MCPS will now send kids home for ten days based on symptoms only

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Anonymous wrote:Agree we are peaking or past peaking. And we are special because our vaccination rates are so high. We are the opposite end of the spectrum from Texas and Florida's vaccination rates

The only way we're going to actually know if we peaked is when the cases start going down consistently. It should be noted that we're about the same level as we were in the fall of 2020 before we saw the huge peak during November-January. I don't anticipate the caseload getting as high as it did last year due to the overall level of vaccinated individuals in the county but I I don't think it's going to get better anytime soon.

I cannot f****** wait for the pediatric vaccine to get approved

Between delta and school starting, there's an all-new peak which will be evident in a couple of weeks since mcps' testing is insufficient but community spread umber should make it obvious within 3-4 weeks

To date studies have shown that transmission in schools is no higher than out of schools.

The studies I saw showed it was roughly 2X-3X higher than the community.

Link? Were they wearing masks?

There are no "studies". Posters get to say whatever they want now and run away.

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Anonymous wrote:The VA parents are hoping in person fails to justify their choice. Don’t fall for their click bait. It will be fine. A little messy for another month but they everyone will hit their stride and even if the stupid policy stands individual teachers will learn to give Larla a few mins to see if her tummy ache goes away before sending to nurse.

You have never been a teacher in public school. Ask Larla to wait 10 min to go to the nurse and her mom will email the principal that you are guilty of child abuse.

Well then all MCPs’ policy does then is force parents to tell their kids not to mention anything unless it’s really really bad. Not good.

Just come up with a code symptom to use. If they need to come home, they'll always say it's an ear ache.

That would mean the kid comes home. The parents want the kid to stay at school. Maybe they can’t miss work. Or this is the hill they want us all to die on.

What did you do when your kid was in daycare? There are strict protocols for fevers and other symptoms that require kids to be picked up and kept home. It always confused me how kids were no longer required to be fever free for 24 hours before returning to school once they hit kindergarten. Instead of requesting policy changes that put kids (and the greater community) at risk why not rally to change family leave policies for the working class?

The debate is not about your kid quarantining when symptomatic. It is about all kids quarantining when one kid has a symptom which will likely mean many fewer in person days. Also I thought we vaccinated adults so the greater community was not at risk. And while more leave for the working class would be great, having kids doing zoom school for extended periods is problematic for many families of all social classes including MC and UMC families with in person jobs or telework jobs that actually require them to get work done. Not everyone’s telework job is just checking email once an hour to make it look like you are doing something or attending zoom meetings on your phone on mute while someone else leads it.

That’s the problem. One kid presents a single symptom, and the whole class goes home. Nobody in the country is doing this. It’s like Gayles wanted to one up one of his Gayles Fails out of spite.

Sounds like public health 101 protocol. Glad to see were following best practices.

Are you a troll or just dumb?

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Anonymous wrote:The VA parents are hoping in person fails to justify their choice. Don’t fall for their click bait. It will be fine. A little messy for another month but they everyone will hit their stride and even if the stupid policy stands individual teachers will learn to give Larla a few mins to see if her tummy ache goes away before sending to nurse.

You have never been a teacher in public school. Ask Larla to wait 10 min to go to the nurse and her mom will email the principal that you are guilty of child abuse.

Well then all MCPs’ policy does then is force parents to tell their kids not to mention anything unless it’s really really bad. Not good.

Just come up with a code symptom to use. If they need to come home, they'll always say it's an ear ache.

That would mean the kid comes home. The parents want the kid to stay at school. Maybe they can’t miss work. Or this is the hill they want us all to die on.

What did you do when your kid was in daycare? There are strict protocols for fevers and other symptoms that require kids to be picked up and kept home. It always confused me how kids were no longer required to be fever free for 24 hours before returning to school once they hit kindergarten. Instead of requesting policy changes that put kids (and the greater community) at risk why not rally to change family leave policies for the working class?

