Masking policy Arlington Diocesan Schools

[Anonymous]

So, can we make vaccines mandatory so we can get rid of the masks? How about both groups meet half-way?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, can we make vaccines mandatory so we can get rid of the masks? How about both groups meet half-way?

At this point everyone who wants a vaccine has gotten one; whatever minimal protection it provides, they have. The government has already admitted that essentially everybody will get COVID. Anyone who wants to can wear a mask.

No - you are not going to inject my child with some experimental mRNA cooked up by Big Pharma during the Trump Administration.

No - my child is not going to spend the rest of his childhood wearing a rag over his face after every new variant is announced.

This thing is now like a bad flu; anyone who is too afraid to work in schools at this point should find another job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, can we make vaccines mandatory so we can get rid of the masks? How about both groups meet half-way?

At this point everyone who wants a vaccine has gotten one; whatever minimal protection it provides, they have. The government has already admitted that essentially everybody will get COVID. Anyone who wants to can wear a mask.

No - you are not going to inject my child with some experimental mRNA cooked up by Big Pharma during the Trump Administration.

No - my child is not going to spend the rest of his childhood wearing a rag over his face after every new variant is announced.

This thing is now like a bad flu; anyone who is too afraid to work in schools at this point should find another job.

That is what is happening. And why they cannot find teachers or subs. So yay!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can’t we just try to keep everybody healthy? Wearing a mask is not comfortable, but if there is a chance it might help protect my co-workers, family and students, I will continue to wear it.
-K-8 Catholic School teacher and mother

Except wearing a mask may have unknown and unexamined negative effects on children’s ability to develop socio-cognitive skills and verbal skills; and may be contributing to a distressing rise in childhood depression and suicide.

There simply is no science that proves mandatory masks does anything at all to reduce the spread of COVID. It is theater. It has gone on long enough and our children deserve to be able to live a normal life again.

“…may have…”? So that’s like saying there is no science to prove it? Hmmm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can’t we just try to keep everybody healthy? Wearing a mask is not comfortable, but if there is a chance it might help protect my co-dworkers, family and students, I will continue to wear it.
-K-8 Catholic School teacher and mother

Except wearing a mask may have unknown and unexamined negative effects on children’s ability to develop socio-cognitive skills and verbal skills; and may be contributing to a distressing rise in childhood depression and suicide.

There simply is no science that proves mandatory masks does anything at all to reduce the spread of COVID. It is theater. It has gone on long enough and our children deserve to be able to live a normal life again.

We're trying to people alive. Sorry, we haven't had a pandemic before to have long term case social-emotional studies on masking but we seem to agree that getting kids together safely has clear benefits.

While it's possible for you to be unaware that masking can limit the spread of a respiratory transmitted disease, it's more likely that you're doing performance acting - use the internet wisely. The sooner we act responsibly the quicker and more safely we can get through this together.

The Science of Masking
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/science-of-masking-full.pdf

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/science-briefs/masking-science-sars-cov2.html

A study of an outbreak aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt, an environment notable for congregate living quarters and close working environments, found that use of face coverings on-board was associated with a 70% reduced risk of infection.

During July 15–August 31, 2021, when Delta was the predominant strain circulating in the U.S., about one in five K–12 public non-charter schools open for in-person learning in Maricopa and Pima Counties, Arizona, experienced a school-associated outbreak. Outbreaks were three and a half times more likely (adjusted odds ratio 3.5, 95% confidence interval 1.8-6.6) in schools without mask mandates.

In investigation of a high-exposure event in the U.S., in which 2 symptomatically ill hair stylists interacted for an average of 15 minutes with each of 139 clients during an 8-day period, found that none of the 67 clients who subsequently consented to an interview and testing developed infection. The stylists and all clients universally wore masks in the tsalon as required by local ordinance and company policy at the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, can we make vaccines mandatory so we can get rid of the masks? How about both groups meet half-way?

At this point everyone who wants a vaccine has gotten one; whatever minimal protection it provides, they have. The government has already admitted that essentially everybody will get COVID. Anyone who wants to can wear a mask.

No - you are not going to inject my child with some experimental mRNA cooked up by Big Pharma during the Trump Administration.

No - my child is not going to spend the rest of his childhood wearing a rag over his face after every new variant is announced.

This thing is now like a bad flu; anyone who is too afraid to work in schools at this point should find another job.

Such a ray of sunshine!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can’t we just try to keep everybody healthy? Wearing a mask is not comfortable, but if there is a chance it might help protect my co-dworkers, family and students, I will continue to wear it.
-K-8 Catholic School teacher and mother

Except wearing a mask may have unknown and unexamined negative effects on children’s ability to develop socio-cognitive skills and verbal skills; and may be contributing to a distressing rise in childhood depression and suicide.

There simply is no science that proves mandatory masks does anything at all to reduce the spread of COVID. It is theater. It has gone on long enough and our children deserve to be able to live a normal life again.

We're trying to people alive. Sorry, we haven't had a pandemic before to have long term case social-emotional studies on masking but we seem to agree that getting kids together safely has clear benefits.

While it's possible for you to be unaware that masking can limit the spread of a respiratory transmitted disease, it's more likely that you're doing performance acting - use the internet wisely. The sooner we act responsibly the quicker and more safely we can get through this together.

The Science of Masking
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/science-of-masking-full.pdf

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/science-briefs/masking-science-sars-cov2.html

A study of an outbreak aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt, an environment notable for congregate living quarters and close working environments, found that use of face coverings on-board was associated with a 70% reduced risk of infection.

