Are more people opting into the APS testing?

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t trust Duran to make smart decisions with the data he collects. After only testing athletes, he determines that athletes are a threat. He’s a poor data scientist, and I’m not going to feed him data.

Testing athletes makes sense to me. Maybe there are some sports that don't have a lot of close contact, but I'm thinking of basketball and wrestling where kids are all up in each other's faces breathing heavily. Seems there would be a ton of spread in such situations unless there was testing.

Testing athletes is not a problem. ONLY testing athletes and then using those numbers to characterize athletes as a threat beyond the overall student positivity rate is a big problem.

Is that happening? I don't see that happening. All kids can be tested, right? If athlete testing rates are abnormally high, isn't that an argument for 1) regularly testing athletes, and 2) everyone else opting in to testing to see how the rest of the student population compares?

There is no data showing that athlete rates are any higher than the general population, but that didn’t stop Duran from saying it anyway because it fits his agenda.

That’s exactly what the available data showed and that’s why sports were shut down.

If you want more and better data then push for everyone to get tested.

No, it didn’t. Show me the positivity rate among all HS students in Arlington.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t trust Duran to make smart decisions with the data he collects. After only testing athletes, he determines that athletes are a threat. He’s a poor data scientist, and I’m not going to feed him data.

Testing athletes makes sense to me. Maybe there are some sports that don't have a lot of close contact, but I'm thinking of basketball and wrestling where kids are all up in each other's faces breathing heavily. Seems there would be a ton of spread in such situations unless there was testing.

You’d really be upset by the huge number of kids I know playing Futsal weeknights and every weekend throughout winter,,,,or hockey or indoor track.

Just give it up. Omicron is causing nothing. Everyone I know who had it the last few weeks had almost zero symptoms.

Mental health of kids and school is more important at this point.

My kids play futsal, hockey and basketball which is why we DO test with APS. The sports are a major positive aspect for their mental health.

You should take a look at Dr Silverman’s weekly update, he’s head of the ER in Arlington. You are incorrect in your categorization of Omicron being nothing. While you may believe that, it’s not reality. He does say it’s milder, but not nothing.

“ We’re certainly seeing a lot of COVID positive kids. We’ve transferred several critically ill kids to pediatric intensive care units (PICU) and this includes kids ranging from newborns to upwards of 12 years old, both vaccinated and unvaccinated (obviously those <5 are unvax). One of the more interesting things we’ve seen are the number of kids who have croup secondary to COVID. Croup is inflammation of the upper airway, typically caused by a virus, and usually results in a barking, seal like cough. We see it commonly in the ER and we typically can get kids improved and home in a matter of hours. However, we’ve had several really sick kids from croup who required a PICU bed. Please get your kids vaccinated and boosted if they qualify. It will make a difference.”

https://www.facebook.com/1551200652/posts/10227524937419665/?d=n

Croup is almost exclusively found in little kids - as in those too young to be vaccinated. You grow out of it because your airways become bigger.

So let’s protect the littles. Society used to care about protecting children, more so the younger they are. Under 5s can’t be cant be vaccinated yet.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t trust Duran to make smart decisions with the data he collects. After only testing athletes, he determines that athletes are a threat. He’s a poor data scientist, and I’m not going to feed him data.

Testing athletes makes sense to me. Maybe there are some sports that don't have a lot of close contact, but I'm thinking of basketball and wrestling where kids are all up in each other's faces breathing heavily. Seems there would be a ton of spread in such situations unless there was testing.

Testing athletes is not a problem. ONLY testing athletes and then using those numbers to characterize athletes as a threat beyond the overall student positivity rate is a big problem.

Is that happening? I don't see that happening. All kids can be tested, right? If athlete testing rates are abnormally high, isn't that an argument for 1) regularly testing athletes, and 2) everyone else opting in to testing to see how the rest of the student population compares?

There is no data showing that athlete rates are any higher than the general population, but that didn’t stop Duran from saying it anyway because it fits his agenda.

That’s exactly what the available data showed and that’s why sports were shut down.

If you want more and better data then push for everyone to get tested.

I thought sports all all extracurricular activities were paused for two weeks because they were.....extra. I don't disagree that sports are important for a lot of kids, but lets not pretend public schools exist to teach kids to play lacrosse. And its only a pause. For two weeks I think? You're free to keep up their rigorous training to ready them for college recruiting, just as I'm sure you've continued your child's training during winter break.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t trust Duran to make smart decisions with the data he collects. After only testing athletes, he determines that athletes are a threat. He’s a poor data scientist, and I’m not going to feed him data.

