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Anonymous wrote:WTF? Who is still testing. We are a pro lockdown family who took COVID deadly serious, but that time is gone.

Covid is gone? No one has it any longer?

The time to fear it is gone. For most people after vaccination it will be like a flu.

Because no one minds having the flu. And at multiple times a year.

Not enough to make my kids wear masks for 2 weeks.

And they take it off to eat, so it’s all theater.

There is outdoor seating option so you’re playing theatre and they masks is for 10 days drama queen.

Listen unless the kids are wearing proper KN95 respirators, fitted tight without any breaks (so those rainy days on indoor lunch or your Larlo needs to pick his nose). This variant is so contagious that cloth masks and surgical masks are pointless, and any break is basically game over.

Kn95 masks are available for purchase. You have nothing but excuses.

Exactly. If you as a parent are worried, you can outfit your kid with a KN95, goggles, and instruction to not remove it ever while indoors, with accompanying guidance to teachers.

Your kid will be safe, at least from COVID, mental illness will be the side effect

I work in a school. I'm going to be wearing a mask until I retired. Many other people still wear masks in my school as well. Schools are full of germs. I'm not afraid of dying from COVID but I appreciate some level of protection from all the other bugs that are constantly circulating around MCPS -- the flu, strep, the common cold. I love wearing my mask! You can belittle people like me all you want but wearing a mask keeps me from getting sick.

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Anonymous wrote:WTF? Who is still testing. We are a pro lockdown family who took COVID deadly serious, but that time is gone.

Covid is gone? No one has it any longer?

The time to fear it is gone. For most people after vaccination it will be like a flu.

Because no one minds having the flu. And at multiple times a year.

Not enough to make my kids wear masks for 2 weeks.

And they take it off to eat, so it’s all theater.

There is outdoor seating option so you’re playing theatre and they masks is for 10 days drama queen.

Listen unless the kids are wearing proper KN95 respirators, fitted tight without any breaks (so those rainy days on indoor lunch or your Larlo needs to pick his nose). This variant is so contagious that cloth masks and surgical masks are pointless, and any break is basically game over.

Kn95 masks are available for purchase. You have nothing but excuses.

Exactly. If you as a parent are worried, you can outfit your kid with a KN95, goggles, and instruction to not remove it ever while indoors, with accompanying guidance to teachers.

Your kid will be safe, at least from COVID, mental illness will be the side effect

I work in a school. I'm going to be wearing a mask until I retired. Many other people still wear masks in my school as well. Schools are full of germs. I'm not afraid of dying from COVID but I appreciate some level of protection from all the other bugs that are constantly circulating around MCPS -- the flu, strep, the common cold. I love wearing my mask! You can belittle people like me all you want but wearing a mask keeps me from getting sick.

Would you feel or act differently if you had a hearing-impaired student? I'm guessing/hoping you aren't a lower elementary teacher, where a broader set of students could be impacted by a teacher always wearing a mask.

Otherwise I don't really care when someone chooses to wear a mask as long as they're not trying to force it on anyone else.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. I read the notice carefully. It says there are 3 or more positive cases at my kid's classroom for the last 14 days, so that's why they want kids masking for 10 days. I have asked my kid if those positive kids were in the class this week, and I get no answer (still try to get to know other kids).

We have new principal this school year, so we don't know her standpoint or get to know her well. We had 2 field trips last school year, and I hope that we will have field trips this year as well.

If there were 3 or more cases then requiring masks is consistent with MCPS practices and DHHS recommendations since the spring.

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Anonymous wrote:Did the OP ever come back? I call troll.

MCPS has always been one of the zealots across the country for Covid overreaction. Is it hard to believe that one principal is still brainwashed by the past?

More than that, we know there were principals that continued quarantines at their schools after MCPS policy and DHHS recommendations ended the practice in early March.

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Anonymous wrote:WTF? Who is still testing. We are a pro lockdown family who took COVID deadly serious, but that time is gone.

