What’s up with parents not wearing masks at the playground?

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Anonymous wrote:Oh shut up. I wear a mask at the playground personally to avoid conflict but of ALL the things to get worked up over. It’s fine. It’s outside.

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+2. I don’t want to lose friendships or make enemies with my neighbors, so I mask at the playground. If more people took a nuanced position around here, I would drop the mask outdoors.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't feel you need it outdoors if you can be 6 feet apart. I think I can stand 6 ft from other adults.

Op here. I have been to playgrounds when we are the only ones there or another family or 2. If one family is alone on the equipment very far away, it is fine.

This was a packed playground. Now that I think about it, it was probably more like 50 kids and 30+ adults. These unmasked people were right next to people.

Hmmm it sounds like even with masks it wouldn’t feel safe for someone with your risk tolerance. You are going to need to start making some tough choices. Change is coming. People are done. More and more everyday and I’m here for it! We have literally destroyed our society and our happiness and our kids happiness and 500,000 died anyway. Now we have vaccines to protect them and I’m done.

I’m done with people arbitrarily saying I’m done. Lots of people still testing positive out there. We’ve had six kids at our school in the last two weeks. I guarantee not everyone ditching the masks is fully vaccinated.

Such weak selfish jerks.

And what was the outcome for the six kids who tested positive? Did they end up in hospitals? Were there any serious complications for them?

Dense people such as yourself have been the problem in this pandemic. I don't know the outcome so far for these children, but hopefully it will just be mild illness. However, it means it's spreading in the wider community and the concern is who else they will have had contact with, who their adult family members have had contact with, and who they spread it to.

Don't be so stupid.

I don’t think I’m being stupid. I think there is very little risk to school-age children WRT COVID. I think schools should have been fully open and in-person since at least September. I think kids should be allowed to participate in extra-curricular activities. I think ADULTS should make the sacrifices necessary to prevent the spread of COVID to vulnerable people, not the children.

I think our society has shown in sharp relief that we do not give a damn about the kids. But I’m dense, so whatever.

I am the PP you responded to and I agree that schools should be open and that for MOST kids, COVID will be a mild disease. My kids go to school right now.

But you know what? They wear masks the whole time they are there. Masks are a critical piece of the mitigation strategies that are needed to keep schools open. All of the research available now points to mask wearing and other mitigation strategies being critical to the success of keeping schools open and preventing spread in schools.

This thread is about wearing masks. The point of mentioning that six kids at my kids school have tested positive in the last few weeks is to indicate that community spread is still happening in our area; therefore, masking in the community is still necessary. The vaccines are great and I think we see the light at the end of the tunnel, but we are not AT the end of the tunnel yet. Your question about what happened to the kids (not sure yet, they just tested positive recently, but I hope and expect they will be okay) seemed like a pointed one that indicated masks were unnecessary, because kids don't get serious disease. I disagree, unvaccinated people, which includes all children, need to keep their masks on when they are in riskier situations, which includes a crowd, perhaps even outside in some circumstances.

If you are walking alone and you don't wear one, I don't care, but who are these PPs saying someone is nuts for wearing them at a crowded playground? Especially because OTHER people wearing masks is never going to be harmful to you. People have started to mock and insult people who continue to wear masks outside. Since this behavior is in no way harmful to them, it is a bizarre and immature response that suggests seeing others wearing masks makes them feel bad or guilty.

Source?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't feel you need it outdoors if you can be 6 feet apart. I think I can stand 6 ft from other adults.

Op here. I have been to playgrounds when we are the only ones there or another family or 2. If one family is alone on the equipment very far away, it is fine.

This was a packed playground. Now that I think about it, it was probably more like 50 kids and 30+ adults. These unmasked people were right next to people.

Hmmm it sounds like even with masks it wouldn’t feel safe for someone with your risk tolerance. You are going to need to start making some tough choices. Change is coming. People are done. More and more everyday and I’m here for it! We have literally destroyed our society and our happiness and our kids happiness and 500,000 died anyway. Now we have vaccines to protect them and I’m done.

I’m done with people arbitrarily saying I’m done. Lots of people still testing positive out there. We’ve had six kids at our school in the last two weeks. I guarantee not everyone ditching the masks is fully vaccinated.