Testing athletes makes sense to me. Maybe there are some sports that don't have a lot of close contact, but I'm thinking of basketball and wrestling where kids are all up in each other's faces breathing heavily. Seems there would be a ton of spread in such situations unless there was testing.

Testing athletes is not a problem. ONLY testing athletes and then using those numbers to characterize athletes as a threat beyond the overall student positivity rate is a big problem.

Is that happening? I don't see that happening. All kids can be tested, right? If athlete testing rates are abnormally high, isn't that an argument for 1) regularly testing athletes, and 2) everyone else opting in to testing to see how the rest of the student population compares?

There is no data showing that athlete rates are any higher than the general population, but that didn’t stop Duran from saying it anyway because it fits his agenda.

That’s exactly what the available data showed and that’s why sports were shut down.

If you want more and better data then push for everyone to get tested.

I thought sports all all extracurricular activities were paused for two weeks because they were.....extra. I don't disagree that sports are important for a lot of kids, but lets not pretend public schools exist to teach kids to play lacrosse. And its only a pause. For two weeks I think? You're free to keep up their rigorous training to ready them for college recruiting, just as I'm sure you've continued your child's training during winter break.

The pause isn’t necessary. Arlington is the only system in VHSL doing this. Does Duran have data or risk that is somehow different from the rest of VHSL? Why is Arlington alone on an island? Does Duran somehow know something that hundreds of other VHSL members do not?

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t trust Duran to make smart decisions with the data he collects. After only testing athletes, he determines that athletes are a threat. He’s a poor data scientist, and I’m not going to feed him data.

Testing athletes makes sense to me. Maybe there are some sports that don't have a lot of close contact, but I'm thinking of basketball and wrestling where kids are all up in each other's faces breathing heavily. Seems there would be a ton of spread in such situations unless there was testing.

Testing athletes is not a problem. ONLY testing athletes and then using those numbers to characterize athletes as a threat beyond the overall student positivity rate is a big problem.

Is that happening? I don't see that happening. All kids can be tested, right? If athlete testing rates are abnormally high, isn't that an argument for 1) regularly testing athletes, and 2) everyone else opting in to testing to see how the rest of the student population compares?

There is no data showing that athlete rates are any higher than the general population, but that didn’t stop Duran from saying it anyway because it fits his agenda.

That’s exactly what the available data showed and that’s why sports were shut down.

If you want more and better data then push for everyone to get tested.

No, it didn’t. Show me the positivity rate among all HS students in Arlington.

You're making my point. The way to get that data is to test everyone. But you won't ever agree to that, you won't even opt in. So you're stuck trying to make stuff up.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t trust Duran to make smart decisions with the data he collects. After only testing athletes, he determines that athletes are a threat. He’s a poor data scientist, and I’m not going to feed him data.

Testing athletes makes sense to me. Maybe there are some sports that don't have a lot of close contact, but I'm thinking of basketball and wrestling where kids are all up in each other's faces breathing heavily. Seems there would be a ton of spread in such situations unless there was testing.

Testing athletes is not a problem. ONLY testing athletes and then using those numbers to characterize athletes as a threat beyond the overall student positivity rate is a big problem.

Is that happening? I don't see that happening. All kids can be tested, right? If athlete testing rates are abnormally high, isn't that an argument for 1) regularly testing athletes, and 2) everyone else opting in to testing to see how the rest of the student population compares?

There is no data showing that athlete rates are any higher than the general population, but that didn’t stop Duran from saying it anyway because it fits his agenda.

That’s exactly what the available data showed and that’s why sports were shut down.

If you want more and better data then push for everyone to get tested.

No, it didn’t. Show me the positivity rate among all HS students in Arlington.

You're making my point. The way to get that data is to test everyone. But you won't ever agree to that, you won't even opt in. So you're stuck trying to make stuff up.

Has Duran suggested mandatory testing for everyone? No. He’d rather just make stuff up.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t trust Duran to make smart decisions with the data he collects. After only testing athletes, he determines that athletes are a threat. He’s a poor data scientist, and I’m not going to feed him data.

Testing athletes makes sense to me. Maybe there are some sports that don't have a lot of close contact, but I'm thinking of basketball and wrestling where kids are all up in each other's faces breathing heavily. Seems there would be a ton of spread in such situations unless there was testing.

Testing athletes is not a problem. ONLY testing athletes and then using those numbers to characterize athletes as a threat beyond the overall student positivity rate is a big problem.

