Now we know where Hogan stands

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's funny, Anne Arundel and PG have been able to go virtual, but MCPS have not.

I already know two 50+ vaxxed adults who have caught Covid from their their vaxxed teenagers in MCPS just since the beginning of school. Fortunately, they seem ok, but we will see who ends up with long Covid and who doesn't.

People want to forget if their kids get covid, they can bring it home to them.

MCPS promised they will stay open. They are following their promise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's funny, Anne Arundel and PG have been able to go virtual, but MCPS have not.

I already know two 50+ vaxxed adults who have caught Covid from their their vaxxed teenagers in MCPS just since the beginning of school. Fortunately, they seem ok, but we will see who ends up with long Covid and who doesn't.

People want to forget if their kids get covid, they can bring it home to them.

MCPS promised they will stay open. They are following their promise.

The promise they made to mollify a small group of screamers, not most of the MCPS parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's funny, Anne Arundel and PG have been able to go virtual, but MCPS have not.

I already know two 50+ vaxxed adults who have caught Covid from their their vaxxed teenagers in MCPS just since the beginning of school. Fortunately, they seem ok, but we will see who ends up with long Covid and who doesn't.

People want to forget if their kids get covid, they can bring it home to them.

MCPS promised they will stay open. They are following their promise.

First, stop spreading misinformation. AA did not go virtual. They switch a very small number of schools to virtual similar to what MCPS did.

Second, what exactly did PG gain from two weeks of virtual? There is not a shred of evidence of any impact other than lost in person days, disruption to work, and some teachers not having to figure out how to adapt to staffing issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's funny, Anne Arundel and PG have been able to go virtual, but MCPS have not.

I already know two 50+ vaxxed adults who have caught Covid from their their vaxxed teenagers in MCPS just since the beginning of school. Fortunately, they seem ok, but we will see who ends up with long Covid and who doesn't.

People want to forget if their kids get covid, they can bring it home to them.

MCPS promised they will stay open. They are following their promise.

First, stop spreading misinformation. AA did not go virtual. They switch a very small number of schools to virtual similar to what MCPS did.

Second, what exactly did PG gain from two weeks of virtual? There is not a shred of evidence of any impact other than lost in person days, disruption to work, and some teachers not having to figure out how to adapt to staffing issues.

DP - According to the Maryland State dashboard, there were 889 new covid cases in the past 24 hours and 65 people died in Maryland in the past 24 hours.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/

According to the New York Times dashboard, Montgomery County alone had 88 deaths in the past two weeks. Remember that when someone dies, that frees up an ICU or hospital bed.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/montgomery-maryland-covid-cases.html

How many died in Montgomery County in the past 24 hours, and why did I use the NYT data for Montgomery County deaths? The Maryland dashboard only breaks the data down by zip code which makes it difficult for anyone to analyze the data. Why would the State do that? My guess is that it's to let ignorant people shoot of their mouths and think there is no issue where they live (and it's working!).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This post sounds like it’s from a month ago. No one is closing going forward. Cases are falling rapidly

"but it's still 'high transmission'. We must go virtual now."

BTW, the # of total cases per is now trending towards the same rate as right before the break. # of new cases continues to show rapid decline.

That can be explained by a Snow Day combined with a three-day weekend for MCPS students.

It's a long way until the end of March. I would expect an uptick every time there is a severe cold snap and people are forced indoors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm glad we a Republican governor to moderate the crazy school closers in Montgomery County.

-A Democrat

+1 million

This is why we need balance in government. All Dems or all Republican is a recipe for disaster. Our founding fathers understood this.

Thank goodness we have Hogan.

-An Independent (who used to be a Democrat, but no more)

+1

Virtual learning is only instruction when there is an engaged adult with the student who can help instruct and manage the virtual lessons. It does not work for elementary and middle school kids when there is no in-person support. Virtual learning for special needs kids is beyond pointless.

I can give a specific recipe on a video and even bake the cake at my own house. It doesn’t mean the child can watch it and learn how to bake their own cake without support. Someone needs to help turn the oven on, plug in the mixer and wash the dishes. Did you provide instruction on how to bake a cake? Yes. Was it effective with a child learning how to bake a cake? That depends on whether a parent is home with the child. If I have to be home and engaged to support the instruction, I’m homeschooling and teaching how to make lasagna because I hate cake .

Hogan has never wavered. He’s not moving the goal posts like the teachers Union has continued to do through the entire pandemic.
180 in-person days.

