FCPS response to new CDC guidelines

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Anonymous wrote:There is no way they will make vaccinated students quarantine. They are not going to do anything to increase quarantines. If my vaccinated kids had to quarantine with every exposure they would be at home more than in school.

Is sometime talking about increasing quarantines?

How many times have you been notified of a close contact? Just curious. We haven’t had any but our DS is in ES and the school itself hasn’t had many cases.

DP but my 12 and 15 year old have been close contacts. Vaccinated early September. Returned right away both times. So under new guidelines they’d have to quarantine for 5 days because they don’t have booster. No thanks.

With the new variant, those two vaccines aren’t going to protect them much from infection, so it makes sense.

The booster isn’t stopping transmission either. Look at the health forum, most people sick with it have had booster.

The booster has prevented the majority of people from being hospitalized. Most the people I know who have had COVID in the past few weeks have had symptoms similar to a mild flu or cold. So you can get sick and pass it on but the length on time you are contagious is shorter and the severity is less. So people with the booster will get more sick but it is a smaller percentage.

The unvaccinated are not as lucky.

If only there was an easy solution to the plight of the unvaccinated

[Anonymous]

It only applies to those of us who decided to get our 12-15 year olds vaccinated right away. Sucks because those are the same people who would boost their 12-15 year olds if available.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It only applies to those of us who decided to get our 12-15 year olds vaccinated right away. Sucks because those are the same people who would boost their 12-15 year olds if available.

Yes, exactly this. If you vaxed your kid early in the summer they are past six months but not yet eligible for the booster that would enable them to stay in school and avoid constant quarantining upon each exposure. Before, two shots was enough to remain in school as long as you had no syptoms/no positive test.

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Anonymous wrote:This is great timing. Youngkin needs to run with this. No masks in school, unless you are a recent close contact. It’s unreasonable to stay home so slap a mask on for 5 days!

Shut up, Deathwish. Take your anti-science, anti-information BS elsewhere.

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS and FCHD think they are smarter than the CDC so they make their own guidelines

I wouldn’t be surprised if they were smarter. CDC got it wrong on so many fronts the past two years.

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS and FCHD think they are smarter than the CDC so they make their own guidelines

I wouldn’t be surprised if they were smarter. CDC got it wrong on so many fronts the past two years.

Try emailing Ben Schwartz (FCHD epidemiology) sometime. Or look up how Gloria Addo-Ayensu handled a TB outbreak a while back.

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Anonymous wrote:OMG—this literally just came out minutes ago, and you’re asking what FCPS will do? Can you take a breath, OP?

FCPS wasted no time rescinding the no mask for the vaccinated within minutes

I remember this, they were so quick to mandate masks it was like they were looking for any reason

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Anonymous wrote:This is great timing. Youngkin needs to run with this. No masks in school, unless you are a recent close contact. It’s unreasonable to stay home so slap a mask on for 5 days!

Shut up, Deathwish. Take your anti-science, anti-information BS elsewhere.

Deathwish? that seems dramatic. Even the CDC is saying, eh, if you can't stay home for 5 days sop be it...so they are not worried...just you.

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I’m also curious how fast they will figure this out. I know a lot of teachers (myself included) who don’t have booster yet. If that stays the case, will they make us a quarantine if we have a case in our class even if no symptoms?

Just realized my 16&18 year old just hit 6 months on vaccine so I guess we need to get booster figured out or this could really screw is up.

Seems weird that now we need to have vaccine and booster to avoid quarantine as a close contact.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m also curious how fast they will figure this out. I know a lot of teachers (myself included) who don’t have booster yet. If that stays the case, will they make us a quarantine if we have a case in our class even if no symptoms?

Just realized my 16&18 year old just hit 6 months on vaccine so I guess we need to get booster figured out or this could really screw is up.

Seems weird that now we need to have vaccine and booster to avoid quarantine as a close contact.

You and your kids should be able to get the booster pretty easily now. Not much to figure out. Our DS got his a
little over a week ago. We are both teachers. DW got hers in September and I got mine in Oct. They are readily available. I don’t want to be getting one every few months though.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m also curious how fast they will figure this out. I know a lot of teachers (myself included) who don’t have booster yet. If that stays the case, will they make us a quarantine if we have a case in our class even if no symptoms?

Just realized my 16&18 year old just hit 6 months on vaccine so I guess we need to get booster figured out or this could really screw is up.

Seems weird that now we need to have vaccine and booster to avoid quarantine as a close contact.

You and your kids should be able to get the booster pretty easily now. Not much to figure out. Our DS got his a
little over a week ago. We are both teachers. DW got hers in September and I got mine in Oct. They are readily available. I don’t want to be getting one every few months though.

Not a teacher but another boosted adult who doesn’t want to boost every few months to gain 10 weeks of protection against a disease that is worst case like the flu for someone like me. Annually? Fine, I guess.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m also curious how fast they will figure this out. I know a lot of teachers (myself included) who don’t have booster yet. If that stays the case, will they make us a quarantine if we have a case in our class even if no symptoms?

Just realized my 16&18 year old just hit 6 months on vaccine so I guess we need to get booster figured out or this could really screw is up.

Seems weird that now we need to have vaccine and booster to avoid quarantine as a close contact.

You and your kids should be able to get the booster pretty easily now. Not much to figure out. Our DS got his a
little over a week ago. We are both teachers. DW got hers in September and I got mine in Oct. They are readily available. I don’t want to be getting one every few months though.

Not a teacher but another boosted adult who doesn’t want to boost every few months to gain 10 weeks of protection against a disease that is worst case like the flu for someone like me. Annually? Fine, I guess.

I don’t any the booster. One would think a teacher could be exempt if no symptoms. I’m torn between not wanting to be forced out of work for 5 days and getting the booster.

[Anonymous]

Looks like FCPS doesn’t have a completed plan on how they are handling the changes, but they are working on it. Glad to hear it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looks like FCPS doesn’t have a completed plan on how they are handling the changes, but they are working on it. Glad to hear it.

lol sad

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m also curious how fast they will figure this out. I know a lot of teachers (myself included) who don’t have booster yet. If that stays the case, will they make us a quarantine if we have a case in our class even if no symptoms?

Just realized my 16&18 year old just hit 6 months on vaccine so I guess we need to get booster figured out or this could really screw is up.

Seems weird that now we need to have vaccine and booster to avoid quarantine as a close contact.

Talk to their doctor first. Don’t let the CDC scare you into a 3 rd dose for your 16 and 18 year olds. It’s only 5 days. Next week it could be 3. Who knows.