Are more people opting into the APS testing?

[Anonymous]

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You're wanting to put the burden of COVID mitigation solely on children. That's disgusting.

We know how low of risk children have with COVID (less than the risk they take riding in a car to school).

COVID will be here forever. Everyone will get it. This is just putting the burden on children, so you can unsuccessfully try to avoid a virus that everyone will get. And you're penalizing children. Absolutely disgusting.

DO NOT OPT IN TO THIS TESTING! IT IS SCHOOL CLOSURES BY STEALTH

I'm not wanting to put the burden of COVID mitigation solely on children. First, I'm pointing out that restaurants and gyms aren't the best standard to look at when creating a healthy educational environment for kids. Second, I actually think there are a lot of very selfish adults. Sure adults are tired of the past two years. We're ALL tired, but that doesn't excuse selfishness, and 2 years in I have a hard time assuming many people are still clueless. Third, I have an under 5 child with health issues and older child who is school aged. Because too many parents won't take basic mitigation requirements (like teach their kids to mask, test their kids to slow the spread, keep kids home when they're sick) I'm faced with some really tough choices that help one child but hurt the other, and vice versa. All I'm asking is for my at risk under 5 to have a vaccine and for treatments to be available for their age group. in the meantime, I am begging parents who read this to teach masking, test your kids, keep them home when they're sick. Please.

Immunocompromised people did not start existing in March 2020. I feel for your child, but there are 200 endemic respiratory viruses. Your child would have problems during flu seasons. H1N1 killed way more kids on annual basis than COVID.

Your child would still have problems even if everyone just masked harder, as you want. This is a highly transmissible respiratory virus. Virus is going to virus.

My kids have stopped with all COVID restrictions since this summer and will not do them any longer. The majority of the country has. Time to move on.

DO NOT SIGN UP FOR TESTING! THIS IS LOCKING HEALTHY KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL.

Sit TF down, nutter.

You don’t get to tell parents what to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

You're wanting to put the burden of COVID mitigation solely on children. That's disgusting.

We know how low of risk children have with COVID (less than the risk they take riding in a car to school).

COVID will be here forever. Everyone will get it. This is just putting the burden on children, so you can unsuccessfully try to avoid a virus that everyone will get. And you're penalizing children. Absolutely disgusting.

DO NOT OPT IN TO THIS TESTING! IT IS SCHOOL CLOSURES BY STEALTH

I'm not wanting to put the burden of COVID mitigation solely on children. First, I'm pointing out that restaurants and gyms aren't the best standard to look at when creating a healthy educational environment for kids. Second, I actually think there are a lot of very selfish adults. Sure adults are tired of the past two years. We're ALL tired, but that doesn't excuse selfishness, and 2 years in I have a hard time assuming many people are still clueless. Third, I have an under 5 child with health issues and older child who is school aged. Because too many parents won't take basic mitigation requirements (like teach their kids to mask, test their kids to slow the spread, keep kids home when they're sick) I'm faced with some really tough choices that help one child but hurt the other, and vice versa. All I'm asking is for my at risk under 5 to have a vaccine and for treatments to be available for their age group. in the meantime, I am begging parents who read this to teach masking, test your kids, keep them home when they're sick. Please.

Immunocompromised people did not start existing in March 2020. I feel for your child, but there are 200 endemic respiratory viruses. Your child would have problems during flu seasons. H1N1 killed way more kids on annual basis than COVID.

Your child would still have problems even if everyone just masked harder, as you want. This is a highly transmissible respiratory virus. Virus is going to virus.

My kids have stopped with all COVID restrictions since this summer and will not do them any longer. The majority of the country has. Time to move on.

DO NOT SIGN UP FOR TESTING! THIS IS LOCKING HEALTHY KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL.

Haha - just mask harder, this will all go away. I'm surprised he's not suggesting that if we just did a total lockdown for 2 weeks, COVID would be eradicated.

Everyone's going to have to learn to live with COVID. It's not going away.

Yes, it was hard for my family before COVID. COVID has made things harder. People refusing to take mitigation measures make things harder still. Please remember there is a vaccine for the flu (which my under 5 has). My under 5 doesn't have a vaccine for COVID, so while my child has protection from the flu, they have ZERO protection from COVID. There are well established treatments for the flu but not for COVID because COVID is relatively new, AND the treatments that do exist are barely available to anyone at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

You're wanting to put the burden of COVID mitigation solely on children. That's disgusting.

We know how low of risk children have with COVID (less than the risk they take riding in a car to school).

COVID will be here forever. Everyone will get it. This is just putting the burden on children, so you can unsuccessfully try to avoid a virus that everyone will get. And you're penalizing children. Absolutely disgusting.

