Masking off-ramp coming soon?

[Anonymous]

Re: unmasked unvaccinated children. A colleague of mine whose husband and herself were vaccinated both for COVID after their preschooler brought it home. 10 days out of work for both of them. I don’t need to be spending my days around an unvaccinated kid who could give me breakthrough COVIDWISE that I could then bring home to my family. Masks work.

[Anonymous]

I know way too many vaccinated people who are getting Covid after being around other vaccinated people unmasked. Vaccines don't work alone with Delta, it's too dang infecitious.

Masks do work. Of course we need them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know way too many vaccinated people who are getting Covid after being around other vaccinated people unmasked. Vaccines don't work alone with Delta, it's too dang infecitious.

Masks do work. Of course we need them.

For how long?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My preschooler is really struggling with having to wear a mask outdoors during recess. This article states: “The mask requirement doesn't apply when students and staff are eating, drinking or when they're taking "mask breaks," which may occur throughout the day. Those breaks are encouraged for when students are outdoors, like at recess, or when windows are open.”

Is there anything in VA that encourages taking masks off outdoors? This requirement is causing a lot of strife for my kid. My preschool is hung up on not being able to distance outside so must wear masks. Ugh!!!!!

FCPS does not require masks outside

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Numbers are better in Massachusetts.

In Arlington vaccination rate for children over 12 is above 90%.

[Anonymous]

I have been for the current mask mandates. Once children 5 and above are able to get vaccinated, I think an 80% vaccination rate threshold to get rid of mask mandate is a reasonable one. I have a 5 year old and a 7 year old and both are starting to get sick of wearing masks all day. I would not be comfortable with them removing their masks until they, and the majority of their classmates are vaccinated .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have been for the current mask mandates. Once children 5 and above are able to get vaccinated, I think an 80% vaccination rate threshold to get rid of mask mandate is a reasonable one. I have a 5 year old and a 7 year old and both are starting to get sick of wearing masks all day. I would not be comfortable with them removing their masks until they, and the majority of their classmates are vaccinated .

I think you are going to have to wait a long, long, long time before 80% of the 5-11 year old set is vaccinated. Think of all the overweight at-risk adults that are not vaccinating themselves let alone their kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The simple solution is "masks are not mandatory."

Masks are not mandatory now in classrooms in: UK, Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands, Belgium (12 & under), Russia, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria (up to 5th grade), most of South America, etc.

Exactly. These Smart Restart and COVID fear porn will never say what their end game is for an endemic virus that will be here forever.

Here's Joseph Allen, Professor at Harvard who advised Arlington on its reopening this spring (and is one of the top professors on healthy buildings in the world):

“What’s causing all the confusion, the infighting, the disagreement — it’s really a lack of goal setting,” said Joseph G. Allen, a Harvard University expert on maintaining health inside buildings, including schools. “Zero Covid in schools? Well, that may not be possible.”

Teacher here. I don't care about goal setting and I don't think Covid will be eliminated. However, I can tell you without a doubt that I will not work in a classroom with unmasked and unvaccinated children. I will not.

And there are a lot of people like me. Therefore, if you think that you can bully teachers into accepting your position then you're wrong because we will walk out. We're already stretched as far as we can go. One more little push and there could well be a mass exodus.

So be careful what you wish for ... if you want your unvaccinated children to be unmasked in the classroom then you should be prepared to teach them yourselves. My health and wellbeing is more important to me than the education of your child.

I'm a parent and I'm totally with you. Every parent and student I know is totally on board with masks. Don't pay attention to APE - they are just a few out of touch angry parents venting on DCUM. They don't even dare to speak about their antimasking out loud, even they must know how crazy they sound.

Thank you for your support. We need all that we can get. Please know that we are working hard for your children and we want everyone to be safe while we do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know way too many vaccinated people who are getting Covid after being around other vaccinated people unmasked. Vaccines don't work alone with Delta, it's too dang infecitious.

Masks do work. Of course we need them.

Do you have any RCT that shows that for kids in school? No, there's not even one for adults.

Masks are not mandatory now in classrooms in: UK, Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands, Belgium (12 & under), Russia, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria (up to 5th grade), most of South America, etc.

Does COVID work differently in those countries?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The simple solution is "masks are not mandatory."

Masks are not mandatory now in classrooms in: UK, Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands, Belgium (12 & under), Russia, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria (up to 5th grade), most of South America, etc.

Exactly. These Smart Restart and COVID fear porn will never say what their end game is for an endemic virus that will be here forever.

Here's Joseph Allen, Professor at Harvard who advised Arlington on its reopening this spring (and is one of the top professors on healthy buildings in the world):

“What’s causing all the confusion, the infighting, the disagreement — it’s really a lack of goal setting,” said Joseph G. Allen, a Harvard University expert on maintaining health inside buildings, including schools. “Zero Covid in schools? Well, that may not be possible.”

