Have you sign-up for weekly asymptomatic testing at APS

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Everybody is going to get Covid.

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I mean who really cares about asymptomatic Covid? If it’s asymptomatic … great. Im only worried if it’s a bad illness.

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Anonymous wrote:Shouldn’t be a choice. APS should require it.

x1 million

Ignore the complainers.

Yup. Just reading this thread… it should just be a choice. Mandate this. Mandate the vaccine when it’s available. I’m sick of this nonsense.

I mean, it should NOT be a choice!!!

Exactly.

Too many ignorant a-holes who can’t do the right thing.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean who really cares about asymptomatic Covid? If it’s asymptomatic … great. Im only worried if it’s a bad illness.

Because asymptomatic doesn’t mean you aren’t contagious and can’t pass it to some else who might not be so lucky.

This is our social contract collapsing, no one cares at all about their impact on those around them.

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Anonymous wrote:Some of you really need to take your moral smugness and shove it up your a**.

So sick of the lecturers assuming they know everything about everyone else’s situation and deciding how everyone should behave. It is enraging. Mind. Your. Own. Business.

See, it’s not just about you. This is a public health crisis. The decisions you make impact those around you.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean who really cares about asymptomatic Covid? If it’s asymptomatic … great. Im only worried if it’s a bad illness.

Because asymptomatic doesn’t mean you aren’t contagious and can’t pass it to some else who might not be so lucky.

This is our social contract collapsing, no one cares at all about their impact on those around them.

actually it basically does-
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/4/20-4576_article

Their is a huge difference between 'asymptomatic' and pre-symptomatic. There is no evidence that truly asymptomatic cases are spreading COVID to anyone.

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The actions stemming from the ignorance of certain groups and how they underestimate the impact of the Delta variant is going to adversely impact everyone else's kids. Looking at what the southern states are facing, I'm appalled at their sense of logic....sadly, civic mindedness is not quite instilled in this country.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/how-does-covid-19-affect-the-brain-a-troubling-picture-emerges

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Anonymous wrote:I mean who really cares about asymptomatic Covid? If it’s asymptomatic … great. Im only worried if it’s a bad illness.

Because asymptomatic doesn’t mean you aren’t contagious and can’t pass it to some else who might not be so lucky.

This is our social contract collapsing, no one cares at all about their impact on those around them.

+1

What is wrong with these people?

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I haven’t signed my kid up because I don’t want my kindergartner who just turned 5 to have a stranger do an uncomfortable nasal swab without mom or dad there to reassure him 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Anonymous wrote:I haven’t signed my kid up because I don’t want my kindergartner who just turned 5 to have a stranger do an uncomfortable nasal swab without mom or dad there to reassure him 🤷🏻‍♀️

These are the shallow swabs FWIW

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Anonymous wrote:I haven’t signed my kid up because I don’t want my kindergartner who just turned 5 to have a stranger do an uncomfortable nasal swab without mom or dad there to reassure him 🤷🏻‍♀️

Would you rather have your kid suffer some slight discomfort or risk having your household (and everyone else in the school community) infected?

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/08/23/1029737143/breakthrough-covid-infections-add-even-more-chaos-to-schools-start-n-2021

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Anonymous wrote:I haven’t signed my kid up because I don’t want my kindergartner who just turned 5 to have a stranger do an uncomfortable nasal swab without mom or dad there to reassure him 🤷🏻‍♀️

Would you rather have your kid suffer some slight discomfort or risk having your household (and everyone else in the school community) infected?

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/08/23/1029737143/breakthrough-covid-infections-add-even-more-chaos-to-schools-start-n-2021

Exactly. Land the helicopter lady.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean who really cares about asymptomatic Covid? If it’s asymptomatic … great. Im only worried if it’s a bad illness.

Sure, I mean your asymptomatic kid could pass it to someone who is high risk and they might die, but no worries for you!

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Anonymous wrote:I haven’t signed my kid up because I don’t want my kindergartner who just turned 5 to have a stranger do an uncomfortable nasal swab without mom or dad there to reassure him 🤷🏻‍♀️

Would you rather have your kid suffer some slight discomfort or risk having your household (and everyone else in the school community) infected?

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/08/23/1029737143/breakthrough-covid-infections-add-even-more-chaos-to-schools-start-n-2021

Exactly. Land the helicopter lady.

I have no objections to my kid being tested. I’m a little uncomfortable with them having medical testing (no, not overly invasive, but still a 30 second slightly uncomfortable procedure) without a grownup they know present. Do you send your 5 year olds to the doctor by themselves? I don’t think this is being a helicopter parent. Perhaps if we were serious about testing as a country, we’d supply everyone with at home testing kits (free of charge) instead of arbitrarily testing people and then giving them the results a couple of days later.

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Anonymous wrote:No way am I signing up for this. If my asymptomatic kid tests positive, all three of his siblings need to miss two+ weeks of school? No way, especially since no one else in their class will have to quarantine.

Oh OK, so it’s fine for them to asymptomatically spread it to an at risk individual? Like my child, or sports coach who has an elderly family member, or to one of your own family members? I’ve never been so sickened by people than in this past year. Pure selfishness. And all so their kids won’t miss two weeks of school.

My kids are going to school and that’s it. No activities outside of school because nothing for my family is worth the risk.
I work from home and the bus stop/pickup from school are the only times I leave the house.
I am a single mom and have four elementary age kids who are too young to be vaccinated. If one of them tests positive for covid, that child is home for two weeks since they are asymptomatic. His sibling are home for those two weeks, and then another two weeks after his quarantine period ends. There is no kick out period to lower the quarantine— you have to be excluded for at least ten days past the last encounter with the positive case— so the most conservative amount of time my asymptomatic kids will be out of school is 24 days. Since it’s only them, that’s effectively a month with no school. They are already behind. I will not be able to catch them up.
If they got sick, it came from school. They don’t go anywhere else.
If you want to call people selfish, call the asshats who refuse to vaccinate, or the people asking for no masks, or the people going to Disney or to Mexico with their unvaccinated kids. Or just the assholes who are still having indoor parties or eating inside or that gym teacher who doesn’t want to get vaccinated. Everyone other than the elementary kids had an opportunity to be vaccinated at this point— the ones who didn’t are the selfish ones.

I get your point but they won’t be excluded for 14 days, students can return after 8 days with negative covid test on days 5-7 (not sure if you need one each day or that’s just the window they look from)

Not true. If you live with a positive case, your last contact is either 14 days after they test positive or 10 days from when their symptoms improve. If they are asymptomatic, it’s all 14 days. Your quarantine would start after their last day. So the earliest you can send a sibling back is 22 days after their sibling tests positive (with a negative test). If you have more than two kids, and the second one tests positive on day 19 (5 days after your last contact), the third is out two weeks + 8 days minimum, anc the first one gets kicked back into quarantine.

That’s not what the APS FAQ says
“ Students with confirmed cases and close contacts must quarantine for 7 days, with a negative test on day 5-7 through ResourcePath, return on day 8. Fully vaccinated individuals are exempt from quarantine, as verified by School Health or Human Resources (employee).”

So your confirmed kid may or may not test negative on days 5-7 and may be home much later.

I’m very confused by the different scenarios. I need a chart, examples etc.