Are more people opting into the APS testing?

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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!

It's a sick empty gesture. These people think they can somehow get the positivity rates in the schools lower than the overall community. They can't. But they'll punish our kids as much as possible in the process, while high risk slobs fill restaurants, bars, and ERs.

So go scream at the slobs in the restaurants and bars. You're fighting the wrong battle here. (Not sure what you're referring to about ERs.)

The slobs aren't preventing kids from having a childhood. Duran is.

No. COVID is.

Duran is responsibly navigating an impossible situation.

We get it. You are so full of anger and you have chosen him as your target. We can all do things to minimize absences. Focus on the things you can control instead of irrationally shrieking into the ether.

Duran has made himself a target by putting himself on an island. Nobody else in VHSL is threatening to cancel sports. Am I supposed to believe that Duran is smarter than everyone else?

I am thankful he is willing to prioritize academics over athletics.

We want our kids in classrooms more than we want them on wrestling mats.

That's a false choice. But you knew that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not with a 10 day quarantine for my vaccinated child.

They got rid of that, keep up. They are still considered "fully vaccinated" even if not boosted. No quarantine if vaccinated and no symptoms.

You still have to quarantine/isolate if you test positive though. I wish they were following the CDC guidance of 5 days isolation.

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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!

It's a sick empty gesture. These people think they can somehow get the positivity rates in the schools lower than the overall community. They can't. But they'll punish our kids as much as possible in the process, while high risk slobs fill restaurants, bars, and ERs.

So go scream at the slobs in the restaurants and bars. You're fighting the wrong battle here. (Not sure what you're referring to about ERs.)

The slobs aren't preventing kids from having a childhood. Duran is.

No. COVID is.

Duran is responsibly navigating an impossible situation.

We get it. You are so full of anger and you have chosen him as your target. We can all do things to minimize absences. Focus on the things you can control instead of irrationally shrieking into the ether.

Duran has made himself a target by putting himself on an island. Nobody else in VHSL is threatening to cancel sports. Am I supposed to believe that Duran is smarter than everyone else?

I am thankful he is willing to prioritize academics over athletics.

We want our kids in classrooms more than we want them on wrestling mats.

I have to say this from the perspective of someone who is not an open school now person… I don’t see the point of the sports cancellation. Most kids who make middle school or high school teams are already playing on travel/club teams. Those have not stopped! So these kids have never stopped playing sports this whole time. I know mine haven’t. Only APS teams and Arlington County rec sports stopped. Not futsal, not travel basketball, not hockey, not swimming and other clubs sports.

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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!

It's a sick empty gesture. These people think they can somehow get the positivity rates in the schools lower than the overall community. They can't. But they'll punish our kids as much as possible in the process, while high risk slobs fill restaurants, bars, and ERs.

So go scream at the slobs in the restaurants and bars. You're fighting the wrong battle here. (Not sure what you're referring to about ERs.)

The slobs aren't preventing kids from having a childhood. Duran is.

No. COVID is.

Duran is responsibly navigating an impossible situation.

We get it. You are so full of anger and you have chosen him as your target. We can all do things to minimize absences. Focus on the things you can control instead of irrationally shrieking into the ether.

Duran has made himself a target by putting himself on an island. Nobody else in VHSL is threatening to cancel sports. Am I supposed to believe that Duran is smarter than everyone else?

I am thankful he is willing to prioritize academics over athletics.

We want our kids in classrooms more than we want them on wrestling mats.

I have to say this from the perspective of someone who is not an open school now person… I don’t see the point of the sports cancellation. Most kids who make middle school or high school teams are already playing on travel/club teams. Those have not stopped! So these kids have never stopped playing sports this whole time. I know mine haven’t. Only APS teams and Arlington County rec sports stopped. Not futsal, not travel basketball, not hockey, not swimming and other clubs sports.

Duran thinks that by doing this it will convince you that he prioritizes academics, and you'll ignore everything he didn't do last year.

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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!

It's a sick empty gesture. These people think they can somehow get the positivity rates in the schools lower than the overall community. They can't. But they'll punish our kids as much as possible in the process, while high risk slobs fill restaurants, bars, and ERs.

So go scream at the slobs in the restaurants and bars. You're fighting the wrong battle here. (Not sure what you're referring to about ERs.)

The slobs aren't preventing kids from having a childhood. Duran is.

No. COVID is.

Duran is responsibly navigating an impossible situation.

We get it. You are so full of anger and you have chosen him as your target. We can all do things to minimize absences. Focus on the things you can control instead of irrationally shrieking into the ether.

