When Will MCPS Quarantine Rules Change?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know but I hope its soon. They keep sending out messages telling us to "say yes to the test" and that by doing so we will reduce the time our kid is in quarantine. But I'm not seeing that in reality. Still have 10 day quarantines, no test to stay.

Yeah it's total BS. All the random testing is doing is trying to root out asymptomatic positives so that they can send MORE kids home for 10 days. Such a waste of resources.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't know but I hope its soon. They keep sending out messages telling us to "say yes to the test" and that by doing so we will reduce the time our kid is in quarantine. But I'm not seeing that in reality. Still have 10 day quarantines, no test to stay.

Yeah it's total BS. All the random testing is doing is trying to root out asymptomatic positives so that they can send MORE kids home for 10 days. Such a waste of resources.

Agreed. Where is the logic (and the science) behind these asinine HHS guidelines in MoCo?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Montgomery County is 98.9% vaccinated amongst those who are eligible.

https://dcist.com/story/21/10/11/montgomery-county-hits-99-partial-vaccination-rate-for-eligible-residents/

When will we see adjustments to the quarantine policies that are putting an unnecessary burden on our kids and caregivers? Who do we contact to get movement on this issue?

You could write letters to these people:

Dr. Monifa McKnight, Acting MCPS Superintendent - [e-mail]

Ms. Eugenia Dawson, MCPS Director of Operations - [e-mail]

School Board Members
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Hana_O'[e-mail]

Hope that helps!

OP here. Thanks! I’ll email anyone and everyone I can.

Does the BOE make decisions regarding things like quarantine? I mean, I’ll email them anyway, but I’m not sure how much influence the BOE has on these policies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Montgomery County is 98.9% vaccinated amongst those who are eligible.

https://dcist.com/story/21/10/11/montgomery-county-hits-99-partial-vaccination-rate-for-eligible-residents/

When will we see adjustments to the quarantine policies that are putting an unnecessary burden on our kids and caregivers? Who do we contact to get movement on this issue?

Unfortunately a. lot of students (under 12) are not so we need to weigh this carefully and not put them in harms way to appease a few covid deniers.

[Anonymous]

@MSmelkinsonPhD is an infectious diseases scientist with NIAID-NIH, is a big proponent of test to stay, and posts a lot of information on her account that explains her position.

MCPS does not seem to feel any urgency to implement TTS and needs a strong push.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Montgomery County is 98.9% vaccinated amongst those who are eligible.

https://dcist.com/story/21/10/11/montgomery-county-hits-99-partial-vaccination-rate-for-eligible-residents/

When will we see adjustments to the quarantine policies that are putting an unnecessary burden on our kids and caregivers? Who do we contact to get movement on this issue?

You could write letters to these people:

Dr. Monifa McKnight, Acting MCPS Superintendent - [e-mail]

Ms. Eugenia Dawson, MCPS Director of Operations - [e-mail]

School Board Members
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Hana_O'[e-mail]

Hope that helps!

OP here. Thanks! I’ll email anyone and everyone I can.

Does the BOE make decisions regarding things like quarantine? I mean, I’ll email them anyway, but I’m not sure how much influence the BOE has on these policies.

Sure~ Well those were the folks we emailed to push for outdoor lunch, so it seems they have some influence. Certainly I'd hope the acting superintendent has influence

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Montgomery County is 98.9% vaccinated amongst those who are eligible.

https://dcist.com/story/21/10/11/montgomery-county-hits-99-partial-vaccination-rate-for-eligible-residents/

When will we see adjustments to the quarantine policies that are putting an unnecessary burden on our kids and caregivers? Who do we contact to get movement on this issue?

Unfortunately a. lot of students (under 12) are not so we need to weigh this carefully and not put them in harms way to appease a few covid deniers.

And all the data shows that kids age 5-11 are NOT in harms way. And they never were.

