. Remember how sick your families were in December and January? We were fine because we were careful. Once covod had burned through your wretched micoclotting bodies and gone dormant again, we came back to school, masked, and have had a good year.

However, now that cases are going nuts, the question becomes, is it worth taking a week or two at home because mcps will do nothing to stop psychos like your sociopathic children from infecting their classmates and teachers? Quite probably, the answer is yes

Ok you had me until you started in on sociopathic children. This is the parents fault, full stop. Don’t blame the kids who don’t know better. But yes we keep our kids home this week. Thee was an event at our school on Friday and I heard it was crowded and only like 50% masked. Superspreader event for sure.

Sorry, you're right. The kids aren't sociopaths. They're just taking the advice of sociopaths.

I remember when I begged the school board to not put our kids in the position where they'd have to make choices about hurting other people, choices they'd have to live with for the rest of their lives. Well, that school board lady is either the real sociopath, or she has eaten a lot of lead paint chips.

Unfortunately, statistically it’s very likely she grew up in a house with lead problems.

But yes all the adults are done with the masks and telling kids it’s ok- parents, teachers, principals. No role models left doing the right thing.

Don’t forget to mention that central office has very high Covid numbers.

Are they working in person spreading around the office or still working at home and getting Covid at after hour gatherings?

Doesn't really matter where they contract it. The point is that if it's brought into an unmasked area (school cafeteria, indoor office meeting, etc.) it's an issue.

Only time will tell what effect repeated exposures will have in the long run, but yes, I do suspect test score studies should be done on infected and non-infected children covid populations by age group. I strongly suspect there is a direct correlation.

"Even mild Covid is linked to brain damage, scans show" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/long-covid-even-mild-covid-linked-damage-brain-months-infection-rcna18959

So what’s your long term plan then- keep your kids masked or in VA indefinitely until there is a proven treatment to prevent long Covid? That could be years, if ever. Because if that article is true- that a single case of mild Covid can lead to long term damage, you can’t even risk getting Covid once.

DP. My kids are doing just fine in VA and are healthy. I’m sorry if you can’t devote time to supporting your kids education and depend on public schools for childcare.

Good for you. Nobody GAF. That's not the reality for most families. You're an irrelevant edge case being catered to with a very niche program.

Actually it’s not. We are in 2022. It’s the future and a lot of class work even in person is done online. Time to adapt.

Given that research has shown that kids don’t learn as well on a screen, I don’t think the future looks so bright. I think we will look back and regret giving kindergartners chrome books.

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Anonymous wrote:Gosh, it's so nice to hear from the crazy anti maskers again. I thought maybe you all had slithered back to the Fairfax boards for good.

Taking precautions isn't forever. Remember how sick your families were in December and January? We were fine because we were careful. Once covod had burned through your wretched micoclotting bodies and gone dormant again, we came back to school, masked, and have had a good year.

However, now that cases are going nuts, the question becomes, is it worth taking a week or two at home because mcps will do nothing to stop psychos like your sociopathic children from infecting their classmates and teachers? Quite probably, the answer is yes

Ok you had me until you started in on sociopathic children. This is the parents fault, full stop. Don’t blame the kids who don’t know better. But yes we keep our kids home this week. Thee was an event at our school on Friday and I heard it was crowded and only like 50% masked. Superspreader event for sure.

Sorry, you're right. The kids aren't sociopaths. They're just taking the advice of sociopaths.

I remember when I begged the school board to not put our kids in the position where they'd have to make choices about hurting other people, choices they'd have to live with for the rest of their lives. Well, that school board lady is either the real sociopath, or she has eaten a lot of lead paint chips.

Unfortunately, statistically it’s very likely she grew up in a house with lead problems.

But yes all the adults are done with the masks and telling kids it’s ok- parents, teachers, principals. No role models left doing the right thing.

Don’t forget to mention that central office has very high Covid numbers.

Are they working in person spreading around the office or still working at home and getting Covid at after hour gatherings?

Doesn't really matter where they contract it. The point is that if it's brought into an unmasked area (school cafeteria, indoor office meeting, etc.) it's an issue.

