New 2022-2023 Covid Plan and Guidelines

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Anonymous wrote:I think they’re just going to start off in the fall similarly to how they ended in the spring. If there’s a surge, you may not have a bus driver and your kid may be sitting in an auditorium being babysat with 100 others not really learning if enough staff are out sick. Unless the cdc gets rid of the 5 day isolation, mcps won’t change that procedure.

Can you imagine the spread of covid if they do the auditoriums given this variant is far more contagious? How quickly will they be posting here complaining abotu that.

Absolutely. I am on day 5 of Covid right now and if I were your kids teacher, I would be coughing all over them in class tomorrow.

Fine by me. Stay home if you feel sick otherwise go to work. We’ve got to move on.

What does moving on mean? Being selfish and not caring about anyone but yourself. Not caring who you pass covid onto and the impact it has on someone else. MCPS clearly failed with their mental health seminars in terms of empathy.

Nope. It means understanding that people will catch and transmit Covid regardless of what mitigation efforts are occurring. Even with vaccines, testing, masks - people still catch Covid.

You are right that some posters here do appear to need to some help with their anxiety and mental health issues. It’s been hard when people have been in fear since 2020 - it is hard to realize that the US has indeed ‘moved on’.

If you cannot understand the severity of covid, maybe you should get your mental health checked. Moving on shows a clear lack of judgement and in MCPS basic precautions are needed.

You've moved on so much that we are experiencing a surge. So, we have you to thank for spreading covid to the rest of us.

There’s no “surge.” This is just what endemic covid looks like. And it looks fine.

Yes, there is a surge right now. It does not look or feel fine. Denial must be wonderful for you.

How many families do you know with covid right now or within the last 2 months?

My entire department with the exception of me and another staffer got it/have it.

Only 1 of 20+ had bad symptoms. One. And that person still said it wasn’t as bad as the flu.

Are we surging in terms of number of cases? Sure.

But what’s the severity? It’s less severe. Just as the experts predicted, covid has become more widespread but less severe. We know how to manage it.

Deep breaths. It’s ok. Truly.

I know multiple families who have gotten covid in the last month, many of whom are pretty careful. Spouse's work (he refuses to go) has hosted some large events (really large) and many of his co-workers who went all got covid.

You can pretend all you want and minimize the situation if that makes you get through the day, but you are hurting a lot of people. Maybe this is why MCPS is seeing a surge in mental health issues in the kids. Parents cannot even set a good example.

I think you are equating testing positive/being sick for a week with some horrific tragedy. It’s not.

I know elderly and unhealthy and unvaxxed people who died due to covid early on.

We were very careful for two years.

After two years, I know vaxxed and boosted elderly and unhealthy people who breezed through covid.

Why can’t you realize that covid has evolved, prevention and treatment has evolved, and now everyone must evolve?

PS - I attended a big conference and 3 people at my table subsequently tested positive. I did not. But had I tested positive, I likely would have bounced back within a week or so just like they did.

Oh dear. Your cable is out and you missed the news that covid is still killing thousands of people every week. Your tiny tiny life is irrelevant to the reality of this ongoing pandemic.

Yes, many of the MAGA set who post here but claim to be "really liberal" only watch Fox News so are ignorant about this.

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Anonymous wrote:I think they’re just going to start off in the fall similarly to how they ended in the spring. If there’s a surge, you may not have a bus driver and your kid may be sitting in an auditorium being babysat with 100 others not really learning if enough staff are out sick. Unless the cdc gets rid of the 5 day isolation, mcps won’t change that procedure.

Can you imagine the spread of covid if they do the auditoriums given this variant is far more contagious? How quickly will they be posting here complaining abotu that.

Absolutely. I am on day 5 of Covid right now and if I were your kids teacher, I would be coughing all over them in class tomorrow.

Fine by me. Stay home if you feel sick otherwise go to work. We’ve got to move on.

