Data today 7pm

[Anonymous]

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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?

Yes. It's a fluid situation. It changes day by day, so they have to adapt. When the surge passes, it will no longer be an issue. What's the problem?

I think a lot of people fail to see this will pass quickly unlike last year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And how does it work for the red schools? Do they automatically come back after 14 days...does the 14-day clock reset every day a school is over 5%...does the 14-day clock reset if a school is over 5% when the 14 days are up?

Is there planned transparency about actual cases in a 14-day window (i.e., cases 15 days ago drop off)?

Yeah these are actually legit questions. Nobody has communicated the plan here, probably because they haven’t come up with it yet.

[Anonymous]

Just received an email from my principal that our elementary school is now well over 5% but that her Director told her that just because we hit 5%, it is not an automatic switch to virtual. So I’m not quite clear as to all of the ins and outs but it’ll be interesting to see what the data shows. I think that everyone hopes to stay in person…but with more hands on deck. A shorter quarantine for teachers would really help.

[Anonymous]

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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?

Yes. It's a fluid situation. It changes day by day, so they have to adapt. When the surge passes, it will no longer be an issue. What's the problem?

I want it my way and I want it now!

Or something else like that Violet Beauregarde would say.

The news announced tonight a 10-year-old died of covid and MCPS leadership is playing games with whether or not they'll keep kids in-person. All-or-nothing. In-person-only.

Keep making jokes. Feel free to laugh. Those of us who feel differently hope you are never responsible for the safety of our children.

A child died. Let’s destroy the lives of 160,000 more plus their families plus their mom’s careers, lifetime earning potential, their parents mental and physical health, their marriage, their childhood everything. It’s sad that a child died. Maybe they should have been vaccinated. Or maybe they were a primo candidate for virtual academy. Or maybe they got it over break. Or maybe it was just bad luck. It was bad luck to be a first grader in Newtown years ago. We didn’t cancel first grade.

Your Newton example is disgusting and you should be banned. How horrible must you be to say such a thing.

+1.

They say the musicians on the Titanic played two hours trying to calm the passengers. There is nothing wrong with calming people down.

However, when people deny the reality that they're in a once-in-a-lifetime disaster, yet still strive for normality to rationalize the situation, they deny the very actions that could save lives.

I get that people need to work. However, I also get that MCPS did not offer hybrid options and chose a school closure metric that seems ineffective.

That is bad decision-making and failed leadership.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where did the 10 yr old who died of CoVID live? I’m saddened to hear of this. Anyone know if he/she was vaccinated or had underlying health conditions?

Anne Arundel county.

https://www.capitalgazette.com/news/ac-cn-10-year-old-dies-covid-20220104-emhxkhyj4vazpb6h56ecbtemsu-story.html

This is 4 persons ages 0-9 who have died and 9 persons (+1 suspected death) ages 10-19 who have died, according to the current state dashboard.

[Anonymous]

Such drama queens. Like you need ptsd therapy because you have to check a website at night.
Anywhere my kid added to the positive count today. Go Team Red! #letsgooo

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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?

Yes. It's a fluid situation. It changes day by day, so they have to adapt. When the surge passes, it will no longer be an issue. What's the problem?

I want it my way and I want it now!

Or something else like that Violet Beauregarde would say.

The news announced tonight a 10-year-old died of covid and MCPS leadership is playing games with whether or not they'll keep kids in-person. All-or-nothing. In-person-only.

Keep making jokes. Feel free to laugh. Those of us who feel differently hope you are never responsible for the safety of our children.

Does this mean you intended to fight for school closures any time a child dies of the flu in a neighboring county? Because that's definitely what you're implying here.

[Anonymous]

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Let me remind the people who proudly declared during winter break that they were SOCIALIZING AND LIVING THEIR LIFE...







... I don't want to hear a peep out of you regarding school closures due to Covid. You made your bed. Lie on it.

Including teachers, right?

Indeed. Teachers are part of the community too, and some of them are in the stupid open at all costs category.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And how does it work for the red schools? Do they automatically come back after 14 days...does the 14-day clock reset every day a school is over 5%...does the 14-day clock reset if a school is over 5% when the 14 days are up?

Is there planned transparency about actual cases in a 14-day window (i.e., cases 15 days ago drop off)?

Yeah these are actually legit questions. Nobody has communicated the plan here, probably because they haven’t come up with it yet.

Probably because it is an ill conceived and dumb idea that should never have been implemented. A simpler plan would be to just to distribute rapid antigen tests and implement a test to stay requirement.

[Anonymous]

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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?

Yes. It's a fluid situation. It changes day by day, so they have to adapt. When the surge passes, it will no longer be an issue. What's the problem?

I want it my way and I want it now!

Or something else like that Violet Beauregarde would say.

The news announced tonight a 10-year-old died of covid and MCPS leadership is playing games with whether or not they'll keep kids in-person. All-or-nothing. In-person-only.

Keep making jokes. Feel free to laugh. Those of us who feel differently hope you are never responsible for the safety of our children.

A child died. Let’s destroy the lives of 160,000 more plus their families plus their mom’s careers, lifetime earning potential, their parents mental and physical health, their marriage, their childhood everything. It’s sad that a child died. Maybe they should have been vaccinated. Or maybe they were a primo candidate for virtual academy. Or maybe they got it over break. Or maybe it was just bad luck. It was bad luck to be a first grader in Newtown years ago. We didn’t cancel first grade.

Your Newton example is disgusting and you should be banned. How horrible must you be to say such a thing.

+1.

They say the musicians on the Titanic played two hours trying to calm the passengers. There is nothing wrong with calming people down.

However, when people deny the reality that they're in a once-in-a-lifetime disaster, yet still strive for normality to rationalize the situation, they deny the very actions that could save lives.

I get that people need to work. However, I also get that MCPS did not offer hybrid options and chose a school closure metric that seems ineffective.

That is bad decision-making and failed leadership.

Assuming that keeping my child home for 2 weeks (only 2?!) would save lives and that is a big assumption why is it on kids to save lives? They are children. They aren’t supposed to have that responsibility. They endured virtual school for a year, took two doses of vaccine, wear masks 40 hours a week as god damn six year olds. That is not enough? GTFOH.

[Anonymous]

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?

[Anonymous]

There is a new report up as of 4:00pm today, but it isn't color coded and doesn't show percentages?

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/Coronavirus/dashboaird/Daily%20COVID-19%20Case%20Reports%20January%205%202022.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just received an email from my principal that our elementary school is now well over 5% but that her Director told her that just because we hit 5%, it is not an automatic switch to virtual. So I’m not quite clear as to all of the ins and outs but it’ll be interesting to see what the data shows. I think that everyone hopes to stay in person…but with more hands on deck. A shorter quarantine for teachers would really help.

Well not closing with that kind of viral spread would be mighty stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just received an email from my principal that our elementary school is now well over 5% but that her Director told her that just because we hit 5%, it is not an automatic switch to virtual. So I’m not quite clear as to all of the ins and outs but it’ll be interesting to see what the data shows. I think that everyone hopes to stay in person…but with more hands on deck. A shorter quarantine for teachers would really help.

Well not closing with that kind of viral spread would be mighty stupid.

That was spread outside the school.

[Anonymous]

It is up: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/Coronavirus/dashboaird/14-Day%20COVID-19%20Case%20Reports%20December%2023%20-%20January%205.pdf