Covid is gone? No one has it any longer?

The time to fear it is gone. For most people after vaccination it will be like a flu.

Because no one minds having the flu. And at multiple times a year.

Not enough to make my kids wear masks for 2 weeks.

And they take it off to eat, so it’s all theater.

There is outdoor seating option so you’re playing theatre and they masks is for 10 days drama queen.

Listen unless the kids are wearing proper KN95 respirators, fitted tight without any breaks (so those rainy days on indoor lunch or your Larlo needs to pick his nose). This variant is so contagious that cloth masks and surgical masks are pointless, and any break is basically game over.

Kn95 masks are available for purchase. You have nothing but excuses.

Exactly. If you as a parent are worried, you can outfit your kid with a KN95, goggles, and instruction to not remove it ever while indoors, with accompanying guidance to teachers.

Your kid will be safe, at least from COVID, mental illness will be the side effect

I work in a school. I'm going to be wearing a mask until I retired. Many other people still wear masks in my school as well. Schools are full of germs. I'm not afraid of dying from COVID but I appreciate some level of protection from all the other bugs that are constantly circulating around MCPS -- the flu, strep, the common cold. I love wearing my mask! You can belittle people like me all you want but wearing a mask keeps me from getting sick.

Would you feel or act differently if you had a hearing-impaired student? I'm guessing/hoping you aren't a lower elementary teacher, where a broader set of students could be impacted by a teacher always wearing a mask.

Otherwise I don't really care when someone chooses to wear a mask as long as they're not trying to force it on anyone else.

Come into the classroom. You will quickly realize that wearing a mask doesn't impact students at all.

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Anonymous wrote:Did the OP ever come back? I call troll.

MCPS has always been one of the zealots across the country for Covid overreaction. Is it hard to believe that one principal is still brainwashed by the past?

It’s not hard to believe, it’s just incredibly depressing, at least based on the OP’s initial post, i.e., masking as a result of *one* positive case.

Now that s/he’s clarified that it was three positive cases, that’s less nonsensical.

One positive case can cause an outbreak in a school.

It could, but it probably wouldn't.

Regardless, a single case isn't an outbreak. DHHS said to mask when there are three or more epidemiologically-linked cases in a classroom.

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Anonymous wrote:WTF? Who is still testing. We are a pro lockdown family who took COVID deadly serious, but that time is gone.

Covid is gone? No one has it any longer?

The time to fear it is gone. For most people after vaccination it will be like a flu.

Because no one minds having the flu. And at multiple times a year.

Not enough to make my kids wear masks for 2 weeks.

And they take it off to eat, so it’s all theater.

There is outdoor seating option so you’re playing theatre and they masks is for 10 days drama queen.

Listen unless the kids are wearing proper KN95 respirators, fitted tight without any breaks (so those rainy days on indoor lunch or your Larlo needs to pick his nose). This variant is so contagious that cloth masks and surgical masks are pointless, and any break is basically game over.

Kn95 masks are available for purchase. You have nothing but excuses.

Exactly. If you as a parent are worried, you can outfit your kid with a KN95, goggles, and instruction to not remove it ever while indoors, with accompanying guidance to teachers.

Your kid will be safe, at least from COVID, mental illness will be the side effect

I work in a school. I'm going to be wearing a mask until I retired. Many other people still wear masks in my school as well. Schools are full of germs. I'm not afraid of dying from COVID but I appreciate some level of protection from all the other bugs that are constantly circulating around MCPS -- the flu, strep, the common cold. I love wearing my mask! You can belittle people like me all you want but wearing a mask keeps me from getting sick.

Would you feel or act differently if you had a hearing-impaired student? I'm guessing/hoping you aren't a lower elementary teacher, where a broader set of students could be impacted by a teacher always wearing a mask.

Otherwise I don't really care when someone chooses to wear a mask as long as they're not trying to force it on anyone else.

