When will the masking end?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It has ended. No one masking in va.

This is why OP wants to move to VA.

Very few kids in my kid's FCPS ES wear masks. 3 kids in her class of 25 and she said that seems pretty consistent throughout the school.

My other kid in MS says it is more like 30-40% and very much divided along racial lines, which is interesting.

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Anonymous wrote:DCPS school and everyone still masking despite the mandate being dropped. This is so disheartening. I really worry about the negative effects of not seeing faces for my young kids learning to read. I’m seriously considering moving to Virginia because of this, which sounds crazy I know. But if people aren’t a unmasking when vaccines are available and cases are low in community when will they?

(1) Cases are not low, dummy.
(2) Do we really need two threads on this every day?

DC's community level is low: https://coronavirus.dc.gov/key-metrics

Honestly you should be flagged for misinformation.

FYI, the CDC's "community levels" are about hospital admissions, not case counts. They stopped making transmission levels the main public metric, mostly to make the map look green instead of red, but those levels continue to be High or Substantial in nearly all of the country: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#county-view?list_select_state=all_states&list_select_county=all_counties&data-type=Risk. DC is currently experiencing Substantial transmission levels (most recent is 85 per 100,000 residents, although I assume it's higher because many tests aren't being reported to public health authorities anymore).

Look at DC's case levels, which are also low. 85/100,000 is characterized as low.

Seriously, you are just making stuff up.

Read the page I linked. The Community Levels treat that level as Low (in combination with the hospitalization factors). But the transmission map, which is bright red, categorizes 85/100,000 cases as Substantial transmission. Not making stuff up; that's the CDC's own web site.

DP. Don't bother. This person is stupid. They can't grasp that the CDC changed from looking at hospital admissions for "community levels" so although case counts are actually high, the "community levels" show as low.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It has ended. No one masking in va.

I am.

[Anonymous]

Polling shows that people who are extremely liberal are off-the-charts afraid of COVID -- like, way more afraid than mainstream Democrats, let alone independents or conservatives. That's probably why a big reason why masking is still a thing here, even as the rest of the country has abandoned it.

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Anonymous wrote:It has ended. No one masking in va.

This is why OP wants to move to VA.

Very few kids in my kid's FCPS ES wear masks. 3 kids in her class of 25 and she said that seems pretty consistent throughout the school.

My other kid in MS says it is more like 30-40% and very much divided along racial lines, which is interesting.

I wonder if the kids who are still masking are more likely to know someone who died. I know my one kid who is still masking is doing it for a sense of control in an unpredictable world.

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Anonymous wrote:It has ended. No one masking in va.

This is why OP wants to move to VA.

Very few kids in my kid's FCPS ES wear masks. 3 kids in her class of 25 and she said that seems pretty consistent throughout the school.

My other kid in MS says it is more like 30-40% and very much divided along racial lines, which is interesting.

I wonder if the kids who are still masking are more likely to know someone who died. I know my one kid who is still masking is doing it for a sense of control in an unpredictable world.

I think that is some of it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It has ended. No one masking in va.

This is why OP wants to move to VA.

Very few kids in my kid's FCPS ES wear masks. 3 kids in her class of 25 and she said that seems pretty consistent throughout the school.

My other kid in MS says it is more like 30-40% and very much divided along racial lines, which is interesting.

I wonder if the kids who are still masking are more likely to know someone who died. I know my one kid who is still masking is doing it for a sense of control in an unpredictable world.

Probably more likely that we're creating the next generation of germophobic weirdos by teaching them to have wildly exaggerated fears of germs...

[Anonymous]

When people who actually know what they are talking about (Drs, epidemiologists etc) say masks are no longer necessary I'm sure many families will be ready to drop them.

Just because most of society has decided to stick their heads in the sand doesn't mean this is over.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When people who actually know what they are talking about (Drs, epidemiologists etc) say masks are no longer necessary I'm sure many families will be ready to drop them.

Just because most of society has decided to stick their heads in the sand doesn't mean this is over.

Look! You’re free!

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/23/my-kids-wont-wear-masks-school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When people who actually know what they are talking about (Drs, epidemiologists etc) say masks are no longer necessary I'm sure many families will be ready to drop them.

Just because most of society has decided to stick their heads in the sand doesn't mean this is over.

The CDC said awhile ago that masks are not necessarily in schools in places like DC. They only recommend masks in places where the community spread is considered "high." DC is "low."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When people who actually know what they are talking about (Drs, epidemiologists etc) say masks are no longer necessary I'm sure many families will be ready to drop them.

Just because most of society has decided to stick their heads in the sand doesn't mean this is over.

They're not sticking their heads in the sand. They're following the health guidance. DC is the one not following the guidance. Coronavirus is never going to be "over." It will be with us forever. Fortunately, it's not that big of deal anymore if you get it so people can get on with their lives.

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Anonymous wrote:When people who actually know what they are talking about (Drs, epidemiologists etc) say masks are no longer necessary I'm sure many families will be ready to drop them.

Just because most of society has decided to stick their heads in the sand doesn't mean this is over.

They're not sticking their heads in the sand. They're following the health guidance. DC is the one not following the guidance. Coronavirus is never going to be "over." It will be with us forever. Fortunately, it's not that big of deal anymore if you get it so people can get on with their lives.

But DC is following the guidance. Masks are optional. OP thinks that masks should be forbidden, that children wearing masks should be turned away at the door. The CDC has never recommended such a thing.

[Anonymous]

Name the school where everyone is masking or it didn’t happen.

[Anonymous]

I'm not entirely sure why you would need to see faces to learn to read. That said, we ditched the mask as soon as DCPS went optional and I do privately wish teachers at least would take them off. But respecting personal choice is an important life lesson, so we just emphasize that everyone gets to decide for themselves and our kids seem happy with that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What school is this?
my kid is at Deal and says that there are almost no masks. One out of her 7 teachers masks and really no kids at all.

my older two are in private schools in DC and there are zero masks worn by anyone.

I don't want to specify but we're in Petworth. My kids says most teachers mask (including hers) and looks like a lot of kids too at pick up.