COVID policy for 2023-24 school year

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Anonymous wrote:At an MCPS sports orientation last night, the athletic director said Covid diagnosis required 5 days off followed by 5 days masked.

That is ridiculous. And bad public health policy. What science are they basing that policy on?

No good reason to require 5 days off and then 5 days masked.

That is exactly why people just simply won’t test. If you don’t test, you don’t get the Covid diagnosis and can just go on assuming it’s a cold.

Don’t be that person.

What person?

Fever free for 24 hours and the kid can go back to school. Why would we have a different rule for Covid versus the flu at this point?

I interpreted it as don’t be a person that unnecessarily keeps your kids out of school because of the irrational fears of a small number of people with health anxiety.

You mean because one parent has serious health issues. You clearly don’t get the difference between documented medical issues and mental health issues. A simple cold is no big deal to you. A simple cold lasts weeks for me and usually needs multiple rounds of antibiotics and steroids.

OK- so what did you do before covid? Because we’re all going to do that.

+1. If you’ve really had this problem pre covid (which I highly doubt) just do what you did then. It’s not anyone else’s responsibility to protect you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why should MCPS be in the business of adopting a Covid policy separate from the CDC? Do you really think the district that has bungled up nearly everything else can get health policy better?

The cdc is not considering large high schools with poor air quality and no ability to distance.

My response was more to the huge number of people on this thread who think the CDC guidance of 5 days out of school (really 6) and 5 additional days masking is too little.

Sorry, meant too much!

I don’t have a problem with the policy. If you’re actually sick enough from covid to require medical treatment, then you’re probably going to want to stay home for 5 days. But it’s quite rare to require medical treatment for covid— particularly for kids. And in that case, this policy just says 24 hours without a fever.

And for what it’s worth, I’ve never thought that MCPS should blindly follow CDC advice. The CDC has one job, public health. It isn’t the CDC’s job to consider and balance the educational effects of long absences (or masks, or school closures, etc.) MCPS and the school board generally should have been viewing the CDC recommendations as conservative measures made with little regard for education and kids, and accepted risks when confronted with conflicting equities.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:At an MCPS sports orientation last night, the athletic director said Covid diagnosis required 5 days off followed by 5 days masked.

That is ridiculous. And bad public health policy. What science are they basing that policy on?

No good reason to require 5 days off and then 5 days masked.

That is exactly why people just simply won’t test. If you don’t test, you don’t get the Covid diagnosis and can just go on assuming it’s a cold.

Don’t be that person.

What person?

Fever free for 24 hours and the kid can go back to school. Why would we have a different rule for Covid versus the flu at this point?

I interpreted it as don’t be a person that unnecessarily keeps your kids out of school because of the irrational fears of a small number of people with health anxiety.

You mean because one parent has serious health issues. You clearly don’t get the difference between documented medical issues and mental health issues. A simple cold is no big deal to you. A simple cold lasts weeks for me and usually needs multiple rounds of antibiotics and steroids.

OK- so what did you do before covid? Because we’re all going to do that.

No, “we” all are not, and you sound like a middle school bully with this nonsense.

I’m sorry PP. We are in the same boat and it sucks. Learning who is and is not a douchebag has been unpleasant at best.

[Anonymous]

This thread just proves how many bad and selfish parents are out there. My god. I'm a para (and this has NOTHING to do with COVID) but one parent sending their kid in sick, results in another kid getting sick, etc... You don't care about other kids? Disgusting. "It's not my responsibility to protect you." If your kid is sick, keep them home. Do your damn job as a parent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread just proves how many bad and selfish parents are out there. My god. I'm a para (and this has NOTHING to do with COVID) but one parent sending their kid in sick, results in another kid getting sick, etc... You don't care about other kids? Disgusting. "It's not my responsibility to protect you." If your kid is sick, keep them home. Do your damn job as a parent.

+ 1 million

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At an MCPS sports orientation last night, the athletic director said Covid diagnosis required 5 days off followed by 5 days masked.

That is ridiculous. And bad public health policy. What science are they basing that policy on?

No good reason to require 5 days off and then 5 days masked.

That is exactly why people just simply won’t test. If you don’t test, you don’t get the Covid diagnosis and can just go on assuming it’s a cold.

Don’t be that person.

What person?

Fever free for 24 hours and the kid can go back to school. Why would we have a different rule for Covid versus the flu at this point?

I interpreted it as don’t be a person that unnecessarily keeps your kids out of school because of the irrational fears of a small number of people with health anxiety.

You mean because one parent has serious health issues. You clearly don’t get the difference between documented medical issues and mental health issues. A simple cold is no big deal to you. A simple cold lasts weeks for me and usually needs multiple rounds of antibiotics and steroids.

OK- so what did you do before covid? Because we’re all going to do that.