Such weak selfish jerks.

And what was the outcome for the six kids who tested positive? Did they end up in hospitals? Were there any serious complications for them?

Dense people such as yourself have been the problem in this pandemic. I don't know the outcome so far for these children, but hopefully it will just be mild illness. However, it means it's spreading in the wider community and the concern is who else they will have had contact with, who their adult family members have had contact with, and who they spread it to.

Don't be so stupid.

I don’t think I’m being stupid. I think there is very little risk to school-age children WRT COVID. I think schools should have been fully open and in-person since at least September. I think kids should be allowed to participate in extra-curricular activities. I think ADULTS should make the sacrifices necessary to prevent the spread of COVID to vulnerable people, not the children.

I think our society has shown in sharp relief that we do not give a damn about the kids. But I’m dense, so whatever.

I am the PP you responded to and I agree that schools should be open and that for MOST kids, COVID will be a mild disease. My kids go to school right now.

But you know what? They wear masks the whole time they are there. Masks are a critical piece of the mitigation strategies that are needed to keep schools open. All of the research available now points to mask wearing and other mitigation strategies being critical to the success of keeping schools open and preventing spread in schools.

This thread is about wearing masks. The point of mentioning that six kids at my kids school have tested positive in the last few weeks is to indicate that community spread is still happening in our area; therefore, masking in the community is still necessary. The vaccines are great and I think we see the light at the end of the tunnel, but we are not AT the end of the tunnel yet. Your question about what happened to the kids (not sure yet, they just tested positive recently, but I hope and expect they will be okay) seemed like a pointed one that indicated masks were unnecessary, because kids don't get serious disease. I disagree, unvaccinated people, which includes all children, need to keep their masks on when they are in riskier situations, which includes a crowd, perhaps even outside in some circumstances.

If you are walking alone and you don't wear one, I don't care, but who are these PPs saying someone is nuts for wearing them at a crowded playground? Especially because OTHER people wearing masks is never going to be harmful to you. People have started to mock and insult people who continue to wear masks outside. Since this behavior is in no way harmful to them, it is a bizarre and immature response that suggests seeing others wearing masks makes them feel bad or guilty.

Source?

Are you seriously questioning whether masks are necessary in schools. Multiple studies have supported that masks and other mitigation strategies are the key to safely keeping schools open. And we need schools to stay open.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/more/science-and-research/transmission_k_12_schools.html#ftn-50

"When mitigation strategies – especially mask use and physical distancing – are consistently and correctly used, the risk of transmission in the school environment is decreased.50 CDC’s school guidance for COVID-19 emphasizes 5 key mitigation strategies: consistent and correct use of masks, physical distancing, handwashing and respiratory etiquette, cleaning and ventilation, and contact tracing in combination with isolation and quarantine. Use of multiple strategies – sometimes called layered mitigation – provides greater protection in breaking transmission chains than implementing a single strategy.51 The guidance recommends layering two or more mitigation strategies, with particular emphasis on universal use of masks and physical distancing."

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Anonymous wrote:Masks are only recommended outside when 6’ of distance can’t be maintained. It’s fine. Really.

Not true. Even for fully vaccinated people CDC recommends to: "continue to wear masks and stay 6 feet apart from other people in other settings, like when they are in public or visiting with unvaccinated people from multiple households.

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For those of you who continue to wear masks outdoors while the weather is cold, there is the potential benefit of increased humidity.

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/researchers-propose-humidity-masks-may-lessen-severity-covid-19#:~:text=The%20study%2C%20led%20by%20researchers,the%20mask%2Dwearer%20breathes%20in.

"Masks help protect the people wearing them from getting or spreading SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, but now researchers from the National Institutes of Health have added evidence for yet another potential benefit for wearers: The humidity created inside the mask may help combat respiratory diseases such as COVID-19.

The study, led by researchers in the NIH’s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), found that face masks substantially increase the humidity in the air that the mask-wearer breathes in. This higher level of humidity in inhaled air, the researchers suggest, could help explain why wearing masks has been linked to lower disease severity in people infected with SARS-CoV-2, because hydration of the respiratory tract is known to benefit the immune system. The study published in the Biophysical Journal(link is external)."

