Anonymous wrote:Sick children with infectious diseases should not be in school infecting other people.
Schools need to test these children that are coughing and sneezing for infectious diseases and remove them form class if it’s infectious.
I believe Children with allergies are more prone to die when they get the flu or COVID. So if my kid had allergies I would not knowingly send him into a classroom with the air full of COVID or the flu.
It’s cold season. So many kids are running around with coughs and sneezing and runny noses that don’t have Covid. Those kids should not be staying home for 7 to 10 days missing instruction. And now they need a doctors note after five days or they’ll be kicked out of school. Kids will allergies will be just fine. Obviously if your child has Covid or flu, stay home but their other bugs running around.
And don’t you remember when they tried testing kits for Covid back in 2021? Only a fraction of a parrot signed up for it. So that will never work.
Agreed. That's why a mask is a good idea. The kids can be in school, and the mask will reduce the chances that they infect other people.
No, a mask is NOT a good idea for otherwise healthy kids.
You are welcome to wear a mask all day, every day for the rest of you life if you so choose. Kids get sick. It's part of life. And, actually, some have argued that it's a good thing because it helps kids develop a strong immune system.
If you have an infectious illness, then you are not a "healthy kid" - you are a kid who has an infectious disease.
Yes, kids get sick. And when they do, we respond appropriately. For example, we keep them at home, or we take them to the doctor - or we get them vaccinated. A mask at school, so they're less likely to infect other kids or adults, is an appropriate response.
Don’t be obtuse. Yes, they are healthy kids. And healthy kids can get sick with the flu, colds, or stomach bugs. I keep my kids home too, but guess what I’m not gonna have them mask at school for colds. And if I was the type of person who was so concerned about getting infected, then I would mask myself up and not demand that of other people.
Yes, and then they're infectious, and it's socially responsible to do what you can so they don't infect other people. Which might include masks.
No.
If you are so concerned about infectious diseases, make sure to send your own kid in an N 95 mask so that they don’t get sick.
You could also say, "If you are so concerned about fires, make sure to install your own smoke alarms and sprinkler systems," and yet government laws and building codes require smoke alarms and sprinkler systems, even for people are not so concerned about fires.
OK keeping with your logic, government does not have laws that require you to wear masks when you have a cold. Or even the flu. Or even Covid.
You should not need laws for common sense practices.
Only people with anxiety issues think that you need to mask up for colds. That is not common sense. I don’t think you know what common sense is.
Grow up. It’s not anxiety to not to want to get a cold for a week. It’s really uncomfortable and disruptive. Check your mental health if you lack the judgement to stay home when sick.
No one *wants* a cold, but the majority of us accept it as a fact of life. If you don't accept the risk, you can take measures to protect yourself and your family. Be warned that if you keep your own kids home for every cold, your kids are going to get flagged for poor attendance eventually. You'll want to document with doctors notes because staying home a week for a cold is not common practice and some will think you're lying to take your kids to Disney and such.
I’d accept an actual cold as a fact of life. I don’t accept as a fact of life COVID being given to my kid by some yahoo who declared “cold symptoms” and refused to test. You shouldn’t either.
I do. But there are no N-95s for kids. So my kid wears a mask that is less protective at school with unmasked kids, some of whom who are apparently being sent there by sociopaths who think ignoring COVID symptoms turns them into cold symptoms.
If you don't think that's enough, how do you expect to protect them from asymptomatic cases and presymptomatic cases that are already contagious, regardless of whether it's rhinovirus, covid, flu, RSV, or a variety of other viruses?
It sounds like you should just let your kids live their lives and isolate yourself.
I don’t know why you would think I’d be interested in your opinion about this. Bye.
The quantity of your posts suggests otherwise.
There’s more than one person posting in response to you.
Anonymous wrote:Why isn’t there a focus on air purifiers? Trying to just focus on masking doesn’t seem right. Can’t MCPS throw some money at air purification systems? We’d all be better off
Because that’s not enough. You need multiple layers of mitigation.
Anonymous wrote:Sick children with infectious diseases should not be in school infecting other people.
Schools need to test these children that are coughing and sneezing for infectious diseases and remove them form class if it’s infectious.
I believe Children with allergies are more prone to die when they get the flu or COVID. So if my kid had allergies I would not knowingly send him into a classroom with the air full of COVID or the flu.
It’s cold season. So many kids are running around with coughs and sneezing and runny noses that don’t have Covid. Those kids should not be staying home for 7 to 10 days missing instruction. And now they need a doctors note after five days or they’ll be kicked out of school. Kids will allergies will be just fine. Obviously if your child has Covid or flu, stay home but their other bugs running around.
And don’t you remember when they tried testing kits for Covid back in 2021? Only a fraction of a parrot signed up for it. So that will never work.
Agreed. That's why a mask is a good idea. The kids can be in school, and the mask will reduce the chances that they infect other people.
No, a mask is NOT a good idea for otherwise healthy kids.
You are welcome to wear a mask all day, every day for the rest of you life if you so choose. Kids get sick. It's part of life. And, actually, some have argued that it's a good thing because it helps kids develop a strong immune system.
If you have an infectious illness, then you are not a "healthy kid" - you are a kid who has an infectious disease.
