Will your child wear a mask when they go back to school?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hasn’t worn a mask all summer at camp,, won’t be wearing one at school. My kid has speech issues thanks to the last 2+ years, masks are gone forever for us.

Speech issues are not due to masking and they haven’t masked in six months. Get therapy.

I'm not sure what school your kids go to but there was still plenty of masking at ours. It's not just about one kid no longer wearing a mask, there are affects from everyone they interact with wearing masks too.

My sister was one of the few teachers in her school to stop wearing one once allowed because she felt it was impeding communication, kids were having trouble understanding her and she was continually having to repeat what she said.

Seems like the anti-maskers are always looking for some false equivalency.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hasn’t worn a mask all summer at camp,, won’t be wearing one at school. My kid has speech issues thanks to the last 2+ years, masks are gone forever for us.

Speech issues are not due to masking and they haven’t masked in six months. Get therapy.

I'm not sure what school your kids go to but there was still plenty of masking at ours. It's not just about one kid no longer wearing a mask, there are affects from everyone they interact with wearing masks too.

My sister was one of the few teachers in her school to stop wearing one once allowed because she felt it was impeding communication, kids were having trouble understanding her and she was continually having to repeat what she said.

Seems like the anti-maskers are always looking for some false equivalency.

Mask if you want to. It's your prerogative. PP was just saying their kid won't.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Making sure the anti-maskers know all this before they send their kids into school unmasked:

“We are seeing patients who are often very high-functioning, healthy children who did not have any previous illnesses or medical conditions,” she says, noting that many of the kids being treated at the clinic only had mild bouts of COVID-19.

Heart inflammation after COVID-19 is a concern, especially among young athletes returning to their sports after a mild or even asymptomatic case of the coronavirus. They should be screened for any signs of heart damage to ensure it is safe for them to resume activity."

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/coronavirus/covid-long-haulers-long-term-effects-of-covid19

"Progressive fibrotic lung disease is one of the possible consequences of COVID-19 pulmonary pneumonia, and it is one of the most worrying long-term complications. Pulmonary fibrosis is associated with non-reversible lung dysfunction."
https://ejrnm.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s43055-021-00484-3

For the people who say "covid is like the flu", I would refer them to this finding:

"Fibrosis is not common following other viral pneumonias and has almost never been reported after H1N1 pneumonia."
https://ejrnm.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s43055-021-00484-3

In other words, the flu normally doesn't scar your lungs.

But if you all want to send in your kids to school unmasked, please feel free to excercise your parental rights. I just hope your kids forgive you someday.

This is really one of the only helpful posts. I'll definitely have my kid mask now! Thank you!

OK Julie

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Of course, masks are effective, according to the CDC, and can reduce the spread of covid by as much as 66%. Further, 1 out of 8 people that get covid develops long-term side effects. Many of which are very disturbing, like mental health issues.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/large-scale-study-finds-covid-patients-at-higher-risk-of-brain-fog-and-psychosis-after-two-years-compared-with-other-respiratory-illnesses-11660833255

So if you are fearful of getting the virus and you believe the study, then wear a mask.

Since masks reduce the spread significantly, and there is a real chance that there will be dire consequences for getting covid, maybe everyone should wear masks. It is a public health issue and if you don't like masks feel free, to sign your kids up for the VA.

No need for VA or masks. Wear one if you want, though.

Anti-masker families need to be separated from the rest of us and should be required to attend VA.

You may be surprised that the majority of people (likely the vast majority) are no longer wearing masks. This would plainly obvious to you if you'd bothered to step outside of the DC area at all over teh past 6 months. So, if you separated people like this, you'd find yourself in pretty rarefied company. Perhaps you could form your own compound in the woods of northern Idaho and hang out with your other fundie friends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Making sure the anti-maskers know all this before they send their kids into school unmasked:

“We are seeing patients who are often very high-functioning, healthy children who did not have any previous illnesses or medical conditions,” she says, noting that many of the kids being treated at the clinic only had mild bouts of COVID-19.

