My DC continues to wear mask

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Anonymous wrote:DC is a senior in HS. I told DC that evidence suggests that continuing to wear a mask is beneficial but that the choice was his to make at school. DC and many students stopped wearing their masks when permitted to do so at the end of last week. By Tuesday, DC was too sick to go to school - sore throat, deeply exhausted, slight fever, stuffy/runny nose, slight cough and headache. Too sick to do school or sports - so, genuinely not feeling well. DC also says at least 6 other peers on same sports team are also sick, so whatever he has is very contagious. In the before times, I never remember so many kids being felled at the same time by an ordinary cold.

DC tested negative repeatedly for COVID - PCR and then multiple rapids as his symptoms evolved.

So, IMO, masking was a good thing. DC has missed 4 days of school from being unmasked for 2-3 days. DC was diligent about wearing a mask for 2 years and never got sick with anything.

This happened to my ES kid as well. Got sick twice after unmasking (no longer in MCPS so unmasked a month or so earlier), and was consistently negative for COVID. I looked at it a different way though, unless you are going to just mask forever your body’s immune system has to get accustomed to fighting off viruses, etc. I likened it to when my kids got sick a lot in pre-K and K because they were suddenly spending all day with lots of different people and exposed to a lot of germs, but after that just got common colds that they handled with ease because they had built up strong immune systems.

+1. Also, stuff is just going around right now. My 1st grader who is no longer masking hasn’t gotten anything yet, but my 3yo’s daycare class all seems to have a non-Covid cold right now, and they’re all wearing masks still (well except for meals and nap). One of the (masked) teachers has it too.

+1 My kindergartener got a non-covid cold when he unmasked. We're now having him wear a mask until probably next week or so.

Despite this, we still feel masking should not be mandated to prevent colds. The parents and students should use their common sense to make that determination.

Also, masking is not a sign of intelligence or "winning." It seems more a reflection of where people get their information and also their individual circumstances.

Smart people protect themselves during a pandemic= winning.

Smart people also are open-minded and not so quick to judge.

If your actions harm others, you better believe I will judge you

Then judge while I stifle a yawn in your general direction. You’ll be able to see me yawn because I won’t be masked.

Actually they probably will not notice or care as they have the common sense to distance.

+1 I stay away from the covey-spreaders. The people who so boldly rip off their masks and declare their complete disdain for other humans around them and for the science which these sanctimonious creeps count on to keep them safe.

It’s a win win, then. I don’t have to wear a mask, plus I get the added benefit of not having to engage with the likes of you.

I can only imagine how you treat your kids if you treat others like this.

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Anonymous wrote:DC is a senior in HS. I told DC that evidence suggests that continuing to wear a mask is beneficial but that the choice was his to make at school. DC and many students stopped wearing their masks when permitted to do so at the end of last week. By Tuesday, DC was too sick to go to school - sore throat, deeply exhausted, slight fever, stuffy/runny nose, slight cough and headache. Too sick to do school or sports - so, genuinely not feeling well. DC also says at least 6 other peers on same sports team are also sick, so whatever he has is very contagious. In the before times, I never remember so many kids being felled at the same time by an ordinary cold.

DC tested negative repeatedly for COVID - PCR and then multiple rapids as his symptoms evolved.

So, IMO, masking was a good thing. DC has missed 4 days of school from being unmasked for 2-3 days. DC was diligent about wearing a mask for 2 years and never got sick with anything.

This happened to my ES kid as well. Got sick twice after unmasking (no longer in MCPS so unmasked a month or so earlier), and was consistently negative for COVID. I looked at it a different way though, unless you are going to just mask forever your body’s immune system has to get accustomed to fighting off viruses, etc. I likened it to when my kids got sick a lot in pre-K and K because they were suddenly spending all day with lots of different people and exposed to a lot of germs, but after that just got common colds that they handled with ease because they had built up strong immune systems.

This is an macOS board and if your kid spreads his illness it’s 10 times worse due to school size than your private.

Kids still in DMV public school, not private. So you think kids should now just mask forever in public schools to avoid spreading illness in general?

This discussion is about MCPS. No one is talking forever but we just got off a huge surge and a new variant is here (and with spring break travel) we can easily have another surge without basic mitigation.

