MCPS covid cases

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS was wrong to make substantial statements like never shutting down schools. There are no black and white decisions when it comes to a pandemic. This isn’t saying they should move to virtual or not. They’ve now backed themselves into a corner by trying to pass the buck off to Hogan.

How so? MCPS's policy should absolutely be to stay open. Schools should be the last thing to close, not the first.

No, it should be mandatory weekly testing to be in person. Refuse and you homeschool or pay for private.

That doesn't make any sense from a relative risk perspective. Kids are the lowest risk group.

Kids bring home Covid to their families and community. Not everyone lives in a big house with multiple bathrooms where they can be separate.

Sure. But non-elderly, vaccinated adults are also low-risk.

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Anonymous wrote:Omicron could be the good news we are waiting for:

https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2021-12-17/could-omicron-variant-be-good-for-the-pandemic

Given how ridiculous people were still acting even before Omicron, I think Omicron is probably good regardless of the severity. Either Omicron will be mild, in which case people should learn that case counts don't matter. Or it will be severe, in which case people will find out what bad actually looks like. Either way, people will be forced to get over their fears.

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Anonymous wrote:Omicron could be the good news we are waiting for:

https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2021-12-17/could-omicron-variant-be-good-for-the-pandemic

Given how ridiculous people were still acting even before Omicron, I think Omicron is probably good regardless of the severity. Either Omicron will be mild, in which case people should learn that case counts don't matter. Or it will be severe, in which case people will find out what bad actually looks like. Either way, people will be forced to get over their fears.

Get over fears. Why are you so content on being sick?

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS was wrong to make substantial statements like never shutting down schools. There are no black and white decisions when it comes to a pandemic. This isn’t saying they should move to virtual or not. They’ve now backed themselves into a corner by trying to pass the buck off to Hogan.

How so? MCPS's policy should absolutely be to stay open. Schools should be the last thing to close, not the first.

Mcps does not make the decision for anything other than schools. Why do we need the government to shut things down to behave responsibly?

OK, then don't close anything. That's fine. But the schools need to stay open.

In person school doesn't NEED to stay open. You WANT it to stay open. If you want schools to stay open, what sacrifices are you willing to make to have that happen?

The kids have sacrificed 1.5 years of in person school - shut up and study inside if your terrified. You won’t be missed.

That is not a sacrifice. I can see why your kids need to be in person.

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS was wrong to make substantial statements like never shutting down schools. There are no black and white decisions when it comes to a pandemic. This isn’t saying they should move to virtual or not. They’ve now backed themselves into a corner by trying to pass the buck off to Hogan.

How so? MCPS's policy should absolutely be to stay open. Schools should be the last thing to close, not the first.

Mcps does not make the decision for anything other than schools. Why do we need the government to shut things down to behave responsibly?

OK, then don't close anything. That's fine. But the schools need to stay open.

In person school doesn't NEED to stay open. You WANT it to stay open. If you want schools to stay open, what sacrifices are you willing to make to have that happen?

Why should kids have to sacrifice even more to protect the elderly and unvaccinated? Why don't they sacrifice? How many senior citizens are isolating? Closing schools shouldn't be under any sort of consideration while the elderly are out socializing with family and friends.

How many are unvaccinated in this county? It’s not the unvaccinated or seniors to blame anymore. We are having outbreaks in high schools where almost everyone is vaccinated. This is not as simple as playing the blame game or wishing it away.

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS was wrong to make substantial statements like never shutting down schools. There are no black and white decisions when it comes to a pandemic. This isn’t saying they should move to virtual or not. They’ve now backed themselves into a corner by trying to pass the buck off to Hogan.

How so? MCPS's policy should absolutely be to stay open. Schools should be the last thing to close, not the first.

Mcps does not make the decision for anything other than schools. Why do we need the government to shut things down to behave responsibly?

OK, then don't close anything. That's fine. But the schools need to stay open.

In person school doesn't NEED to stay open. You WANT it to stay open. If you want schools to stay open, what sacrifices are you willing to make to have that happen?

Why should kids have to sacrifice even more to protect the elderly and unvaccinated? Why don't they sacrifice? How many senior citizens are isolating? Closing schools shouldn't be under any sort of consideration while the elderly are out socializing with family and friends.

