Masks optional by spring break

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Anonymous wrote:People who act like masks 40 hours a week on little kids for YEARS during their prime learning, socialization, and development years have zero credibility. We should be balancing harms. How well do they work? What is the harm they really reduce? What harm do they cause? It’s time they came off. It really is. The kids have been really great but they’ve paid a high price. Not worth it anymore. Experts slowly coming around.

Hey xenophobe, check out China and other Asian countries who have been doing it for YEARS

This must be a joke. Asian countries do not mask children nonstop for years starting at 2. Intermittent mask wearing is normalized in some but not all Asian countries for things like pollution and when you are actually sick with a cold. Holy shoe horn DCUM is crazy.

Who said non-stop since age 2? Kids get plenty of mask-free time at home, and mask breaks at school

https://www.voanews.com/a/science-health_coronavirus-outbreak_not-just-coronavirus-asians-have-worn-face-masks-decades/6185597.html

It's really not a big deal. And their academics far surpass us, so there's that.

Speak for yourself. For mine it's a huge deal. And it is for your's, too, but they're afraid to tell you that because you've become such a tyrant on the subject.

DP but highly doubtful. If anything, we have our kids friends over all the time who tell us they are afraid to tell their parents that they don’t mind masking and they enjoyed virtual school for different reasons. Most of these kids parents are extremely vocal at board meetings and/ or are leaders of the reopening group. Our kids certainly aren’t afraid to tell us if they disagree with us on any point because we raised them to think for themselves. It’s probably why their friends feel comfortable coming to us with their issues with their own parents. Stop projecting onto other people. Sounds like your house is definitely one you can’t speak up in.

LOL well I know kids who liked virtual too. They never had to do any work and could sleep in. Who wouldn't love that as a teen?!! Sounds like you fell for it lol.

Maybe in your home, given what type of parent you are but that's not at all what virtual looks like in our home. They can sleep at school and do not work as well. They can skip school. Lots more flexibility when you don't care.

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Anonymous wrote:People who act like masks 40 hours a week on little kids for YEARS during their prime learning, socialization, and development years have zero credibility. We should be balancing harms. How well do they work? What is the harm they really reduce? What harm do they cause? It’s time they came off. It really is. The kids have been really great but they’ve paid a high price. Not worth it anymore. Experts slowly coming around.

Hey xenophobe, check out China and other Asian countries who have been doing it for YEARS

This must be a joke. Asian countries do not mask children nonstop for years starting at 2. Intermittent mask wearing is normalized in some but not all Asian countries for things like pollution and when you are actually sick with a cold. Holy shoe horn DCUM is crazy.

Who said non-stop since age 2? Kids get plenty of mask-free time at home, and mask breaks at school

https://www.voanews.com/a/science-health_coronavirus-outbreak_not-just-coronavirus-asians-have-worn-face-masks-decades/6185597.html

It's really not a big deal. And their academics far surpass us, so there's that.

Speak for yourself. For mine it's a huge deal. And it is for your's, too, but they're afraid to tell you that because you've become such a tyrant on the subject.

DP but highly doubtful. If anything, we have our kids friends over all the time who tell us they are afraid to tell their parents that they don’t mind masking and they enjoyed virtual school for different reasons. Most of these kids parents are extremely vocal at board meetings and/ or are leaders of the reopening group. Our kids certainly aren’t afraid to tell us if they disagree with us on any point because we raised them to think for themselves. It’s probably why their friends feel comfortable coming to us with their issues with their own parents. Stop projecting onto other people. Sounds like your house is definitely one you can’t speak up in.

Sure you do.

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Anonymous wrote:I think this is a reasonable goal given our vaccination rates, decline of omicron, success of mask optional schools in neighboring Virginia, announcement from the archdiocese of Arlington… there is so much data to support this too.

What do you think?

If anything, two weeks AFTER spring break. Some of you all are going to engage in questionnable activities so you need to be masked upon return.

That’s the whole point of vaccines - we can do whatever we want and pose no risk to anyone else. Yay for science!

And you can still transmit, so there's that.

That wasn't the point of these vaccines. They were to reduce deaths/symptoms. The government failed us by telling people this was a cure, which it isn't. Science and our government failed us. People who don't get this failed us.

People who believe what you have written have failed us.

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Anonymous wrote:People who act like masks 40 hours a week on little kids for YEARS during their prime learning, socialization, and development years have zero credibility. We should be balancing harms. How well do they work? What is the harm they really reduce? What harm do they cause? It’s time they came off. It really is. The kids have been really great but they’ve paid a high price. Not worth it anymore. Experts slowly coming around.

Hey xenophobe, check out China and other Asian countries who have been doing it for YEARS

This must be a joke. Asian countries do not mask children nonstop for years starting at 2. Intermittent mask wearing is normalized in some but not all Asian countries for things like pollution and when you are actually sick with a cold. Holy shoe horn DCUM is crazy.

