Illness at schools

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Anonymous wrote:How would any lay person even have that information?

And why does it matter?

Kids get sick. After two years of mandated masks, this year, kids will be sick more often.

MCPS is large. At any given time, lots of MCPS kids will be sick.

Then, clearly masking helps. This is not normal to have this many kids sick at once.

Are you serious? Do you understand how immunity works? Kids need to be exposed to germs to develop their immune systems. If you keep masking, it will only exacerbate the problem. I can't believe how idiotic your thought process is.

This.

Sure, colds and sickness are inconvenient. But they are essential in order for kids to develop robust immune system. Forcing kids to mask (to avoid the usual childhood illnesses) does then a huge disservice in the long term.

Except not all kids develop a robust immune system and some of it is genetics. You also forget the impact when kids bring it home to the parents.

WTF am I reading here? Are these people still hiding in the basements? JFC!

[Anonymous]

My kid is in 4th grade at an MCPS ES. I asked her how many kids were out sick today. She said none.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How would any lay person even have that information?

And why does it matter?

Kids get sick. After two years of mandated masks, this year, kids will be sick more often.

MCPS is large. At any given time, lots of MCPS kids will be sick.

Then, clearly masking helps. This is not normal to have this many kids sick at once.

Are you serious? Do you understand how immunity works? Kids need to be exposed to germs to develop their immune systems. If you keep masking, it will only exacerbate the problem. I can't believe how idiotic your thought process is.

This.

Sure, colds and sickness are inconvenient. But they are essential in order for kids to develop robust immune system. Forcing kids to mask (to avoid the usual childhood illnesses) does then a huge disservice in the long term.

Except not all kids develop a robust immune system and some of it is genetics. You also forget the impact when kids bring it home to the parents.

WTF am I reading here? Are these people still hiding in the basements? JFC!

There sure are. Especially in Montgomery County.

My neighbor has a 4th grader and she refuses to send her back to school. The mom also still works from home and won’t do indoor activities. The poor girl has been doing Virtual Academy for years now and isn’t allowed to do anything indoors with other kids/peers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid is in 4th grade at an MCPS ES. I asked her how many kids were out sick today. She said none.

Mine is in middle school and she reported 3-5 in each class.
I teach kindergarten and this is the end of the second week with more than half my class out.
Funny how anecdotes work, huh?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How would any lay person even have that information?

And why does it matter?

Kids get sick. After two years of mandated masks, this year, kids will be sick more often.

MCPS is large. At any given time, lots of MCPS kids will be sick.

Then, clearly masking helps. This is not normal to have this many kids sick at once.

Are you serious? Do you understand how immunity works? Kids need to be exposed to germs to develop their immune systems. If you keep masking, it will only exacerbate the problem. I can't believe how idiotic your thought process is.

This.

Sure, colds and sickness are inconvenient. But they are essential in order for kids to develop robust immune system. Forcing kids to mask (to avoid the usual childhood illnesses) does then a huge disservice in the long term.

Except not all kids develop a robust immune system and some of it is genetics. You also forget the impact when kids bring it home to the parents.

So what? That's no different than before covid. They just have to deal like they always have, and if that means wear a mask, THEY should wear one. My kids are done protecting the few compromised to their disadvantage.

You sound super compassionate and empathetic. I guess we can see how you feel if you or your loved ones’ immune system is compromised one day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How would any lay person even have that information?

And why does it matter?

Kids get sick. After two years of mandated masks, this year, kids will be sick more often.

MCPS is large. At any given time, lots of MCPS kids will be sick.

Then, clearly masking helps. This is not normal to have this many kids sick at once.

Are you serious? Do you understand how immunity works? Kids need to be exposed to germs to develop their immune systems. If you keep masking, it will only exacerbate the problem. I can't believe how idiotic your thought process is.

This.

Sure, colds and sickness are inconvenient. But they are essential in order for kids to develop robust immune system. Forcing kids to mask (to avoid the usual childhood illnesses) does then a huge disservice in the long term.

Except not all kids develop a robust immune system and some of it is genetics. You also forget the impact when kids bring it home to the parents.

WTF am I reading here? Are these people still hiding in the basements? JFC!

There sure are. Especially in Montgomery County.