How many hearing impaired students have been in school with your kids? Reality is very few so bringing this up is silly. Keeping a teacher or staff healthy so they can provide care to your kids during the day should be your priority or you'll have to care for your own kids if they don't have enough staff... think about it. Masking is a simple thing to do.

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Anonymous wrote:WTF? Who is still testing. We are a pro lockdown family who took COVID deadly serious, but that time is gone.

Covid is gone? No one has it any longer?

The time to fear it is gone. For most people after vaccination it will be like a flu.

Because no one minds having the flu. And at multiple times a year.

Not enough to make my kids wear masks for 2 weeks.

And they take it off to eat, so it’s all theater.

There is outdoor seating option so you’re playing theatre and they masks is for 10 days drama queen.

Listen unless the kids are wearing proper KN95 respirators, fitted tight without any breaks (so those rainy days on indoor lunch or your Larlo needs to pick his nose). This variant is so contagious that cloth masks and surgical masks are pointless, and any break is basically game over.

Kn95 masks are available for purchase. You have nothing but excuses.

Exactly. If you as a parent are worried, you can outfit your kid with a KN95, goggles, and instruction to not remove it ever while indoors, with accompanying guidance to teachers.

Your kid will be safe, at least from COVID, mental illness will be the side effect

I work in a school. I'm going to be wearing a mask until I retired. Many other people still wear masks in my school as well. Schools are full of germs. I'm not afraid of dying from COVID but I appreciate some level of protection from all the other bugs that are constantly circulating around MCPS -- the flu, strep, the common cold. I love wearing my mask! You can belittle people like me all you want but wearing a mask keeps me from getting sick.

Would you feel or act differently if you had a hearing-impaired student? I'm guessing/hoping you aren't a lower elementary teacher, where a broader set of students could be impacted by a teacher always wearing a mask.

Otherwise I don't really care when someone chooses to wear a mask as long as they're not trying to force it on anyone else.

Come into the classroom. You will quickly realize that wearing a mask doesn't impact students at all.

What grade? And what disabilities are you accommodating among your students?

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Anonymous wrote:WTF? Who is still testing. We are a pro lockdown family who took COVID deadly serious, but that time is gone.

Covid is gone? No one has it any longer?

The time to fear it is gone. For most people after vaccination it will be like a flu.

Because no one minds having the flu. And at multiple times a year.

Not enough to make my kids wear masks for 2 weeks.

And they take it off to eat, so it’s all theater.

There is outdoor seating option so you’re playing theatre and they masks is for 10 days drama queen.

Listen unless the kids are wearing proper KN95 respirators, fitted tight without any breaks (so those rainy days on indoor lunch or your Larlo needs to pick his nose). This variant is so contagious that cloth masks and surgical masks are pointless, and any break is basically game over.

Kn95 masks are available for purchase. You have nothing but excuses.

Exactly. If you as a parent are worried, you can outfit your kid with a KN95, goggles, and instruction to not remove it ever while indoors, with accompanying guidance to teachers.

Your kid will be safe, at least from COVID, mental illness will be the side effect

I work in a school. I'm going to be wearing a mask until I retired. Many other people still wear masks in my school as well. Schools are full of germs. I'm not afraid of dying from COVID but I appreciate some level of protection from all the other bugs that are constantly circulating around MCPS -- the flu, strep, the common cold. I love wearing my mask! You can belittle people like me all you want but wearing a mask keeps me from getting sick.

Would you feel or act differently if you had a hearing-impaired student? I'm guessing/hoping you aren't a lower elementary teacher, where a broader set of students could be impacted by a teacher always wearing a mask.

Otherwise I don't really care when someone chooses to wear a mask as long as they're not trying to force it on anyone else.

Have you ever thought about the student in the next desk over whose parent may be fighting for their lives with cancer or other health issues and them getting covid would be serious and delay treatment?

