No more contact tracing or quarantining at our Arlington Diocese k-8 school.

[Anonymous]

Any other k-8 announcing positive changes moving towards normal?

Our school has actually just lengthened the isolation requirements.

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Anonymous wrote:Other schools in other parts of the country have been doing this for awhile now. It's not like the kids are dropping dead or landing in the hospital. I wish my kid's school would do this.

900,000 COVID deaths and counting, US average life expectancy down by a whole year, hospitals overburdened with medical staff burdened out, and headlines like the one below, yet you all still think it’s just the flu and doesn’t affect people much.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/02/01/science/covid-deaths-united-states.html?smtyp=cur&smid=fb-nytimes&fbclid=IwAR0OY09dCy8StdbBYRKBi-yD9zYU5nifONS9kzFBbFaCH6emERXU83ax0iQ

The average age of a covid death is what,74? Which is similar to life expectancy. Most deaths were before vaccines.

Being concerned about covid deaths for kids at school and their teachers (unless elderly) is dumb.

Serious question. Should we have to mask our kids and quarantine them forever because 900k people died? If so, we need to eliminate processed foods for snacks because 600k people die from heart disease annually and no one seems to care.

A kid eating a processed snack doesn't infect his parents, extended family and teachers but you're right that US has more cases, hospitalizations and deaths worldwide because we don't have a healthy population. Today, nearly as many Americans daily for CV as were killed on 9/11. Imagine how many folks would have died and/or been hospitalized with CV, or died and hospitalized with unrelated health conditions if 1) we didnt mask and 2) our medical system was swamped. We're not gonna mask them forever (and quarantine can last like 5 days if they're vaccinated, assymptomic), we just need the case numbers (500K daily US wide) to drop this winter, give it til March. Happy the kids are back in school for sure.

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My child just tested positive after an exposure at school. Are people in this thread really advocating that he not quarantine and return to school unmasked? Ya’ll are something else! Must be the same people who always send their kids to school with fevers and runny noses pre-pandemic.

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Anonymous wrote:My child just tested positive after an exposure at school. Are people in this thread really advocating that he not quarantine and return to school unmasked? Ya’ll are something else! Must be the same people who always send their kids to school with fevers and runny noses pre-pandemic.

No, your kid should stay home because he is sick

But his exposed classmates should be allowed to attend until they themselves get sick.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child just tested positive after an exposure at school. Are people in this thread really advocating that he not quarantine and return to school unmasked? Ya’ll are something else! Must be the same people who always send their kids to school with fevers and runny noses pre-pandemic.

No, your kid should stay home because he is sick

But his exposed classmates should be allowed to attend until they themselves get sick.

For those advocating for more relaxed measures, when would you say my positive child should go back and should he wear a mask upon returning? Genuinely curious now that we have a positive in our family’s do these are all things we are thinking about.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My child just tested positive after an exposure at school. Are people in this thread really advocating that he not quarantine and return to school unmasked? Ya’ll are something else! Must be the same people who always send their kids to school with fevers and runny noses pre-pandemic.

No, your kid should stay home because he is sick

But his exposed classmates should be allowed to attend until they themselves get sick.

For those advocating for more relaxed measures, when would you say my positive child should go back and should he wear a mask upon returning? Genuinely curious now that we have a positive in our family’s do these are all things we are thinking about.

It depends on how long your child has symptoms. And what those symptoms are.

If your child has no symptoms, return after 5 days without a mask
If your child has a sore throat and fever, 5 days or 24 hours after fever breaks, no mask
It’s trickier if your child has a head cold, congestion and cough. Those symptoms take longer to resolve. Also, wearing a mask with those symptoms is gross, so you might have to stay home longer.

[Anonymous]

OP, which school is this? We just secured a place for DD within the same diocese, but we would be very uncomfortable with the lax guidelines if it's widespread across other schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child just tested positive after an exposure at school. Are people in this thread really advocating that he not quarantine and return to school unmasked? Ya’ll are something else! Must be the same people who always send their kids to school with fevers and runny noses pre-pandemic.

No, your kid should stay home because he is sick

But his exposed classmates should be allowed to attend until they themselves get sick.

For those advocating for more relaxed measures, when would you say my positive child should go back and should he wear a mask upon returning? Genuinely curious now that we have a positive in our family’s do these are all things we are thinking about.

It depends on how long your child has symptoms. And what those symptoms are.

If your child has no symptoms, return after 5 days without a mask
If your child has a sore throat and fever, 5 days or 24 hours after fever breaks, no mask
It’s trickier if your child has a head cold, congestion and cough. Those symptoms take longer to resolve. Also, wearing a mask with those symptoms is gross, so you might have to stay home longer.

What the heck is this nonsense? In both of those first 2 scenarios you wear a mask until day 10 when around others

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child just tested positive after an exposure at school. Are people in this thread really advocating that he not quarantine and return to school unmasked? Ya’ll are something else! Must be the same people who always send their kids to school with fevers and runny noses pre-pandemic.

Of course not, because he would be isolating, not quarantining. He should follow the school's rules for returning after isolation

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child just tested positive after an exposure at school. Are people in this thread really advocating that he not quarantine and return to school unmasked? Ya’ll are something else! Must be the same people who always send their kids to school with fevers and runny noses pre-pandemic.

