My DC continues to wear mask

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Anonymous wrote:DC is a senior in HS. I told DC that evidence suggests that continuing to wear a mask is beneficial but that the choice was his to make at school. DC and many students stopped wearing their masks when permitted to do so at the end of last week. By Tuesday, DC was too sick to go to school - sore throat, deeply exhausted, slight fever, stuffy/runny nose, slight cough and headache. Too sick to do school or sports - so, genuinely not feeling well. DC also says at least 6 other peers on same sports team are also sick, so whatever he has is very contagious. In the before times, I never remember so many kids being felled at the same time by an ordinary cold.

DC tested negative repeatedly for COVID - PCR and then multiple rapids as his symptoms evolved.

So, IMO, masking was a good thing. DC has missed 4 days of school from being unmasked for 2-3 days. DC was diligent about wearing a mask for 2 years and never got sick with anything.

This happened to my ES kid as well. Got sick twice after unmasking (no longer in MCPS so unmasked a month or so earlier), and was consistently negative for COVID. I looked at it a different way though, unless you are going to just mask forever your body’s immune system has to get accustomed to fighting off viruses, etc. I likened it to when my kids got sick a lot in pre-K and K because they were suddenly spending all day with lots of different people and exposed to a lot of germs, but after that just got common colds that they handled with ease because they had built up strong immune systems.

+1. Also, stuff is just going around right now. My 1st grader who is no longer masking hasn’t gotten anything yet, but my 3yo’s daycare class all seems to have a non-Covid cold right now, and they’re all wearing masks still (well except for meals and nap). One of the (masked) teachers has it too.

+1 My kindergartener got a non-covid cold when he unmasked. We're now having him wear a mask until probably next week or so.

Despite this, we still feel masking should not be mandated to prevent colds. The parents and students should use their common sense to make that determination.

Also, masking is not a sign of intelligence or "winning." It seems more a reflection of where people get their information and also their individual circumstances.

Smart people protect themselves during a pandemic= winning.

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Anonymous wrote:DC is a senior in HS. I told DC that evidence suggests that continuing to wear a mask is beneficial but that the choice was his to make at school. DC and many students stopped wearing their masks when permitted to do so at the end of last week. By Tuesday, DC was too sick to go to school - sore throat, deeply exhausted, slight fever, stuffy/runny nose, slight cough and headache. Too sick to do school or sports - so, genuinely not feeling well. DC also says at least 6 other peers on same sports team are also sick, so whatever he has is very contagious. In the before times, I never remember so many kids being felled at the same time by an ordinary cold.

DC tested negative repeatedly for COVID - PCR and then multiple rapids as his symptoms evolved.

So, IMO, masking was a good thing. DC has missed 4 days of school from being unmasked for 2-3 days. DC was diligent about wearing a mask for 2 years and never got sick with anything.

This happened to my ES kid as well. Got sick twice after unmasking (no longer in MCPS so unmasked a month or so earlier), and was consistently negative for COVID. I looked at it a different way though, unless you are going to just mask forever your body’s immune system has to get accustomed to fighting off viruses, etc. I likened it to when my kids got sick a lot in pre-K and K because they were suddenly spending all day with lots of different people and exposed to a lot of germs, but after that just got common colds that they handled with ease because they had built up strong immune systems.

+1. Also, stuff is just going around right now. My 1st grader who is no longer masking hasn’t gotten anything yet, but my 3yo’s daycare class all seems to have a non-Covid cold right now, and they’re all wearing masks still (well except for meals and nap). One of the (masked) teachers has it too.

+1 My kindergartener got a non-covid cold when he unmasked. We're now having him wear a mask until probably next week or so.

Despite this, we still feel masking should not be mandated to prevent colds. The parents and students should use their common sense to make that determination.

Also, masking is not a sign of intelligence or "winning." It seems more a reflection of where people get their information and also their individual circumstances.

Smart people protect themselves during a pandemic= winning.

Smart people also are open-minded and not so quick to judge.

