Covid Status

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:[“These results suggest that current herd immunity and BA.5 vaccine boosters may not provide broad enough protection against infection.”]

So a lot of people might get infected. And?

You must be new on the post.

A. Covid is not like the flu.
1. Lung scarring (pulmonary fibrosis) seems to be the biggest long-term concern with multiple re-infections. https://www.pulmonaryfibrosis.org/researchers-healthcare-providers/clinical-resources/covid-19
2. Heart-disease risk soars after COVID — even with a mild case https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00403-0
3. There is other damage associated with even mild covid cases. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/coronavirus/covid-long-haulers-long-term-effects-of-covid19

B. Not enough data to say covid is not an issue, but there is mounting evidence multiple re-infections cause cumulative damage
1. Covid only hit in 2020 so there is no grown up child in their 40's to study.
2. Some damage heals, but some appears to be cumulative and permanent.
3. Until it's too late, no one actually knows how much damage a child's body can tolerate, or whether issues will manifest later in adulthood.

If you want to argue, I can re-post all the articles, again. But I would prefer if you just move onto another post, since you waste my time.

Literally no one listens to you anymore

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCUMS - I caution that the health and safety of our children, teachers, staff and their families may be impacted. Please to not delete this one again.

There are at least three new variants coming up that MCPS needs to take into account when deciding whether to go virtual or remask. I caution that this is not a laughing matter. I would take this seriously. These variants were not really on the radar last month. My guess is that we may see these variants in MCPS schools as early as the end of November to as late as February?

https://newsofcanada.net/increasing-cases-of-variants-bq-1-and-xbb-could-render-covid-drugs-virtually-useless-study-finds/

BQ.1 AND BQ 1.1 SUMMARY:
"previous infections from BA.5 and antibody drugs, including Evusheld and Bebtelovimab, are not sufficient to prevent a BQ.1 infection."
"BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 are both spreading extremely fast in parts of Europe."
"the number of BQ.1.1 infections is doubling every week. That kind of exponential growth will ensure that the variant becomes globally dominant in the short term."

BA.2.75.2 SUMMARY:
“the most neutralization-resistant variant evaluated to date”
"spreading rapidly in Singapore, India and regions of Europe"

XBB SUMMARY:
"combines two different Omicron lines (BJ.1 and BM.1.1.1) to make something so good at evading immunity (from previous infections or vaccines) that it’s close to SARS-CoV-1"
“may trigger a significant immune system escape on a scale never seen before,”
"nearly at the level of the SARS-CoV-1 virus (then known simply as “SARS”) that caused an outbreak in 2003"
"could render the new vaccines relatively useless"

OVERALL:
“Such a rapid and simultaneous emergence of multiple variants with enormous growth benefits is unprecedented,”
“These results suggest that current herd immunity and BA.5 vaccine boosters may not provide broad enough protection against infection.”

Do you want schools to close again? Not gonna happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:[“These results suggest that current herd immunity and BA.5 vaccine boosters may not provide broad enough protection against infection.”]

So a lot of people might get infected. And?

You must be new on the post.

A. Covid is not like the flu.
1. Lung scarring (pulmonary fibrosis) seems to be the biggest long-term concern with multiple re-infections. https://www.pulmonaryfibrosis.org/researchers-healthcare-providers/clinical-resources/covid-19
2. Heart-disease risk soars after COVID — even with a mild case https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00403-0
3. There is other damage associated with even mild covid cases. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/coronavirus/covid-long-haulers-long-term-effects-of-covid19

B. Not enough data to say covid is not an issue, but there is mounting evidence multiple re-infections cause cumulative damage
1. Covid only hit in 2020 so there is no grown up child in their 40's to study.
2. Some damage heals, but some appears to be cumulative and permanent.
3. Until it's too late, no one actually knows how much damage a child's body can tolerate, or whether issues will manifest later in adulthood.

If you want to argue, I can re-post all the articles, again. But I would prefer if you just move onto another post, since you waste my time.

Then go post this on the Health board. It doesn't belong here.

[Anonymous]

We care and are concerned. It’s sad others don’t. Speaks volumes of who they are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We care and are concerned. It’s sad others don’t. Speaks volumes of who they are.

Oh, hi! You’re talking about me.