How many are unvaccinated in this county? It’s not the unvaccinated or seniors to blame anymore. We are having outbreaks in high schools where almost everyone is vaccinated. This is not as simple as playing the blame game or wishing it away.

High schoolers aren't ended up in hospitals. The vast majority of hospitalized COVID patients are either elderly or unvaccinated. Surely you know that.

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS was wrong to make substantial statements like never shutting down schools. There are no black and white decisions when it comes to a pandemic. This isn’t saying they should move to virtual or not. They’ve now backed themselves into a corner by trying to pass the buck off to Hogan.

How so? MCPS's policy should absolutely be to stay open. Schools should be the last thing to close, not the first.

Mcps does not make the decision for anything other than schools. Why do we need the government to shut things down to behave responsibly?

OK, then don't close anything. That's fine. But the schools need to stay open.

In person school doesn't NEED to stay open. You WANT it to stay open. If you want schools to stay open, what sacrifices are you willing to make to have that happen?

Why should kids have to sacrifice even more to protect the elderly and unvaccinated? Why don't they sacrifice? How many senior citizens are isolating? Closing schools shouldn't be under any sort of consideration while the elderly are out socializing with family and friends.

How many are unvaccinated in this county? It’s not the unvaccinated or seniors to blame anymore. We are having outbreaks in high schools where almost everyone is vaccinated. This is not as simple as playing the blame game or wishing it away.

High schoolers aren't ended up in hospitals. The vast majority of hospitalized COVID patients are either elderly or unvaccinated. Surely you know that.

I don’t care about hospitalizations vs spread. I don’t want Covid. Why can’t you acknowledge the spread in MCPS includes many vaccinated.

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS was wrong to make substantial statements like never shutting down schools. There are no black and white decisions when it comes to a pandemic. This isn’t saying they should move to virtual or not. They’ve now backed themselves into a corner by trying to pass the buck off to Hogan.

How so? MCPS's policy should absolutely be to stay open. Schools should be the last thing to close, not the first.

Mcps does not make the decision for anything other than schools. Why do we need the government to shut things down to behave responsibly?

OK, then don't close anything. That's fine. But the schools need to stay open.

In person school doesn't NEED to stay open. You WANT it to stay open. If you want schools to stay open, what sacrifices are you willing to make to have that happen?

Why should kids have to sacrifice even more to protect the elderly and unvaccinated? Why don't they sacrifice? How many senior citizens are isolating? Closing schools shouldn't be under any sort of consideration while the elderly are out socializing with family and friends.

How many are unvaccinated in this county? It’s not the unvaccinated or seniors to blame anymore. We are having outbreaks in high schools where almost everyone is vaccinated. This is not as simple as playing the blame game or wishing it away.

High schoolers aren't ended up in hospitals. The vast majority of hospitalized COVID patients are either elderly or unvaccinated. Surely you know that.

I don’t care about hospitalizations vs spread. I don’t want Covid. Why can’t you acknowledge the spread in MCPS includes many vaccinated.

Most of us wouldn't want a cold or the flu either, but it would be ridiculous to shut down schools every winter. It isn't a rational response to the risk. Get vaccinated and your risk is very low. The elderly and medically frail can isolate, and kids can go to school. Sure, there would be cases. But very, very few serious cases.

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS was wrong to make substantial statements like never shutting down schools. There are no black and white decisions when it comes to a pandemic. This isn’t saying they should move to virtual or not. They’ve now backed themselves into a corner by trying to pass the buck off to Hogan.

How so? MCPS's policy should absolutely be to stay open. Schools should be the last thing to close, not the first.

Mcps does not make the decision for anything other than schools. Why do we need the government to shut things down to behave responsibly?

OK, then don't close anything. That's fine. But the schools need to stay open.

In person school doesn't NEED to stay open. You WANT it to stay open. If you want schools to stay open, what sacrifices are you willing to make to have that happen?

Why should kids have to sacrifice even more to protect the elderly and unvaccinated? Why don't they sacrifice? How many senior citizens are isolating? Closing schools shouldn't be under any sort of consideration while the elderly are out socializing with family and friends.

