When should DC drop its school mask mandate?

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Anonymous wrote:I would just like to see some PLAN to end mandatory masking. This is just stupid at this point. It's stupid to end masking everywhere but schools. My kid has been a trooper through this and I would have been that "kids are ok with masking" person but now my kid cries when I tell him to put on his mask every morning.

There is no plan - don't you get it? There are people who want you and your kids to mask forever. Just read some of the posts here. It's all about when they "feel safe" around your kids, which of course, in their mental state, will be never.

Oh I get it. It's a complete garbage mess and I'm so fed up with the stupidity of our politicians and health advisors. Aside from writing to them all of the time, there doesn't seem like a lot I can do.

If your kids are old enough, like mine, (MS and HS), you tell them that you are absolutely fine with them removing their masks at school whenever they want to, no matter what the "rules" are. If they get in trouble, I will back them up 100%. And according to DS13 in middle school, many of them are doing that anyway. Parents who think their kids are so compliant with this have no idea.

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You will older kids are so lucky. I hope you realize that those of us with kids too young to be vaccinated continue to need you all to mask to protect our kids. My 3 year old in DCPS shouldn't be sacrificed because your kids are tired of wearing a mask. I masked for your kids, you should mask for mine.

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Anonymous wrote:You will older kids are so lucky. I hope you realize that those of us with kids too young to be vaccinated continue to need you all to mask to protect our kids. My 3 year old in DCPS shouldn't be sacrificed because your kids are tired of wearing a mask. I masked for your kids, you should mask for mine.

Please speak for yourself. I also think people with older kids are lucky, for a variety of reasons, but partly because their children were able to attend PK and K without masks, quarantines, and other pandemic-era features of ECE education.

Also, because I can read, I know my preschooler’s risk from Covid is ridiculously low.

Also, because I see it, I know my child’s class is so-so (at best) at mask wearing, most are wearing thin cloth masks.

You are welcome to send your 3yo to school in a K95 forever, I don’t care. I want my kid to be able to see and hear her classmates faces and words. I want her teacher to be able to hear her. I am ready to get rid of the mask mandats for PK now. These kids already get tested once a week and stay home with symptoms. It is enough.

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Anonymous wrote:You will older kids are so lucky. I hope you realize that those of us with kids too young to be vaccinated continue to need you all to mask to protect our kids. My 3 year old in DCPS shouldn't be sacrificed because your kids are tired of wearing a mask. I masked for your kids, you should mask for mine.

No, your three year old doesn’t need my kids to mask for him. Your three year old is at incredibly low risk from Covid. Sacrificed? You sound crazy. Covid has addled your brain and your perspective on life’s risks. Also, PK is not a mandatory grade, and you are welcome to keep your child at home to keep him safe. Or find a private daycare with safety standards more to your liking.

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Anonymous wrote:You will older kids are so lucky. I hope you realize that those of us with kids too young to be vaccinated continue to need you all to mask to protect our kids. My 3 year old in DCPS shouldn't be sacrificed because your kids are tired of wearing a mask. I masked for your kids, you should mask for mine.

No, your three year old doesn’t need my kids to mask for him. Your three year old is at incredibly low risk from Covid. Sacrificed? You sound crazy. Covid has addled your brain and your perspective on life’s risks. Also, PK is not a mandatory grade, and you are welcome to keep your child at home to keep him safe. Or find a private daycare with safety standards more to your liking.

Sure my kid is low risk - but not lower than your vaccinated kid. Nice that you can sleep at night knowing your kid may not have lifelong complications or get MIS-C. PK isn't a mandatory grade but as a taxpayer, I pay for DC public schools and am entitled to universal prek. Why should my kid be at risk because your precious vaccinated baby won't wear a mask? it's a mask. My 3 year old knows how to wear one...and (gasp!) can express herself and learn and fully participate in school while wearing one. This isn't hard.

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Anonymous wrote:You will older kids are so lucky. I hope you realize that those of us with kids too young to be vaccinated continue to need you all to mask to protect our kids. My 3 year old in DCPS shouldn't be sacrificed because your kids are tired of wearing a mask. I masked for your kids, you should mask for mine.

No, your three year old doesn’t need my kids to mask for him. Your three year old is at incredibly low risk from Covid. Sacrificed? You sound crazy. Covid has addled your brain and your perspective on life’s risks. Also, PK is not a mandatory grade, and you are welcome to keep your child at home to keep him safe. Or find a private daycare with safety standards more to your liking.

Sure my kid is low risk - but not lower than your vaccinated kid. Nice that you can sleep at night knowing your kid may not have lifelong complications or get MIS-C. PK isn't a mandatory grade but as a taxpayer, I pay for DC public schools and am entitled to universal prek. Why should my kid be at risk because your precious vaccinated baby won't wear a mask? it's a mask. My 3 year old knows how to wear one...and (gasp!) can express herself and learn and fully participate in school while wearing one. This isn't hard.

