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Anonymous wrote:My kid tested positive on 12/26. Over 10 days have passed and they tested positive again. So now they need to stay home another 10 days?

If you tested positive in the past few months, it’s very possible you will keep testing positive on a *PCR* antibody test. If you’ve had a Covid infection, the best test to take is a lateral flow (rapid) test which shows current active infection. If you test positive on a lateral flow it means you have infectious Covid and should not return. It is possible to get Covid twice in succession, you can get delta and then omicron.

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Anonymous wrote:I am still boggled by a parent who thinks the right lesson here is to te their teen that everyone else having to suffer so they can have algebra is the right call.

Sure, sweetie! Baba Jean and your physics teacher died alone choking on their mucous, but the important thing here is they did it so YOU COULD GO TO EMORY!

Cases have gone up but the death rate has remained relatively low during this surge due to these things called vaccines. the risk of severe, fatal Covid is low. There’s no true benefit to closing schools right now. The 2020 playbook doesn’t apply to the 2022 virus.

The benefit is stopping the spread.

Okayyyy—but let’s keep restaurants bars gyms hair salons etc open bc schools are the true super spreaders.

I have literally not heard a single person say that schools should close while all of those other things stay open. I absolutely think all of those things should close now, preferably before schools, but MCPS can't order the bars closed. The only thing they *can* do is close schools (which, given staffing issues, is as much a logistical necessity as anything else).

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The fact that we keep having this same argument over and over again and the sad remain person brings up the same points every time *may* indicate there's something questionable about them besides a lack of imagination.

MCPS does not control those things, they only control the schools. That is a county discussion which has nothing to do with MCPS. As an adult, you need to use good judgement and stop the spread. If you cannot self regulate and not go to a movie theater, bar, or indoor dining right now you have far bigger issues than covid.

Businesses are already closing on their own. They aren’t stupid. Staff is out sick and they can only handle limited business. All Apple stores closed last week in DC and NYC.

Big deal--apple stores closed. Last time I looked, restaurants in this area are packed, bars are open, people are out and about shopping at malls, etc. Schools need to be the LAST to close after everything else shuts down. Community spread is not related to schools being open. It's happening regardless of whether you shut the school down or not. I think we saw this movie play out before.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid tested positive on 12/26. Over 10 days have passed and they tested positive again. So now they need to stay home another 10 days?

If you tested positive in the past few months, it’s very possible you will keep testing positive on a *PCR* antibody test. If you’ve had a Covid infection, the best test to take is a lateral flow (rapid) test which shows current active infection. If you test positive on a lateral flow it means you have infectious Covid and should not return. It is possible to get Covid twice in succession, you can get delta and then omicron.

Hi. New poster here who only came onto this crazy thread to see if somehow I missed that BCC is closed tomorrow.

Can you please share a link to this? Not for me, but for my elderly parents and their caregivers. Thank you very much.

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The rate is actually zero. The math makes no sense.

So 3.8 percent my kids school reported Covid during break and are not in school right now. So why is that 3.8 percent counted?

Kids had a pretty normal day today and driving tomorrow.

Most places don’t even have busses you drive the kid from k-12 everyday - stop whining

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Anonymous wrote:I am still boggled by a parent who thinks the right lesson here is to te their teen that everyone else having to suffer so they can have algebra is the right call.

Sure, sweetie! Baba Jean and your physics teacher died alone choking on their mucous, but the important thing here is they did it so YOU COULD GO TO EMORY!

if they were vaccinated and boosted then statistically they're totally fine. I guess Baba Jean should have gotten the vaccine.

Not sure how you define “totally fine”. A relative caught Covid from her child (who got it in school). She was double vaxed and boosted. Now several months later doesn’t have her smell and taste completely back and has cycles of exhaustion. I wouldn’t call this totally fine for a household and I hear this is a fairly common and defined as “mild”.

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Anonymous wrote:I am still boggled by a parent who thinks the right lesson here is to te their teen that everyone else having to suffer so they can have algebra is the right call.

Sure, sweetie! Baba Jean and your physics teacher died alone choking on their mucous, but the important thing here is they did it so YOU COULD GO TO EMORY!

