Masks optional by spring break

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You all sound like children

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Anonymous wrote:I am anti choice.

100% masking, 100% of the time.

My child has a right to be protected, and that means your child must mask up at school. Period!

That's great!

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Anonymous wrote:I hate the masks for little kids. Why are we doing this to them when they don’t even get that sick? It’s crazy.

Key word: YOU hate the masks. The little kids are fine. Stop trying to make this about you. You can't adapt. They can. They HAVE.

YOU will need to adapt when all our kids unmask this spring. There...see how that feels lol.

Apparently, everyone glossed over my post. I'm a highschooler with elementary aged siblings. No one cares about masks. Not my friends, not their friends, not my siblings. My mom lied to the school board and said my siblings come home crying every day over masks as if lying is normal. I realized then adults don't care about us at all. They care about their own agendas and are using us as scapegoats. I have no doubt a few kids hate masks. Not the majority. Not anyone I know. Not anyone they know. Not their siblings. Not my siblings. Not their friends. However, we've all come to find out our parents are trying to spin a different narrative for us. In our name. On our behalf. It's horrible being only 16 and realizing your parents are liars. I've had friends tell me their parents have asked them to cry at school board meetings. To ask them to lie about how they felt about virtual. To speak without their consent about their "experiences" as a mask wearing student. It's far, far worse than MoCo trying to protect citizens. You have all cultivated this entire community of distrust and we all see it. Kids see it. Teenagers see it. We aren't mentally traumatized by masks or virtual learning. We are traumatized by seeing people we trusted turning into actual liars, while using us as their scapegoat. If we need mental health professionals, it's probably because of the mental health professionals in this community just trying to get their name in the news. No one listens to us though because we are kids.

I hear you. My kids don't mind wearing mask either. I have yet to meet a kid that has a problem with wearing masks. I think the school year should finish out with masks for consistency. If numbers stay low over the summer, remove the mandate for next school year.

My daughter forgets her mask is on. Because she has worn it 40 hours a week for 18m. But she is having a terrible time learning to read, her speech is off (slurred almost muffled) and she has some social anxiety and OCD. Now, it’s totally possible that masks are not the cause but I can’t find out because I can’t unmask her. It’s gone on long enough. We need to give parents the choice especially for youngest kids. Especially when cases are precipitously declining. We lack nuance. Masks should have always been optional when case rates were a joke.

Interesting. My 12yo 6th grader has started to show slurred speech as well.

We had speech therapy when he was much younger, but it feels like he's reverting a bit.

If masks become optional, he will remove his. Partner and I are vaxxed + boosted and he and his sibling both fully vaxxed. I believe in the vaccine.

+1000 It all comes down to this. The ONLY place my kids wear masks at all now is at school. They are back and forth to activities, stores and friends' homes all the time without them. They also take them off at school more than they are supposed to, which is fine with me. A tsk tsk from the hall monitor types from time to time, but no real consequences yet.

Predicting we'll all be done with them by spring break. Can't wait.

Cool lies you tell yourself. No kid is taking their mask off at school "more than they should" without immediate reprimand. Just not happening. Don't threaten admin with "no real consequences yet." We can make it happen. In a heartbeat. The fact you are proud of all of the above, shows the kind of person you are. No one I know would let your kids into their home at this point. Your proudly tout ignorance as strength and you are the problem.

Oh, lady. You have no idea.

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Anonymous wrote:I hate the masks for little kids. Why are we doing this to them when they don’t even get that sick? It’s crazy.

Key word: YOU hate the masks. The little kids are fine. Stop trying to make this about you. You can't adapt. They can. They HAVE.

YOU will need to adapt when all our kids unmask this spring. There...see how that feels lol.