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Anonymous wrote:DC is a senior in HS. I told DC that evidence suggests that continuing to wear a mask is beneficial but that the choice was his to make at school. DC and many students stopped wearing their masks when permitted to do so at the end of last week. By Tuesday, DC was too sick to go to school - sore throat, deeply exhausted, slight fever, stuffy/runny nose, slight cough and headache. Too sick to do school or sports - so, genuinely not feeling well. DC also says at least 6 other peers on same sports team are also sick, so whatever he has is very contagious. In the before times, I never remember so many kids being felled at the same time by an ordinary cold.

DC tested negative repeatedly for COVID - PCR and then multiple rapids as his symptoms evolved.

So, IMO, masking was a good thing. DC has missed 4 days of school from being unmasked for 2-3 days. DC was diligent about wearing a mask for 2 years and never got sick with anything.

This happened to my ES kid as well. Got sick twice after unmasking (no longer in MCPS so unmasked a month or so earlier), and was consistently negative for COVID. I looked at it a different way though, unless you are going to just mask forever your body’s immune system has to get accustomed to fighting off viruses, etc. I likened it to when my kids got sick a lot in pre-K and K because they were suddenly spending all day with lots of different people and exposed to a lot of germs, but after that just got common colds that they handled with ease because they had built up strong immune systems.

+1. Also, stuff is just going around right now. My 1st grader who is no longer masking hasn’t gotten anything yet, but my 3yo’s daycare class all seems to have a non-Covid cold right now, and they’re all wearing masks still (well except for meals and nap). One of the (masked) teachers has it too.

+1 My kindergartener got a non-covid cold when he unmasked. We're now having him wear a mask until probably next week or so.

Despite this, we still feel masking should not be mandated to prevent colds. The parents and students should use their common sense to make that determination.

Also, masking is not a sign of intelligence or "winning." It seems more a reflection of where people get their information and also their individual circumstances.

Smart people protect themselves during a pandemic= winning.

Smart people also are open-minded and not so quick to judge.

If your actions harm others, you better believe I will judge you

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Anonymous wrote:DD's BCC-cluster ES mostly masked. It's sounding like the more left-leaning areas like BCC and maybe Rockville, etc, are masking more.

Silver spring and TP too! Downcounty for the win! Will be a good experiment for the next spike- I wager a lot more cases upcounty.

I'm hoping this wasn't your intention, but this kind of divisive nonsense is the last thing we need right now. This isn't a game. You can focus solely on COVID if you choose to, and insist that there are no downsides to indefinite masking of children all day long. Have at it.

But, for the love of god, respect people who take a broader view of public health and who have more expertise in mental health and children's development than you do. Our brains evolved to have a specific region largely for facial recognition. Was that because seeing faces is unimportant for humans? How do you explain it?

most people in public health favor mask use now except for contrarians

Are you familiar with the CDC? They say masking is not necessary. If you were a person who pointed to science and said that’s why we need to mask, then you also need to point to them as why it’s OK to not mask right now.

are you familiar with most public health scientists? They are gravely disappointed with CDC right now and some have resigned

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Anonymous wrote:DC is a senior in HS. I told DC that evidence suggests that continuing to wear a mask is beneficial but that the choice was his to make at school. DC and many students stopped wearing their masks when permitted to do so at the end of last week. By Tuesday, DC was too sick to go to school - sore throat, deeply exhausted, slight fever, stuffy/runny nose, slight cough and headache. Too sick to do school or sports - so, genuinely not feeling well. DC also says at least 6 other peers on same sports team are also sick, so whatever he has is very contagious. In the before times, I never remember so many kids being felled at the same time by an ordinary cold.

DC tested negative repeatedly for COVID - PCR and then multiple rapids as his symptoms evolved.

So, IMO, masking was a good thing. DC has missed 4 days of school from being unmasked for 2-3 days. DC was diligent about wearing a mask for 2 years and never got sick with anything.

This happened to my ES kid as well. Got sick twice after unmasking (no longer in MCPS so unmasked a month or so earlier), and was consistently negative for COVID. I looked at it a different way though, unless you are going to just mask forever your body’s immune system has to get accustomed to fighting off viruses, etc. I likened it to when my kids got sick a lot in pre-K and K because they were suddenly spending all day with lots of different people and exposed to a lot of germs, but after that just got common colds that they handled with ease because they had built up strong immune systems.

