Now that CDC is not recommending masks in schools, will private schools lift their mandates?

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Anonymous wrote:The changes have not been consistent. This has been discussed ad nauseum. When Northam was Governor (taking VA) then everything was about what he dictated. With Younkin it is a flat out no until the state passed law to support what he said. There was a whole temper tantrum on that. Again read all the posts on this. I have watched as an outsider, and I don't like this. This feels very political and not scientific. I predict that even with the CDC news there will still be resistance. My kids are older and can deal with the masks but for little kids, if I was a little kid parent, I would be upset. The foggy glasses, the anxiety. For every kid who says no problem, there are five who have trouble with the masks. Time to support kids.

I don't want to get into the debate about whether a HS student should wear a mask.
As a parent who has a DC in PK4 -- what is frustrating is that the CDC is issuing this change without providing the access to vaccine for little kids. I get it, some will say the risk of death is small for kids. But hey 1000+ kids died and I watched my neighbor's otherwise healthy 3-yr old sent to hospital by ambulance on Christmas.

Under 5 COVID deaths are not too dissimilar from Flu deaths for same age range and that’s not accounting for under 5 has access to a flu shot. I have an under 5 year old. We have to get to the point where we accept that this is another scary thing in the world (car accidents, drowning, drive by shootings) and pray that our children are spared. We can’t ask the entire country to mask just like we can’t ask an entire country to close all pools to prevent child drownings. Also, your under 5 year old can wear a KN95 mask.

That first sentence is literally wrong. Now depending on how you drive or play with guns, you can still choose to move on, if your school told you so.



While children are overall at a lower risk of Covid, very young kids, especially those with preexisting health conditions, are still not in the clear, Gottlieb said. About 1,100 pediatric deaths have occurred from Covid since the beginning of the pandemic, with about 400 in kids under 5, the former FDA chief pointed out. By comparison, Gottlieb said, only five children have died from the flu in the last two years.

2021 COVID death rates:
58 for kids 1-4
147 for kids under 1
206 total
*keep in mind these are babies that died (bless all of them) with COVID, not necessarily because of COVID

2019-2020 flu season (kids have access to vaccine)
Under 5 - 87 deaths

So no, not exact numbers but pretty darn close especially once you consider that many of the 206 had other contributing factors.

https://www.khou.com/article/news/health/coronavir...00-454b-4b43-a873-573ff6afffe7

"A lot of people compare COVID-19 to the seasonal flu. Some even say they think the flu poses a much bigger risk to children than COVID.

Is that true?

To answer the question, KHOU 11 pulled data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and spoke to Dr. Michael Chang, an assistant professor of pediatrics at UTHealth Houston.

According to the CDC, one child under 18 years old died from the flu in the whole country during the 2020-2021 flu season.

“That’s when we were masking, physically distanced, and a lot of kids were doing virtual learning. We had a lot of mitigations in place. One death due to the flu, but we continued to have COVID deaths,” Chang said.


Three years’ worth of data proves the same point. The CDC reported that there have been a total of 325 deaths in children under 18 related to the flu since the 2018-2019 season.

There were 136 pediatric flu deaths reported during the 2018-2019 season, 188 pediatric deaths reported in the 2019-2020 season and one death during the 2020-2021 season.

For COVID-19, 349 kids have died in the last 18 months, which is when the pandemic began.

Chang said that suggests COVID-19 is more transmissible than the flu, and likely more dangerous for children.

Claims that the flu is more dangerous to children than COVID-19 are false."

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Ours is not ( small Christian in moco) They says that some parents enrolled their kids based on masks being required so they want to stay commits that thru the school year.

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Anonymous wrote:The changes have not been consistent. This has been discussed ad nauseum. When Northam was Governor (taking VA) then everything was about what he dictated. With Younkin it is a flat out no until the state passed law to support what he said. There was a whole temper tantrum on that. Again read all the posts on this. I have watched as an outsider, and I don't like this. This feels very political and not scientific. I predict that even with the CDC news there will still be resistance. My kids are older and can deal with the masks but for little kids, if I was a little kid parent, I would be upset. The foggy glasses, the anxiety. For every kid who says no problem, there are five who have trouble with the masks. Time to support kids.

I don't want to get into the debate about whether a HS student should wear a mask.
As a parent who has a DC in PK4 -- what is frustrating is that the CDC is issuing this change without providing the access to vaccine for little kids. I get it, some will say the risk of death is small for kids. But hey 1000+ kids died and I watched my neighbor's otherwise healthy 3-yr old sent to hospital by ambulance on Christmas.

