New 2022-2023 Covid Plan and Guidelines

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry to disappoint the Covid fans in this thread, but MoCo is back down to the Low community level. We’re not bringing back masks.

Where are you seeing low? The DHHS website says medium and the CDC high.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry to disappoint the Covid fans in this thread, but MoCo is back down to the Low community level. We’re not bringing back masks.

Where are you seeing low? The DHHS website says medium and the CDC high.

The county dashboard says low: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/

We're right on the edge between low and medium, but the CDC's will almost certainly drop to at least medium when they do their weekly update on Thursday.

[Anonymous]

Glad to see MCPS is finally ending the asymptomatic testing program. That was a remarkable waste of resources.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Glad to see MCPS is finally ending the asymptomatic testing program. That was a remarkable waste of resources.

It was not a waste of money to help keep out those sick and spreading it. Will you also be glad when staff are out sick and kids go without teachers?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Glad to see MCPS is finally ending the asymptomatic testing program. That was a remarkable waste of resources.

It was not a waste of money to help keep out those sick and spreading it. Will you also be glad when staff are out sick and kids go without teachers?

How many asymptomatic Covid-positive kids/teachers did this program “catch”? I’ve seen zero evidence presented that this was an effective program but t perhaps you have the data?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Glad to see MCPS is finally ending the asymptomatic testing program. That was a remarkable waste of resources.

+1 million

Such a huge waste of money and resources. Talk about a useless program that was not environmentally friendly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Glad to see MCPS is finally ending the asymptomatic testing program. That was a remarkable waste of resources.

It was not a waste of money to help keep out those sick and spreading it. Will you also be glad when staff are out sick and kids go without teachers?

How many asymptomatic Covid-positive kids/teachers did this program “catch”? I’ve seen zero evidence presented that this was an effective program but t perhaps you have the data?

The data was on the mcs website with all the positive cases.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Glad to see MCPS is finally ending the asymptomatic testing program. That was a remarkable waste of resources.

It was not a waste of money to help keep out those sick and spreading it. Will you also be glad when staff are out sick and kids go without teachers?

How many asymptomatic Covid-positive kids/teachers did this program “catch”? I’ve seen zero evidence presented that this was an effective program but t perhaps you have the data?

The data was on the mcs website with all the positive cases.

Good luck finding it now though. IIRC the random testing positives constituted a small percentage of overall positives reported to MCPS. Which makes sense, the rapid tests are most accurate when someone is symptomatic. Better to have sone on hand in the nurse’s office for when a student or staff member starts to feel ill.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry to disappoint the Covid fans in this thread, but MoCo is back down to the Low community level. We’re not bringing back masks.

Where are you seeing low? The DHHS website says medium and the CDC high.

The county dashboard says low: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/

We're right on the edge between low and medium, but the CDC's will almost certainly drop to at least medium when they do their weekly update on Thursday.

Wrong chart.
Community transmission in Montgomery County is currently HIGH. It is the only count in Maryland with high transmission.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry to disappoint the Covid fans in this thread, but MoCo is back down to the Low community level. We’re not bringing back masks.

Where are you seeing low? The DHHS website says medium and the CDC high.

The county dashboard says low: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/

We're right on the edge between low and medium, but the CDC's will almost certainly drop to at least medium when they do their weekly update on Thursday.

Wrong chart.
Community transmission in Montgomery County is currently HIGH. It is the only count in Maryland with high transmission.

This confusion is caused by the CDC's ridiculous "COVID community level" vs. "COVID transmission level" maps. MoCo currently has 13%+ test positivity among reported tests. We can assume that the actual rate is lower because people are using home tests and not reporting them as + or -, but we're still in a situation where if you are in a room with 30 people, one of them has COVID. Mask accordingly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry to disappoint the Covid fans in this thread, but MoCo is back down to the Low community level. We’re not bringing back masks.

Where are you seeing low? The DHHS website says medium and the CDC high.

