Holy Trinity Father-Daughter Dance - Covid

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:HTS parent (that did not attend the dance) here. Throughout the pandemic the school has taken a sensible approach trying to balance health concerns with Covid and the social and emotional needs of the children at the school, for which I am deeply grateful. The vast majority of students and teachers at the school are vaccinated or have already had covid, so I don't think this is going to create much of a disruption, and even if it did I think it is worth it to give the children the option of doing normal social things. It's very easy to point to one event and say that we shouldn't have taken the risk, but the risks exist for every gathering and we can't keep restricting children (especially when adults feel free to attend parties and gather in restaurants and go to a million other social events that could expose them to covid). Should we really be saying no dances, no assemblies, no big birthday parties, no going to the movies, etc. etc.? For how long?

I am Catholic and know many conservative Catholics who refused to be vaxxed because of a stem cell story constantly played on Fox News. So, do not assume HTS folks have been vaxxed. Kids will survive w/o some dumb father-daughter dance. They may not survive their conservative parents' views.

HTS requires vaccination.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Holy Trinity held a father-daughter dance on Friday, and it was all inside due to the weather. Already got word of the first Covid case. Seems like this will be standard for most spring dances during these times.

Not saying it was or wasn't a good idea, but there's no way someone caught Covid on Friday night and managed to show symptoms, get tested, and show up positive by this morning.

No... but is it very likely that someone tested negative on Friday, woke up saturday with symptoms and was positive by Sunday. I know because this happened to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:HTS parent (that did not attend the dance) here. Throughout the pandemic the school has taken a sensible approach trying to balance health concerns with Covid and the social and emotional needs of the children at the school, for which I am deeply grateful. The vast majority of students and teachers at the school are vaccinated or have already had covid, so I don't think this is going to create much of a disruption, and even if it did I think it is worth it to give the children the option of doing normal social things. It's very easy to point to one event and say that we shouldn't have taken the risk, but the risks exist for every gathering and we can't keep restricting children (especially when adults feel free to attend parties and gather in restaurants and go to a million other social events that could expose them to covid). Should we really be saying no dances, no assemblies, no big birthday parties, no going to the movies, etc. etc.? For how long?

I am Catholic and know many conservative Catholics who refused to be vaxxed because of a stem cell story constantly played on Fox News. So, do not assume HTS folks have been vaxxed. Kids will survive w/o some dumb father-daughter dance. They may not survive their conservative parents' views.

HTS requires vaccination.

Incorrect. HTS does not require vaccination. I did not say all HTS students and teachers are vaccinated but that the vast majority are (or have already had covid). I am a parent with a child at this school so I'm pretty sure my information is better than either of yours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:HTS parent (that did not attend the dance) here. Throughout the pandemic the school has taken a sensible approach trying to balance health concerns with Covid and the social and emotional needs of the children at the school, for which I am deeply grateful. The vast majority of students and teachers at the school are vaccinated or have already had covid, so I don't think this is going to create much of a disruption, and even if it did I think it is worth it to give the children the option of doing normal social things. It's very easy to point to one event and say that we shouldn't have taken the risk, but the risks exist for every gathering and we can't keep restricting children (especially when adults feel free to attend parties and gather in restaurants and go to a million other social events that could expose them to covid). Should we really be saying no dances, no assemblies, no big birthday parties, no going to the movies, etc. etc.? For how long?

I am Catholic and know many conservative Catholics who refused to be vaxxed because of a stem cell story constantly played on Fox News. So, do not assume HTS folks have been vaxxed. Kids will survive w/o some dumb father-daughter dance. They may not survive their conservative parents' views.

HTS requires vaccination.

Incorrect. HTS does not require vaccination. I did not say all HTS students and teachers are vaccinated but that the vast majority are (or have already had covid). I am a parent with a child at this school so I'm pretty sure my information is better than either of yours.

wow, is this how Jesus would talk to people?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:HTS parent (that did not attend the dance) here. Throughout the pandemic the school has taken a sensible approach trying to balance health concerns with Covid and the social and emotional needs of the children at the school, for which I am deeply grateful. The vast majority of students and teachers at the school are vaccinated or have already had covid, so I don't think this is going to create much of a disruption, and even if it did I think it is worth it to give the children the option of doing normal social things. It's very easy to point to one event and say that we shouldn't have taken the risk, but the risks exist for every gathering and we can't keep restricting children (especially when adults feel free to attend parties and gather in restaurants and go to a million other social events that could expose them to covid). Should we really be saying no dances, no assemblies, no big birthday parties, no going to the movies, etc. etc.? For how long?

I am Catholic and know many conservative Catholics who refused to be vaxxed because of a stem cell story constantly played on Fox News. So, do not assume HTS folks have been vaxxed. Kids will survive w/o some dumb father-daughter dance. They may not survive their conservative parents' views.

HTS requires vaccination.

Incorrect. HTS does not require vaccination. I did not say all HTS students and teachers are vaccinated but that the vast majority are (or have already had covid). I am a parent with a child at this school so I'm pretty sure my information is better than either of yours.

wow, is this how Jesus would talk to people?