Is that happening? I don't see that happening. All kids can be tested, right? If athlete testing rates are abnormally high, isn't that an argument for 1) regularly testing athletes, and 2) everyone else opting in to testing to see how the rest of the student population compares?

There is no data showing that athlete rates are any higher than the general population, but that didn’t stop Duran from saying it anyway because it fits his agenda.

That’s exactly what the available data showed and that’s why sports were shut down.

If you want more and better data then push for everyone to get tested.

I thought sports all all extracurricular activities were paused for two weeks because they were.....extra. I don't disagree that sports are important for a lot of kids, but lets not pretend public schools exist to teach kids to play lacrosse. And its only a pause. For two weeks I think? You're free to keep up their rigorous training to ready them for college recruiting, just as I'm sure you've continued your child's training during winter break.

Only school sports and Arlington County sports are paused. Kids are still playing sports, mine are.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t trust Duran to make smart decisions with the data he collects. After only testing athletes, he determines that athletes are a threat. He’s a poor data scientist, and I’m not going to feed him data.

Testing athletes makes sense to me. Maybe there are some sports that don't have a lot of close contact, but I'm thinking of basketball and wrestling where kids are all up in each other's faces breathing heavily. Seems there would be a ton of spread in such situations unless there was testing.

Testing athletes is not a problem. ONLY testing athletes and then using those numbers to characterize athletes as a threat beyond the overall student positivity rate is a big problem.

Is that happening? I don't see that happening. All kids can be tested, right? If athlete testing rates are abnormally high, isn't that an argument for 1) regularly testing athletes, and 2) everyone else opting in to testing to see how the rest of the student population compares?

There is no data showing that athlete rates are any higher than the general population, but that didn’t stop Duran from saying it anyway because it fits his agenda.

That’s exactly what the available data showed and that’s why sports were shut down.

If you want more and better data then push for everyone to get tested.

I thought sports all all extracurricular activities were paused for two weeks because they were.....extra. I don't disagree that sports are important for a lot of kids, but lets not pretend public schools exist to teach kids to play lacrosse. And its only a pause. For two weeks I think? You're free to keep up their rigorous training to ready them for college recruiting, just as I'm sure you've continued your child's training during winter break.

Only school sports and Arlington County sports are paused. Kids are still playing sports, mine are.

You do you outside of school. School should have mitigation measures in place so that kids from families with a different health profile from your can also attend. I know plenty of families who don't have their kids wear masks outside of school, but they should still wear masks in school around my kids.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t trust Duran to make smart decisions with the data he collects. After only testing athletes, he determines that athletes are a threat. He’s a poor data scientist, and I’m not going to feed him data.

Testing athletes makes sense to me. Maybe there are some sports that don't have a lot of close contact, but I'm thinking of basketball and wrestling where kids are all up in each other's faces breathing heavily. Seems there would be a ton of spread in such situations unless there was testing.

Testing athletes is not a problem. ONLY testing athletes and then using those numbers to characterize athletes as a threat beyond the overall student positivity rate is a big problem.

Is that happening? I don't see that happening. All kids can be tested, right? If athlete testing rates are abnormally high, isn't that an argument for 1) regularly testing athletes, and 2) everyone else opting in to testing to see how the rest of the student population compares?

There is no data showing that athlete rates are any higher than the general population, but that didn’t stop Duran from saying it anyway because it fits his agenda.

That’s exactly what the available data showed and that’s why sports were shut down.

If you want more and better data then push for everyone to get tested.

I thought sports all all extracurricular activities were paused for two weeks because they were.....extra. I don't disagree that sports are important for a lot of kids, but lets not pretend public schools exist to teach kids to play lacrosse. And its only a pause. For two weeks I think? You're free to keep up their rigorous training to ready them for college recruiting, just as I'm sure you've continued your child's training during winter break.

The pause isn’t necessary. Arlington is the only system in VHSL doing this. Does Duran have data or risk that is somehow different from the rest of VHSL? Why is Arlington alone on an island? Does Duran somehow know something that hundreds of other VHSL members do not?

We're also the most vaccinated county in VA, and one of the most vaccinated counties in the country. 16-17 year olds here have a 100% vaccination rate.

Obviously, Duran is an anti-vaxxer who doesn't think vaccines work. Or he's a Zero COVIDian with Eric Feigl-Ding and Ventilation Woman, wanting Arlington kids to be warriors in their religious battle for scientifically impossible COVID eradication.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t trust Duran to make smart decisions with the data he collects. After only testing athletes, he determines that athletes are a threat. He’s a poor data scientist, and I’m not going to feed him data.

