The prospect of kids not going back to school until 2021

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Vaccine is not the answer. There’s plenty of evidence that those who have tested positive once are testing positive again after recuperating. How’s the vaccine, containing only traces of the virus going to help? Unless coronavirus does not follow the rules of immunology, herd immunity is the way to go — or maybe there a new world order in the making.

Of all the misinformation out there, this is the one that makes me the craziest. This and that people are getting sick from air conditioning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vaccine is not the answer. There’s plenty of evidence that those who have tested positive once are testing positive again after recuperating. How’s the vaccine, containing only traces of the virus going to help? Unless coronavirus does not follow the rules of immunology, herd immunity is the way to go — or maybe there a new world order in the making.

Of all the misinformation out there, this is the one that makes me the craziest. This and that people are getting sick from air conditioning.

Why is it a misinformation?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vaccine is not the answer. There’s plenty of evidence that those who have tested positive once are testing positive again after recuperating. How’s the vaccine, containing only traces of the virus going to help? Unless coronavirus does not follow the rules of immunology, herd immunity is the way to go — or maybe there a new world order in the making.

Of all the misinformation out there, this is the one that makes me the craziest. This and that people are getting sick from air conditioning.

Why is it a misinformation?

Because they have proven that you can't catch it twice. The previous positives of reinfection were false positives from dead coronavirus cells left in the system.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry folks, I love it this way. Some effort but a full paycheck. Knowing MCPS I'm 100% sure they won't open for a long time.

You're a teacher apparently? I have two friends who teach elementary and they've both said they enjoy working from home. Now that they figured out how to use Zoom, they're settled in and don't want to go back.

If I were a teacher I would be embarrassed to admit to this, even anonymously online. My son is in elementary school. His work is so minimal. His math homework is usually one question. ONE QUESTION to turn in. He has learned zero in the last 2 months from his distance learning. Im doing my best to teach him what I can.

I have already started using outside programs which are set up in a better format for learning than our schools.

This has been a complete waste of 2 months and the fact that you love "teaching" without such a large percentage of students actually learning is scary. It doesn't matter what MCPS numbers say, even if 70% of students are logging on doesn't mean they're actually learning something.

MCPS distance learning is like taking an open book test-- and we all know how well people learn from those.

Sorry I call BS on this post. I'm an elementary school teacher who can be a bit of a smart ass cynic at times but I don't know of a single teacher in my school who doesn't wish we were all back in the building with our kids. Like it or not, there is an art to teaching that can't really be replicated online. At first I was bothered when my kids would join our Zoom classes having not watched the videos but two months in and I can barely bring myself to watch them either. They're boring AF and aren't at all what a real lesson would be like for our students. I can't even begin to think about what it's going to be like in the fall knowing it would be impossible to have us all back while adhering to the current CDC guidelines. I will say that the real MVPs are you parents. You all are rockstars trying to balance working your regular jobs, managing kids at home and still trying to support your kids education. We really appreciate it and know it's not easy for anyone involved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vaccine is not the answer. There’s plenty of evidence that those who have tested positive once are testing positive again after recuperating. How’s the vaccine, containing only traces of the virus going to help? Unless coronavirus does not follow the rules of immunology, herd immunity is the way to go — or maybe there a new world order in the making.

Of all the misinformation out there, this is the one that makes me the craziest. This and that people are getting sick from air conditioning.

Why is it a misinformation?

Because they have proven that you can't catch it twice. The previous positives of reinfection were false positives from dead coronavirus cells left in the system.

really? do you have a cite - because I thought that wasn't proven yet. that would be great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vaccine is not the answer. There’s plenty of evidence that those who have tested positive once are testing positive again after recuperating. How’s the vaccine, containing only traces of the virus going to help? Unless coronavirus does not follow the rules of immunology, herd immunity is the way to go — or maybe there a new world order in the making.

Of all the misinformation out there, this is the one that makes me the craziest. This and that people are getting sick from air conditioning.

Why is it a misinformation?

Because they have proven that you can't catch it twice. The previous positives of reinfection were false positives from dead coronavirus cells left in the system.

really? do you have a cite - because I thought that wasn't proven yet. that would be great.

https://www.cdc.go.kr/board/board.es?mid=a30402000000&bid=0030&act=view&list_no=367267&nPage=1

I wouldn’t say they’ve “proven” anything, BUT from the Korean study it doesn’t appear any of the “re-positive” cases they studied actually ‘caught’ it again. And they were not infectious when they tested positive after recovery. So yes, this is a good sign. There are numerous, legitimate scientists who will say that while we don’t know anything for sure, we have no reason to believe this coronavirus behaves any differently from the others in terms of conferring immunity, we just don’t know how strong that immunity is or how long it lasts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry folks, I love it this way. Some effort but a full paycheck. Knowing MCPS I'm 100% sure they won't open for a long time.

You're a teacher apparently? I have two friends who teach elementary and they've both said they enjoy working from home. Now that they figured out how to use Zoom, they're settled in and don't want to go back.

If I were a teacher I would be embarrassed to admit to this, even anonymously online. My son is in elementary school. His work is so minimal. His math homework is usually one question. ONE QUESTION to turn in. He has learned zero in the last 2 months from his distance learning. Im doing my best to teach him what I can.

I have already started using outside programs which are set up in a better format for learning than our schools.

This has been a complete waste of 2 months and the fact that you love "teaching" without such a large percentage of students actually learning is scary. It doesn't matter what MCPS numbers say, even if 70% of students are logging on doesn't mean they're actually learning something.