The debate is not about your kid quarantining when symptomatic. It is about all kids quarantining when one kid has a symptom which will likely mean many fewer in person days. Also I thought we vaccinated adults so the greater community was not at risk. And while more leave for the working class would be great, having kids doing zoom school for extended periods is problematic for many families of all social classes including MC and UMC families with in person jobs or telework jobs that actually require them to get work done. Not everyone’s telework job is just checking email once an hour to make it look like you are doing something or attending zoom meetings on your phone on mute while someone else leads it.

That’s the problem. One kid presents a single symptom, and the whole class goes home. Nobody in the country is doing this. It’s like Gayles wanted to one up one of his Gayles Fails out of spite.

Sounds like public health 101 protocol. Glad to see were following best practices.

Are you a troll or just dumb?

Neither. I just love seeing you mad.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree we are peaking or past peaking. And we are special because our vaccination rates are so high. We are the opposite end of the spectrum from Texas and Florida's vaccination rates

The only way we're going to actually know if we peaked is when the cases start going down consistently. It should be noted that we're about the same level as we were in the fall of 2020 before we saw the huge peak during November-January. I don't anticipate the caseload getting as high as it did last year due to the overall level of vaccinated individuals in the county but I I don't think it's going to get better anytime soon.

I cannot f****** wait for the pediatric vaccine to get approved

Between delta and school starting, there's an all-new peak which will be evident in a couple of weeks since mcps' testing is insufficient but community spread umber should make it obvious within 3-4 weeks

Without testing, no peak... their problem is solved. Till a few staff or kids die, then they'll do a PR campaign to blame those folks for health issues and then find a new excuse when a few more die.

Don't you wonder why its not being approved and what they aren't telling us?

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Anonymous wrote:Agree we are peaking or past peaking. And we are special because our vaccination rates are so high. We are the opposite end of the spectrum from Texas and Florida's vaccination rates

The only way we're going to actually know if we peaked is when the cases start going down consistently. It should be noted that we're about the same level as we were in the fall of 2020 before we saw the huge peak during November-January. I don't anticipate the caseload getting as high as it did last year due to the overall level of vaccinated individuals in the county but I I don't think it's going to get better anytime soon.

I cannot f****** wait for the pediatric vaccine to get approved

Between delta and school starting, there's an all-new peak which will be evident in a couple of weeks since mcps' testing is insufficient but community spread umber should make it obvious within 3-4 weeks

Without testing, no peak... their problem is solved. Till a few staff or kids die, then they'll do a PR campaign to blame those folks for health issues and then find a new excuse when a few more die.

Don't you wonder why its not being approved and what they aren't telling us?

Kids are much more likely to die from car crashes, drowning, cancer or suicide to name a few. Are you keeping your kids wrapped in cotton wool so that they don’t face any risk in life. No children will die. None.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree we are peaking or past peaking. And we are special because our vaccination rates are so high. We are the opposite end of the spectrum from Texas and Florida's vaccination rates

The only way we're going to actually know if we peaked is when the cases start going down consistently. It should be noted that we're about the same level as we were in the fall of 2020 before we saw the huge peak during November-January. I don't anticipate the caseload getting as high as it did last year due to the overall level of vaccinated individuals in the county but I I don't think it's going to get better anytime soon.

I cannot f****** wait for the pediatric vaccine to get approved

Between delta and school starting, there's an all-new peak which will be evident in a couple of weeks since mcps' testing is insufficient but community spread umber should make it obvious within 3-4 weeks

Without testing, no peak... their problem is solved. Till a few staff or kids die, then they'll do a PR campaign to blame those folks for health issues and then find a new excuse when a few more die.

Don't you wonder why its not being approved and what they aren't telling us?

Kids are much more likely to die from car crashes, drowning, cancer or suicide to name a few. Are you keeping your kids wrapped in cotton wool so that they don’t face any risk in life. No children will die. None.

You are exhausting. This isn't about car crashes, drawing, suicide or cancer and this is preventable. Kids HAVE died so stop acting are ok with covid. Grow up and be a responsible parent.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree we are peaking or past peaking. And we are special because our vaccination rates are so high. We are the opposite end of the spectrum from Texas and Florida's vaccination rates

The only way we're going to actually know if we peaked is when the cases start going down consistently. It should be noted that we're about the same level as we were in the fall of 2020 before we saw the huge peak during November-January. I don't anticipate the caseload getting as high as it did last year due to the overall level of vaccinated individuals in the county but I I don't think it's going to get better anytime soon.