I have a PK4 and a newborn. I will make my PK4 mask for another month until we’re out of the newborn stage. After that I’ll leave it up to him, and I have a feeling he’ll opt out, which is perfectly fine with me. I’ll keep masking in stores and do take out instead of dine in because it doesn’t really affect me. But I do think masks affect young kids’ socialization skills. Anybody who wants to keep masking to protect themselves or their high risk loved ones should absolutely continue to do so. Others should have the freedom to drop them. Neither side should be looked down upon IMO.

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Anonymous wrote:The changes have not been consistent. This has been discussed ad nauseum. When Northam was Governor (taking VA) then everything was about what he dictated. With Younkin it is a flat out no until the state passed law to support what he said. There was a whole temper tantrum on that. Again read all the posts on this. I have watched as an outsider, and I don't like this. This feels very political and not scientific. I predict that even with the CDC news there will still be resistance. My kids are older and can deal with the masks but for little kids, if I was a little kid parent, I would be upset. The foggy glasses, the anxiety. For every kid who says no problem, there are five who have trouble with the masks. Time to support kids.

I don't want to get into the debate about whether a HS student should wear a mask.
As a parent who has a DC in PK4 -- what is frustrating is that the CDC is issuing this change without providing the access to vaccine for little kids. I get it, some will say the risk of death is small for kids. But hey 1000+ kids died and I watched my neighbor's otherwise healthy 3-yr old sent to hospital by ambulance on Christmas.

Under 5 COVID deaths are not too dissimilar from Flu deaths for same age range and that’s not accounting for under 5 has access to a flu shot. I have an under 5 year old. We have to get to the point where we accept that this is another scary thing in the world (car accidents, drowning, drive by shootings) and pray that our children are spared. We can’t ask the entire country to mask just like we can’t ask an entire country to close all pools to prevent child drownings. Also, your under 5 year old can wear a KN95 mask.

That first sentence is literally wrong. Now depending on how you drive or play with guns, you can still choose to move on, if your school told you so.



While children are overall at a lower risk of Covid, very young kids, especially those with preexisting health conditions, are still not in the clear, Gottlieb said. About 1,100 pediatric deaths have occurred from Covid since the beginning of the pandemic, with about 400 in kids under 5, the former FDA chief pointed out. By comparison, Gottlieb said, only five children have died from the flu in the last two years.

2021 COVID death rates:
58 for kids 1-4
147 for kids under 1
206 total
*keep in mind these are babies that died (bless all of them) with COVID, not necessarily because of COVID

2019-2020 flu season (kids have access to vaccine)
Under 5 - 87 deaths

So no, not exact numbers but pretty darn close especially once you consider that many of the 206 had other contributing factors.

https://www.khou.com/article/news/health/coronavir...00-454b-4b43-a873-573ff6afffe7

"A lot of people compare COVID-19 to the seasonal flu. Some even say they think the flu poses a much bigger risk to children than COVID.

Is that true?

To answer the question, KHOU 11 pulled data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and spoke to Dr. Michael Chang, an assistant professor of pediatrics at UTHealth Houston.

According to the CDC, one child under 18 years old died from the flu in the whole country during the 2020-2021 flu season.

“That’s when we were masking, physically distanced, and a lot of kids were doing virtual learning. We had a lot of mitigations in place. One death due to the flu, but we continued to have COVID deaths,” Chang said.


Three years’ worth of data proves the same point. The CDC reported that there have been a total of 325 deaths in children under 18 related to the flu since the 2018-2019 season.

There were 136 pediatric flu deaths reported during the 2018-2019 season, 188 pediatric deaths reported in the 2019-2020 season and one death during the 2020-2021 season.

For COVID-19, 349 kids have died in the last 18 months, which is when the pandemic began.

Chang said that suggests COVID-19 is more transmissible than the flu, and likely more dangerous for children.

Claims that the flu is more dangerous to children than COVID-19 are false."

I don’t think that data is showing you want you think it is. 1 child dying of the flu in 2021 is laughable and you know that. Many kids throughout the country didn’t mask in school. They didn’t test for flu at same rates in 2021 and you know that. That’s why it’s best to compare 2019 Flu with 2021 COVID. Even if that’s the case, you can still clutch your masks as one way masking works. What you’re really saying is even if COVID were to disappear tomorrow, you’d want to mask forever to prevent 200 flu deaths a year too, right? Even though there is a flu vaccine. Are you even listening to yourself?

The WHO and CDC are saying it’s time to get rid of masks in low risk areas. What organization are you following by saying ALL kids should continue to mask? I seriously want to know.