MCPS distance learning is like taking an open book test-- and we all know how well people learn from those.

Sorry I call BS on this post. I'm an elementary school teacher who can be a bit of a smart ass cynic at times but I don't know of a single teacher in my school who doesn't wish we were all back in the building with our kids. Like it or not, there is an art to teaching that can't really be replicated online. At first I was bothered when my kids would join our Zoom classes having not watched the videos but two months in and I can barely bring myself to watch them either. They're boring AF and aren't at all what a real lesson would be like for our students. I can't even begin to think about what it's going to be like in the fall knowing it would be impossible to have us all back while adhering to the current CDC guidelines. I will say that the real MVPs are you parents. You all are rockstars trying to balance working your regular jobs, managing kids at home and still trying to support your kids education. We really appreciate it and know it's not easy for anyone involved.

Thank you that was very nice. Pp here. All i can say is for my family situation with 2 essntial workers out of the house and 2 little ones..its a huge struggle.

[Anonymous]

Dcps won’t open until a vaccine, but there may never be a vaccine. Our kids may never go back to school. This is an unacceptable policy.

[Anonymous]

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Nope, it doesn't. The mortality rate among children and young adults is very low. The risk is not to the kids, but to the adults (including elderly ones) who are at higher risk of catching it from a kid who is just a carrier and exhibits no symptoms.

Again, this is why the focus should now be on protecting the most vulnerable. The level of protection, ranging from social distancing & substantial hand washing... to total quarantine depends on the people being protected.

It's always useful to remember that you can't have school without teachers, building staff, transportation staff, and administrators, all of whom are typically adults.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vaccine is not the answer. There’s plenty of evidence that those who have tested positive once are testing positive again after recuperating. How’s the vaccine, containing only traces of the virus going to help? Unless coronavirus does not follow the rules of immunology, herd immunity is the way to go — or maybe there a new world order in the making.

Of all the misinformation out there, this is the one that makes me the craziest. This and that people are getting sick from air conditioning.

Why is it a misinformation?

Because they have proven that you can't catch it twice. The previous positives of reinfection were false positives from dead coronavirus cells left in the system.

really? do you have a cite - because I thought that wasn't proven yet. that would be great.

Read the damn news lady! I’m so sick of people spewing this reinfectiion crap...you read one headline six weeks ago that made such an impression on you that you are still discussing it six weeks later...Meanwhile, you can’t even bother to follow up on the story or read the umpteen articles about it? Lazy and dumb.

[Anonymous]

Here's what will happen:

A kid gets the virus and is a carrier and is asymptomatic.

That kid spreads it to another kid who immunocompromised or to an older staff lady who gets it and dies. Or a cluster of kids get the dreaded Kawasaki's disease related to COVID and one dies.

Mcps get sued out the wazoo. School is closed until a vaccine.


Schools won't open until 2022-2023 after wave 2 and 3 hit, or until a vaccine that actually works comes out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Nope, it doesn't. The mortality rate among children and young adults is very low. The risk is not to the kids, but to the adults (including elderly ones) who are at higher risk of catching it from a kid who is just a carrier and exhibits no symptoms.

Again, this is why the focus should now be on protecting the most vulnerable. The level of protection, ranging from social distancing & substantial hand washing... to total quarantine depends on the people being protected.

It's always useful to remember that you can't have school without teachers, building staff, transportation staff, and administrators, all of whom are typically adults.

And you can’t have grocery stores, electricity, telephones, gas stations, infrastructure, banks, doctors office and hospitals without adult staff either, yet we have all those things.

If some teachers and staff can’t or won’t come back, so be it. But, the kids are entitled to an education and shutting schools indefinitely because some teachers won’t come back is a gross disservice to every kid.

[Anonymous]

Everyone crying lawsuit is nuts. In order to win, you will need to prove causation which will be impossible because covid is prevalent AND you will need to prove that the parents/workers did not “assume the risk” by sending their kid to school which will also be impossible given that covid awareness is being force fed to us at every turn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Nope, it doesn't. The mortality rate among children and young adults is very low. The risk is not to the kids, but to the adults (including elderly ones) who are at higher risk of catching it from a kid who is just a carrier and exhibits no symptoms.

Again, this is why the focus should now be on protecting the most vulnerable. The level of protection, ranging from social distancing & substantial hand washing... to total quarantine depends on the people being protected.

It's always useful to remember that you can't have school without teachers, building staff, transportation staff, and administrators, all of whom are typically adults.

And you can’t have grocery stores, electricity, telephones, gas stations, infrastructure, banks, doctors office and hospitals without adult staff either, yet we have all those things.

If some teachers and staff can’t or won’t come back, so be it. But, the kids are entitled to an education and shutting schools indefinitely because some teachers won’t come back is a gross disservice to every kid.

Yeah, but nobody says, "Why can't we open grocery stores? Very few potatoes have gotten covid." Whereas plenty of people are saying, "Why can't we open schools? Very few children have gotten covid."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's what will happen:

A kid gets the virus and is a carrier and is asymptomatic.

That kid spreads it to another kid who immunocompromised or to an older staff lady who gets it and dies. Or a cluster of kids get the dreaded Kawasaki's disease related to COVID and one dies.

Mcps get sued out the wazoo. School is closed until a vaccine.

Schools won't open until 2022-2023 after wave 2 and 3 hit, or until a vaccine that actually works comes out.

No, MCPS won't. It would be very expensive to sue, and the plaintiff would be highly unlikely to win.