MCPS covid cases

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Start tweeting at mcps to shut down early for winter break. They shouldn’t have classes next week. So many kids are sick.

How many kids are sick, and why should MCPS shut down about it? And why do you think that tweeting is effective?

1. I only have visibility on what’s happening in the Olney cluster, and it’s very bad. Multiple new cases every day at all levels.
2. Parents are already opting to keep their healthy kids home rather than risk getting sick before Christmas.
3. Some PG county schools shut down. Good Counsel and Gtown Prep both shut down early. The media is covering it. Social media calls out mcps for not taking action and erring on the side of caution. They’ll buckle. Did you read the county executive’s message yesterday? Our hospitals are already struggling. Kids are spreading covid at school and then taking it home to parents, grandparents, etc. Closing schools early before the Christmas spreading holiday will reduce the spread. They should go virtual for most of January,too. This dramatic increase began immediately after thanksgiving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Start tweeting at mcps to shut down early for winter break. They shouldn’t have classes next week. So many kids are sick.

How many kids are sick, and why should MCPS shut down about it? And why do you think that tweeting is effective?

1. I only have visibility on what’s happening in the Olney cluster, and it’s very bad. Multiple new cases every day at all levels.
2. Parents are already opting to keep their healthy kids home rather than risk getting sick before Christmas.
3. Some PG county schools shut down. Good Counsel and Gtown Prep both shut down early. The media is covering it. Social media calls out mcps for not taking action and erring on the side of caution. They’ll buckle. Did you read the county executive’s message yesterday? Our hospitals are already struggling. Kids are spreading covid at school and then taking it home to parents, grandparents, etc. Closing schools early before the Christmas spreading holiday will reduce the spread. They should go virtual for most of January,too. This dramatic increase began immediately after thanksgiving.

And then 'most' of January becomes all of January, then February, then March, then let's visit in-person in Fall 2022. They're holding the line on shutting down right now because this is how this story is going to play out otherwise. Omicron just needs to burn through hard and fast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Start tweeting at mcps to shut down early for winter break. They shouldn’t have classes next week. So many kids are sick.

How many kids are sick, and why should MCPS shut down about it? And why do you think that tweeting is effective?

1. I only have visibility on what’s happening in the Olney cluster, and it’s very bad. Multiple new cases every day at all levels.
2. Parents are already opting to keep their healthy kids home rather than risk getting sick before Christmas.
3. Some PG county schools shut down. Good Counsel and Gtown Prep both shut down early. The media is covering it. Social media calls out mcps for not taking action and erring on the side of caution. They’ll buckle. Did you read the county executive’s message yesterday? Our hospitals are already struggling. Kids are spreading covid at school and then taking it home to parents, grandparents, etc. Closing schools early before the Christmas spreading holiday will reduce the spread. They should go virtual for most of January,too. This dramatic increase began immediately after thanksgiving.

And then 'most' of January becomes all of January, then February, then March, then let's visit in-person in Fall 2022. They're holding the line on shutting down right now because this is how this story is going to play out otherwise. Omicron just needs to burn through hard and fast.

It won’t burn through that fast. There are a lot of people in our community. And, the end result could be deadly.

It’s not worth it. There’s no burden canceling half of next week before Xmas and going virtual for a week or two following break. They won’t extend it because they won’t have mcps covid metrics to warrant it.

Regardless, people scheduled to travel for the holidays or those who simply don’t want to be sick for Xmas will keep their kids home next week. In fact, I think some will keep them home today. The daily letters with multiple new cases this week have triggered the need for caution.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Start tweeting at mcps to shut down early for winter break. They shouldn’t have classes next week. So many kids are sick.

How many kids are sick, and why should MCPS shut down about it? And why do you think that tweeting is effective?

1. I only have visibility on what’s happening in the Olney cluster, and it’s very bad. Multiple new cases every day at all levels.
2. Parents are already opting to keep their healthy kids home rather than risk getting sick before Christmas.
3. Some PG county schools shut down. Good Counsel and Gtown Prep both shut down early. The media is covering it. Social media calls out mcps for not taking action and erring on the side of caution. They’ll buckle. Did you read the county executive’s message yesterday? Our hospitals are already struggling. Kids are spreading covid at school and then taking it home to parents, grandparents, etc. Closing schools early before the Christmas spreading holiday will reduce the spread. They should go virtual for most of January,too. This dramatic increase began immediately after thanksgiving.

I don't have a problem with MCPS switching to Zoom school again, as long as it's done in this order.

1. Shut down everything else first (stores, restaurants, non-medical workplaces, non-essential travel).
2. Then shut down the schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

It won’t burn through that fast. There are a lot of people in our community. And, the end result could be deadly.