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Anonymous wrote:The changes have not been consistent. This has been discussed ad nauseum. When Northam was Governor (taking VA) then everything was about what he dictated. With Younkin it is a flat out no until the state passed law to support what he said. There was a whole temper tantrum on that. Again read all the posts on this. I have watched as an outsider, and I don't like this. This feels very political and not scientific. I predict that even with the CDC news there will still be resistance. My kids are older and can deal with the masks but for little kids, if I was a little kid parent, I would be upset. The foggy glasses, the anxiety. For every kid who says no problem, there are five who have trouble with the masks. Time to support kids.

I don't want to get into the debate about whether a HS student should wear a mask.
As a parent who has a DC in PK4 -- what is frustrating is that the CDC is issuing this change without providing the access to vaccine for little kids. I get it, some will say the risk of death is small for kids. But hey 1000+ kids died and I watched my neighbor's otherwise healthy 3-yr old sent to hospital by ambulance on Christmas.

Under 5 COVID deaths are not too dissimilar from Flu deaths for same age range and that’s not accounting for under 5 has access to a flu shot. I have an under 5 year old. We have to get to the point where we accept that this is another scary thing in the world (car accidents, drowning, drive by shootings) and pray that our children are spared. We can’t ask the entire country to mask just like we can’t ask an entire country to close all pools to prevent child drownings. Also, your under 5 year old can wear a KN95 mask.

That first sentence is literally wrong. Now depending on how you drive or play with guns, you can still choose to move on, if your school told you so.



While children are overall at a lower risk of Covid, very young kids, especially those with preexisting health conditions, are still not in the clear, Gottlieb said. About 1,100 pediatric deaths have occurred from Covid since the beginning of the pandemic, with about 400 in kids under 5, the former FDA chief pointed out. By comparison, Gottlieb said, only five children have died from the flu in the last two years.

2021 COVID death rates:
58 for kids 1-4
147 for kids under 1
206 total
*keep in mind these are babies that died (bless all of them) with COVID, not necessarily because of COVID

2019-2020 flu season (kids have access to vaccine)
Under 5 - 87 deaths

So no, not exact numbers but pretty darn close especially once you consider that many of the 206 had other contributing factors.

https://www.khou.com/article/news/health/coronavir...00-454b-4b43-a873-573ff6afffe7

"A lot of people compare COVID-19 to the seasonal flu. Some even say they think the flu poses a much bigger risk to children than COVID.

Is that true?

To answer the question, KHOU 11 pulled data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and spoke to Dr. Michael Chang, an assistant professor of pediatrics at UTHealth Houston.

According to the CDC, one child under 18 years old died from the flu in the whole country during the 2020-2021 flu season.

“That’s when we were masking, physically distanced, and a lot of kids were doing virtual learning. We had a lot of mitigations in place. One death due to the flu, but we continued to have COVID deaths,” Chang said.


Three years’ worth of data proves the same point. The CDC reported that there have been a total of 325 deaths in children under 18 related to the flu since the 2018-2019 season.

There were 136 pediatric flu deaths reported during the 2018-2019 season, 188 pediatric deaths reported in the 2019-2020 season and one death during the 2020-2021 season.

For COVID-19, 349 kids have died in the last 18 months, which is when the pandemic began.

Chang said that suggests COVID-19 is more transmissible than the flu, and likely more dangerous for children.

Claims that the flu is more dangerous to children than COVID-19 are false."

I don’t think that data is showing you want you think it is. 1 child dying of the flu in 2021 is laughable and you know that. Many kids throughout the country didn’t mask in school. They didn’t test for flu at same rates in 2021 and you know that. That’s why it’s best to compare 2019 Flu with 2021 COVID. Even if that’s the case, you can still clutch your masks as one way masking works. What you’re really saying is even if COVID were to disappear tomorrow, you’d want to mask forever to prevent 200 flu deaths a year too, right? Even though there is a flu vaccine. Are you even listening to yourself?

The WHO and CDC are saying it’s time to get rid of masks in low risk areas. What organization are you following by saying ALL kids should continue to mask? I seriously want to know.

Dude, are you even listening to yourself (and your false made-up data?)

The flu has vaccine and treatment (tamiflu), that's why we don't mask kids for flu.

The COVID does not have treatment for kids, no vaccine for under 5, and long COVID is still under study.

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Anonymous wrote:The changes have not been consistent. This has been discussed ad nauseum. When Northam was Governor (taking VA) then everything was about what he dictated. With Younkin it is a flat out no until the state passed law to support what he said. There was a whole temper tantrum on that. Again read all the posts on this. I have watched as an outsider, and I don't like this. This feels very political and not scientific. I predict that even with the CDC news there will still be resistance. My kids are older and can deal with the masks but for little kids, if I was a little kid parent, I would be upset. The foggy glasses, the anxiety. For every kid who says no problem, there are five who have trouble with the masks. Time to support kids.

