APS COVID Tests for Spring Break - What percentage do you estimate are going straight in the trash?

[Anonymous]

I tested my kid this morning because he’s a rule follower and would get upset if some kid at school started talking about how they were supposed to take a test before coming back. I knew it would be negative because he just had Covid a few weeks ago.

[Anonymous]

APS was at 30 cases yesterday and is over 20 so far this morning. As long as sick kids stay home I'd expect those numbers to go back down next week. This was to be expected imho and the only thing to worry about is the parents who don't care and send their sick kids in to spread it around the whole class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I tested my kid this morning because he’s a rule follower and would get upset if some kid at school started talking about how they were supposed to take a test before coming back. I knew it would be negative because he just had Covid a few weeks ago.

Why didn’t you just tell him he doesn’t need to test since he had Covid a few weeks ago and will have antibodies to protect him for sometime?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I tested my kid this morning because he’s a rule follower and would get upset if some kid at school started talking about how they were supposed to take a test before coming back. I knew it would be negative because he just had Covid a few weeks ago.

But it wasn't a rule. So that's odd. And what kids would be talking about that?

[Anonymous]

There are different strains of covid going around and there are reports of people getting it within a few weeks of having a different strain. Not sure how common that is, but since APS gave out the tests, seems reasonable to just use them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:APS was at 30 cases yesterday and is over 20 so far this morning. As long as sick kids stay home I'd expect those numbers to go back down next week. This was to be expected imho and the only thing to worry about is the parents who don't care and send their sick kids in to spread it around the whole class.

This is why my children are still masking. Parents who don't really care if a dozen other children have to miss 10 days of school because they caught Covid from a classmate are going to contribute to the spread here. It's pure selfishness and a complete lack of consideration for the public good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APS was at 30 cases yesterday and is over 20 so far this morning. As long as sick kids stay home I'd expect those numbers to go back down next week. This was to be expected imho and the only thing to worry about is the parents who don't care and send their sick kids in to spread it around the whole class.

This is why my children are still masking. Parents who don't really care if a dozen other children have to miss 10 days of school because they caught Covid from a classmate are going to contribute to the spread here. It's pure selfishness and a complete lack of consideration for the public good.

This is exactly why my kids are still testing and masking. I am not worried about having covid and being sick, I am worried about having kids out of school for a week or more. I can’t get a babysitter or send kids to grandparents if they are positive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am not an extreme parent at all and we opted in for surveillance testing - all 3 times. We think it is the responsible, kind thing to do. My kid doesn’t wear a mask at school and we just flew cross country for spring break where we ate indoors on several occasions.

We kept the test and will use it if someone in the family gets symptoms. My preschooler has “test to stay” for exposure and we go through a lot of tests so I’m happy to take the free one.

Why throw out a test? Why not just put it in a drawer in case you need it?

What? Who hasn't been eating indoors since last summer? Great indication of the type of people who post on this board - the most extreme.

Meanwhile, we were showing our kids how no one enforces forced masking at airports - only when going through TSA or on the plane. Our plane erupted in cheers last night on the flight when it was announced this nonsense forced masking is done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not an extreme parent at all and we opted in for surveillance testing - all 3 times. We think it is the responsible, kind thing to do. My kid doesn’t wear a mask at school and we just flew cross country for spring break where we ate indoors on several occasions.

We kept the test and will use it if someone in the family gets symptoms. My preschooler has “test to stay” for exposure and we go through a lot of tests so I’m happy to take the free one.

Why throw out a test? Why not just put it in a drawer in case you need it?

What? Who hasn't been eating indoors since last summer? Great indication of the type of people who post on this board - the most extreme.

Meanwhile, we were showing our kids how no one enforces forced masking at airports - only when going through TSA or on the plane. Our plane erupted in cheers last night on the flight when it was announced this nonsense forced masking is done.

A plane is one of the most ventilated places on the planet. And Smart Restart is posting on Twitter that it's now not safe on planes, where people wore crappy cloth masks that were off half the flight. And they're begging for forced child masking to come back in school.

This board is definitely the most extreme people in Arlington, just like AEM. The regular parents are busy working, taking kids to sports and extracurrriculars, and living normal lives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not an extreme parent at all and we opted in for surveillance testing - all 3 times. We think it is the responsible, kind thing to do. My kid doesn’t wear a mask at school and we just flew cross country for spring break where we ate indoors on several occasions.