It’s not worth it. There’s no burden canceling half of next week before Xmas and going virtual for a week or two following break. They won’t extend it because they won’t have mcps covid metrics to warrant it.

Regardless, people scheduled to travel for the holidays or those who simply don’t want to be sick for Xmas will keep their kids home next week. In fact, I think some will keep them home today. The daily letters with multiple new cases this week have triggered the need for caution.

[Anonymous]

We started out DC’s winter break today. Enough already.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We started out DC’s winter break today. Enough already.

Same here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Start tweeting at mcps to shut down early for winter break. They shouldn’t have classes next week. So many kids are sick.

How many kids are sick, and why should MCPS shut down about it? And why do you think that tweeting is effective?

1. I only have visibility on what’s happening in the Olney cluster, and it’s very bad. Multiple new cases every day at all levels.
2. Parents are already opting to keep their healthy kids home rather than risk getting sick before Christmas.
3. Some PG county schools shut down. Good Counsel and Gtown Prep both shut down early. The media is covering it. Social media calls out mcps for not taking action and erring on the side of caution. They’ll buckle. Did you read the county executive’s message yesterday? Our hospitals are already struggling. Kids are spreading covid at school and then taking it home to parents, grandparents, etc. Closing schools early before the Christmas spreading holiday will reduce the spread. They should go virtual for most of January,too. This dramatic increase began immediately after thanksgiving.

I don't have a problem with MCPS switching to Zoom school again, as long as it's done in this order.

1. Shut down everything else first (stores, restaurants, non-medical workplaces, non-essential travel).
2. Then shut down the schools.

This. The school cases aren’t Joey gave Cindy Covid because they have math together, it’s that Joey was playing sports/hanging out outside of school unmasked with his teammates/friends and then that group got it and so on. Kids just being in school and attending class isn’t the driving force.

[Anonymous]

This. The school cases aren’t Joey gave Cindy Covid because they have math together, it’s that Joey was playing sports/hanging out outside of school unmasked with his teammates/friends and then that group got it and so on. Kids just being in school and attending class isn’t the driving force.

Sigh. There's not talking to illogical people like you.

SCHOOL LUNCHES are obviously still the number 1 source of spread. Sports are number 2.
Have you seen a school cafeteria? Large room, hundreds of students sitting close together, no masks, opening their mouths constantly, eating and talking (the din is incredible). Several sitting of that, since no school can fit all students in the cafeteria at one time. It's prime infection time, obviously.
Close contact sports are also problematic, whether at school or outside, but those groups are much smaller, so by sheer force of numbers (which so many of you are extremely bad at!), school lunches will obviously contribute more to viral spread.

The reason some of you don't want to hear it is that it's easier to pick an optional activity and blame Covid spread on something a nebulous group does, not everyone. There is no satisfaction in pointing to something ALL your kids are doing daily - you'd have the impression of blaming yourselves. So you point at something "others" are doing.

Sorry, but there's no blame game here. Anyone who sends their kids to school is contributing to viral spread equally through school lunches. Kids need school. They need to eat. What can you do, except restrict everything else apart from school, and then only close schools as a last resort?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Start tweeting at mcps to shut down early for winter break. They shouldn’t have classes next week. So many kids are sick.

How many kids are sick, and why should MCPS shut down about it? And why do you think that tweeting is effective?

1. I only have visibility on what’s happening in the Olney cluster, and it’s very bad. Multiple new cases every day at all levels.
2. Parents are already opting to keep their healthy kids home rather than risk getting sick before Christmas.
3. Some PG county schools shut down. Good Counsel and Gtown Prep both shut down early. The media is covering it. Social media calls out mcps for not taking action and erring on the side of caution. They’ll buckle. Did you read the county executive’s message yesterday? Our hospitals are already struggling. Kids are spreading covid at school and then taking it home to parents, grandparents, etc. Closing schools early before the Christmas spreading holiday will reduce the spread. They should go virtual for most of January,too. This dramatic increase began immediately after thanksgiving.

I don't have a problem with MCPS switching to Zoom school again, as long as it's done in this order.

1. Shut down everything else first (stores, restaurants, non-medical workplaces, non-essential travel).
2. Then shut down the schools.

THIS!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

This. The school cases aren’t Joey gave Cindy Covid because they have math together, it’s that Joey was playing sports/hanging out outside of school unmasked with his teammates/friends and then that group got it and so on. Kids just being in school and attending class isn’t the driving force.

Sigh. There's not talking to illogical people like you.

SCHOOL LUNCHES are obviously still the number 1 source of spread. Sports are number 2.
Have you seen a school cafeteria? Large room, hundreds of students sitting close together, no masks, opening their mouths constantly, eating and talking (the din is incredible). Several sitting of that, since no school can fit all students in the cafeteria at one time. It's prime infection time, obviously.
Close contact sports are also problematic, whether at school or outside, but those groups are much smaller, so by sheer force of numbers (which so many of you are extremely bad at!), school lunches will obviously contribute more to viral spread.