He would if he was hungry. (Look what he did to the fig tree....)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Holy Trinity held a father-daughter dance on Friday, and it was all inside due to the weather. Already got word of the first Covid case. Seems like this will be standard for most spring dances during these times.

Not saying it was or wasn't a good idea, but there's no way someone caught Covid on Friday night and managed to show symptoms, get tested, and show up positive by this morning.

Completely disagree with this. Our school had a Friday afternoon event and the number of people who woke up sick on Sunday am was surprising. We all managed to get tested and results that Sunday evening or Monday am. There were 4 cases just in one of my kids classes.

Sure, but it's very unlikely that you all got infected at the Friday event. CDC says 2-4 days before you would experience symptoms and up to 5 days before you reliably test positive.
https://health.ucdavis.edu/coronavirus/covid-19-testing/

It's not impossible, I'm sure – but I think it's too early for HTS specifically to attribute a Sunday positive to a Friday night event. If there are a bunch of Tuesday/Wednesday positives, that's different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:HTS parent (that did not attend the dance) here. Throughout the pandemic the school has taken a sensible approach trying to balance health concerns with Covid and the social and emotional needs of the children at the school, for which I am deeply grateful. The vast majority of students and teachers at the school are vaccinated or have already had covid, so I don't think this is going to create much of a disruption, and even if it did I think it is worth it to give the children the option of doing normal social things. It's very easy to point to one event and say that we shouldn't have taken the risk, but the risks exist for every gathering and we can't keep restricting children (especially when adults feel free to attend parties and gather in restaurants and go to a million other social events that could expose them to covid). Should we really be saying no dances, no assemblies, no big birthday parties, no going to the movies, etc. etc.? For how long?

I am Catholic and know many conservative Catholics who refused to be vaxxed because of a stem cell story constantly played on Fox News. So, do not assume HTS folks have been vaxxed. Kids will survive w/o some dumb father-daughter dance. They may not survive their conservative parents' views.

HTS requires vaccination.

Incorrect. HTS does not require vaccination. I did not say all HTS students and teachers are vaccinated but that the vast majority are (or have already had covid). I am a parent with a child at this school so I'm pretty sure my information is better than either of yours.

wow, is this how Jesus would talk to people?

This is how conservative know-it-alls talk to people. All the more reason not to have the dance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:HTS parent (that did not attend the dance) here. Throughout the pandemic the school has taken a sensible approach trying to balance health concerns with Covid and the social and emotional needs of the children at the school, for which I am deeply grateful. The vast majority of students and teachers at the school are vaccinated or have already had covid, so I don't think this is going to create much of a disruption, and even if it did I think it is worth it to give the children the option of doing normal social things. It's very easy to point to one event and say that we shouldn't have taken the risk, but the risks exist for every gathering and we can't keep restricting children (especially when adults feel free to attend parties and gather in restaurants and go to a million other social events that could expose them to covid). Should we really be saying no dances, no assemblies, no big birthday parties, no going to the movies, etc. etc.? For how long?

I am Catholic and know many conservative Catholics who refused to be vaxxed because of a stem cell story constantly played on Fox News. So, do not assume HTS folks have been vaxxed. Kids will survive w/o some dumb father-daughter dance. They may not survive their conservative parents' views.

HTS requires vaccination.

Incorrect. HTS does not require vaccination. I did not say all HTS students and teachers are vaccinated but that the vast majority are (or have already had covid). I am a parent with a child at this school so I'm pretty sure my information is better than either of yours.

Fellow HTS parent here - they are requiring it for the fall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:HTS parent (that did not attend the dance) here. Throughout the pandemic the school has taken a sensible approach trying to balance health concerns with Covid and the social and emotional needs of the children at the school, for which I am deeply grateful. The vast majority of students and teachers at the school are vaccinated or have already had covid, so I don't think this is going to create much of a disruption, and even if it did I think it is worth it to give the children the option of doing normal social things. It's very easy to point to one event and say that we shouldn't have taken the risk, but the risks exist for every gathering and we can't keep restricting children (especially when adults feel free to attend parties and gather in restaurants and go to a million other social events that could expose them to covid). Should we really be saying no dances, no assemblies, no big birthday parties, no going to the movies, etc. etc.? For how long?

I am Catholic and know many conservative Catholics who refused to be vaxxed because of a stem cell story constantly played on Fox News. So, do not assume HTS folks have been vaxxed. Kids will survive w/o some dumb father-daughter dance. They may not survive their conservative parents' views.

HTS requires vaccination.

Incorrect. HTS does not require vaccination. I did not say all HTS students and teachers are vaccinated but that the vast majority are (or have already had covid). I am a parent with a child at this school so I'm pretty sure my information is better than either of yours.

Fellow HTS parent here - they are requiring it for the fall.

So again- there was no requirement that dance attendees be vaxxed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can somebody please explain what is so weird about a Father-Daughter dance?