Cases have gone up but the death rate has remained relatively low during this surge due to these things called vaccines. the risk of severe, fatal Covid is low. There’s no true benefit to closing schools right now. The 2020 playbook doesn’t apply to the 2022 virus.

The benefit is stopping the spread.

Okayyyy—but let’s keep restaurants bars gyms hair salons etc open bc schools are the true super spreaders.

I have literally not heard a single person say that schools should close while all of those other things stay open. I absolutely think all of those things should close now, preferably before schools, but MCPS can't order the bars closed. The only thing they *can* do is close schools (which, given staffing issues, is as much a logistical necessity as anything else).

Correct.

The fact that we keep having this same argument over and over again and the sad remain person brings up the same points every time *may* indicate there's something questionable about them besides a lack of imagination.

MCPS does not control those things, they only control the schools. That is a county discussion which has nothing to do with MCPS. As an adult, you need to use good judgement and stop the spread. If you cannot self regulate and not go to a movie theater, bar, or indoor dining right now you have far bigger issues than covid.

Businesses are already closing on their own. They aren’t stupid. Staff is out sick and they can only handle limited business. All Apple stores closed last week in DC and NYC.

Big deal--apple stores closed. Last time I looked, restaurants in this area are packed, bars are open, people are out and about shopping at malls, etc. Schools need to be the LAST to close after everything else shuts down. Community spread is not related to schools being open. It's happening regardless of whether you shut the school down or not. I think we saw this movie play out before.

How would you know except if you were going to all these places? I haven't been to a mail in two years and we are very limited to carry out choices as we will not go inside a restaurant.

MCPS cannot make the decision to close down businesses, only the county so they are two separate issues. Yes, they should be closed, but they aren't. So, back to what MCPS can do.

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Anonymous wrote:I am still boggled by a parent who thinks the right lesson here is to te their teen that everyone else having to suffer so they can have algebra is the right call.

Sure, sweetie! Baba Jean and your physics teacher died alone choking on their mucous, but the important thing here is they did it so YOU COULD GO TO EMORY!

Cases have gone up but the death rate has remained relatively low during this surge due to these things called vaccines. the risk of severe, fatal Covid is low. There’s no true benefit to closing schools right now. The 2020 playbook doesn’t apply to the 2022 virus.

The benefit is stopping the spread.

Okayyyy—but let’s keep restaurants bars gyms hair salons etc open bc schools are the true super spreaders.

I have literally not heard a single person say that schools should close while all of those other things stay open. I absolutely think all of those things should close now, preferably before schools, but MCPS can't order the bars closed. The only thing they *can* do is close schools (which, given staffing issues, is as much a logistical necessity as anything else).

Correct.

The fact that we keep having this same argument over and over again and the sad remain person brings up the same points every time *may* indicate there's something questionable about them besides a lack of imagination.

MCPS does not control those things, they only control the schools. That is a county discussion which has nothing to do with MCPS. As an adult, you need to use good judgement and stop the spread. If you cannot self regulate and not go to a movie theater, bar, or indoor dining right now you have far bigger issues than covid.

Businesses are already closing on their own. They aren’t stupid. Staff is out sick and they can only handle limited business. All Apple stores closed last week in DC and NYC.

Big deal--apple stores closed. Last time I looked, restaurants in this area are packed, bars are open, people are out and about shopping at malls, etc. Schools need to be the LAST to close after everything else shuts down. Community spread is not related to schools being open. It's happening regardless of whether you shut the school down or not. I think we saw this movie play out before.

If you need your computer or iPad fixed it is a big deal, especially if you work at home or kids are virtual.

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Anonymous wrote:So is this how it’s going to go? Every night we sit on pins and needles to see if there is school the next day? Who thought this would be a good idea?

Awful system. Terrible leadership. How are parents supposed to operate in this environment? Needing childcare on a day's notice?

Yup. Ridiculous and unfathomable that anyone thought this was a good idea.

A lot of posters on DCUM?
Those who kept spewing "I don't care", "Omicron needs to burn through", "I'm living my life"?

No no no. We want schools open unless there is a reason to close them. So if too many staff are out then you go virtual not for an arbitrary period of time but for as long as necessary. Maybe 2 days. Maybe 10. It would be situation specific. All central office folks are subs. The NYC approach.