My neighbor has a 4th grader and she refuses to send her back to school. The mom also still works from home and won’t do indoor activities. The poor girl has been doing Virtual Academy for years now and isn’t allowed to do anything indoors with other kids/peers.

Neighbor sounds like a great parent and person. Too bad you have no concern for others.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How would any lay person even have that information?

And why does it matter?

Kids get sick. After two years of mandated masks, this year, kids will be sick more often.

MCPS is large. At any given time, lots of MCPS kids will be sick.

Because less kids in school is less learning for classes. Teachers will have to reteach a lot. For example, science teachers have a lot of work to do to teach children that their parents are stupid and wearing masks is not making more kids sick now.
Masks were never mandated and were always removed at lunch time or at breakfast.
The number of students and teachers out sick has always been tracked in MCPS and is always a known data point.

Masks weee most definitely mandated in MCPS. Where do you live?

Never. They were removed every day at indoor lunch. Children breathe at lunch. Virus spreads. No mandate to eat with masks on.

Yes, they didn't mandate the physically impossible, but they were mandated. I have no idea what your goal is in lying about recent history now, but we know you're lying.

We also know that anyone calling other people "stupid" shouldn't also use the phrase "less kids."

DP.

It's not physically impossible to mandate masks indoors. Lunch is eaten outside. Lots of schools did it and continue to do it. That's mandatory masking. It's keeping a mask on indoors at all times when intelligent people know that a pandemic spreads indoors in poorly ventilated rooms.

MCPS lied. They were the ones pretending like they were going to keep children safe when they had absolutely no intention to keep them safe. Wear a mask in the door and take it off inside? That's a farce and that's what happened. That's the truth. If you like believing fantasy, then keep pretending masks were mandatory. LOL.

MCPS is lying again right now and you don't even know it. Gullible MCPS we're #1 parents fall for the MCPS branding over and over again at the expense of their children.

You want MCPS to force kids to wear masks indoors at all times? Now? At this point in the pandemic? Even our high-ranking government officials aren’t advocating for masks on kids.

Why are you so anti-science. There is no good reason to force kids to wear masks indoors.

You are welcome to keep your kid in a mask as long as you choose! Good news, nobody is going to stop you.

How is it anti-science? Can you show us the studies behind that?

Let’s not forget that ZERO kids age 0-17 have died of Covid in Montgomery County since the beginning of this pandemic.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/case-counts.html#deaths-age

Why would you want to force kids to mask when kids are not dying from Covid now, and they never were. Feel free to advocate for mask mandates at nursing homes. But not at schools.

Mask mandates for kids are most definitely anti-science.

Again, show us the proof mask mandates are anti science. It’s more than just deaths.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How would any lay person even have that information?

And why does it matter?

Kids get sick. After two years of mandated masks, this year, kids will be sick more often.

MCPS is large. At any given time, lots of MCPS kids will be sick.

Because less kids in school is less learning for classes. Teachers will have to reteach a lot. For example, science teachers have a lot of work to do to teach children that their parents are stupid and wearing masks is not making more kids sick now.
Masks were never mandated and were always removed at lunch time or at breakfast.
The number of students and teachers out sick has always been tracked in MCPS and is always a known data point.

Masks weee most definitely mandated in MCPS. Where do you live?

Never. They were removed every day at indoor lunch. Children breathe at lunch. Virus spreads. No mandate to eat with masks on.

Yes, they didn't mandate the physically impossible, but they were mandated. I have no idea what your goal is in lying about recent history now, but we know you're lying.

We also know that anyone calling other people "stupid" shouldn't also use the phrase "less kids."

DP.

It's not physically impossible to mandate masks indoors. Lunch is eaten outside. Lots of schools did it and continue to do it. That's mandatory masking. It's keeping a mask on indoors at all times when intelligent people know that a pandemic spreads indoors in poorly ventilated rooms.

MCPS lied. They were the ones pretending like they were going to keep children safe when they had absolutely no intention to keep them safe. Wear a mask in the door and take it off inside? That's a farce and that's what happened. That's the truth. If you like believing fantasy, then keep pretending masks were mandatory. LOL.

MCPS is lying again right now and you don't even know it. Gullible MCPS we're #1 parents fall for the MCPS branding over and over again at the expense of their children.

