DCPS: Required face masks for all students, staff, and visitors next year

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t even know why this is a thread. More and more cities across the country are requiring masks for school across the country.

I mean, CDC came out with one thing, and AAP came out with another, so I blame the fact that we've got conflicting sources of info from reputable bodies.

I'm fine with masking indoors as long as kids can be in school full-time with actual teachers in the same room as them.

Isn't there more of a delay by CDC to make delta-adapted recommendations rather than a conflict of opinions here?
Walensky has made some pretty strong statements about it, and Biden has said the CDC will update their recommendations. They just haven't yet.

[Anonymous]

By far the biggest risk factor to a child is living with an unvaccinated adult. Schools should focus resources on testing students that live with unvaccinated people rather than putting in place extensive travel bans and masking vaccinated teenagers. I’m sick of coddling adults who won’t get vaccinated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t even know why this is a thread. More and more cities across the country are requiring masks for school across the country.

I mean, CDC came out with one thing, and AAP came out with another, so I blame the fact that we've got conflicting sources of info from reputable bodies.

I'm fine with masking indoors as long as kids can be in school full-time with actual teachers in the same room as them.

Isn't there more of a delay by CDC to make delta-adapted recommendations rather than a conflict of opinions here?
Walensky has made some pretty strong statements about it, and Biden has said the CDC will update their recommendations. They just haven't yet.

Yeah, the bold is probably accurate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:By far the biggest risk factor to a child is living with an unvaccinated adult. Schools should focus resources on testing students that live with unvaccinated people rather than putting in place extensive travel bans and masking vaccinated teenagers. I’m sick of coddling adults who won’t get vaccinated.

Agree. The unvaccinated parents are a far greater risk than the covid-cautious traveler seeing vaccinated Nana in DE.

[Anonymous]

I would like to see required vaccinations for all parent of kids in DCPS. Of course I know I won’t, but that seems like it would increase safety a lot more than all of the other mitigation methods.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is not new. DCPS announced that info last month as well, that masks would be required for all.

And especially since AAP just made that same recommendation this week, for all to be wearing masks in schools, not sure why there's any surprises here.

+1

I expected that my kid would have to wear a mask. I see no reason to kick up a fuss about it.

outdoors? I expected indoors, but not outdoors.

Delta is transmissible from 15 feet away with an exposure time of under a minute. They need to be masking outside.

Please cite source.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The problem with DC is that we are not a state. Let's push for mandatory vaccinations for anyone over age 12 in schools - how long before some yahoo Congressman overrides this decision? In the name of freedom?

Rather than worrying about some hypothetical yahoo Congressman, you should probably focus on the DC Council, including some who are absolutely not helping.

[Anonymous]

Yay! I am a fully vaccinated teacher and I’m so excited that other people are making decisions for me! Because, you know- I can’t be trusted to make them for myself.
But wait- the unvaccinated teachers ARE being allowed to make their own decisions. Hmmmm

Also, I find it funny that last fall the cry was ‘kids don’t get Covid- open up! Now it’s ‘kids get Covid- mask up’

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yay! I am a fully vaccinated teacher and I’m so excited that other people are making decisions for me! Because, you know- I can’t be trusted to make them for myself.
But wait- the unvaccinated teachers ARE being allowed to make their own decisions. Hmmmm

Also, I find it funny that last fall the cry was ‘kids don’t get Covid- open up! Now it’s ‘kids get Covid- mask up’

I mean, the common thread here is that WTU interferes with accurate risk assessment. It would have been safe to reopen earlier, teachers should be required to vaccinate, vaccinated people should be able to drop masks, and kids shouldn’t have to mask outside.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yay! I am a fully vaccinated teacher and I’m so excited that other people are making decisions for me! Because, you know- I can’t be trusted to make them for myself.
But wait- the unvaccinated teachers ARE being allowed to make their own decisions. Hmmmm

Also, I find it funny that last fall the cry was ‘kids don’t get Covid- open up! Now it’s ‘kids get Covid- mask up’

What are you even responding to? Are you just seeking attention with bad arguments?

[Anonymous]

I support masking everyone in a DCPS building.

The positives far outweigh the negatives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I support masking everyone in a DCPS building.

The positives far outweigh the negatives.

Mandating masks for everyone is necessary, but not sufficient, for the positive (covid test)s to not risk outweighing the negative (covid test)s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:By far the biggest risk factor to a child is living with an unvaccinated adult. Schools should focus resources on testing students that live with unvaccinated people rather than putting in place extensive travel bans and masking vaccinated teenagers. I’m sick of coddling adults who won’t get vaccinated.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:By far the biggest risk factor to a child is living with an unvaccinated adult. Schools should focus resources on testing students that live with unvaccinated people rather than putting in place extensive travel bans and masking vaccinated teenagers. I’m sick of coddling adults who won’t get vaccinated.

+1

I don’t disagree but you have to be realistic. Unvaxxed people are the last ones who will allow identification and testing of their children in these circumstances. Vaxxed people would bring it on.

So, given the actual situation on the ground, what can the schools do?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:By far the biggest risk factor to a child is living with an unvaccinated adult. Schools should focus resources on testing students that live with unvaccinated people rather than putting in place extensive travel bans and masking vaccinated teenagers. I’m sick of coddling adults who won’t get vaccinated.

+1

I don’t disagree but you have to be realistic. Unvaxxed people are the last ones who will allow identification and testing of their children in these circumstances. Vaxxed people would bring it on.

So, given the actual situation on the ground, what can the schools do?

I'm fine with masking. Open windows where you can. I think that's kind of all you can do (given the realm of possible) that would actually be effective at mitigating spread. Who knows if random asymptomatic testing does more harm than good, or if it is even useful in the context of low spread.

I hope that DC will decide on a mandate to vaccinate teachers/staff (like NYC).