This is going to be bad…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PLEASE DO TEST if your kid has symptoms. These are the "real" rules for FCPS.... (copied from school website):
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Students who are showing signs of COVID-like illness may not return to school until:

1. Student has tested negative for COVID-19 OR
2. A healthcare provider has seen the student and documented a reason for the symptoms other than COVID-19 OR
3. All of these are true:
at least 10 days since the start of symptoms AND
fever free off anti-fever medicines for 24 hours AND
symptoms are getting better

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So, once you test negative (doesn't matter what kind of test), you are good to go back to school. Period. End of story.

This is why I'm going to get some Binax tests to have on hand.

Thank you. These are reasonable requirements, although to make them work, we need much more convenient and accessible testing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait ? Whaaaaaat? You don’t have to quarantine if you are vaccinated!

This is the second person in VA who claims that vaccinated family members were told to quarantine regardless of test results. Is it possible that local health officials in VA aren't following the CDC recommendations?

I would be angry about this, as the quarantine guidance plays into our risk assessment. I wouldn't send my sick vaccinated kids to school, but I wouldn't necessarily keep them home 10 days after they first became sick of they had no symptoms and had a negative test. There has to be some benefit to being vaccinated.

As far as I can tell VAHD is NOT following CDC guidelines. Who is in charge of the county health dept? The Mayor? Or the State Health Dept? I can’t believe the mixed messaging we are getting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To add on to the rules:

IF You have been exposed to someone in the household who is positive for Covid, THEN YOU MUST Quarantine for 14 days.

What rule is this? Vaccinated people don't quarantine, full stop.
Postive-covid household members can isolate themselves and then the rest of the household does not need to stay home for fourteen days.

[Anonymous]

The problem is that "symptoms" for Covid in kids are insanely common. Kids with allergies have "Covid symptoms" every day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a parent of 2 HS children in Fairfax county. Yesterday, I was in an accident and had to be rushed to the ER. I personally saw that the ER was packed, due to the unavailability of rooms, I and some other patients spent a lot of time in the hallway, we do not want a situation that if something happens there are no beds in the hospital.
Please take this seriously, I witnessed firsthand the situation in the ER and our healthcare workers are working nonstop and we cannot add to their burden. The school board needs to provide a virtual/ hybrid option before this spins out of control.

The dashboard shows that last week, hospitals were 100% full, but only 4.4% of cases were COVID. So, I’m not sure what’s straining our capacity. But, it’s now COvId right now.

[Anonymous]

Many ERs are packed during non Covid times. That's nothing new.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Word is going to get out to only test if you have a case that needs hospitalization. At all ages, really.

If you miss school because you are sick, the school will call and demand you get tested.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who is “they”?

Why would you have to quarantine if you have two negative covid tests?
Who said you can’t start school?

They is INOVA Urgent Care. And the provided a letter for missing work at a FCHD site and a letter for school. And both said my fully vaxxed, fever free, very mild symptom, rapid test negative kid should be excluded from work and school for 10 days (plus no fever, plus symptoms improving) even if his PCR test was negative.

I certainly questioned this, amd was told “PCR tests are missing some delta cases, and we can’t be too careful”

FCHD has some jurisdiction over his job because he works at a Fairfax County site. And, of course FCHD has jurisdiction over FCPS.

We never really thought this kid had COVID. We acted out of an abundance of caution, since his job is public facing (but he wears a mask and it’s mostly outside).

I’m putting a word out caution out there. Don’t get your kid tested because they are mildly ill, or seem off, or whatever. Even if they are clear, you could be looking at 10 days of school for them, plus unvaxxed siblings, plus so,e amount of time for vaxxed siblings.

THAT is your takeaway? Jesus we are all doomed.

Yes, we are doomed if every time someone gets the sniffles we have to shut the entire household down for 3+ weeks.

WhT we need is CLEAR guidelines. Students in the same class, student in a class within 6 feet, students at lunch unmasked. Unmasked band and athletics. And mostly clear guidelines for students who feel unwell. Is a rapid test enough? Does my kid need a PCR. Can I do it at home or being a test to the clinic so they can observe? Are vaxx siblings quarantined? Unvaxxed siblings quarantined?

I know some of this info is out there is you dig. But, we need a clear chart on a prominent place on the website. So if my athlete is unmasked indoors and is exposed, I know what to do which my unvaxxed ES kid. It’s chaos.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To add on to the rules:

IF You have been exposed to someone in the household who is positive for Covid, THEN YOU MUST Quarantine for 14 days.

What rule is this? Vaccinated people don't quarantine, full stop.
Postive-covid household members can isolate themselves and then the rest of the household does not need to stay home for fourteen days.