You want MCPS to force kids to wear masks indoors at all times? Now? At this point in the pandemic? Even our high-ranking government officials aren’t advocating for masks on kids.

Why are you so anti-science. There is no good reason to force kids to wear masks indoors.

You are welcome to keep your kid in a mask as long as you choose! Good news, nobody is going to stop you.

How is it anti-science? Can you show us the studies behind that?

Let’s not forget that ZERO kids age 0-17 have died of Covid in Montgomery County since the beginning of this pandemic.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/case-counts.html#deaths-age

Why would you want to force kids to mask when kids are not dying from Covid now, and they never were. Feel free to advocate for mask mandates at nursing homes. But not at schools.

Mask mandates for kids are most definitely anti-science.

Five million kids lost parents or caregivers to Covid.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/covid-children-parent-caregiver-loss-death-5-million

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How would any lay person even have that information?

And why does it matter?

Kids get sick. After two years of mandated masks, this year, kids will be sick more often.

MCPS is large. At any given time, lots of MCPS kids will be sick.

Then, clearly masking helps. This is not normal to have this many kids sick at once.

Are you serious? Do you understand how immunity works? Kids need to be exposed to germs to develop their immune systems. If you keep masking, it will only exacerbate the problem. I can't believe how idiotic your thought process is.

This.

Sure, colds and sickness are inconvenient. But they are essential in order for kids to develop robust immune system. Forcing kids to mask (to avoid the usual childhood illnesses) does then a huge disservice in the long term.

Except not all kids develop a robust immune system and some of it is genetics. You also forget the impact when kids bring it home to the parents.

So what? That's no different than before covid. They just have to deal like they always have, and if that means wear a mask, THEY should wear one. My kids are done protecting the few compromised to their disadvantage.

It’s sad what parents like you teach and model to their kids. No wonder they have mental health issues.

[Anonymous]

The medical community warned this would happen because we had 2 years of little to no virus exposure. And slap on a 2022 Covid infection. Our immune systems are weak.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How would any lay person even have that information?

And why does it matter?

Kids get sick. After two years of mandated masks, this year, kids will be sick more often.

MCPS is large. At any given time, lots of MCPS kids will be sick.

Because less kids in school is less learning for classes. Teachers will have to reteach a lot. For example, science teachers have a lot of work to do to teach children that their parents are stupid and wearing masks is not making more kids sick now.
Masks were never mandated and were always removed at lunch time or at breakfast.
The number of students and teachers out sick has always been tracked in MCPS and is always a known data point.

Masks weee most definitely mandated in MCPS. Where do you live?

Never. They were removed every day at indoor lunch. Children breathe at lunch. Virus spreads. No mandate to eat with masks on.

Yes, they didn't mandate the physically impossible, but they were mandated. I have no idea what your goal is in lying about recent history now, but we know you're lying.

We also know that anyone calling other people "stupid" shouldn't also use the phrase "less kids."

DP.

It's not physically impossible to mandate masks indoors. Lunch is eaten outside. Lots of schools did it and continue to do it. That's mandatory masking. It's keeping a mask on indoors at all times when intelligent people know that a pandemic spreads indoors in poorly ventilated rooms.

MCPS lied. They were the ones pretending like they were going to keep children safe when they had absolutely no intention to keep them safe. Wear a mask in the door and take it off inside? That's a farce and that's what happened. That's the truth. If you like believing fantasy, then keep pretending masks were mandatory. LOL.

MCPS is lying again right now and you don't even know it. Gullible MCPS we're #1 parents fall for the MCPS branding over and over again at the expense of their children.

You want MCPS to force kids to wear masks indoors at all times? Now? At this point in the pandemic? Even our high-ranking government officials aren’t advocating for masks on kids.

Why are you so anti-science. There is no good reason to force kids to wear masks indoors.

You are welcome to keep your kid in a mask as long as you choose! Good news, nobody is going to stop you.

How is it anti-science? Can you show us the studies behind that?

Let’s not forget that ZERO kids age 0-17 have died of Covid in Montgomery County since the beginning of this pandemic.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/case-counts.html#deaths-age

Why would you want to force kids to mask when kids are not dying from Covid now, and they never were. Feel free to advocate for mask mandates at nursing homes. But not at schools.

Mask mandates for kids are most definitely anti-science.

