Did kids actually unmask?

[Anonymous]

My MSer said people did what they wanted. No pressure one way or another.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My mom is a DCPS teacher choosing to unmask but all but 3 of her 120 students were masked. My own kids’ school in arlington went mask optional back in January. Started with 6 of 20 in my daughters class unmasked and now at just 2 kids masking. Peer pressure and conformity is a real thing and older kids more susceptible. My DH is also a teacher that went optimal a few weeks ago and the snide comments in high school are tough. His school has more teachers than students unmasking.

Yes, peer pressure in conjunction with politics is a powerful cocktail at that age.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting. The pressure to unmask is sort of disgusting. I am fine with DCPS making it an option but if we as a family have decided to continue to mask, that should be our choice. It is not hurting anyone else. If anything it could be helping control spread. But it is certainly not hurting anyone, so why the pressure to remove it?

Your child has been receiving pressure to unmask?

Yes. More from parents than kids. Like “aren’t you so excited not to have to wear a mask on Wednesday!!”

[Anonymous]

Kindergarten at a bilingual DCPS. Slightly under half of the class didn’t mask, kid says all of the teachers did. I would love to see more teachers unmask because I’m noticing a lot of spelling “mistakes” that make it clear she can’t hear the differences between sounds, and I think seeing (teacher) mouth movements would help with that. I get the impression from her teacher that staff doesn’t want to rush and make families uncomfortable, so hopefully they’ll feel okay taking masks off as people adjust to the change.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's hard to un-scare people once you have scared them for two years, and politics are a powerful force especially in this town, so I'm not surprised it's hard for parents and even kids to let go of masks.

Maybe kids who lost a parent or guardian were scared of that and not a simple common sense public health measure.

At this point their parents and guardians should be triple vaccinated and shouldn't need to burden their children with the fear of transmitting the virus to somebody vulnerable.

At this point you can have an unmasked child so maybe you stop telling people how to feel. I’m sure you have no fears of anything and are incredibly socially adjusted and full of empathy for others.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's hard to un-scare people once you have scared them for two years, and politics are a powerful force especially in this town, so I'm not surprised it's hard for parents and even kids to let go of masks.

Maybe kids who lost a parent or guardian were scared of that and not a simple common sense public health measure.

At this point their parents and guardians should be triple vaccinated and shouldn't need to burden their children with the fear of transmitting the virus to somebody vulnerable.

At this point you can have an unmasked child so maybe you stop telling people how to feel. I’m sure you have no fears of anything and are incredibly socially adjusted and full of empathy for others.

NP. The forever-maskers I know are overwhelmingly anxious introverts who spend way too much time on Twitter and aren’t what I’d call “socially well adjusted” but I’m sure you got lots of likes and retweets in your head for this comeback, so as long as you don’t hassle my unmasked kid for their “selfishness” or whatever the f** then I’m glad you’re happy.

[Anonymous]

JKLM, 2-4 masked kids per class.
Most teachers unmasked.

For context and a good sense of what DMV hospitals will look like in June:
This past 'unmasking' week in DC, 9 out of 220ish democratic representatives tested positive, along with one former president and the vice-president's husband.
The country supplying us all of our stuff shut down hard.
BA2 is now 23% of all sequenced covid samples in the US.
Pfizer has requested authorization for a necessary 4th dose of vaccine.
CDC published a report on deaths of kids under 5 in the omicron wave.

[Anonymous]

The social pressure around here is definitely to stay masked. I am a teacher who unmasked all day and maybe 10% of teachers and students unmasked. All of my students except 1 came in unmasked to start class but several unmasked in each class when they saw I was unmasked. I think they are making choices based on what the teacher and their peers are doing.

[Anonymous]

Sorry- all of my students except one came in masked to start class

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's hard to un-scare people once you have scared them for two years, and politics are a powerful force especially in this town, so I'm not surprised it's hard for parents and even kids to let go of masks.

Maybe kids who lost a parent or guardian were scared of that and not a simple common sense public health measure.

At this point their parents and guardians should be triple vaccinated and shouldn't need to burden their children with the fear of transmitting the virus to somebody vulnerable.

At this point you can have an unmasked child so maybe you stop telling people how to feel. I’m sure you have no fears of anything and are incredibly socially adjusted and full of empathy for others.

Not telling anyone how to feel, but I do care what adults are doing to children. If children are scared of the virus, or are burdened with the fear of infecting someone, it’s the adults around them who are responsible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's hard to un-scare people once you have scared them for two years, and politics are a powerful force especially in this town, so I'm not surprised it's hard for parents and even kids to let go of masks.

Maybe kids who lost a parent or guardian were scared of that and not a simple common sense public health measure.

At this point their parents and guardians should be triple vaccinated and shouldn't need to burden their children with the fear of transmitting the virus to somebody vulnerable.

At this point you can have an unmasked child so maybe you stop telling people how to feel. I’m sure you have no fears of anything and are incredibly socially adjusted and full of empathy for others.

NP. The forever-maskers I know are overwhelmingly anxious introverts who spend way too much time on Twitter and aren’t what I’d call “socially well adjusted” but I’m sure you got lots of likes and retweets in your head for this comeback, so as long as you don’t hassle my unmasked kid for their “selfishness” or whatever the f** then I’m glad you’re happy.

Tell me your social circle is exclusively white without telling me your social circle is exclusively white.
You live in a major city, do you interact with anyone that isn't like you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's hard to un-scare people once you have scared them for two years, and politics are a powerful force especially in this town, so I'm not surprised it's hard for parents and even kids to let go of masks.

Maybe kids who lost a parent or guardian were scared of that and not a simple common sense public health measure.

At this point their parents and guardians should be triple vaccinated and shouldn't need to burden their children with the fear of transmitting the virus to somebody vulnerable.

At this point you can have an unmasked child so maybe you stop telling people how to feel. I’m sure you have no fears of anything and are incredibly socially adjusted and full of empathy for others.

Not telling anyone how to feel, but I do care what adults are doing to children. If children are scared of the virus, or are burdened with the fear of infecting someone, it’s the adults around them who are responsible.

Do you suggest children not live in the reality of their world? I worry about what adults are doing to children, when they go so far in shielding them from any of the discomforts of reality that these children grow incapable of coping with reality and its discomforts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:JKLM, 2-4 masked kids per class.
Most teachers unmasked.

For context and a good sense of what DMV hospitals will look like in June:
This past 'unmasking' week in DC, 9 out of 220ish democratic representatives tested positive, along with one former president and the vice-president's husband.
The country supplying us all of our stuff shut down hard.
BA2 is now 23% of all sequenced covid samples in the US.
Pfizer has requested authorization for a necessary 4th dose of vaccine.
CDC published a report on deaths of kids under 5 in the omicron wave.

Oh, yeah, hospitals will definitely be overwhelmed in June because kids in schools unmasked. Sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kindergarten at a bilingual DCPS. Slightly under half of the class didn’t mask, kid says all of the teachers did. I would love to see more teachers unmask because I’m noticing a lot of spelling “mistakes” that make it clear she can’t hear the differences between sounds, and I think seeing (teacher) mouth movements would help with that. I get the impression from her teacher that staff doesn’t want to rush and make families uncomfortable, so hopefully they’ll feel okay taking masks off as people adjust to the change.

Are you being facetious? You think the reason your kindergartener has spelling mistakes is because of masks? Wow.

[Anonymous]

I have one at Wilson and one at Murch. I was very surprised to hear (Although this seems to confirm it) that my Wilson kid said almost everyone remained masked (he did not) and my Murch kid said most people were unmasked (he wore a mask because he had been under the weather)