When should DC drop its school mask mandate?

[Anonymous]

You do not need to see the teacher’s mouth to learn to pronounce things! Blind people speak just like everyone else.
There’s many reasons to get rid of masks, but this one is not one of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sooo much misinformation being spread on this thread. As usual.

Can you elaborate?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To all of the mask moms out there:

Turn on the State of the Union and tell me again how my son in K, with 1 in 1,000,000 risk from COVID, has to go to his charter school tomorrow and play at recess with a mask on for a seventh month. And wear a mask for 7 hours indoors while attempting to socialize and learn a foreign language. Because it makes YOU feel comfortable to ignore the CDC. While you work from home (probably).

This is an awful comparison. I’m a teacher indifferent towards the mandate but every single person In that room got tested today prior to the SOTU. If schools are willing to test students daily, I imagine a lot of parents (so rude and mysoginsistic to call these ppl “mask moms”) would be more amenable to removing masks in school.
No dog in the fight, I’ll literally do as I’m told at this point, but had to call out this combo of rudeness and misinformation

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To all of the mask moms out there:

Turn on the State of the Union and tell me again how my son in K, with 1 in 1,000,000 risk from COVID, has to go to his charter school tomorrow and play at recess with a mask on for a seventh month. And wear a mask for 7 hours indoors while attempting to socialize and learn a foreign language. Because it makes YOU feel comfortable to ignore the CDC. While you work from home (probably).

This is an awful comparison. I’m a teacher indifferent towards the mandate but every single person In that room got tested today prior to the SOTU. If schools are willing to test students daily, I imagine a lot of parents (so rude and mysoginsistic to call these ppl “mask moms”) would be more amenable to removing masks in school.
No dog in the fight, I’ll literally do as I’m told at this point, but had to call out this combo of rudeness and misinformation

The comparison seems pretty on point to me. My DS’s school tests by pcr twice weekly plus a rapid at the beginning of the week. Children are at vastly lower risk that the people in that room (avg age 65), including the entire American government. And the serial tests done in schools are actually a lot more accurate than the one off tests done right before the event last night. Overall the transmission and disease risk at the speech last was orders of magnitude higher than in a classroom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To all of the mask moms out there:

Turn on the State of the Union and tell me again how my son in K, with 1 in 1,000,000 risk from COVID, has to go to his charter school tomorrow and play at recess with a mask on for a seventh month. And wear a mask for 7 hours indoors while attempting to socialize and learn a foreign language. Because it makes YOU feel comfortable to ignore the CDC. While you work from home (probably).

This is an awful comparison. I’m a teacher indifferent towards the mandate but every single person In that room got tested today prior to the SOTU. If schools are willing to test students daily, I imagine a lot of parents (so rude and mysoginsistic to call these ppl “mask moms”) would be more amenable to removing masks in school.
No dog in the fight, I’ll literally do as I’m told at this point, but had to call out this combo of rudeness and misinformation

The comparison seems pretty on point to me. My DS’s school tests by pcr twice weekly plus a rapid at the beginning of the week. Children are at vastly lower risk that the people in that room (avg age 65), including the entire American government. And the serial tests done in schools are actually a lot more accurate than the one off tests done right before the event last night. Overall the transmission and disease risk at the speech last was orders of magnitude higher than in a classroom.

Your child doesn’t go to a DC public school, so no, it’s not accurate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To all of the mask moms out there:

Turn on the State of the Union and tell me again how my son in K, with 1 in 1,000,000 risk from COVID, has to go to his charter school tomorrow and play at recess with a mask on for a seventh month. And wear a mask for 7 hours indoors while attempting to socialize and learn a foreign language. Because it makes YOU feel comfortable to ignore the CDC. While you work from home (probably).

This is an awful comparison. I’m a teacher indifferent towards the mandate but every single person In that room got tested today prior to the SOTU. If schools are willing to test students daily, I imagine a lot of parents (so rude and mysoginsistic to call these ppl “mask moms”) would be more amenable to removing masks in school.
No dog in the fight, I’ll literally do as I’m told at this point, but had to call out this combo of rudeness and misinformation

The comparison seems pretty on point to me. My DS’s school tests by pcr twice weekly plus a rapid at the beginning of the week. Children are at vastly lower risk that the people in that room (avg age 65), including the entire American government. And the serial tests done in schools are actually a lot more accurate than the one off tests done right before the event last night. Overall the transmission and disease risk at the speech last was orders of magnitude higher than in a classroom.

Your child doesn’t go to a DC public school, so no, it’s not accurate

DP. Mine does and this is absolutely accurate. But please, do enlighten us you Forever COVID nutcase.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To all of the mask moms out there:

Turn on the State of the Union and tell me again how my son in K, with 1 in 1,000,000 risk from COVID, has to go to his charter school tomorrow and play at recess with a mask on for a seventh month. And wear a mask for 7 hours indoors while attempting to socialize and learn a foreign language. Because it makes YOU feel comfortable to ignore the CDC. While you work from home (probably).

This is an awful comparison. I’m a teacher indifferent towards the mandate but every single person In that room got tested today prior to the SOTU. If schools are willing to test students daily, I imagine a lot of parents (so rude and mysoginsistic to call these ppl “mask moms”) would be more amenable to removing masks in school.
No dog in the fight, I’ll literally do as I’m told at this point, but had to call out this combo of rudeness and misinformation

Biden speaking at the SOTU (no mask required) while speaking about mask removal in schools was very telling.