Kids have died in the us, although rare as have many adults who can contract it through kids however the discussion is not about deaths. So, please show us the studies. You cannot so you hide behind no kids have died.

Strep can cause PANDAS and rheumatic fever heart disease

EBV can cause subsequent lymphoma.

Chicken pox can cause subsequent shingles, or Ramsay Hunt (Justin Bieber)

Kids die from flu and RSV.

Covid is not the only virus with long-term health consequences or mortality in children. But kids didn't mask for strep, EBV, chicken pox, flu, or RSV.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How would any lay person even have that information?

And why does it matter?

Kids get sick. After two years of mandated masks, this year, kids will be sick more often.

MCPS is large. At any given time, lots of MCPS kids will be sick.

Because less kids in school is less learning for classes. Teachers will have to reteach a lot. For example, science teachers have a lot of work to do to teach children that their parents are stupid and wearing masks is not making more kids sick now.
Masks were never mandated and were always removed at lunch time or at breakfast.
The number of students and teachers out sick has always been tracked in MCPS and is always a known data point.

Based on your argument, we should be masking.
Masks weee most definitely mandated in MCPS. Where do you live?

Never. They were removed every day at indoor lunch. Children breathe at lunch. Virus spreads. No mandate to eat with masks on.

Yes, they didn't mandate the physically impossible, but they were mandated. I have no idea what your goal is in lying about recent history now, but we know you're lying.

We also know that anyone calling other people "stupid" shouldn't also use the phrase "less kids."

DP.

It's not physically impossible to mandate masks indoors. Lunch is eaten outside. Lots of schools did it and continue to do it. That's mandatory masking. It's keeping a mask on indoors at all times when intelligent people know that a pandemic spreads indoors in poorly ventilated rooms.

MCPS lied. They were the ones pretending like they were going to keep children safe when they had absolutely no intention to keep them safe. Wear a mask in the door and take it off inside? That's a farce and that's what happened. That's the truth. If you like believing fantasy, then keep pretending masks were mandatory. LOL.

MCPS is lying again right now and you don't even know it. Gullible MCPS we're #1 parents fall for the MCPS branding over and over again at the expense of their children.

You want MCPS to force kids to wear masks indoors at all times? Now? At this point in the pandemic? Even our high-ranking government officials aren’t advocating for masks on kids.

Why are you so anti-science. There is no good reason to force kids to wear masks indoors.

You are welcome to keep your kid in a mask as long as you choose! Good news, nobody is going to stop you.

How is it anti-science? Can you show us the studies behind that?

Let’s not forget that ZERO kids age 0-17 have died of Covid in Montgomery County since the beginning of this pandemic.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/case-counts.html#deaths-age

Why would you want to force kids to mask when kids are not dying from Covid now, and they never were. Feel free to advocate for mask mandates at nursing homes. But not at schools.

Mask mandates for kids are most definitely anti-science.

Kids have died in the us, although rare as have many adults who can contract it through kids however the discussion is not about deaths. So, please show us the studies. You cannot so you hide behind no kids have died.

Strep can cause PANDAS and rheumatic fever heart disease

EBV can cause subsequent lymphoma.

Chicken pox can cause subsequent shingles, or Ramsay Hunt (Justin Bieber)

Kids die from flu and RSV.

Covid is not the only virus with long-term health consequences or mortality in children. But kids didn't mask for strep, EBV, chicken pox, flu, or RSV.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How would any lay person even have that information?

And why does it matter?

Kids get sick. After two years of mandated masks, this year, kids will be sick more often.

MCPS is large. At any given time, lots of MCPS kids will be sick.

Then, clearly masking helps. This is not normal to have this many kids sick at once.

Are you serious? Do you understand how immunity works? Kids need to be exposed to germs to develop their immune systems. If you keep masking, it will only exacerbate the problem. I can't believe how idiotic your thought process is.

This.

Sure, colds and sickness are inconvenient. But they are essential in order for kids to develop robust immune system. Forcing kids to mask (to avoid the usual childhood illnesses) does then a huge disservice in the long term.

Except not all kids develop a robust immune system and some of it is genetics. You also forget the impact when kids bring it home to the parents.

So what? That's no different than before covid. They just have to deal like they always have, and if that means wear a mask, THEY should wear one. My kids are done protecting the few compromised to their disadvantage.

