Kid home teacher is high risk, should I consider that for mask optional

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Anonymous wrote:I would but we are respectful of others health needs. This is along the lines of would you give up your seat on a crowded train so an elderly person could sit down. A lot of people don’t and just sit there. My kids are being raised to offer the elderly person their seat.

Ok, sounds like you have a plan that works out for your family.

Stop complaining about things when you are either part of the solution or problem. You are the problem. That poster is a solution.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would but we are respectful of others health needs. This is along the lines of would you give up your seat on a crowded train so an elderly person could sit down. A lot of people don’t and just sit there. My kids are being raised to offer the elderly person their seat.

Ok, sounds like you have a plan that works out for your family.

Stop complaining about things when you are either part of the solution or problem. You are the problem. That poster is a solution.

I'm not complaining. I'm unmasked. The kids are unmasked. PP has something that works for them. Everybody wins.

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Anonymous wrote:The teacher is wearing a mask and likely is vaccinated. She/He will be fine.

Yea that doesn't work that easily for people who are high risk. And most high risk people has their booster over 5 months ago so any benefit they got from it has waned

High risk people can get shots/boosters more frequently.

My high risk teen had 3 shots (March '21, April '21, Sept. '21) before the booster was even released. He got his booster and will be eligible for another in May. We will evaluate if we do another with his doctor at that time.

You do realize there are no studies on taking 4-5-6-7 shots, right?

There are studies from Israel on 4th shots.

Separately, the idea of giving immunocompromised individuals more vaccine shots is not new. That’s why it was so ridiculous it took the FDA and CDC so long to authorize 3rd shots.

No, its not new and as someone immunocompromised I am enough of a human guinea pig for all the new medications that haven't been tested with the vaccine so no way I'm going to be a human guinea pig for this vaccine which has been proven to be useful at best a few weeks to a few months for hospitalization only. Many initial studies haven't been fully accurate as they don't include enough people over a long enough time period. They need to stop calling these vaccines and call them a preventative mediation.

So much of what you said is inaccurate. The vaccines do provide durable immunity against severe illness. No, they don’t provide durable immunity against infection. Neither does the flu vaccine, but your doctor would say you’re nuts for skipping the flu vaccine.

Don’t complain about people going maskless if you’re not willing to vaccinate yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:Masks work better to protect others than to protect the wearer. Theoretically, an N95 should protect the wearer if it is correctly fitted, but the smallest gap could allow infection. Wearing a mask seems a small inconvenience compared to someone else’s safety. Since you know they are high risk, why wouldn’t you continue to mask around them?

If they're that high risk, they shouldn't be in the classroom. So, it doesn't figure into my decisions.

Hopefully they will quit and your kid will go without a teacher.

This spring is likely to stay a mix of masked/unmasked but barring another variant/wave in the fall, I think mask usage will be much less next year. At some point people who work with the public (not just teaching) who also have critical health conditions who cannot risk Covid are going to have to make a decision. I know everyone is hoping from some magic pill or improved vaccine but it may be that we don’t get that much better than this. Look how long the flu has been around but we still only have tamiflu, which needs to be taken right away, and a vaccine that reduces chances of infection/symptoms but doesn’t eliminate it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would but we are respectful of others health needs. This is along the lines of would you give up your seat on a crowded train so an elderly person could sit down. A lot of people don’t and just sit there. My kids are being raised to offer the elderly person their seat.

This is great but there are many people who are private about their health issues and we don’t really know. So better just to stay masked around everyone, not just the ones you know are high risk.

[Anonymous]

If any of my kids' teachers specifically requested masks for any reason *this year*, I would do the mask. It's an abrupt change in mindset that many are struggling with, teachers are overwhelmed and struggling as it is, and I can give teachers until the summer to figure it out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It depends. High risk like asthma, obese or like going through chemo?

The teacher can lose weight if being fat is the issue.

If it is another issue, they can stay home. our kids have gone through two years of this B.S....it enough.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It depends. High risk like asthma, obese or like going through chemo?

The teacher can lose weight if being fat is the issue.

If it is another issue, they can stay home. our kids have gone through two years of this B.S....it enough.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As subject says, would that change your decision when it comes to your child masking or not? Every parents in the class know about that.

For sure. DD is voluntarily wearing a mask in the classroom of a teacher who is in treatment for cancer. She would have done this pre-covid if she had realized it could make a difference. It's called being a decent human being.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It depends. High risk like asthma, obese or like going through chemo?

The teacher can lose weight if being fat is the issue.

If it is another issue, they can stay home. our kids have gone through two years of this B.S....it enough.

Your kids have been in person school this entire school year. They clearly need to have others parent them given what their parents are like.