This is an macOS board and if your kid spreads his illness it’s 10 times worse due to school size than your private.

Kids still in DMV public school, not private. So you think kids should now just mask forever in public schools to avoid spreading illness in general?

This discussion is about MCPS. No one is talking forever but we just got off a huge surge and a new variant is here (and with spring break travel) we can easily have another surge without basic mitigation.

Why are you so against masking? You don't have to mask your kids, but the rest of us will as we are decent people who care about our kids, our family and the community we live in.

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Anonymous wrote:DC is a senior in HS. I told DC that evidence suggests that continuing to wear a mask is beneficial but that the choice was his to make at school. DC and many students stopped wearing their masks when permitted to do so at the end of last week. By Tuesday, DC was too sick to go to school - sore throat, deeply exhausted, slight fever, stuffy/runny nose, slight cough and headache. Too sick to do school or sports - so, genuinely not feeling well. DC also says at least 6 other peers on same sports team are also sick, so whatever he has is very contagious. In the before times, I never remember so many kids being felled at the same time by an ordinary cold.

DC tested negative repeatedly for COVID - PCR and then multiple rapids as his symptoms evolved.

So, IMO, masking was a good thing. DC has missed 4 days of school from being unmasked for 2-3 days. DC was diligent about wearing a mask for 2 years and never got sick with anything.

This happened to my ES kid as well. Got sick twice after unmasking (no longer in MCPS so unmasked a month or so earlier), and was consistently negative for COVID. I looked at it a different way though, unless you are going to just mask forever your body’s immune system has to get accustomed to fighting off viruses, etc. I likened it to when my kids got sick a lot in pre-K and K because they were suddenly spending all day with lots of different people and exposed to a lot of germs, but after that just got common colds that they handled with ease because they had built up strong immune systems.

+1. Also, stuff is just going around right now. My 1st grader who is no longer masking hasn’t gotten anything yet, but my 3yo’s daycare class all seems to have a non-Covid cold right now, and they’re all wearing masks still (well except for meals and nap). One of the (masked) teachers has it too.

+1 My kindergartener got a non-covid cold when he unmasked. We're now having him wear a mask until probably next week or so.

Despite this, we still feel masking should not be mandated to prevent colds. The parents and students should use their common sense to make that determination.

Also, masking is not a sign of intelligence or "winning." It seems more a reflection of where people get their information and also their individual circumstances.

Smart people protect themselves during a pandemic= winning.

This poster child has a cold so their solution is to instead of keeping the child home, hide the cold under a mask... great...

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Anonymous wrote:DC is a senior in HS. I told DC that evidence suggests that continuing to wear a mask is beneficial but that the choice was his to make at school. DC and many students stopped wearing their masks when permitted to do so at the end of last week. By Tuesday, DC was too sick to go to school - sore throat, deeply exhausted, slight fever, stuffy/runny nose, slight cough and headache. Too sick to do school or sports - so, genuinely not feeling well. DC also says at least 6 other peers on same sports team are also sick, so whatever he has is very contagious. In the before times, I never remember so many kids being felled at the same time by an ordinary cold.

DC tested negative repeatedly for COVID - PCR and then multiple rapids as his symptoms evolved.

So, IMO, masking was a good thing. DC has missed 4 days of school from being unmasked for 2-3 days. DC was diligent about wearing a mask for 2 years and never got sick with anything.

This happened to my ES kid as well. Got sick twice after unmasking (no longer in MCPS so unmasked a month or so earlier), and was consistently negative for COVID. I looked at it a different way though, unless you are going to just mask forever your body’s immune system has to get accustomed to fighting off viruses, etc. I likened it to when my kids got sick a lot in pre-K and K because they were suddenly spending all day with lots of different people and exposed to a lot of germs, but after that just got common colds that they handled with ease because they had built up strong immune systems.

This is an macOS board and if your kid spreads his illness it’s 10 times worse due to school size than your private.

Kids still in DMV public school, not private. So you think kids should now just mask forever in public schools to avoid spreading illness in general?

This discussion is about MCPS. No one is talking forever but we just got off a huge surge and a new variant is here (and with spring break travel) we can easily have another surge without basic mitigation.