Yes, kids get sick. And when they do, we respond appropriately. For example, we keep them at home, or we take them to the doctor - or we get them vaccinated. A mask at school, so they're less likely to infect other kids or adults, is an appropriate response.
Don’t be obtuse. Yes, they are healthy kids. And healthy kids can get sick with the flu, colds, or stomach bugs. I keep my kids home too, but guess what I’m not gonna have them mask at school for colds. And if I was the type of person who was so concerned about getting infected, then I would mask myself up and not demand that of other people.
Yes, and then they're infectious, and it's socially responsible to do what you can so they don't infect other people. Which might include masks.
No.
If you are so concerned about infectious diseases, make sure to send your own kid in an N 95 mask so that they don’t get sick.
You could also say, "If you are so concerned about fires, make sure to install your own smoke alarms and sprinkler systems," and yet government laws and building codes require smoke alarms and sprinkler systems, even for people are not so concerned about fires.
OK keeping with your logic, government does not have laws that require you to wear masks when you have a cold. Or even the flu. Or even Covid.
You should not need laws for common sense practices.
Only people with anxiety issues think that you need to mask up for colds. That is not common sense. I don’t think you know what common sense is.
Grow up. It’s not anxiety to not to want to get a cold for a week. It’s really uncomfortable and disruptive. Check your mental health if you lack the judgement to stay home when sick.
No one *wants* a cold, but the majority of us accept it as a fact of life. If you don't accept the risk, you can take measures to protect yourself and your family. Be warned that if you keep your own kids home for every cold, your kids are going to get flagged for poor attendance eventually. You'll want to document with doctors notes because staying home a week for a cold is not common practice and some will think you're lying to take your kids to Disney and such.
I’d accept an actual cold as a fact of life. I don’t accept as a fact of life COVID being given to my kid by some yahoo who declared “cold symptoms” and refused to test. You shouldn’t either.
I do. But there are no N-95s for kids. So my kid wears a mask that is less protective at school with unmasked kids, some of whom who are apparently being sent there by sociopaths who think ignoring COVID symptoms turns them into cold symptoms.
Regular colds are just as problematic as kids share desks/supplies and touch everything and there is no surface cleaning so it gets spread on surfaces.
Why are your kids licking desks? It sounds like you've got bigger problems than covid.
Kids don’t wash hands before lunch. They share items and desks, touching them, then eat. Are you really that much in denial?
Anonymous wrote:Sick children with infectious diseases should not be in school infecting other people.
Schools need to test these children that are coughing and sneezing for infectious diseases and remove them form class if it’s infectious.
I believe Children with allergies are more prone to die when they get the flu or COVID. So if my kid had allergies I would not knowingly send him into a classroom with the air full of COVID or the flu.
It’s cold season. So many kids are running around with coughs and sneezing and runny noses that don’t have Covid. Those kids should not be staying home for 7 to 10 days missing instruction. And now they need a doctors note after five days or they’ll be kicked out of school. Kids will allergies will be just fine. Obviously if your child has Covid or flu, stay home but their other bugs running around.
And don’t you remember when they tried testing kits for Covid back in 2021? Only a fraction of a parrot signed up for it. So that will never work.
Agreed. That's why a mask is a good idea. The kids can be in school, and the mask will reduce the chances that they infect other people.
No, a mask is NOT a good idea for otherwise healthy kids.
You are welcome to wear a mask all day, every day for the rest of you life if you so choose. Kids get sick. It's part of life. And, actually, some have argued that it's a good thing because it helps kids develop a strong immune system.
If you have an infectious illness, then you are not a "healthy kid" - you are a kid who has an infectious disease.
Yes, kids get sick. And when they do, we respond appropriately. For example, we keep them at home, or we take them to the doctor - or we get them vaccinated. A mask at school, so they're less likely to infect other kids or adults, is an appropriate response.
Don’t be obtuse. Yes, they are healthy kids. And healthy kids can get sick with the flu, colds, or stomach bugs. I keep my kids home too, but guess what I’m not gonna have them mask at school for colds. And if I was the type of person who was so concerned about getting infected, then I would mask myself up and not demand that of other people.
Yes, and then they're infectious, and it's socially responsible to do what you can so they don't infect other people. Which might include masks.
No.
If you are so concerned about infectious diseases, make sure to send your own kid in an N 95 mask so that they don’t get sick.
You could also say, "If you are so concerned about fires, make sure to install your own smoke alarms and sprinkler systems," and yet government laws and building codes require smoke alarms and sprinkler systems, even for people are not so concerned about fires.
OK keeping with your logic, government does not have laws that require you to wear masks when you have a cold. Or even the flu. Or even Covid.
You should not need laws for common sense practices.
Only people with anxiety issues think that you need to mask up for colds. That is not common sense. I don’t think you know what common sense is.
Grow up. It’s not anxiety to not to want to get a cold for a week. It’s really uncomfortable and disruptive. Check your mental health if you lack the judgement to stay home when sick.
No one *wants* a cold, but the majority of us accept it as a fact of life. If you don't accept the risk, you can take measures to protect yourself and your family. Be warned that if you keep your own kids home for every cold, your kids are going to get flagged for poor attendance eventually. You'll want to document with doctors notes because staying home a week for a cold is not common practice and some will think you're lying to take your kids to Disney and such.
