For the "Close School" Crowd, help me with interpret these numbers...

[Anonymous]

Can we not forget this statistic? Zero kids age 0-18 have died of Covid in Montgomery County.

Schools open, schools closed, vaccine, no vaccine, Delta, Omicron. Doesn’t matter. Zero deaths for that age group.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/case-counts.html#deaths-age

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can we not forget this statistic? Zero kids age 0-18 have died of Covid in Montgomery County.

Schools open, schools closed, vaccine, no vaccine, Delta, Omicron. Doesn’t matter. Zero deaths for that age group.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/case-counts.html#deaths-age

Look Covid denier, just because we've been lucky so far doesn't mean it will not happen. There was just a child who died in the next county over. Is that not good enough for you? For some of us its not about deaths, but health. You may be ok with getting sick but not all of us are ok with it. For you its no big deal but for us it is. You would't think twice of sending you sick kids to school and infecting us. We care, you don't. Its not as simple as saying no deaths.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Less testing means less positives. Parents may not be reporting the positives. I doubt it dropped that quickly.

Here comes the pandemic forever crowd (right on cue).

This one is great. While the rest of the world is seeing Omicrom surge and drop in an almost identical way…no way it could be true in MoCo. Only happening because parents aren’t reporting cases. Great stuff.

You really think that there is a drop that quickly? Be real. It's highly contagious. It will drop in a month or so, but not this quickly. I know several parents not reporting positives. They should show the absentee rate, number of sick kids sent home and positives.

We will have the pandemic forever because the entitled people like you cannot take it seriously and be part of the solution.

DP.. the pandemic has gone on a lot longer because of people who refuse to vaxx, not because of people are who are vaxx, mask, but still want schools open. How do I know this.. look at other countries/states that did not close down the schools. They still have covid, too.

Actually, the UK is now starting to open up more. But they still didn't shutdown the schools as much as we did.

What are you rambling about? MoCo has one of the highest vaccine rates in the country. Vaccines alone are not going ot fix this. You can keep being a covid denier and blame shift but you are just as much a problem as they are.

Our schools didn't shut down. They went virtual which probably saved many lives.

as the pro-virtual group said: "MoCo is not in a bubble". That was their reasoning for why it didn't matter that moco has a high vaxx rate.

Doesn't matter if we are vaxxed, boosted, masked.. covid is here to stay, so get used to it. We cannot lock down the schools anymore.

Also, I'm boosted, dummy.

Being boosted means NOTHING right now. Schools are not locked down. There is no pro-virtual. Any parents who were concerned put their kids in virtual. The others are just having temper tantrums but not willing to make any other sacrifices to keep schools safe so their tantrums are a joke. We get it. You cannot handle your kids and need in person school. A nanny can fix that.

We could have had covid under control but you "need" to travel, have a housekeeper, eat at restaurants, socialize in large groups and life life as normal. We have you to thank for this mess.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Less testing means less positives. Parents may not be reporting the positives. I doubt it dropped that quickly.

How could there be less testing when MCPS sent home tests with every student?? And PCR appointment are all booked.

Parents may not be reporting tests. You can get PCR appointments, just long waits. Stop making excuses. The home tests are not 100% accurate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can we not forget this statistic? Zero kids age 0-18 have died of Covid in Montgomery County.

Schools open, schools closed, vaccine, no vaccine, Delta, Omicron. Doesn’t matter. Zero deaths for that age group.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/case-counts.html#deaths-age

You need a new talking point. A 10 year old just died of covid.

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/stephen-wagner-10-years-old-dies-from-covid-19/38658242#

You'll just make excuses when a child dies here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can we not forget this statistic? Zero kids age 0-18 have died of Covid in Montgomery County.

Schools open, schools closed, vaccine, no vaccine, Delta, Omicron. Doesn’t matter. Zero deaths for that age group.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/case-counts.html#deaths-age

You need a new talking point. A 10 year old just died of covid.

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/stephen-wagner-10-years-old-dies-from-covid-19/38658242#

You'll just make excuses when a child dies here.

This talking point is still valid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can we not forget this statistic? Zero kids age 0-18 have died of Covid in Montgomery County.

Schools open, schools closed, vaccine, no vaccine, Delta, Omicron. Doesn’t matter. Zero deaths for that age group.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/case-counts.html#deaths-age

You need a new talking point. A 10 year old just died of covid.

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/stephen-wagner-10-years-old-dies-from-covid-19/38658242#

You'll just make excuses when a child dies here.

This talking point is still valid.

No, it’s not as kids are dying.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can we not forget this statistic? Zero kids age 0-18 have died of Covid in Montgomery County.

Schools open, schools closed, vaccine, no vaccine, Delta, Omicron. Doesn’t matter. Zero deaths for that age group.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/case-counts.html#deaths-age

You need a new talking point. A 10 year old just died of covid.

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/stephen-wagner-10-years-old-dies-from-covid-19/38658242#

You'll just make excuses when a child dies here.

This talking point is still valid.

No, it’s not as kids are dying.