Why are you so against masking? You don't have to mask your kids, but the rest of us will as we are decent people who care about our kids, our family and the community we live in.

I know you are on a crusade here, but the conversation you are responding to was related to masking for general illness because of kids getting sick quickly after unmasking with non-COVID illness. I have no issue masking when the COVID situation warrants it but right now it doesn’t, and there is a downside to the 2 years of masking in terms of kids’ overall immune systems not being as strong as they were before.

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Anonymous wrote:DC is a senior in HS. I told DC that evidence suggests that continuing to wear a mask is beneficial but that the choice was his to make at school. DC and many students stopped wearing their masks when permitted to do so at the end of last week. By Tuesday, DC was too sick to go to school - sore throat, deeply exhausted, slight fever, stuffy/runny nose, slight cough and headache. Too sick to do school or sports - so, genuinely not feeling well. DC also says at least 6 other peers on same sports team are also sick, so whatever he has is very contagious. In the before times, I never remember so many kids being felled at the same time by an ordinary cold.

DC tested negative repeatedly for COVID - PCR and then multiple rapids as his symptoms evolved.

So, IMO, masking was a good thing. DC has missed 4 days of school from being unmasked for 2-3 days. DC was diligent about wearing a mask for 2 years and never got sick with anything.

This happened to my ES kid as well. Got sick twice after unmasking (no longer in MCPS so unmasked a month or so earlier), and was consistently negative for COVID. I looked at it a different way though, unless you are going to just mask forever your body’s immune system has to get accustomed to fighting off viruses, etc. I likened it to when my kids got sick a lot in pre-K and K because they were suddenly spending all day with lots of different people and exposed to a lot of germs, but after that just got common colds that they handled with ease because they had built up strong immune systems.

This is an macOS board and if your kid spreads his illness it’s 10 times worse due to school size than your private.

Kids still in DMV public school, not private. So you think kids should now just mask forever in public schools to avoid spreading illness in general?

This discussion is about MCPS. No one is talking forever but we just got off a huge surge and a new variant is here (and with spring break travel) we can easily have another surge without basic mitigation.

Why are you so against masking? You don't have to mask your kids, but the rest of us will as we are decent people who care about our kids, our family and the community we live in.

I know you are on a crusade here, but the conversation you are responding to was related to masking for general illness because of kids getting sick quickly after unmasking with non-COVID illness. I have no issue masking when the COVID situation warrants it but right now it doesn’t, and there is a downside to the 2 years of masking in terms of kids’ overall immune systems not being as strong as they were before.

You have no issue with facts either. Masking is warranted now and masks don’t weaken immune systems. Get off anonymous chat rooms.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article247299689.html

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Anonymous wrote:DC is a senior in HS. I told DC that evidence suggests that continuing to wear a mask is beneficial but that the choice was his to make at school. DC and many students stopped wearing their masks when permitted to do so at the end of last week. By Tuesday, DC was too sick to go to school - sore throat, deeply exhausted, slight fever, stuffy/runny nose, slight cough and headache. Too sick to do school or sports - so, genuinely not feeling well. DC also says at least 6 other peers on same sports team are also sick, so whatever he has is very contagious. In the before times, I never remember so many kids being felled at the same time by an ordinary cold.

DC tested negative repeatedly for COVID - PCR and then multiple rapids as his symptoms evolved.

So, IMO, masking was a good thing. DC has missed 4 days of school from being unmasked for 2-3 days. DC was diligent about wearing a mask for 2 years and never got sick with anything.

This happened to my ES kid as well. Got sick twice after unmasking (no longer in MCPS so unmasked a month or so earlier), and was consistently negative for COVID. I looked at it a different way though, unless you are going to just mask forever your body’s immune system has to get accustomed to fighting off viruses, etc. I likened it to when my kids got sick a lot in pre-K and K because they were suddenly spending all day with lots of different people and exposed to a lot of germs, but after that just got common colds that they handled with ease because they had built up strong immune systems.

This is an macOS board and if your kid spreads his illness it’s 10 times worse due to school size than your private.

Kids still in DMV public school, not private. So you think kids should now just mask forever in public schools to avoid spreading illness in general?