Duran has made himself a target by putting himself on an island. Nobody else in VHSL is threatening to cancel sports. Am I supposed to believe that Duran is smarter than everyone else?

I am thankful he is willing to prioritize academics over athletics.

We want our kids in classrooms more than we want them on wrestling mats.

I have to say this from the perspective of someone who is not an open school now person… I don’t see the point of the sports cancellation. Most kids who make middle school or high school teams are already playing on travel/club teams. Those have not stopped! So these kids have never stopped playing sports this whole time. I know mine haven’t. Only APS teams and Arlington County rec sports stopped. Not futsal, not travel basketball, not hockey, not swimming and other clubs sports.

There are plenty of kids who are doing HS winter sports/activities, but aren't doing club/travel:
gymnastics
track
wrestling
cheer
debate
crew
gymnastics
basketball
swim

There is no HS soccer, hockey, etc. right now.

[Anonymous]

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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!

It's a sick empty gesture. These people think they can somehow get the positivity rates in the schools lower than the overall community. They can't. But they'll punish our kids as much as possible in the process, while high risk slobs fill restaurants, bars, and ERs.

So go scream at the slobs in the restaurants and bars. You're fighting the wrong battle here. (Not sure what you're referring to about ERs.)

The slobs aren't preventing kids from having a childhood. Duran is.

No. COVID is.

Duran is responsibly navigating an impossible situation.

We get it. You are so full of anger and you have chosen him as your target. We can all do things to minimize absences. Focus on the things you can control instead of irrationally shrieking into the ether.

Duran has made himself a target by putting himself on an island. Nobody else in VHSL is threatening to cancel sports. Am I supposed to believe that Duran is smarter than everyone else?

I am thankful he is willing to prioritize academics over athletics.

We want our kids in classrooms more than we want them on wrestling mats.

That's a false choice. But you knew that.

No, it's not.

The risk of missing school for 5-10 days because you catch covid at school? Worth it.
The risk of missing school for 5-10 days because you catch covid at a wrestling match? Not worth it.

[Anonymous]

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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!

It's a sick empty gesture. These people think they can somehow get the positivity rates in the schools lower than the overall community. They can't. But they'll punish our kids as much as possible in the process, while high risk slobs fill restaurants, bars, and ERs.

So go scream at the slobs in the restaurants and bars. You're fighting the wrong battle here. (Not sure what you're referring to about ERs.)

The slobs aren't preventing kids from having a childhood. Duran is.

No. COVID is.

Duran is responsibly navigating an impossible situation.

We get it. You are so full of anger and you have chosen him as your target. We can all do things to minimize absences. Focus on the things you can control instead of irrationally shrieking into the ether.

Duran has made himself a target by putting himself on an island. Nobody else in VHSL is threatening to cancel sports. Am I supposed to believe that Duran is smarter than everyone else?

I am thankful he is willing to prioritize academics over athletics.

We want our kids in classrooms more than we want them on wrestling mats.

I have to say this from the perspective of someone who is not an open school now person… I don’t see the point of the sports cancellation. Most kids who make middle school or high school teams are already playing on travel/club teams. Those have not stopped! So these kids have never stopped playing sports this whole time. I know mine haven’t. Only APS teams and Arlington County rec sports stopped. Not futsal, not travel basketball, not hockey, not swimming and other clubs sports.

There are plenty of kids who are doing HS winter sports/activities, but aren't doing club/travel:
gymnastics
track
wrestling
cheer
debate
crew
gymnastics
basketball
swim

There is no HS soccer, hockey, etc. right now.

I guess you're missing the point. APS is the only school system eliminating sports right now. Tons of kids even in Arlington are still participating in sports as they play at Medstar (hockey), training sessions (soccer, baseball, lacrosse), swimming, gymnastics, dance futsal (even non travel teams). So the risk they are trying to reduce is futile for the most part. Since they're the only ones, The APS decision is like trying to boil the ocean. It's not a layered approach, or consistent with our local community in Fairfax, etc. It's such a small impact if any on COVID, yet kids hurting kids with no other options like debate, chorus, drama, etc.

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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!

It's a sick empty gesture. These people think they can somehow get the positivity rates in the schools lower than the overall community. They can't. But they'll punish our kids as much as possible in the process, while high risk slobs fill restaurants, bars, and ERs.

So go scream at the slobs in the restaurants and bars. You're fighting the wrong battle here. (Not sure what you're referring to about ERs.)

The slobs aren't preventing kids from having a childhood. Duran is.

No. COVID is.

Duran is responsibly navigating an impossible situation.