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Anonymous wrote:Oh shut up. I wear a mask at the playground personally to avoid conflict but of ALL the things to get worked up over. It’s fine. It’s outside.

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+2. I don’t want to lose friendships or make enemies with my neighbors, so I mask at the playground. If more people took a nuanced position around here, I would drop the mask outdoors.

This is me - not worth the drama. I also don't want to be the reason some poor child gets whisked away, plucked from their fun.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh shut up. I wear a mask at the playground personally to avoid conflict but of ALL the things to get worked up over. It’s fine. It’s outside.

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+2. I don’t want to lose friendships or make enemies with my neighbors, so I mask at the playground. If more people took a nuanced position around here, I would drop the mask outdoors.

I felt the same way. In our local smaller playgrounds Ive started talking to parents about mask wearing. Turns out they were just wearing it for me. And I them. When it was discussed, we agreed to take off the masks. This was only two weeks ago, but already more and more are joining us mask less.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Oh shut up. I wear a mask at the playground personally to avoid conflict but of ALL the things to get worked up over. It’s fine. It’s outside.

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+2. I don’t want to lose friendships or make enemies with my neighbors, so I mask at the playground. If more people took a nuanced position around here, I would drop the mask outdoors.

I felt the same way. In our local smaller playgrounds Ive started talking to parents about mask wearing. Turns out they were just wearing it for me. And I them. When it was discussed, we agreed to take off the masks. This was only two weeks ago, but already more and more are joining us mask less.

^edited to add that one parent is not comfortable on the playgrounds without masks. When her son is there we mask up. Communication really helps.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh shut up. I wear a mask at the playground personally to avoid conflict but of ALL the things to get worked up over. It’s fine. It’s outside.

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+2. I don’t want to lose friendships or make enemies with my neighbors, so I mask at the playground. If more people took a nuanced position around here, I would drop the mask outdoors.

Thankfully, I don't know any of the other parents at the playground, so I don't have to care about this.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't feel you need it outdoors if you can be 6 feet apart. I think I can stand 6 ft from other adults.

Op here. I have been to playgrounds when we are the only ones there or another family or 2. If one family is alone on the equipment very far away, it is fine.

This was a packed playground. Now that I think about it, it was probably more like 50 kids and 30+ adults. These unmasked people were right next to people.

Hmmm it sounds like even with masks it wouldn’t feel safe for someone with your risk tolerance. You are going to need to start making some tough choices. Change is coming. People are done. More and more everyday and I’m here for it! We have literally destroyed our society and our happiness and our kids happiness and 500,000 died anyway. Now we have vaccines to protect them and I’m done.

I’m done with people arbitrarily saying I’m done. Lots of people still testing positive out there. We’ve had six kids at our school in the last two weeks. I guarantee not everyone ditching the masks is fully vaccinated.

Such weak selfish jerks.

And what was the outcome for the six kids who tested positive? Did they end up in hospitals? Were there any serious complications for them?

Dense people such as yourself have been the problem in this pandemic. I don't know the outcome so far for these children, but hopefully it will just be mild illness. However, it means it's spreading in the wider community and the concern is who else they will have had contact with, who their adult family members have had contact with, and who they spread it to.

Don't be so stupid.

I don’t think I’m being stupid. I think there is very little risk to school-age children WRT COVID. I think schools should have been fully open and in-person since at least September. I think kids should be allowed to participate in extra-curricular activities. I think ADULTS should make the sacrifices necessary to prevent the spread of COVID to vulnerable people, not the children.

I think our society has shown in sharp relief that we do not give a damn about the kids. But I’m dense, so whatever.

I am the PP you responded to and I agree that schools should be open and that for MOST kids, COVID will be a mild disease. My kids go to school right now.

But you know what? They wear masks the whole time they are there. Masks are a critical piece of the mitigation strategies that are needed to keep schools open. All of the research available now points to mask wearing and other mitigation strategies being critical to the success of keeping schools open and preventing spread in schools.