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Anonymous wrote:WTF? Who is still testing. We are a pro lockdown family who took COVID deadly serious, but that time is gone.

Covid is gone? No one has it any longer?

The time to fear it is gone. For most people after vaccination it will be like a flu.

Because no one minds having the flu. And at multiple times a year.

Not enough to make my kids wear masks for 2 weeks.

And they take it off to eat, so it’s all theater.

There is outdoor seating option so you’re playing theatre and they masks is for 10 days drama queen.

Listen unless the kids are wearing proper KN95 respirators, fitted tight without any breaks (so those rainy days on indoor lunch or your Larlo needs to pick his nose). This variant is so contagious that cloth masks and surgical masks are pointless, and any break is basically game over.

Kn95 masks are available for purchase. You have nothing but excuses.

Exactly. If you as a parent are worried, you can outfit your kid with a KN95, goggles, and instruction to not remove it ever while indoors, with accompanying guidance to teachers.

Your kid will be safe, at least from COVID, mental illness will be the side effect

I work in a school. I'm going to be wearing a mask until I retired. Many other people still wear masks in my school as well. Schools are full of germs. I'm not afraid of dying from COVID but I appreciate some level of protection from all the other bugs that are constantly circulating around MCPS -- the flu, strep, the common cold. I love wearing my mask! You can belittle people like me all you want but wearing a mask keeps me from getting sick.

Would you feel or act differently if you had a hearing-impaired student? I'm guessing/hoping you aren't a lower elementary teacher, where a broader set of students could be impacted by a teacher always wearing a mask.

Otherwise I don't really care when someone chooses to wear a mask as long as they're not trying to force it on anyone else.

Have you ever thought about the student in the next desk over whose parent may be fighting for their lives with cancer or other health issues and them getting covid would be serious and delay treatment?

Three cases in a classroom, and you get masks for 10 days. Seems a reasonable compromise for now.

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Anonymous wrote:WTF? Who is still testing. We are a pro lockdown family who took COVID deadly serious, but that time is gone.

Covid is gone? No one has it any longer?

The time to fear it is gone. For most people after vaccination it will be like a flu.

Because no one minds having the flu. And at multiple times a year.

Not enough to make my kids wear masks for 2 weeks.

And they take it off to eat, so it’s all theater.

There is outdoor seating option so you’re playing theatre and they masks is for 10 days drama queen.

Listen unless the kids are wearing proper KN95 respirators, fitted tight without any breaks (so those rainy days on indoor lunch or your Larlo needs to pick his nose). This variant is so contagious that cloth masks and surgical masks are pointless, and any break is basically game over.

Kn95 masks are available for purchase. You have nothing but excuses.

Exactly. If you as a parent are worried, you can outfit your kid with a KN95, goggles, and instruction to not remove it ever while indoors, with accompanying guidance to teachers.

Your kid will be safe, at least from COVID, mental illness will be the side effect

I work in a school. I'm going to be wearing a mask until I retired. Many other people still wear masks in my school as well. Schools are full of germs. I'm not afraid of dying from COVID but I appreciate some level of protection from all the other bugs that are constantly circulating around MCPS -- the flu, strep, the common cold. I love wearing my mask! You can belittle people like me all you want but wearing a mask keeps me from getting sick.

Would you feel or act differently if you had a hearing-impaired student? I'm guessing/hoping you aren't a lower elementary teacher, where a broader set of students could be impacted by a teacher always wearing a mask.

Otherwise I don't really care when someone chooses to wear a mask as long as they're not trying to force it on anyone else.

Have you ever thought about the student in the next desk over whose parent may be fighting for their lives with cancer or other health issues and them getting covid would be serious and delay treatment?

Three cases in a classroom, and you get masks for 10 days. Seems a reasonable compromise for now.

Isn't it easier to stay I don't care about Larlo's mom or Layla's dad as the only thing that is important is me.