I do care, but I am also able to objectively assess risks. And am comfortable with the risks of Covid. For those who are not, there are lots of other options!

[Anonymous]

Masks back on

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Masks back on

Good news! You can wear a mask for as long as you want. MCPS will not stop you. Your kid can double up with two KN95 masks if you so choose!

But there is no good reason to make masks mandatory again in public schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We care and are concerned. It’s sad others don’t. Speaks volumes of who they are.

Keep yelling into the void--no one is listening to you.

[Anonymous]

Kensington Dad needs his hobby. Have a heart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We care and are concerned. It’s sad others don’t. Speaks volumes of who they are.

Keep yelling into the void--no one is listening to you.

And yet the "void" keeps responding? You defeat your own comment, by writing a comment. It's not a "void" anymore. It's more like "filler" maybe?

Same goes with "no one is listening to you"? Technically I guess you're "reading", so maybe "no one is reading you?" Again, you're defeating your own comment by making a comment on something you haven't read, but you're claiming you're a "void"?

Yeah, that makes no sense. You should just give up and move onto a different post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCUMS - I caution that the health and safety of our children, teachers, staff and their families may be impacted. Please to not delete this one again.

There are at least three new variants coming up that MCPS needs to take into account when deciding whether to go virtual or remask. I caution that this is not a laughing matter. I would take this seriously. These variants were not really on the radar last month. My guess is that we may see these variants in MCPS schools as early as the end of November to as late as February?

https://newsofcanada.net/increasing-cases-of-variants-bq-1-and-xbb-could-render-covid-drugs-virtually-useless-study-finds/

BQ.1 AND BQ 1.1 SUMMARY:
"previous infections from BA.5 and antibody drugs, including Evusheld and Bebtelovimab, are not sufficient to prevent a BQ.1 infection."
"BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 are both spreading extremely fast in parts of Europe."
"the number of BQ.1.1 infections is doubling every week. That kind of exponential growth will ensure that the variant becomes globally dominant in the short term."

BA.2.75.2 SUMMARY:
“the most neutralization-resistant variant evaluated to date”
"spreading rapidly in Singapore, India and regions of Europe"

XBB SUMMARY:
"combines two different Omicron lines (BJ.1 and BM.1.1.1) to make something so good at evading immunity (from previous infections or vaccines) that it’s close to SARS-CoV-1"
“may trigger a significant immune system escape on a scale never seen before,”
"nearly at the level of the SARS-CoV-1 virus (then known simply as “SARS”) that caused an outbreak in 2003"
"could render the new vaccines relatively useless"

OVERALL:
“Such a rapid and simultaneous emergence of multiple variants with enormous growth benefits is unprecedented,”
“These results suggest that current herd immunity and BA.5 vaccine boosters may not provide broad enough protection against infection.”

Do you want schools to close again? Not gonna happen.

And this is why we need to fire McKnight and vote out the board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We care and are concerned. It’s sad others don’t. Speaks volumes of who they are.

Oh, hi! You’re talking about me.

I do care, but I am also able to objectively assess risks. And am comfortable with the risks of Covid. For those who are not, there are lots of other options!

Actually there are not a lot of options except to isolate and even so, it’s very easy to catch this variants v

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Masks back on

Good news! You can wear a mask for as long as you want. MCPS will not stop you. Your kid can double up with two KN95 masks if you so choose!

But there is no good reason to make masks mandatory again in public schools.

This...... please. We need to be able to easily identify the brainwashed drones in our society. I especially get a kick out of seeing someone wearing a mask driving alone in their car.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Masks back on

Good news! You can wear a mask for as long as you want. MCPS will not stop you. Your kid can double up with two KN95 masks if you so choose!

But there is no good reason to make masks mandatory again in public schools.

Actually, there is and as the County Executive noted yesterday, cases in our area are higher right now than they were at the same time last year. There is concern for the winter and if needed, mask mandates will be put back in place.

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Anonymous wrote:The weather has been good lately, so not much to look into, other than two HS have over 30 cases in the last seven days (Rockville and Wootton).