We kept the test and will use it if someone in the family gets symptoms. My preschooler has “test to stay” for exposure and we go through a lot of tests so I’m happy to take the free one.

Why throw out a test? Why not just put it in a drawer in case you need it?

What? Who hasn't been eating indoors since last summer? Great indication of the type of people who post on this board - the most extreme.

Meanwhile, we were showing our kids how no one enforces forced masking at airports - only when going through TSA or on the plane. Our plane erupted in cheers last night on the flight when it was announced this nonsense forced masking is done.

A plane is one of the most ventilated places on the planet. And Smart Restart is posting on Twitter that it's now not safe on planes, where people wore crappy cloth masks that were off half the flight. And they're begging for forced child masking to come back in school.

This board is definitely the most extreme people in Arlington, just like AEM. The regular parents are busy working, taking kids to sports and extracurrriculars, and living normal lives.

Not a smart restart person, but did you see the airline that had to shut down a bunch of its flights after dropping masks two weeks ago, because too many staff were sick and they couldn't staff the flights? I wouldn't be dropping my mask on a flight right now but you do you.

I believe in trying to get back to normal, but I'm not going to take outsize chances just to perform "normal" for the weirdos who need that. If people would just be smarter about things we really could get back to normal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not an extreme parent at all and we opted in for surveillance testing - all 3 times. We think it is the responsible, kind thing to do. My kid doesn’t wear a mask at school and we just flew cross country for spring break where we ate indoors on several occasions.

We kept the test and will use it if someone in the family gets symptoms. My preschooler has “test to stay” for exposure and we go through a lot of tests so I’m happy to take the free one.

Why throw out a test? Why not just put it in a drawer in case you need it?

What? Who hasn't been eating indoors since last summer? Great indication of the type of people who post on this board - the most extreme.

Meanwhile, we were showing our kids how no one enforces forced masking at airports - only when going through TSA or on the plane. Our plane erupted in cheers last night on the flight when it was announced this nonsense forced masking is done.

A plane is one of the most ventilated places on the planet. And Smart Restart is posting on Twitter that it's now not safe on planes, where people wore crappy cloth masks that were off half the flight. And they're begging for forced child masking to come back in school.

This board is definitely the most extreme people in Arlington, just like AEM. The regular parents are busy working, taking kids to sports and extracurrriculars, and living normal lives.

Not a smart restart person, but did you see the airline that had to shut down a bunch of its flights after dropping masks two weeks ago, because too many staff were sick and they couldn't staff the flights? I wouldn't be dropping my mask on a flight right now but you do you.

I believe in trying to get back to normal, but I'm not going to take outsize chances just to perform "normal" for the weirdos who need that. If people would just be smarter about things we really could get back to normal.

Here is one of many articles about it: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/airlines-face-mask-covid-rules-flights-canceled/

[Anonymous]

More than 30 APS staff also out from covid this week.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not an extreme parent at all and we opted in for surveillance testing - all 3 times. We think it is the responsible, kind thing to do. My kid doesn’t wear a mask at school and we just flew cross country for spring break where we ate indoors on several occasions.

We kept the test and will use it if someone in the family gets symptoms. My preschooler has “test to stay” for exposure and we go through a lot of tests so I’m happy to take the free one.

Why throw out a test? Why not just put it in a drawer in case you need it?

What? Who hasn't been eating indoors since last summer? Great indication of the type of people who post on this board - the most extreme.

Meanwhile, we were showing our kids how no one enforces forced masking at airports - only when going through TSA or on the plane. Our plane erupted in cheers last night on the flight when it was announced this nonsense forced masking is done.

A plane is one of the most ventilated places on the planet. And Smart Restart is posting on Twitter that it's now not safe on planes, where people wore crappy cloth masks that were off half the flight. And they're begging for forced child masking to come back in school.

This board is definitely the most extreme people in Arlington, just like AEM. The regular parents are busy working, taking kids to sports and extracurrriculars, and living normal lives.

Not a smart restart person, but did you see the airline that had to shut down a bunch of its flights after dropping masks two weeks ago, because too many staff were sick and they couldn't staff the flights? I wouldn't be dropping my mask on a flight right now but you do you.

I believe in trying to get back to normal, but I'm not going to take outsize chances just to perform "normal" for the weirdos who need that. If people would just be smarter about things we really could get back to normal.

