MCPS covid cases

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Bannockburn?

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Anonymous wrote:Wouldn’t the parents who knowingly sent their bragging daughter to school with covid, the same type of irresponsible parents who are now in jail?

Yes but no. By this point in time, adults should be fully dosed and had boosters. Kids dosed and older ones now getting boosters. A year ago I would agree.

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Anonymous wrote:Wouldn’t the parents who knowingly sent their bragging daughter to school with covid, the same type of irresponsible parents who are now in jail?

Yes but no. By this point in time, adults should be fully dosed and had boosters. Kids dosed and older ones now getting boosters. A year ago I would agree.

You can still get and give covid vaccinated. And, its not ok to spread covid.

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Anonymous wrote:Wouldn’t the parents who knowingly sent their bragging daughter to school with covid, the same type of irresponsible parents who are now in jail?

Nah. Spreading covid is not the same as shooting up people.

Same mentality. I don’t care about anyone else.

Kind of like the teachers that fought attempts to reopen schools, seeking to avoid a small risk to themselves at the expense of students.

Teachers did not fight attempts. They had no decision making power. The union fought it until we had vaccines and safety precautions own place. Its funny how many parents worked form home for safety and still do and yet, demand others go in person to babysit their kids.

You're saying teachers didn't fight a return to classrooms, only MCEA? Who makes up MCEA's membership?

And plenty of parents were working on-site throughout the pandemic, particularly people holding jobs with responsibilities that could not be accomplished as effectively in a remote fashion (e.g., health care, emergency services, child care, personal services, retail, food service, and many, many more).

And, many were home. MCPS offered equity hubs to those working in person. Many health care professionals did virtual and phone appointments. Many still do. Majority of my doctors are by phone or virtual.

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Anonymous wrote:Wouldn’t the parents who knowingly sent their bragging daughter to school with covid, the same type of irresponsible parents who are now in jail?

Nah. Spreading covid is not the same as shooting up people.

Same mentality. I don’t care about anyone else.

Kind of like the teachers that fought attempts to reopen schools, seeking to avoid a small risk to themselves at the expense of students.

Teachers did not fight attempts. They had no decision making power. The union fought it until we had vaccines and safety precautions own place. Its funny how many parents worked form home for safety and still do and yet, demand others go in person to babysit their kids.

You're saying teachers didn't fight a return to classrooms, only MCEA? Who makes up MCEA's membership?

And plenty of parents were working on-site throughout the pandemic, particularly people holding jobs with responsibilities that could not be accomplished as effectively in a remote fashion (e.g., health care, emergency services, child care, personal services, retail, food service, and many, many more).

And, many were home. MCPS offered equity hubs to those working in person. Many health care professionals did virtual and phone appointments. Many still do. Majority of my doctors are by phone or virtual.

The majority of doctors were seeing patients against in clinics and outpatient centers since early summer 2020. Surely you know that, right? Yes, many have kept telemedicine slots, but there was only a brief period where they were exclusively seeing patients via telemedicine. And that's setting aside all the health care workers in hospitals that obviously always kept working.

And no, the hubs weren't available throughout the period of school closures. And even after they started, they weren't available to all students.

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Anonymous wrote:Wouldn’t the parents who knowingly sent their bragging daughter to school with covid, the same type of irresponsible parents who are now in jail?

Nah. Spreading covid is not the same as shooting up people.

Same mentality. I don’t care about anyone else.

Kind of like the teachers that fought attempts to reopen schools, seeking to avoid a small risk to themselves at the expense of students.

Teachers did not fight attempts. They had no decision making power. The union fought it until we had vaccines and safety precautions own place. Its funny how many parents worked form home for safety and still do and yet, demand others go in person to babysit their kids.

You're saying teachers didn't fight a return to classrooms, only MCEA? Who makes up MCEA's membership?

And plenty of parents were working on-site throughout the pandemic, particularly people holding jobs with responsibilities that could not be accomplished as effectively in a remote fashion (e.g., health care, emergency services, child care, personal services, retail, food service, and many, many more).

And, many were home. MCPS offered equity hubs to those working in person. Many health care professionals did virtual and phone appointments. Many still do. Majority of my doctors are by phone or virtual.

The majority of doctors were seeing patients against in clinics and outpatient centers since early summer 2020. Surely you know that, right? Yes, many have kept telemedicine slots, but there was only a brief period where they were exclusively seeing patients via telemedicine. And that's setting aside all the health care workers in hospitals that obviously always kept working.

And no, the hubs weren't available throughout the period of school closures. And even after they started, they weren't available to all students.

The hubs and private companies had care. And, maybe your health care is different than our but a lot of it is still virtual. I only have to go in if the doctors order tests.

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Anonymous wrote:Wouldn’t the parents who knowingly sent their bragging daughter to school with covid, the same type of irresponsible parents who are now in jail?