Ask Freud.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:HTS parent (that did not attend the dance) here. Throughout the pandemic the school has taken a sensible approach trying to balance health concerns with Covid and the social and emotional needs of the children at the school, for which I am deeply grateful. The vast majority of students and teachers at the school are vaccinated or have already had covid, so I don't think this is going to create much of a disruption, and even if it did I think it is worth it to give the children the option of doing normal social things. It's very easy to point to one event and say that we shouldn't have taken the risk, but the risks exist for every gathering and we can't keep restricting children (especially when adults feel free to attend parties and gather in restaurants and go to a million other social events that could expose them to covid). Should we really be saying no dances, no assemblies, no big birthday parties, no going to the movies, etc. etc.? For how long?

I am Catholic and know many conservative Catholics who refused to be vaxxed because of a stem cell story constantly played on Fox News. So, do not assume HTS folks have been vaxxed. Kids will survive w/o some dumb father-daughter dance. They may not survive their conservative parents' views.

Well that's just silly. The pope said Catholics have a moral obligation to get vaccinated, and last time I checked he outranks Fox News in the Catholic hierarchy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:HTS parent (that did not attend the dance) here. Throughout the pandemic the school has taken a sensible approach trying to balance health concerns with Covid and the social and emotional needs of the children at the school, for which I am deeply grateful. The vast majority of students and teachers at the school are vaccinated or have already had covid, so I don't think this is going to create much of a disruption, and even if it did I think it is worth it to give the children the option of doing normal social things. It's very easy to point to one event and say that we shouldn't have taken the risk, but the risks exist for every gathering and we can't keep restricting children (especially when adults feel free to attend parties and gather in restaurants and go to a million other social events that could expose them to covid). Should we really be saying no dances, no assemblies, no big birthday parties, no going to the movies, etc. etc.? For how long?

I am Catholic and know many conservative Catholics who refused to be vaxxed because of a stem cell story constantly played on Fox News. So, do not assume HTS folks have been vaxxed. Kids will survive w/o some dumb father-daughter dance. They may not survive their conservative parents' views.

Well that's just silly. The pope said Catholics have a moral obligation to get vaccinated, and last time I checked he outranks Fox News in the Catholic hierarchy.

Are you Catholic? A lot of Catholics don’t like the current Pope because of some of his more liberal views…

[Anonymous]

Vaccinations are pretty irrelevant here. Of course if there is a large or crowded event, someone will have covid and therefore there is a risk of catching covid, whether vaccinated or not. So people who hold and attend these events are accepting that risk, which is their right. For anyone who finds that risk unacceptable, they should not attend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:HTS parent (that did not attend the dance) here. Throughout the pandemic the school has taken a sensible approach trying to balance health concerns with Covid and the social and emotional needs of the children at the school, for which I am deeply grateful. The vast majority of students and teachers at the school are vaccinated or have already had covid, so I don't think this is going to create much of a disruption, and even if it did I think it is worth it to give the children the option of doing normal social things. It's very easy to point to one event and say that we shouldn't have taken the risk, but the risks exist for every gathering and we can't keep restricting children (especially when adults feel free to attend parties and gather in restaurants and go to a million other social events that could expose them to covid). Should we really be saying no dances, no assemblies, no big birthday parties, no going to the movies, etc. etc.? For how long?

I am Catholic and know many conservative Catholics who refused to be vaxxed because of a stem cell story constantly played on Fox News. So, do not assume HTS folks have been vaxxed. Kids will survive w/o some dumb father-daughter dance. They may not survive their conservative parents' views.

This is just completely untrue. Catholics are the most vaccinated Christians. Just because you know some unvaccinated doesn't mean it is fact.

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/09/20/10-facts-about-americans-and-coronavirus-vaccines/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:HTS parent (that did not attend the dance) here. Throughout the pandemic the school has taken a sensible approach trying to balance health concerns with Covid and the social and emotional needs of the children at the school, for which I am deeply grateful. The vast majority of students and teachers at the school are vaccinated or have already had covid, so I don't think this is going to create much of a disruption, and even if it did I think it is worth it to give the children the option of doing normal social things. It's very easy to point to one event and say that we shouldn't have taken the risk, but the risks exist for every gathering and we can't keep restricting children (especially when adults feel free to attend parties and gather in restaurants and go to a million other social events that could expose them to covid). Should we really be saying no dances, no assemblies, no big birthday parties, no going to the movies, etc. etc.? For how long?

I am Catholic and know many conservative Catholics who refused to be vaxxed because of a stem cell story constantly played on Fox News. So, do not assume HTS folks have been vaxxed. Kids will survive w/o some dumb father-daughter dance. They may not survive their conservative parents' views.

Well that's just silly. The pope said Catholics have a moral obligation to get vaccinated, and last time I checked he outranks Fox News in the Catholic hierarchy.

Are you Catholic? A lot of Catholics don’t like the current Pope because of some of his more liberal views…

I didn't think following the Pope's guidance was optional and/or dependent on whether you agreed with him. That doesn't mean that people don't ignore him in practice, but at least in theory it isn't really a matter of liking/disliking or agreeing/disagreeing.