It’s sad what parents like you teach and model to their kids. No wonder they have mental health issues.

The ones with the mental health issues are sadly still masking due to anxiety caused by anxious parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How would any lay person even have that information?

And why does it matter?

Kids get sick. After two years of mandated masks, this year, kids will be sick more often.

MCPS is large. At any given time, lots of MCPS kids will be sick.

Then, clearly masking helps. This is not normal to have this many kids sick at once.

Are you serious? Do you understand how immunity works? Kids need to be exposed to germs to develop their immune systems. If you keep masking, it will only exacerbate the problem. I can't believe how idiotic your thought process is.

This.

Sure, colds and sickness are inconvenient. But they are essential in order for kids to develop robust immune system. Forcing kids to mask (to avoid the usual childhood illnesses) does then a huge disservice in the long term.

Except not all kids develop a robust immune system and some of it is genetics. You also forget the impact when kids bring it home to the parents.

So what? That's no different than before covid. They just have to deal like they always have, and if that means wear a mask, THEY should wear one. My kids are done protecting the few compromised to their disadvantage.

It’s sad what parents like you teach and model to their kids. No wonder they have mental health issues.

The ones with the mental health issues are sadly still masking due to anxiety caused by anxious parents.

Sounds like you don’t understand what anxiety and real mental illness is. Masking is the responsible thing to do. Be thankful you don’t have health issues which is why you don’t get it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How would any lay person even have that information?

And why does it matter?

Kids get sick. After two years of mandated masks, this year, kids will be sick more often.

MCPS is large. At any given time, lots of MCPS kids will be sick.

Because less kids in school is less learning for classes. Teachers will have to reteach a lot. For example, science teachers have a lot of work to do to teach children that their parents are stupid and wearing masks is not making more kids sick now.
Masks were never mandated and were always removed at lunch time or at breakfast.
The number of students and teachers out sick has always been tracked in MCPS and is always a known data point.

Masks weee most definitely mandated in MCPS. Where do you live?

Never. They were removed every day at indoor lunch. Children breathe at lunch. Virus spreads. No mandate to eat with masks on.

Yes, they didn't mandate the physically impossible, but they were mandated. I have no idea what your goal is in lying about recent history now, but we know you're lying.

We also know that anyone calling other people "stupid" shouldn't also use the phrase "less kids."

DP.

It's not physically impossible to mandate masks indoors. Lunch is eaten outside. Lots of schools did it and continue to do it. That's mandatory masking. It's keeping a mask on indoors at all times when intelligent people know that a pandemic spreads indoors in poorly ventilated rooms.

MCPS lied. They were the ones pretending like they were going to keep children safe when they had absolutely no intention to keep them safe. Wear a mask in the door and take it off inside? That's a farce and that's what happened. That's the truth. If you like believing fantasy, then keep pretending masks were mandatory. LOL.

MCPS is lying again right now and you don't even know it. Gullible MCPS we're #1 parents fall for the MCPS branding over and over again at the expense of their children.

You want MCPS to force kids to wear masks indoors at all times? Now? At this point in the pandemic? Even our high-ranking government officials aren’t advocating for masks on kids.

Why are you so anti-science. There is no good reason to force kids to wear masks indoors.

You are welcome to keep your kid in a mask as long as you choose! Good news, nobody is going to stop you.

How is it anti-science? Can you show us the studies behind that?

Let’s not forget that ZERO kids age 0-17 have died of Covid in Montgomery County since the beginning of this pandemic.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/case-counts.html#deaths-age

Why would you want to force kids to mask when kids are not dying from Covid now, and they never were. Feel free to advocate for mask mandates at nursing homes. But not at schools.

Mask mandates for kids are most definitely anti-science.

Kids have died in the us, although rare as have many adults who can contract it through kids however the discussion is not about deaths. So, please show us the studies. You cannot so you hide behind no kids have died.

Strep can cause PANDAS and rheumatic fever heart disease

EBV can cause subsequent lymphoma.

Chicken pox can cause subsequent shingles, or Ramsay Hunt (Justin Bieber)

Kids die from flu and RSV.

Covid is not the only virus with long-term health consequences or mortality in children. But kids didn't mask for strep, EBV, chicken pox, flu, or RSV.

More reasons to advocate for masking. Good job.