DCPS Takeway: You must to test and register result on 1/4

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Here’s what I don’t get… the rapid tests aren’t good at detecting the omicron variant. How will using data from rapid tests really be effective? I feel like using these tests are like grasping at straws

This exactly

Rapid tests aren't good at picking up covid w/out symptoms either....but, here we are....

oh christ you guys, read some public health assessments of this type of testing protocol. Then get a grip on your negativity.

Everyone outside of DC I know wishes their school district was doing what DC is doing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So how do upload results? Photos are results?

Yes and on the honor system that result and picture is from 1/4.

You do know there is metadata that easily shows if the photo is from
Another day, right?

You know that you can strip the metadata before uploading, right?

Please write to your council member with this precise concern of students testing positive, then finding a negative result to take a picture of, then stripping the metadata of that picture. And that you think this is a widespread problem that DCPS staff should address in their free time. Please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So how do upload results? Photos are results?

Yes and on the honor system that result and picture is from 1/4.

You do know there is metadata that easily shows if the photo is from
Another day, right?

You know that you can strip the metadata before uploading, right?

Please write to your council member with this precise concern of students testing positive, then finding a negative result to take a picture of, then stripping the metadata of that picture. And that you think this is a widespread problem that DCPS staff should address in their free time. Please.

Wait you think parents who can barely post images and twitter links here, can strip metadata from photos?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So how do upload results? Photos are results?

Yes and on the honor system that result and picture is from 1/4.

You do know there is metadata that easily shows if the photo is from
Another day, right?

You know that you can strip the metadata before uploading, right?

Please write to your council member with this precise concern of students testing positive, then finding a negative result to take a picture of, then stripping the metadata of that picture. And that you think this is a widespread problem that DCPS staff should address in their free time. Please.

Wait you think parents who can barely post images and twitter links here, can strip metadata from photos?

I think you missed PP’s sarcasm.

[Anonymous]

Has anyone started a pool for what time the website will crash?

I'm going with 2:45.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone started a pool for what time the website will crash?

I'm going with 2:45.

I doubt it will work at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone started a pool for what time the website will crash?

I'm going with 2:45.

I doubt it will work at all.

9:45 am

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone started a pool for what time the website will crash?

I'm going with 2:45.

I doubt it will work at all.

9:45 am

Given the challenges of the vaccine sign up website I think it will be failing early and often.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone started a pool for what time the website will crash?

I'm going with 2:45.

I doubt it will work at all.

9:45 am

Given the challenges of the vaccine sign up website I think it will be failing early and often.

Yeah, it's way better if they didn't do this testing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So for all the people who think it’s futile would you be happy if they did nothing?

Exactly. This round of antigen testing is better than nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So for all the people who think it’s futile would you be happy if they did nothing?

Exactly. This round of antigen testing is better than nothing.

Agree. I think people don't get that this isn't meant to pick up EVERY case. That's impossible, regardless of your testing regime. It's meant to mitigate the spread in schools, if only for a short time. And hopefully within a few weeks the surge will end and the short-term nature of the mitigation will have been appropriate.


In the meantime, everyone should vaccinate their kids if they haven't yet.

[Anonymous]

I wonder what happens if we get 16 inches of snow (like one model is saying). It will be impossible to pick up tests tomorrow and possibly Tuesday. If people can’t pick up the test, do they just go back on Wednesday?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder what happens if we get 16 inches of snow (like one model is saying). It will be impossible to pick up tests tomorrow and possibly Tuesday. If people can’t pick up the test, do they just go back on Wednesday?

I think they will just push it by a day so off for testing tuesday and Wednesday and back on Thursday

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So for all the people who think it’s futile would you be happy if they did nothing?

Exactly. This round of antigen testing is better than nothing.

Agree. I think people don't get that this isn't meant to pick up EVERY case. That's impossible, regardless of your testing regime. It's meant to mitigate the spread in schools, if only for a short time. And hopefully within a few weeks the surge will end and the short-term nature of the mitigation will have been appropriate.


In the meantime, everyone should vaccinate their kids if they haven't yet.

This. People love crapping over every proposed plan but don't really have an alternative. We could close schools but (1) not clear that would help, and could actually encourage, omicron spread because it sends thousands of families scrambling for childcare, and (2) it's hugely disruptive for kids.

The positives of the testing plan are multiple:

1) Discourages people from engaging in risky behavior that will be more likely to turn a positive rapid test on Tuesday, which could jeopardize their kid returning to school on Wednesday. Note that it does this even if the system doesn't work! Deterrence is cool.

2) Assuming the system works at all, it gives DCPS some data to work with. If 60% of the tests come back positive, suddenly closing schools looks much more worth it AND that move would be based on more than just generalized fear. Yes the tests aren't perfect but they are at least something. Staff are also testing and that's another data point. It's something. Something is better than nothing.

3) There are lots of long-reaching benefits to creating a system for testing. DCPS hasn't announced a real test-to-stay program, but Tuesday can serve as a proving ground for how one might work. This is the district's first attempt at using at-home testing as a mitigation measure in an official way (many of us have been using at-home testing, both PCR and antigen, on our own for months). It's a step in the right direction.

For a town full of policy wonks, a lot of you sound like the least helpful person in the room whenever real policy is made. It's easy to sit around complaining, easy to point out why something won't work perfectly. Seriously -- it's so easy! What takes effort is looking at your imperfect policy, figuring out how to make it work as well as you can, and then tweaking and refining until it does what it's supposed to do. I know everyone wants a solution RIGHT NOW. But this situation sucks, so there are not great solutions. The best thing you can do is vaccinate, get boosted, monitor for symptoms, test as needed. Hope others do the same.

[Anonymous]

Amen!