I cannot f****** wait for the pediatric vaccine to get approved

Between delta and school starting, there's an all-new peak which will be evident in a couple of weeks since mcps' testing is insufficient but community spread umber should make it obvious within 3-4 weeks

Without testing, no peak... their problem is solved. Till a few staff or kids die, then they'll do a PR campaign to blame those folks for health issues and then find a new excuse when a few more die.

Don't you wonder why its not being approved and what they aren't telling us?

Kids are much more likely to die from car crashes, drowning, cancer or suicide to name a few. Are you keeping your kids wrapped in cotton wool so that they don’t face any risk in life. No children will die. None.

Let’s bookmark this one. A 160k-student district and you’re sure of this?

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Anyone who says this isn't following CDC guidelines can't read, chooses not to read, or doesn't understand what they are reading.
Close contact is with anyone positive for Covid (confirmed test result) OR clinically compatible (aka having a Covid SYMPTOM).
The CDC exemption for the classroom ONLY exempts students if they are 3, 4, 5, 6 feet apart AND wearing a mask. If students are 1 foot or 2 feet apart, that is close contact even if wearing a mask. Lunch and recess is still 6 feet. It's so annoying that the loudest voices are the ones who don't understand the rules.
That said, DHHS needs to implement rapid tests for school nurses and techs to give so right away a school can know if a student with
symptoms is positive. DHHS needs to lead this work as the health experts. MCPS doesn't make health decisions, they make educational ones.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone who says this isn't following CDC guidelines can't read, chooses not to read, or doesn't understand what they are reading.
Close contact is with anyone positive for Covid (confirmed test result) OR clinically compatible (aka having a Covid SYMPTOM).
The CDC exemption for the classroom ONLY exempts students if they are 3, 4, 5, 6 feet apart AND wearing a mask. If students are 1 foot or 2 feet apart, that is close contact even if wearing a mask. Lunch and recess is still 6 feet. It's so annoying that the loudest voices are the ones who don't understand the rules.
That said, DHHS needs to implement rapid tests for school nurses and techs to give so right away a school can know if a student with
symptoms is positive. DHHS needs to lead this work as the health experts. MCPS doesn't make health decisions, they make educational ones.

We do get it, dingus. Every masked kid in the classroom is assumed to be within 1-2 feet of the offending student for over 15 minutes? How are they managing that magic trick?

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone who says this isn't following CDC guidelines can't read, chooses not to read, or doesn't understand what they are reading.
Close contact is with anyone positive for Covid (confirmed test result) OR clinically compatible (aka having a Covid SYMPTOM).
The CDC exemption for the classroom ONLY exempts students if they are 3, 4, 5, 6 feet apart AND wearing a mask. If students are 1 foot or 2 feet apart, that is close contact even if wearing a mask. Lunch and recess is still 6 feet. It's so annoying that the loudest voices are the ones who don't understand the rules.
That said, DHHS needs to implement rapid tests for school nurses and techs to give so right away a school can know if a student with
symptoms is positive. DHHS needs to lead this work as the health experts. MCPS doesn't make health decisions, they make educational ones.

The CDC guidance is here: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/student-becomes-sick-diagnosis-flowchart.html

Show me where it says you quarantine ALL close contacts in the case of a student having a single COVID symptom *before* that student receives a positive test result.

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^^Also “DHHS” doesn’t work like this. The states and localities are the ones that would implement various policies. Now, HHS could designate extra funding and work *with* the states, but enough with the “DHHS” mandates when you don’t understand how the system works.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree we are peaking or past peaking. And we are special because our vaccination rates are so high. We are the opposite end of the spectrum from Texas and Florida's vaccination rates

The only way we're going to actually know if we peaked is when the cases start going down consistently. It should be noted that we're about the same level as we were in the fall of 2020 before we saw the huge peak during November-January. I don't anticipate the caseload getting as high as it did last year due to the overall level of vaccinated individuals in the county but I I don't think it's going to get better anytime soon.