Testing athletes makes sense to me. Maybe there are some sports that don't have a lot of close contact, but I'm thinking of basketball and wrestling where kids are all up in each other's faces breathing heavily. Seems there would be a ton of spread in such situations unless there was testing.

You’d really be upset by the huge number of kids I know playing Futsal weeknights and every weekend throughout winter,,,,or hockey or indoor track.

Just give it up. Omicron is causing nothing. Everyone I know who had it the last few weeks had almost zero symptoms.

Mental health of kids and school is more important at this point.

My kids play futsal, hockey and basketball which is why we DO test with APS. The sports are a major positive aspect for their mental health.

You should take a look at Dr Silverman’s weekly update, he’s head of the ER in Arlington. You are incorrect in your categorization of Omicron being nothing. While you may believe that, it’s not reality. He does say it’s milder, but not nothing.

“ We’re certainly seeing a lot of COVID positive kids. We’ve transferred several critically ill kids to pediatric intensive care units (PICU) and this includes kids ranging from newborns to upwards of 12 years old, both vaccinated and unvaccinated (obviously those <5 are unvax). One of the more interesting things we’ve seen are the number of kids who have croup secondary to COVID. Croup is inflammation of the upper airway, typically caused by a virus, and usually results in a barking, seal like cough. We see it commonly in the ER and we typically can get kids improved and home in a matter of hours. However, we’ve had several really sick kids from croup who required a PICU bed. Please get your kids vaccinated and boosted if they qualify. It will make a difference.”

https://www.facebook.com/1551200652/posts/10227524937419665/?d=n

Croup is almost exclusively found in little kids - as in those too young to be vaccinated. You grow out of it because your airways become bigger.

So let’s protect the littles. Society used to care about protecting children, more so the younger they are. Under 5s can’t be cant be vaccinated yet.

Mike Silverman is disgrace. He's a fearmonger and a cancer on this community.

So croup cough has been around in kids since the beginning of humans, but now it's caused by COVID. He says that with 0 SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE. 0.

Meanwhile, Fauci and Walensky are making clear that the majority of child hospitalization are incidental to COVID. But let's trust the COVIDian fear monger at the local hospital instead.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t trust Duran to make smart decisions with the data he collects. After only testing athletes, he determines that athletes are a threat. He’s a poor data scientist, and I’m not going to feed him data.

Testing athletes makes sense to me. Maybe there are some sports that don't have a lot of close contact, but I'm thinking of basketball and wrestling where kids are all up in each other's faces breathing heavily. Seems there would be a ton of spread in such situations unless there was testing.

Testing athletes is not a problem. ONLY testing athletes and then using those numbers to characterize athletes as a threat beyond the overall student positivity rate is a big problem.

Is that happening? I don't see that happening. All kids can be tested, right? If athlete testing rates are abnormally high, isn't that an argument for 1) regularly testing athletes, and 2) everyone else opting in to testing to see how the rest of the student population compares?

There is no data showing that athlete rates are any higher than the general population, but that didn’t stop Duran from saying it anyway because it fits his agenda.

That’s exactly what the available data showed and that’s why sports were shut down.

If you want more and better data then push for everyone to get tested.

I thought sports all all extracurricular activities were paused for two weeks because they were.....extra. I don't disagree that sports are important for a lot of kids, but lets not pretend public schools exist to teach kids to play lacrosse. And its only a pause. For two weeks I think? You're free to keep up their rigorous training to ready them for college recruiting, just as I'm sure you've continued your child's training during winter break.

The pause isn’t necessary. Arlington is the only system in VHSL doing this. Does Duran have data or risk that is somehow different from the rest of VHSL? Why is Arlington alone on an island? Does Duran somehow know something that hundreds of other VHSL members do not?

We're also the most vaccinated county in VA, and one of the most vaccinated counties in the country. 16-17 year olds here have a 100% vaccination rate.

Obviously, Duran is an anti-vaxxer who doesn't think vaccines work. Or he's a Zero COVIDian with Eric Feigl-Ding and Ventilation Woman, wanting Arlington kids to be warriors in their religious battle for scientifically impossible COVID eradication.