This thread is about wearing masks. The point of mentioning that six kids at my kids school have tested positive in the last few weeks is to indicate that community spread is still happening in our area; therefore, masking in the community is still necessary. The vaccines are great and I think we see the light at the end of the tunnel, but we are not AT the end of the tunnel yet. Your question about what happened to the kids (not sure yet, they just tested positive recently, but I hope and expect they will be okay) seemed like a pointed one that indicated masks were unnecessary, because kids don't get serious disease. I disagree, unvaccinated people, which includes all children, need to keep their masks on when they are in riskier situations, which includes a crowd, perhaps even outside in some circumstances.

If you are walking alone and you don't wear one, I don't care, but who are these PPs saying someone is nuts for wearing them at a crowded playground? Especially because OTHER people wearing masks is never going to be harmful to you. People have started to mock and insult people who continue to wear masks outside. Since this behavior is in no way harmful to them, it is a bizarre and immature response that suggests seeing others wearing masks makes them feel bad or guilty.

My kids have been going to school this whole time. No one (including the teachers) wears masks; zero social distancing protocols (we are not currently in DMV). There have been scattered cases occurring at school. The parents report to school if they or their kids have tested positive. If yes, their kids stay home for two weeks and the school alerts all the parents that there has been a confirmed case, watch your kids for symptoms. If at any time any kid has the slightest symptom of illness, they stay home. At bo point has the school shut down over any if these cases, and amazingly the sky has not fallen.

Wear a mask if you feel like it or where it’s mandated. The schools are not the problem, though, and they never have been.

[Anonymous]

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Are you seriously questioning whether masks are necessary in schools. Multiple studies have supported that masks and other mitigation strategies are the key to safely keeping schools open. And we need schools to stay open.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/more/science-and-research/transmission_k_12_schools.html#ftn-50

"When mitigation strategies – especially mask use and physical distancing – are consistently and correctly used, the risk of transmission in the school environment is decreased.50 CDC’s school guidance for COVID-19 emphasizes 5 key mitigation strategies: consistent and correct use of masks, physical distancing, handwashing and respiratory etiquette, cleaning and ventilation, and contact tracing in combination with isolation and quarantine. Use of multiple strategies – sometimes called layered mitigation – provides greater protection in breaking transmission chains than implementing a single strategy.51 The guidance recommends layering two or more mitigation strategies, with particular emphasis on universal use of masks and physical distancing."

I don’t have access to JAMA so I can’t look at the actual studies, but do they really make the case that masks and mitigation are THE KEY to keeping schools open? The summary you pasted says that masks and mitigation strategies lessen transmission. There is a lot of space between “lessens transmission” and “school’s absolutely CANNOT and SHOULD NOT be open without masks and other mitigation strategies as evidenced by the data!” which seems to be what you’re implying...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Oh shut up. I wear a mask at the playground personally to avoid conflict but of ALL the things to get worked up over. It’s fine. It’s outside.

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+2. I don’t want to lose friendships or make enemies with my neighbors, so I mask at the playground. If more people took a nuanced position around here, I would drop the mask outdoors.

I felt the same way. In our local smaller playgrounds Ive started talking to parents about mask wearing. Turns out they were just wearing it for me. And I them. When it was discussed, we agreed to take off the masks. This was only two weeks ago, but already more and more are joining us mask less.

I met up with a friend last week at the playground who I haven't seen since the pandemic. About halfway through we realized we were only wearing masks for each other and promptly ripped them off.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't feel you need it outdoors if you can be 6 feet apart. I think I can stand 6 ft from other adults.

Op here. I have been to playgrounds when we are the only ones there or another family or 2. If one family is alone on the equipment very far away, it is fine.

This was a packed playground. Now that I think about it, it was probably more like 50 kids and 30+ adults. These unmasked people were right next to people.

Hmmm it sounds like even with masks it wouldn’t feel safe for someone with your risk tolerance. You are going to need to start making some tough choices. Change is coming. People are done. More and more everyday and I’m here for it! We have literally destroyed our society and our happiness and our kids happiness and 500,000 died anyway. Now we have vaccines to protect them and I’m done.

I’m done with people arbitrarily saying I’m done. Lots of people still testing positive out there. We’ve had six kids at our school in the last two weeks. I guarantee not everyone ditching the masks is fully vaccinated.

