With all the positive cases at MCPS, can you simply elect to do zoom?

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Anonymous wrote:What positive cases? Our school has about 3. My kids ain’t staying home for that!

3 since when? Our school had been averaging a positive case every 1-2 weeks but the last couple weeks there have been more, last week I think there were 3 alone. Not remotely enough o shut anything down, I agree, but boy am I counting down the days until DD is considered fully vaccinated.

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Anonymous wrote:What positive cases? Our school has about 3. My kids ain’t staying home for that!

Same! Our school has had 3 cases since school opened in September.

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Anonymous wrote:Why OP? Not vaccinated? Otherwise, what does it matter?

Many of the recent outbreaks are "breakthrough cases."

Answer me this: are they mild? Then I don’t care

The only way that "mild" cases can pose a problem is if the variant is so transmissible and therefore spreads so much that it ends up sending a large portion of vulnerable people (partially vaccinated, those with waning immunity, the elderly, the medically fragile, etc) into hospitals, and the hospitals get overwhelmed. So mild Covid in children or healthy, recently-boostered adults, doesn't really tell you much, because it doesn't give you an accurate picture of what the same variant could do if a whole lot of vulnerable people had it within a short period of time and all went to the hospital, also within a short period of time.

This is the concern with Omicron. The UK has come out with a predictive study that lists a range of potential Omicron outcomes, none of which are good, but the worse one is hospitals getting overwhelmed and lockdowns put in place, because despite a robust vaccination system, this variant is way more transmissible than Delta: it doubles cases once every 2.4 days.

You know what? I’m 100% over the adults that can’t be bothered to get vaccinated. Done. And the

LTC facilities and medically vulnerable need to step up the precautions to protect themselves

[b]. Given the high vaccination rate in this area, I think the chances of hospitals being overrun is small, so I don’t think we should be taking drastic measures with kids to prevent Covid at all costs.

Wow, insensitive much? As if they haven't being doing so.

I wonder if HCWs agree with you on not needing to step it up to prevent Covid. Not looking great at the moment...

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Anonymous wrote:Why OP? Not vaccinated? Otherwise, what does it matter?

Many of the recent outbreaks are "breakthrough cases."

Answer me this: are they mild? Then I don’t care

The only way that "mild" cases can pose a problem is if the variant is so transmissible and therefore spreads so much that it ends up sending a large portion of vulnerable people (partially vaccinated, those with waning immunity, the elderly, the medically fragile, etc) into hospitals, and the hospitals get overwhelmed. So mild Covid in children or healthy, recently-boostered adults, doesn't really tell you much, because it doesn't give you an accurate picture of what the same variant could do if a whole lot of vulnerable people had it within a short period of time and all went to the hospital, also within a short period of time.

This is the concern with Omicron. The UK has come out with a predictive study that lists a range of potential Omicron outcomes, none of which are good, but the worse one is hospitals getting overwhelmed and lockdowns put in place, because despite a robust vaccination system, this variant is way more transmissible than Delta: it doubles cases once every 2.4 days.

You know what? I’m 100% over the adults that can’t be bothered to get vaccinated. Done. And the LTC facilities and medically vulnerable need to step up the precautions to protect themselves. Given the high vaccination rate in this area, I think the chances of hospitals being overrun is small, so I don’t think we should be taking drastic measures with kids to prevent Covid at all costs.

Wow, insensitive much? As if they haven't being doing so.

I wonder if HCWs agree with you on not needing to step it up to prevent Covid. Not looking great at the moment...

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That x axis only goes back to March 26, 2021.

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Anonymous wrote:That x axis only goes back to March 26, 2021.

You say that like it's reassuring. Trend is obviously not headed in a good direction.

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Anonymous wrote:That x axis only goes back to March 26, 2021.

You say that like it's reassuring. Trend is obviously not headed in a good direction.

The trend is heading up. But it's still below March 2021, which was way below January 2021. Were the hospitals overwhelmed with covid patients in January 2021?

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Anonymous wrote:Why OP? Not vaccinated? Otherwise, what does it matter?