Once upon a time it was scientifically impossible for a man to determine the gender of their child, it was always a woman's fault if a girl instead of a boy was born. Once upon a time it was scientifically impossible for the world to be round. Once upon a time the "scientific" way to determine if someone was a witch was to try to drown her. Good thing science has evolved. Things as simple as penicillin and soap and water have eliminated so much disease. Too bad there aren't simple things like...vaccines.....or masks....or staying home when sick that could really reduce COVID.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t trust Duran to make smart decisions with the data he collects. After only testing athletes, he determines that athletes are a threat. He’s a poor data scientist, and I’m not going to feed him data.

Testing athletes makes sense to me. Maybe there are some sports that don't have a lot of close contact, but I'm thinking of basketball and wrestling where kids are all up in each other's faces breathing heavily. Seems there would be a ton of spread in such situations unless there was testing.

You’d really be upset by the huge number of kids I know playing Futsal weeknights and every weekend throughout winter,,,,or hockey or indoor track.

Just give it up. Omicron is causing nothing. Everyone I know who had it the last few weeks had almost zero symptoms.

Mental health of kids and school is more important at this point.

My kids play futsal, hockey and basketball which is why we DO test with APS. The sports are a major positive aspect for their mental health.

You should take a look at Dr Silverman’s weekly update, he’s head of the ER in Arlington. You are incorrect in your categorization of Omicron being nothing. While you may believe that, it’s not reality. He does say it’s milder, but not nothing.

“ We’re certainly seeing a lot of COVID positive kids. We’ve transferred several critically ill kids to pediatric intensive care units (PICU) and this includes kids ranging from newborns to upwards of 12 years old, both vaccinated and unvaccinated (obviously those <5 are unvax). One of the more interesting things we’ve seen are the number of kids who have croup secondary to COVID. Croup is inflammation of the upper airway, typically caused by a virus, and usually results in a barking, seal like cough. We see it commonly in the ER and we typically can get kids improved and home in a matter of hours. However, we’ve had several really sick kids from croup who required a PICU bed. Please get your kids vaccinated and boosted if they qualify. It will make a difference.”

https://www.facebook.com/1551200652/posts/10227524937419665/?d=n

Croup is almost exclusively found in little kids - as in those too young to be vaccinated. You grow out of it because your airways become bigger.

So let’s protect the littles. Society used to care about protecting children, more so the younger they are. Under 5s can’t be cant be vaccinated yet.

Mike Silverman is disgrace. He's a fearmonger and a cancer on this community.

So croup cough has been around in kids since the beginning of humans, but now it's caused by COVID. He says that with 0 SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE. 0.

Meanwhile, Fauci and Walensky are making clear that the majority of child hospitalization are incidental to COVID. But let's trust the COVIDian fear monger at the local hospital instead.

Saying omicron is milder than previous covid is now considered fear mongering? Obviously Mike is just sharing what he sees....from our local ER. I find it an interesting perspective since I don't work in the ER. But maybe you do so you know better.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t trust Duran to make smart decisions with the data he collects. After only testing athletes, he determines that athletes are a threat. He’s a poor data scientist, and I’m not going to feed him data.

Testing athletes makes sense to me. Maybe there are some sports that don't have a lot of close contact, but I'm thinking of basketball and wrestling where kids are all up in each other's faces breathing heavily. Seems there would be a ton of spread in such situations unless there was testing.

You’d really be upset by the huge number of kids I know playing Futsal weeknights and every weekend throughout winter,,,,or hockey or indoor track.

Just give it up. Omicron is causing nothing. Everyone I know who had it the last few weeks had almost zero symptoms.

Mental health of kids and school is more important at this point.

My kids play futsal, hockey and basketball which is why we DO test with APS. The sports are a major positive aspect for their mental health.

You should take a look at Dr Silverman’s weekly update, he’s head of the ER in Arlington. You are incorrect in your categorization of Omicron being nothing. While you may believe that, it’s not reality. He does say it’s milder, but not nothing.

“ We’re certainly seeing a lot of COVID positive kids. We’ve transferred several critically ill kids to pediatric intensive care units (PICU) and this includes kids ranging from newborns to upwards of 12 years old, both vaccinated and unvaccinated (obviously those <5 are unvax). One of the more interesting things we’ve seen are the number of kids who have croup secondary to COVID. Croup is inflammation of the upper airway, typically caused by a virus, and usually results in a barking, seal like cough. We see it commonly in the ER and we typically can get kids improved and home in a matter of hours. However, we’ve had several really sick kids from croup who required a PICU bed. Please get your kids vaccinated and boosted if they qualify. It will make a difference.”

https://www.facebook.com/1551200652/posts/10227524937419665/?d=n

Croup is almost exclusively found in little kids - as in those too young to be vaccinated. You grow out of it because your airways become bigger.