No, “we” all are not, and you sound like a middle school bully with this nonsense.

I’m sorry PP. We are in the same boat and it sucks. Learning who is and is not a douchebag has been unpleasant at best.

I’m the bully? You’re the one trying to force others to change their long-accepted behaviors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread just proves how many bad and selfish parents are out there. My god. I'm a para (and this has NOTHING to do with COVID) but one parent sending their kid in sick, results in another kid getting sick, etc... You don't care about other kids? Disgusting. "It's not my responsibility to protect you." If your kid is sick, keep them home. Do your damn job as a parent.

You say that as if kids wouldn’t get sick if not for that. They would.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread just proves how many bad and selfish parents are out there. My god. I'm a para (and this has NOTHING to do with COVID) but one parent sending their kid in sick, results in another kid getting sick, etc... You don't care about other kids? Disgusting. "It's not my responsibility to protect you." If your kid is sick, keep them home. Do your damn job as a parent.

They are the same parents complaining when the teachers and staff are out sick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At an MCPS sports orientation last night, the athletic director said Covid diagnosis required 5 days off followed by 5 days masked.

That is ridiculous. And bad public health policy. What science are they basing that policy on?

No good reason to require 5 days off and then 5 days masked.

That is exactly why people just simply won’t test. If you don’t test, you don’t get the Covid diagnosis and can just go on assuming it’s a cold.

Don’t be that person.

What person?

Fever free for 24 hours and the kid can go back to school. Why would we have a different rule for Covid versus the flu at this point?

I interpreted it as don’t be a person that unnecessarily keeps your kids out of school because of the irrational fears of a small number of people with health anxiety.

You mean because one parent has serious health issues. You clearly don’t get the difference between documented medical issues and mental health issues. A simple cold is no big deal to you. A simple cold lasts weeks for me and usually needs multiple rounds of antibiotics and steroids.

I mean if a simple cold does that to you, navigating life in public is just generally going to be tough. Policy can't be made around extreme edge cases like you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:At an MCPS sports orientation last night, the athletic director said Covid diagnosis required 5 days off followed by 5 days masked.

That is ridiculous. And bad public health policy. What science are they basing that policy on?

No good reason to require 5 days off and then 5 days masked.

That is exactly why people just simply won’t test. If you don’t test, you don’t get the Covid diagnosis and can just go on assuming it’s a cold.

Don’t be that person.

What person?

Fever free for 24 hours and the kid can go back to school. Why would we have a different rule for Covid versus the flu at this point?

I interpreted it as don’t be a person that unnecessarily keeps your kids out of school because of the irrational fears of a small number of people with health anxiety.

You mean because one parent has serious health issues. You clearly don’t get the difference between documented medical issues and mental health issues. A simple cold is no big deal to you. A simple cold lasts weeks for me and usually needs multiple rounds of antibiotics and steroids.

OK- so what did you do before covid? Because we’re all going to do that.

Like most parents, I'll medicate my kids to keep their symptoms hidden until after lunch, then stall for the rest of the school day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At an MCPS sports orientation last night, the athletic director said Covid diagnosis required 5 days off followed by 5 days masked.

That is ridiculous. And bad public health policy. What science are they basing that policy on?

No good reason to require 5 days off and then 5 days masked.

That is exactly why people just simply won’t test. If you don’t test, you don’t get the Covid diagnosis and can just go on assuming it’s a cold.

Don’t be that person.

What person?

Fever free for 24 hours and the kid can go back to school. Why would we have a different rule for Covid versus the flu at this point?

I interpreted it as don’t be a person that unnecessarily keeps your kids out of school because of the irrational fears of a small number of people with health anxiety.

You mean because one parent has serious health issues. You clearly don’t get the difference between documented medical issues and mental health issues. A simple cold is no big deal to you. A simple cold lasts weeks for me and usually needs multiple rounds of antibiotics and steroids.

OK- so what did you do before covid? Because we’re all going to do that.

Like most parents, I'll medicate my kids to keep their symptoms hidden until after lunch, then stall for the rest of the school day.

Nice, no wonder why so many kids have mental health issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At an MCPS sports orientation last night, the athletic director said Covid diagnosis required 5 days off followed by 5 days masked.

That is ridiculous. And bad public health policy. What science are they basing that policy on?

No good reason to require 5 days off and then 5 days masked.

That is exactly why people just simply won’t test. If you don’t test, you don’t get the Covid diagnosis and can just go on assuming it’s a cold.

Don’t be that person.

What person?

Fever free for 24 hours and the kid can go back to school. Why would we have a different rule for Covid versus the flu at this point?

I interpreted it as don’t be a person that unnecessarily keeps your kids out of school because of the irrational fears of a small number of people with health anxiety.