Only time will tell what effect repeated exposures will have in the long run, but yes, I do suspect test score studies should be done on infected and non-infected children covid populations by age group. I strongly suspect there is a direct correlation.

"Even mild Covid is linked to brain damage, scans show" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/long-covid-even-mild-covid-linked-damage-brain-months-infection-rcna18959

So what’s your long term plan then- keep your kids masked or in VA indefinitely until there is a proven treatment to prevent long Covid? That could be years, if ever. Because if that article is true- that a single case of mild Covid can lead to long term damage, you can’t even risk getting Covid once.

DP, yes, my kids will continue to mask and stay in VA. They choose to mask. We don’t have to tell them or remind them. They are decent people who get how contagious this virus is and understand the impact it could have on others. They also know what is like to lose some who was young and have had several significant losses. Be grateful yours don’t know that kind of pain. Nothing can replace losing a sibling or parent or both. Basic precautions are common sense.

DP but how old are your kids my I ask? We are in VA but my 4rd grader is really rebelling against it and I'm torn whether to continue next year. He is very social and has ADHD (we started meds this year to help with the focus). I know he would wear a mask in school but all other precautions are gone and guessing by next year few kids will be masked. How did you instill this sense of empathy and understanding in your kids? We haven't resumed in-person church and gave up on the Zoom services. He plays baseball this spring but I haven't initiated getting together with families one-on-one because they all seem pretty lax.

My 6th grader is fine, they'd be happy to do remote indefinitely but I wonder how they would feel not having a sibling at home.

Another DP - What you're describing does not sound healthy for your children. I recommend you speak to your family physicians about your household's risk from COVID and what loosening restrictions might look like. I feel badly for your social child that hasn't attended school or church or had a one-on-one play date in two years. And for that matter your older child who feels comfortable with isolation - is that a good thing?

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Anonymous wrote:Gosh, it's so nice to hear from the crazy anti maskers again. I thought maybe you all had slithered back to the Fairfax boards for good.

Taking precautions isn't forever. Remember how sick your families were in December and January? We were fine because we were careful. Once covod had burned through your wretched micoclotting bodies and gone dormant again, we came back to school, masked, and have had a good year.

However, now that cases are going nuts, the question becomes, is it worth taking a week or two at home because mcps will do nothing to stop psychos like your sociopathic children from infecting their classmates and teachers? Quite probably, the answer is yes

Ok you had me until you started in on sociopathic children. This is the parents fault, full stop. Don’t blame the kids who don’t know better. But yes we keep our kids home this week. Thee was an event at our school on Friday and I heard it was crowded and only like 50% masked. Superspreader event for sure.

Sorry, you're right. The kids aren't sociopaths. They're just taking the advice of sociopaths.

I remember when I begged the school board to not put our kids in the position where they'd have to make choices about hurting other people, choices they'd have to live with for the rest of their lives. Well, that school board lady is either the real sociopath, or she has eaten a lot of lead paint chips.

Unfortunately, statistically it’s very likely she grew up in a house with lead problems.

But yes all the adults are done with the masks and telling kids it’s ok- parents, teachers, principals. No role models left doing the right thing.

Don’t forget to mention that central office has very high Covid numbers.

Are they working in person spreading around the office or still working at home and getting Covid at after hour gatherings?

Doesn't really matter where they contract it. The point is that if it's brought into an unmasked area (school cafeteria, indoor office meeting, etc.) it's an issue.

Only time will tell what effect repeated exposures will have in the long run, but yes, I do suspect test score studies should be done on infected and non-infected children covid populations by age group. I strongly suspect there is a direct correlation.

"Even mild Covid is linked to brain damage, scans show" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/long-covid-even-mild-covid-linked-damage-brain-months-infection-rcna18959

So what’s your long term plan then- keep your kids masked or in VA indefinitely until there is a proven treatment to prevent long Covid? That could be years, if ever. Because if that article is true- that a single case of mild Covid can lead to long term damage, you can’t even risk getting Covid once.