What does moving on mean? Being selfish and not caring about anyone but yourself. Not caring who you pass covid onto and the impact it has on someone else. MCPS clearly failed with their mental health seminars in terms of empathy.

Yes. Just like we did before 2020. Stay home if you are sick, go to school if you’re not.

So again, you are saying to go to school if you have a cough or runny nose, as long as you are fever free and able to participate in activities, right? Because that was the standard before 2020.

Yes. Precisely. That’s what we should do

+1

That is EXACTLY how it should be.

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid had it this spring/summer, then you should realize it’s NBD.

If your loved one died, or you developed a long term complication, or you lost your job for taking too many sick days, then you should realize it isn't NBD. Or, also, if you have a brain in your head to realize that just because something was OK for you your experience isn't universal.

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Anonymous wrote:I think they’re just going to start off in the fall similarly to how they ended in the spring. If there’s a surge, you may not have a bus driver and your kid may be sitting in an auditorium being babysat with 100 others not really learning if enough staff are out sick. Unless the cdc gets rid of the 5 day isolation, mcps won’t change that procedure.

Can you imagine the spread of covid if they do the auditoriums given this variant is far more contagious? How quickly will they be posting here complaining abotu that.

Absolutely. I am on day 5 of Covid right now and if I were your kids teacher, I would be coughing all over them in class tomorrow.

Fine by me. Stay home if you feel sick otherwise go to work. We’ve got to move on.

What does moving on mean? Being selfish and not caring about anyone but yourself. Not caring who you pass covid onto and the impact it has on someone else. MCPS clearly failed with their mental health seminars in terms of empathy.

Nope. It means understanding that people will catch and transmit Covid regardless of what mitigation efforts are occurring. Even with vaccines, testing, masks - people still catch Covid.

You are right that some posters here do appear to need to some help with their anxiety and mental health issues. It’s been hard when people have been in fear since 2020 - it is hard to realize that the US has indeed ‘moved on’.

If you cannot understand the severity of covid, maybe you should get your mental health checked. Moving on shows a clear lack of judgement and in MCPS basic precautions are needed.

You've moved on so much that we are experiencing a surge. So, we have you to thank for spreading covid to the rest of us.

There’s no “surge.” This is just what endemic covid looks like. And it looks fine.

Yes, there is a surge right now. It does not look or feel fine. Denial must be wonderful for you.

How many families do you know with covid right now or within the last 2 months?

My entire department with the exception of me and another staffer got it/have it.

Only 1 of 20+ had bad symptoms. One. And that person still said it wasn’t as bad as the flu.

Are we surging in terms of number of cases? Sure.

But what’s the severity? It’s less severe. Just as the experts predicted, covid has become more widespread but less severe. We know how to manage it.

Deep breaths. It’s ok. Truly.

I know multiple families who have gotten covid in the last month, many of whom are pretty careful. Spouse's work (he refuses to go) has hosted some large events (really large) and many of his co-workers who went all got covid.

You can pretend all you want and minimize the situation if that makes you get through the day, but you are hurting a lot of people. Maybe this is why MCPS is seeing a surge in mental health issues in the kids. Parents cannot even set a good example.

I think you are equating testing positive/being sick for a week with some horrific tragedy. It’s not.

I know elderly and unhealthy and unvaxxed people who died due to covid early on.

We were very careful for two years.

After two years, I know vaxxed and boosted elderly and unhealthy people who breezed through covid.

Why can’t you realize that covid has evolved, prevention and treatment has evolved, and now everyone must evolve?

PS - I attended a big conference and 3 people at my table subsequently tested positive. I did not. But had I tested positive, I likely would have bounced back within a week or so just like they did.

Oh dear. Your cable is out and you missed the news that covid is still killing thousands of people every week. Your tiny tiny life is irrelevant to the reality of this ongoing pandemic.

Yes, many of the MAGA set who post here but claim to be "really liberal" only watch Fox News so are ignorant about this.