I’d accept an actual cold as a fact of life. I don’t accept as a fact of life COVID being given to my kid by some yahoo who declared “cold symptoms” and refused to test. You shouldn’t either.
I do. But there are no N-95s for kids. So my kid wears a mask that is less protective at school with unmasked kids, some of whom who are apparently being sent there by sociopaths who think ignoring COVID symptoms turns them into cold symptoms.
Anonymous wrote:Sick children with infectious diseases should not be in school infecting other people.
Schools need to test these children that are coughing and sneezing for infectious diseases and remove them form class if it’s infectious.
I believe Children with allergies are more prone to die when they get the flu or COVID. So if my kid had allergies I would not knowingly send him into a classroom with the air full of COVID or the flu.
It’s cold season. So many kids are running around with coughs and sneezing and runny noses that don’t have Covid. Those kids should not be staying home for 7 to 10 days missing instruction. And now they need a doctors note after five days or they’ll be kicked out of school. Kids will allergies will be just fine. Obviously if your child has Covid or flu, stay home but their other bugs running around.
And don’t you remember when they tried testing kits for Covid back in 2021? Only a fraction of a parrot signed up for it. So that will never work.
Agreed. That's why a mask is a good idea. The kids can be in school, and the mask will reduce the chances that they infect other people.
No, a mask is NOT a good idea for otherwise healthy kids.
You are welcome to wear a mask all day, every day for the rest of you life if you so choose. Kids get sick. It's part of life. And, actually, some have argued that it's a good thing because it helps kids develop a strong immune system.
If you have an infectious illness, then you are not a "healthy kid" - you are a kid who has an infectious disease.
Yes, kids get sick. And when they do, we respond appropriately. For example, we keep them at home, or we take them to the doctor - or we get them vaccinated. A mask at school, so they're less likely to infect other kids or adults, is an appropriate response.
Don’t be obtuse. Yes, they are healthy kids. And healthy kids can get sick with the flu, colds, or stomach bugs. I keep my kids home too, but guess what I’m not gonna have them mask at school for colds. And if I was the type of person who was so concerned about getting infected, then I would mask myself up and not demand that of other people.
Yes, and then they're infectious, and it's socially responsible to do what you can so they don't infect other people. Which might include masks.
No.
If you are so concerned about infectious diseases, make sure to send your own kid in an N 95 mask so that they don’t get sick.
You could also say, "If you are so concerned about fires, make sure to install your own smoke alarms and sprinkler systems," and yet government laws and building codes require smoke alarms and sprinkler systems, even for people are not so concerned about fires.
OK keeping with your logic, government does not have laws that require you to wear masks when you have a cold. Or even the flu. Or even Covid.
You should not need laws for common sense practices.
Only people with anxiety issues think that you need to mask up for colds. That is not common sense. I don’t think you know what common sense is.
Grow up. It’s not anxiety to not to want to get a cold for a week. It’s really uncomfortable and disruptive. Check your mental health if you lack the judgement to stay home when sick.
No one *wants* a cold, but the majority of us accept it as a fact of life. If you don't accept the risk, you can take measures to protect yourself and your family. Be warned that if you keep your own kids home for every cold, your kids are going to get flagged for poor attendance eventually. You'll want to document with doctors notes because staying home a week for a cold is not common practice and some will think you're lying to take your kids to Disney and such.
I’d accept an actual cold as a fact of life. I don’t accept as a fact of life COVID being given to my kid by some yahoo who declared “cold symptoms” and refused to test. You shouldn’t either.
I do. But there are no N-95s for kids. So my kid wears a mask that is less protective at school with unmasked kids, some of whom who are apparently being sent there by sociopaths who think ignoring COVID symptoms turns them into cold symptoms.
Regular colds are just as problematic as kids share desks/supplies and touch everything and there is no surface cleaning so it gets spread on surfaces.
Why are your kids licking desks? It sounds like you've got bigger problems than covid.
Kids don’t wash hands before lunch. They share items and desks, touching them, then eat. Are you really that much in denial?
Anonymous wrote:Sick children with infectious diseases should not be in school infecting other people.
Schools need to test these children that are coughing and sneezing for infectious diseases and remove them form class if it’s infectious.
I believe Children with allergies are more prone to die when they get the flu or COVID. So if my kid had allergies I would not knowingly send him into a classroom with the air full of COVID or the flu.
It’s cold season. So many kids are running around with coughs and sneezing and runny noses that don’t have Covid. Those kids should not be staying home for 7 to 10 days missing instruction. And now they need a doctors note after five days or they’ll be kicked out of school. Kids will allergies will be just fine. Obviously if your child has Covid or flu, stay home but their other bugs running around.
And don’t you remember when they tried testing kits for Covid back in 2021? Only a fraction of a parrot signed up for it. So that will never work.
Agreed. That's why a mask is a good idea. The kids can be in school, and the mask will reduce the chances that they infect other people.
No, a mask is NOT a good idea for otherwise healthy kids.
You are welcome to wear a mask all day, every day for the rest of you life if you so choose. Kids get sick. It's part of life. And, actually, some have argued that it's a good thing because it helps kids develop a strong immune system.
If you have an infectious illness, then you are not a "healthy kid" - you are a kid who has an infectious disease.
