Say No to the test?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is so weird. Are MCPS schools really testing so much that you care? I would love for my kids to get tested every week but since signing them up in November each has only been tested ONCE. What are these schools that are testing all the time?

All of them. My son is tested 90% of mondays

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is so weird. Are MCPS schools really testing so much that you care? I would love for my kids to get tested every week but since signing them up in November each has only been tested ONCE. What are these schools that are testing all the time?

Really? My kids get tested at minimum every other week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is so weird. Are MCPS schools really testing so much that you care? I would love for my kids to get tested every week but since signing them up in November each has only been tested ONCE. What are these schools that are testing all the time?

No they aren't but there are a couple far-right astroturfers who post this stuff to stir up resentment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: how do we withdraw from MCPS testing my kid for covid?

I know these tests make it very tough to send your sick kid to school for free daycare.

[Anonymous]

I had the same question, OP. I don’t send my kids to school when they’re sick, but I also have no interest in quarantining them if they test positive while asymptomatic. That needs to stop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is so weird. Are MCPS schools really testing so much that you care? I would love for my kids to get tested every week but since signing them up in November each has only been tested ONCE. What are these schools that are testing all the time?

No they aren't but there are a couple far-right astroturfers who post this stuff to stir up resentment.

OP here. Give it a rest. My DC has been tested probably more than 5x since school started in the fall. They keep pulling DC out during math, and DC keeps having to go back to the teacher to review missed material.

If they pulled DC out during PE or lunch, I wouldn't care. But this is getting ridiculous. Some kids have never been pulled out for testing, while others keep "winning the lottery". The random testing that they are doing has issues.

We've had covid in our family. DC was also just boosted (as have we all). We have like 10 test kits at home. We're good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is so weird. Are MCPS schools really testing so much that you care? I would love for my kids to get tested every week but since signing them up in November each has only been tested ONCE. What are these schools that are testing all the time?

No they aren't but there are a couple far-right astroturfers who post this stuff to stir up resentment.

ya they're fairly prolific posters and but i think they get paid by the post

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: how do we withdraw from MCPS testing my kid for covid?

I know these tests make it very tough to send your sick kid to school for free daycare.

I know! That's why we said no to the test too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:they way i see it.. mcps doesn't require everyone to be vaccinated .. so i never say 'yes' to the test.

Vaccines and testing are two different issues and vaccines aren't stoping outbreaks/transmission just helping with symptoms and hospitalizations (so there is a benefit to the individual but not others)

i thought it was agreed that vaccines did stop transmission ... it may not be in earlier variants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:they way i see it.. mcps doesn't require everyone to be vaccinated .. so i never say 'yes' to the test.

Then you must have terrible vision.

i am glad, mcps has nice people like you... good vision and who knows the right thing to do ...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is so weird. Are MCPS schools really testing so much that you care? I would love for my kids to get tested every week but since signing them up in November each has only been tested ONCE. What are these schools that are testing all the time?

Really? My kids get tested at minimum every other week.

such a weird thing to want to have your kid tested all the time ... ask your kid if he/she is ok with that ...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is so weird. Are MCPS schools really testing so much that you care? I would love for my kids to get tested every week but since signing them up in November each has only been tested ONCE. What are these schools that are testing all the time?

No they aren't but there are a couple far-right astroturfers who post this stuff to stir up resentment.

ya they're fairly prolific posters and but i think they get paid by the post

MCPS employees must also get paid per post.

Either that, or the super anxious and fearful posters have lost the ability to reason and assess risks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is so weird. Are MCPS schools really testing so much that you care? I would love for my kids to get tested every week but since signing them up in November each has only been tested ONCE. What are these schools that are testing all the time?

All of them. My son is tested 90% of mondays

Mine, too. Like 4 out of 5 weeks. This week they didn’t even bother sending the notice that he would be tested, I just got the email saying ‘negative’.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: how do we withdraw from MCPS testing my kid for covid?

I know these tests make it very tough to send your sick kid to school for free daycare.

Says the parent of a kindergartner...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: how do we withdraw from MCPS testing my kid for covid?

Move. Next surge has already started.

Kids have nothing to worry about statistically. Worry about drug use and depression.


Adults that are fat, lose weight and exercise every day.

Old people that are scared--wear a mask or isolate.

Kids have died of covid. Maybe instead of bullying online to justify your crazy covid behavior you should spend time with your kids to help with the drug use and depression.

"Kids have died..." is a remarkably weak argument. Yes, kids die. The CDC has a large database of childhood mortality.