Big outbreak at Wakefield High School in Arlington

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Anonymous wrote:So? It’s a huge school. These numbers actually sound pretty good to me

That's a huge number for the population and far more than the community background case rate. It's not even close/debatable. The Wakefield case rate is 20+ cases for a population of 2200. For a county with 230,000 (over 100x the pop of Wakefield), that would be the equivalent of having 2000+ cases over the same period (100X Wakefield's 20+ cases). Arlington has very little transmission. There have been a bit more than 350 positive cases in the entire county in the last couple week. Probably not a big deal for Wakefield because COVID doesn't affect this population much. No reason to get alarmed. But the math is that Wakefield has a case rate far higher than Arlington as a whole.

[Anonymous]

I would like to know if they made any adjustments to the testing or masking protocols on the team after this outbreak?

I mean it's APS so I'm guessing not since they don't seem too on top of things, but one can ask.........

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So? It’s a huge school. These numbers actually sound pretty good to me

That's a huge number for the population and far more than the community background case rate. It's not even close/debatable. The Wakefield case rate is 20+ cases for a population of 2200. For a county with 230,000 (over 100x the pop of Wakefield), that would be the equivalent of having 2000+ cases over the same period (100X Wakefield's 20+ cases). Arlington has very little transmission. There have been a bit more than 350 positive cases in the entire county in the last couple week. Probably not a big deal for Wakefield because COVID doesn't affect this population much. No reason to get alarmed. But the math is that Wakefield has a case rate far higher than Arlington as a whole.

Thanks for the math.

WHS is by far the most diverse HS with populations harder hit by the virus.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So? It’s a huge school. These numbers actually sound pretty good to me

Really? Then you are truly a Covid denier. 26 cases in 2 weeks at one school is not good.

This is far more than any other APS school.

Omg enough with the Covid denier bs. If no one is debilitatingly sick, hospitalized or dead, then 26 cases are merely a blip on the radar. Cases are going to happen. Covid is here to stay. Deal with it and stop screaming that the sky is falling.

Exactly this. Vaccination rates in teens in Arlington is incredibly high, so there’s a decent chance many of these kids were vaccinated. Vaccines, however, do not prevent you from getting the disease; they do reduce the severity of it. This is going to be the “new normal.” People will continue to get Covid - it’s here to stay. With vaccinations, though, the severity of the disease should be much reduced. If none of these kids were severely ill/hospitalized/died, we’re in good shape.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Two other discussions of this wasn’t enough for you OP? We get it, you want schools shut down again.

Weird that people can't deal with reports of actual cases and when someone bring up reality they just accuse them of wanting to shut down schools.

Actually I do not want school shut down which is why [/b]I'd like to know what's being done at WHS.[b]

Denial and refusal to take action could shut school down though.

Then ask the school rather than a random message board.

You’re really trying to create drama.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So? It’s a huge school. These numbers actually sound pretty good to me

That's a huge number for the population and far more than the community background case rate. It's not even close/debatable. The Wakefield case rate is 20+ cases for a population of 2200. For a county with 230,000 (over 100x the pop of Wakefield), that would be the equivalent of having 2000+ cases over the same period (100X Wakefield's 20+ cases). Arlington has very little transmission. There have been a bit more than 350 positive cases in the entire county in the last couple week. Probably not a big deal for Wakefield because COVID doesn't affect this population much. No reason to get alarmed. But the math is that Wakefield has a case rate far higher than Arlington as a whole.

Thanks for the math.

WHS is by far the most diverse HS with populations harder hit by the virus.

Wakefield isn’t particularly diverse. Last I saw it was majority Hispanic?

Yorktown was the school that most closely matched Arlington’s demographics, as I recall. But it’s been a few years since I looked at the demographics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard it started on the football team. Can anyone confirm?

And their girlfriends.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So? It’s a huge school. These numbers actually sound pretty good to me

That's a huge number for the population and far more than the community background case rate. It's not even close/debatable. The Wakefield case rate is 20+ cases for a population of 2200. For a county with 230,000 (over 100x the pop of Wakefield), that would be the equivalent of having 2000+ cases over the same period (100X Wakefield's 20+ cases). Arlington has very little transmission. There have been a bit more than 350 positive cases in the entire county in the last couple week. Probably not a big deal for Wakefield because COVID doesn't affect this population much. No reason to get alarmed. But the math is that Wakefield has a case rate far higher than Arlington as a whole.

Thanks for the math.

WHS is by far the most diverse HS with populations harder hit by the virus.

Wakefield isn’t particularly diverse. Last I saw it was majority Hispanic?

Yorktown was the school that most closely matched Arlington’s demographics, as I recall. But it’s been a few years since I looked at the demographics.

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W-L would actually be the most diverse and has been for many years. They have the more even splits in terms of Black, Hispanic and white

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Anonymous wrote:I’m curious to know if they were vaccinated and/or asymptomatic

A lot of the student cases were in athletes. Aren't they required to be vaccinated?

We know by now the vaccine does not prevent you from catching or speeding Covid. It reduces your chances of getting it (hopefully) and definitely reduces your chances of being hospitalized. There will be a lot of people who get this after being vaccinated in the future too. It doesn’t really matter how it started. I already know several breakthrough cases.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So? It’s a huge school. These numbers actually sound pretty good to me

Really? Then you are truly a Covid denier. 26 cases in 2 weeks at one school is not good.