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Anonymous wrote:WTF? Who is still testing. We are a pro lockdown family who took COVID deadly serious, but that time is gone.

Covid is gone? No one has it any longer?

The time to fear it is gone. For most people after vaccination it will be like a flu.

Because no one minds having the flu. And at multiple times a year.

Not enough to make my kids wear masks for 2 weeks.

And they take it off to eat, so it’s all theater.

There is outdoor seating option so you’re playing theatre and they masks is for 10 days drama queen.

Listen unless the kids are wearing proper KN95 respirators, fitted tight without any breaks (so those rainy days on indoor lunch or your Larlo needs to pick his nose). This variant is so contagious that cloth masks and surgical masks are pointless, and any break is basically game over.

Kn95 masks are available for purchase. You have nothing but excuses.

Exactly. If you as a parent are worried, you can outfit your kid with a KN95, goggles, and instruction to not remove it ever while indoors, with accompanying guidance to teachers.

Your kid will be safe, at least from COVID, mental illness will be the side effect

I work in a school. I'm going to be wearing a mask until I retired. Many other people still wear masks in my school as well. Schools are full of germs. I'm not afraid of dying from COVID but I appreciate some level of protection from all the other bugs that are constantly circulating around MCPS -- the flu, strep, the common cold. I love wearing my mask! You can belittle people like me all you want but wearing a mask keeps me from getting sick.

Would you feel or act differently if you had a hearing-impaired student? I'm guessing/hoping you aren't a lower elementary teacher, where a broader set of students could be impacted by a teacher always wearing a mask.

Otherwise I don't really care when someone chooses to wear a mask as long as they're not trying to force it on anyone else.

Have you ever thought about the student in the next desk over whose parent may be fighting for their lives with cancer or other health issues and them getting covid would be serious and delay treatment?

Sounds like that student in next desk should wear a good mask. Or maybe the parent should inquire about getting an apartment next to the hospital. The hospital where my wife got her transplant did that for her when she was recovering after the surgery.

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Anonymous wrote:WTF? Who is still testing. We are a pro lockdown family who took COVID deadly serious, but that time is gone.

Covid is gone? No one has it any longer?

The time to fear it is gone. For most people after vaccination it will be like a flu.

Because no one minds having the flu. And at multiple times a year.

Not enough to make my kids wear masks for 2 weeks.

And they take it off to eat, so it’s all theater.

There is outdoor seating option so you’re playing theatre and they masks is for 10 days drama queen.

Listen unless the kids are wearing proper KN95 respirators, fitted tight without any breaks (so those rainy days on indoor lunch or your Larlo needs to pick his nose). This variant is so contagious that cloth masks and surgical masks are pointless, and any break is basically game over.

Kn95 masks are available for purchase. You have nothing but excuses.

Exactly. If you as a parent are worried, you can outfit your kid with a KN95, goggles, and instruction to not remove it ever while indoors, with accompanying guidance to teachers.

Your kid will be safe, at least from COVID, mental illness will be the side effect

I work in a school. I'm going to be wearing a mask until I retired. Many other people still wear masks in my school as well. Schools are full of germs. I'm not afraid of dying from COVID but I appreciate some level of protection from all the other bugs that are constantly circulating around MCPS -- the flu, strep, the common cold. I love wearing my mask! You can belittle people like me all you want but wearing a mask keeps me from getting sick.

Would you feel or act differently if you had a hearing-impaired student? I'm guessing/hoping you aren't a lower elementary teacher, where a broader set of students could be impacted by a teacher always wearing a mask.

Otherwise I don't really care when someone chooses to wear a mask as long as they're not trying to force it on anyone else.

Have you ever thought about the student in the next desk over whose parent may be fighting for their lives with cancer or other health issues and them getting covid would be serious and delay treatment?