Such weak selfish jerks.

And what was the outcome for the six kids who tested positive? Did they end up in hospitals? Were there any serious complications for them?

Dense people such as yourself have been the problem in this pandemic. I don't know the outcome so far for these children, but hopefully it will just be mild illness. However, it means it's spreading in the wider community and the concern is who else they will have had contact with, who their adult family members have had contact with, and who they spread it to.

Don't be so stupid.

I don’t think I’m being stupid. I think there is very little risk to school-age children WRT COVID. I think schools should have been fully open and in-person since at least September. I think kids should be allowed to participate in extra-curricular activities. I think ADULTS should make the sacrifices necessary to prevent the spread of COVID to vulnerable people, not the children.

I think our society has shown in sharp relief that we do not give a damn about the kids. But I’m dense, so whatever.

I am the PP you responded to and I agree that schools should be open and that for MOST kids, COVID will be a mild disease. My kids go to school right now.

But you know what? They wear masks the whole time they are there. Masks are a critical piece of the mitigation strategies that are needed to keep schools open. All of the research available now points to mask wearing and other mitigation strategies being critical to the success of keeping schools open and preventing spread in schools.

This thread is about wearing masks. The point of mentioning that six kids at my kids school have tested positive in the last few weeks is to indicate that community spread is still happening in our area; therefore, masking in the community is still necessary. The vaccines are great and I think we see the light at the end of the tunnel, but we are not AT the end of the tunnel yet. Your question about what happened to the kids (not sure yet, they just tested positive recently, but I hope and expect they will be okay) seemed like a pointed one that indicated masks were unnecessary, because kids don't get serious disease. I disagree, unvaccinated people, which includes all children, need to keep their masks on when they are in riskier situations, which includes a crowd, perhaps even outside in some circumstances.

If you are walking alone and you don't wear one, I don't care, but who are these PPs saying someone is nuts for wearing them at a crowded playground? Especially because OTHER people wearing masks is never going to be harmful to you. People have started to mock and insult people who continue to wear masks outside. Since this behavior is in no way harmful to them, it is a bizarre and immature response that suggests seeing others wearing masks makes them feel bad or guilty.

My kids have been going to school this whole time. No one (including the teachers) wears masks; zero social distancing protocols (we are not currently in DMV). There have been scattered cases occurring at school. The parents report to school if they or their kids have tested positive. If yes, their kids stay home for two weeks and the school alerts all the parents that there has been a confirmed case, watch your kids for symptoms. If at any time any kid has the slightest symptom of illness, they stay home. At bo point has the school shut down over any if these cases, and amazingly the sky has not fallen.

Wear a mask if you feel like it or where it’s mandated. The schools are not the problem, though, and they never have been.

My child has been going to prek where masks are optional (most kids don't wear them but some staff do) and social distancing isn't enforced. The only real mitigation is weekly covid agreement to keep your kid home if they're sick, temp check at dropoff and some of extra table cleaning, but as far as my kid is concerned his socialization hasn't been affected at all (I shutter at the places who make the kids stay behind plexiglass and limited to a taped sqaure box to sit on). No covid cases since it reopened last June. I do think the big key is keeping your kid home when sick rather than masks etc. Nobody wants to be that person responsible for a covid outbreak and having the entire class shut down to quarantine due to your irresponsibility.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't feel you need it outdoors if you can be 6 feet apart. I think I can stand 6 ft from other adults.

Op here. I have been to playgrounds when we are the only ones there or another family or 2. If one family is alone on the equipment very far away, it is fine.

This was a packed playground. Now that I think about it, it was probably more like 50 kids and 30+ adults. These unmasked people were right next to people.

Hmmm it sounds like even with masks it wouldn’t feel safe for someone with your risk tolerance. You are going to need to start making some tough choices. Change is coming. People are done. More and more everyday and I’m here for it! We have literally destroyed our society and our happiness and our kids happiness and 500,000 died anyway. Now we have vaccines to protect them and I’m done.

I’m done with people arbitrarily saying I’m done. Lots of people still testing positive out there. We’ve had six kids at our school in the last two weeks. I guarantee not everyone ditching the masks is fully vaccinated.