Why are you so against masking? You don't have to mask your kids, but the rest of us will as we are decent people who care about our kids, our family and the community we live in.

I know you are on a crusade here, but the conversation you are responding to was related to masking for general illness because of kids getting sick quickly after unmasking with non-COVID illness. I have no issue masking when the COVID situation warrants it but right now it doesn’t, and there is a downside to the 2 years of masking in terms of kids’ overall immune systems not being as strong as they were before.

Based on your post continued masking masks sense.

You are missing the point, using this logic you are advocating for masking kids in public schools forever as a general rule, which is completely ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:DC is a senior in HS. I told DC that evidence suggests that continuing to wear a mask is beneficial but that the choice was his to make at school. DC and many students stopped wearing their masks when permitted to do so at the end of last week. By Tuesday, DC was too sick to go to school - sore throat, deeply exhausted, slight fever, stuffy/runny nose, slight cough and headache. Too sick to do school or sports - so, genuinely not feeling well. DC also says at least 6 other peers on same sports team are also sick, so whatever he has is very contagious. In the before times, I never remember so many kids being felled at the same time by an ordinary cold.

DC tested negative repeatedly for COVID - PCR and then multiple rapids as his symptoms evolved.

So, IMO, masking was a good thing. DC has missed 4 days of school from being unmasked for 2-3 days. DC was diligent about wearing a mask for 2 years and never got sick with anything.

This happened to my ES kid as well. Got sick twice after unmasking (no longer in MCPS so unmasked a month or so earlier), and was consistently negative for COVID. I looked at it a different way though, unless you are going to just mask forever your body’s immune system has to get accustomed to fighting off viruses, etc. I likened it to when my kids got sick a lot in pre-K and K because they were suddenly spending all day with lots of different people and exposed to a lot of germs, but after that just got common colds that they handled with ease because they had built up strong immune systems.

+1. Also, stuff is just going around right now. My 1st grader who is no longer masking hasn’t gotten anything yet, but my 3yo’s daycare class all seems to have a non-Covid cold right now, and they’re all wearing masks still (well except for meals and nap). One of the (masked) teachers has it too.

+1 My kindergartener got a non-covid cold when he unmasked. We're now having him wear a mask until probably next week or so.

Despite this, we still feel masking should not be mandated to prevent colds. The parents and students should use their common sense to make that determination.

Also, masking is not a sign of intelligence or "winning." It seems more a reflection of where people get their information and also their individual circumstances.

Smart people protect themselves during a pandemic= winning.

Smart people also are open-minded and not so quick to judge.

If your actions harm others, you better believe I will judge you

Then judge while I stifle a yawn in your general direction. You’ll be able to see me yawn because I won’t be masked.

Actually they probably will not notice or care as they have the common sense to distance.

+1 I stay away from the covey-spreaders. The people who so boldly rip off their masks and declare their complete disdain for other humans around them and for the science which these sanctimonious creeps count on to keep them safe.

It’s a win win, then. I don’t have to wear a mask, plus I get the added benefit of not having to engage with the likes of you.

I can only imagine how you treat your kids if you treat others like this.

Mask fans are the biggest bullies and name callers on these boards. In fact, many have unquestionably bullied their kids into masking.

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Anonymous wrote:DC is a senior in HS. I told DC that evidence suggests that continuing to wear a mask is beneficial but that the choice was his to make at school. DC and many students stopped wearing their masks when permitted to do so at the end of last week. By Tuesday, DC was too sick to go to school - sore throat, deeply exhausted, slight fever, stuffy/runny nose, slight cough and headache. Too sick to do school or sports - so, genuinely not feeling well. DC also says at least 6 other peers on same sports team are also sick, so whatever he has is very contagious. In the before times, I never remember so many kids being felled at the same time by an ordinary cold.

DC tested negative repeatedly for COVID - PCR and then multiple rapids as his symptoms evolved.

So, IMO, masking was a good thing. DC has missed 4 days of school from being unmasked for 2-3 days. DC was diligent about wearing a mask for 2 years and never got sick with anything.