Sounds like that student in next desk should wear a good mask. Or maybe the parent should inquire about getting an apartment next to the hospital. The hospital where my wife got her transplant did that for her when she was recovering after the surgery.

It’s not as simple as one kid masking. Most people cannot afford to move out nor would leave their kids like that. You’d think you’d have a bit more empathy to what your wife went through but clearly you were not taking care of her.

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Anonymous wrote:WTF? Who is still testing. We are a pro lockdown family who took COVID deadly serious, but that time is gone.

Covid is gone? No one has it any longer?

The time to fear it is gone. For most people after vaccination it will be like a flu.

Because no one minds having the flu. And at multiple times a year.

Not enough to make my kids wear masks for 2 weeks.

And they take it off to eat, so it’s all theater.

There is outdoor seating option so you’re playing theatre and they masks is for 10 days drama queen.

Listen unless the kids are wearing proper KN95 respirators, fitted tight without any breaks (so those rainy days on indoor lunch or your Larlo needs to pick his nose). This variant is so contagious that cloth masks and surgical masks are pointless, and any break is basically game over.

Kn95 masks are available for purchase. You have nothing but excuses.

Exactly. If you as a parent are worried, you can outfit your kid with a KN95, goggles, and instruction to not remove it ever while indoors, with accompanying guidance to teachers.

Your kid will be safe, at least from COVID, mental illness will be the side effect

I work in a school. I'm going to be wearing a mask until I retired. Many other people still wear masks in my school as well. Schools are full of germs. I'm not afraid of dying from COVID but I appreciate some level of protection from all the other bugs that are constantly circulating around MCPS -- the flu, strep, the common cold. I love wearing my mask! You can belittle people like me all you want but wearing a mask keeps me from getting sick.

Would you feel or act differently if you had a hearing-impaired student? I'm guessing/hoping you aren't a lower elementary teacher, where a broader set of students could be impacted by a teacher always wearing a mask.

Otherwise I don't really care when someone chooses to wear a mask as long as they're not trying to force it on anyone else.

Have you ever thought about the student in the next desk over whose parent may be fighting for their lives with cancer or other health issues and them getting covid would be serious and delay treatment?

Sounds like that student in next desk should wear a good mask. Or maybe the parent should inquire about getting an apartment next to the hospital. The hospital where my wife got her transplant did that for her when she was recovering after the surgery.

It’s not as simple as one kid masking. Most people cannot afford to move out nor would leave their kids like that. You’d think you’d have a bit more empathy to what your wife went through but clearly you were not taking care of her.

That’s right- I wasn’t, since that was well before we were married.

I really don't get what your expectations are. There has always been, and will always be, infectious diseases of varying severity. There has always been, and will always be, immunocompromised individuals, and other people requiring medical treatment. And for most of those individuals, schools will be far from their only direct or indirect source of exposure to infectious diseases.

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Anonymous wrote:WTF? Who is still testing. We are a pro lockdown family who took COVID deadly serious, but that time is gone.

Covid is gone? No one has it any longer?

The time to fear it is gone. For most people after vaccination it will be like a flu.

Because no one minds having the flu. And at multiple times a year.

Not enough to make my kids wear masks for 2 weeks.

And they take it off to eat, so it’s all theater.

There is outdoor seating option so you’re playing theatre and they masks is for 10 days drama queen.

Listen unless the kids are wearing proper KN95 respirators, fitted tight without any breaks (so those rainy days on indoor lunch or your Larlo needs to pick his nose). This variant is so contagious that cloth masks and surgical masks are pointless, and any break is basically game over.

Kn95 masks are available for purchase. You have nothing but excuses.

N95 are also easily available on Amazon and tested in the US. Level 3 surgical masks are ok too.

But, if you read real studies you need multiple layers of mitigation, not just your child masking.

Nope, my child and two other students worked in a study group with a teacher who came to school sick for 2 days prior to getting tested. My child wore a kn95 and never got covid but the two other students who were unmasked did.