I cannot f****** wait for the pediatric vaccine to get approved

Between delta and school starting, there's an all-new peak which will be evident in a couple of weeks since mcps' testing is insufficient but community spread umber should make it obvious within 3-4 weeks

Without testing, no peak... their problem is solved. Till a few staff or kids die, then they'll do a PR campaign to blame those folks for health issues and then find a new excuse when a few more die.

Don't you wonder why its not being approved and what they aren't telling us?

Kids are much more likely to die from car crashes, drowning, cancer or suicide to name a few. Are you keeping your kids wrapped in cotton wool so that they don’t face any risk in life. No children will die. None.

You are exhausting. This isn't about car crashes, drawing, suicide or cancer and this is preventable. Kids HAVE died so stop acting are ok with covid. Grow up and be a responsible parent.

Start using your brain and consider all risks. Do you understand that we added risks every single day. Do you really think that drownings or car crashes are not preventable? Of course they are. And if we treated them like we treat COVID we’d have banned all cars and got rid of water.

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Right here in the definition of close contact

Close Contact through Proximity and Duration of Exposure: Someone who was within 6 feet of an infected person (laboratory-confirmed or a clinically compatible illness)

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/contact-tracing/contact-tracing-plan/appendix.html

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Anonymous wrote:Agree we are peaking or past peaking. And we are special because our vaccination rates are so high. We are the opposite end of the spectrum from Texas and Florida's vaccination rates

The only way we're going to actually know if we peaked is when the cases start going down consistently. It should be noted that we're about the same level as we were in the fall of 2020 before we saw the huge peak during November-January. I don't anticipate the caseload getting as high as it did last year due to the overall level of vaccinated individuals in the county but I I don't think it's going to get better anytime soon.

I cannot f****** wait for the pediatric vaccine to get approved

Between delta and school starting, there's an all-new peak which will be evident in a couple of weeks since mcps' testing is insufficient but community spread umber should make it obvious within 3-4 weeks

Without testing, no peak... their problem is solved. Till a few staff or kids die, then they'll do a PR campaign to blame those folks for health issues and then find a new excuse when a few more die.

Don't you wonder why its not being approved and what they aren't telling us?

Kids are much more likely to die from car crashes, drowning, cancer or suicide to name a few. Are you keeping your kids wrapped in cotton wool so that they don’t face any risk in life. No children will die. None.

Let’s bookmark this one. A 160k-student district and you’re sure of this?

Yes I am and I’d wager my entire net worth on it.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree we are peaking or past peaking. And we are special because our vaccination rates are so high. We are the opposite end of the spectrum from Texas and Florida's vaccination rates

The only way we're going to actually know if we peaked is when the cases start going down consistently. It should be noted that we're about the same level as we were in the fall of 2020 before we saw the huge peak during November-January. I don't anticipate the caseload getting as high as it did last year due to the overall level of vaccinated individuals in the county but I I don't think it's going to get better anytime soon.

I cannot f****** wait for the pediatric vaccine to get approved

Between delta and school starting, there's an all-new peak which will be evident in a couple of weeks since mcps' testing is insufficient but community spread umber should make it obvious within 3-4 weeks

Without testing, no peak... their problem is solved. Till a few staff or kids die, then they'll do a PR campaign to blame those folks for health issues and then find a new excuse when a few more die.

Don't you wonder why its not being approved and what they aren't telling us?

Kids are much more likely to die from car crashes, drowning, cancer or suicide to name a few. Are you keeping your kids wrapped in cotton wool so that they don’t face any risk in life. No children will die. None.

You are exhausting. This isn't about car crashes, drawing, suicide or cancer and this is preventable. Kids HAVE died so stop acting are ok with covid. Grow up and be a responsible parent.

DP. Kids died from preventable causes well before COVID, yet we didn't ban those activies. Kids still ride in cars, they swim in pools and the ocean, they play football and other contact sports. And they died of the flu and other commmunicable diseases picked up in the community, at schools, and from family/friends. The only thing that's particularly different about COVID is that it's new, whereas people are simply used to the other risks that we live with on a daily basis. I really don't understand the people treating COVID so differently from those other risks.