This discussion is about MCPS. No one is talking forever but we just got off a huge surge and a new variant is here (and with spring break travel) we can easily have another surge without basic mitigation.

Why are you so against masking? You don't have to mask your kids, but the rest of us will as we are decent people who care about our kids, our family and the community we live in.

I know you are on a crusade here, but the conversation you are responding to was related to masking for general illness because of kids getting sick quickly after unmasking with non-COVID illness. I have no issue masking when the COVID situation warrants it but right now it doesn’t, and there is a downside to the 2 years of masking in terms of kids’ overall immune systems not being as strong as they were before.

You have no issue with facts either. Masking is warranted now and masks don’t weaken immune systems. Get off anonymous chat rooms.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article247299689.html

Lol, this article is talking about masking not weakening immune systems in adults.

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Anonymous wrote:DD's BCC-cluster ES mostly masked. It's sounding like the more left-leaning areas like BCC and maybe Rockville, etc, are masking more.

I'd also wager few mask in Trump country.

Did you have to think long and hard for this comment?

I am so sorry for the kids of Mask Forever parents. Your fear of living will be back to hurt your kids.

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Anonymous wrote:DC is a senior in HS. I told DC that evidence suggests that continuing to wear a mask is beneficial but that the choice was his to make at school. DC and many students stopped wearing their masks when permitted to do so at the end of last week. By Tuesday, DC was too sick to go to school - sore throat, deeply exhausted, slight fever, stuffy/runny nose, slight cough and headache. Too sick to do school or sports - so, genuinely not feeling well. DC also says at least 6 other peers on same sports team are also sick, so whatever he has is very contagious. In the before times, I never remember so many kids being felled at the same time by an ordinary cold.

DC tested negative repeatedly for COVID - PCR and then multiple rapids as his symptoms evolved.

So, IMO, masking was a good thing. DC has missed 4 days of school from being unmasked for 2-3 days. DC was diligent about wearing a mask for 2 years and never got sick with anything.

This happened to my ES kid as well. Got sick twice after unmasking (no longer in MCPS so unmasked a month or so earlier), and was consistently negative for COVID. I looked at it a different way though, unless you are going to just mask forever your body’s immune system has to get accustomed to fighting off viruses, etc. I likened it to when my kids got sick a lot in pre-K and K because they were suddenly spending all day with lots of different people and exposed to a lot of germs, but after that just got common colds that they handled with ease because they had built up strong immune systems.

+1. Also, stuff is just going around right now. My 1st grader who is no longer masking hasn’t gotten anything yet, but my 3yo’s daycare class all seems to have a non-Covid cold right now, and they’re all wearing masks still (well except for meals and nap). One of the (masked) teachers has it too.

+1 My kindergartener got a non-covid cold when he unmasked. We're now having him wear a mask until probably next week or so.

Despite this, we still feel masking should not be mandated to prevent colds. The parents and students should use their common sense to make that determination.

Also, masking is not a sign of intelligence or "winning." It seems more a reflection of where people get their information and also their individual circumstances.

Smart people protect themselves during a pandemic= winning.

Smart people also are open-minded and not so quick to judge.

If your actions harm others, you better believe I will judge you

Then judge while I stifle a yawn in your general direction. You’ll be able to see me yawn because I won’t be masked.

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Anonymous wrote:DC is a senior in HS. I told DC that evidence suggests that continuing to wear a mask is beneficial but that the choice was his to make at school. DC and many students stopped wearing their masks when permitted to do so at the end of last week. By Tuesday, DC was too sick to go to school - sore throat, deeply exhausted, slight fever, stuffy/runny nose, slight cough and headache. Too sick to do school or sports - so, genuinely not feeling well. DC also says at least 6 other peers on same sports team are also sick, so whatever he has is very contagious. In the before times, I never remember so many kids being felled at the same time by an ordinary cold.

DC tested negative repeatedly for COVID - PCR and then multiple rapids as his symptoms evolved.

So, IMO, masking was a good thing. DC has missed 4 days of school from being unmasked for 2-3 days. DC was diligent about wearing a mask for 2 years and never got sick with anything.