During July 15–August 31, 2021, when Delta was the predominant strain circulating in the U.S., about one in five K–12 public non-charter schools open for in-person learning in Maricopa and Pima Counties, Arizona, experienced a school-associated outbreak. Outbreaks were three and a half times more likely (adjusted odds ratio 3.5, 95% confidence interval 1.8-6.6) in schools without mask mandates.

In investigation of a high-exposure event in the U.S., in which 2 symptomatically ill hair stylists interacted for an average of 15 minutes with each of 139 clients during an 8-day period, found that none of the 67 clients who subsequently consented to an interview and testing developed infection. The stylists and all clients universally wore masks in the tsalon as required by local ordinance and company policy at the time.

The debunked garbage CDC “studies” and data cherry-picked from oddly selective time windows and locations has been widely discredited and torn apart by such right wing media outlets as (checks notes) … The Atlantic:

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/12/mask-guidelines-cdc-walensky/621035/

“The CDC’s Flawed Case for Wearing Masks in School:
The agency’s director has said, repeatedly, that schools without mask mandates have triple the risk of COVID outbreaks. That claim is based on very shaky science …”

When you’ve lost The Atlantic you know your “science” is political garbage.

[Anonymous]

guys, it's time to move on from these masks...let's not pretend there are no soccer games and play dates, birthday parties and the rest of it going on without these kids wearing masks outside school...I know psychologically people feel better with the masks bc we have been conditioned to think so over the past 2 years , but everyone who wants to wear one still can. That coupled with your vaccine, if you so chose to have your child vaccinated, is another layer of protection. Control what you can (your kid). But for others it's time to move on....this virus is here to stay! Have faith in God and forge ahead....!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:guys, it's time to move on from these masks...let's not pretend there are no soccer games and play dates, birthday parties and the rest of it going on without these kids wearing masks outside school...I know psychologically people feel better with the masks bc we have been conditioned to think so over the past 2 years , but everyone who wants to wear one still can. That coupled with your vaccine, if you so chose to have your child vaccinated, is another layer of protection. Control what you can (your kid). But for others it's time to move on....this virus is here to stay! Have faith in God and forge ahead....!

My kids wear masks. They will continue to wear masks. And I will continue to advocate for masks so long as cases are high. I don’t need to forge ahead with four ellipses.

[Anonymous]

In 5 years, the Branch COVIDians from the COVID Cult will be walking around with masks on their way to get their 167th booster shot. The rest of us will have moved on.

[Anonymous]

I don’t see why we would get rid of masks during a huge surge and increase the chance of children being quarantined? Nobody wants to wear masks— get through the next 6 weeks or so and then make it mask optional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t see why we would get rid of masks during a huge surge and increase the chance of children being quarantined? Nobody wants to wear masks— get through the next 6 weeks or so and then make it mask optional.

There is zero scientific consensus that masks do anything to stop or slow the spread of COVID; there’s just some cherry-picked politically-motivated garbage that even The Atlantic had debunked:

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/12/mask-guidelines-cdc-walensky/621035/

Our children have been masked long enough. This is stupid. And I am concerned about the mental health and long-term socialization effects of this nearly two years of hiding our faces behind pointless cloth rags. Enough already. Let these kids live life normally; they are not at risk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t see why we would get rid of masks during a huge surge and increase the chance of children being quarantined? Nobody wants to wear masks— get through the next 6 weeks or so and then make it mask optional.

There is zero scientific consensus that masks do anything to stop or slow the spread of COVID; there’s just some cherry-picked politically-motivated garbage that even The Atlantic had debunked:

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/12/mask-guidelines-cdc-walensky/621035/

Our children have been masked long enough. This is stupid. And I am concerned about the mental health and long-term socialization effects of this nearly two years of hiding our faces behind pointless cloth rags. Enough already. Let these kids live life normally; they are not at risk.

Why are you making your kid wear a cloth rag? Buy a decent mask.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t see why we would get rid of masks during a huge surge and increase the chance of children being quarantined? Nobody wants to wear masks— get through the next 6 weeks or so and then make it mask optional.

There is zero scientific consensus that masks do anything to stop or slow the spread of COVID; there’s just some cherry-picked politically-motivated garbage that even The Atlantic had debunked:

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/12/mask-guidelines-cdc-walensky/621035/

Our children have been masked long enough. This is stupid. And I am concerned about the mental health and long-term socialization effects of this nearly two years of hiding our faces behind pointless cloth rags. Enough already. Let these kids live life normally; they are not at risk.

Why are you making your kid wear a cloth rag? Buy a decent mask.

Who is the hillbilly “cloth rag” poster who pops up on every thread?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t see why we would get rid of masks during a huge surge and increase the chance of children being quarantined? Nobody wants to wear masks— get through the next 6 weeks or so and then make it mask optional.

There is zero scientific consensus that masks do anything to stop or slow the spread of COVID; there’s just some cherry-picked politically-motivated garbage that even The Atlantic had debunked:

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/12/mask-guidelines-cdc-walensky/621035/

Our children have been masked long enough. This is stupid. And I am concerned about the mental health and long-term socialization effects of this nearly two years of hiding our faces behind pointless cloth rags. Enough already. Let these kids live life normally; they are not at risk.

Why are you making your kid wear a cloth rag? Buy a decent mask.

Who is the hillbilly “cloth rag” poster who pops up on every thread?

Maybe she cannot afford decent masks. If so, she should let the school knows. Ours has masks to give out to the students, particularly to those who have terrible masks that are not clean.