Not in Montgomery County. Aside, neither kids nor adults were immortal pre-Covid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can we not forget this statistic? Zero kids age 0-18 have died of Covid in Montgomery County.

Schools open, schools closed, vaccine, no vaccine, Delta, Omicron. Doesn’t matter. Zero deaths for that age group.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/case-counts.html#deaths-age

Look Covid denier, just because we've been lucky so far doesn't mean it will not happen. There was just a child who died in the next county over. Is that not good enough for you? For some of us its not about deaths, but health. You may be ok with getting sick but not all of us are ok with it. For you its no big deal but for us it is. You would't think twice of sending you sick kids to school and infecting us. We care, you don't. Its not as simple as saying no deaths.

You have GOT to be kidding me. Do you whine about going virtual during flu season too? Do you know how many kids die from the flu every year?
I’m sure you grieve intensely for every flu death but get it together. We don’t close schools for that, we’re not closing schools because some kid “might” die from Covid.
*cue the “you’re a monster” posters. Yes, my realism makes me a monster. I’m ok with that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can we not forget this statistic? Zero kids age 0-18 have died of Covid in Montgomery County.

Schools open, schools closed, vaccine, no vaccine, Delta, Omicron. Doesn’t matter. Zero deaths for that age group.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/case-counts.html#deaths-age

You need a new talking point. A 10 year old just died of covid.

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/stephen-wagner-10-years-old-dies-from-covid-19/38658242#

You'll just make excuses when a child dies here.

This talking point is still valid.

No, it’s not as kids are dying.

More kids die from the flu. How do you feel about that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can we not forget this statistic? Zero kids age 0-18 have died of Covid in Montgomery County.

Schools open, schools closed, vaccine, no vaccine, Delta, Omicron. Doesn’t matter. Zero deaths for that age group.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/case-counts.html#deaths-age

You need a new talking point. A 10 year old just died of covid.

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/stephen-wagner-10-years-old-dies-from-covid-19/38658242#

You'll just make excuses when a child dies here.

This talking point is still valid.

No, it’s not as kids are dying.

More kids die from the flu. How do you feel about that?

Then maybe we should keep the masking precautions and regularly test for flu.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can we not forget this statistic? Zero kids age 0-18 have died of Covid in Montgomery County.

Schools open, schools closed, vaccine, no vaccine, Delta, Omicron. Doesn’t matter. Zero deaths for that age group.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/case-counts.html#deaths-age

Look Covid denier, just because we've been lucky so far doesn't mean it will not happen. There was just a child who died in the next county over. Is that not good enough for you? For some of us its not about deaths, but health. You may be ok with getting sick but not all of us are ok with it. For you its no big deal but for us it is. You would't think twice of sending you sick kids to school and infecting us. We care, you don't. Its not as simple as saying no deaths.

You have GOT to be kidding me. Do you whine about going virtual during flu season too? Do you know how many kids die from the flu every year?
I’m sure you grieve intensely for every flu death but get it together. We don’t close schools for that, we’re not closing schools because some kid “might” die from Covid.
*cue the “you’re a monster” posters. Yes, my realism makes me a monster. I’m ok with that.

The flu has never made this many people sick or killed this many. Not comparable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can we not forget this statistic? Zero kids age 0-18 have died of Covid in Montgomery County.

Schools open, schools closed, vaccine, no vaccine, Delta, Omicron. Doesn’t matter. Zero deaths for that age group.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/case-counts.html#deaths-age

You need a new talking point. A 10 year old just died of covid.

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/stephen-wagner-10-years-old-dies-from-covid-19/38658242#

You'll just make excuses when a child dies here.

This talking point is still valid.

No, it’s not as kids are dying.

Not in Montgomery County. Aside, neither kids nor adults were immortal pre-Covid.

We have been lucky so far. Luck will run out soon enough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can we not forget this statistic? Zero kids age 0-18 have died of Covid in Montgomery County.

Schools open, schools closed, vaccine, no vaccine, Delta, Omicron. Doesn’t matter. Zero deaths for that age group.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/case-counts.html#deaths-age

You need a new talking point. A 10 year old just died of covid.

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/stephen-wagner-10-years-old-dies-from-covid-19/38658242#

You'll just make excuses when a child dies here.

This talking point is still valid.

You sound fun to hang out with

No, it’s not as kids are dying.

Not in Montgomery County. Aside, neither kids nor adults were immortal pre-Covid.

We have been lucky so far. Luck will run out soon enough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can we not forget this statistic? Zero kids age 0-18 have died of Covid in Montgomery County.

Schools open, schools closed, vaccine, no vaccine, Delta, Omicron. Doesn’t matter. Zero deaths for that age group.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/case-counts.html#deaths-age

You need a new talking point. A 10 year old just died of covid.

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/stephen-wagner-10-years-old-dies-from-covid-19/38658242#

You'll just make excuses when a child dies here.

It’s not a talking point. It’s a fact. We should make decisions about closing schools using factual data. Not anecdotes. Not fear.

And we should not take lightly the effects that closing schools has on our youth.