This happened to my ES kid as well. Got sick twice after unmasking (no longer in MCPS so unmasked a month or so earlier), and was consistently negative for COVID. I looked at it a different way though, unless you are going to just mask forever your body’s immune system has to get accustomed to fighting off viruses, etc. I likened it to when my kids got sick a lot in pre-K and K because they were suddenly spending all day with lots of different people and exposed to a lot of germs, but after that just got common colds that they handled with ease because they had built up strong immune systems.

+1. Also, stuff is just going around right now. My 1st grader who is no longer masking hasn’t gotten anything yet, but my 3yo’s daycare class all seems to have a non-Covid cold right now, and they’re all wearing masks still (well except for meals and nap). One of the (masked) teachers has it too.

+1 My kindergartener got a non-covid cold when he unmasked. We're now having him wear a mask until probably next week or so.

Despite this, we still feel masking should not be mandated to prevent colds. The parents and students should use their common sense to make that determination.

Also, masking is not a sign of intelligence or "winning." It seems more a reflection of where people get their information and also their individual circumstances.

Smart people protect themselves during a pandemic= winning.

Smart people also are open-minded and not so quick to judge.

If your actions harm others, you better believe I will judge you

Then judge while I stifle a yawn in your general direction. You’ll be able to see me yawn because I won’t be masked.

Actually they probably will not notice or care as they have the common sense to distance.

+1 I stay away from the covey-spreaders. The people who so boldly rip off their masks and declare their complete disdain for other humans around them and for the science which these sanctimonious creeps count on to keep them safe.

It’s a win win, then. I don’t have to wear a mask, plus I get the added benefit of not having to engage with the likes of you.

I can only imagine how you treat your kids if you treat others like this.

Mask fans are the biggest bullies and name callers on these boards. In fact, many have unquestionably bullied their kids into masking.

Is this what you really tell yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:DC is a senior in HS. I told DC that evidence suggests that continuing to wear a mask is beneficial but that the choice was his to make at school. DC and many students stopped wearing their masks when permitted to do so at the end of last week. By Tuesday, DC was too sick to go to school - sore throat, deeply exhausted, slight fever, stuffy/runny nose, slight cough and headache. Too sick to do school or sports - so, genuinely not feeling well. DC also says at least 6 other peers on same sports team are also sick, so whatever he has is very contagious. In the before times, I never remember so many kids being felled at the same time by an ordinary cold.

DC tested negative repeatedly for COVID - PCR and then multiple rapids as his symptoms evolved.

So, IMO, masking was a good thing. DC has missed 4 days of school from being unmasked for 2-3 days. DC was diligent about wearing a mask for 2 years and never got sick with anything.

This happened to my ES kid as well. Got sick twice after unmasking (no longer in MCPS so unmasked a month or so earlier), and was consistently negative for COVID. I looked at it a different way though, unless you are going to just mask forever your body’s immune system has to get accustomed to fighting off viruses, etc. I likened it to when my kids got sick a lot in pre-K and K because they were suddenly spending all day with lots of different people and exposed to a lot of germs, but after that just got common colds that they handled with ease because they had built up strong immune systems.

This is an macOS board and if your kid spreads his illness it’s 10 times worse due to school size than your private.

Kids still in DMV public school, not private. So you think kids should now just mask forever in public schools to avoid spreading illness in general?

This discussion is about MCPS. No one is talking forever but we just got off a huge surge and a new variant is here (and with spring break travel) we can easily have another surge without basic mitigation.

Why are you so against masking? You don't have to mask your kids, but the rest of us will as we are decent people who care about our kids, our family and the community we live in.

I know you are on a crusade here, but the conversation you are responding to was related to masking for general illness because of kids getting sick quickly after unmasking with non-COVID illness. I have no issue masking when the COVID situation warrants it but right now it doesn’t, and there is a downside to the 2 years of masking in terms of kids’ overall immune systems not being as strong as they were before.

Based on your post continued masking masks sense.

You are missing the point, using this logic you are advocating for masking kids in public schools forever as a general rule, which is completely ridiculous.

No one is saying forever but you.