The county dashboard says low: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/

We're right on the edge between low and medium, but the CDC's will almost certainly drop to at least medium when they do their weekly update on Thursday.

Wrong chart.
Community transmission in Montgomery County is currently HIGH. It is the only count in Maryland with high transmission.

Current guidelines from the CDC are based on community levels. And that says low.

And not that it matters, but Montgomery County doesn't have the highest cases in Maryland. I'm not sure where you got that idea.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry to disappoint the Covid fans in this thread, but MoCo is back down to the Low community level. We’re not bringing back masks.

Where are you seeing low? The DHHS website says medium and the CDC high.

The county dashboard says low: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/

We're right on the edge between low and medium, but the CDC's will almost certainly drop to at least medium when they do their weekly update on Thursday.

Wrong chart.
Community transmission in Montgomery County is currently HIGH. It is the only count in Maryland with high transmission.

Current guidelines from the CDC are based on community levels. And that says low.

And not that it matters, but Montgomery County doesn't have the highest cases in Maryland. I'm not sure where you got that idea.

Different poster here…The Washington Post shares this information as well (daily update). Today’s paper has both Montgomery County and Prince George’s County in the “high” range (Red). These are the only two local counties listed as “high.”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry to disappoint the Covid fans in this thread, but MoCo is back down to the Low community level. We’re not bringing back masks.

Where are you seeing low? The DHHS website says medium and the CDC high.

The county dashboard says low: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/

We're right on the edge between low and medium, but the CDC's will almost certainly drop to at least medium when they do their weekly update on Thursday.

Wrong chart.
Community transmission in Montgomery County is currently HIGH. It is the only count in Maryland with high transmission.

Current guidelines from the CDC are based on community levels. And that says low.

And not that it matters, but Montgomery County doesn't have the highest cases in Maryland. I'm not sure where you got that idea.

Different poster here…The Washington Post shares this information as well (daily update). Today’s paper has both Montgomery County and Prince George’s County in the “high” range (Red). These are the only two local counties listed as “high.”

Where?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry to disappoint the Covid fans in this thread, but MoCo is back down to the Low community level. We’re not bringing back masks.

Where are you seeing low? The DHHS website says medium and the CDC high.

The county dashboard says low: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/

We're right on the edge between low and medium, but the CDC's will almost certainly drop to at least medium when they do their weekly update on Thursday.

Wrong chart.
Community transmission in Montgomery County is currently HIGH. It is the only count in Maryland with high transmission.

Current guidelines from the CDC are based on community levels. And that says low.

And not that it matters, but Montgomery County doesn't have the highest cases in Maryland. I'm not sure where you got that idea.

Different poster here…The Washington Post shares this information as well (daily update). Today’s paper has both Montgomery County and Prince George’s County in the “high” range (Red). These are the only two local counties listed as “high.”

Where?

I think there is a poster trying to send people on a wild goose chase.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry to disappoint the Covid fans in this thread, but MoCo is back down to the Low community level. We’re not bringing back masks.

Where are you seeing low? The DHHS website says medium and the CDC high.

The county dashboard says low: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/

We're right on the edge between low and medium, but the CDC's will almost certainly drop to at least medium when they do their weekly update on Thursday.

Wrong chart.
Community transmission in Montgomery County is currently HIGH. It is the only count in Maryland with high transmission.

Current guidelines from the CDC are based on community levels. And that says low.

And not that it matters, but Montgomery County doesn't have the highest cases in Maryland. I'm not sure where you got that idea.

Different poster here…The Washington Post shares this information as well (daily update). Today’s paper has both Montgomery County and Prince George’s County in the “high” range (Red). These are the only two local counties listed as “high.”

Takes a bit of selecting and scrolling to get to useful info:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/coronavirus-us-cases-deaths/?state=MD

Montgomery Co seems to be middle of the pack with 22 cases per 100K. Allegheny and Wicomico are about twice as bad.