I do jot understand why we are still having this conversation. Covid is not going anywhere. Virtual instruction is ineffective and not shown to lower the spread of covid. Nothing is closed because of omicron.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's funny, Anne Arundel and PG have been able to go virtual, but MCPS have not.

I already know two 50+ vaxxed adults who have caught Covid from their their vaxxed teenagers in MCPS just since the beginning of school. Fortunately, they seem ok, but we will see who ends up with long Covid and who doesn't.

People want to forget if their kids get covid, they can bring it home to them.

MCPS promised they will stay open. They are following their promise.

First, stop spreading misinformation. AA did not go virtual. They switch a very small number of schools to virtual similar to what MCPS did.

Second, what exactly did PG gain from two weeks of virtual? There is not a shred of evidence of any impact other than lost in person days, disruption to work, and some teachers not having to figure out how to adapt to staffing issues.

DP - According to the Maryland State dashboard, there were 889 new covid cases in the past 24 hours and 65 people died in Maryland in the past 24 hours.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/

According to the New York Times dashboard, Montgomery County alone had 88 deaths in the past two weeks. Remember that when someone dies, that frees up an ICU or hospital bed.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/montgomery-maryland-covid-cases.html

How many died in Montgomery County in the past 24 hours, and why did I use the NYT data for Montgomery County deaths? The Maryland dashboard only breaks the data down by zip code which makes it difficult for anyone to analyze the data. Why would the State do that? My guess is that it's to let ignorant people shoot of their mouths and think there is no issue where they live (and it's working!).[/quote]

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm glad we a Republican governor to moderate the crazy school closers in Montgomery County.

-A Democrat

I don’t know a single person who wants school closed. I bet you don’t either and I bet you can’t reference a post here or anywhere saying this. It’s your own paranoid exaggeration of what has been debated. You need an enemy apparently.

Many of us understand the short and long term dangers of Covid and would prefer a virtual option. Our children can learn at home where they are safer and where they can still be educated by their teachers. This is still school. School is not closed. It is not shut down. It is a virtual OPTION and you’d understand this if you gave it some thought.

You sadly aren’t alone in being fooled by Hogan. He doesn’t care about kids (or Covid). He cares about running for higher office and he’s crafting every decision for that. He knows crazies like you freak out when your kids are home and health isn’t the number one priority. Those who are more science-based decision- makers aren’t voting for him anyway.

McKnight and the Board have been threatened with physical harm from your side if they go virtual so they’ve ignored HHS and lied about what is best for our kids. Sit with that for a while. She ignored and misrepresented what she was told by the group she said should make the decision. Regardless of your stance, that should bother you. A lot!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's funny, Anne Arundel and PG have been able to go virtual, but MCPS have not.

I already know two 50+ vaxxed adults who have caught Covid from their their vaxxed teenagers in MCPS just since the beginning of school. Fortunately, they seem ok, but we will see who ends up with long Covid and who doesn't.

People want to forget if their kids get covid, they can bring it home to them.

MCPS promised they will stay open. They are following their promise.

First, stop spreading misinformation. AA did not go virtual. They switch a very small number of schools to virtual similar to what MCPS did.

Second, what exactly did PG gain from two weeks of virtual? There is not a shred of evidence of any impact other than lost in person days, disruption to work, and some teachers not having to figure out how to adapt to staffing issues.

DP - According to the Maryland State dashboard, there were 889 new covid cases in the past 24 hours and 65 people died in Maryland in the past 24 hours.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/

According to the New York Times dashboard, Montgomery County alone had 88 deaths in the past two weeks. Remember that when someone dies, that frees up an ICU or hospital bed.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/montgomery-maryland-covid-cases.html

How many died in Montgomery County in the past 24 hours, and why did I use the NYT data for Montgomery County deaths? The Maryland dashboard only breaks the data down by zip code which makes it difficult for anyone to analyze the data. Why would the State do that? My guess is that it's to let ignorant people shoot of their mouths and think there is no issue where they live (and it's working!).

You are sick and just because someone dies, that does not necessarily mean they were in ICU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm glad we a Republican governor to moderate the crazy school closers in Montgomery County.

-A Democrat

+1 million

This is why we need balance in government. All Dems or all Republican is a recipe for disaster. Our founding fathers understood this.

Thank goodness we have Hogan.

-An Independent (who used to be a Democrat, but no more)

+1

Virtual learning is only instruction when there is an engaged adult with the student who can help instruct and manage the virtual lessons. It does not work for elementary and middle school kids when there is no in-person support. Virtual learning for special needs kids is beyond pointless.