Who said non-stop since age 2? Kids get plenty of mask-free time at home, and mask breaks at school

https://www.voanews.com/a/science-health_coronavirus-outbreak_not-just-coronavirus-asians-have-worn-face-masks-decades/6185597.html

It's really not a big deal. And their academics far surpass us, so there's that.

Speak for yourself. For mine it's a huge deal. And it is for your's, too, but they're afraid to tell you that because you've become such a tyrant on the subject.

DP but highly doubtful. If anything, we have our kids friends over all the time who tell us they are afraid to tell their parents that they don’t mind masking and they enjoyed virtual school for different reasons. Most of these kids parents are extremely vocal at board meetings and/ or are leaders of the reopening group. Our kids certainly aren’t afraid to tell us if they disagree with us on any point because we raised them to think for themselves. It’s probably why their friends feel comfortable coming to us with their issues with their own parents. Stop projecting onto other people. Sounds like your house is definitely one you can’t speak up in.

LOL well I know kids who liked virtual too. They never had to do any work and could sleep in. Who wouldn't love that as a teen?!! Sounds like you fell for it lol.

Maybe in your home, given what type of parent you are but that's not at all what virtual looks like in our home. They can sleep at school and do not work as well. They can skip school. Lots more flexibility when you don't care.

That's exactly the kind of parent who complains that their kids fell behind. I wonder why? LOL

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Anonymous wrote:People who act like masks 40 hours a week on little kids for YEARS during their prime learning, socialization, and development years have zero credibility. We should be balancing harms. How well do they work? What is the harm they really reduce? What harm do they cause? It’s time they came off. It really is. The kids have been really great but they’ve paid a high price. Not worth it anymore. Experts slowly coming around.

Hey xenophobe, check out China and other Asian countries who have been doing it for YEARS

This must be a joke. Asian countries do not mask children nonstop for years starting at 2. Intermittent mask wearing is normalized in some but not all Asian countries for things like pollution and when you are actually sick with a cold. Holy shoe horn DCUM is crazy.

Who said non-stop since age 2? Kids get plenty of mask-free time at home, and mask breaks at school

https://www.voanews.com/a/science-health_coronavirus-outbreak_not-just-coronavirus-asians-have-worn-face-masks-decades/6185597.html

It's really not a big deal. And their academics far surpass us, so there's that.

Speak for yourself. For mine it's a huge deal. And it is for your's, too, but they're afraid to tell you that because you've become such a tyrant on the subject.

DP but highly doubtful. If anything, we have our kids friends over all the time who tell us they are afraid to tell their parents that they don’t mind masking and they enjoyed virtual school for different reasons. Most of these kids parents are extremely vocal at board meetings and/ or are leaders of the reopening group. Our kids certainly aren’t afraid to tell us if they disagree with us on any point because we raised them to think for themselves. It’s probably why their friends feel comfortable coming to us with their issues with their own parents. Stop projecting onto other people. Sounds like your house is definitely one you can’t speak up in.

LOL well I know kids who liked virtual too. They never had to do any work and could sleep in. Who wouldn't love that as a teen?!! Sounds like you fell for it lol.

Maybe in your home, given what type of parent you are but that's not at all what virtual looks like in our home. They can sleep at school and do not work as well. They can skip school. Lots more flexibility when you don't care.

That's exactly the kind of parent who complains that their kids fell behind. I wonder why? LOL

Nope, my kids never did virtual except in spring 2020. I was smart enough to pull them out of the cesspool MCPS became. But I do know from their friends that cheating was rampant during virtual. You sound like you are still living in 2020. I know there are quite a few of you. You will need mental health support when life returns to normal lol.

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Anonymous wrote:People who act like masks 40 hours a week on little kids for YEARS during their prime learning, socialization, and development years have zero credibility. We should be balancing harms. How well do they work? What is the harm they really reduce? What harm do they cause? It’s time they came off. It really is. The kids have been really great but they’ve paid a high price. Not worth it anymore. Experts slowly coming around.

Hey xenophobe, check out China and other Asian countries who have been doing it for YEARS

This must be a joke. Asian countries do not mask children nonstop for years starting at 2. Intermittent mask wearing is normalized in some but not all Asian countries for things like pollution and when you are actually sick with a cold. Holy shoe horn DCUM is crazy.

Who said non-stop since age 2? Kids get plenty of mask-free time at home, and mask breaks at school

https://www.voanews.com/a/science-health_coronavirus-outbreak_not-just-coronavirus-asians-have-worn-face-masks-decades/6185597.html

It's really not a big deal. And their academics far surpass us, so there's that.