Your reasoning is...well....stupid. You want other kids to mask so your kid can maybe (and probably not) have a sliver less risk? From an already low risk? And you think there are NO downsides to masking?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You will older kids are so lucky. I hope you realize that those of us with kids too young to be vaccinated continue to need you all to mask to protect our kids. My 3 year old in DCPS shouldn't be sacrificed because your kids are tired of wearing a mask. I masked for your kids, you should mask for mine.

No, your three year old doesn’t need my kids to mask for him. Your three year old is at incredibly low risk from Covid. Sacrificed? You sound crazy. Covid has addled your brain and your perspective on life’s risks. Also, PK is not a mandatory grade, and you are welcome to keep your child at home to keep him safe. Or find a private daycare with safety standards more to your liking.

Sure my kid is low risk - but not lower than your vaccinated kid. Nice that you can sleep at night knowing your kid may not have lifelong complications or get MIS-C. PK isn't a mandatory grade but as a taxpayer, I pay for DC public schools and am entitled to universal prek. Why should my kid be at risk because your precious vaccinated baby won't wear a mask? it's a mask. My 3 year old knows how to wear one...and (gasp!) can express herself and learn and fully participate in school while wearing one. This isn't hard.

My kid has ASD and a hard enough time making social connections when everyone can see each other’s faces. His life doesn’t need to be harder to cater to your irrational anxieties about infinitesimally small risks. I slept just fine even before my kids went vaccinated. You need some help if this keeps you up at night. Seriously.

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Anonymous wrote:You will older kids are so lucky. I hope you realize that those of us with kids too young to be vaccinated continue to need you all to mask to protect our kids. My 3 year old in DCPS shouldn't be sacrificed because your kids are tired of wearing a mask. I masked for your kids, you should mask for mine.

No, your three year old doesn’t need my kids to mask for him. Your three year old is at incredibly low risk from Covid. Sacrificed? You sound crazy. Covid has addled your brain and your perspective on life’s risks. Also, PK is not a mandatory grade, and you are welcome to keep your child at home to keep him safe. Or find a private daycare with safety standards more to your liking.

Sure my kid is low risk - but not lower than your vaccinated kid. Nice that you can sleep at night knowing your kid may not have lifelong complications or get MIS-C. PK isn't a mandatory grade but as a taxpayer, I pay for DC public schools and am entitled to universal prek. Why should my kid be at risk because your precious vaccinated baby won't wear a mask? it's a mask. My 3 year old knows how to wear one...and (gasp!) can express herself and learn and fully participate in school while wearing one. This isn't hard.

My kid has ASD and a hard enough time making social connections when everyone can see each other’s faces. His life doesn’t need to be harder to cater to your irrational anxieties about infinitesimally small risks. I slept just fine even before my kids went vaccinated. You need some help if this keeps you up at night. Seriously.

My kid has a risk for COVID and a hard enough time not getting COVID when everyone refuses to mask. Her life doesn't need to be hearder to cater to your irrational anxieties about infitesimally small risks to YOUR kid. I will sleep just fine hwen my kids are vaccinated. You need some help. Seriously. ****So your kid with ASD > my (and other kids who are too young to be vaxxed) kids risk from COVID? Cool. Remind me why we are optimizing for your kid? Must be a very special snowflake.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You will older kids are so lucky. I hope you realize that those of us with kids too young to be vaccinated continue to need you all to mask to protect our kids. My 3 year old in DCPS shouldn't be sacrificed because your kids are tired of wearing a mask. I masked for your kids, you should mask for mine.

No, your three year old doesn’t need my kids to mask for him. Your three year old is at incredibly low risk from Covid. Sacrificed? You sound crazy. Covid has addled your brain and your perspective on life’s risks. Also, PK is not a mandatory grade, and you are welcome to keep your child at home to keep him safe. Or find a private daycare with safety standards more to your liking.

Sure my kid is low risk - but not lower than your vaccinated kid. Nice that you can sleep at night knowing your kid may not have lifelong complications or get MIS-C. PK isn't a mandatory grade but as a taxpayer, I pay for DC public schools and am entitled to universal prek. Why should my kid be at risk because your precious vaccinated baby won't wear a mask? it's a mask. My 3 year old knows how to wear one...and (gasp!) can express herself and learn and fully participate in school while wearing one. This isn't hard.

My kid has ASD and a hard enough time making social connections when everyone can see each other’s faces. His life doesn’t need to be harder to cater to your irrational anxieties about infinitesimally small risks. I slept just fine even before my kids went vaccinated. You need some help if this keeps you up at night. Seriously.

