Best Post I’ve Seen in a Month on DL/Hybrid Choice

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you read how Fcps will “handle”it when there is a case?

1. If your kid gets the sniffles or fever, they get sent to the isolation room where kid will be possibly separated from other kids with covid symptoms by one of two plastic barriers sent to the school (or by nothing if they decided to put both plastic barriers in the school office). Doesn’t matter if it is allergies or whatever. This is isolation from healthy kids at school, not a room for one child. There might be 20 kids with sick symptoms on there. The county policy said the sick room can be monitored by any staff at school. Sounds like this includes the custodian.

2. They will begin to notify once they have a confirmed positive case beginning with people who spent more than 15minutes inside of 6ft. If you are thinking so and so got tested, the whole class goes into quarantine until you get results, think again. The kid sitting next to your kid 6ft away might have covid symptoms and miss school and you will never know because your kid was 6 ft away and 2, it somestimes takes 10 days to get covid results even now in July and it will be the 11th day later after Fcps finds out about it.

That’s the way policy is being laid out now. So glad we made up our mind to do DL.

We were really on the fence. When they made it clear they may not notify the school community about a case due to privacy, we decided on DL. No idea how we will make it work, but I can’t believe how minimal the response protocols are.

Wow where in the policy does it say this? I took a look but can't find anything about not notifying due to privacy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

If you’re in this camp, and I acknowledge that many, many people are, I’m asking you to consider that number from a slightly different angle.

FCPS has 189,000 children. .0016 of that is 302. 302 dead children are the Calvary Hill you’re erecting your argument on. So, let’s agree to do this: stop presenting this as a data point. If this is your argument, I challenge you to have courage equal to your conviction. Go ahead, plant a flag on the internet and say, “Only 302 children will die.” No one will. That’s the kind action on social media that gets you fired from your job. And I trust our social media enclave isn’t so careless and irresponsible with life that it would even, for even a millisecond, enter any of your minds to make such an argument.

Considered another way: You’re presented with a bag with 189,000 $1 bills. You’re told that in the bag are 302 random bills, they look and feel just like all the others, but each one of those bills will kill you. Do you take the money out of the bag?

This doesn’t make sense to me. The death rate of 0.0016 is for those children who contract the virus, not of the total population. The author is saying that if all 189K students in FCPS contract COVID, 302 of them will die.

That’s not going to happen.

There have been 1,237 cases of COVID in children ages 0-17 in Fairfax County in the last 4 months. Zero of them have died.

Okay, fine.

If 50% contract the virus, 151 will die.
If 25% contract the virus, 75 will die.
If 10% contract the virus, 30 will die.

Are those numbers okay? I hope not.

If 50% contract the virus, 1.51 will die.
If 25% contract the virus, .075 will die.
If 10% contract the virus, .030 will die.

[Anonymous]

Wow, skimming that word salad ... wish I could get the three minutes of my life back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: This post going viral is a beautiful case study in the way misinformation spreads. This guy, grabs the number .0016 from the internet NOT understanding it is actually .0016 PERCENT. It is 3.02 kids, not 302. And that’s assuming all 189,000 students test positive. It’s really a fatality rate of less than one kid.

As soon as I got to the 3rd paragraph I knew his math had to be wrong bc if kids are not dropping dead all over the country. I’m very disturbed how many of my friends believed this number and shared this on social media.

And if you say 1 kid dying is still too much, you better rethink leaving your house bc life is full of risks all day.

Excellent post. Can you post this as a comment to all your friends’ FB post repeating this guy? Also mention he works for NEA. I have been sitting on my hands all day but I hate FB conflict so I don’t want to post.

Thank you, I tried and a few people just posted that I was missing the whole point and there is so much more to his commentary than the number. I say his miscalculation detracts from his message but apparently I’m in the minority. The worst is he now knows of the mistake but won’t fix it. I need a social media break.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: This post going viral is a beautiful case study in the way misinformation spreads. This guy, grabs the number .0016 from the internet NOT understanding it is actually .0016 PERCENT. It is 3.02 kids, not 302. And that’s assuming all 189,000 students test positive. It’s really a fatality rate of less than one kid.

As soon as I got to the 3rd paragraph I knew his math had to be wrong bc if kids are not dropping dead all over the country. I’m very disturbed how many of my friends believed this number and shared this on social media.

And if you say 1 kid dying is still too much, you better rethink leaving your house bc life is full of risks all day.

Excellent post. Can you post this as a comment to all your friends’ FB post repeating this guy? Also mention he works for NEA. I have been sitting on my hands all day but I hate FB conflict so I don’t want to post.

Thank you, I tried and a few people just posted that I was missing the whole point and there is so much more to his commentary than the number. I say his miscalculation detracts from his message but apparently I’m in the minority. The worst is he now knows of the mistake but won’t fix it. I need a social media break.