How many are unvaccinated in this county? It’s not the unvaccinated or seniors to blame anymore. We are having outbreaks in high schools where almost everyone is vaccinated. This is not as simple as playing the blame game or wishing it away.

High schoolers aren't ended up in hospitals. The vast majority of hospitalized COVID patients are either elderly or unvaccinated. Surely you know that.

I don’t care about hospitalizations vs spread. I don’t want Covid. Why can’t you acknowledge the spread in MCPS includes many vaccinated.

So, you're saying your anxiety and unwillingness to protect yourself are more important than the education of kids?

Are you the antivaxxer with vague neurological conditions that is holding her kids hostage in virtual academy?

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS was wrong to make substantial statements like never shutting down schools. There are no black and white decisions when it comes to a pandemic. This isn’t saying they should move to virtual or not. They’ve now backed themselves into a corner by trying to pass the buck off to Hogan.

How so? MCPS's policy should absolutely be to stay open. Schools should be the last thing to close, not the first.

Mcps does not make the decision for anything other than schools. Why do we need the government to shut things down to behave responsibly?

OK, then don't close anything. That's fine. But the schools need to stay open.

In person school doesn't NEED to stay open. You WANT it to stay open. If you want schools to stay open, what sacrifices are you willing to make to have that happen?

Why should kids have to sacrifice even more to protect the elderly and unvaccinated? Why don't they sacrifice? How many senior citizens are isolating? Closing schools shouldn't be under any sort of consideration while the elderly are out socializing with family and friends.

How many are unvaccinated in this county? It’s not the unvaccinated or seniors to blame anymore. We are having outbreaks in high schools where almost everyone is vaccinated. This is not as simple as playing the blame game or wishing it away.

High schoolers aren't ended up in hospitals. The vast majority of hospitalized COVID patients are either elderly or unvaccinated. Surely you know that.

I don’t care about hospitalizations vs spread. I don’t want Covid. Why can’t you acknowledge the spread in MCPS includes many vaccinated.

Most of us wouldn't want a cold or the flu either, but it would be ridiculous to shut down schools every winter. It isn't a rational response to the risk. Get vaccinated and your risk is very low. The elderly and medically frail can isolate, and kids can go to school. Sure, there would be cases. But very, very few serious cases.

It’s not as simple as vaccinations anymore. Many of those getting Covid in mcps are vaccinated. Must be nice to minimize Covid and pretend it’s no big deal. Unfortunately it’s not that simple for some of us.

Are you willing to volunteer when we don’t have enough staff to teach and keep the schools running?

This is not equal to the cold and flu but if schools are more vigilant about sick staying home and do more cleanings perhaps we could have that under control. The flu vaccine is also not that effective this year.

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS was wrong to make substantial statements like never shutting down schools. There are no black and white decisions when it comes to a pandemic. This isn’t saying they should move to virtual or not. They’ve now backed themselves into a corner by trying to pass the buck off to Hogan.

How so? MCPS's policy should absolutely be to stay open. Schools should be the last thing to close, not the first.

Mcps does not make the decision for anything other than schools. Why do we need the government to shut things down to behave responsibly?

OK, then don't close anything. That's fine. But the schools need to stay open.

In person school doesn't NEED to stay open. You WANT it to stay open. If you want schools to stay open, what sacrifices are you willing to make to have that happen?

Why should kids have to sacrifice even more to protect the elderly and unvaccinated? Why don't they sacrifice? How many senior citizens are isolating? Closing schools shouldn't be under any sort of consideration while the elderly are out socializing with family and friends.

How many are unvaccinated in this county? It’s not the unvaccinated or seniors to blame anymore. We are having outbreaks in high schools where almost everyone is vaccinated. This is not as simple as playing the blame game or wishing it away.

High schoolers aren't ended up in hospitals. The vast majority of hospitalized COVID patients are either elderly or unvaccinated. Surely you know that.

I don’t care about hospitalizations vs spread. I don’t want Covid. Why can’t you acknowledge the spread in MCPS includes many vaccinated.