Many of the recent outbreaks are "breakthrough cases."

Answer me this: are they mild? Then I don’t care

The only way that "mild" cases can pose a problem is if the variant is so transmissible and therefore spreads so much that it ends up sending a large portion of vulnerable people (partially vaccinated, those with waning immunity, the elderly, the medically fragile, etc) into hospitals, and the hospitals get overwhelmed. So mild Covid in children or healthy, recently-boostered adults, doesn't really tell you much, because it doesn't give you an accurate picture of what the same variant could do if a whole lot of vulnerable people had it within a short period of time and all went to the hospital, also within a short period of time.

This is the concern with Omicron. The UK has come out with a predictive study that lists a range of potential Omicron outcomes, none of which are good, but the worse one is hospitals getting overwhelmed and lockdowns put in place, because despite a robust vaccination system, this variant is way more transmissible than Delta: it doubles cases once every 2.4 days.

You know what? I’m 100% over the adults that can’t be bothered to get vaccinated. Done. And the LTC facilities and medically vulnerable need to step up the precautions to protect themselves. Given the high vaccination rate in this area, I think the chances of hospitals being overrun is small, so I don’t think we should be taking drastic measures with kids to prevent Covid at all costs.

Wow, insensitive much? As if they haven't being doing so.

I wonder if HCWs agree with you on not needing to step it up to prevent Covid. Not looking great at the moment...

DP. If there needs to be more Covid preventive measures, fine, but schools should be the LAST thing to close. If you're antsy about YOUR kids in school, there are things you can do to mitigate that anxiety, like homeschool.

Nursing homes are in a much better place now because residents and staff are largely vaccinated, and many of them test regularly, but if they need to close to visitors again, so be it.

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Anonymous wrote:What positive cases? At our school, there have been very few—maybe 5 since school started and most of them weren’t kids…

Well, my kid goes to Magruder and this is the email (in part) that we got Friday:

A student who was last present at Magruder High School on December 7, 2021, tested positive for COVID-19 on December 9, 2021. We were notified on December 9, 2021, of the positive test.

A student who was last present at Magruder High School on December 6, 2021, tested positive for COVID-19 on December 9, 2021. We were notified on December 9, 2021, of the positive test.

A student who was last present at Magruder High School on December 6, 2021, tested positive for COVID-19 on December 9, 2021. We were notified on December 9, 2021, of the positive test.

A student who was last present at Magruder High School on December 8, 2021, tested positive for COVID-19 on December 9, 2021. We were notified on December 9, 2021, of the positive test.

A student who was last present at Magruder High School on December 9, 2021, tested positive for COVID-19 on December 9, 2021. We were notified on December 9, 2021, of the positive test.

A student who was last present at Magruder High School on December 8, 2021, tested positive for COVID-19 on December 10, 2021. We were notified on December 10, 2021, of the positive test.

One staff member who was last present at Magruder High School on December 9, 2021, tested positive for COVID-19 on December 10, 2021. We were notified on December 10, 2021, of the positive test.

My son was exposed to two of these kids and I got two email notifications about it. I mentioned upthread that my son is vaccinated. He is also signed up for that random testing at the schools. I wonder if Magruder will do this random testing tomorrow to follow up on whether this is an in-school transmission or more random?

Well if it matters to anyone, the school did test my son today.

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Anonymous wrote:Why OP? Not vaccinated? Otherwise, what does it matter?

no, but many of the under 16 kids have been vaccinated for more than 6 months now and are not eligible for a booster. They are now very much at risk for a break-thru infection. PP, I don't think there are many unvaccinated kids in the county, so why harp on that aspect of things?

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There are about 2000-3000 students whose parents decided this summer to place them in the Virtual Academy, OP. They were mocked and vilified.

Now the VA is full and has a waitlist, and I don't anticipate that in-person schools will switch to virtual unless or until Omicron provokes such hospital saturation that it force their hand.

