Are more people opting into the APS testing?

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Anonymous wrote:Not with a 10 day quarantine for my vaccinated child.

So if you’re vaccinated child had a breakthrough case you would just let them be around other people’s children?

I'm only testing if symptomatic.

You are part of the problem. This stance is what will cause harsher guidelines. It’s a few seconds of a Q-tip up the nose it’s not anything terrible. If your child is negative it’s even less of a deal.

It’s telling that you think “a few seconds of a q tip up the nose” is the only potential price to pay for families who sign up.

What is it telling you exactly? You seem to think I’m not a parent that doesn’t struggle with the exact same issues when their child is unable to go to school.

Then stop peddling the idea that people are balking at a swab.

[Anonymous]

Unlike the arguing guy I’m not worried if my kid loses 10 days of school. I understand you may be and you may depend upon your child being in school. That is why you Opt-in to this testing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unlike the arguing guy I’m not worried if my kid loses 10 days of school. I understand you may be and you may depend upon your child being in school. That is why you Opt-in to this testing.

Weird flex but okay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Data shows grown men down't spread COVID asymptomatically (link below). Why would I care if my kid or one near my kid has asymptomatic covid when their spread rates are lower than adults and have been throughout the pandemic? I literally don't understand the point. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32930584/data-shows-asymptomatic-individuals-not-spreading-covid-19-nfl-chief-medical-officer-says

Actual scientists are saying adults do in fact spread asymptomatically, particularly with omicron per studies South Africa. Check out the news not ESPN.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unlike the arguing guy I’m not worried if my kid loses 10 days of school. I understand you may be and you may depend upon your child being in school. That is why you Opt-in to this testing.

Exactly

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Unlike the arguing guy I’m not worried if my kid loses 10 days of school. I understand you may be and you may depend upon your child being in school. That is why you Opt-in to this testing.

Exactly

Bizarre. Surveillance testing is a Zero COVID "stop the spread" fantasy effort, with the burden being put on children and no one else in society. No thanks! My kids going to school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Unlike the arguing guy I’m not worried if my kid loses 10 days of school. I understand you may be and you may depend upon your child being in school. That is why you Opt-in to this testing.

Exactly

Bizarre. Surveillance testing is a Zero COVID "stop the spread" fantasy effort, with the burden being put on children and no one else in society. No thanks! My kids going to school.

Everyone is going to be repeatedly exposed to COVID. The vaccines work and are very effective. They've been available for almost a year at this point. As Jared Polis said, if someone doesn't want to get vaccinated, it's on them at this point (and we already know kids under 5 have less risk with COVID than the flu).

The only reason to sign up for surveillance testing is COVID elimination, which we know will never happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not a chance. This is a Zero COVID fantasy that will only keep healthy kids out of school. Surveillance testing is only a way to keep healthy kids out of school.

No mainstream scientist is saying that COVID will be eradicated or that herd immunity is possible. Everyone will be repeatedly exposed to COVID in their lifetime. Do you want to lock healthy kids out of schools forever and continually disrupt their education when such rules don’t apply to adults?

Look at the story of Georgetown Prep: 100% vaccinated school, and went remote because of 30 cases. From what people have said online, not 1 person is sick whatsoever and it was caught via surveillance testing. These are 30 asymptomatic, vaccinated kids (i.e., not sick) causing school to shut down. Previously, a case of an illness required symptoms, but that all changed with COVID even though the flu virus spreads asymptomatically too.

This is a virus that is never going away. NEVER.
Please don’t say:
• Kids under 5 can’t be vaccinated – they have less risk with COVID than the flu, and we never surveillance tested for the flu
• Protect immunocompromised – immunocompromised didn’t start existing in March 2020, they’ve always had issues with bad flu seasons and they should take the same type of precautions
• Protect grandma and grandpa – grandma and grandpa can get vaccinated for a year now; if they’re anti-vaxxers, it’s on them at this point

Most importantly, why are children bearing this burden? We don’t surveillance test anywhere else in society, and unvaccinated kids are at less mortality risk from COVID than vaccinated 40 year olds. And what is the cost of children’s education being constantly disrupted? We aren’t disrupting elderly people’s pickleball games, middle aged people’s dining or millennials' bar nights, all of which are much less important than the youngest generation getting educated.

As of Nov. 17th, FCPS only had 124 opt ins (of 179K students) for surveillance testing. We need to put up similarly minute numbers. Keep healthy kids in school – don’t opt into APS surveillance testing!

Tell me more about the COVID treatments for kids that have been tested and refined for decades, just like treatments for the flu and colds which have been around for ages. Oh, that's right, COVID has been with us for only 2 years so STFU. You don't give a shit about my under 5 at risk kid. You and your kind have made that very clear from the beginning. You're fine with my at risk young child bearing the burden, just not your kid.

Thank you to everyone who is doing their part to slow the spread and testing their kids. I appreciate that immensely.

