Will your child wear a mask when they go back to school?

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Anonymous wrote:There are no mandates, no future masking, no future testing, no nothing. So, stop complaining already and plan for some sick days.

No one said there was any of that.

It’s still nice to hear a poster describing normal life and victory, though.

Its pretty sad you think its a victory and normal life is having covid a few times a year. Its sad that you don't care about anyone, including your kids.

I never cease to be surprised at how many selfish wretches there are.

They will be the first to post here complaining when covid runs through their school and the kids are in the auditorium, gym or cafeteria for classes as they don't have staff.

Schools have been open in other parts of the country without stories of disaster. So when are you predicting Armageddon in MCPS exactly? What week?

No testing, no covid. There is no discussion of covid so we wouldn't know anymore.

Took a while to get to this policy, but we’re fortunately there now.

Its not fortunate and sad people like you don't care and are too selfish to understand what it means to live in a community and shared responsibility. No wonder our kids have so many mental health and other issues with people like you setting bad examples and not teaching them.

Masks are there if you want them. I don’t object to you wearing one. Beyond that, case counts are irrelevant.

It takes multiple layers of mitigation, not just a few people masking. But, clearly you cannot see anything beyond your own wants.

It doesn’t take that many. Vaccines+paxlovid+monoclonal antibodies+improved treatment protocols are very effective at preventing serious illness and don’t involve restrictions on behavior.

It's too bad there's no treatment for the nasty long-haul issues that 1 in 8 people wind up with.

You mean the same linger symptoms that people get after the flu? Yes, they’re annoying, but not “nasty.”

Don’t you realize that we all personally know people who have long covid and yet we never knew anyone in the last with…what?….long flu??? Why isn’t there even a common term for it if that were actually a fair comparison?

There is: lingering symptoms from a viral illness. And yes, everyone knows someone who has had lingering symptoms from an illness.

I don’t know anyone with lingering cognitive issues after the flu, but I know several with severe brain fog several months after Covid. As well as loss of taste for over 6 months. Covid is a known neurotoxin

So not just anecdotes, but anecdotes involving self-reported, subjective characteristics in uncontrolled groups. How valuable do you think that is as data?

The person I was responding to cited their own anecdotes, so I responded in kind. Repeating myself here: Covid is a known neurotoxin. The flu isn’t.

https://www.news-medical.net/amp/news/20220623/Mild-COVID-causes-increase-in-neurotoxic-metabolites.aspx

“Currently, there is a lack of understanding of the factors that drive the neuropsychiatric symptoms present during acute and long-term COVID-19. Studies have shown a correlation between the kynurenine pathway metabolites, such as quinolinic acid (QUIN) and 3-hydroxykynurenine (3-HK), and COVID-19 severity. Therefore, they could potentially serve as biomarkers of neuropsychiatric long COVID symptoms.”

Please note, if you don’t like study I posted, google your own. There are many out there, and I’m sure you’ll have a complaint about anything I post.

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Anonymous wrote:There are no mandates, no future masking, no future testing, no nothing. So, stop complaining already and plan for some sick days.

No one said there was any of that.

It’s still nice to hear a poster describing normal life and victory, though.

Its pretty sad you think its a victory and normal life is having covid a few times a year. Its sad that you don't care about anyone, including your kids.

I never cease to be surprised at how many selfish wretches there are.

They will be the first to post here complaining when covid runs through their school and the kids are in the auditorium, gym or cafeteria for classes as they don't have staff.

Schools have been open in other parts of the country without stories of disaster. So when are you predicting Armageddon in MCPS exactly? What week?

No testing, no covid. There is no discussion of covid so we wouldn't know anymore.

Took a while to get to this policy, but we’re fortunately there now.

Its not fortunate and sad people like you don't care and are too selfish to understand what it means to live in a community and shared responsibility. No wonder our kids have so many mental health and other issues with people like you setting bad examples and not teaching them.

Masks are there if you want them. I don’t object to you wearing one. Beyond that, case counts are irrelevant.

It takes multiple layers of mitigation, not just a few people masking. But, clearly you cannot see anything beyond your own wants.

It doesn’t take that many. Vaccines+paxlovid+monoclonal antibodies+improved treatment protocols are very effective at preventing serious illness and don’t involve restrictions on behavior.

It's too bad there's no treatment for the nasty long-haul issues that 1 in 8 people wind up with.

You mean the same linger symptoms that people get after the flu? Yes, they’re annoying, but not “nasty.”

Don’t you realize that we all personally know people who have long covid and yet we never knew anyone in the last with…what?….long flu??? Why isn’t there even a common term for it if that were actually a fair comparison?

There is: lingering symptoms from a viral illness. And yes, everyone knows someone who has had lingering symptoms from an illness.