Location Last 7 Days (#) Total Staff & Students School Cases (%)
Rockville High 33 1700 1.9
Thomas S. Wootton High 32 2099 1.5
Montgomery Blair High 27 3512 0.8
Richard Montgomery High 26 2593 1
Winston Churchill High 21 2483 0.8
Quince Orchard High 17 2390 0.7
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High 16 2535 0.6
Clarksburg High 14 2465 0.6
Walt Whitman High 14 2274 0.6
Walter Johnson High 14 3221 0.4
Central Office 13 N/A
Fairland Elementary 13 645 2
Northwest High 12 2735 0.4
Westland Middle 12 947 1.3
Albert Einstein High 11 2229 0.5
Julius West Middle 10 1495 0.7
Northwood High 10 2045 0.5
Sligo Creek Elementary 10 735 1.4
Eastern Middle 9 1013 0.9
Francis Scott Key Middle 9 1089 0.8
Beall Elementary 8 555 1.4
Earle B. Wood Middle 8 1191 0.7
Gaithersburg High 8 2738 0.3
James Hubert Blake High 8 1946 0.4
Silver Spring International Middle 8 1295 0.6
Briggs Chaney Middle 7 997 0.7
Col. Zadok Magruder High 7 1873 0.4

What does weather have to do with it? They still have school inside (and largely unmasked). Over the summer, the doomsayers on this board said that MCPS should have been brought to its knees by now. I know it's frustrating for them that they haven't got the Armageddon they're seeking.

We don't have accurate numbers as this is all self reporting. This is why we need regular testing.

How would that change anything?

It probably wouldn't but I'd like to know to know if its safe for my kids to return in person.

At what point would you keep your kids home?

They are already home. Not everyone choose to return right away.

Your kids are home going on three years? Unless you have truly remarkable circumstances at home, you're doing them an enormous disservice.

DP

I have a neighbor who has kept her children home from in-person school all this time. I agree that she is doing her kids a disservice, but she claims to be immune compromised and wants to keep herself ‘safe’. The kids have no health issues.

We’re getting very close to a point where Child Welfare Services should get involved in such cases to consider the best interests of the children and look for signs of neglect or physical/emotional abuse.

Oh honey, that is not abuse or neglect and you clearly don’t get it.

It really is. It's not something that Child Welfare is going to focus on, but keeping kids away from in-person school/general public life for going on three years (and presumably beyond) is awful, selfish behavior. Honey.

Have you always felt this way of did you just become prejudiced against homeschooling families during the pandemic?

DP. If they were also isolating their kids from peers outside of school, then I absolutely found that troubling before the pandemic. At the very least those cases should be investigated for signs of even more severe abuse.

Grow up and stop wasting child welfare's time with reports that would be screened out.

If you want these kids to return to in person you need to be part of the solution which is keeping all students and their families safe. If there is no masking, no testing, no distancing and everything is back to normal, its a hard no for our family. We don't have your privilege.

It sounds like your family has extenuating circumstances so do what you need to do, no one is forcing you to return. But likewise, you can't expect society to bend to your extenuating circumstances.

Or, people could be decent human's and take basic precautions to keep others healthy and they can live their lives too. Its sad you cannot be that kind of person.

Sorry to break it to you but masks are not basic precautions. They just aren't. I'm 100% fine being that kind of person and I'd guess 90% of the population is too. You can live your life. You just need to figure out a way to protect yourself. It's not society's job to do that. That's 100% on you. You know like back in 2019.

If it is our problem, then why do you care if kids continue virtually. If its our job to protect ourselves, its really the only option we have right now. You are contradicting yourself by saying its child abuse or neglect to keep kids virtually but in the same thread commenting it is not anyone's responsibility to keep families like ours safe and its ours. So, we choose to keep ourselves safe by staying away from families like you.

+1. Believe me, most of us would rather avoid this kind of drama at our schools. We’ve got a couple at ours that probably should have elected to stay in virtual this year, they are losing their minds monitoring CO2 and trying to bring back outdoor lunch. You’re all good, particularly if your kids enjoy virtual. Just listen to them if at some point it’s not working so well.

That's the parents for show to pretend they are superior but really doing nothing. If they were concerned, they'd have their kids in virtual. CO2 monitors aren't going to stop covid.

But CO2 monitors do monitor indoor ventilation. That's why the Board of Education just spent $8 million to put CO2 monitors in every classroom.