DO NOT OPT IN TO THIS TESTING! IT IS SCHOOL CLOSURES BY STEALTH

I'm not wanting to put the burden of COVID mitigation solely on children. First, I'm pointing out that restaurants and gyms aren't the best standard to look at when creating a healthy educational environment for kids. Second, I actually think there are a lot of very selfish adults. Sure adults are tired of the past two years. We're ALL tired, but that doesn't excuse selfishness, and 2 years in I have a hard time assuming many people are still clueless. Third, I have an under 5 child with health issues and older child who is school aged. Because too many parents won't take basic mitigation requirements (like teach their kids to mask, test their kids to slow the spread, keep kids home when they're sick) I'm faced with some really tough choices that help one child but hurt the other, and vice versa. All I'm asking is for my at risk under 5 to have a vaccine and for treatments to be available for their age group. in the meantime, I am begging parents who read this to teach masking, test your kids, keep them home when they're sick. Please.

Immunocompromised people did not start existing in March 2020. I feel for your child, but there are 200 endemic respiratory viruses. Your child would have problems during flu seasons. H1N1 killed way more kids on annual basis than COVID.

Your child would still have problems even if everyone just masked harder, as you want. This is a highly transmissible respiratory virus. Virus is going to virus.

My kids have stopped with all COVID restrictions since this summer and will not do them any longer. The majority of the country has. Time to move on.

DO NOT SIGN UP FOR TESTING! THIS IS LOCKING HEALTHY KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL.

Haha - just mask harder, this will all go away. I'm surprised he's not suggesting that if we just did a total lockdown for 2 weeks, COVID would be eradicated.

Everyone's going to have to learn to live with COVID. It's not going away.

Yes, it was hard for my family before COVID. COVID has made things harder. People refusing to take mitigation measures make things harder still. Please remember there is a vaccine for the flu (which my under 5 has). My under 5 doesn't have a vaccine for COVID, so while my child has protection from the flu, they have ZERO protection from COVID. There are well established treatments for the flu but not for COVID because COVID is relatively new, AND the treatments that do exist are barely available to anyone at all.

I feel for your child, but we know at this point nothing is going to stop the spread short of never leaving your house again. Even if they did work (they don't - 2 years of constantly failing to "control the spread" will definitely not work with the super contagious Omicron), asking APS families to bear this burden, while no else is being asked to (e.g., the bars in Clarendon are packed), is just putting the burden on APS families too.

A majority of the country is not doing these things anymore. That ship has sailed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

You're wanting to put the burden of COVID mitigation solely on children. That's disgusting.

We know how low of risk children have with COVID (less than the risk they take riding in a car to school).

COVID will be here forever. Everyone will get it. This is just putting the burden on children, so you can unsuccessfully try to avoid a virus that everyone will get. And you're penalizing children. Absolutely disgusting.

DO NOT OPT IN TO THIS TESTING! IT IS SCHOOL CLOSURES BY STEALTH

I'm not wanting to put the burden of COVID mitigation solely on children. First, I'm pointing out that restaurants and gyms aren't the best standard to look at when creating a healthy educational environment for kids. Second, I actually think there are a lot of very selfish adults. Sure adults are tired of the past two years. We're ALL tired, but that doesn't excuse selfishness, and 2 years in I have a hard time assuming many people are still clueless. Third, I have an under 5 child with health issues and older child who is school aged. Because too many parents won't take basic mitigation requirements (like teach their kids to mask, test their kids to slow the spread, keep kids home when they're sick) I'm faced with some really tough choices that help one child but hurt the other, and vice versa. All I'm asking is for my at risk under 5 to have a vaccine and for treatments to be available for their age group. in the meantime, I am begging parents who read this to teach masking, test your kids, keep them home when they're sick. Please.

Immunocompromised people did not start existing in March 2020. I feel for your child, but there are 200 endemic respiratory viruses. Your child would have problems during flu seasons. H1N1 killed way more kids on annual basis than COVID.

Your child would still have problems even if everyone just masked harder, as you want. This is a highly transmissible respiratory virus. Virus is going to virus.

My kids have stopped with all COVID restrictions since this summer and will not do them any longer. The majority of the country has. Time to move on.

DO NOT SIGN UP FOR TESTING! THIS IS LOCKING HEALTHY KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL.

Haha - just mask harder, this will all go away. I'm surprised he's not suggesting that if we just did a total lockdown for 2 weeks, COVID would be eradicated.

Everyone's going to have to learn to live with COVID. It's not going away.