DP, yes, my kids will continue to mask and stay in VA. They choose to mask. We don’t have to tell them or remind them. They are decent people who get how contagious this virus is and understand the impact it could have on others. They also know what is like to lose some who was young and have had several significant losses. Be grateful yours don’t know that kind of pain. Nothing can replace losing a sibling or parent or both. Basic precautions are common sense.

DP but how old are your kids my I ask? We are in VA but my 4rd grader is really rebelling against it and I'm torn whether to continue next year. He is very social and has ADHD (we started meds this year to help with the focus). I know he would wear a mask in school but all other precautions are gone and guessing by next year few kids will be masked. How did you instill this sense of empathy and understanding in your kids? We haven't resumed in-person church and gave up on the Zoom services. He plays baseball this spring but I haven't initiated getting together with families one-on-one because they all seem pretty lax.

My 6th grader is fine, they'd be happy to do remote indefinitely but I wonder how they would feel not having a sibling at home.

Another DP - What you're describing does not sound healthy for your children. I recommend you speak to your family physicians about your household's risk from COVID and what loosening restrictions might look like. I feel badly for your social child that hasn't attended school or church or had a one-on-one play date in two years. And for that matter your older child who feels comfortable with isolation - is that a good thing?

I mean this genuinely. You are royally damaging your kid. Maybe for life. Get a new hobby horse and some anxiety meds and let your poor kid be a kid otherwise they will grow up to be a stunted damaged adult. Is that what you want?

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Anonymous wrote:Gosh, it's so nice to hear from the crazy anti maskers again. I thought maybe you all had slithered back to the Fairfax boards for good.

Taking precautions isn't forever. Remember how sick your families were in December and January? We were fine because we were careful. Once covod had burned through your wretched micoclotting bodies and gone dormant again, we came back to school, masked, and have had a good year.

However, now that cases are going nuts, the question becomes, is it worth taking a week or two at home because mcps will do nothing to stop psychos like your sociopathic children from infecting their classmates and teachers? Quite probably, the answer is yes

Ok you had me until you started in on sociopathic children. This is the parents fault, full stop. Don’t blame the kids who don’t know better. But yes we keep our kids home this week. Thee was an event at our school on Friday and I heard it was crowded and only like 50% masked. Superspreader event for sure.

Sorry, you're right. The kids aren't sociopaths. They're just taking the advice of sociopaths.

I remember when I begged the school board to not put our kids in the position where they'd have to make choices about hurting other people, choices they'd have to live with for the rest of their lives. Well, that school board lady is either the real sociopath, or she has eaten a lot of lead paint chips.

Unfortunately, statistically it’s very likely she grew up in a house with lead problems.

But yes all the adults are done with the masks and telling kids it’s ok- parents, teachers, principals. No role models left doing the right thing.

Don’t forget to mention that central office has very high Covid numbers.

Are they working in person spreading around the office or still working at home and getting Covid at after hour gatherings?

Doesn't really matter where they contract it. The point is that if it's brought into an unmasked area (school cafeteria, indoor office meeting, etc.) it's an issue.

Only time will tell what effect repeated exposures will have in the long run, but yes, I do suspect test score studies should be done on infected and non-infected children covid populations by age group. I strongly suspect there is a direct correlation.

"Even mild Covid is linked to brain damage, scans show" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/long-covid-even-mild-covid-linked-damage-brain-months-infection-rcna18959

So what’s your long term plan then- keep your kids masked or in VA indefinitely until there is a proven treatment to prevent long Covid? That could be years, if ever. Because if that article is true- that a single case of mild Covid can lead to long term damage, you can’t even risk getting Covid once.

DP, yes, my kids will continue to mask and stay in VA. They choose to mask. We don’t have to tell them or remind them. They are decent people who get how contagious this virus is and understand the impact it could have on others. They also know what is like to lose some who was young and have had several significant losses. Be grateful yours don’t know that kind of pain. Nothing can replace losing a sibling or parent or both. Basic precautions are common sense.