Yes, kids get sick. And when they do, we respond appropriately. For example, we keep them at home, or we take them to the doctor - or we get them vaccinated. A mask at school, so they're less likely to infect other kids or adults, is an appropriate response.
Don’t be obtuse. Yes, they are healthy kids. And healthy kids can get sick with the flu, colds, or stomach bugs. I keep my kids home too, but guess what I’m not gonna have them mask at school for colds. And if I was the type of person who was so concerned about getting infected, then I would mask myself up and not demand that of other people.
Yes, and then they're infectious, and it's socially responsible to do what you can so they don't infect other people. Which might include masks.
No.
If you are so concerned about infectious diseases, make sure to send your own kid in an N 95 mask so that they don’t get sick.
You could also say, "If you are so concerned about fires, make sure to install your own smoke alarms and sprinkler systems," and yet government laws and building codes require smoke alarms and sprinkler systems, even for people are not so concerned about fires.
OK keeping with your logic, government does not have laws that require you to wear masks when you have a cold. Or even the flu. Or even Covid.
You should not need laws for common sense practices.
Only people with anxiety issues think that you need to mask up for colds. That is not common sense. I don’t think you know what common sense is.
Grow up. It’s not anxiety to not to want to get a cold for a week. It’s really uncomfortable and disruptive. Check your mental health if you lack the judgement to stay home when sick.
No one *wants* a cold, but the majority of us accept it as a fact of life. If you don't accept the risk, you can take measures to protect yourself and your family. Be warned that if you keep your own kids home for every cold, your kids are going to get flagged for poor attendance eventually. You'll want to document with doctors notes because staying home a week for a cold is not common practice and some will think you're lying to take your kids to Disney and such.
I’d accept an actual cold as a fact of life. I don’t accept as a fact of life COVID being given to my kid by some yahoo who declared “cold symptoms” and refused to test. You shouldn’t either.
I do. But there are no N-95s for kids. So my kid wears a mask that is less protective at school with unmasked kids, some of whom who are apparently being sent there by sociopaths who think ignoring COVID symptoms turns them into cold symptoms.
Regular colds are just as problematic as kids share desks/supplies and touch everything and there is no surface cleaning so it gets spread on surfaces.
Why are your kids licking desks? It sounds like you've got bigger problems than covid.
Kids don’t wash hands before lunch. They share items and desks, touching them, then eat. Are you really that much in denial?
Anonymous wrote:Sick children with infectious diseases should not be in school infecting other people.
Schools need to test these children that are coughing and sneezing for infectious diseases and remove them form class if it’s infectious.
I believe Children with allergies are more prone to die when they get the flu or COVID. So if my kid had allergies I would not knowingly send him into a classroom with the air full of COVID or the flu.
It’s cold season. So many kids are running around with coughs and sneezing and runny noses that don’t have Covid. Those kids should not be staying home for 7 to 10 days missing instruction. And now they need a doctors note after five days or they’ll be kicked out of school. Kids will allergies will be just fine. Obviously if your child has Covid or flu, stay home but their other bugs running around.
And don’t you remember when they tried testing kits for Covid back in 2021? Only a fraction of a parrot signed up for it. So that will never work.
Agreed. That's why a mask is a good idea. The kids can be in school, and the mask will reduce the chances that they infect other people.
No, a mask is NOT a good idea for otherwise healthy kids.
You are welcome to wear a mask all day, every day for the rest of you life if you so choose. Kids get sick. It's part of life. And, actually, some have argued that it's a good thing because it helps kids develop a strong immune system.
If you have an infectious illness, then you are not a "healthy kid" - you are a kid who has an infectious disease.
Yes, kids get sick. And when they do, we respond appropriately. For example, we keep them at home, or we take them to the doctor - or we get them vaccinated. A mask at school, so they're less likely to infect other kids or adults, is an appropriate response.
Don’t be obtuse. Yes, they are healthy kids. And healthy kids can get sick with the flu, colds, or stomach bugs. I keep my kids home too, but guess what I’m not gonna have them mask at school for colds. And if I was the type of person who was so concerned about getting infected, then I would mask myself up and not demand that of other people.
Yes, and then they're infectious, and it's socially responsible to do what you can so they don't infect other people. Which might include masks.
No.
If you are so concerned about infectious diseases, make sure to send your own kid in an N 95 mask so that they don’t get sick.
You could also say, "If you are so concerned about fires, make sure to install your own smoke alarms and sprinkler systems," and yet government laws and building codes require smoke alarms and sprinkler systems, even for people are not so concerned about fires.
OK keeping with your logic, government does not have laws that require you to wear masks when you have a cold. Or even the flu. Or even Covid.
You should not need laws for common sense practices.
Only people with anxiety issues think that you need to mask up for colds. That is not common sense. I don’t think you know what common sense is.
Grow up. It’s not anxiety to not to want to get a cold for a week. It’s really uncomfortable and disruptive. Check your mental health if you lack the judgement to stay home when sick.
No one *wants* a cold, but the majority of us accept it as a fact of life. If you don't accept the risk, you can take measures to protect yourself and your family. Be warned that if you keep your own kids home for every cold, your kids are going to get flagged for poor attendance eventually. You'll want to document with doctors notes because staying home a week for a cold is not common practice and some will think you're lying to take your kids to Disney and such.