No, your kid should stay home because he is sick

But his exposed classmates should be allowed to attend until they themselves get sick.

For those advocating for more relaxed measures, when would you say my positive child should go back and should he wear a mask upon returning? Genuinely curious now that we have a positive in our family’s do these are all things we are thinking about.

It depends on how long your child has symptoms. And what those symptoms are.

If your child has no symptoms, return after 5 days without a mask
If your child has a sore throat and fever, 5 days or 24 hours after fever breaks, no mask
It’s trickier if your child has a head cold, congestion and cough. Those symptoms take longer to resolve. Also, wearing a mask with those symptoms is gross, so you might have to stay home longer.

What the heck is this nonsense? In both of those first 2 scenarios you wear a mask until day 10 when around others

She asked what those advocating for relaxed measures think. And I for one don’t think a child who is not exhibiting symptoms needs to mask for 10 days.

She didn’t ask what CDC recommendations were. Which is what you are reiterating.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child just tested positive after an exposure at school. Are people in this thread really advocating that he not quarantine and return to school unmasked? Ya’ll are something else! Must be the same people who always send their kids to school with fevers and runny noses pre-pandemic.

No, your kid should stay home because he is sick

But his exposed classmates should be allowed to attend until they themselves get sick.

For those advocating for more relaxed measures, when would you say my positive child should go back and should he wear a mask upon returning? Genuinely curious now that we have a positive in our family’s do these are all things we are thinking about.

It depends on how long your child has symptoms. And what those symptoms are.

If your child has no symptoms, return after 5 days without a mask
If your child has a sore throat and fever, 5 days or 24 hours after fever breaks, no mask
It’s trickier if your child has a head cold, congestion and cough. Those symptoms take longer to resolve. Also, wearing a mask with those symptoms is gross, so you might have to stay home longer.

What the heck is this nonsense? In both of those first 2 scenarios you wear a mask until day 10 when around others

She asked what those advocating for relaxed measures think. And I for one don’t think a child who is not exhibiting symptoms needs to mask for 10 days.

She didn’t ask what CDC recommendations were. Which is what you are reiterating.

Rapid tests are an easy way to sort this out. No reason to isolate longer than you are contagious. Take a rapid (not pcr) test. If you still have enough virus in your nose to trip that positive, you likely are still contagious. If negative you likely are not. Some people clear the virus quickly. For others it takes closer to that 10 day mark, symptoms or not. And with home tests, you don't have to guess. A simple way to be considerate of others and to not stay home any longer than you need to. win. win.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child just tested positive after an exposure at school. Are people in this thread really advocating that he not quarantine and return to school unmasked? Ya’ll are something else! Must be the same people who always send their kids to school with fevers and runny noses pre-pandemic.

No, your kid should stay home because he is sick

But his exposed classmates should be allowed to attend until they themselves get sick.

For those advocating for more relaxed measures, when would you say my positive child should go back and should he wear a mask upon returning? Genuinely curious now that we have a positive in our family’s do these are all things we are thinking about.

It depends on how long your child has symptoms. And what those symptoms are.

If your child has no symptoms, return after 5 days without a mask
If your child has a sore throat and fever, 5 days or 24 hours after fever breaks, no mask
It’s trickier if your child has a head cold, congestion and cough. Those symptoms take longer to resolve. Also, wearing a mask with those symptoms is gross, so you might have to stay home longer.

What the heck is this nonsense? In both of those first 2 scenarios you wear a mask until day 10 when around others

She asked what those advocating for relaxed measures think. And I for one don’t think a child who is not exhibiting symptoms needs to mask for 10 days.

She didn’t ask what CDC recommendations were. Which is what you are reiterating.

Rapid tests are an easy way to sort this out. No reason to isolate longer than you are contagious. Take a rapid (not pcr) test. If you still have enough virus in your nose to trip that positive, you likely are still contagious. If negative you likely are not. Some people clear the virus quickly. For others it takes closer to that 10 day mark, symptoms or not. And with home tests, you don't have to guess. A simple way to be considerate of others and to not stay home any longer than you need to. win. win.

I’m the poster with the child that tested positive. The rapid test appeared negative but the PCR came back positive. Now I’m having serious doubts about those at-home antigen tests. We sent him to school on the basis of the home test and then PCR returned positive the next day. This whole thing is fraught with landlines.

[Anonymous]

Land mines, not land lines!

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Our K-8 school in Fairfax has optional masking, but quarantine policies are actually stricter. They used to not count you a close contact if both kids were masked, but now that masks are optional, there are more close contacts. However, if you are vaccinated, even if you are a close contact, you do not have to quarantine. We haven't had any cases reported since masks went optional so I don't know how this will play out.

Because my child is vaccinated, there is no motivation for him to mask because even if/when exposed he doesn't have to stay home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, which school is this? We just secured a place for DD within the same diocese, but we would be very uncomfortable with the lax guidelines if it's widespread across other schools.

Umm... do you know much about the Diocese of Arlington and the parish community in which your school is situated? The diocese leadership is very conservative and so are many parishoners. Some communities more than others, but plenty of parents who are anti mask and anti vax and want to get rid of all Covid mitigation measures. I hope you didn't enroll your kid just to get away from public school. You are going to be trading one set of issues for another. At least go into it with your eyes open.