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My kids are not wearing their masks in a dcps school where maybe 90 percent are still masked. Im proud of them for unmasking. The cases are low and the public heath authorities have said it’s fine to unmask. I worry about what years of masking will do to kids. Already ive noticed these past two years the kids in my older child's class are so unkind. There’s so much vicious bullying. And despite this being a liberal school with kids expressing many genders, there is no freethinking otherwise. We are liberal and highly educated. The virtue signaling and pressure from parents to conform is really disappointing. They really arent following the science at all at this point! By the way, of course we will mask if the new variant becomes a concern.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are not wearing their masks in a dcps school where maybe 90 percent are still masked. Im proud of them for unmasking. The cases are low and the public heath authorities have said it’s fine to unmask. I worry about what years of masking will do to kids. Already ive noticed these past two years the kids in my older child's class are so unkind. There’s so much vicious bullying. And despite this being a liberal school with kids expressing many genders, there is no freethinking otherwise. We are liberal and highly educated. The virtue signaling and pressure from parents to conform is really disappointing. They really arent following the science at all at this point! By the way, of course we will mask if the new variant becomes a concern.

Cases aren’t low. Public health experts have not said to take off masks, only political appointees. You are clearly not highly educated if you think masks are a problem during a pandemic. The problem and the thing that causes anxiety is the pandemic.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are not wearing their masks in a dcps school where maybe 90 percent are still masked. Im proud of them for unmasking. The cases are low and the public heath authorities have said it’s fine to unmask. I worry about what years of masking will do to kids. Already ive noticed these past two years the kids in my older child's class are so unkind. There’s so much vicious bullying. And despite this being a liberal school with kids expressing many genders, there is no freethinking otherwise. We are liberal and highly educated. The virtue signaling and pressure from parents to conform is really disappointing. They really arent following the science at all at this point! By the way, of course we will mask if the new variant becomes a concern.

Cases aren’t low. Public health experts have not said to take off masks, only political appointees. You are clearly not highly educated if you think masks are a problem during a pandemic. The problem and the thing that causes anxiety is the pandemic.

Cases are low. Are you referring to any particular Twitter epidemiologist using Covid to build a social medial profile?

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are not wearing their masks in a dcps school where maybe 90 percent are still masked. Im proud of them for unmasking. The cases are low and the public heath authorities have said it’s fine to unmask. I worry about what years of masking will do to kids. Already ive noticed these past two years the kids in my older child's class are so unkind. There’s so much vicious bullying. And despite this being a liberal school with kids expressing many genders, there is no freethinking otherwise. We are liberal and highly educated. The virtue signaling and pressure from parents to conform is really disappointing. They really arent following the science at all at this point! By the way, of course we will mask if the new variant becomes a concern.

Cases aren’t low. Public health experts have not said to take off masks, only political appointees. You are clearly not highly educated if you think masks are a problem during a pandemic. The problem and the thing that causes anxiety is the pandemic.

The CDC has established sustainable policy. If you’re not educated enough to understand that, then enjoy masking daily for the next decade.

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Anonymous wrote:DC is a senior in HS. I told DC that evidence suggests that continuing to wear a mask is beneficial but that the choice was his to make at school. DC and many students stopped wearing their masks when permitted to do so at the end of last week. By Tuesday, DC was too sick to go to school - sore throat, deeply exhausted, slight fever, stuffy/runny nose, slight cough and headache. Too sick to do school or sports - so, genuinely not feeling well. DC also says at least 6 other peers on same sports team are also sick, so whatever he has is very contagious. In the before times, I never remember so many kids being felled at the same time by an ordinary cold.

DC tested negative repeatedly for COVID - PCR and then multiple rapids as his symptoms evolved.

So, IMO, masking was a good thing. DC has missed 4 days of school from being unmasked for 2-3 days. DC was diligent about wearing a mask for 2 years and never got sick with anything.

This happened to my ES kid as well. Got sick twice after unmasking (no longer in MCPS so unmasked a month or so earlier), and was consistently negative for COVID. I looked at it a different way though, unless you are going to just mask forever your body’s immune system has to get accustomed to fighting off viruses, etc. I likened it to when my kids got sick a lot in pre-K and K because they were suddenly spending all day with lots of different people and exposed to a lot of germs, but after that just got common colds that they handled with ease because they had built up strong immune systems.

This is an macOS board and if your kid spreads his illness it’s 10 times worse due to school size than your private.