Here is one of many articles about it: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/airlines-face-mask-covid-rules-flights-canceled/

How many of those who called out sick were actually sick? Not talking about a line showing up on a test that tells them they're supposed to be sick.....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not an extreme parent at all and we opted in for surveillance testing - all 3 times. We think it is the responsible, kind thing to do. My kid doesn’t wear a mask at school and we just flew cross country for spring break where we ate indoors on several occasions.

We kept the test and will use it if someone in the family gets symptoms. My preschooler has “test to stay” for exposure and we go through a lot of tests so I’m happy to take the free one.

Why throw out a test? Why not just put it in a drawer in case you need it?

What? Who hasn't been eating indoors since last summer? Great indication of the type of people who post on this board - the most extreme.

Meanwhile, we were showing our kids how no one enforces forced masking at airports - only when going through TSA or on the plane. Our plane erupted in cheers last night on the flight when it was announced this nonsense forced masking is done.

A plane is one of the most ventilated places on the planet. And Smart Restart is posting on Twitter that it's now not safe on planes, where people wore crappy cloth masks that were off half the flight. And they're begging for forced child masking to come back in school.

This board is definitely the most extreme people in Arlington, just like AEM. The regular parents are busy working, taking kids to sports and extracurrriculars, and living normal lives.

Not a smart restart person, but did you see the airline that had to shut down a bunch of its flights after dropping masks two weeks ago, because too many staff were sick and they couldn't staff the flights? I wouldn't be dropping my mask on a flight right now but you do you.

I believe in trying to get back to normal, but I'm not going to take outsize chances just to perform "normal" for the weirdos who need that. If people would just be smarter about things we really could get back to normal.

"Not a Smart Restart person...but I love to push a story spread by Eric Feigl-Ding" about 1 discount airline in Europe (vs. all the other airlines operating maskless ), and when you read the article, you find out they really had problems getting new employees onboarded (which was causing the cancellation problems).

This is the best ventilated place on the planet. If it's not safe to these people, nowhere is safe to them. But hey, they can use those soon-expiring APS tests.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not an extreme parent at all and we opted in for surveillance testing - all 3 times. We think it is the responsible, kind thing to do. My kid doesn’t wear a mask at school and we just flew cross country for spring break where we ate indoors on several occasions.

We kept the test and will use it if someone in the family gets symptoms. My preschooler has “test to stay” for exposure and we go through a lot of tests so I’m happy to take the free one.

Why throw out a test? Why not just put it in a drawer in case you need it?

What? Who hasn't been eating indoors since last summer? Great indication of the type of people who post on this board - the most extreme.

Meanwhile, we were showing our kids how no one enforces forced masking at airports - only when going through TSA or on the plane. Our plane erupted in cheers last night on the flight when it was announced this nonsense forced masking is done.

A plane is one of the most ventilated places on the planet. And Smart Restart is posting on Twitter that it's now not safe on planes, where people wore crappy cloth masks that were off half the flight. And they're begging for forced child masking to come back in school.

This board is definitely the most extreme people in Arlington, just like AEM. The regular parents are busy working, taking kids to sports and extracurrriculars, and living normal lives.

Not a smart restart person, but did you see the airline that had to shut down a bunch of its flights after dropping masks two weeks ago, because too many staff were sick and they couldn't staff the flights? I wouldn't be dropping my mask on a flight right now but you do you.

I believe in trying to get back to normal, but I'm not going to take outsize chances just to perform "normal" for the weirdos who need that. If people would just be smarter about things we really could get back to normal.

"Not a Smart Restart person...but I love to push a story spread by Eric Feigl-Ding" about 1 discount airline in Europe (vs. all the other airlines operating maskless ), and when you read the article, you find out they really had problems getting new employees onboarded (which was causing the cancellation problems).

This is the best ventilated place on the planet. If it's not safe to these people, nowhere is safe to them. But hey, they can use those soon-expiring APS tests.

It was Easy Jet, which is the Spirit Airlines of Europe. The CBS article above quotes...Eric Feigl-Ding too.

Loved to see all the people cheering in the clips online when the dropping of the anti-scientific forced masking was dropped.

Similar to the OP, our kids' tests went straight into the trash too. They should be handing them out at bars and restaurants, and stopping putting the COVID burden on kids.