NYC has a terrible approach. Situation-specific is what's posing problems here. As I said two weeks ago, most families might have preferred to be able to plan ahead, let's say for a two week closure. But there were a heck ton of trolls who kept drowning out the discussion with insults and explanations for why closures would never happen, Omicron was milder than Delta, etc. Graphs were posted about hospitalization trends, data from the UK was shared about how their intense Omicron wave was paralyzing the country (they're starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, it seems, now!), but precious few were ready to listen, and those people were told to go hide in their basement.

So now MCPS families are in this mess, somewhat of their own making, if you believe that administration responds to population demands, as it surely does.

You guys are hilarious if you think MCPS makes decisions based on DCUM trolls.

My biggest frustration with the plan was they didn’t communicate when the 14 day clock started- I think there were a lot of parents who thought it would start on Jan. 3, not over break. I’m willing to be that some of these red schools are more of a reflection of parents actually reporting to MCPS rather than disproportionately higher rates in that neighborhood.

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Anonymous wrote:I am still boggled by a parent who thinks the right lesson here is to te their teen that everyone else having to suffer so they can have algebra is the right call.

Sure, sweetie! Baba Jean and your physics teacher died alone choking on their mucous, but the important thing here is they did it so YOU COULD GO TO EMORY!

Cases have gone up but the death rate has remained relatively low during this surge due to these things called vaccines. the risk of severe, fatal Covid is low. There’s no true benefit to closing schools right now. The 2020 playbook doesn’t apply to the 2022 virus.

The benefit is stopping the spread.

Okayyyy—but let’s keep restaurants bars gyms hair salons etc open bc schools are the true super spreaders.

I have literally not heard a single person say that schools should close while all of those other things stay open. I absolutely think all of those things should close now, preferably before schools, but MCPS can't order the bars closed. The only thing they *can* do is close schools (which, given staffing issues, is as much a logistical necessity as anything else).

Correct.

The fact that we keep having this same argument over and over again and the sad remain person brings up the same points every time *may* indicate there's something questionable about them besides a lack of imagination.

MCPS does not control those things, they only control the schools. That is a county discussion which has nothing to do with MCPS. As an adult, you need to use good judgement and stop the spread. If you cannot self regulate and not go to a movie theater, bar, or indoor dining right now you have far bigger issues than covid.

Businesses are already closing on their own. They aren’t stupid. Staff is out sick and they can only handle limited business. All Apple stores closed last week in DC and NYC.

Big deal--apple stores closed. Last time I looked, restaurants in this area are packed, bars are open, people are out and about shopping at malls, etc. Schools need to be the LAST to close after everything else shuts down. Community spread is not related to schools being open. It's happening regardless of whether you shut the school down or not. I think we saw this movie play out before.

How would you know except if you were going to all these places? I haven't been to a mail in two years and we are very limited to carry out choices as we will not go inside a restaurant.

MCPS cannot make the decision to close down businesses, only the county so they are two separate issues. Yes, they should be closed, but they aren't. So, back to what MCPS can do.

Do you drive anywhere? Just look at the parking lots.

This IS coming from the county- who do you think came up with the 5% metric? The DHHS is picking on schools again. They don’t want to make any hard decisions that would really make a difference and have been completely indifferent to the challenges working families are facing throughout the pandemic. Anything to potentially reduce a few Covid cases, whatever the costs.

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Anonymous wrote:I am still boggled by a parent who thinks the right lesson here is to te their teen that everyone else having to suffer so they can have algebra is the right call.

Sure, sweetie! Baba Jean and your physics teacher died alone choking on their mucous, but the important thing here is they did it so YOU COULD GO TO EMORY!

Cases have gone up but the death rate has remained relatively low during this surge due to these things called vaccines. the risk of severe, fatal Covid is low. There’s no true benefit to closing schools right now. The 2020 playbook doesn’t apply to the 2022 virus.

The benefit is stopping the spread.

Okayyyy—but let’s keep restaurants bars gyms hair salons etc open bc schools are the true super spreaders.

I have literally not heard a single person say that schools should close while all of those other things stay open. I absolutely think all of those things should close now, preferably before schools, but MCPS can't order the bars closed. The only thing they *can* do is close schools (which, given staffing issues, is as much a logistical necessity as anything else).