Teachers are welcome to wear KN95 mask, face shield etc..., your personal comfort level is not "science" so individual "amenability to removing masks in schools" is irrelevant.

You said it all when you replied "I’ll "literally do as I’m told at this point". We need more teachers to speak up about removing masks and use their voice in support of the kids. Teachers had no problem speaking up about "virtual school".

[Anonymous]

What's the best way to share our views on the school mask policy with Mayor Bowser? Does anyone have the best contact information?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To all of the mask moms out there:

Turn on the State of the Union and tell me again how my son in K, with 1 in 1,000,000 risk from COVID, has to go to his charter school tomorrow and play at recess with a mask on for a seventh month. And wear a mask for 7 hours indoors while attempting to socialize and learn a foreign language. Because it makes YOU feel comfortable to ignore the CDC. While you work from home (probably).

This is an awful comparison. I’m a teacher indifferent towards the mandate but every single person In that room got tested today prior to the SOTU. If schools are willing to test students daily, I imagine a lot of parents (so rude and mysoginsistic to call these ppl “mask moms”) would be more amenable to removing masks in school.
No dog in the fight, I’ll literally do as I’m told at this point, but had to call out this combo of rudeness and misinformation

The comparison seems pretty on point to me. My DS’s school tests by pcr twice weekly plus a rapid at the beginning of the week. Children are at vastly lower risk that the people in that room (avg age 65), including the entire American government. And the serial tests done in schools are actually a lot more accurate than the one off tests done right before the event last night. Overall the transmission and disease risk at the speech last was orders of magnitude higher than in a classroom.

Your child doesn’t go to a DC public school, so no, it’s not accurate

My son goes to a DC public charter school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's the best way to share our views on the school mask policy with Mayor Bowser? Does anyone have the best contact information?

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To all of the mask moms out there:

Turn on the State of the Union and tell me again how my son in K, with 1 in 1,000,000 risk from COVID, has to go to his charter school tomorrow and play at recess with a mask on for a seventh month. And wear a mask for 7 hours indoors while attempting to socialize and learn a foreign language. Because it makes YOU feel comfortable to ignore the CDC. While you work from home (probably).

This is an awful comparison. I’m a teacher indifferent towards the mandate but every single person In that room got tested today prior to the SOTU. If schools are willing to test students daily, I imagine a lot of parents (so rude and mysoginsistic to call these ppl “mask moms”) would be more amenable to removing masks in school.
No dog in the fight, I’ll literally do as I’m told at this point, but had to call out this combo of rudeness and misinformation

The comparison seems pretty on point to me. My DS’s school tests by pcr twice weekly plus a rapid at the beginning of the week. Children are at vastly lower risk that the people in that room (avg age 65), including the entire American government. And the serial tests done in schools are actually a lot more accurate than the one off tests done right before the event last night. Overall the transmission and disease risk at the speech last was orders of magnitude higher than in a classroom.

Your child doesn’t go to a DC public school, so no, it’s not accurate

DP. Mine does and this is absolutely accurate. But please, do enlighten us you Forever COVID nutcase.

1. Already stated I'm in favor of removing mandates.
2. It is not accurate that DC Public Schools are administering multiple tests to 100% students multiple times per week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To all of the mask moms out there:

Turn on the State of the Union and tell me again how my son in K, with 1 in 1,000,000 risk from COVID, has to go to his charter school tomorrow and play at recess with a mask on for a seventh month. And wear a mask for 7 hours indoors while attempting to socialize and learn a foreign language. Because it makes YOU feel comfortable to ignore the CDC. While you work from home (probably).

This is an awful comparison. I’m a teacher indifferent towards the mandate but every single person In that room got tested today prior to the SOTU. If schools are willing to test students daily, I imagine a lot of parents (so rude and mysoginsistic to call these ppl “mask moms”) would be more amenable to removing masks in school.
No dog in the fight, I’ll literally do as I’m told at this point, but had to call out this combo of rudeness and misinformation

Biden speaking at the SOTU (no mask required) while speaking about mask removal in schools was very telling.

Teachers are welcome to wear KN95 mask, face shield etc..., your personal comfort level is not "science" so individual "amenability to removing masks in schools" is irrelevant.

You said it all when you replied "I’ll "literally do as I’m told at this point". We need more teachers to speak up about removing masks and use their voice in support of the kids. Teachers had no problem speaking up about "virtual school".

And you were all absolutely terrible to us. I'm not joining any coalition with you, even if I agree

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

And you were all absolutely terrible to us. I'm not joining any coalition with you, even if I agree

DP, but if if your own personal calculation is that you find masks irritating/not useful to yourself, you should absolutely speak up for yourself. That's not a request to do something for anyone else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

And you were all absolutely terrible to us. I'm not joining any coalition with you, even if I agree

DP, but if if your own personal calculation is that you find masks irritating/not useful to yourself, you should absolutely speak up for yourself. That's not a request to do something for anyone else.

She could also view it as advocacy for the kids, because that's what it's really about. Refusing to advocate for kids because you want to stick it to the parents is pretty petty. Then again, teachers thought that the school closures mainly hurt the parents, so maybe they think the same way about the masks.

[Anonymous]

PP here, I supported the teachers and still do. I did not support the endless zoom school.