Heart inflammation after COVID-19 is a concern, especially among young athletes returning to their sports after a mild or even asymptomatic case of the coronavirus. They should be screened for any signs of heart damage to ensure it is safe for them to resume activity."

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/coronavirus/covid-long-haulers-long-term-effects-of-covid19

"Progressive fibrotic lung disease is one of the possible consequences of COVID-19 pulmonary pneumonia, and it is one of the most worrying long-term complications. Pulmonary fibrosis is associated with non-reversible lung dysfunction."
https://ejrnm.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s43055-021-00484-3

For the people who say "covid is like the flu", I would refer them to this finding:

"Fibrosis is not common following other viral pneumonias and has almost never been reported after H1N1 pneumonia."
https://ejrnm.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s43055-021-00484-3

In other words, the flu normally doesn't scar your lungs.

But if you all want to send in your kids to school unmasked, please feel free to excercise your parental rights. I just hope your kids forgive you someday.

This is really one of the only helpful posts. I'll definitely have my kid mask now! Thank you!

OK Julie

Who's Julie?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course, masks are effective, according to the CDC, and can reduce the spread of covid by as much as 66%. Further, 1 out of 8 people that get covid develops long-term side effects. Many of which are very disturbing, like mental health issues.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/large-scale-study-finds-covid-patients-at-higher-risk-of-brain-fog-and-psychosis-after-two-years-compared-with-other-respiratory-illnesses-11660833255

So if you are fearful of getting the virus and you believe the study, then wear a mask.

Since masks reduce the spread significantly, and there is a real chance that there will be dire consequences for getting covid, maybe everyone should wear masks. It is a public health issue and if you don't like masks feel free, to sign your kids up for the VA.

No need for VA or masks. Wear one if you want, though.

Anti-masker families need to be separated from the rest of us and should be required to attend VA.

You may be surprised that the majority of people (likely the vast majority) are no longer wearing masks. This would plainly obvious to you if you'd bothered to step outside of the DC area at all over teh past 6 months. So, if you separated people like this, you'd find yourself in pretty rarefied company. Perhaps you could form your own compound in the woods of northern Idaho and hang out with your other fundie friends.

You don't even need to leave MoCo. The vast majority of people aren't masking indoors in MoCo at this point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course, masks are effective, according to the CDC, and can reduce the spread of covid by as much as 66%. Further, 1 out of 8 people that get covid develops long-term side effects. Many of which are very disturbing, like mental health issues.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/large-scale-study-finds-covid-patients-at-higher-risk-of-brain-fog-and-psychosis-after-two-years-compared-with-other-respiratory-illnesses-11660833255

So if you are fearful of getting the virus and you believe the study, then wear a mask.

Since masks reduce the spread significantly, and there is a real chance that there will be dire consequences for getting covid, maybe everyone should wear masks. It is a public health issue and if you don't like masks feel free, to sign your kids up for the VA.

No need for VA or masks. Wear one if you want, though.

Anti-masker families need to be separated from the rest of us and should be required to attend VA.

You may be surprised that the majority of people (likely the vast majority) are no longer wearing masks. This would plainly obvious to you if you'd bothered to step outside of the DC area at all over teh past 6 months. So, if you separated people like this, you'd find yourself in pretty rarefied company. Perhaps you could form your own compound in the woods of northern Idaho and hang out with your other fundie friends.

You don't even need to leave MoCo. The vast majority of people aren't masking indoors in MoCo at this point.

I think some posters don't get out often and/or in very controlled settings so they have a skewed view of that public life is really like now.