Apparently, everyone glossed over my post. I'm a highschooler with elementary aged siblings. No one cares about masks. Not my friends, not their friends, not my siblings. My mom lied to the school board and said my siblings come home crying every day over masks as if lying is normal. I realized then adults don't care about us at all. They care about their own agendas and are using us as scapegoats. I have no doubt a few kids hate masks. Not the majority. Not anyone I know. Not anyone they know. Not their siblings. Not my siblings. Not their friends. However, we've all come to find out our parents are trying to spin a different narrative for us. In our name. On our behalf. It's horrible being only 16 and realizing your parents are liars. I've had friends tell me their parents have asked them to cry at school board meetings. To ask them to lie about how they felt about virtual. To speak without their consent about their "experiences" as a mask wearing student. It's far, far worse than MoCo trying to protect citizens. You have all cultivated this entire community of distrust and we all see it. Kids see it. Teenagers see it. We aren't mentally traumatized by masks or virtual learning. We are traumatized by seeing people we trusted turning into actual liars, while using us as their scapegoat. If we need mental health professionals, it's probably because of the mental health professionals in this community just trying to get their name in the news. No one listens to us though because we are kids.

I hear you. My kids don't mind wearing mask either. I have yet to meet a kid that has a problem with wearing masks. I think the school year should finish out with masks for consistency. If numbers stay low over the summer, remove the mandate for next school year.

My daughter forgets her mask is on. Because she has worn it 40 hours a week for 18m. But she is having a terrible time learning to read, her speech is off (slurred almost muffled) and she has some social anxiety and OCD. Now, it’s totally possible that masks are not the cause but I can’t find out because I can’t unmask her. It’s gone on long enough. We need to give parents the choice especially for youngest kids. Especially when cases are precipitously declining. We lack nuance. Masks should have always been optional when case rates were a joke.

Interesting. My 12yo 6th grader has started to show slurred speech as well.

We had speech therapy when he was much younger, but it feels like he's reverting a bit.

If masks become optional, he will remove his. Partner and I are vaxxed + boosted and he and his sibling both fully vaxxed. I believe in the vaccine.

+1000 It all comes down to this. The ONLY place my kids wear masks at all now is at school. They are back and forth to activities, stores and friends' homes all the time without them. They also take them off at school more than they are supposed to, which is fine with me. A tsk tsk from the hall monitor types from time to time, but no real consequences yet.

Predicting we'll all be done with them by spring break. Can't wait.

Cool lies you tell yourself. No kid is taking their mask off at school "more than they should" without immediate reprimand. Just not happening. Don't threaten admin with "no real consequences yet." We can make it happen. In a heartbeat. The fact you are proud of all of the above, shows the kind of person you are. No one I know would let your kids into their home at this point. Your proudly tout ignorance as strength and you are the problem.

Lol you think you work for MCPS? Faker. ALl the teachers can do is nag kids to pull their mask up all the live long day. No other consequences.

“Faker?” Are you 12 years old? You’re quite a pathetic human being. Nothing to be proud of in any of your statements. Grow up.

When the mask lovers resort to "grow up" as their best reasoning, you know they've lost. OP, to get back to your original question, I am of the opinion that masks will be gone, or at least greatly reduced by spring.

Even this week at my kids' school, where they are supposed to be double masking or wearing a 95, DCs report that very few if any actually do, and no one ever says anything to them about it. Next it will be wearing masks under the chin, as a PP noted.

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County council talking now about dropping county mask mandate!! I suspect we will be unmasked in our county in a couple of weeks!! MCPS will be next and it will be this academic year!!

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Anonymous wrote:County council talking now about dropping county mask mandate!! I suspect we will be unmasked in our county in a couple of weeks!! MCPS will be next and it will be this academic year!!

Dream on — not happening with MCPS unless CDC says so. You are all a bunch of whiners raising an even worse generation of whiners.

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Anonymous wrote:County council talking now about dropping county mask mandate!! I suspect we will be unmasked in our county in a couple of weeks!! MCPS will be next and it will be this academic year!!

Russian troll farmer has moved on to what she hopes is an easier thread to snow.

Try the Virginia boards, sweetie.

