Official word—no more masks as of 3/1/22

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid gets Covid, she stays home for a day or two until she feels better. No one is staying home for ten days. Don't be a sucker.

+10000. No one is telling the schools their kids have Covid. Good Lord. Miss prom? They've missed enough.

You people are the problem. Selfish and disrespectful to others.

No, a freaking airborne respiratory virus is the problem.
-someone who wouldn't send a Covid positive kid to school and is tired of the divisiveness being directed at kids and families

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I live that teachers have the option too. It will make it easier for kids to unmask.

I think majority of teachers will keep masking at least till spring break. There are many immunocompromised, pregnant or teachers with little ones at home. My teammate and I just discussed and we both plan on masking for a little while longer.

+1, I’m not risking my spring break travel. So my kids will make until then as will I when I am around students.

Spoken like a true DMV parents, spring break is the most important outcome -- more important than health well-being and safety.

Mental health is important.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We moved out of state and our school system approved voluntary masks last May. It took a week or so before students started taking masks off.

The only kids wearing masks in high school are those whose politics drive their mask wearing. Nobody would say anything to them directly, but it’s sad and it’s almost exclusively black students.

Or maybe the black students were more likely to have loved ones suffer from covid and are more motivated to be careful. Most people who wear masks do so because they don't want to get covid, not because they are trying to make some statement.

+1,000,000. Wypipo don't get it. Masks are not political instruments for us. They are life and death decisions.

All the black children are not walking around in N95 or equivalents.

I happen to know because I don’t send mine with anything but lighter more breathable cloth masks. I’m sure they have some with them today (one does for sure because a teacher heavily implied that she would think less of children going mask-free). They will wear them or not, but I’m predicting in a week or two very few children will still be wearing them

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid gets Covid, she stays home for a day or two until she feels better. No one is staying home for ten days. Don't be a sucker.

Let's be clear, you're going to send your COVID-positive child to school maskless so s/he can infect other kids/teachers/staff? Got it.

They aren’t contagious after the first few days. Try to keep up.

[Anonymous]

The rule for illness is fever free for 24 hours. I would follow that for covid as well. It’s just a virus like any other. Meh.

[Anonymous]

Covid panic is over.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your kid gets Covid, she stays home for a day or two until she feels better. No one is staying home for ten days. Don't be a sucker.

+10000. No one is telling the schools their kids have Covid. Good Lord. Miss prom? They've missed enough.

Agree. No one is missing ten days of school.

They are if their kid is at school and sent to the Nurse. 10 days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your kid gets Covid, she stays home for a day or two until she feels better. No one is staying home for ten days. Don't be a sucker.

Let's be clear, you're going to send your COVID-positive child to school maskless so s/he can infect other kids/teachers/staff? Got it.

They aren’t contagious after the first few days. Try to keep up.

"..Preliminary data suggest that the Omicron variant is up to three times more infectious than the Delta variant [20]. With the recommended shorter isolation and quarantine periods, it is critical that people continue to wear well-fitting masks and take additional precautions for 5 days after leaving isolation or quarantine [21]. In addition, isolation should only end if a person has been fever-free for at least 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication and other symptoms have resolved. Modeling data from the United Kingdom reinforce the importance of mask use; after the 5th day after a positive test, an estimated 31% of persons remain infectious [22].

Source: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/quarantine-isolation-background.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We moved out of state and our school system approved voluntary masks last May. It took a week or so before students started taking masks off.

The only kids wearing masks in high school are those whose politics drive their mask wearing. Nobody would say anything to them directly, but it’s sad and it’s almost exclusively black students.

Or maybe the black students were more likely to have loved ones suffer from covid and are more motivated to be careful. Most people who wear masks do so because they don't want to get covid, not because they are trying to make some statement.

Or the black kids aren’t vaccinated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your kid gets Covid, she stays home for a day or two until she feels better. No one is staying home for ten days. Don't be a sucker.

+10000. No one is telling the schools their kids have Covid. Good Lord. Miss prom? They've missed enough.

Agree. No one is missing ten days of school.

They are if their kid is at school and sent to the Nurse. 10 days.

No, that's incorrect for FCPS. If they have symptoms, they get sent home and can come back 24 hours fever free and with a negative home Covid test.

[Anonymous]

If they are in high school, tell them not to go to the clinic. Stay home the next day. Don’t test if it’s not a terrible illness and go back when better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your kid gets Covid, she stays home for a day or two until she feels better. No one is staying home for ten days. Don't be a sucker.

Let's be clear, you're going to send your COVID-positive child to school maskless so s/he can infect other kids/teachers/staff? Got it.

They aren’t contagious after the first few days. Try to keep up.

"..Preliminary data suggest that the Omicron variant is up to three times more infectious than the Delta variant [20]. With the recommended shorter isolation and quarantine periods, it is critical that people continue to wear well-fitting masks and take additional precautions for 5 days after leaving isolation or quarantine [21]. In addition, isolation should only end if a person has been fever-free for at least 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication and other symptoms have resolved. Modeling data from the United Kingdom reinforce the importance of mask use; after the 5th day after a positive test, an estimated 31% of persons remain infectious [22].

Source: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/quarantine-isolation-background.html

Was this study done on kids? Just curious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your kid gets Covid, she stays home for a day or two until she feels better. No one is staying home for ten days. Don't be a sucker.

+10000. No one is telling the schools their kids have Covid. Good Lord. Miss prom? They've missed enough.

Agree. No one is missing ten days of school.

They are if their kid is at school and sent to the Nurse. 10 days.

LOL! I know you aren't posting from FCPS because none of our schools have nurses. Go away, troll.

[Anonymous]

24 hours fever free without medication and a negative at home covid test is the rule in FCPS. No need to sit home for ten days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCPS has so much egg on their face it’s not even funny!

OMG get a life!