I’m not even bothering correcting people. It’s their choice and they can use whatever data or “data” they want to help them arrive at their decision, just as whatever we decide to do for our children Using whatever information we find is our choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

If you’re in this camp, and I acknowledge that many, many people are, I’m asking you to consider that number from a slightly different angle.

FCPS has 189,000 children. .0016 of that is 302. 302 dead children are the Calvary Hill you’re erecting your argument on. So, let’s agree to do this: stop presenting this as a data point. If this is your argument, I challenge you to have courage equal to your conviction. Go ahead, plant a flag on the internet and say, “Only 302 children will die.” No one will. That’s the kind action on social media that gets you fired from your job. And I trust our social media enclave isn’t so careless and irresponsible with life that it would even, for even a millisecond, enter any of your minds to make such an argument.

Considered another way: You’re presented with a bag with 189,000 $1 bills. You’re told that in the bag are 302 random bills, they look and feel just like all the others, but each one of those bills will kill you. Do you take the money out of the bag?

This doesn’t make sense to me. The death rate of 0.0016 is for those children who contract the virus, not of the total population. The author is saying that if all 189K students in FCPS contract COVID, 302 of them will die.

That’s not going to happen.

There have been 1,237 cases of COVID in children ages 0-17 in Fairfax County in the last 4 months. Zero of them have died.

Okay, fine.

If 50% contract the virus, 151 will die.
If 25% contract the virus, 75 will die.
If 10% contract the virus, 30 will die.

Are those numbers okay? I hope not.

If 50% contract the virus, 1.51 will die.
If 25% contract the virus, .075 will die.
If 10% contract the virus, .030 will die.

Given that many (most?) high risk kids won’t be sent back, the stats are probably actually lower.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate this post. My child has fairly severe disabilities. I cannot educate him or meet his needs at home. I feel that posts like this pretend that he and my family do not exist.

With all due respect, if you aren’t the parent of a child like yours you just don’t know. I’m
Not sure why you are taking offense. Clearly this post isn’t meant for students like yours

I think if more families opt for DL, that will create more space for children like yours, PP. I think OP’s points will lead more families (of neurotypical children) to choose DL.

No they won't. Most of the stuff he said makes no sense or is melodramatic.

+1

How many of these posts are by teachers who simply don't want to go back to work?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: This post going viral is a beautiful case study in the way misinformation spreads. This guy, grabs the number .0016 from the internet NOT understanding it is actually .0016 PERCENT. It is 3.02 kids, not 302. And that’s assuming all 189,000 students test positive. It’s really a fatality rate of less than one kid.

As soon as I got to the 3rd paragraph I knew his math had to be wrong bc if kids are not dropping dead all over the country. I’m very disturbed how many of my friends believed this number and shared this on social media.

And if you say 1 kid dying is still too much, you better rethink leaving your house bc life is full of risks all day.

Excellent post. Can you post this as a comment to all your friends’ FB post repeating this guy? Also mention he works for NEA. I have been sitting on my hands all day but I hate FB conflict so I don’t want to post.

Thank you, I tried and a few people just posted that I was missing the whole point and there is so much more to his commentary than the number. I say his miscalculation detracts from his message but apparently I’m in the minority. The worst is he now knows of the mistake but won’t fix it. I need a social media break.

I’m not even bothering correcting people. It’s their choice and they can use whatever data or “data” they want to help them arrive at their decision, just as whatever we decide to do for our children Using whatever information we find is our choice.

Honestly if this makes people choose DL then I hope they don't notice the mistake. The less who choose hybrid the better!

[Anonymous]

It seems the DL people are very vocal about the dangers of hybrid. Can’t they just take advantage of the choice FCPS has granted and let others make up their own mind? I am still undecided, btw.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It seems the DL people are very vocal about the dangers of hybrid. Can’t they just take advantage of the choice FCPS has granted and let others make up their own mind? I am still undecided, btw.

If we didn’t need both jobs to keep our house, one of us would quit and we would do DL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate this post. My child has fairly severe disabilities. I cannot educate him or meet his needs at home. I feel that posts like this pretend that he and my family do not exist.

With all due respect, if you aren’t the parent of a child like yours you just don’t know. I’m
Not sure why you are taking offense. Clearly this post isn’t meant for students like yours

I think if more families opt for DL, that will create more space for children like yours, PP. I think OP’s points will lead more families (of neurotypical children) to choose DL.

No they won't. Most of the stuff he said makes no sense or is melodramatic.

+1

How many of these posts are by teachers who simply don't want to go back to work?