DP but how old are your kids my I ask? We are in VA but my 4rd grader is really rebelling against it and I'm torn whether to continue next year. He is very social and has ADHD (we started meds this year to help with the focus). I know he would wear a mask in school but all other precautions are gone and guessing by next year few kids will be masked. How did you instill this sense of empathy and understanding in your kids? We haven't resumed in-person church and gave up on the Zoom services. He plays baseball this spring but I haven't initiated getting together with families one-on-one because they all seem pretty lax.

My 6th grader is fine, they'd be happy to do remote indefinitely but I wonder how they would feel not having a sibling at home.

Another DP - What you're describing does not sound healthy for your children. I recommend you speak to your family physicians about your household's risk from COVID and what loosening restrictions might look like. I feel badly for your social child that hasn't attended school or church or had a one-on-one play date in two years. And for that matter your older child who feels comfortable with isolation - is that a good thing?

Agreed, PP is ruining their kids. They only get to be kids once, and their childhood school memories will be watching class through a laptop. Not to mention all the skills they'll be missing once they turn 18 and are out on their own.

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Anonymous wrote:Gosh, it's so nice to hear from the crazy anti maskers again. I thought maybe you all had slithered back to the Fairfax boards for good.

Taking precautions isn't forever. Remember how sick your families were in December and January? We were fine because we were careful. Once covod had burned through your wretched micoclotting bodies and gone dormant again, we came back to school, masked, and have had a good year.

However, now that cases are going nuts, the question becomes, is it worth taking a week or two at home because mcps will do nothing to stop psychos like your sociopathic children from infecting their classmates and teachers? Quite probably, the answer is yes

Ok you had me until you started in on sociopathic children. This is the parents fault, full stop. Don’t blame the kids who don’t know better. But yes we keep our kids home this week. Thee was an event at our school on Friday and I heard it was crowded and only like 50% masked. Superspreader event for sure.

Sorry, you're right. The kids aren't sociopaths. They're just taking the advice of sociopaths.

I remember when I begged the school board to not put our kids in the position where they'd have to make choices about hurting other people, choices they'd have to live with for the rest of their lives. Well, that school board lady is either the real sociopath, or she has eaten a lot of lead paint chips.

Unfortunately, statistically it’s very likely she grew up in a house with lead problems.

But yes all the adults are done with the masks and telling kids it’s ok- parents, teachers, principals. No role models left doing the right thing.

Don’t forget to mention that central office has very high Covid numbers.

Are they working in person spreading around the office or still working at home and getting Covid at after hour gatherings?

Doesn't really matter where they contract it. The point is that if it's brought into an unmasked area (school cafeteria, indoor office meeting, etc.) it's an issue.

Only time will tell what effect repeated exposures will have in the long run, but yes, I do suspect test score studies should be done on infected and non-infected children covid populations by age group. I strongly suspect there is a direct correlation.

"Even mild Covid is linked to brain damage, scans show" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/long-covid-even-mild-covid-linked-damage-brain-months-infection-rcna18959

So what’s your long term plan then- keep your kids masked or in VA indefinitely until there is a proven treatment to prevent long Covid? That could be years, if ever. Because if that article is true- that a single case of mild Covid can lead to long term damage, you can’t even risk getting Covid once.

DP, yes, my kids will continue to mask and stay in VA. They choose to mask. We don’t have to tell them or remind them. They are decent people who get how contagious this virus is and understand the impact it could have on others. They also know what is like to lose some who was young and have had several significant losses. Be grateful yours don’t know that kind of pain. Nothing can replace losing a sibling or parent or both. Basic precautions are common sense.

DP but how old are your kids my I ask? We are in VA but my 4rd grader is really rebelling against it and I'm torn whether to continue next year. He is very social and has ADHD (we started meds this year to help with the focus). I know he would wear a mask in school but all other precautions are gone and guessing by next year few kids will be masked. How did you instill this sense of empathy and understanding in your kids? We haven't resumed in-person church and gave up on the Zoom services. He plays baseball this spring but I haven't initiated getting together with families one-on-one because they all seem pretty lax.

My 6th grader is fine, they'd be happy to do remote indefinitely but I wonder how they would feel not having a sibling at home.