I’d accept an actual cold as a fact of life. I don’t accept as a fact of life COVID being given to my kid by some yahoo who declared “cold symptoms” and refused to test. You shouldn’t either.
I do. But there are no N-95s for kids. So my kid wears a mask that is less protective at school with unmasked kids, some of whom who are apparently being sent there by sociopaths who think ignoring COVID symptoms turns them into cold symptoms.
Regular colds are just as problematic as kids share desks/supplies and touch everything and there is no surface cleaning so it gets spread on surfaces.
Why are your kids licking desks? It sounds like you've got bigger problems than covid.
Kids don’t wash hands before lunch. They share items and desks, touching them, then eat. Are you really that much in denial?
Make sure your child has and uses hand sanitizer.
Do you actually have kids, PP?
DCUM: try this
PP: it won't work
DCUM: try this
PP: no
DCUM: try this
PP: I shouldn't have to
DCUM: try this
PP: it doesn't work
DCUM: try this
PP: bad idea
DCUM: try this
PP: you're a fool
It's unfortunate this is so political. Masks have been used pre-covid in other countries for a long time during the winter season. Putting one one when you have a cold and are sneezing or coughing is part of being polite.
Anonymous wrote:Sick children with infectious diseases should not be in school infecting other people.
Schools need to test these children that are coughing and sneezing for infectious diseases and remove them form class if it’s infectious.
I believe Children with allergies are more prone to die when they get the flu or COVID. So if my kid had allergies I would not knowingly send him into a classroom with the air full of COVID or the flu.
It’s cold season. So many kids are running around with coughs and sneezing and runny noses that don’t have Covid. Those kids should not be staying home for 7 to 10 days missing instruction. And now they need a doctors note after five days or they’ll be kicked out of school. Kids will allergies will be just fine. Obviously if your child has Covid or flu, stay home but their other bugs running around.
And don’t you remember when they tried testing kits for Covid back in 2021? Only a fraction of a parrot signed up for it. So that will never work.
Agreed. That's why a mask is a good idea. The kids can be in school, and the mask will reduce the chances that they infect other people.
No, a mask is NOT a good idea for otherwise healthy kids.
You are welcome to wear a mask all day, every day for the rest of you life if you so choose. Kids get sick. It's part of life. And, actually, some have argued that it's a good thing because it helps kids develop a strong immune system.
If you have an infectious illness, then you are not a "healthy kid" - you are a kid who has an infectious disease.
Yes, kids get sick. And when they do, we respond appropriately. For example, we keep them at home, or we take them to the doctor - or we get them vaccinated. A mask at school, so they're less likely to infect other kids or adults, is an appropriate response.
Don’t be obtuse. Yes, they are healthy kids. And healthy kids can get sick with the flu, colds, or stomach bugs. I keep my kids home too, but guess what I’m not gonna have them mask at school for colds. And if I was the type of person who was so concerned about getting infected, then I would mask myself up and not demand that of other people.
Yes, and then they're infectious, and it's socially responsible to do what you can so they don't infect other people. Which might include masks.
No.
If you are so concerned about infectious diseases, make sure to send your own kid in an N 95 mask so that they don’t get sick.
You could also say, "If you are so concerned about fires, make sure to install your own smoke alarms and sprinkler systems," and yet government laws and building codes require smoke alarms and sprinkler systems, even for people are not so concerned about fires.
OK keeping with your logic, government does not have laws that require you to wear masks when you have a cold. Or even the flu. Or even Covid.
You should not need laws for common sense practices.
Only people with anxiety issues think that you need to mask up for colds. That is not common sense. I don’t think you know what common sense is.
Grow up. It’s not anxiety to not to want to get a cold for a week. It’s really uncomfortable and disruptive. Check your mental health if you lack the judgement to stay home when sick.
No one *wants* a cold, but the majority of us accept it as a fact of life. If you don't accept the risk, you can take measures to protect yourself and your family. Be warned that if you keep your own kids home for every cold, your kids are going to get flagged for poor attendance eventually. You'll want to document with doctors notes because staying home a week for a cold is not common practice and some will think you're lying to take your kids to Disney and such.
I’d accept an actual cold as a fact of life. I don’t accept as a fact of life COVID being given to my kid by some yahoo who declared “cold symptoms” and refused to test. You shouldn’t either.
I do. But there are no N-95s for kids. So my kid wears a mask that is less protective at school with unmasked kids, some of whom who are apparently being sent there by sociopaths who think ignoring COVID symptoms turns them into cold symptoms.
If you don't think that's enough, how do you expect to protect them from asymptomatic cases and presymptomatic cases that are already contagious, regardless of whether it's rhinovirus, covid, flu, RSV, or a variety of other viruses?
It sounds like you should just let your kids live their lives and isolate yourself.
I don’t know why you would think I’d be interested in your opinion about this. Bye.
The quantity of your posts suggests otherwise.
There’s more than one person posting in response to you.
And you and the others continue to post, so you presumably are interested in others' posts.
Anonymous wrote:Sick children with infectious diseases should not be in school infecting other people.
Schools need to test these children that are coughing and sneezing for infectious diseases and remove them form class if it’s infectious.
I believe Children with allergies are more prone to die when they get the flu or COVID. So if my kid had allergies I would not knowingly send him into a classroom with the air full of COVID or the flu.
