COVID - recent numbers - fall

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I remember their was a person on this board so obsessed with keeping schools closed. They did not feel comfortable until the youngest kids could get vaccinated. I just wonder if that person is now satisfied or what?

Who is the obsessed one?

[Anonymous]

Teacher here. I have been masking for the last four weeks since I have an overseas cruise coming up. I got Covid this weekend. Not sure how as I have not been eating at restaurants or hanging out indoors with friends. Classic ba4/5 flu-like symptoms.

I thought we would be through Covid, but I think the new variant will burn through the schools in early fall.

This is my first Covid infection even though I didn’t reliably wear masks most of the spring in the school.

[Anonymous]

Threads like this in late July are so predictable. People calling for school closures and doom are an extremist minority who are detached from reality. It’s like a cult at this point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hello. I'm the one who predicted in 2020 that covid wasn't over, in 2021 that covid wasn't over, the winter spike last year, and earlier this year that covid mutations would be a concern.

Now here we are, facing BA.275, BA.4 and BA.5.

Here is my prediction for this year.

My guess is that a combination of mask fatigue and the non-masking parents will influence their children, who will peer-pressure other children to not wear their masks at school. Since current vaccines are relatively ineffective against the new variants, and MCPS refuses to enable a more dynamic hybrid response, I would expect multiple and complete school shutdowns to occur when the cold weather hits (no later than January / February) due to teacher illnesses.

There is the possibility it could occur earlier (as early as October) since MC is already at a HIGH covid level (if you weren't aware), depending on the weather. Cold and/or rainy days would work in favor of the virus, as it normally happens when kids catch colds.

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/montgomery-county-reaches-high-covid-community-level/3116781/

MCPS could choose to mitigate, parents could choose to encourage masking, but both groups seem too entrenched in their positions to reason with. My guess is the sense of entitlement is too high without a counterbalance.

My fear, and I hope I'm wrong on this, is that the counterbalance could come in the form of a large-scale negative outcome. My guess is that the Administration is already aware of this, and why the new vaccines are being rushed and ordered to be available by October or November or even sooner, according to these articles:

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/07/26/1113615330/reformulated-covid-vaccine-boosters-may-be-available-earlier-than-expected

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/07/22/booster-shots-coronavirus-under-50/

But, if the unmasked parents want to stay unmasked, there's not much you can do about it (but neither will they).

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2330568-long-covid-symptoms-may-include-hair-loss-and-ejaculation-difficulties/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-26/more-than-100-000-british-workers-are-off-sick-with-long-covid

In terms of variants, the good news is that the more proteins that appear, the fewer rabbits should be left in the hat. The bad news is that the math is still stacked against this being the very, very last covid strain that evades immunity.

Best case scenario - the new vaccines are out by September so that the majority of kids are immunized by the end of November. No new variants that evade prior infection or vaccine immunity.

Worst case scenario - I hope I'm wrong.

Again, this is just one opinion. We'll see.

This post is a whole lot of nonsense. As if the having ‘new vaccines’ will somehow help. The first generation of vaccines did not prevent transmission. New vaccines will be the same. There should be zero expectations that any child gets vaccinated in order to reopen schools. That would be completely unethical.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Threads like this in late July are so predictable. People calling for school closures and doom are an extremist minority who are detached from reality. It’s like a cult at this point.

Unfortunately there are ALOT of parents and public health official as like this in Montgomery County. Too many. And they have very loud voices. Our kids suffered for two years because of these ‘doom and gloom’ parents/public health officials.

I would hope that we know to ignore them by now, but I am not certain and could see schools having issues with closures due to quarantines, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello. I'm the one who predicted in 2020 that covid wasn't over, in 2021 that covid wasn't over, the winter spike last year, and earlier this year that covid mutations would be a concern.

Now here we are, facing BA.275, BA.4 and BA.5.

Here is my prediction for this year.

My guess is that a combination of mask fatigue and the non-masking parents will influence their children, who will peer-pressure other children to not wear their masks at school. Since current vaccines are relatively ineffective against the new variants, and MCPS refuses to enable a more dynamic hybrid response, I would expect multiple and complete school shutdowns to occur when the cold weather hits (no later than January / February) due to teacher illnesses.

There is the possibility it could occur earlier (as early as October) since MC is already at a HIGH covid level (if you weren't aware), depending on the weather. Cold and/or rainy days would work in favor of the virus, as it normally happens when kids catch colds.

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/montgomery-county-reaches-high-covid-community-level/3116781/

MCPS could choose to mitigate, parents could choose to encourage masking, but both groups seem too entrenched in their positions to reason with. My guess is the sense of entitlement is too high without a counterbalance.

My fear, and I hope I'm wrong on this, is that the counterbalance could come in the form of a large-scale negative outcome. My guess is that the Administration is already aware of this, and why the new vaccines are being rushed and ordered to be available by October or November or even sooner, according to these articles:

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/07/26/1113615330/reformulated-covid-vaccine-boosters-may-be-available-earlier-than-expected

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/07/22/booster-shots-coronavirus-under-50/

But, if the unmasked parents want to stay unmasked, there's not much you can do about it (but neither will they).

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2330568-long-covid-symptoms-may-include-hair-loss-and-ejaculation-difficulties/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-26/more-than-100-000-british-workers-are-off-sick-with-long-covid

In terms of variants, the good news is that the more proteins that appear, the fewer rabbits should be left in the hat. The bad news is that the math is still stacked against this being the very, very last covid strain that evades immunity.

Best case scenario - the new vaccines are out by September so that the majority of kids are immunized by the end of November. No new variants that evade prior infection or vaccine immunity.

Worst case scenario - I hope I'm wrong.

Again, this is just one opinion. We'll see.