[Anonymous]

Every kid in the neighborhood had it over the summer. They have mostly stopped wearing the masks. Sometimes they do

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course, masks are effective, according to the CDC, and can reduce the spread of covid by as much as 66%. Further, 1 out of 8 people that get covid develops long-term side effects. Many of which are very disturbing, like mental health issues.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/large-scale-study-finds-covid-patients-at-higher-risk-of-brain-fog-and-psychosis-after-two-years-compared-with-other-respiratory-illnesses-11660833255

So if you are fearful of getting the virus and you believe the study, then wear a mask.

Since masks reduce the spread significantly, and there is a real chance that there will be dire consequences for getting covid, maybe everyone should wear masks. It is a public health issue and if you don't like masks feel free, to sign your kids up for the VA.

No need for VA or masks. Wear one if you want, though.

Anti-masker families need to be separated from the rest of us and should be required to attend VA.

You may be surprised that the majority of people (likely the vast majority) are no longer wearing masks. This would plainly obvious to you if you'd bothered to step outside of the DC area at all over teh past 6 months. So, if you separated people like this, you'd find yourself in pretty rarefied company. Perhaps you could form your own compound in the woods of northern Idaho and hang out with your other fundie friends.

You don't even need to leave MoCo. The vast majority of people aren't masking indoors in MoCo at this point.

They are in Germantown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hasn’t worn a mask all summer at camp,, won’t be wearing one at school. My kid has speech issues thanks to the last 2+ years, masks are gone forever for us.

Speech issues are not due to masking and they haven’t masked in six months. Get therapy.

I'm not sure what school your kids go to but there was still plenty of masking at ours. It's not just about one kid no longer wearing a mask, there are affects from everyone they interact with wearing masks too.

My sister was one of the few teachers in her school to stop wearing one once allowed because she felt it was impeding communication, kids were having trouble understanding her and she was continually having to repeat what she said.

Seems like the anti-maskers are always looking for some false equivalency.

Mask if you want to. It's your prerogative. PP was just saying their kid won't.

Looking forward to all those sick days at home with my kid! They are the best.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hasn’t worn a mask all summer at camp,, won’t be wearing one at school. My kid has speech issues thanks to the last 2+ years, masks are gone forever for us.

Speech issues are not due to masking and they haven’t masked in six months. Get therapy.

I'm not sure what school your kids go to but there was still plenty of masking at ours. It's not just about one kid no longer wearing a mask, there are affects from everyone they interact with wearing masks too.

My sister was one of the few teachers in her school to stop wearing one once allowed because she felt it was impeding communication, kids were having trouble understanding her and she was continually having to repeat what she said.

One of my kids has a severe language disorder and has zero issues wearing masks and always masks. If a child is struggling that much with speech, there is something more serious than masking going on. And, we are talking about school aged kids, not 2-3 year olds (except those in PEP) so if they have language issues, someone between the school and parents failed to get them the help they needed or its not fixable.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hasn’t worn a mask all summer at camp,, won’t be wearing one at school. My kid has speech issues thanks to the last 2+ years, masks are gone forever for us.

Speech issues are not due to masking and they haven’t masked in six months. Get therapy.

I’m the person you replied to and you have no idea what you’re talking about. My kids speech therapist has told us that the masks have done a lot of damage to my kid because she has not heard words clearly and has not been able to watch adults form words with their mouths. The masks have definitely done harm.

At this point I’d rather further her speech than worry about some minuscule risk of COVID complications. Oh and kid has had Covid twice. With being fully vaccinated and masking.

Sounds like a money grab. So, what is her explanation for all the kids who have language disorders prior to Covid., And, your kids have not masked in months and never at home so how does that factor in? I know a lot more about it than you and my kid has been in 4 day a week speech therapy outside of school for a severe language disorder.

So because your kid’s and my kid’s experiences aren’t the same, my kid’s experience isn’t true? Speech issues have never all shared the same causal factors— there are many paths to these disorders. And yes, my kid has been out of her mask for months, in such time she’s been in therapy and gotten a lot better. I’m not about to undo that progress.