It’s cold season. So many kids are running around with coughs and sneezing and runny noses that don’t have Covid. Those kids should not be staying home for 7 to 10 days missing instruction. And now they need a doctors note after five days or they’ll be kicked out of school. Kids will allergies will be just fine. Obviously if your child has Covid or flu, stay home but their other bugs running around.
And don’t you remember when they tried testing kits for Covid back in 2021? Only a fraction of a parrot signed up for it. So that will never work.
Agreed. That's why a mask is a good idea. The kids can be in school, and the mask will reduce the chances that they infect other people.
No, a mask is NOT a good idea for otherwise healthy kids.
You are welcome to wear a mask all day, every day for the rest of you life if you so choose. Kids get sick. It's part of life. And, actually, some have argued that it's a good thing because it helps kids develop a strong immune system.
If you have an infectious illness, then you are not a "healthy kid" - you are a kid who has an infectious disease.
Yes, kids get sick. And when they do, we respond appropriately. For example, we keep them at home, or we take them to the doctor - or we get them vaccinated. A mask at school, so they're less likely to infect other kids or adults, is an appropriate response.
Don’t be obtuse. Yes, they are healthy kids. And healthy kids can get sick with the flu, colds, or stomach bugs. I keep my kids home too, but guess what I’m not gonna have them mask at school for colds. And if I was the type of person who was so concerned about getting infected, then I would mask myself up and not demand that of other people.
Yes, and then they're infectious, and it's socially responsible to do what you can so they don't infect other people. Which might include masks.
No.
If you are so concerned about infectious diseases, make sure to send your own kid in an N 95 mask so that they don’t get sick.
You could also say, "If you are so concerned about fires, make sure to install your own smoke alarms and sprinkler systems," and yet government laws and building codes require smoke alarms and sprinkler systems, even for people are not so concerned about fires.
OK keeping with your logic, government does not have laws that require you to wear masks when you have a cold. Or even the flu. Or even Covid.
You should not need laws for common sense practices.
Only people with anxiety issues think that you need to mask up for colds. That is not common sense. I don’t think you know what common sense is.
Grow up. It’s not anxiety to not to want to get a cold for a week. It’s really uncomfortable and disruptive. Check your mental health if you lack the judgement to stay home when sick.
No one *wants* a cold, but the majority of us accept it as a fact of life. If you don't accept the risk, you can take measures to protect yourself and your family. Be warned that if you keep your own kids home for every cold, your kids are going to get flagged for poor attendance eventually. You'll want to document with doctors notes because staying home a week for a cold is not common practice and some will think you're lying to take your kids to Disney and such.
I’d accept an actual cold as a fact of life. I don’t accept as a fact of life COVID being given to my kid by some yahoo who declared “cold symptoms” and refused to test. You shouldn’t either.
I do. But there are no N-95s for kids. So my kid wears a mask that is less protective at school with unmasked kids, some of whom who are apparently being sent there by sociopaths who think ignoring COVID symptoms turns them into cold symptoms.
Regular colds are just as problematic as kids share desks/supplies and touch everything and there is no surface cleaning so it gets spread on surfaces.
Why are your kids licking desks? It sounds like you've got bigger problems than covid.
Kids don’t wash hands before lunch. They share items and desks, touching them, then eat. Are you really that much in denial?
Make sure your child has and uses hand sanitizer.
That’s not a replacement for hand washing and it gets on the food that kids then eat.
Anonymous wrote:Sick children with infectious diseases should not be in school infecting other people.
Schools need to test these children that are coughing and sneezing for infectious diseases and remove them form class if it’s infectious.
I believe Children with allergies are more prone to die when they get the flu or COVID. So if my kid had allergies I would not knowingly send him into a classroom with the air full of COVID or the flu.
It’s cold season. So many kids are running around with coughs and sneezing and runny noses that don’t have Covid. Those kids should not be staying home for 7 to 10 days missing instruction. And now they need a doctors note after five days or they’ll be kicked out of school. Kids will allergies will be just fine. Obviously if your child has Covid or flu, stay home but their other bugs running around.
And don’t you remember when they tried testing kits for Covid back in 2021? Only a fraction of a parrot signed up for it. So that will never work.
Agreed. That's why a mask is a good idea. The kids can be in school, and the mask will reduce the chances that they infect other people.
No, a mask is NOT a good idea for otherwise healthy kids.
You are welcome to wear a mask all day, every day for the rest of you life if you so choose. Kids get sick. It's part of life. And, actually, some have argued that it's a good thing because it helps kids develop a strong immune system.
If you have an infectious illness, then you are not a "healthy kid" - you are a kid who has an infectious disease.
Yes, kids get sick. And when they do, we respond appropriately. For example, we keep them at home, or we take them to the doctor - or we get them vaccinated. A mask at school, so they're less likely to infect other kids or adults, is an appropriate response.
Don’t be obtuse. Yes, they are healthy kids. And healthy kids can get sick with the flu, colds, or stomach bugs. I keep my kids home too, but guess what I’m not gonna have them mask at school for colds. And if I was the type of person who was so concerned about getting infected, then I would mask myself up and not demand that of other people.
Yes, and then they're infectious, and it's socially responsible to do what you can so they don't infect other people. Which might include masks.
No.