We get it. You are so full of anger and you have chosen him as your target. We can all do things to minimize absences. Focus on the things you can control instead of irrationally shrieking into the ether.

Duran has made himself a target by putting himself on an island. Nobody else in VHSL is threatening to cancel sports. Am I supposed to believe that Duran is smarter than everyone else?

I am thankful he is willing to prioritize academics over athletics.

We want our kids in classrooms more than we want them on wrestling mats.

That's a false choice. But you knew that.

No, it's not.

The risk of missing school for 5-10 days because you catch covid at school? Worth it.
The risk of missing school for 5-10 days because you catch covid at a wrestling match? Not worth it.

My kid regularly misses HS with illness of one sort or another. Not a big deal. Easy to make up the work and maintain grades. Not a risk.

[Anonymous]

Any scoop on what the tests are picking up this week - or is the new provider too disorganized to tell? I am seeing big chunks of kids from a single school pop up on the tracker each day and it seems to be 2-3 schools each day and different ones the next day. Are these from testing?

Also how soon are people getting results? My kid’s test is today and I’m nervous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any scoop on what the tests are picking up this week - or is the new provider too disorganized to tell? I am seeing big chunks of kids from a single school pop up on the tracker each day and it seems to be 2-3 schools each day and different ones the next day. Are these from testing?

Also how soon are people getting results? My kid’s test is today and I’m nervous.

There’s been some hiccups with the testing provider, but before those numbers start rolling in it’s interesting to look at what has already been reported. This is as of yesterday and keep in mind the January positives were not while the children were in school. The January numbers are purely community spread, as they would not have been able to be infected while in school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Any scoop on what the tests are picking up this week - or is the new provider too disorganized to tell? I am seeing big chunks of kids from a single school pop up on the tracker each day and it seems to be 2-3 schools each day and different ones the next day. Are these from testing?

Also how soon are people getting results? My kid’s test is today and I’m nervous.

There’s been some hiccups with the testing provider, but before those numbers start rolling in it’s interesting to look at what has already been reported. This is as of yesterday and keep in mind the January positives were not while the children were in school. The January numbers are purely community spread, as they would not have been able to be infected while in school.

That's a lot of asymptomatic positives and kids with colds. Sounds like every January.

Per the CDC, the weekly hospitalization rate for kids for flu this time of year is 3.5 per 100,000, and right now for COVID it's 2.4. Plus, COVID includes hospitalizations that are most likely at least 40%+ incidental, the flu does not.

[Anonymous]

To the PP, my son was tested yesterday afternoon at his APS school. We have not received any results yet. It says 24-48 hours, though, to get results and they'll call if your kid is in a positive pool, with another 12-24 hours to get back individual samples should that happen.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Any scoop on what the tests are picking up this week - or is the new provider too disorganized to tell? I am seeing big chunks of kids from a single school pop up on the tracker each day and it seems to be 2-3 schools each day and different ones the next day. Are these from testing?

Also how soon are people getting results? My kid’s test is today and I’m nervous.

There’s been some hiccups with the testing provider, but before those numbers start rolling in it’s interesting to look at what has already been reported. This is as of yesterday and keep in mind the January positives were not while the children were in school. The January numbers are purely community spread, as they would not have been able to be infected while in school.

That's a lot of asymptomatic positives and kids with colds. Sounds like every January.

Per the CDC, the weekly hospitalization rate for kids for flu this time of year is 3.5 per 100,000, and right now for COVID it's 2.4. Plus, COVID includes hospitalizations that are most likely at least 40%+ incidental, the flu does not.

Nice sound bites, but these were not asymptomatic. These were kids with symptoms whose parents waited in line for hours to get them tested at curative kiosks. Do you think 100+ kids at Wakefield that were tested in the past week went and got tested for the hell of it?

[Anonymous]

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That's a lot of asymptomatic positives and kids with colds. Sounds like every January.

Per the CDC, the weekly hospitalization rate for kids for flu this time of year is 3.5 per 100,000, and right now for COVID it's 2.4. Plus, COVID includes hospitalizations that are most likely at least 40%+ incidental, the flu does not.

Nice sound bites, but these were not asymptomatic. These were kids with symptoms whose parents waited in line for hours to get them tested at curative kiosks. Do you think 100+ kids at Wakefield that were tested in the past week went and got tested for the hell of it?

Those CDC stats are soundbites. Those are facts.

And COVID is a at most a bad cold for these symptomatic kids. We probably have more kids out with colds and the flu regularly this time of year. There's definitely way more kids hospitalized for the flu this time of year.

[Anonymous]

Constantly stating that positive Covid cases are asymptomatic cases is a tactic and a soundbite.