CDC says at least 75 percent of kids have had covid

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Anonymous wrote:I am wondering because no one in my immediate family has had it and we cannot be that atypical.

Very possible your kids had it and never even knew.

No, I am the PP whose family had antibody testing and no one has had it.

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I'm not sure how they would know or not as many have had it multiple times and some not. The school closing wasn't just about kids getting covid.

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Anonymous wrote:Closing schools for a year accomplished literally nothing in terms of preventing people from getting coronavirus.

This. And it was so predictable.

Closing schools has to be one of the worst public policy decisions of my lifetime. Such a massive and colossally stupid waste.

We kept kids home from school to basically protect adults.

Now we are vaccinating kids to protect adults - when you consider the pediatric death rates for COVID are so low.

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Anonymous wrote:Closing schools for a year accomplished literally nothing in terms of preventing people from getting coronavirus.

This is ridiculous. It enabled many people to avoid Covid until they could get vaccinated. And there are now some treatments available, although those aren’t as widespread as we need them to be. Closing schools absolutely saved lives. There’s a very big difference between getting Covid from your kid when you’re vaccinated versus when you’re not vaccinated.

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Anonymous wrote:Why do we still have indoor masking if almost everyone has already gotten Covid?

DCPS doesn’t have indoor masking

Charters still have indoor masking. Why? It didn’t prevent 75 percent plus of kids from getting infected.

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Anonymous wrote:The had a large number of samples and then extrapolated the data, like a political poll only with a much larger sample size. They did not literally test the blood of 75% of children in America.

This. I kind of want to cry that people don't understand how the process works.

Our kids haven't tested positive, but there's an excellent chance they've had it. They were in in-person care from September 2020, went to camps, etc. I think we also need to remember that this number indicates how truly mild (to the point of being asymptomatic) COVID is in the overwhelming majority of kids.

Same here. My now kindergartener was back in camp June 2020 and then in person halfday preschool without a mask and and no positive yet. The longer this goes on without a positive, the more I think he's had to have had it by now asymptomatically, however he's never been a close contact so I'm going with "extremely lucky" for 100.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The had a large number of samples and then extrapolated the data, like a political poll only with a much larger sample size. They did not literally test the blood of 75% of children in America.

This. I kind of want to cry that people don't understand how the process works.

Our kids haven't tested positive, but there's an excellent chance they've had it. They were in in-person care from September 2020, went to camps, etc. I think we also need to remember that this number indicates how truly mild (to the point of being asymptomatic) COVID is in the overwhelming majority of kids.

Same here. My now kindergartener was back in camp June 2020 and then in person halfday preschool without a mask and and no positive yet. The longer this goes on without a positive, the more I think he's had to have had it by now asymptomatically, however he's never been a close contact so I'm going with "extremely lucky" for 100.

PP you’re quoting—my kids have been close contacts multiple times. I was sure DD would get it in January, when she was hanging out with a friend, eating snacks not three feet apart, a few hours before her friend tested positive. Nope. Or, if she did, she cleared it fast enough that her PCR the week later wasn’t positive (she had no symptoms).

But hey, I’m with you on extremely lucky!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The had a large number of samples and then extrapolated the data, like a political poll only with a much larger sample size. They did not literally test the blood of 75% of children in America.

This. I kind of want to cry that people don't understand how the process works.

Our kids haven't tested positive, but there's an excellent chance they've had it. They were in in-person care from September 2020, went to camps, etc. I think we also need to remember that this number indicates how truly mild (to the point of being asymptomatic) COVID is in the overwhelming majority of kids.

Same here. My now kindergartener was back in camp June 2020 and then in person halfday preschool without a mask and and no positive yet. The longer this goes on without a positive, the more I think he's had to have had it by now asymptomatically, however he's never been a close contact so I'm going with "extremely lucky" for 100.

If you aren't testing weekly, its impossible to know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The had a large number of samples and then extrapolated the data, like a political poll only with a much larger sample size. They did not literally test the blood of 75% of children in America.

This. I kind of want to cry that people don't understand how the process works.

Our kids haven't tested positive, but there's an excellent chance they've had it. They were in in-person care from September 2020, went to camps, etc. I think we also need to remember that this number indicates how truly mild (to the point of being asymptomatic) COVID is in the overwhelming majority of kids.

Same here. My now kindergartener was back in camp June 2020 and then in person halfday preschool without a mask and and no positive yet. The longer this goes on without a positive, the more I think he's had to have had it by now asymptomatically, however he's never been a close contact so I'm going with "extremely lucky" for 100.

If you aren't testing weekly, its impossible to know.

Our school PCR tests all students and staff every week. We do know.

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https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7117e3.htm?s_cid=mm7117e3_w

The report states the (fairly obvious) limitation that the sample group may not be representative of the entire population as healthier kids and adults may have been less likely to have had blood drawn. But it’s still in the ballpark and very interesting data.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am wondering because no one in my immediate family has had it and we cannot be that atypical.

Very possible your kids had it and never even knew.

No, I am the PP whose family had antibody testing and no one has had it.

Antibodies in blood are only detected for a few months. It’s impossible to say you’ve never had it. Are people really this stupid?

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is showing me we need a basic data science course and statistics course as a requirement to graduate high school in this country. Every population statistic is based off a sample.

Couldn’t agree more. Bet you half of these posters also post about Banneker or Wilson not being academic enough and demand DC create an honors middle school, meanwhile mommy doesn’t understand elementary statistics or science.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Closing schools for a year accomplished literally nothing in terms of preventing people from getting coronavirus.

This. And it was so predictable.

Closing schools has to be one of the worst public policy decisions of my lifetime. Such a massive and colossally stupid waste.

+1. Please make sure you don't vote for Robert White for mayor, who was the king of keeping schools closed.

THIS! Robert White is endorsed by the union that shall not be named, and he strongly advocated to keep schools closed. He pitched a fit when schools finally reopened and even tried to fight reopening after school personnel received vaccines. He and Janeese Lewis George recently proposed legislation to require schools to close if community covid levels reach a very low rate. That's not even an appropriate metric, and he and JLG proposed this even after vaccines were widely available to anyone who wanted them. Now he's trying to eliminate testing so there's no data to show how well kids are learning/how effective teachers are.

Robert White is bad news for public school children and families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Closing schools for a year accomplished literally nothing in terms of preventing people from getting coronavirus.

This. And it was so predictable.

Closing schools has to be one of the worst public policy decisions of my lifetime. Such a massive and colossally stupid waste.

+1. Please make sure you don't vote for Robert White for mayor, who was the king of keeping schools closed.

THIS! Robert White is endorsed by the union that shall not be named, and he strongly advocated to keep schools closed. He pitched a fit when schools finally reopened and even tried to fight reopening after school personnel received vaccines. He and Janeese Lewis George recently proposed legislation to require schools to close if community covid levels reach a very low rate. That's not even an appropriate metric, and he and JLG proposed this even after vaccines were widely available to anyone who wanted them. Now he's trying to eliminate testing so there's no data to show how well kids are learning/how effective teachers are.

Robert White is bad news for public school children and families.

I can’t find that proposed legislation. Can you link to it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am wondering because no one in my immediate family has had it and we cannot be that atypical.

Very possible your kids had it and never even knew.

No, I am the PP whose family had antibody testing and no one has had it.

Antibodies in blood are only detected for a few months. It’s impossible to say you’ve never had it. Are people really this stupid?

Yes, yes they are.