Holy Trinity Father-Daughter Dance - Covid

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:HTS parent (that did not attend the dance) here. Throughout the pandemic the school has taken a sensible approach trying to balance health concerns with Covid and the social and emotional needs of the children at the school, for which I am deeply grateful. The vast majority of students and teachers at the school are vaccinated or have already had covid, so I don't think this is going to create much of a disruption, and even if it did I think it is worth it to give the children the option of doing normal social things. It's very easy to point to one event and say that we shouldn't have taken the risk, but the risks exist for every gathering and we can't keep restricting children (especially when adults feel free to attend parties and gather in restaurants and go to a million other social events that could expose them to covid). Should we really be saying no dances, no assemblies, no big birthday parties, no going to the movies, etc. etc.? For how long?

I am Catholic and know many conservative Catholics who refused to be vaxxed because of a stem cell story constantly played on Fox News. So, do not assume HTS folks have been vaxxed. Kids will survive w/o some dumb father-daughter dance. They may not survive their conservative parents' views.

This is just completely untrue. Catholics are the most vaccinated Christians. Just because you know some unvaccinated doesn't mean it is fact.

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/09/20/10-facts-about-americans-and-coronavirus-vaccines/

Interesting..looks like Catholics are.more highly vaccinated than the national average.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:HTS parent (that did not attend the dance) here. Throughout the pandemic the school has taken a sensible approach trying to balance health concerns with Covid and the social and emotional needs of the children at the school, for which I am deeply grateful. The vast majority of students and teachers at the school are vaccinated or have already had covid, so I don't think this is going to create much of a disruption, and even if it did I think it is worth it to give the children the option of doing normal social things. It's very easy to point to one event and say that we shouldn't have taken the risk, but the risks exist for every gathering and we can't keep restricting children (especially when adults feel free to attend parties and gather in restaurants and go to a million other social events that could expose them to covid). Should we really be saying no dances, no assemblies, no big birthday parties, no going to the movies, etc. etc.? For how long?

I am Catholic and know many conservative Catholics who refused to be vaxxed because of a stem cell story constantly played on Fox News. So, do not assume HTS folks have been vaxxed. Kids will survive w/o some dumb father-daughter dance. They may not survive their conservative parents' views.

I try to watch several news sources including fox to get a better perspective of the world. I never once saw a story on fox that talked about the idea of stem cells in the vaccines. Not once.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:HTS parent (that did not attend the dance) here. Throughout the pandemic the school has taken a sensible approach trying to balance health concerns with Covid and the social and emotional needs of the children at the school, for which I am deeply grateful. The vast majority of students and teachers at the school are vaccinated or have already had covid, so I don't think this is going to create much of a disruption, and even if it did I think it is worth it to give the children the option of doing normal social things. It's very easy to point to one event and say that we shouldn't have taken the risk, but the risks exist for every gathering and we can't keep restricting children (especially when adults feel free to attend parties and gather in restaurants and go to a million other social events that could expose them to covid). Should we really be saying no dances, no assemblies, no big birthday parties, no going to the movies, etc. etc.? For how long?

I am Catholic and know many conservative Catholics who refused to be vaxxed because of a stem cell story constantly played on Fox News. So, do not assume HTS folks have been vaxxed. Kids will survive w/o some dumb father-daughter dance. They may not survive their conservative parents' views.

This is just completely untrue. Catholics are the most vaccinated Christians. Just because you know some unvaccinated doesn't mean it is fact.

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/09/20/10-facts-about-americans-and-coronavirus-vaccines/

Interesting..looks like Catholics are.more highly vaccinated than the national average.

Frankly, most of the people I know that are unvaccinated are liberal Hispanics and blacks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Father daughter dances are creepy.

Agree- so outdated and sexist. Why no mother-son dances then if not sexist? More people have a mom than a dad. I went to Catholic Schools for 12 years and am 65. I thought these dances were weird over a half century ago.

HTS has a mother son dance.

[Anonymous]

There is so little additional risk here. This outing includes members of the HTS bubble. The kids are all in class together unmasked, the adults are in their immediate family, there is little additional exposure here and it’s in a huge ceiling room.

Granted you are mixing grades which does not happen much during school day, but lots of siblings in school (it’s catholic) so kinda moot.

If we were still competing and masking etc etc yes it would represent a much larger risk. But we aren’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is so little additional risk here. This outing includes members of the HTS bubble. The kids are all in class together unmasked, the adults are in their immediate family, there is little additional exposure here and it’s in a huge ceiling room.

Granted you are mixing grades which does not happen much during school day, but lots of siblings in school (it’s catholic) so kinda moot.

If we were still competing and masking etc etc yes it would represent a much larger risk. But we aren’t.

No school is its own bubble. People have friends, activities and interests outside of the school community - at least I hope they do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is so little additional risk here. This outing includes members of the HTS bubble. The kids are all in class together unmasked, the adults are in their immediate family, there is little additional exposure here and it’s in a huge ceiling room.