So, are you doing intensive speech therapy or just weekly 30 minutes, which really doesn't do much. She probably got better because of age, and she doesn't mask at home so if she's in a mask that much between school, after care, camps, etc. maybe you need to look at your schedule and be home more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course, masks are effective, according to the CDC, and can reduce the spread of covid by as much as 66%. Further, 1 out of 8 people that get covid develops long-term side effects. Many of which are very disturbing, like mental health issues.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/large-scale-study-finds-covid-patients-at-higher-risk-of-brain-fog-and-psychosis-after-two-years-compared-with-other-respiratory-illnesses-11660833255

So if you are fearful of getting the virus and you believe the study, then wear a mask.

Since masks reduce the spread significantly, and there is a real chance that there will be dire consequences for getting covid, maybe everyone should wear masks. It is a public health issue and if you don't like masks feel free, to sign your kids up for the VA.

No need for VA or masks. Wear one if you want, though.

Anti-masker families need to be separated from the rest of us and should be required to attend VA.

You may be surprised that the majority of people (likely the vast majority) are no longer wearing masks. This would plainly obvious to you if you'd bothered to step outside of the DC area at all over teh past 6 months. So, if you separated people like this, you'd find yourself in pretty rarefied company. Perhaps you could form your own compound in the woods of northern Idaho and hang out with your other fundie friends.

You don't even need to leave MoCo. The vast majority of people aren't masking indoors in MoCo at this point.

They are in Germantown.

Well I know that certainly isn’t true. Barely anyone is masking in Gaithersburg and Germantown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hasn’t worn a mask all summer at camp,, won’t be wearing one at school. My kid has speech issues thanks to the last 2+ years, masks are gone forever for us.

Speech issues are not due to masking and they haven’t masked in six months. Get therapy.

I'm not sure what school your kids go to but there was still plenty of masking at ours. It's not just about one kid no longer wearing a mask, there are affects from everyone they interact with wearing masks too.

My sister was one of the few teachers in her school to stop wearing one once allowed because she felt it was impeding communication, kids were having trouble understanding her and she was continually having to repeat what she said.

One of my kids has a severe language disorder and has zero issues wearing masks and always masks. If a child is struggling that much with speech, there is something more serious than masking going on. And, we are talking about school aged kids, not 2-3 year olds (except those in PEP) so if they have language issues, someone between the school and parents failed to get them the help they needed or its not fixable.

The irony is that some people, including a failed BoE candidate, were pushing for continued mask mandates in the spring precisely because of those CAPP and PEP students in schools, exactly the groups that you seem to acknowledge could be hurt by mandates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hasn’t worn a mask all summer at camp,, won’t be wearing one at school. My kid has speech issues thanks to the last 2+ years, masks are gone forever for us.

Speech issues are not due to masking and they haven’t masked in six months. Get therapy.

I'm not sure what school your kids go to but there was still plenty of masking at ours. It's not just about one kid no longer wearing a mask, there are affects from everyone they interact with wearing masks too.

My sister was one of the few teachers in her school to stop wearing one once allowed because she felt it was impeding communication, kids were having trouble understanding her and she was continually having to repeat what she said.

One of my kids has a severe language disorder and has zero issues wearing masks and always masks. If a child is struggling that much with speech, there is something more serious than masking going on. And, we are talking about school aged kids, not 2-3 year olds (except those in PEP) so if they have language issues, someone between the school and parents failed to get them the help they needed or its not fixable.

The irony is that some people, including a failed BoE candidate, were pushing for continued mask mandates in the spring precisely because of those CAPP and PEP students in schools, exactly the groups that you seem to acknowledge could be hurt by mandates.

Kids are far more hurt by getting covid, their parents getting covid and losing their ability to care for them or other community members. But, you are pushing no masking as you are to lazy to wear a mask and understand that kids in Pep can have health issues as can their family and its best we help protect them and keep them healthy. A few hours of masking a day will not hurt them.