FAR more unmasked liberals dining out, vacationing, shopping, etc. in MoCo than MAGA.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think they’re just going to start off in the fall similarly to how they ended in the spring. If there’s a surge, you may not have a bus driver and your kid may be sitting in an auditorium being babysat with 100 others not really learning if enough staff are out sick. Unless the cdc gets rid of the 5 day isolation, mcps won’t change that procedure.

Can you imagine the spread of covid if they do the auditoriums given this variant is far more contagious? How quickly will they be posting here complaining abotu that.

Absolutely. I am on day 5 of Covid right now and if I were your kids teacher, I would be coughing all over them in class tomorrow.

Fine by me. Stay home if you feel sick otherwise go to work. We’ve got to move on.

What does moving on mean? Being selfish and not caring about anyone but yourself. Not caring who you pass covid onto and the impact it has on someone else. MCPS clearly failed with their mental health seminars in terms of empathy.

Yes. Just like we did before 2020. Stay home if you are sick, go to school if you’re not.

So again, you are saying to go to school if you have a cough or runny nose, as long as you are fever free and able to participate in activities, right? Because that was the standard before 2020.

The problem with this is that your runny nose could cause someone else a severe flu. The common cold didn’t work that way, but covid does.

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Anonymous wrote:I think they’re just going to start off in the fall similarly to how they ended in the spring. If there’s a surge, you may not have a bus driver and your kid may be sitting in an auditorium being babysat with 100 others not really learning if enough staff are out sick. Unless the cdc gets rid of the 5 day isolation, mcps won’t change that procedure.

Can you imagine the spread of covid if they do the auditoriums given this variant is far more contagious? How quickly will they be posting here complaining abotu that.

Absolutely. I am on day 5 of Covid right now and if I were your kids teacher, I would be coughing all over them in class tomorrow.

Fine by me. Stay home if you feel sick otherwise go to work. We’ve got to move on.

What does moving on mean? Being selfish and not caring about anyone but yourself. Not caring who you pass covid onto and the impact it has on someone else. MCPS clearly failed with their mental health seminars in terms of empathy.

Yes. Just like we did before 2020. Stay home if you are sick, go to school if you’re not.

So again, you are saying to go to school if you have a cough or runny nose, as long as you are fever free and able to participate in activities, right? Because that was the standard before 2020.

The problem with this is that your runny nose could cause someone else a severe flu. The common cold didn’t work that way, but covid does.

The problem is it’ll be the same story in 2030. That’s why most have “moved on”.

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Anonymous wrote:I think they’re just going to start off in the fall similarly to how they ended in the spring. If there’s a surge, you may not have a bus driver and your kid may be sitting in an auditorium being babysat with 100 others not really learning if enough staff are out sick. Unless the cdc gets rid of the 5 day isolation, mcps won’t change that procedure.

Can you imagine the spread of covid if they do the auditoriums given this variant is far more contagious? How quickly will they be posting here complaining abotu that.

Absolutely. I am on day 5 of Covid right now and if I were your kids teacher, I would be coughing all over them in class tomorrow.

Fine by me. Stay home if you feel sick otherwise go to work. We’ve got to move on.

What does moving on mean? Being selfish and not caring about anyone but yourself. Not caring who you pass covid onto and the impact it has on someone else. MCPS clearly failed with their mental health seminars in terms of empathy.

Yes. Just like we did before 2020. Stay home if you are sick, go to school if you’re not.

So again, you are saying to go to school if you have a cough or runny nose, as long as you are fever free and able to participate in activities, right? Because that was the standard before 2020.

YES! That’s EXACTLY what we’re saying!

Has a single public health expert recommended continuing activities maskless when you have symptoms and/or not testing when you have symptoms?

The problem is that you have centered your entire life around your covid caution such that you can’t see anything else. If you want to save the public, you should direct your efforts to climate change.