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You people kill me. Kids don't give a rat's a** about wearing masks. Unless they've been brainwashed by you psycho parents, of course. I have kids and I work with kids, including those with special needs. My kids are just happy to be back in-person. If they have to wear masks forever they don't care.

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Anonymous wrote:I am anti choice.

100% masking, 100% of the time.

My child has a right to be protected, and that means your child must mask up at school. Period!

Your kid IS protected. Get your kid vaccinated and have her wear a mask. Don’t worry about what other kids are doing.

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Anonymous wrote:You people kill me. Kids don't give a rat's a** about wearing masks. Unless they've been brainwashed by you psycho parents, of course. I have kids and I work with kids, including those with special needs. My kids are just happy to be back in-person. If they have to wear masks forever they don't care.

But at what point do we stop "being happy to be in person" or thankful at least "the kids can play sports" so what if parents can't come watch. Why are we so easily thankful for things that other parts of the country have been doing for two years?!

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Anonymous wrote:You people kill me. Kids don't give a rat's a** about wearing masks. Unless they've been brainwashed by you psycho parents, of course. I have kids and I work with kids, including those with special needs. My kids are just happy to be back in-person. If they have to wear masks forever they don't care.

Anytime anyone generalizes something like this, I call troll. Or are you seriously telling me you don’t know a single kid with glasses? Or a hearing/speech impediment? Or any that have to wear them during very active sports?

No one is saying your kids can’t wear their masks forever, they certainly can. But mask wearing all day is uncomfortable for some and causes additional difficulties for others. And not developmentally appropriate for years on end. I really struggle with people like you who can’t acknowledge the downsides.

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Anonymous wrote:You people kill me. Kids don't give a rat's a** about wearing masks. Unless they've been brainwashed by you psycho parents, of course. I have kids and I work with kids, including those with special needs. My kids are just happy to be back in-person. If they have to wear masks forever they don't care.

Anytime anyone generalizes something like this, I call troll. Or are you seriously telling me you don’t know a single kid with glasses? Or a hearing/speech impediment? Or any that have to wear them during very active sports?

No one is saying your kids can’t wear their masks forever, they certainly can. But mask wearing all day is uncomfortable for some and causes additional difficulties for others. And not developmentally appropriate for years on end. I really struggle with people like you who can’t acknowledge the downsides.

Whatever. You can call me a troll all you want. I just don't think mask wearing is all that big of a deal. I've been working with children aged 0-9 since the beginning of the pandemic. Of course those under 2 don't wear masks but I honestly haven't seen anything detrimental due to mask wearing in a group setting. I mean it's not like parents are wearing masks at home. And I work with typically and non-typically developing children with an array of needs including speech and language.

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Anonymous wrote:I am anti choice.

100% masking, 100% of the time.

My child has a right to be protected, and that means your child must mask up at school. Period!

That's great!

Selfish and uninformed at best. We will presume you and your child are obese and expect the rest of the population to mitigate your laziness.

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Anonymous wrote:I am anti choice.

100% masking, 100% of the time.

My child has a right to be protected, and that means your child must mask up at school. Period!

That's great!

Selfish and uninformed at best. We will presume you and your child are obese and expect the rest of the population to mitigate your laziness.

You are one nasty piece of work, but I still don’t want your poor children to get covid. Again.

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Anonymous wrote:You people kill me. Kids don't give a rat's a** about wearing masks. Unless they've been brainwashed by you psycho parents, of course. I have kids and I work with kids, including those with special needs. My kids are just happy to be back in-person. If they have to wear masks forever they don't care.

Anytime anyone generalizes something like this, I call troll. Or are you seriously telling me you don’t know a single kid with glasses? Or a hearing/speech impediment? Or any that have to wear them during very active sports?

No one is saying your kids can’t wear their masks forever, they certainly can. But mask wearing all day is uncomfortable for some and causes additional difficulties for others. And not developmentally appropriate for years on end. I really struggle with people like you who can’t acknowledge the downsides.

Stop being anti-ASian. Kids in Asian countries have a masking habit and they aren't acting like the brats that you (parents) are being.