This happened to my ES kid as well. Got sick twice after unmasking (no longer in MCPS so unmasked a month or so earlier), and was consistently negative for COVID. I looked at it a different way though, unless you are going to just mask forever your body’s immune system has to get accustomed to fighting off viruses, etc. I likened it to when my kids got sick a lot in pre-K and K because they were suddenly spending all day with lots of different people and exposed to a lot of germs, but after that just got common colds that they handled with ease because they had built up strong immune systems.

+1. Also, stuff is just going around right now. My 1st grader who is no longer masking hasn’t gotten anything yet, but my 3yo’s daycare class all seems to have a non-Covid cold right now, and they’re all wearing masks still (well except for meals and nap). One of the (masked) teachers has it too.

+1 My kindergartener got a non-covid cold when he unmasked. We're now having him wear a mask until probably next week or so.

Despite this, we still feel masking should not be mandated to prevent colds. The parents and students should use their common sense to make that determination.

Also, masking is not a sign of intelligence or "winning." It seems more a reflection of where people get their information and also their individual circumstances.

Smart people protect themselves during a pandemic= winning.

Smart people also are open-minded and not so quick to judge.

If your actions harm others, you better believe I will judge you

Then judge while I stifle a yawn in your general direction. You’ll be able to see me yawn because I won’t be masked.

Actually they probably will not notice or care as they have the common sense to distance.

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Anonymous wrote:DC is a senior in HS. I told DC that evidence suggests that continuing to wear a mask is beneficial but that the choice was his to make at school. DC and many students stopped wearing their masks when permitted to do so at the end of last week. By Tuesday, DC was too sick to go to school - sore throat, deeply exhausted, slight fever, stuffy/runny nose, slight cough and headache. Too sick to do school or sports - so, genuinely not feeling well. DC also says at least 6 other peers on same sports team are also sick, so whatever he has is very contagious. In the before times, I never remember so many kids being felled at the same time by an ordinary cold.

DC tested negative repeatedly for COVID - PCR and then multiple rapids as his symptoms evolved.

So, IMO, masking was a good thing. DC has missed 4 days of school from being unmasked for 2-3 days. DC was diligent about wearing a mask for 2 years and never got sick with anything.

This happened to my ES kid as well. Got sick twice after unmasking (no longer in MCPS so unmasked a month or so earlier), and was consistently negative for COVID. I looked at it a different way though, unless you are going to just mask forever your body’s immune system has to get accustomed to fighting off viruses, etc. I likened it to when my kids got sick a lot in pre-K and K because they were suddenly spending all day with lots of different people and exposed to a lot of germs, but after that just got common colds that they handled with ease because they had built up strong immune systems.

This is an macOS board and if your kid spreads his illness it’s 10 times worse due to school size than your private.

Kids still in DMV public school, not private. So you think kids should now just mask forever in public schools to avoid spreading illness in general?

This discussion is about MCPS. No one is talking forever but we just got off a huge surge and a new variant is here (and with spring break travel) we can easily have another surge without basic mitigation.

Why are you so against masking? You don't have to mask your kids, but the rest of us will as we are decent people who care about our kids, our family and the community we live in.

I know you are on a crusade here, but the conversation you are responding to was related to masking for general illness because of kids getting sick quickly after unmasking with non-COVID illness. I have no issue masking when the COVID situation warrants it but right now it doesn’t, and there is a downside to the 2 years of masking in terms of kids’ overall immune systems not being as strong as they were before.

Based on your post continued masking masks sense.

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Anonymous wrote:DC is a senior in HS. I told DC that evidence suggests that continuing to wear a mask is beneficial but that the choice was his to make at school. DC and many students stopped wearing their masks when permitted to do so at the end of last week. By Tuesday, DC was too sick to go to school - sore throat, deeply exhausted, slight fever, stuffy/runny nose, slight cough and headache. Too sick to do school or sports - so, genuinely not feeling well. DC also says at least 6 other peers on same sports team are also sick, so whatever he has is very contagious. In the before times, I never remember so many kids being felled at the same time by an ordinary cold.

DC tested negative repeatedly for COVID - PCR and then multiple rapids as his symptoms evolved.