If you are so concerned about infectious diseases, make sure to send your own kid in an N 95 mask so that they don’t get sick.
You could also say, "If you are so concerned about fires, make sure to install your own smoke alarms and sprinkler systems," and yet government laws and building codes require smoke alarms and sprinkler systems, even for people are not so concerned about fires.
OK keeping with your logic, government does not have laws that require you to wear masks when you have a cold. Or even the flu. Or even Covid.
You should not need laws for common sense practices.
Only people with anxiety issues think that you need to mask up for colds. That is not common sense. I don’t think you know what common sense is.
Grow up. It’s not anxiety to not to want to get a cold for a week. It’s really uncomfortable and disruptive. Check your mental health if you lack the judgement to stay home when sick.
No one *wants* a cold, but the majority of us accept it as a fact of life. If you don't accept the risk, you can take measures to protect yourself and your family. Be warned that if you keep your own kids home for every cold, your kids are going to get flagged for poor attendance eventually. You'll want to document with doctors notes because staying home a week for a cold is not common practice and some will think you're lying to take your kids to Disney and such.
I’d accept an actual cold as a fact of life. I don’t accept as a fact of life COVID being given to my kid by some yahoo who declared “cold symptoms” and refused to test. You shouldn’t either.
I do. But there are no N-95s for kids. So my kid wears a mask that is less protective at school with unmasked kids, some of whom who are apparently being sent there by sociopaths who think ignoring COVID symptoms turns them into cold symptoms.
Regular colds are just as problematic as kids share desks/supplies and touch everything and there is no surface cleaning so it gets spread on surfaces.
Why are your kids licking desks? It sounds like you've got bigger problems than covid.
Kids don’t wash hands before lunch. They share items and desks, touching them, then eat. Are you really that much in denial?
Make sure your child has and uses hand sanitizer.
That’s not a replacement for hand washing and it gets on the food that kids then eat.
Anonymous wrote:Sick children with infectious diseases should not be in school infecting other people.
Schools need to test these children that are coughing and sneezing for infectious diseases and remove them form class if it’s infectious.
I believe Children with allergies are more prone to die when they get the flu or COVID. So if my kid had allergies I would not knowingly send him into a classroom with the air full of COVID or the flu.
It’s cold season. So many kids are running around with coughs and sneezing and runny noses that don’t have Covid. Those kids should not be staying home for 7 to 10 days missing instruction. And now they need a doctors note after five days or they’ll be kicked out of school. Kids will allergies will be just fine. Obviously if your child has Covid or flu, stay home but their other bugs running around.
And don’t you remember when they tried testing kits for Covid back in 2021? Only a fraction of a parrot signed up for it. So that will never work.
Agreed. That's why a mask is a good idea. The kids can be in school, and the mask will reduce the chances that they infect other people.
No, a mask is NOT a good idea for otherwise healthy kids.
You are welcome to wear a mask all day, every day for the rest of you life if you so choose. Kids get sick. It's part of life. And, actually, some have argued that it's a good thing because it helps kids develop a strong immune system.
If you have an infectious illness, then you are not a "healthy kid" - you are a kid who has an infectious disease.
Yes, kids get sick. And when they do, we respond appropriately. For example, we keep them at home, or we take them to the doctor - or we get them vaccinated. A mask at school, so they're less likely to infect other kids or adults, is an appropriate response.
Don’t be obtuse. Yes, they are healthy kids. And healthy kids can get sick with the flu, colds, or stomach bugs. I keep my kids home too, but guess what I’m not gonna have them mask at school for colds. And if I was the type of person who was so concerned about getting infected, then I would mask myself up and not demand that of other people.
Yes, and then they're infectious, and it's socially responsible to do what you can so they don't infect other people. Which might include masks.
No.
If you are so concerned about infectious diseases, make sure to send your own kid in an N 95 mask so that they don’t get sick.
You could also say, "If you are so concerned about fires, make sure to install your own smoke alarms and sprinkler systems," and yet government laws and building codes require smoke alarms and sprinkler systems, even for people are not so concerned about fires.
OK keeping with your logic, government does not have laws that require you to wear masks when you have a cold. Or even the flu. Or even Covid.
You should not need laws for common sense practices.
Only people with anxiety issues think that you need to mask up for colds. That is not common sense. I don’t think you know what common sense is.
Grow up. It’s not anxiety to not to want to get a cold for a week. It’s really uncomfortable and disruptive. Check your mental health if you lack the judgement to stay home when sick.
No one *wants* a cold, but the majority of us accept it as a fact of life. If you don't accept the risk, you can take measures to protect yourself and your family. Be warned that if you keep your own kids home for every cold, your kids are going to get flagged for poor attendance eventually. You'll want to document with doctors notes because staying home a week for a cold is not common practice and some will think you're lying to take your kids to Disney and such.
I’d accept an actual cold as a fact of life. I don’t accept as a fact of life COVID being given to my kid by some yahoo who declared “cold symptoms” and refused to test. You shouldn’t either.
I do. But there are no N-95s for kids. So my kid wears a mask that is less protective at school with unmasked kids, some of whom who are apparently being sent there by sociopaths who think ignoring COVID symptoms turns them into cold symptoms.
Regular colds are just as problematic as kids share desks/supplies and touch everything and there is no surface cleaning so it gets spread on surfaces.