Another DP - What you're describing does not sound healthy for your children. I recommend you speak to your family physicians about your household's risk from COVID and what loosening restrictions might look like. I feel badly for your social child that hasn't attended school or church or had a one-on-one play date in two years. And for that matter your older child who feels comfortable with isolation - is that a good thing?

I mean this genuinely. You are royally damaging your kid. Maybe for life. Get a new hobby horse and some anxiety meds and let your poor kid be a kid otherwise they will grow up to be a stunted damaged adult. Is that what you want?

Losing a close family member also damages kids. No easy answers here.

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Anonymous wrote:Gosh, it's so nice to hear from the crazy anti maskers again. I thought maybe you all had slithered back to the Fairfax boards for good.

Taking precautions isn't forever. Remember how sick your families were in December and January? We were fine because we were careful. Once covod had burned through your wretched micoclotting bodies and gone dormant again, we came back to school, masked, and have had a good year.

However, now that cases are going nuts, the question becomes, is it worth taking a week or two at home because mcps will do nothing to stop psychos like your sociopathic children from infecting their classmates and teachers? Quite probably, the answer is yes

Ok you had me until you started in on sociopathic children. This is the parents fault, full stop. Don’t blame the kids who don’t know better. But yes we keep our kids home this week. Thee was an event at our school on Friday and I heard it was crowded and only like 50% masked. Superspreader event for sure.

Sorry, you're right. The kids aren't sociopaths. They're just taking the advice of sociopaths.

I remember when I begged the school board to not put our kids in the position where they'd have to make choices about hurting other people, choices they'd have to live with for the rest of their lives. Well, that school board lady is either the real sociopath, or she has eaten a lot of lead paint chips.

Unfortunately, statistically it’s very likely she grew up in a house with lead problems.

But yes all the adults are done with the masks and telling kids it’s ok- parents, teachers, principals. No role models left doing the right thing.

Don’t forget to mention that central office has very high Covid numbers.

Are they working in person spreading around the office or still working at home and getting Covid at after hour gatherings?

Doesn't really matter where they contract it. The point is that if it's brought into an unmasked area (school cafeteria, indoor office meeting, etc.) it's an issue.

Only time will tell what effect repeated exposures will have in the long run, but yes, I do suspect test score studies should be done on infected and non-infected children covid populations by age group. I strongly suspect there is a direct correlation.

"Even mild Covid is linked to brain damage, scans show" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/long-covid-even-mild-covid-linked-damage-brain-months-infection-rcna18959

So what’s your long term plan then- keep your kids masked or in VA indefinitely until there is a proven treatment to prevent long Covid? That could be years, if ever. Because if that article is true- that a single case of mild Covid can lead to long term damage, you can’t even risk getting Covid once.

DP, yes, my kids will continue to mask and stay in VA. They choose to mask. We don’t have to tell them or remind them. They are decent people who get how contagious this virus is and understand the impact it could have on others. They also know what is like to lose some who was young and have had several significant losses. Be grateful yours don’t know that kind of pain. Nothing can replace losing a sibling or parent or both. Basic precautions are common sense.

DP but how old are your kids my I ask? We are in VA but my 4rd grader is really rebelling against it and I'm torn whether to continue next year. He is very social and has ADHD (we started meds this year to help with the focus). I know he would wear a mask in school but all other precautions are gone and guessing by next year few kids will be masked. How did you instill this sense of empathy and understanding in your kids? We haven't resumed in-person church and gave up on the Zoom services. He plays baseball this spring but I haven't initiated getting together with families one-on-one because they all seem pretty lax.

My 6th grader is fine, they'd be happy to do remote indefinitely but I wonder how they would feel not having a sibling at home.

Another DP - What you're describing does not sound healthy for your children. I recommend you speak to your family physicians about your household's risk from COVID and what loosening restrictions might look like. I feel badly for your social child that hasn't attended school or church or had a one-on-one play date in two years. And for that matter your older child who feels comfortable with isolation - is that a good thing?

My children would never go to church regardless of Covid. What makes you think virtual kids are isolated?