Correct.

The fact that we keep having this same argument over and over again and the sad remain person brings up the same points every time *may* indicate there's something questionable about them besides a lack of imagination.

MCPS does not control those things, they only control the schools. That is a county discussion which has nothing to do with MCPS. As an adult, you need to use good judgement and stop the spread. If you cannot self regulate and not go to a movie theater, bar, or indoor dining right now you have far bigger issues than covid.

Businesses are already closing on their own. They aren’t stupid. Staff is out sick and they can only handle limited business. All Apple stores closed last week in DC and NYC.

Big deal--apple stores closed. Last time I looked, restaurants in this area are packed, bars are open, people are out and about shopping at malls, etc. Schools need to be the LAST to close after everything else shuts down. Community spread is not related to schools being open. It's happening regardless of whether you shut the school down or not. I think we saw this movie play out before.

How would you know except if you were going to all these places? I haven't been to a mail in two years and we are very limited to carry out choices as we will not go inside a restaurant.

MCPS cannot make the decision to close down businesses, only the county so they are two separate issues. Yes, they should be closed, but they aren't. So, back to what MCPS can do.

I am shocked by the number of you that are hunkered down like we’re in the apocalypse. I don’t personally eat out at crowded restaurants, but I go to stores, I go to Starbucks, I’m out running errands, I’ve been to a mall (oh no!!) and am basically living a normal life. Some of you really need to get out more.

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Anonymous wrote:I am still boggled by a parent who thinks the right lesson here is to te their teen that everyone else having to suffer so they can have algebra is the right call.

Sure, sweetie! Baba Jean and your physics teacher died alone choking on their mucous, but the important thing here is they did it so YOU COULD GO TO EMORY!

Cases have gone up but the death rate has remained relatively low during this surge due to these things called vaccines. the risk of severe, fatal Covid is low. There’s no true benefit to closing schools right now. The 2020 playbook doesn’t apply to the 2022 virus.

The benefit is stopping the spread.

Okayyyy—but let’s keep restaurants bars gyms hair salons etc open bc schools are the true super spreaders.

I have literally not heard a single person say that schools should close while all of those other things stay open. I absolutely think all of those things should close now, preferably before schools, but MCPS can't order the bars closed. The only thing they *can* do is close schools (which, given staffing issues, is as much a logistical necessity as anything else).

Correct.

The fact that we keep having this same argument over and over again and the sad remain person brings up the same points every time *may* indicate there's something questionable about them besides a lack of imagination.

MCPS does not control those things, they only control the schools. That is a county discussion which has nothing to do with MCPS. As an adult, you need to use good judgement and stop the spread. If you cannot self regulate and not go to a movie theater, bar, or indoor dining right now you have far bigger issues than covid.

Businesses are already closing on their own. They aren’t stupid. Staff is out sick and they can only handle limited business. All Apple stores closed last week in DC and NYC.

Big deal--apple stores closed. Last time I looked, restaurants in this area are packed, bars are open, people are out and about shopping at malls, etc. Schools need to be the LAST to close after everything else shuts down. Community spread is not related to schools being open. It's happening regardless of whether you shut the school down or not. I think we saw this movie play out before.

How would you know except if you were going to all these places? I haven't been to a mail in two years and we are very limited to carry out choices as we will not go inside a restaurant.

MCPS cannot make the decision to close down businesses, only the county so they are two separate issues. Yes, they should be closed, but they aren't. So, back to what MCPS can do.

I am shocked by the number of you that are hunkered down like we’re in the apocalypse. I don’t personally eat out at crowded restaurants, but I go to stores, I go to Starbucks, I’m out running errands, I’ve been to a mall (oh no!!) and am basically living a normal life. Some of you really need to get out more.

At the same time when these people finally venture out, life is going to be like a free trip to Disney World. A grocery story is going to be awash in colors, knick knacks, new technologies, and so on. It'll be like seeing the world through a toddler's eyes again. That's cool I guess.

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Anonymous wrote:The rate is actually zero. The math makes no sense.

So 3.8 percent my kids school reported Covid during break and are not in school right now. So why is that 3.8 percent counted?

Kids had a pretty normal day today and driving tomorrow.