Kids still in DMV public school, not private. So you think kids should now just mask forever in public schools to avoid spreading illness in general?

This discussion is about MCPS. No one is talking forever but we just got off a huge surge and a new variant is here (and with spring break travel) we can easily have another surge without basic mitigation.

Why are you so against masking? You don't have to mask your kids, but the rest of us will as we are decent people who care about our kids, our family and the community we live in.

I know you are on a crusade here, but the conversation you are responding to was related to masking for general illness because of kids getting sick quickly after unmasking with non-COVID illness. I have no issue masking when the COVID situation warrants it but right now it doesn’t, and there is a downside to the 2 years of masking in terms of kids’ overall immune systems not being as strong as they were before.

Based on your post continued masking masks sense.

You are missing the point, using this logic you are advocating for masking kids in public schools forever as a general rule, which is completely ridiculous.

No one is saying forever but you.

This whole side conversation is about how unmasking led to non-COVID illness, to which a poster suggested that means continued masking is a good thing. If someone believes that masking should continue because of its effectiveness against non-COVID illness that essentially means mask forever because non-COVID illness will always be present.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are not wearing their masks in a dcps school where maybe 90 percent are still masked. Im proud of them for unmasking. The cases are low and the public heath authorities have said it’s fine to unmask. I worry about what years of masking will do to kids. Already ive noticed these past two years the kids in my older child's class are so unkind. There’s so much vicious bullying. And despite this being a liberal school with kids expressing many genders, there is no freethinking otherwise. We are liberal and highly educated. The virtue signaling and pressure from parents to conform is really disappointing. They really arent following the science at all at this point! By the way, of course we will mask if the new variant becomes a concern.

We are talking MCPS and I would not be proud of that. You are residing entitled kids. Masking is not doing harm. People like you are.

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Anonymous wrote:His class only have a few kids wearing masks, and 3/4 of the class are maskless. I ask why DC keep wearing masks, and he says it is his choice and he is afraid of germs.

That is the side effects of wearing masks for almost 2 years since he was in preschool till kindergarten now.

I and DH still wear masks, but I have told my kids that they don't need to wear masks for now since the covid rate is considered low here in dmv. I don't know about the new variant surge in Europe, and I hope that it won't come to us harshly in the coming months.

I respect his choice, and the other child is in preschool, and she wears mask on & off depends on her mood. She is also used to wear mask for 1 year (when she was 2), and she does not mind wearing mask as well at 3.

I told my kids we'd take it slow but if rates remain low after the spring break surge it will be their choice.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are not wearing their masks in a dcps school where maybe 90 percent are still masked. Im proud of them for unmasking. The cases are low and the public heath authorities have said it’s fine to unmask. I worry about what years of masking will do to kids. Already ive noticed these past two years the kids in my older child's class are so unkind. There’s so much vicious bullying. And despite this being a liberal school with kids expressing many genders, there is no freethinking otherwise. We are liberal and highly educated. The virtue signaling and pressure from parents to conform is really disappointing. They really arent following the science at all at this point! By the way, of course we will mask if the new variant becomes a concern.

We are talking MCPS and I would not be proud of that. You are residing entitled kids. Masking is not doing harm. People like you are.

Posts like theirs also seem implausible and given the amount of right-wing astroturf being planted here I wouldn't give their claims much thought.

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Our teenager continues to wear a mask. Our tween does not. We let each of them decide. Yesterday, we went to a public event where masks were optional. It was not crowded, but at least 75% of people (adults and kids) were wearing masks. It definitely felt socially awkward being one of only a few people not wearing a mask, even though the CDC suggests it's safe. Among our family, only the teen was wearing a mask, although I insisted on it when we went into a small enclosed area with other people.

We're going back to the same event today, and I'm considering insisting on masks for the family because I just read an article today saying that the B.2 variant had been spotted in the U.S., and it's more contagious than omicron. MoCo case counts are currently about 34/100k, which is still only moderate transmission (and I know that's under the old CDC system), but the cases would lag up to 2 weeks from infection dates. Site, it may be shutting the barn door after the horse escaped, since we were there yesterday, but I think I'd feel better.

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Anonymous wrote:Ok?

I’m not entirely sure what the point of your comment is. Do you want him to stop wearing his mask at school?

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