I can give a specific recipe on a video and even bake the cake at my own house. It doesn’t mean the child can watch it and learn how to bake their own cake without support. Someone needs to help turn the oven on, plug in the mixer and wash the dishes. Did you provide instruction on how to bake a cake? Yes. Was it effective with a child learning how to bake a cake? That depends on whether a parent is home with the child. If I have to be home and engaged to support the instruction, I’m homeschooling and teaching how to make lasagna because I hate cake .

Hogan has never wavered. He’s not moving the goal posts like the teachers Union has continued to do through the entire pandemic.
180 in-person days.

I do jot understand why we are still having this conversation. Covid is not going anywhere. Virtual instruction is ineffective and not shown to lower the spread of covid. Nothing is closed because of omicron.

Here is an idea, as a parent you help them on virtual. Or, you pay someone to do it. You refusing to help does not make it bad or too difficult.

And, saying virtual is pointless for special needs is meaningless as some are doing better with virtual and SN means many things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's funny, Anne Arundel and PG have been able to go virtual, but MCPS have not.

I already know two 50+ vaxxed adults who have caught Covid from their their vaxxed teenagers in MCPS just since the beginning of school. Fortunately, they seem ok, but we will see who ends up with long Covid and who doesn't.

People want to forget if their kids get covid, they can bring it home to them.

MCPS promised they will stay open. They are following their promise.

First, stop spreading misinformation. AA did not go virtual. They switch a very small number of schools to virtual similar to what MCPS did.

Second, what exactly did PG gain from two weeks of virtual? There is not a shred of evidence of any impact other than lost in person days, disruption to work, and some teachers not having to figure out how to adapt to staffing issues.

DP - According to the Maryland State dashboard, there were 889 new covid cases in the past 24 hours and 65 people died in Maryland in the past 24 hours.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/

According to the New York Times dashboard, Montgomery County alone had 88 deaths in the past two weeks. Remember that when someone dies, that frees up an ICU or hospital bed.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/montgomery-maryland-covid-cases.html

How many died in Montgomery County in the past 24 hours, and why did I use the NYT data for Montgomery County deaths? The Maryland dashboard only breaks the data down by zip code which makes it difficult for anyone to analyze the data. Why would the State do that? My guess is that it's to let ignorant people shoot of their mouths and think there is no issue where they live (and it's working!).

You are sick and just because someone dies, that does not necessarily mean they were in ICU.

Exactly. 88 died in MC these past two weeks. Pay your respects to those families, then make your comments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's funny, Anne Arundel and PG have been able to go virtual, but MCPS have not.

I already know two 50+ vaxxed adults who have caught Covid from their their vaxxed teenagers in MCPS just since the beginning of school. Fortunately, they seem ok, but we will see who ends up with long Covid and who doesn't.

People want to forget if their kids get covid, they can bring it home to them.

MCPS promised they will stay open. They are following their promise.

First, stop spreading misinformation. AA did not go virtual. They switch a very small number of schools to virtual similar to what MCPS did.

Second, what exactly did PG gain from two weeks of virtual? There is not a shred of evidence of any impact other than lost in person days, disruption to work, and some teachers not having to figure out how to adapt to staffing issues.

DP - According to the Maryland State dashboard, there were 889 new covid cases in the past 24 hours and 65 people died in Maryland in the past 24 hours.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/

According to the New York Times dashboard, Montgomery County alone had 88 deaths in the past two weeks. Remember that when someone dies, that frees up an ICU or hospital bed.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/montgomery-maryland-covid-cases.html

How many died in Montgomery County in the past 24 hours, and why did I use the NYT data for Montgomery County deaths? The Maryland dashboard only breaks the data down by zip code which makes it difficult for anyone to analyze the data. Why would the State do that? My guess is that it's to let ignorant people shoot of their mouths and think there is no issue where they live (and it's working!).[/quote]

Exactly.

It is wrong to attribute those deaths to schools being open. There is no evidence that if schools were virtual the numbers would be any different. It’s called the counter factual. It’s basic science which you apparently do not understand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm glad we a Republican governor to moderate the crazy school closers in Montgomery County.

-A Democrat

I don’t know a single person who wants school closed. I bet you don’t either and I bet you can’t reference a post here or anywhere saying this. It’s your own paranoid exaggeration of what has been debated. You need an enemy apparently.

Many of us understand the short and long term dangers of Covid and would prefer a virtual option. Our children can learn at home where they are safer and where they can still be educated by their teachers. This is still school. School is not closed. It is not shut down. It is a virtual OPTION and you’d understand this if you gave it some thought.