So let’s protect the littles. Society used to care about protecting children, more so the younger they are. Under 5s can’t be cant be vaccinated yet.

Mike Silverman is disgrace. He's a fearmonger and a cancer on this community.

So croup cough has been around in kids since the beginning of humans, but now it's caused by COVID. He says that with 0 SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE. 0.

Meanwhile, Fauci and Walensky are making clear that the majority of child hospitalization are incidental to COVID. But let's trust the COVIDian fear monger at the local hospital instead.

Saying omicron is milder than previous covid is now considered fear mongering? Obviously Mike is just sharing what he sees....from our local ER. I find it an interesting perspective since I don't work in the ER. But maybe you do so you know better.

Yelling "fire" in a crowded movie theater because you see a small light 300 feet away that could possibly be a tiny match is " just sharing what someone sees". No harm there.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t trust Duran to make smart decisions with the data he collects. After only testing athletes, he determines that athletes are a threat. He’s a poor data scientist, and I’m not going to feed him data.

Testing athletes makes sense to me. Maybe there are some sports that don't have a lot of close contact, but I'm thinking of basketball and wrestling where kids are all up in each other's faces breathing heavily. Seems there would be a ton of spread in such situations unless there was testing.

Testing athletes is not a problem. ONLY testing athletes and then using those numbers to characterize athletes as a threat beyond the overall student positivity rate is a big problem.

Is that happening? I don't see that happening. All kids can be tested, right? If athlete testing rates are abnormally high, isn't that an argument for 1) regularly testing athletes, and 2) everyone else opting in to testing to see how the rest of the student population compares?

There is no data showing that athlete rates are any higher than the general population, but that didn’t stop Duran from saying it anyway because it fits his agenda.

That’s exactly what the available data showed and that’s why sports were shut down.

If you want more and better data then push for everyone to get tested.

I thought sports all all extracurricular activities were paused for two weeks because they were.....extra. I don't disagree that sports are important for a lot of kids, but lets not pretend public schools exist to teach kids to play lacrosse. And its only a pause. For two weeks I think? You're free to keep up their rigorous training to ready them for college recruiting, just as I'm sure you've continued your child's training during winter break.

The pause isn’t necessary. Arlington is the only system in VHSL doing this. Does Duran have data or risk that is somehow different from the rest of VHSL? Why is Arlington alone on an island? Does Duran somehow know something that hundreds of other VHSL members do not?

We're also the most vaccinated county in VA, and one of the most vaccinated counties in the country. 16-17 year olds here have a 100% vaccination rate.

Obviously, Duran is an anti-vaxxer who doesn't think vaccines work. Or he's a Zero COVIDian with Eric Feigl-Ding and Ventilation Woman, wanting Arlington kids to be warriors in their religious battle for scientifically impossible COVID eradication.

Once upon a time it was scientifically impossible for a man to determine the gender of their child, it was always a woman's fault if a girl instead of a boy was born. Once upon a time it was scientifically impossible for the world to be round. Once upon a time the "scientific" way to determine if someone was a witch was to try to drown her. Good thing science has evolved. Things as simple as penicillin and soap and water have eliminated so much disease. Too bad there aren't simple things like...vaccines.....or masks....or staying home when sick that could really reduce COVID.

It took 400 years to eliminate smallpox. Let's wait it out.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t trust Duran to make smart decisions with the data he collects. After only testing athletes, he determines that athletes are a threat. He’s a poor data scientist, and I’m not going to feed him data.

Testing athletes makes sense to me. Maybe there are some sports that don't have a lot of close contact, but I'm thinking of basketball and wrestling where kids are all up in each other's faces breathing heavily. Seems there would be a ton of spread in such situations unless there was testing.

Testing athletes is not a problem. ONLY testing athletes and then using those numbers to characterize athletes as a threat beyond the overall student positivity rate is a big problem.

Is that happening? I don't see that happening. All kids can be tested, right? If athlete testing rates are abnormally high, isn't that an argument for 1) regularly testing athletes, and 2) everyone else opting in to testing to see how the rest of the student population compares?

DP. Plenty of people here have used the disproportionate positive cases among athletes as an excuse to demonize athletes as particularly reckless and causing outbreaks (particularly at the high school level). But without a comparable control sampling of the non-athlete population, it is impossible know if this is true. But I am not going to tell anyone who isn’t co for table with surveillance testing they have an obligation to sign up for it just to try to correct the ignorance of people who don’t want to hear it.