Yes, it was hard for my family before COVID. COVID has made things harder. People refusing to take mitigation measures make things harder still. Please remember there is a vaccine for the flu (which my under 5 has). My under 5 doesn't have a vaccine for COVID, so while my child has protection from the flu, they have ZERO protection from COVID. There are well established treatments for the flu but not for COVID because COVID is relatively new, AND the treatments that do exist are barely available to anyone at all.

I feel for your child, but we know at this point nothing is going to stop the spread short of never leaving your house again. Even if they did work (they don't - 2 years of constantly failing to "control the spread" will definitely not work with the super contagious Omicron), asking APS families to bear this burden, while no else is being asked to (e.g., the bars in Clarendon are packed), is just putting the burden on APS families too.

A majority of the country is not doing these things anymore. That ship has sailed.

Misery loves company. We won't be participating either.

[Anonymous]

Last time I heard it was less than 20%. Thought I heard the other day they have less than 1/2 that for the new regime.

So 90% vote against surveillance testing. I think that it's overwhelming APS do not want this testing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Last time I heard it was less than 20%. Thought I heard the other day they have less than 1/2 that for the new regime.

So 90% vote against surveillance testing. I think that it's overwhelming APS do not want this testing.

*Less than 20% for the first testing regime

[Anonymous]

There may have been more people signing up given omicron and the scarcity of available testing now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There may have been more people signing up given omicron and the scarcity of available testing now.

This is partly why we opted in. Also, the being a decent community member thing. Healthy kids test negative. If ours is positive we need to know to be prepared - especially if they asymptomatic so we don’t expose others unknowingly. I appreciate the school offering this. We would have done it sooner if all schools had offered it in person initially. We didn’t want to freak kid out going elsewhere every week to test, having it at school makes it easier. Don’t get me wrong I absolutely hate the idea of someone swabbing them weekly without me there, But let’s face it most of us have had to have those things up our nose more than a few times already. Especially if we are working out at home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

You're wanting to put the burden of COVID mitigation solely on children. That's disgusting.

We know how low of risk children have with COVID (less than the risk they take riding in a car to school).

COVID will be here forever. Everyone will get it. This is just putting the burden on children, so you can unsuccessfully try to avoid a virus that everyone will get. And you're penalizing children. Absolutely disgusting.

DO NOT OPT IN TO THIS TESTING! IT IS SCHOOL CLOSURES BY STEALTH

I'm not wanting to put the burden of COVID mitigation solely on children. First, I'm pointing out that restaurants and gyms aren't the best standard to look at when creating a healthy educational environment for kids. Second, I actually think there are a lot of very selfish adults. Sure adults are tired of the past two years. We're ALL tired, but that doesn't excuse selfishness, and 2 years in I have a hard time assuming many people are still clueless. Third, I have an under 5 child with health issues and older child who is school aged. Because too many parents won't take basic mitigation requirements (like teach their kids to mask, test their kids to slow the spread, keep kids home when they're sick) I'm faced with some really tough choices that help one child but hurt the other, and vice versa. All I'm asking is for my at risk under 5 to have a vaccine and for treatments to be available for their age group. in the meantime, I am begging parents who read this to teach masking, test your kids, keep them home when they're sick. Please.

Immunocompromised people did not start existing in March 2020. I feel for your child, but there are 200 endemic respiratory viruses. Your child would have problems during flu seasons. H1N1 killed way more kids on annual basis than COVID.

Your child would still have problems even if everyone just masked harder, as you want. This is a highly transmissible respiratory virus. Virus is going to virus.

My kids have stopped with all COVID restrictions since this summer and will not do them any longer. The majority of the country has. Time to move on.

DO NOT SIGN UP FOR TESTING! THIS IS LOCKING HEALTHY KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL.

Haha - just mask harder, this will all go away. I'm surprised he's not suggesting that if we just did a total lockdown for 2 weeks, COVID would be eradicated.

Everyone's going to have to learn to live with COVID. It's not going away.

Yes, it was hard for my family before COVID. COVID has made things harder. People refusing to take mitigation measures make things harder still. Please remember there is a vaccine for the flu (which my under 5 has). My under 5 doesn't have a vaccine for COVID, so while my child has protection from the flu, they have ZERO protection from COVID. There are well established treatments for the flu but not for COVID because COVID is relatively new, AND the treatments that do exist are barely available to anyone at all.

I feel for your child, but we know at this point nothing is going to stop the spread short of never leaving your house again. Even if they did work (they don't - 2 years of constantly failing to "control the spread" will definitely not work with the super contagious Omicron), asking APS families to bear this burden, while no else is being asked to (e.g., the bars in Clarendon are packed), is just putting the burden on APS families too.