Given the level of vaccination in this area, I do not believe the current Delta wave will trigger such a healthcare crisis locally. However, Omicron should be watched. The UK has announced that in just Omicron will become the major variant there in the space of less than a month! It anticipates hospital saturation. We must learn from them, since they're a few weeks ahead of us - and don't give me crap about how they're so different that we cannot compare. What happens to them will happen to us, just as it always has.

Now, this is a helpful and informed response to the original question. So many of you can learn from this instead of giving your immature and unhelpful comments. Thanks, PP.

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Anonymous wrote:Why OP? Not vaccinated? Otherwise, what does it matter?

Many of the recent outbreaks are "breakthrough cases."

And in a couple days, they’re breakthrough recoveries.

AMd how do you know this? Please give us the facts on where you get this conclusion.

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Anonymous wrote:Why OP? Not vaccinated? Otherwise, what does it matter?

Many of the recent outbreaks are "breakthrough cases."

And in a couple days, they’re breakthrough recoveries.

Ok, covid denier. You don't seem to get those cases, will spread within all the schools through siblings and our community. Thanks for doing your part to spread it through the schools.

You're welcome. My kids certainly enjoy being back in-person. I just took a look...Giant Foods is carrying both 2-ply and 3-ply Kleenex if you're interested.

What does this even mean? Why are you even on these boards???

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Anonymous wrote:Why OP? Not vaccinated? Otherwise, what does it matter?

Many of the recent outbreaks are "breakthrough cases."

Answer me this: are they mild? Then I don’t care

The only way that "mild" cases can pose a problem is if the variant is so transmissible and therefore spreads so much that it ends up sending a large portion of vulnerable people (partially vaccinated, those with waning immunity, the elderly, the medically fragile, etc) into hospitals, and the hospitals get overwhelmed. So mild Covid in children or healthy, recently-boostered adults, doesn't really tell you much, because it doesn't give you an accurate picture of what the same variant could do if a whole lot of vulnerable people had it within a short period of time and all went to the hospital, also within a short period of time.

This is the concern with Omicron. The UK has come out with a predictive study that lists a range of potential Omicron outcomes, none of which are good, but the worse one is hospitals getting overwhelmed and lockdowns put in place, because despite a robust vaccination system, this variant is way more transmissible than Delta: it doubles cases once every 2.4 days.

You know what? I’m 100% over the adults that can’t be bothered to get vaccinated. Done. And the LTC facilities and medically vulnerable need to step up the precautions to protect themselves. Given the high vaccination rate in this area, I think the chances of hospitals being overrun is small, so I don’t think we should be taking drastic measures with kids to prevent Covid at all costs.

Wow, insensitive much? As if they haven't being doing so.

I wonder if HCWs agree with you on not needing to step it up to prevent Covid. Not looking great at the moment...

DP. If there needs to be more Covid preventive measures, fine, but schools should be the LAST thing to close. If you're antsy about YOUR kids in school, there are things you can do to mitigate that anxiety, like homeschool.

Nursing homes are in a much better place now because residents and staff are largely vaccinated, and many of them test regularly, but if they need to close to visitors again, so be it.

Schools aren't going to close. Lets be real. And, we never had any real restrictions nor will probably have them again. They can do more like reopen outdoor dining as many restaurants shut theirs down and other things but the businesses screamed and the politicians care about elections and businesses.

Closing nursing homes is a bad idea as its ripe for abuse even with visitors so having families there at least gives another layer of protection.

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Anonymous wrote:Why OP? Not vaccinated? Otherwise, what does it matter?

Many of the recent outbreaks are "breakthrough cases."

And in a couple days, they’re breakthrough recoveries.

Ok, covid denier. You don't seem to get those cases, will spread within all the schools through siblings and our community. Thanks for doing your part to spread it through the schools.

Dude. We're all vaccinated now and 16 and up have been boostered. We aren't shutting the country down again.

We never shut down. Hence the spread.

This again? Go to China

Well, even China is still dealing with Covid. I agree the PP might be happier in a more restrictive country, but let’s be real. Lockdowns or no, the entire world is still dealing with the same nonsense, thanks to China.