So, IMO, masking was a good thing. DC has missed 4 days of school from being unmasked for 2-3 days. DC was diligent about wearing a mask for 2 years and never got sick with anything.

This happened to my ES kid as well. Got sick twice after unmasking (no longer in MCPS so unmasked a month or so earlier), and was consistently negative for COVID. I looked at it a different way though, unless you are going to just mask forever your body’s immune system has to get accustomed to fighting off viruses, etc. I likened it to when my kids got sick a lot in pre-K and K because they were suddenly spending all day with lots of different people and exposed to a lot of germs, but after that just got common colds that they handled with ease because they had built up strong immune systems.

+1. Also, stuff is just going around right now. My 1st grader who is no longer masking hasn’t gotten anything yet, but my 3yo’s daycare class all seems to have a non-Covid cold right now, and they’re all wearing masks still (well except for meals and nap). One of the (masked) teachers has it too.

+1 My kindergartener got a non-covid cold when he unmasked. We're now having him wear a mask until probably next week or so.

Despite this, we still feel masking should not be mandated to prevent colds. The parents and students should use their common sense to make that determination.

Also, masking is not a sign of intelligence or "winning." It seems more a reflection of where people get their information and also their individual circumstances.

Smart people protect themselves during a pandemic= winning.

Smart people also are open-minded and not so quick to judge.

If your actions harm others, you better believe I will judge you

Then judge while I stifle a yawn in your general direction. You’ll be able to see me yawn because I won’t be masked.

Actually they probably will not notice or care as they have the common sense to distance.

+1 I stay away from the covey-spreaders. The people who so boldly rip off their masks and declare their complete disdain for other humans around them and for the science which these sanctimonious creeps count on to keep them safe.

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Anonymous wrote:DC is a senior in HS. I told DC that evidence suggests that continuing to wear a mask is beneficial but that the choice was his to make at school. DC and many students stopped wearing their masks when permitted to do so at the end of last week. By Tuesday, DC was too sick to go to school - sore throat, deeply exhausted, slight fever, stuffy/runny nose, slight cough and headache. Too sick to do school or sports - so, genuinely not feeling well. DC also says at least 6 other peers on same sports team are also sick, so whatever he has is very contagious. In the before times, I never remember so many kids being felled at the same time by an ordinary cold.

DC tested negative repeatedly for COVID - PCR and then multiple rapids as his symptoms evolved.

So, IMO, masking was a good thing. DC has missed 4 days of school from being unmasked for 2-3 days. DC was diligent about wearing a mask for 2 years and never got sick with anything.

This happened to my ES kid as well. Got sick twice after unmasking (no longer in MCPS so unmasked a month or so earlier), and was consistently negative for COVID. I looked at it a different way though, unless you are going to just mask forever your body’s immune system has to get accustomed to fighting off viruses, etc. I likened it to when my kids got sick a lot in pre-K and K because they were suddenly spending all day with lots of different people and exposed to a lot of germs, but after that just got common colds that they handled with ease because they had built up strong immune systems.

+1. Also, stuff is just going around right now. My 1st grader who is no longer masking hasn’t gotten anything yet, but my 3yo’s daycare class all seems to have a non-Covid cold right now, and they’re all wearing masks still (well except for meals and nap). One of the (masked) teachers has it too.

+1 My kindergartener got a non-covid cold when he unmasked. We're now having him wear a mask until probably next week or so.

Despite this, we still feel masking should not be mandated to prevent colds. The parents and students should use their common sense to make that determination.

Also, masking is not a sign of intelligence or "winning." It seems more a reflection of where people get their information and also their individual circumstances.

Smart people protect themselves during a pandemic= winning.

Smart people also are open-minded and not so quick to judge.

If your actions harm others, you better believe I will judge you

Then judge while I stifle a yawn in your general direction. You’ll be able to see me yawn because I won’t be masked.

Actually they probably will not notice or care as they have the common sense to distance.

+1 I stay away from the covey-spreaders. The people who so boldly rip off their masks and declare their complete disdain for other humans around them and for the science which these sanctimonious creeps count on to keep them safe.

It’s a win win, then. I don’t have to wear a mask, plus I get the added benefit of not having to engage with the likes of you.