A majority of the country is not doing these things anymore. That ship has sailed.

Misery loves company. We won't be participating either.

I'm sorry you're miserable. I hope things turn around for you soon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Last time I heard it was less than 20%. Thought I heard the other day they have less than 1/2 that for the new regime.

So 90% vote against surveillance testing. I think that it's overwhelming APS do not want this testing.

If Duran is smart, he'll allow winter sports to continue. Otherwise he won't have any test data for HS students in Arlington, since nobody is willing to give it to him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last time I heard it was less than 20%. Thought I heard the other day they have less than 1/2 that for the new regime.

So 90% vote against surveillance testing. I think that it's overwhelming APS do not want this testing.

If Duran is smart, he'll allow winter sports to continue. Otherwise he won't have any test data for HS students in Arlington, since nobody is willing to give it to him.

Or, if he’s smart, he will resume sports in another week or two after the peak.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last time I heard it was less than 20%. Thought I heard the other day they have less than 1/2 that for the new regime.

So 90% vote against surveillance testing. I think that it's overwhelming APS do not want this testing.

If Duran is smart, he'll allow winter sports to continue. Otherwise he won't have any test data for HS students in Arlington, since nobody is willing to give it to him.

Or, if he’s smart, he will resume sports in another week or two after the peak.

2 weeks to slow spread! Heard that one before.

Meanwhile, gyms will be open, restaurants will be open, bars will be open. Arlington community centers will continue to be open, where much higher risk adults can play sports maskless.

These people who want to put all the burden on our children are sick!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last time I heard it was less than 20%. Thought I heard the other day they have less than 1/2 that for the new regime.

So 90% vote against surveillance testing. I think that it's overwhelming APS do not want this testing.

If Duran is smart, he'll allow winter sports to continue. Otherwise he won't have any test data for HS students in Arlington, since nobody is willing to give it to him.

Or, if he’s smart, he will resume sports in another week or two after the peak.

2 weeks to slow spread! Heard that one before.

Meanwhile, gyms will be open, restaurants will be open, bars will be open. Arlington community centers will continue to be open, where much higher risk adults can play sports maskless.

These people who want to put all the burden on our children are sick!

At this point, it's a mental illness. Severe hypochondria and really going into anti-vaxxerism because, even though you know they're all triple vaxxed, they don't think vaccines work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last time I heard it was less than 20%. Thought I heard the other day they have less than 1/2 that for the new regime.

So 90% vote against surveillance testing. I think that it's overwhelming APS do not want this testing.

If Duran is smart, he'll allow winter sports to continue. Otherwise he won't have any test data for HS students in Arlington, since nobody is willing to give it to him.

Or, if he’s smart, he will resume sports in another week or two after the peak.

2 weeks to slow spread! Heard that one before.

Meanwhile, gyms will be open, restaurants will be open, bars will be open. Arlington community centers will continue to be open, where much higher risk adults can play sports maskless.

These people who want to put all the burden on our children are sick!

At this point, it's a mental illness. Severe hypochondria and really going into anti-vaxxerism because, even though you know they're all triple vaxxed, they don't think vaccines work.

I'm not an antivaxer because I vax my kids and acknowledge they could still get a break through case. The vaccine still protects them from serious disease.

Its called sense of community and acknowledging personal responsibility. You stick you head in the sand and say "la la la la la I'm helpless in the face of omicron." My kids are vaxxed. They're getting tested. If they're asymptomatic they'll miss a few days of school. Its not the end of their education. You are sending your kids to school with zero regard for who they may infect, who they take that home to, and how that plays out.

Selfish adults failing to take reasonable precautions in restaurants, bars, gyms, anywhere is a poor excuse for you to do the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last time I heard it was less than 20%. Thought I heard the other day they have less than 1/2 that for the new regime.

So 90% vote against surveillance testing. I think that it's overwhelming APS do not want this testing.

If Duran is smart, he'll allow winter sports to continue. Otherwise he won't have any test data for HS students in Arlington, since nobody is willing to give it to him.

Or, if he’s smart, he will resume sports in another week or two after the peak.

2 weeks to slow spread! Heard that one before.

Meanwhile, gyms will be open, restaurants will be open, bars will be open. Arlington community centers will continue to be open, where much higher risk adults can play sports maskless.

These people who want to put all the burden on our children are sick!

At this point, it's a mental illness. Severe hypochondria and really going into anti-vaxxerism because, even though you know they're all triple vaxxed, they don't think vaccines work.

You’re projecting.

Omicron is fast & furious. Did you see what happened in South Africa. Now that everyone is back in school it will burn through quickly and numbers will drop soon.

Why do you think omicron will linger?