My kid has a risk for COVID and a hard enough time not getting COVID when everyone refuses to mask. Her life doesn't need to be hearder to cater to your irrational anxieties about infitesimally small risks to YOUR kid. I will sleep just fine hwen my kids are vaccinated. You need some help. Seriously. ****So your kid with ASD > my (and other kids who are too young to be vaxxed) kids risk from COVID? Cool. Remind me why we are optimizing for your kid? Must be a very special snowflake.

Sorry, this isn’t how this works. You are the one with irrational anxiety, not me. You are also the one who wants to impose an intervention, so the burden of proof is on you that it even works. This is all about making YOU, the parent, FEEL safer.

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Anonymous wrote:You will older kids are so lucky. I hope you realize that those of us with kids too young to be vaccinated continue to need you all to mask to protect our kids. My 3 year old in DCPS shouldn't be sacrificed because your kids are tired of wearing a mask. I masked for your kids, you should mask for mine.

No, your three year old doesn’t need my kids to mask for him. Your three year old is at incredibly low risk from Covid. Sacrificed? You sound crazy. Covid has addled your brain and your perspective on life’s risks. Also, PK is not a mandatory grade, and you are welcome to keep your child at home to keep him safe. Or find a private daycare with safety standards more to your liking.

Sure my kid is low risk - but not lower than your vaccinated kid. Nice that you can sleep at night knowing your kid may not have lifelong complications or get MIS-C. PK isn't a mandatory grade but as a taxpayer, I pay for DC public schools and am entitled to universal prek. Why should my kid be at risk because your precious vaccinated baby won't wear a mask? it's a mask. My 3 year old knows how to wear one...and (gasp!) can express herself and learn and fully participate in school while wearing one. This isn't hard.

My kid has ASD and a hard enough time making social connections when everyone can see each other’s faces. His life doesn’t need to be harder to cater to your irrational anxieties about infinitesimally small risks. I slept just fine even before my kids went vaccinated. You need some help if this keeps you up at night. Seriously.

My kid has a risk for COVID and a hard enough time not getting COVID when everyone refuses to mask. Her life doesn't need to be hearder to cater to your irrational anxieties about infitesimally small risks to YOUR kid. I will sleep just fine hwen my kids are vaccinated. You need some help. Seriously. ****So your kid with ASD > my (and other kids who are too young to be vaxxed) kids risk from COVID? Cool. Remind me why we are optimizing for your kid? Must be a very special snowflake.

Sorry, this isn’t how this works. You are the one with irrational anxiety, not me. You are also the one who wants to impose an intervention, so the burden of proof is on you that it even works. This is all about making YOU, the parent, FEEL safer.

I'm so sorry you have so much irrational anxiety about your kid making friends. Sounds tough. Not a problem my 3 year old has despite the mask (shocking, I know).

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I sincerely hope this mom of the healthy 3yo is in the minority. I have a 4yo in DCPS and I definitely don’t want the entire school masking to protect my kid from her already-near-zero risk from Covid. MIS-C? Do you understand how rare that complication is? Your child is more likely to be hit by a car on the way to school. Your child’s risk from RSV is higher.

Seriously, if you have an unvaccinated under-5 and your biggest concern is people masking to protect your child from Covid, you are either exceedingly fortunate in life or extremely bad at assess risk.

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Anonymous wrote:You will older kids are so lucky. I hope you realize that those of us with kids too young to be vaccinated continue to need you all to mask to protect our kids. My 3 year old in DCPS shouldn't be sacrificed because your kids are tired of wearing a mask. I masked for your kids, you should mask for mine.

No, your three year old doesn’t need my kids to mask for him. Your three year old is at incredibly low risk from Covid. Sacrificed? You sound crazy. Covid has addled your brain and your perspective on life’s risks. Also, PK is not a mandatory grade, and you are welcome to keep your child at home to keep him safe. Or find a private daycare with safety standards more to your liking.

Sure my kid is low risk - but not lower than your vaccinated kid. Nice that you can sleep at night knowing your kid may not have lifelong complications or get MIS-C. PK isn't a mandatory grade but as a taxpayer, I pay for DC public schools and am entitled to universal prek. Why should my kid be at risk because your precious vaccinated baby won't wear a mask? it's a mask. My 3 year old knows how to wear one...and (gasp!) can express herself and learn and fully participate in school while wearing one. This isn't hard.

My kid has ASD and a hard enough time making social connections when everyone can see each other’s faces. His life doesn’t need to be harder to cater to your irrational anxieties about infinitesimally small risks. I slept just fine even before my kids went vaccinated. You need some help if this keeps you up at night. Seriously.