This post is a whole lot of nonsense. As if the having ‘new vaccines’ will somehow help. The first generation of vaccines did not prevent transmission. New vaccines will be the same. There should be zero expectations that any child gets vaccinated in order to reopen schools. That would be completely unethical.

Multiple and complete school shutdowns? PP is still living in 2020.

[Anonymous]

I think the Covid issues will be less however, with the relatively lower number of students and staff compared to last year it will magnify the larger staffing issues. Coverage/burnout will continue to be an issue giving us similar issues as last year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Threads like this in late July are so predictable. People calling for school closures and doom are an extremist minority who are detached from reality. It’s like a cult at this point.

Unfortunately there are ALOT of parents and public health official as like this in Montgomery County. Too many. And they have very loud voices. Our kids suffered for two years because of these ‘doom and gloom’ parents/public health officials.

I would hope that we know to ignore them by now, but I am not certain and could see schools having issues with closures due to quarantines, etc.

There’s no regional company on this any more. None of the other school region message boards even have a Covid thread on their first page. Fortunately, we now have a Superintendent that couldn’t care less what the hypochondriacs and shutins think.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Threads like this in late July are so predictable. People calling for school closures and doom are an extremist minority who are detached from reality. It’s like a cult at this point.

Unfortunately there are ALOT of parents and public health official as like this in Montgomery County. Too many. And they have very loud voices. Our kids suffered for two years because of these ‘doom and gloom’ parents/public health officials.

I would hope that we know to ignore them by now, but I am not certain and could see schools having issues with closures due to quarantines, etc.

There’s no regional company on this any more. None of the other school region message boards even have a Covid thread on their first page. Fortunately, we now have a Superintendent that couldn’t care less what the hypochondriacs and shutins think.

It’s like you’re not even listening to what the actual problem is. The problem isn’t COVID itself… it’s that with sickness comes a staffing crisis. You cannot have open school buildings without anyone to run the schools. Or you do and you herd 100s of kids into auditoriums in the name of “education” bc many morons here think an open building automatically equals education. It doesn’t. If you actually cared about the education aspect, you’d realize this. Otherwise what you’re really saying is you’re just concerned with free babysitting and using “education” as the guise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Threads like this in late July are so predictable. People calling for school closures and doom are an extremist minority who are detached from reality. It’s like a cult at this point.

No one is calling for s hook closures. You are just trying to start unnecessary drama. It will be a hot mess. Be real.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Threads like this in late July are so predictable. People calling for school closures and doom are an extremist minority who are detached from reality. It’s like a cult at this point.

Unfortunately there are ALOT of parents and public health official as like this in Montgomery County. Too many. And they have very loud voices. Our kids suffered for two years because of these ‘doom and gloom’ parents/public health officials.

I would hope that we know to ignore them by now, but I am not certain and could see schools having issues with closures due to quarantines, etc.

Your kids did not suffer two years except if your house was a miserable place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Threads like this in late July are so predictable. People calling for school closures and doom are an extremist minority who are detached from reality. It’s like a cult at this point.

Unfortunately there are ALOT of parents and public health official as like this in Montgomery County. Too many. And they have very loud voices. Our kids suffered for two years because of these ‘doom and gloom’ parents/public health officials.

I would hope that we know to ignore them by now, but I am not certain and could see schools having issues with closures due to quarantines, etc.

There’s no regional company on this any more. None of the other school region message boards even have a Covid thread on their first page. Fortunately, we now have a Superintendent that couldn’t care less what the hypochondriacs and shutins think.

It’s like you’re not even listening to what the actual problem is. The problem isn’t COVID itself… it’s that with sickness comes a staffing crisis. You cannot have open school buildings without anyone to run the schools. Or you do and you herd 100s of kids into auditoriums in the name of “education” bc many morons here think an open building automatically equals education. It doesn’t. If you actually cared about the education aspect, you’d realize this. Otherwise what you’re really saying is you’re just concerned with free babysitting and using “education” as the guise.

But how much is the staffing problem caused by required and extended isolation periods and how much is actual sickness?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: There should be zero expectations that any child gets vaccinated in order to reopen schools. That would be completely unethical.

DC is requiring it for all students over 12.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: There should be zero expectations that any child gets vaccinated in order to reopen schools. That would be completely unethical.

DC is requiring it for all students over 12.

UNETHICAL. Completely and totally. So sorry to hear that. I hope there are a crap ton of lawsuits over that policy.

MCPS even (rightfully) got rid of the ridiculous vaccine mandate for athletes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Threads like this in late July are so predictable. People calling for school closures and doom are an extremist minority who are detached from reality. It’s like a cult at this point.

Unfortunately there are ALOT of parents and public health official as like this in Montgomery County. Too many. And they have very loud voices. Our kids suffered for two years because of these ‘doom and gloom’ parents/public health officials.

I would hope that we know to ignore them by now, but I am not certain and could see schools having issues with closures due to quarantines, etc.

There’s no regional company on this any more. None of the other school region message boards even have a Covid thread on their first page. Fortunately, we now have a Superintendent that couldn’t care less what the hypochondriacs and shutins think.

It’s like you’re not even listening to what the actual problem is. The problem isn’t COVID itself… it’s that with sickness comes a staffing crisis. You cannot have open school buildings without anyone to run the schools. Or you do and you herd 100s of kids into auditoriums in the name of “education” bc many morons here think an open building automatically equals education. It doesn’t. If you actually cared about the education aspect, you’d realize this. Otherwise what you’re really saying is you’re just concerned with free babysitting and using “education” as the guise.

But how much is the staffing problem caused by required and extended isolation periods and how much is actual sickness?

This. Plenty of teachers could have come in to work at various times during the last school year, but were forced to stay at home due to unreasonable isolation requirements and inappropriate quarantine regulations.