Show me the data that says ES aged kids are at high risk for Covid. No random CNN links. No fear-lingering news stories. Actual data.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:@MSmelkinsonPhD is an infectious diseases scientist with NIAID-NIH, is a big proponent of test to stay, and posts a lot of information on her account that explains her position.

MCPS does not seem to feel any urgency to implement TTS and needs a strong push.

Why is this?? I’m trying to understand the motivation behind the overly unreasonable MCPS policies.

[Anonymous]

Given multiple schools in MD have had outbreaks and given the little caution we actually have, stopping it makes no sense.

https://parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.com/2021/10/160-schools-on-maryland-covid-19.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Montgomery County is 98.9% vaccinated amongst those who are eligible.

https://dcist.com/story/21/10/11/montgomery-county-hits-99-partial-vaccination-rate-for-eligible-residents/

When will we see adjustments to the quarantine policies that are putting an unnecessary burden on our kids and caregivers? Who do we contact to get movement on this issue?

Unfortunately a. lot of students (under 12) are not so we need to weigh this carefully and not put them in harms way to appease a few covid deniers.

And all the data shows that kids age 5-11 are NOT in harms way. And they never were.

Show me the data that says ES aged kids are at high risk for Covid. No random CNN links. No fear-lingering news stories. Actual data.

500 kids in the US (not including around the world) have died of covid. Many have had long term issues. TO say they are not in harms way makes you the worse covid denier there is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:@MSmelkinsonPhD is an infectious diseases scientist with NIAID-NIH, is a big proponent of test to stay, and posts a lot of information on her account that explains her position.

MCPS does not seem to feel any urgency to implement TTS and needs a strong push.

Why is this?? I’m trying to understand the motivation behind the overly unreasonable MCPS policies.

MCPS doesn't want to know the actual spread in the schools. Simple. Then, they might have to do something about it.

[Anonymous]

You don't want your kids to catch this.

Those of you who are in denial about this are sad, and what's worse, your kids have probably already had it at least once and given it to others.

In ten years, I hope you don't expect me to be responsible for their long term health problems.

Bootstraps!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

500 kids in the US (not including around the world) have died of covid. Many have had long term issues. TO say they are not in harms way makes you the worse covid denier there is.

In 2019, 608 children aged 12 or younger died in car crashes in the US; more than 91,000 were injured. These numbers are appallingly high, and they don't even include children aged 13-17. Please stop being a traffic violence denier and start advocating for safer streets. I'm not being snarky. I mean that sincerely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I thought herd immunity was the goal. Is the goal now to have zero cases?

103 positive cases. Out of over 1 million people. That is a tiny number.

No. It's October 2021, not December 2020.

103 NEW positive cases yesterday. A seven-day new case rate of 61.58 per 100,000 residents. The last times Montgomery County was at about that level were August 7, 2021, and April 22, 2021. And October 13, 2020, but that was obviously before the vaccines.

It's possible to make a valid argument that the current public-health response to covid is inappropriate because [reasons], but it's not possible to make a valid argument that covid is over.

So there's 100 new cases per day so 365,000 covid cases out of 1,000,000 per year? So you're saying over a third of moco has had covid?

I take it math was never your strong subject.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

500 kids in the US (not including around the world) have died of covid. Many have had long term issues. TO say they are not in harms way makes you the worse covid denier there is.

In 2019, 608 children aged 12 or younger died in car crashes in the US; more than 91,000 were injured. These numbers are appallingly high, and they don't even include children aged 13-17. Please stop being a traffic violence denier and start advocating for safer streets. I'm not being snarky. I mean that sincerely.

Seriously. 500 kids, over 18 months. Every death of a child is tragic, but the number needs to be put into perspective. Also, with 90% vaccination rates in this area, the relative numbers are even smaller.

This other PP is correct. Many more kids die of other causes and we don’t even bat an eye.

To the first PP, I hope you are all over these boards asking people to ban cars around schools and playgrounds, because that is basically the equivalent of what you are advocating.