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Anonymous wrote:I think they’re just going to start off in the fall similarly to how they ended in the spring. If there’s a surge, you may not have a bus driver and your kid may be sitting in an auditorium being babysat with 100 others not really learning if enough staff are out sick. Unless the cdc gets rid of the 5 day isolation, mcps won’t change that procedure.

Can you imagine the spread of covid if they do the auditoriums given this variant is far more contagious? How quickly will they be posting here complaining abotu that.

Absolutely. I am on day 5 of Covid right now and if I were your kids teacher, I would be coughing all over them in class tomorrow.

Fine by me. Stay home if you feel sick otherwise go to work. We’ve got to move on.

What does moving on mean? Being selfish and not caring about anyone but yourself. Not caring who you pass covid onto and the impact it has on someone else. MCPS clearly failed with their mental health seminars in terms of empathy.

Yes. Just like we did before 2020. Stay home if you are sick, go to school if you’re not.

So again, you are saying to go to school if you have a cough or runny nose, as long as you are fever free and able to participate in activities, right? Because that was the standard before 2020.

YES! That’s EXACTLY what we’re saying!

Has a single public health expert recommended continuing activities maskless when you have symptoms and/or not testing when you have symptoms?

The problem is that you have centered your entire life around your covid caution such that you can’t see anything else. If you want to save the public, you should direct your efforts to climate change.

Climate change? Wow, just wow. Maybe you should take your blinders off, start caring about people and learn empathy. Compassion and caring about others. The world might be a better place if you did.

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Anonymous wrote:I think they’re just going to start off in the fall similarly to how they ended in the spring. If there’s a surge, you may not have a bus driver and your kid may be sitting in an auditorium being babysat with 100 others not really learning if enough staff are out sick. Unless the cdc gets rid of the 5 day isolation, mcps won’t change that procedure.

Can you imagine the spread of covid if they do the auditoriums given this variant is far more contagious? How quickly will they be posting here complaining abotu that.

Absolutely. I am on day 5 of Covid right now and if I were your kids teacher, I would be coughing all over them in class tomorrow.

Fine by me. Stay home if you feel sick otherwise go to work. We’ve got to move on.

What does moving on mean? Being selfish and not caring about anyone but yourself. Not caring who you pass covid onto and the impact it has on someone else. MCPS clearly failed with their mental health seminars in terms of empathy.

Nope. It means understanding that people will catch and transmit Covid regardless of what mitigation efforts are occurring. Even with vaccines, testing, masks - people still catch Covid.

You are right that some posters here do appear to need to some help with their anxiety and mental health issues. It’s been hard when people have been in fear since 2020 - it is hard to realize that the US has indeed ‘moved on’.

If you cannot understand the severity of covid, maybe you should get your mental health checked. Moving on shows a clear lack of judgement and in MCPS basic precautions are needed.

You've moved on so much that we are experiencing a surge. So, we have you to thank for spreading covid to the rest of us.

There’s no “surge.” This is just what endemic covid looks like. And it looks fine.

Yes, there is a surge right now. It does not look or feel fine. Denial must be wonderful for you.

How many families do you know with covid right now or within the last 2 months?

My entire department with the exception of me and another staffer got it/have it.

Only 1 of 20+ had bad symptoms. One. And that person still said it wasn’t as bad as the flu.

Are we surging in terms of number of cases? Sure.

But what’s the severity? It’s less severe. Just as the experts predicted, covid has become more widespread but less severe. We know how to manage it.

Deep breaths. It’s ok. Truly.

I know multiple families who have gotten covid in the last month, many of whom are pretty careful. Spouse's work (he refuses to go) has hosted some large events (really large) and many of his co-workers who went all got covid.

You can pretend all you want and minimize the situation if that makes you get through the day, but you are hurting a lot of people. Maybe this is why MCPS is seeing a surge in mental health issues in the kids. Parents cannot even set a good example.

I think you are equating testing positive/being sick for a week with some horrific tragedy. It’s not.