This is far more than any other APS school.

Omg enough with the Covid denier bs. If no one is debilitatingly sick, hospitalized or dead, then 26 cases are merely a blip on the radar. Cases are going to happen. Covid is here to stay. Deal with it and stop screaming that the sky is falling.

You can't even engage in a discussion about cases at a school with screaming. That's really sad. We need to acknowledge reality and figure out how to deal with it.

Reality is COVID is here to stay and kids are going to get it. Vaccinated kids will be asymptomatic or have mild to moderate symptoms--no more sick than other illnesses like strep, the flu or a cold. Unvaccinated kids might have poorer results but that's on their parents. The goal was never to eradicate COVID from schools. We haven't eradicated colds, the flu, strep, rsv..., so expecting no COVID cases in school is ridiculous. In any given two week period during flu and cold season there will be 26 sick kids from any given school. You need to learn that COVID is going to be added to the list of endemic illnesses and stop overreacting.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So? It’s a huge school. These numbers actually sound pretty good to me

Really? Then you are truly a Covid denier. 26 cases in 2 weeks at one school is not good.

This is far more than any other APS school.

Omg enough with the Covid denier bs. If no one is debilitatingly sick, hospitalized or dead, then 26 cases are merely a blip on the radar. Cases are going to happen. Covid is here to stay. Deal with it and stop screaming that the sky is falling.

You can't even engage in a discussion about cases at a school with screaming. That's really sad. We need to acknowledge reality and figure out how to deal with it.

Reality is COVID is here to stay and kids are going to get it. Vaccinated kids will be asymptomatic or have mild to moderate symptoms--no more sick than other illnesses like strep, the flu or a cold. Unvaccinated kids might have poorer results but that's on their parents. The goal was never to eradicate COVID from schools. We haven't eradicated colds, the flu, strep, rsv..., so expecting no COVID cases in school is ridiculous. In any given two week period during flu and cold season there will be 26 sick kids from any given school. You need to learn that COVID is going to be added to the list of endemic illnesses and stop overreacting.

No one is overreacting. But it would be good to know why it is happening so diffidently compared to other schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So? It’s a huge school. These numbers actually sound pretty good to me

Really? Then you are truly a Covid denier. 26 cases in 2 weeks at one school is not good.

This is far more than any other APS school.

Omg enough with the Covid denier bs. If no one is debilitatingly sick, hospitalized or dead, then 26 cases are merely a blip on the radar. Cases are going to happen. Covid is here to stay. Deal with it and stop screaming that the sky is falling.

You can't even engage in a discussion about cases at a school with screaming. That's really sad. We need to acknowledge reality and figure out how to deal with it.

Reality is COVID is here to stay and kids are going to get it. Vaccinated kids will be asymptomatic or have mild to moderate symptoms--no more sick than other illnesses like strep, the flu or a cold. Unvaccinated kids might have poorer results but that's on their parents. The goal was never to eradicate COVID from schools. We haven't eradicated colds, the flu, strep, rsv..., so expecting no COVID cases in school is ridiculous. In any given two week period during flu and cold season there will be 26 sick kids from any given school. You need to learn that COVID is going to be added to the list of endemic illnesses and stop overreacting.

No one is overreacting. But it would be good to know why it is happening so diffidently compared to other schools.

Maybe better contact tracing and testing of a highly vaccinated group makes it appear like a big outbreak.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So? It’s a huge school. These numbers actually sound pretty good to me

Really? Then you are truly a Covid denier. 26 cases in 2 weeks at one school is not good.

This is far more than any other APS school.

Omg enough with the Covid denier bs. If no one is debilitatingly sick, hospitalized or dead, then 26 cases are merely a blip on the radar. Cases are going to happen. Covid is here to stay. Deal with it and stop screaming that the sky is falling.

You can't even engage in a discussion about cases at a school with screaming. That's really sad. We need to acknowledge reality and figure out how to deal with it.

Reality is COVID is here to stay and kids are going to get it. Vaccinated kids will be asymptomatic or have mild to moderate symptoms--no more sick than other illnesses like strep, the flu or a cold. Unvaccinated kids might have poorer results but that's on their parents. The goal was never to eradicate COVID from schools. We haven't eradicated colds, the flu, strep, rsv..., so expecting no COVID cases in school is ridiculous. In any given two week period during flu and cold season there will be 26 sick kids from any given school. You need to learn that COVID is going to be added to the list of endemic illnesses and stop overreacting.

No one is overreacting. But it would be good to know why it is happening so diffidently compared to other schools.

Great point.

Maybe better contact tracing and testing of a highly vaccinated group makes it appear like a big outbreak.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Two other discussions of this wasn’t enough for you OP? We get it, you want schools shut down again.

Weird that people can't deal with reports of actual cases and when someone bring up reality they just accuse them of wanting to shut down schools.

Actually I do not want school shut down which is why I'd like to know what's being done at WHS.

Denial and refusal to take action could shut school down though.

+1 I also would like to know the nexus and how the spread then occurred. I also want to know what is being done to mitigate and contain it. If these students were athletes then they were (supposed to be) vaccinated. 26 breakthrough cases is A LOT plus 3 teachers who also were (supposed to be) vaccinated. This is scary. We need transparency.

[Anonymous]

At least one of the teachers is asymptomatic and vaccinated. Only was tested due to contract tracing