Granted you are mixing grades which does not happen much during school day, but lots of siblings in school (it’s catholic) so kinda moot.

If we were still competing and masking etc etc yes it would represent a much larger risk. But we aren’t.

No school is its own bubble. People have friends, activities and interests outside of the school community - at least I hope they do.

Sure but for any given week that represents the bulk of their exposure

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is so little additional risk here. This outing includes members of the HTS bubble. The kids are all in class together unmasked, the adults are in their immediate family, there is little additional exposure here and it’s in a huge ceiling room.

Granted you are mixing grades which does not happen much during school day, but lots of siblings in school (it’s catholic) so kinda moot.

If we were still competing and masking etc etc yes it would represent a much larger risk. But we aren’t.

No school is its own bubble. People have friends, activities and interests outside of the school community - at least I hope they do.

Sure but for any given week that represents the bulk of their exposure

So the parents from this school community do f have contact with any of the triple during the week? Do you really not know how exponential spread works? People like you are why we are still in this mess! An unmasked indoor school event is not low risk, it’s a known superspreader.

[Anonymous]

*of the triple = other people

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is so little additional risk here. This outing includes members of the HTS bubble. The kids are all in class together unmasked, the adults are in their immediate family, there is little additional exposure here and it’s in a huge ceiling room.

Granted you are mixing grades which does not happen much during school day, but lots of siblings in school (it’s catholic) so kinda moot.

If we were still competing and masking etc etc yes it would represent a much larger risk. But we aren’t.

No school is its own bubble. People have friends, activities and interests outside of the school community - at least I hope they do.

Sure but for any given week that represents the bulk of their exposure

So the parents from this school community do f have contact with any of the triple during the week? Do you really not know how exponential spread works? People like you are why we are still in this mess! An unmasked indoor school event is not low risk, it’s a known superspreader.

It’s small beer compared to bars bringing together people who would have no contact with each other. Get real.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Father daughter dances are creepy.

not creepy imo but they do exclude those who don’t have a Dad. Why couldn’t it just be a dance for everyone?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Holy Trinity held a father-daughter dance on Friday, and it was all inside due to the weather. Already got word of the first Covid case. Seems like this will be standard for most spring dances during these times.

Not saying it was or wasn't a good idea, but there's no way someone caught Covid on Friday night and managed to show symptoms, get tested, and show up positive by this morning.

The point is that someone with Covid was there jammed in an indoor space with most of the school in attendance. Unvaccinated kids that were there have to miss school and everyone else will need to monitor for symptoms, test, and potentially miss school. The fallout is unknown at this point but it could easily spread causing significant disruption - like Little Flower.

What did people think was going to happen? The auction at our school became a mini super-spreader event, and people were talking about it, and all I could think was, "Duh." Like, cases are on the rise, omicron is super transmissible, and if you spend hours in a room with a bunch of people not wearing masks (especially if not everyone is vaccinated, and day-of rapid tests are required for entry), the odds are good that someone there is infected and infectious and they're going to spread it. Freaking out about every event is stupid, because it's all 100 percent foreseeable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Father daughter dances are creepy.

not creepy imo but they do exclude those who don’t have a Dad. Why couldn’t it just be a dance for everyone?

Our school has "Grandparents Day." It is a day where the invite grandparents to have a brunch with their grandchildren and is basically a fundraiser. My daughter doesn't have any grandparents, so she stays home. Simple and we are not upset in the least.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is so little additional risk here. This outing includes members of the HTS bubble. The kids are all in class together unmasked, the adults are in their immediate family, there is little additional exposure here and it’s in a huge ceiling room.

Granted you are mixing grades which does not happen much during school day, but lots of siblings in school (it’s catholic) so kinda moot.

If we were still competing and masking etc etc yes it would represent a much larger risk. But we aren’t.

No school is its own bubble. People have friends, activities and interests outside of the school community - at least I hope they do.

Right? There's no bubble! People are seeing family and friends outside of school, people are going to work, and travelling, and whatever else they are doing, and lots of people are doing these things unmasked, with other unmasked people. Pretending your school is a bubble because the kids see each other every day is silly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is so little additional risk here. This outing includes members of the HTS bubble. The kids are all in class together unmasked, the adults are in their immediate family, there is little additional exposure here and it’s in a huge ceiling room.

Granted you are mixing grades which does not happen much during school day, but lots of siblings in school (it’s catholic) so kinda moot.

If we were still competing and masking etc etc yes it would represent a much larger risk. But we aren’t.

No school is its own bubble. People have friends, activities and interests outside of the school community - at least I hope they do.

Right? There's no bubble! People are seeing family and friends outside of school, people are going to work, and travelling, and whatever else they are doing, and lots of people are doing these things unmasked, with other unmasked people. Pretending your school is a bubble because the kids see each other every day is silly.

I know! These defenders are naive + obstinate. Life will go on w/o the silly/sexist dance.