I don’t know anyone with lingering cognitive issues after the flu, but I know several with severe brain fog several months after Covid. As well as loss of taste for over 6 months. Covid is a known neurotoxin

So not just anecdotes, but anecdotes involving self-reported, subjective characteristics in uncontrolled groups. How valuable do you think that is as data?

The person I was responding to cited their own anecdotes, so I responded in kind. Repeating myself here: Covid is a known neurotoxin. The flu isn’t.

https://www.news-medical.net/amp/news/20220623/Mild-COVID-causes-increase-in-neurotoxic-metabolites.aspx

“Currently, there is a lack of understanding of the factors that drive the neuropsychiatric symptoms present during acute and long-term COVID-19. Studies have shown a correlation between the kynurenine pathway metabolites, such as quinolinic acid (QUIN) and 3-hydroxykynurenine (3-HK), and COVID-19 severity. Therefore, they could potentially serve as biomarkers of neuropsychiatric long COVID symptoms.”

Please note, if you don’t like study I posted, google your own. There are many out there, and I’m sure you’ll have a complaint about anything I post.

Are you under the impression that link says SARS-CoV-2 is a neurotoxin? Because it doesn't and it isn't.

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Anonymous wrote:I just got back from a few days and southern New England. Not exactly Trump country. I could have counted the number of people wearing masks on one hand. I mentioned to some people while up there that people in the DC area are still advocating for kids wearing masks in school, and they looked at me like I had 3 heads.

Similar experience visiting New England. This area is truly special and really seems determined to “win” at mask wearing. Type A, competitive, anxious personalities shine through here.

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Where are you seeing a lot of masking wearing the DC area? When I'm out and about I barely see any.

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Anonymous wrote:Where are you seeing a lot of masking wearing the DC area? When I'm out and about I barely see any.

Always in the grocery store. Spotty masking walking outside. Schools.

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I spent a significant amount of time in deep blue areas of the country this summer - Northern California and New England - and never once wore a mask or saw a sign saying masks were required or recommended.

But now back in MoCo, masks are everywhere. Most people at the grocery store are masked. Masks are required at all my doctors offices and many businesses I frequent. It’s a bit nuts.

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Anonymous wrote:I spent a significant amount of time in deep blue areas of the country this summer - Northern California and New England - and never once wore a mask or saw a sign saying masks were required or recommended.

But now back in MoCo, masks are everywhere. Most people at the grocery store are masked. Masks are required at all my doctors offices and many businesses I frequent. It’s a bit nuts.

My family went shopping at the Rio on Saturday. It was bustling at 10am. No one wore a mask outdoors and my family (with 2 members still experiencing symptoms after having covid in April) were the only ones wearing masks indoors. I saw one other person (out of approx 100) wearing a mask.

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I think people get the idea that there is more masking locally than there actually is because they don't get out much and/or spend too much time here. Masking has become the exception.

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Anonymous wrote:I spent a significant amount of time in deep blue areas of the country this summer - Northern California and New England - and never once wore a mask or saw a sign saying masks were required or recommended.

But now back in MoCo, masks are everywhere. Most people at the grocery store are masked. Masks are required at all my doctors offices and many businesses I frequent. It’s a bit nuts.

My family went shopping at the Rio on Saturday. It was bustling at 10am. No one wore a mask outdoors and my family (with 2 members still experiencing symptoms after having covid in April) were the only ones wearing masks indoors. I saw one other person (out of approx 100) wearing a mask.

Indoor masking at the Rio is in the clear minority, too.

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Anonymous wrote:I think people get the idea that there is more masking locally than there actually is because they don't get out much and/or spend too much time here. Masking has become the exception.

Where I live in Montgomery County, the anti-maskers are the rare exception. People shun them. Even in the grocery store I saw one person and others wouldn't even enter the aisle they were in.

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Anonymous wrote:I spent a significant amount of time in deep blue areas of the country this summer - Northern California and New England - and never once wore a mask or saw a sign saying masks were required or recommended.

But now back in MoCo, masks are everywhere. Most people at the grocery store are masked. Masks are required at all my doctors offices and many businesses I frequent. It’s a bit nuts.

That's very odd since I was in SF last week, and almost every place I went everyone wore a mask. Sounds like you're seeing what you want to see...

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Anonymous wrote:I think people get the idea that there is more masking locally than there actually is because they don't get out much and/or spend too much time here. Masking has become the exception.

Where I live in Montgomery County, the anti-maskers are the rare exception. People shun them. Even in the grocery store I saw one person and others wouldn't even enter the aisle they were in.

I'm assuming this is a troll post but, if not, what neighborhood specifically? This will be easy to validate one way or the other.

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None of this matters. Mcps is not marking or having precautions. Don’t complain when your kids bring home Covid.

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Anonymous wrote:Where are you seeing a lot of masking wearing the DC area? When I'm out and about I barely see any.

I live in NE DC and regularly see people wearing masks OUTSIDE even. It's like I'm in a time warp back to 2020.