You sadly aren’t alone in being fooled by Hogan. He doesn’t care about kids (or Covid). He cares about running for higher office and he’s crafting every decision for that. He knows crazies like you freak out when your kids are home and health isn’t the number one priority. Those who are more science-based decision- makers aren’t voting for him anyway.

McKnight and the Board have been threatened with physical harm from your side if they go virtual so they’ve ignored HHS and lied about what is best for our kids. Sit with that for a while. She ignored and misrepresented what she was told by the group she said should make the decision. Regardless of your stance, that should bother you. A lot!

The fact that you would generalize some wacko making threats to McKnight to anyone who wants in person education shows there is something wrong with you. Is Fauci on that side that wants physical harm? Biden? They all want schools open so they must support physical threats.

We are not going to have back and forth in person and virtual every time there is an increases. Apart from it being unnecessary it is disruptive to children and families and there are no clear metrics for it. Also your side will never say it is safe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm glad we a Republican governor to moderate the crazy school closers in Montgomery County.

-A Democrat

+1 million

This is why we need balance in government. All Dems or all Republican is a recipe for disaster. Our founding fathers understood this.

Thank goodness we have Hogan.

-An Independent (who used to be a Democrat, but no more)

+1

Virtual learning is only instruction when there is an engaged adult with the student who can help instruct and manage the virtual lessons. It does not work for elementary and middle school kids when there is no in-person support. Virtual learning for special needs kids is beyond pointless.

I can give a specific recipe on a video and even bake the cake at my own house. It doesn’t mean the child can watch it and learn how to bake their own cake without support. Someone needs to help turn the oven on, plug in the mixer and wash the dishes. Did you provide instruction on how to bake a cake? Yes. Was it effective with a child learning how to bake a cake? That depends on whether a parent is home with the child. If I have to be home and engaged to support the instruction, I’m homeschooling and teaching how to make lasagna because I hate cake .

Hogan has never wavered. He’s not moving the goal posts like the teachers Union has continued to do through the entire pandemic.
180 in-person days.

I do jot understand why we are still having this conversation. Covid is not going anywhere. Virtual instruction is ineffective and not shown to lower the spread of covid. Nothing is closed because of omicron.

Here is an idea, as a parent you help them on virtual. Or, you pay someone to do it. You refusing to help does not make it bad or too difficult.

And, saying virtual is pointless for special needs is meaningless as some are doing better with virtual and SN means many things.

Must be nice to have the resources. Shows what a bubble you are living in. Maybe you should volunteer to help someone else’s kid or be taxed more to pay for additional support for kids who need it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm glad we a Republican governor to moderate the crazy school closers in Montgomery County.

-A Democrat

+1 million

This is why we need balance in government. All Dems or all Republican is a recipe for disaster. Our founding fathers understood this.

Thank goodness we have Hogan.

-An Independent (who used to be a Democrat, but no more)

+1

Virtual learning is only instruction when there is an engaged adult with the student who can help instruct and manage the virtual lessons. It does not work for elementary and middle school kids when there is no in-person support. Virtual learning for special needs kids is beyond pointless.

I can give a specific recipe on a video and even bake the cake at my own house. It doesn’t mean the child can watch it and learn how to bake their own cake without support. Someone needs to help turn the oven on, plug in the mixer and wash the dishes. Did you provide instruction on how to bake a cake? Yes. Was it effective with a child learning how to bake a cake? That depends on whether a parent is home with the child. If I have to be home and engaged to support the instruction, I’m homeschooling and teaching how to make lasagna because I hate cake .

Hogan has never wavered. He’s not moving the goal posts like the teachers Union has continued to do through the entire pandemic.
180 in-person days.

I do jot understand why we are still having this conversation. Covid is not going anywhere. Virtual instruction is ineffective and not shown to lower the spread of covid. Nothing is closed because of omicron.

Here is an idea, as a parent you help them on virtual. Or, you pay someone to do it. You refusing to help does not make it bad or too difficult.

And, saying virtual is pointless for special needs is meaningless as some are doing better with virtual and SN means many things.

Must be nice to have the resources. Shows what a bubble you are living in. Maybe you should volunteer to help someone else’s kid or be taxed more to pay for additional support for kids who need it.

Must be nice to be able to continue to work and do school in person and not have to live in a bubble because of people like you. I spent many years having all the kids over at my house. Sorry, your kid is no longer welcome until covid is better. I'm done being your free babysitter.

Funny how you are probably more wealthy than we are and think you should get free child care. Maybe its time to live within your means and stop expecting others to parent your kids.