I don't want to get into the debate about whether a HS student should wear a mask.
As a parent who has a DC in PK4 -- what is frustrating is that the CDC is issuing this change without providing the access to vaccine for little kids. I get it, some will say the risk of death is small for kids. But hey 1000+ kids died and I watched my neighbor's otherwise healthy 3-yr old sent to hospital by ambulance on Christmas.

Under 5 COVID deaths are not too dissimilar from Flu deaths for same age range and that’s not accounting for under 5 has access to a flu shot. I have an under 5 year old. We have to get to the point where we accept that this is another scary thing in the world (car accidents, drowning, drive by shootings) and pray that our children are spared. We can’t ask the entire country to mask just like we can’t ask an entire country to close all pools to prevent child drownings. Also, your under 5 year old can wear a KN95 mask.

That first sentence is literally wrong. Now depending on how you drive or play with guns, you can still choose to move on, if your school told you so.



While children are overall at a lower risk of Covid, very young kids, especially those with preexisting health conditions, are still not in the clear, Gottlieb said. About 1,100 pediatric deaths have occurred from Covid since the beginning of the pandemic, with about 400 in kids under 5, the former FDA chief pointed out. By comparison, Gottlieb said, only five children have died from the flu in the last two years.

2021 COVID death rates:
58 for kids 1-4
147 for kids under 1
206 total
*keep in mind these are babies that died (bless all of them) with COVID, not necessarily because of COVID

2019-2020 flu season (kids have access to vaccine)
Under 5 - 87 deaths

So no, not exact numbers but pretty darn close especially once you consider that many of the 206 had other contributing factors.

https://www.khou.com/article/news/health/coronavir...00-454b-4b43-a873-573ff6afffe7

"A lot of people compare COVID-19 to the seasonal flu. Some even say they think the flu poses a much bigger risk to children than COVID.

Is that true?

To answer the question, KHOU 11 pulled data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and spoke to Dr. Michael Chang, an assistant professor of pediatrics at UTHealth Houston.

According to the CDC, one child under 18 years old died from the flu in the whole country during the 2020-2021 flu season.

“That’s when we were masking, physically distanced, and a lot of kids were doing virtual learning. We had a lot of mitigations in place. One death due to the flu, but we continued to have COVID deaths,” Chang said.


Three years’ worth of data proves the same point. The CDC reported that there have been a total of 325 deaths in children under 18 related to the flu since the 2018-2019 season.

There were 136 pediatric flu deaths reported during the 2018-2019 season, 188 pediatric deaths reported in the 2019-2020 season and one death during the 2020-2021 season.

For COVID-19, 349 kids have died in the last 18 months, which is when the pandemic began.

Chang said that suggests COVID-19 is more transmissible than the flu, and likely more dangerous for children.

Claims that the flu is more dangerous to children than COVID-19 are false."

I don’t think that data is showing you want you think it is. 1 child dying of the flu in 2021 is laughable and you know that. Many kids throughout the country didn’t mask in school. They didn’t test for flu at same rates in 2021 and you know that. That’s why it’s best to compare 2019 Flu with 2021 COVID. Even if that’s the case, you can still clutch your masks as one way masking works. What you’re really saying is even if COVID were to disappear tomorrow, you’d want to mask forever to prevent 200 flu deaths a year too, right? Even though there is a flu vaccine. Are you even listening to yourself?

The WHO and CDC are saying it’s time to get rid of masks in low risk areas. What organization are you following by saying ALL kids should continue to mask? I seriously want to know.

Dude, are you even listening to yourself (and your false made-up data?)

The flu has vaccine and treatment (tamiflu), that's why we don't mask kids for flu.

The COVID does not have treatment for kids, no vaccine for under 5, and long COVID is still under study.

Yes, and 87 kids under 5 still died in 2019 from the flu even with having access to a vaccine. Compared to 206 kids same age that does in 2021 with Delta dominant strain. Why do you not care about the 87 under 5 kids? Dude, what is your magic number? 87 flu deaths are okay but 200 COVID deaths mean the whole world has to mask?

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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/02/relaxing-covid-restrictions-kids/622857/

Couldn’t agree with this more particularly the motivation about parent fear. I’d also add to it that the helicopter parenting culture reinforces this sentiment.

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A lot of parents are expecting updated school emails Monday. Should be mask optional asap. There doesn’t need to be another study group-CDC spoke now on top of Gov. Let’s move on promptly.

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of parents are expecting updated school emails Monday. Should be mask optional asap. There doesn’t need to be another study group-CDC spoke now on top of Gov. Let’s move on promptly.

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