You mean because one parent has serious health issues. You clearly don’t get the difference between documented medical issues and mental health issues. A simple cold is no big deal to you. A simple cold lasts weeks for me and usually needs multiple rounds of antibiotics and steroids.

OK- so what did you do before covid? Because we’re all going to do that.

No, “we” all are not, and you sound like a middle school bully with this nonsense.

I’m sorry PP. We are in the same boat and it sucks. Learning who is and is not a douchebag has been unpleasant at best.

Your definition of douchebag is ‘someone who doesn’t do what you want them to do’.

No, sorry, it doesn’t work that way.

You are the bully expecting everyone to change their behavior to cater to your needs. GTFOH

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At an MCPS sports orientation last night, the athletic director said Covid diagnosis required 5 days off followed by 5 days masked.

That is ridiculous. And bad public health policy. What science are they basing that policy on?

No good reason to require 5 days off and then 5 days masked.

That is exactly why people just simply won’t test. If you don’t test, you don’t get the Covid diagnosis and can just go on assuming it’s a cold.

Don’t be that person.

What person?

Fever free for 24 hours and the kid can go back to school. Why would we have a different rule for Covid versus the flu at this point?

I interpreted it as don’t be a person that unnecessarily keeps your kids out of school because of the irrational fears of a small number of people with health anxiety.

You mean because one parent has serious health issues. You clearly don’t get the difference between documented medical issues and mental health issues. A simple cold is no big deal to you. A simple cold lasts weeks for me and usually needs multiple rounds of antibiotics and steroids.

OK- so what did you do before covid? Because we’re all going to do that.

Like most parents, I'll medicate my kids to keep their symptoms hidden until after lunch, then stall for the rest of the school day.

+1. DGAF.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At an MCPS sports orientation last night, the athletic director said Covid diagnosis required 5 days off followed by 5 days masked.

That is ridiculous. And bad public health policy. What science are they basing that policy on?

No good reason to require 5 days off and then 5 days masked.

That is exactly why people just simply won’t test. If you don’t test, you don’t get the Covid diagnosis and can just go on assuming it’s a cold.

Don’t be that person.

What person?

Fever free for 24 hours and the kid can go back to school. Why would we have a different rule for Covid versus the flu at this point?

I interpreted it as don’t be a person that unnecessarily keeps your kids out of school because of the irrational fears of a small number of people with health anxiety.

You mean because one parent has serious health issues. You clearly don’t get the difference between documented medical issues and mental health issues. A simple cold is no big deal to you. A simple cold lasts weeks for me and usually needs multiple rounds of antibiotics and steroids.

OK- so what did you do before covid? Because we’re all going to do that.

No, “we” all are not, and you sound like a middle school bully with this nonsense.

I’m sorry PP. We are in the same boat and it sucks. Learning who is and is not a douchebag has been unpleasant at best.

Your definition of douchebag is ‘someone who doesn’t do what you want them to do’.

No, sorry, it doesn’t work that way.

You are the bully expecting everyone to change their behavior to cater to your needs. GTFOH

Except they aren’t even her *needs.* They are her desires, driven just as much by her own anxiety as any legitimate health issue that she may have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At an MCPS sports orientation last night, the athletic director said Covid diagnosis required 5 days off followed by 5 days masked.

That is ridiculous. And bad public health policy. What science are they basing that policy on?

No good reason to require 5 days off and then 5 days masked.

That is exactly why people just simply won’t test. If you don’t test, you don’t get the Covid diagnosis and can just go on assuming it’s a cold.

Don’t be that person.

What person?

Fever free for 24 hours and the kid can go back to school. Why would we have a different rule for Covid versus the flu at this point?

I interpreted it as don’t be a person that unnecessarily keeps your kids out of school because of the irrational fears of a small number of people with health anxiety.

You mean because one parent has serious health issues. You clearly don’t get the difference between documented medical issues and mental health issues. A simple cold is no big deal to you. A simple cold lasts weeks for me and usually needs multiple rounds of antibiotics and steroids.

OK- so what did you do before covid? Because we’re all going to do that.

No, “we” all are not, and you sound like a middle school bully with this nonsense.

I’m sorry PP. We are in the same boat and it sucks. Learning who is and is not a douchebag has been unpleasant at best.

Your definition of douchebag is ‘someone who doesn’t do what you want them to do’.

No, sorry, it doesn’t work that way.

You are the bully expecting everyone to change their behavior to cater to your needs. GTFOH

Except they aren’t even her *needs.* They are her desires, driven just as much by her own anxiety as any legitimate health issue that she may have.

It sounds like you have anxiety around being with your kids. If you cannot handle taking care of your kids when they are sick, it speaks volumes about your parenting and your kids are going to be the ones with mental health issues as their needs aren't met at home. Sick kids aren't learning. Its free child care for you.