I know elderly and unhealthy and unvaxxed people who died due to covid early on.

We were very careful for two years.

After two years, I know vaxxed and boosted elderly and unhealthy people who breezed through covid.

Why can’t you realize that covid has evolved, prevention and treatment has evolved, and now everyone must evolve?

PS - I attended a big conference and 3 people at my table subsequently tested positive. I did not. But had I tested positive, I likely would have bounced back within a week or so just like they did.

Oh dear. Your cable is out and you missed the news that covid is still killing thousands of people every week. Your tiny tiny life is irrelevant to the reality of this ongoing pandemic.

Yes, many of the MAGA set who post here but claim to be "really liberal" only watch Fox News so are ignorant about this.

FAR more unmasked liberals dining out, vacationing, shopping, etc. in MoCo than MAGA.

The liberals and maga have it in common.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid had it this spring/summer, then you should realize it’s NBD.

If your loved one died, or you developed a long term complication, or you lost your job for taking too many sick days, then you should realize it isn't NBD. Or, also, if you have a brain in your head to realize that just because something was OK for you your experience isn't universal.

Exactly. We has a relative die last spring. My Covid has lasted weeks. It is a big deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your kid had it this spring/summer, then you should realize it’s NBD.

If your loved one died, or you developed a long term complication, or you lost your job for taking too many sick days, then you should realize it isn't NBD. Or, also, if you have a brain in your head to realize that just because something was OK for you your experience isn't universal.

Exactly. We has a relative die last spring. My Covid has lasted weeks. It is a big deal.

It can be. Most often it’s not. Just how it is.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your kid had it this spring/summer, then you should realize it’s NBD.

If your loved one died, or you developed a long term complication, or you lost your job for taking too many sick days, then you should realize it isn't NBD. Or, also, if you have a brain in your head to realize that just because something was OK for you your experience isn't universal.

Exactly. We has a relative die last spring. My Covid has lasted weeks. It is a big deal.

It can be. Most often it’s not. Just how it is.

After (literally) the seventh or eighth condolences, flowers, cards, funeral arrangement, etc. and at least two were co-workers younger than I am, not to mention the brain / organ / tissue damage associated with mild covid; I find it insulting that you trivialize covid health effects.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your kid had it this spring/summer, then you should realize it’s NBD.

If your loved one died, or you developed a long term complication, or you lost your job for taking too many sick days, then you should realize it isn't NBD. Or, also, if you have a brain in your head to realize that just because something was OK for you your experience isn't universal.

Exactly. We has a relative die last spring. My Covid has lasted weeks. It is a big deal.

It can be. Most often it’s not. Just how it is.

After (literally) the seventh or eighth condolences, flowers, cards, funeral arrangement, etc. and at least two were co-workers younger than I am, not to mention the brain / organ / tissue damage associated with mild covid; I find it insulting that you trivialize covid health effects.

Ok, feel insulted (literally).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid had it this spring/summer, then you should realize it’s NBD.

If your loved one died, or you developed a long term complication, or you lost your job for taking too many sick days, then you should realize it isn't NBD. Or, also, if you have a brain in your head to realize that just because something was OK for you your experience isn't universal.

Exactly. We has a relative die last spring. My Covid has lasted weeks. It is a big deal.

It can be. Most often it’s not. Just how it is.

We can now see the importance of mental health at school as if this is your idea of compassion, no wonder these kids are struggling.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid had it this spring/summer, then you should realize it’s NBD.

If your loved one died, or you developed a long term complication, or you lost your job for taking too many sick days, then you should realize it isn't NBD. Or, also, if you have a brain in your head to realize that just because something was OK for you your experience isn't universal.

Exactly. We has a relative die last spring. My Covid has lasted weeks. It is a big deal.

It can be. Most often it’s not. Just how it is.

We can now see the importance of mental health at school as if this is your idea of compassion, no wonder these kids are struggling.

Covid can be serious. Usually it’s not. There you go.