Most places don’t even have busses you drive the kid from k-12 everyday - stop whining

Sorry, but I can't understand what you wrote; it is largely unintelligible. 3.8 percent of the kids tested positive during the break and are out. They are still part of the school population; therefore, they are counted in the 14-day dashboard. Your kid had a pretty normal day, and that is wonderful. Most places dont have "busses [sic]?" What are you talking about? The next part is a run-on sentence and doesn't make sense.

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So tons of people reported getting positive results just yesterday resulting in so many schools becoming red in one day?

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Anonymous wrote:I am still boggled by a parent who thinks the right lesson here is to te their teen that everyone else having to suffer so they can have algebra is the right call.

Sure, sweetie! Baba Jean and your physics teacher died alone choking on their mucous, but the important thing here is they did it so YOU COULD GO TO EMORY!

Cases have gone up but the death rate has remained relatively low during this surge due to these things called vaccines. the risk of severe, fatal Covid is low. There’s no true benefit to closing schools right now. The 2020 playbook doesn’t apply to the 2022 virus.

The benefit is stopping the spread.

Okayyyy—but let’s keep restaurants bars gyms hair salons etc open bc schools are the true super spreaders.

I have literally not heard a single person say that schools should close while all of those other things stay open. I absolutely think all of those things should close now, preferably before schools, but MCPS can't order the bars closed. The only thing they *can* do is close schools (which, given staffing issues, is as much a logistical necessity as anything else).

Correct.

The fact that we keep having this same argument over and over again and the sad remain person brings up the same points every time *may* indicate there's something questionable about them besides a lack of imagination.

MCPS does not control those things, they only control the schools. That is a county discussion which has nothing to do with MCPS. As an adult, you need to use good judgement and stop the spread. If you cannot self regulate and not go to a movie theater, bar, or indoor dining right now you have far bigger issues than covid.

Businesses are already closing on their own. They aren’t stupid. Staff is out sick and they can only handle limited business. All Apple stores closed last week in DC and NYC.

Big deal--apple stores closed. Last time I looked, restaurants in this area are packed, bars are open, people are out and about shopping at malls, etc. Schools need to be the LAST to close after everything else shuts down. Community spread is not related to schools being open. It's happening regardless of whether you shut the school down or not. I think we saw this movie play out before.

How would you know except if you were going to all these places? I haven't been to a mail in two years and we are very limited to carry out choices as we will not go inside a restaurant.

MCPS cannot make the decision to close down businesses, only the county so they are two separate issues. Yes, they should be closed, but they aren't. So, back to what MCPS can do.

I am shocked by the number of you that are hunkered down like we’re in the apocalypse. I don’t personally eat out at crowded restaurants, but I go to stores, I go to Starbucks, I’m out running errands, I’ve been to a mall (oh no!!) and am basically living a normal life. Some of you really need to get out more.

We did those things before the surge in December. Since Christmas we haven't been

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Anonymous wrote:I am still boggled by a parent who thinks the right lesson here is to te their teen that everyone else having to suffer so they can have algebra is the right call.

Sure, sweetie! Baba Jean and your physics teacher died alone choking on their mucous, but the important thing here is they did it so YOU COULD GO TO EMORY!

Cases have gone up but the death rate has remained relatively low during this surge due to these things called vaccines. the risk of severe, fatal Covid is low. There’s no true benefit to closing schools right now. The 2020 playbook doesn’t apply to the 2022 virus.

The benefit is stopping the spread.

DP. Closing schools does not stop spread. If it did, rates should be sharply down now that kids have been out of school for weeks. They are higher than ever, though.

NP.

Oh, dear. You've not heard of confounding variables, I take it? The fact that omicron, specifically, hit DC in late December has nothing to do with any of this, right? And you know that spread wouldn't have been any higher if schools had been open... how? How do you know this?

How about this? A heatwave strikes a major city on the day of its annual marathon— and yet the marathon has more proud finishers that year than any other year. This must mean that very high heat helps people run long distances, or at least doesn’t hurt them! Never mind that that same year they allowed double the usual number of people to register and compete, and that the percentage of runners who finished was much lower than usual. No-- high heat is good for marathoners. That’s the only logical conclusion.