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Anonymous wrote:Unlike the arguing guy I’m not worried if my kid loses 10 days of school. I understand you may be and you may depend upon your child being in school. That is why you Opt-in to this testing.

Exactly

Bizarre. Surveillance testing is a Zero COVID "stop the spread" fantasy effort, with the burden being put on children and no one else in society. No thanks! My kids going to school.

What is bizarre is not even trying to track it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not a chance. This is a Zero COVID fantasy that will only keep healthy kids out of school. Surveillance testing is only a way to keep healthy kids out of school.

No mainstream scientist is saying that COVID will be eradicated or that herd immunity is possible. Everyone will be repeatedly exposed to COVID in their lifetime. Do you want to lock healthy kids out of schools forever and continually disrupt their education when such rules don’t apply to adults?

Look at the story of Georgetown Prep: 100% vaccinated school, and went remote because of 30 cases. From what people have said online, not 1 person is sick whatsoever and it was caught via surveillance testing. These are 30 asymptomatic, vaccinated kids (i.e., not sick) causing school to shut down. Previously, a case of an illness required symptoms, but that all changed with COVID even though the flu virus spreads asymptomatically too.

This is a virus that is never going away. NEVER.
Please don’t say:
• Kids under 5 can’t be vaccinated – they have less risk with COVID than the flu, and we never surveillance tested for the flu
• Protect immunocompromised – immunocompromised didn’t start existing in March 2020, they’ve always had issues with bad flu seasons and they should take the same type of precautions
• Protect grandma and grandpa – grandma and grandpa can get vaccinated for a year now; if they’re anti-vaxxers, it’s on them at this point

Most importantly, why are children bearing this burden? We don’t surveillance test anywhere else in society, and unvaccinated kids are at less mortality risk from COVID than vaccinated 40 year olds. And what is the cost of children’s education being constantly disrupted? We aren’t disrupting elderly people’s pickleball games, middle aged people’s dining or millennials' bar nights, all of which are much less important than the youngest generation getting educated.

As of Nov. 17th, FCPS only had 124 opt ins (of 179K students) for surveillance testing. We need to put up similarly minute numbers. Keep healthy kids in school – don’t opt into APS surveillance testing!

Tell me more about the COVID treatments for kids that have been tested and refined for decades, just like treatments for the flu and colds which have been around for ages. Oh, that's right, COVID has been with us for only 2 years so STFU. You don't give a shit about my under 5 at risk kid. You and your kind have made that very clear from the beginning. You're fine with my at risk young child bearing the burden, just not your kid.

Thank you to everyone who is doing their part to slow the spread and testing their kids. I appreciate that immensely.

Did you yell at people about the 200 other endemic respiratory viruses? How about with RSV, which is more dangerous to kids under 5?

Kids under 5 have less risk with COVID than RSV or the flu. I guess you're not letting them leave the house again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unlike the arguing guy I’m not worried if my kid loses 10 days of school. I understand you may be and you may depend upon your child being in school. That is why you Opt-in to this testing.

Exactly

Bizarre. Surveillance testing is a Zero COVID "stop the spread" fantasy effort, with the burden being put on children and no one else in society. No thanks! My kids going to school.

What is bizarre is not even trying to track it.

Why track an endemic virus? I agree with the many doctors and medical professionals saying to stop tracking cases since COVID will never be eradicated.

We should be doing what Obama did with H1N1, which is focus on treating people who are actually sick and stop the case count madness.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/swine-flu-cases-overestimated/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unlike the arguing guy I’m not worried if my kid loses 10 days of school. I understand you may be and you may depend upon your child being in school. That is why you Opt-in to this testing.

Exactly

Bizarre. Surveillance testing is a Zero COVID "stop the spread" fantasy effort, with the burden being put on children and no one else in society. No thanks! My kids going to school.

What is bizarre is not even trying to track it.

Why track an endemic virus? I agree with the many doctors and medical professionals saying to stop tracking cases since COVID will never be eradicated.

We should be doing what Obama did with H1N1, which is focus on treating people who are actually sick and stop the case count madness.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/swine-flu-cases-overestimated/

My kids are vaccinated now, unlike 80% of kids in the US. They've done their part. We're sure as heck not signing up for them to miss school because they test asymptomatically positive too.

[Anonymous]

I don’t trust Duran to make smart decisions with the data he collects. After only testing athletes, he determines that athletes are a threat. He’s a poor data scientist, and I’m not going to feed him data.

[Anonymous]

Heck yes - and encouraging others by sharing how easy it has been. We call our elementary age kid our “canary” for the rest of our family because he has the most risk.

The more testing there is, the better chance there is of proving which schools don’t actually have spread to match the overall community numbers. I think our school will be much lower than average given the number of cases so far this year.

[Anonymous]

You bet we have signed up for testing. It's free and the tests are hard to find now. I think it's part of what we owe to one another (for any Good Place fans out there).