The reason some of you don't want to hear it is that it's easier to pick an optional activity and blame Covid spread on something a nebulous group does, not everyone. There is no satisfaction in pointing to something ALL your kids are doing daily - you'd have the impression of blaming yourselves. So you point at something "others" are doing.

Sorry, but there's no blame game here. Anyone who sends their kids to school is contributing to viral spread equally through school lunches. Kids need school. They need to eat. What can you do, except restrict everything else apart from school, and then only close schools as a last resort?



Where did Joey get it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

This. The school cases aren’t Joey gave Cindy Covid because they have math together, it’s that Joey was playing sports/hanging out outside of school unmasked with his teammates/friends and then that group got it and so on. Kids just being in school and attending class isn’t the driving force.

Sigh. There's not talking to illogical people like you.

SCHOOL LUNCHES are obviously still the number 1 source of spread. Sports are number 2.
Have you seen a school cafeteria? Large room, hundreds of students sitting close together, no masks, opening their mouths constantly, eating and talking (the din is incredible). Several sitting of that, since no school can fit all students in the cafeteria at one time. It's prime infection time, obviously.
Close contact sports are also problematic, whether at school or outside, but those groups are much smaller, so by sheer force of numbers (which so many of you are extremely bad at!), school lunches will obviously contribute more to viral spread.

The reason some of you don't want to hear it is that it's easier to pick an optional activity and blame Covid spread on something a nebulous group does, not everyone. There is no satisfaction in pointing to something ALL your kids are doing daily - you'd have the impression of blaming yourselves. So you point at something "others" are doing.

Sorry, but there's no blame game here. Anyone who sends their kids to school is contributing to viral spread equally through school lunches. Kids need school. They need to eat. What can you do, except restrict everything else apart from school, and then only close schools as a last resort?


And yet most of these outbreaks are traced to sports/friend groups, not some kid that got it and the only infection possibility was lunch. 🙄

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Start tweeting at mcps to shut down early for winter break. They shouldn’t have classes next week. So many kids are sick.

How many kids are sick, and why should MCPS shut down about it? And why do you think that tweeting is effective?

1. I only have visibility on what’s happening in the Olney cluster, and it’s very bad. Multiple new cases every day at all levels.
2. Parents are already opting to keep their healthy kids home rather than risk getting sick before Christmas.
3. Some PG county schools shut down. Good Counsel and Gtown Prep both shut down early. The media is covering it. Social media calls out mcps for not taking action and erring on the side of caution. They’ll buckle. Did you read the county executive’s message yesterday? Our hospitals are already struggling. Kids are spreading covid at school and then taking it home to parents, grandparents, etc. Closing schools early before the Christmas spreading holiday will reduce the spread. They should go virtual for most of January,too. This dramatic increase began immediately after thanksgiving.

I don't have a problem with MCPS switching to Zoom school again, as long as it's done in this order.

1. Shut down everything else first (stores, restaurants, non-medical workplaces, non-essential travel).
2. Then shut down the schools.

We’re not going to do either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:


Sorry, but there's no blame game here. Anyone who sends their kids to school is contributing to viral spread equally through school lunches. Kids need school. They need to eat. What can you do, except restrict everything else apart from school, and then only close schools as a last resort?

And yet here we are on DCUM, urging the closing of schools as a first resort. Again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Start tweeting at mcps to shut down early for winter break. They shouldn’t have classes next week. So many kids are sick.

How many kids are sick, and why should MCPS shut down about it? And why do you think that tweeting is effective?

1. I only have visibility on what’s happening in the Olney cluster, and it’s very bad. Multiple new cases every day at all levels.
2. Parents are already opting to keep their healthy kids home rather than risk getting sick before Christmas.
3. Some PG county schools shut down. Good Counsel and Gtown Prep both shut down early. The media is covering it. Social media calls out mcps for not taking action and erring on the side of caution. They’ll buckle. Did you read the county executive’s message yesterday? Our hospitals are already struggling. Kids are spreading covid at school and then taking it home to parents, grandparents, etc. Closing schools early before the Christmas spreading holiday will reduce the spread. They should go virtual for most of January,too. This dramatic increase began immediately after thanksgiving.

And then 'most' of January becomes all of January, then February, then March, then let's visit in-person in Fall 2022. They're holding the line on shutting down right now because this is how this story is going to play out otherwise. Omicron just needs to burn through hard and fast.

I agree, once they shut down it is hard to reopen, we see how that okayed out last time. We just have to get through it. Our entire household is vaccinated other than our 3yo and I feel in a good place about weathering Covid should we get it.