Speak for yourself. For mine it's a huge deal. And it is for your's, too, but they're afraid to tell you that because you've become such a tyrant on the subject.

DP but highly doubtful. If anything, we have our kids friends over all the time who tell us they are afraid to tell their parents that they don’t mind masking and they enjoyed virtual school for different reasons. Most of these kids parents are extremely vocal at board meetings and/ or are leaders of the reopening group. Our kids certainly aren’t afraid to tell us if they disagree with us on any point because we raised them to think for themselves. It’s probably why their friends feel comfortable coming to us with their issues with their own parents. Stop projecting onto other people. Sounds like your house is definitely one you can’t speak up in.

LOL well I know kids who liked virtual too. They never had to do any work and could sleep in. Who wouldn't love that as a teen?!! Sounds like you fell for it lol.

Maybe in your home, given what type of parent you are but that's not at all what virtual looks like in our home. They can sleep at school and do not work as well. They can skip school. Lots more flexibility when you don't care.

That's exactly the kind of parent who complains that their kids fell behind. I wonder why? LOL

Nope, my kids never did virtual except in spring 2020. I was smart enough to pull them out of the cesspool MCPS became. But I do know from their friends that cheating was rampant during virtual. You sound like you are still living in 2020. I know there are quite a few of you. You will need mental health support when life returns to normal lol.

Thou dost protest too much. Nah… not too concerned. Everyone here is just fine. We learned to adapt, make changes, evolve. When life turns back to normal, we’ll do the same exact thing. Sorry you couldn’t handle it the first time around. Shame.

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There is a mental health professionals from this reopening group boasting they wear mesh masks, boasting their whole family got covid, boasting they never changed one thing in their lives… and Caitlyn peetz is giving that same person shout outs. Pathetic.

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Anonymous wrote:There is a mental health professionals from this reopening group boasting they wear mesh masks, boasting their whole family got covid, boasting they never changed one thing in their lives… and Caitlyn peetz is giving that same person shout outs. Pathetic.

She’s the most tone deaf of them all. Not recognizing that taking time off to attend board meetings is a privilege many families don’t have, but she defends it with “I love my kids! I’ll do anything for them!” As if people who can’t afford to do this, don’t love their kids? She’s so utterly gross.

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Anonymous wrote:Looping back to the original point, after yesterday's news of NJ , OR, CT and DE dropping masks and MoCo's vaccination rate of 84.3, I think masks will be optional by spring break.

Folks, this is not a bad thing. This means things are getting better.

But they aren’t. Next variant has already reared it’s ugly head and is on it’s way.

LOL

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think this is a reasonable goal given our vaccination rates, decline of omicron, success of mask optional schools in neighboring Virginia, announcement from the archdiocese of Arlington… there is so much data to support this too.

What do you think?

If anything, two weeks AFTER spring break. Some of you all are going to engage in questionnable activities so you need to be masked upon return.

That’s the whole point of vaccines - we can do whatever we want and pose no risk to anyone else. Yay for science!

And you can still transmit, so there's that.

That wasn't the point of these vaccines. They were to reduce deaths/symptoms. The government failed us by telling people this was a cure, which it isn't. Science and our government failed us. People who don't get this failed us.

People who believe what you have written have failed us.

If vaccines are the cure and fix, why did we just have a big surge in MCPS? If the vaccines 100%, even 70% protect us, we never should have any much of a surge?

[Anonymous]

From another thread:

Anonymous wrote:If it was my kid, I would keep him home until his not symptomatic for at least 24 hours. I wouldn't notify anyone. If he was asymptomatic, I would never know, because we would not test.
You may disagree with this approach, but this is where the rest of the world is moving and you will follow the lead soon.

This is why we'll be masked for the rest of this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think we will in fact be mask optional trim spring break but many families will continue to mask, which is fine.

I will continue to point out that once you make something optional at becomes the child's decision not the parent's decision.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People who act like masks 40 hours a week on little kids for YEARS during their prime learning, socialization, and development years have zero credibility. We should be balancing harms. How well do they work? What is the harm they really reduce? What harm do they cause? It’s time they came off. It really is. The kids have been really great but they’ve paid a high price. Not worth it anymore. Experts slowly coming around.

Hey xenophobe, check out China and other Asian countries who have been doing it for YEARS

Did not know that there were schools in China or other Asian countries that had masked mandates at school all year round pre covid! Care to share that data? I thought that it was mostly voluntary and usually in places like public transportation

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only in American is masking considered some sort of tyranny or oppression. It’s so embarrassing to hear what other countries think of us. We deserve it.

Please go substitute teach in a school for a week tell me how many times you have to remind kids to put masks back on or repeat what they said because you can't hear them.

[Anonymous]

Just have them wear a mask in class. Think how many work days you WONT miss because your kid has strep or the flu or some other crap they used to get.