Most of us wouldn't want a cold or the flu either, but it would be ridiculous to shut down schools every winter. It isn't a rational response to the risk. Get vaccinated and your risk is very low. The elderly and medically frail can isolate, and kids can go to school. Sure, there would be cases. But very, very few serious cases.

It’s not as simple as vaccinations anymore. Many of those getting Covid in mcps are vaccinated. Must be nice to minimize Covid and pretend it’s no big deal. Unfortunately it’s not that simple for some of us.

Are you willing to volunteer when we don’t have enough staff to teach and keep the schools running?

This is not equal to the cold and flu but if schools are more vigilant about sick staying home and do more cleanings perhaps we could have that under control. The flu vaccine is also not that effective this year.

When are you going to realize that case counts don't matter- case severity matters. Yes, vaccinated people can get COVID, but they don't get seriously ill unless they're very old or very sick with something else.

MCPS got $390M in COVID funds. We should be doubling or tripling sub pay. That's a drop in the bucket given MCPS's total budget.

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How many months past the second dose are you no longer considered fully vaccinated? The 12-18 crowd (middle and high schoolers) are no hitting the threshold of not being vaccinated.

I wasn’t starting to worry until this week when we’ve received daily emails indicating 5-10 new cases have been reported. It’s spreading like wildfire right now with our teenage crowd.

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS was wrong to make substantial statements like never shutting down schools. There are no black and white decisions when it comes to a pandemic. This isn’t saying they should move to virtual or not. They’ve now backed themselves into a corner by trying to pass the buck off to Hogan.

How so? MCPS's policy should absolutely be to stay open. Schools should be the last thing to close, not the first.

Mcps does not make the decision for anything other than schools. Why do we need the government to shut things down to behave responsibly?

OK, then don't close anything. That's fine. But the schools need to stay open.

In person school doesn't NEED to stay open. You WANT it to stay open. If you want schools to stay open, what sacrifices are you willing to make to have that happen?

Why should kids have to sacrifice even more to protect the elderly and unvaccinated? Why don't they sacrifice? How many senior citizens are isolating? Closing schools shouldn't be under any sort of consideration while the elderly are out socializing with family and friends.

How many are unvaccinated in this county? It’s not the unvaccinated or seniors to blame anymore. We are having outbreaks in high schools where almost everyone is vaccinated. This is not as simple as playing the blame game or wishing it away.

High schoolers aren't ended up in hospitals. The vast majority of hospitalized COVID patients are either elderly or unvaccinated. Surely you know that.

I don’t care about hospitalizations vs spread. I don’t want Covid. Why can’t you acknowledge the spread in MCPS includes many vaccinated.

Most of us wouldn't want a cold or the flu either, but it would be ridiculous to shut down schools every winter. It isn't a rational response to the risk. Get vaccinated and your risk is very low. The elderly and medically frail can isolate, and kids can go to school. Sure, there would be cases. But very, very few serious cases.

It’s not as simple as vaccinations anymore. Many of those getting Covid in mcps are vaccinated. Must be nice to minimize Covid and pretend it’s no big deal. Unfortunately it’s not that simple for some of us.

Are you willing to volunteer when we don’t have enough staff to teach and keep the schools running?

This is not equal to the cold and flu but if schools are more vigilant about sick staying home and do more cleanings perhaps we could have that under control. The flu vaccine is also not that effective this year.

When are you going to realize that case counts don't matter- case severity matters. Yes, vaccinated people can get COVID, but they don't get seriously ill unless they're very old or very sick with something else.

MCPS got $390M in COVID funds. We should be doubling or tripling sub pay. That's a drop in the bucket given MCPS's total budget.

Who wants to work as a sub and get Covid? You aren’t willing to. Even at $30 and hour there is no sick leave or health insurance.

Covid may not be a big deal to you but it is to others of us who don’t want to get sick. Yes, people are getting serious I’ll and it’s highly contagious.

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Anonymous wrote:How many months past the second dose are you no longer considered fully vaccinated? The 12-18 crowd (middle and high schoolers) are no hitting the threshold of not being vaccinated.

I wasn’t starting to worry until this week when we’ve received daily emails indicating 5-10 new cases have been reported. It’s spreading like wildfire right now with our teenage crowd.

Fully vaccinated is two doses.