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

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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.

I just dropped my DC for their first day at a new preschool and we were the only weirdos not masking. I knew masking was not required, only "recommended" but didn't realize how many would follow the recommendation.

Please tell me you’re joking! Parents are still having preschoolers wear a mask in DC?!?

PP here- MoCo.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I just dropped my DC for their first day at a new preschool and we were the only weirdos not masking. I knew masking was not required, only "recommended" but didn't realize how many would follow the recommendation.

Please tell me you’re joking! Parents are still having preschoolers wear a mask in DC?!?

PP here- MoCo.

DP- I believe it, there are waaay more masks at my DD's daycare than my DS' MCPS elementary school. Now, to my knowledge there are still a lot of kids who haven't received their third Pfizer dose but not sure that will move the needle.

[Anonymous]

It's truly bizarre here in the DC area. We just finished up a week visiting family in Connecticut and very few people were wearing a mask indoors, and I didn't see a single person wearing one outdoors. COVID has truly broken some people's brains in this area and it's quite sad to see how anxiety-ridden many once reasonable people have become.

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Anonymous wrote:It's truly bizarre here in the DC area. We just finished up a week visiting family in Connecticut and very few people were wearing a mask indoors, and I didn't see a single person wearing one outdoors. COVID has truly broken some people's brains in this area and it's quite sad to see how anxiety-ridden many once reasonable people have become.

You understand mcps schools are very large and Covid can spread very quickly. Then those kids bring it into the community and home and the spread is greater.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's truly bizarre here in the DC area. We just finished up a week visiting family in Connecticut and very few people were wearing a mask indoors, and I didn't see a single person wearing one outdoors. COVID has truly broken some people's brains in this area and it's quite sad to see how anxiety-ridden many once reasonable people have become.

You understand mcps schools are very large and Covid can spread very quickly. Then those kids bring it into the community and home and the spread is greater.

You understand that MCPS is not unlike districts across the country? This is the new normal, and most other parts of the country have already whole-heartedly embraced it.

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Anonymous wrote:It's truly bizarre here in the DC area. We just finished up a week visiting family in Connecticut and very few people were wearing a mask indoors, and I didn't see a single person wearing one outdoors. COVID has truly broken some people's brains in this area and it's quite sad to see how anxiety-ridden many once reasonable people have become.

You understand mcps schools are very large and Covid can spread very quickly. Then those kids bring it into the community and home and the spread is greater.

And no other school districts in the country are similar?? Give me a break.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's truly bizarre here in the DC area. We just finished up a week visiting family in Connecticut and very few people were wearing a mask indoors, and I didn't see a single person wearing one outdoors. COVID has truly broken some people's brains in this area and it's quite sad to see how anxiety-ridden many once reasonable people have become.

You understand mcps schools are very large and Covid can spread very quickly. Then those kids bring it into the community and home and the spread is greater.

Exhibit A for how COVID has broken some people.

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Yes. 10th grade.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's truly bizarre here in the DC area. We just finished up a week visiting family in Connecticut and very few people were wearing a mask indoors, and I didn't see a single person wearing one outdoors. COVID has truly broken some people's brains in this area and it's quite sad to see how anxiety-ridden many once reasonable people have become.

You understand mcps schools are very large and Covid can spread very quickly. Then those kids bring it into the community and home and the spread is greater.

Exhibit A for how COVID has broken some people.

DP. Some people still think masking is worth trying to avoid becoming infected, at least for as long as possible. Reasons include: they don't think masking is a big deal; they don't want the disruption of isolation if they test positive, especially if COVID runs through the family; they have vulnerable family members at home or regularly are in contact with vulnerable people; they have past negative experiences with medical professionals that make them want to minimize the risk of long COVID; or they would lose wages or jeopardize their work situation if they are out one or more times due to testing positive. Community spread is still high under the old measure, so while thankfully, there is less serious disease, there's still a considerable risk of becoming infected. Those who don't mask accept these risks and are in the majority. But others feel that masking indoors helps life to continue without COVID disruptions.