I'm just posting what is on the high school website (FCPS). It doesn't mention the vaccination exception. Maybe that is a mis-statement on their part. Seems like most of us would need to know that exception, since the majority of HS students have been vaccinated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Ok, well this is what the CDC says, Delta expert: "If you’ve had close contact with someone who has COVID-19, you should get tested 3-5 days after your exposure, even if you don’t have symptoms. You should also wear a mask indoors in public for 14 days following exposure or until your test result is negative. You should isolate for 10 days if your test result is positive."

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated.html

The mask statement is why I give CDC no credibility. Their posters recommend cloth masks, which are approximately useless. They stop about 1/3 when not filled up with moisture and forcing air around the mask. You comfortable with 2/3 of delta?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a parent of 2 HS children in Fairfax county. Yesterday, I was in an accident and had to be rushed to the ER. I personally saw that the ER was packed, due to the unavailability of rooms, I and some other patients spent a lot of time in the hallway, we do not want a situation that if something happens there are no beds in the hospital.
Please take this seriously, I witnessed firsthand the situation in the ER and our healthcare workers are working nonstop and we cannot add to their burden. The school board needs to provide a virtual/ hybrid option before this spins out of control.

The dashboard shows that last week, hospitals were 100% full, but only 4.4% of cases were COVID. So, I’m not sure what’s straining our capacity. But, it’s now COvId right now.

Hot off the presses, the latest covid report for VA.

https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/content/uploads/sites/182/2021/08/COVID-19_VA_Spread_18-August-2021-1.pdf

Look at p. 26 for hospitalizations. It looks like weekly hospitalization levels are about the same as they were in May. The bulk of the hospitalizations are in the 50-69 age group.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:at least at the INOVA urgent cares.
If INOVA isn’t going to be reasonable, parents should know what they are getting into when they try to do the responsible thing and get a kid with mild, maybe COVID symptoms, tested.

Regardless of test location, positive tests get forwarded to the health department, and they will contact you regarding quarantine.
INOVA's statements after negative tests carry no weight, and they do not report these.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a parent of 2 HS children in Fairfax county. Yesterday, I was in an accident and had to be rushed to the ER. I personally saw that the ER was packed, due to the unavailability of rooms, I and some other patients spent a lot of time in the hallway, we do not want a situation that if something happens there are no beds in the hospital.
Please take this seriously, I witnessed firsthand the situation in the ER and our healthcare workers are working nonstop and we cannot add to their burden. The school board needs to provide a virtual/ hybrid option before this spins out of control.

The dashboard shows that last week, hospitals were 100% full, but only 4.4% of cases were COVID. So, I’m not sure what’s straining our capacity. But, it’s now COvId right now.

Hot off the presses, the latest covid report for VA.

https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/content/uploads/sites/182/2021/08/COVID-19_VA_Spread_18-August-2021-1.pdf

Look at p. 26 for hospitalizations. It looks like weekly hospitalization levels are about the same as they were in May. The bulk of the hospitalizations are in the 50-69 age group.

You do realize that people here don't want evidence that the sky isn't falling, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PLEASE DO TEST if your kid has symptoms. These are the "real" rules for FCPS.... (copied from school website):
________________________________________________
Students who are showing signs of COVID-like illness may not return to school until:

1. Student has tested negative for COVID-19 OR
2. A healthcare provider has seen the student and documented a reason for the symptoms other than COVID-19 OR
3. All of these are true:
at least 10 days since the start of symptoms AND
fever free off anti-fever medicines for 24 hours AND
symptoms are getting better

___________________________________________

So, once you test negative (doesn't matter what kind of test), you are good to go back to school. Period. End of story.

So they WILL take a rapid test that has FDA EUA that I bought from Amazon and have sitting in my closet? Because I’ll pay the $12.50 not to have to sit in urgent care (where the kid could be exposed), lose a morning of work, and have my kid wait until at least the next day for clearance. AND keep an unvaxxed sibling at home while we wait.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a parent of 2 HS children in Fairfax county. Yesterday, I was in an accident and had to be rushed to the ER. I personally saw that the ER was packed, due to the unavailability of rooms, I and some other patients spent a lot of time in the hallway, we do not want a situation that if something happens there are no beds in the hospital.
Please take this seriously, I witnessed firsthand the situation in the ER and our healthcare workers are working nonstop and we cannot add to their burden. The school board needs to provide a virtual/ hybrid option before this spins out of control.

The dashboard shows that last week, hospitals were 100% full, but only 4.4% of cases were COVID. So, I’m not sure what’s straining our capacity. But, it’s now COvId right now.

Hot off the presses, the latest covid report for VA.

https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/content/uploads/sites/182/2021/08/COVID-19_VA_Spread_18-August-2021-1.pdf

Look at p. 26 for hospitalizations. It looks like weekly hospitalization levels are about the same as they were in May. The bulk of the hospitalizations are in the 50-69 age group.

Page 8 shows surging case rates in every district