Teacher here. I don't care about goal setting and I don't think Covid will be eliminated. However, I can tell you without a doubt that I will not work in a classroom with unmasked and unvaccinated children. I will not.

And there are a lot of people like me. Therefore, if you think that you can bully teachers into accepting your position then you're wrong because we will walk out. We're already stretched as far as we can go. One more little push and there could well be a mass exodus.

So be careful what you wish for ... if you want your unvaccinated children to be unmasked in the classroom then you should be prepared to teach them yourselves. My health and wellbeing is more important to me than the education of your child.

It's really sad to see there's anti-vaxxers teachers our children, who don't believe vaccines work. I think it's time for you to leave the profession if you don't believe in science.

[Anonymous]

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Teacher here. I don't care about goal setting and I don't think Covid will be eliminated. However, I can tell you without a doubt that I will not work in a classroom with unmasked and unvaccinated children. I will not.

And there are a lot of people like me. Therefore, if you think that you can bully teachers into accepting your position then you're wrong because we will walk out. We're already stretched as far as we can go. One more little push and there could well be a mass exodus.

So be careful what you wish for ... if you want your unvaccinated children to be unmasked in the classroom then you should be prepared to teach them yourselves. My health and wellbeing is more important to me than the education of your child.

It's really sad to see there's anti-vaxxers teachers our children, who don't believe vaccines work. I think it's time for you to leave the profession if you don't believe in science.

Since COVID will be here forever, this teacher is saying they'll never agree to teach around students unmasked. Sounds like it's time for a new career then because that's sick someone wants kids masked forever in school. Disgusting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The simple solution is "masks are not mandatory."

Masks are not mandatory now in classrooms in: UK, Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands, Belgium (12 & under), Russia, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria (up to 5th grade), most of South America, etc.

Exactly. These Smart Restart and COVID fear porn will never say what their end game is for an endemic virus that will be here forever.

Here's Joseph Allen, Professor at Harvard who advised Arlington on its reopening this spring (and is one of the top professors on healthy buildings in the world):

“What’s causing all the confusion, the infighting, the disagreement — it’s really a lack of goal setting,” said Joseph G. Allen, a Harvard University expert on maintaining health inside buildings, including schools. “Zero Covid in schools? Well, that may not be possible.”

Teacher here. I don't care about goal setting and I don't think Covid will be eliminated. However, I can tell you without a doubt that I will not work in a classroom with unmasked and unvaccinated children. I will not.

And there are a lot of people like me. Therefore, if you think that you can bully teachers into accepting your position then you're wrong because we will walk out. We're already stretched as far as we can go. One more little push and there could well be a mass exodus.

So be careful what you wish for ... if you want your unvaccinated children to be unmasked in the classroom then you should be prepared to teach them yourselves. My health and wellbeing is more important to me than the education of your child.

It's really sad to see there's anti-vaxxers teachers our children, who don't believe vaccines work. I think it's time for you to leave the profession if you don't believe in science.

It's so sad that you would attack a teacher for trying to keep your kids safe.

Vaccines are not the sole answer here, they are good but you can still get Covid with a vaccine. I know many people who have.

[Anonymous]

I saw an epidemiologist say that the course of the pandemic will be determined now by human behavior. All the people who won't wear masks or get vaccinated are prolonging it for the rest of us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The simple solution is "masks are not mandatory."

Masks are not mandatory now in classrooms in: UK, Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands, Belgium (12 & under), Russia, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria (up to 5th grade), most of South America, etc.

Exactly. These Smart Restart and COVID fear porn will never say what their end game is for an endemic virus that will be here forever.

Here's Joseph Allen, Professor at Harvard who advised Arlington on its reopening this spring (and is one of the top professors on healthy buildings in the world):

“What’s causing all the confusion, the infighting, the disagreement — it’s really a lack of goal setting,” said Joseph G. Allen, a Harvard University expert on maintaining health inside buildings, including schools. “Zero Covid in schools? Well, that may not be possible.”

Teacher here. I don't care about goal setting and I don't think Covid will be eliminated. However, I can tell you without a doubt that I will not work in a classroom with unmasked and unvaccinated children. I will not.

And there are a lot of people like me. Therefore, if you think that you can bully teachers into accepting your position then you're wrong because we will walk out. We're already stretched as far as we can go. One more little push and there could well be a mass exodus.

So be careful what you wish for ... if you want your unvaccinated children to be unmasked in the classroom then you should be prepared to teach them yourselves. My health and wellbeing is more important to me than the education of your child.

It's really sad to see there's anti-vaxxers teachers our children, who don't believe vaccines work. I think it's time for you to leave the profession if you don't believe in science.

You clearly do not understand PP's points nor have any desire to understand them.

STFU, ignorant bully. You have no place here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know way too many vaccinated people who are getting Covid after being around other vaccinated people unmasked. Vaccines don't work alone with Delta, it's too dang infecitious.

Masks do work. Of course we need them.

As soon as 90% of everyone is vaccinated, and the kids are vaccinated, most of the masks can come off. Until then, nope.