My kid has a risk for COVID and a hard enough time not getting COVID when everyone refuses to mask. Her life doesn't need to be hearder to cater to your irrational anxieties about infitesimally small risks to YOUR kid. I will sleep just fine hwen my kids are vaccinated. You need some help. Seriously. ****So your kid with ASD > my (and other kids who are too young to be vaxxed) kids risk from COVID? Cool. Remind me why we are optimizing for your kid? Must be a very special snowflake.

Sorry, this isn’t how this works. You are the one with irrational anxiety, not me. You are also the one who wants to impose an intervention, so the burden of proof is on you that it even works. This is all about making YOU, the parent, FEEL safer.

I'm so sorry you have so much irrational anxiety about your kid making friends. Sounds tough. Not a problem my 3 year old has despite the mask (shocking, I know).

Supermom of one, perfect 3 year old with no developmental delays, no social issues, and perfect mask compliance has entered the chat.

I mean, does your kid need PK at all? Shouldn’t she be preparing for pre-med at Columbia next year?

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Anonymous wrote:You will older kids are so lucky. I hope you realize that those of us with kids too young to be vaccinated continue to need you all to mask to protect our kids. My 3 year old in DCPS shouldn't be sacrificed because your kids are tired of wearing a mask. I masked for your kids, you should mask for mine.

No, your three year old doesn’t need my kids to mask for him. Your three year old is at incredibly low risk from Covid. Sacrificed? You sound crazy. Covid has addled your brain and your perspective on life’s risks. Also, PK is not a mandatory grade, and you are welcome to keep your child at home to keep him safe. Or find a private daycare with safety standards more to your liking.

Sure my kid is low risk - but not lower than your vaccinated kid. Nice that you can sleep at night knowing your kid may not have lifelong complications or get MIS-C. PK isn't a mandatory grade but as a taxpayer, I pay for DC public schools and am entitled to universal prek. Why should my kid be at risk because your precious vaccinated baby won't wear a mask? it's a mask. My 3 year old knows how to wear one...and (gasp!) can express herself and learn and fully participate in school while wearing one. This isn't hard.

My kid has ASD and a hard enough time making social connections when everyone can see each other’s faces. His life doesn’t need to be harder to cater to your irrational anxieties about infinitesimally small risks. I slept just fine even before my kids went vaccinated. You need some help if this keeps you up at night. Seriously.

My kid has a risk for COVID and a hard enough time not getting COVID when everyone refuses to mask. Her life doesn't need to be hearder to cater to your irrational anxieties about infitesimally small risks to YOUR kid. I will sleep just fine hwen my kids are vaccinated. You need some help. Seriously. ****So your kid with ASD > my (and other kids who are too young to be vaxxed) kids risk from COVID? Cool. Remind me why we are optimizing for your kid? Must be a very special snowflake.

Sorry, this isn’t how this works. You are the one with irrational anxiety, not me. You are also the one who wants to impose an intervention, so the burden of proof is on you that it even works. This is all about making YOU, the parent, FEEL safer.

I'm so sorry you have so much irrational anxiety about your kid making friends. Sounds tough. Not a problem my 3 year old has despite the mask (shocking, I know).

You sound not only crazy, but also pretty clueless and unkind. I’m sorry, but your desperate attempt to turn the anxiety label on me is off base.

I can tell you that even if my kid was neurotypical, I would think that we shouldn’t impose unprecedented interventions without solid scientific backing of their necessity and efficacy. They are bound to have negative effects on all children (even your exceptional child), from impaired communication to teaching them to see each other as vectors of disease, and I am glad to see so many parents coming around to this realization.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You will older kids are so lucky. I hope you realize that those of us with kids too young to be vaccinated continue to need you all to mask to protect our kids. My 3 year old in DCPS shouldn't be sacrificed because your kids are tired of wearing a mask. I masked for your kids, you should mask for mine.

No, your three year old doesn’t need my kids to mask for him. Your three year old is at incredibly low risk from Covid. Sacrificed? You sound crazy. Covid has addled your brain and your perspective on life’s risks. Also, PK is not a mandatory grade, and you are welcome to keep your child at home to keep him safe. Or find a private daycare with safety standards more to your liking.

Sure my kid is low risk - but not lower than your vaccinated kid. Nice that you can sleep at night knowing your kid may not have lifelong complications or get MIS-C. PK isn't a mandatory grade but as a taxpayer, I pay for DC public schools and am entitled to universal prek. Why should my kid be at risk because your precious vaccinated baby won't wear a mask? it's a mask. My 3 year old knows how to wear one...and (gasp!) can express herself and learn and fully participate in school while wearing one. This isn't hard.

In all seriousness, I recommend that this person and those who sympathize start working on these issues with a cognitive behavioral therapist. Some exposure therapy in the form of getting a little outside your COVID comfort zone would probably also help.