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Okay so what’s everyone’s plan for lunch?? We no longer have outdoor lunch, do you think I can ask to pull my kid for lunch? Worried with how contagious these new variants are it won’t matter if she masks all day when has to take off to eat. Just a new ballgame since even the spring. I guess it’s easier for the teachers because they can find ways to eat alone.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's truly bizarre here in the DC area. We just finished up a week visiting family in Connecticut and very few people were wearing a mask indoors, and I didn't see a single person wearing one outdoors. COVID has truly broken some people's brains in this area and it's quite sad to see how anxiety-ridden many once reasonable people have become.

You understand mcps schools are very large and Covid can spread very quickly. Then those kids bring it into the community and home and the spread is greater.

Exhibit A for how COVID has broken some people.

DP. Some people still think masking is worth trying to avoid becoming infected, at least for as long as possible. Reasons include: they don't think masking is a big deal; they don't want the disruption of isolation if they test positive, especially if COVID runs through the family; they have vulnerable family members at home or regularly are in contact with vulnerable people; they have past negative experiences with medical professionals that make them want to minimize the risk of long COVID; or they would lose wages or jeopardize their work situation if they are out one or more times due to testing positive. Community spread is still high under the old measure, so while thankfully, there is less serious disease, there's still a considerable risk of becoming infected. Those who don't mask accept these risks and are in the majority. But others feel that masking indoors helps life to continue without COVID disruptions.

DP PP was responding to someone who insists the conditions in MCPS schools are so different from everywhere else and that is why everyone needs to mask

Regarding your post, yes, we get it, everyone was masking for a very long time and the reasons you describe were impressed upon us ad nauseum. The problem is that this often came with a complete rejection of anyone who suggested there may be good reasons not to mask.we're told we just don't want to be "inconvenienced" and that we are selfish. Doesn't matter what our reasons are, levels of community spread, effectiveness and consequences of masking in specific age groups etc. So yeah when you are that dismissive of people's concerns they start to tune you out.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay so what’s everyone’s plan for lunch?? We no longer have outdoor lunch, do you think I can ask to pull my kid for lunch? Worried with how contagious these new variants are it won’t matter if she masks all day when has to take off to eat. Just a new ballgame since even the spring. I guess it’s easier for the teachers because they can find ways to eat alone.

To what end? Covid is unlikely to get *less* contagious over time. And even with short lunch periods that is likely to be time consuming activity. Would your employer really be OK with you bailing in the middle of the day for more than an hour?

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Anonymous wrote:It's truly bizarre here in the DC area. We just finished up a week visiting family in Connecticut and very few people were wearing a mask indoors, and I didn't see a single person wearing one outdoors. COVID has truly broken some people's brains in this area and it's quite sad to see how anxiety-ridden many once reasonable people have become.

Since 1 in 8 people who get covid end up with long-haul side effects which are often life-altering, I would call it a reasonable concern.

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Anonymous wrote:It's truly bizarre here in the DC area. We just finished up a week visiting family in Connecticut and very few people were wearing a mask indoors, and I didn't see a single person wearing one outdoors. COVID has truly broken some people's brains in this area and it's quite sad to see how anxiety-ridden many once reasonable people have become.

Since 1 in 8 people who get covid end up with long-haul side effects which are often life-altering, I would call it a reasonable concern.

I have two friends who got long COVID and for neither of them has it been "life altering". Mainly, it affected their ability to exercise for a while. They eventually got better. It absolutely totally sucked, but it's not the type of thing I would be willing to cover my nose and mouth forever in order to avoid. So the real question is, how often is long COVID causing disability? I see people reporting their issues on Twitter and they sound absolutely awful, but it's pretty clear my Twitter feed is not especially representative of the population as a whole, most of which has had COVID at least once.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's truly bizarre here in the DC area. We just finished up a week visiting family in Connecticut and very few people were wearing a mask indoors, and I didn't see a single person wearing one outdoors. COVID has truly broken some people's brains in this area and it's quite sad to see how anxiety-ridden many once reasonable people have become.

Since 1 in 8 people who get covid end up with long-haul side effects which are often life-altering, I would call it a reasonable concern.

lol! You just proved PP’s point.

My guess as to why this area is so covid cautious is because a lot of people don’t have many friends. If you actually have friends and a social life you’d know that there is no way 1 in 8 people have “life altering” side effects from COVID. I know hundreds of people who have had covid and no one has ever mentioned long covid to me. It doesn’t mean no one has it, but it doesn’t seem to be a huge problem. It’s why the media stopped the fearmongering stories on it.