Such weak selfish jerks.

And what was the outcome for the six kids who tested positive? Did they end up in hospitals? Were there any serious complications for them?

Dense people such as yourself have been the problem in this pandemic. I don't know the outcome so far for these children, but hopefully it will just be mild illness. However, it means it's spreading in the wider community and the concern is who else they will have had contact with, who their adult family members have had contact with, and who they spread it to.

Don't be so stupid.

I don’t think I’m being stupid. I think there is very little risk to school-age children WRT COVID. I think schools should have been fully open and in-person since at least September. I think kids should be allowed to participate in extra-curricular activities. I think ADULTS should make the sacrifices necessary to prevent the spread of COVID to vulnerable people, not the children.

I think our society has shown in sharp relief that we do not give a damn about the kids. But I’m dense, so whatever.

I am the PP you responded to and I agree that schools should be open and that for MOST kids, COVID will be a mild disease. My kids go to school right now.

But you know what? They wear masks the whole time they are there. Masks are a critical piece of the mitigation strategies that are needed to keep schools open. All of the research available now points to mask wearing and other mitigation strategies being critical to the success of keeping schools open and preventing spread in schools.

This thread is about wearing masks. The point of mentioning that six kids at my kids school have tested positive in the last few weeks is to indicate that community spread is still happening in our area; therefore, masking in the community is still necessary. The vaccines are great and I think we see the light at the end of the tunnel, but we are not AT the end of the tunnel yet. Your question about what happened to the kids (not sure yet, they just tested positive recently, but I hope and expect they will be okay) seemed like a pointed one that indicated masks were unnecessary, because kids don't get serious disease. I disagree, unvaccinated people, which includes all children, need to keep their masks on when they are in riskier situations, which includes a crowd, perhaps even outside in some circumstances.

If you are walking alone and you don't wear one, I don't care, but who are these PPs saying someone is nuts for wearing them at a crowded playground? Especially because OTHER people wearing masks is never going to be harmful to you. People have started to mock and insult people who continue to wear masks outside. Since this behavior is in no way harmful to them, it is a bizarre and immature response that suggests seeing others wearing masks makes them feel bad or guilty.

My kids have been going to school this whole time. No one (including the teachers) wears masks; zero social distancing protocols (we are not currently in DMV). There have been scattered cases occurring at school. The parents report to school if they or their kids have tested positive. If yes, their kids stay home for two weeks and the school alerts all the parents that there has been a confirmed case, watch your kids for symptoms. If at any time any kid has the slightest symptom of illness, they stay home. At bo point has the school shut down over any if these cases, and amazingly the sky has not fallen.

Wear a mask if you feel like it or where it’s mandated. The schools are not the problem, though, and they never have been.

My child has been going to prek where masks are optional (most kids don't wear them but some staff do) and social distancing isn't enforced. The only real mitigation is weekly covid agreement to keep your kid home if they're sick, temp check at dropoff and some of extra table cleaning, but as far as my kid is concerned his socialization hasn't been affected at all (I shutter at the places who make the kids stay behind plexiglass and limited to a taped sqaure box to sit on). No covid cases since it reopened last June. I do think the big key is keeping your kid home when sick rather than masks etc. Nobody wants to be that person responsible for a covid outbreak and having the entire class shut down to quarantine due to your irresponsibility.

Totally agree. Asymptomatic transmission in households is .7% for adults. Masks might protect from droplets if coughing/sneezing. I can only imagine a kid who shows up obviously sick is isolated and sent home. Agree there is incentive to keep everything up and running. Kind of like the Vermont solution to controlling Covid....it wasn’t more masking. It was providing resources and getting the community on board to house the homeless/keep schools and businesses open.

WHO says no masks on kids under 5...

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Anonymous wrote:Masks are only recommended outside when 6’ of distance can’t be maintained. It’s fine. Really.

Not true. Even for fully vaccinated people CDC recommends to: "continue to wear masks and stay 6 feet apart from other people in other settings, like when they are in public or visiting with unvaccinated people from multiple households.

The CDC also recommends that we all cook our steaks well done, and that all eggs should be hard-boiled. Their recommendations are well on the side of overly cautious.