-1000 And how many are by the same vocal moron who doesn't realize that even one death is too many for our vulnerable populations and that the virus won't go away until we force it away by total quarantines. I wish you were the person who said they had to take a social media break. We really need fewer idiots on these boards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: This post going viral is a beautiful case study in the way misinformation spreads. This guy, grabs the number .0016 from the internet NOT understanding it is actually .0016 PERCENT. It is 3.02 kids, not 302. And that’s assuming all 189,000 students test positive. It’s really a fatality rate of less than one kid.

As soon as I got to the 3rd paragraph I knew his math had to be wrong bc if kids are not dropping dead all over the country. I’m very disturbed how many of my friends believed this number and shared this on social media.

And if you say 1 kid dying is still too much, you better rethink leaving your house bc life is full of risks all day.

Excellent post. Can you post this as a comment to all your friends’ FB post repeating this guy? Also mention he works for NEA. I have been sitting on my hands all day but I hate FB conflict so I don’t want to post.

Thank you, I tried and a few people just posted that I was missing the whole point and there is so much more to his commentary than the number. I say his miscalculation detracts from his message but apparently I’m in the minority. The worst is he now knows of the mistake but won’t fix it. I need a social media break.

I’m not even bothering correcting people. It’s their choice and they can use whatever data or “data” they want to help them arrive at their decision, just as whatever we decide to do for our children Using whatever information we find is our choice.

Honestly if this makes people choose DL then I hope they don't notice the mistake. The less who choose hybrid the better!

My take-away is ... 3 kids. Whether his math is wrong or not, we're talking about 3 kids. That is 3 kids too many. You people are complete losers if you don't think 3 kids is worthy of more precautions.

[Anonymous]

This guys clearly has an agenda. He is trying to get parents to select DL with his sanctimonious and factually incorrect post. While he is entitled to make a choice on behalf on his own children, why is he trying so hard to change other people’s minds? I suspect that he is a teacher hoping to work a few hours/week from home this year at full pay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: This post going viral is a beautiful case study in the way misinformation spreads. This guy, grabs the number .0016 from the internet NOT understanding it is actually .0016 PERCENT. It is 3.02 kids, not 302. And that’s assuming all 189,000 students test positive. It’s really a fatality rate of less than one kid.

As soon as I got to the 3rd paragraph I knew his math had to be wrong bc if kids are not dropping dead all over the country. I’m very disturbed how many of my friends believed this number and shared this on social media.

And if you say 1 kid dying is still too much, you better rethink leaving your house bc life is full of risks all day.

Excellent post. Can you post this as a comment to all your friends’ FB post repeating this guy? Also mention he works for NEA. I have been sitting on my hands all day but I hate FB conflict so I don’t want to post.

Thank you, I tried and a few people just posted that I was missing the whole point and there is so much more to his commentary than the number. I say his miscalculation detracts from his message but apparently I’m in the minority. The worst is he now knows of the mistake but won’t fix it. I need a social media break.

I’m not even bothering correcting people. It’s their choice and they can use whatever data or “data” they want to help them arrive at their decision, just as whatever we decide to do for our children Using whatever information we find is our choice.

Honestly if this makes people choose DL then I hope they don't notice the mistake. The less who choose hybrid the better!

My take-away is ... 3 kids. Whether his math is wrong or not, we're talking about 3 kids. That is 3 kids too many. You people are complete losers if you don't think 3 kids is worthy of more precautions.

His math is wrong. It's 0.03 kids, not 3 kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: This post going viral is a beautiful case study in the way misinformation spreads. This guy, grabs the number .0016 from the internet NOT understanding it is actually .0016 PERCENT. It is 3.02 kids, not 302. And that’s assuming all 189,000 students test positive. It’s really a fatality rate of less than one kid.

As soon as I got to the 3rd paragraph I knew his math had to be wrong bc if kids are not dropping dead all over the country. I’m very disturbed how many of my friends believed this number and shared this on social media.

And if you say 1 kid dying is still too much, you better rethink leaving your house bc life is full of risks all day.

Excellent post. Can you post this as a comment to all your friends’ FB post repeating this guy? Also mention he works for NEA. I have been sitting on my hands all day but I hate FB conflict so I don’t want to post.

Thank you, I tried and a few people just posted that I was missing the whole point and there is so much more to his commentary than the number. I say his miscalculation detracts from his message but apparently I’m in the minority. The worst is he now knows of the mistake but won’t fix it. I need a social media break.

I’m not even bothering correcting people. It’s their choice and they can use whatever data or “data” they want to help them arrive at their decision, just as whatever we decide to do for our children Using whatever information we find is our choice.

Honestly if this makes people choose DL then I hope they don't notice the mistake. The less who choose hybrid the better!

My take-away is ... 3 kids. Whether his math is wrong or not, we're talking about 3 kids. That is 3 kids too many. You people are complete losers if you don't think 3 kids is worthy of more precautions.

It’s still 0 kids in Virginia. We’re going back to school, but zero is zero. Multiplying by zero is still probably too complicated math for this FB guy, though.