Why are your kids licking desks? It sounds like you've got bigger problems than covid.
Kids don’t wash hands before lunch. They share items and desks, touching them, then eat. Are you really that much in denial?
Make sure your child has and uses hand sanitizer.
That’s not a replacement for hand washing and it gets on the food that kids then eat.
LOL.
If you had her for a mother, wouldn't you resort to drinking hand sanitizer, too?
Anonymous wrote:Sick children with infectious diseases should not be in school infecting other people.
Schools need to test these children that are coughing and sneezing for infectious diseases and remove them form class if it’s infectious.
I believe Children with allergies are more prone to die when they get the flu or COVID. So if my kid had allergies I would not knowingly send him into a classroom with the air full of COVID or the flu.
It’s cold season. So many kids are running around with coughs and sneezing and runny noses that don’t have Covid. Those kids should not be staying home for 7 to 10 days missing instruction. And now they need a doctors note after five days or they’ll be kicked out of school. Kids will allergies will be just fine. Obviously if your child has Covid or flu, stay home but their other bugs running around.
And don’t you remember when they tried testing kits for Covid back in 2021? Only a fraction of a parrot signed up for it. So that will never work.
Agreed. That's why a mask is a good idea. The kids can be in school, and the mask will reduce the chances that they infect other people.
No, a mask is NOT a good idea for otherwise healthy kids.
You are welcome to wear a mask all day, every day for the rest of you life if you so choose. Kids get sick. It's part of life. And, actually, some have argued that it's a good thing because it helps kids develop a strong immune system.
If you have an infectious illness, then you are not a "healthy kid" - you are a kid who has an infectious disease.
Yes, kids get sick. And when they do, we respond appropriately. For example, we keep them at home, or we take them to the doctor - or we get them vaccinated. A mask at school, so they're less likely to infect other kids or adults, is an appropriate response.
Don’t be obtuse. Yes, they are healthy kids. And healthy kids can get sick with the flu, colds, or stomach bugs. I keep my kids home too, but guess what I’m not gonna have them mask at school for colds. And if I was the type of person who was so concerned about getting infected, then I would mask myself up and not demand that of other people.
Yes, and then they're infectious, and it's socially responsible to do what you can so they don't infect other people. Which might include masks.
No.
If you are so concerned about infectious diseases, make sure to send your own kid in an N 95 mask so that they don’t get sick.
You could also say, "If you are so concerned about fires, make sure to install your own smoke alarms and sprinkler systems," and yet government laws and building codes require smoke alarms and sprinkler systems, even for people are not so concerned about fires.
OK keeping with your logic, government does not have laws that require you to wear masks when you have a cold. Or even the flu. Or even Covid.
You should not need laws for common sense practices.
Only people with anxiety issues think that you need to mask up for colds. That is not common sense. I don’t think you know what common sense is.
Grow up. It’s not anxiety to not to want to get a cold for a week. It’s really uncomfortable and disruptive. Check your mental health if you lack the judgement to stay home when sick.
No one *wants* a cold, but the majority of us accept it as a fact of life. If you don't accept the risk, you can take measures to protect yourself and your family. Be warned that if you keep your own kids home for every cold, your kids are going to get flagged for poor attendance eventually. You'll want to document with doctors notes because staying home a week for a cold is not common practice and some will think you're lying to take your kids to Disney and such.
I’d accept an actual cold as a fact of life. I don’t accept as a fact of life COVID being given to my kid by some yahoo who declared “cold symptoms” and refused to test. You shouldn’t either.
I do. But there are no N-95s for kids. So my kid wears a mask that is less protective at school with unmasked kids, some of whom who are apparently being sent there by sociopaths who think ignoring COVID symptoms turns them into cold symptoms.
If you don't think that's enough, how do you expect to protect them from asymptomatic cases and presymptomatic cases that are already contagious, regardless of whether it's rhinovirus, covid, flu, RSV, or a variety of other viruses?
It sounds like you should just let your kids live their lives and isolate yourself.
I don’t know why you would think I’d be interested in your opinion about this. Bye.
The quantity of your posts suggests otherwise.
There’s more than one person posting in response to you.
And you and the others continue to post, so you presumably are interested in others' posts.
East Asian people are polite and mask if any symptoms. Planet Halo makes an array of easy to wear, cute kids masks. They work. Your child won’t be sick with anything respiratory anymore if you teach proper masking. It’s polite, considerate and good to teach children to think of others.
Anonymous wrote:Anyone else shaking their head at MCPS’’s use of masking as a preventive measure? My ES kid sneezed several times and has some sniffles and was asked to wear a mask the remainder of the day. There have been a few cases of COVId at our school but I’m surprised MCPS is still holding onto masking. My kid has allergies and doesn’t have Covid, so I’d really like to understand the criteria MCPS is using to make a decision like they did today. Oh wait they have none. Utterly ridiculous.
Anonymous wrote:
East Asian people are polite and mask if any symptoms. Planet Halo makes an array of easy to wear, cute kids masks. They work. Your child won’t be sick with anything respiratory anymore if you teach proper masking. It’s polite, considerate and good to teach children to think of others.
If so, then the obvious solution that should make everyone happy is to have your kids wear masks. Everyone else can choose to carry on like normal, accepting occasional illnesses.
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