Nah. Spreading covid is not the same as shooting up people.

Same mentality. I don’t care about anyone else.

Kind of like the teachers that fought attempts to reopen schools, seeking to avoid a small risk to themselves at the expense of students.

Teachers did not fight attempts. They had no decision making power. The union fought it until we had vaccines and safety precautions own place. Its funny how many parents worked form home for safety and still do and yet, demand others go in person to babysit their kids.

You're saying teachers didn't fight a return to classrooms, only MCEA? Who makes up MCEA's membership?

And plenty of parents were working on-site throughout the pandemic, particularly people holding jobs with responsibilities that could not be accomplished as effectively in a remote fashion (e.g., health care, emergency services, child care, personal services, retail, food service, and many, many more).

And, many were home. MCPS offered equity hubs to those working in person. Many health care professionals did virtual and phone appointments. Many still do. Majority of my doctors are by phone or virtual.

The majority of doctors were seeing patients against in clinics and outpatient centers since early summer 2020. Surely you know that, right? Yes, many have kept telemedicine slots, but there was only a brief period where they were exclusively seeing patients via telemedicine. And that's setting aside all the health care workers in hospitals that obviously always kept working.

And no, the hubs weren't available throughout the period of school closures. And even after they started, they weren't available to all students.

The hubs and private companies had care. And, maybe your health care is different than our but a lot of it is still virtual. I only have to go in if the doctors order tests.

The hubs started well into the pandemic, had limited seats, and would not accept students with significant special needs.

Regarding health care workers, look at it from the doctor's perspective, not your own. Your doctors were almost certainly seeing other patients in the office even if you were choosing to use telemedicine visits.

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Anonymous wrote:Wouldn’t the parents who knowingly sent their bragging daughter to school with covid, the same type of irresponsible parents who are now in jail?

Nah. Spreading covid is not the same as shooting up people.

Same mentality. I don’t care about anyone else.

Kind of like the teachers that fought attempts to reopen schools, seeking to avoid a small risk to themselves at the expense of students.

Teachers did not fight attempts. They had no decision making power. The union fought it until we had vaccines and safety precautions own place. Its funny how many parents worked form home for safety and still do and yet, demand others go in person to babysit their kids.

You're saying teachers didn't fight a return to classrooms, only MCEA? Who makes up MCEA's membership?

And plenty of parents were working on-site throughout the pandemic, particularly people holding jobs with responsibilities that could not be accomplished as effectively in a remote fashion (e.g., health care, emergency services, child care, personal services, retail, food service, and many, many more).

And, many were home. MCPS offered equity hubs to those working in person. Many health care professionals did virtual and phone appointments. Many still do. Majority of my doctors are by phone or virtual.

The majority of doctors were seeing patients against in clinics and outpatient centers since early summer 2020. Surely you know that, right? Yes, many have kept telemedicine slots, but there was only a brief period where they were exclusively seeing patients via telemedicine. And that's setting aside all the health care workers in hospitals that obviously always kept working.

And no, the hubs weren't available throughout the period of school closures. And even after they started, they weren't available to all students.

The hubs and private companies had care. And, maybe your health care is different than our but a lot of it is still virtual. I only have to go in if the doctors order tests.

The hubs started well into the pandemic, had limited seats, and would not accept students with significant special needs.

Regarding health care workers, look at it from the doctor's perspective, not your own. Your doctors were almost certainly seeing other patients in the office even if you were choosing to use telemedicine visits.

No, for a long time it was only phone calls. It had to be something very specific to be seen in person. Same for now. Many of the specialists are not seeing in person. Even things like a possible infection, they give medicine vs seeing us.

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My fed BCBS does not cover virtual visits for preventive care. Found that out after a 150 uncovered fee for a precolonoscopy consult.

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No, for a long time it was only phone calls. It had to be something very specific to be seen in person. Same for now. Many of the specialists are not seeing in person. Even things like a possible infection, they give medicine vs seeing us.

That is extremely not typical, except possibly for mental health specialists.

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No, for a long time it was only phone calls. It had to be something very specific to be seen in person. Same for now. Many of the specialists are not seeing in person. Even things like a possible infection, they give medicine vs seeing us.

That is extremely not typical, except possibly for mental health specialists.

Right. I'm guessing that poster is just oblivious to what's actually going on with her providers. Either that or she's leaving out some important context- like seeing alternative medicine or mental health providers. But physicians have been seeing patients in-person for a long time now. And now some doctors are less willing to even offer telemedicine because the special reimbursement rules have expired with most plans, significantly reducing how much they'll get paid for a telemedicine visit.

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Anonymous wrote:Wouldn’t the parents who knowingly sent their bragging daughter to school with covid, the same type of irresponsible parents who are now in jail?

Nah. Spreading covid is not the same as shooting up people.

Same mentality. I don’t care about anyone else.

Kind of like the teachers that fought attempts to reopen schools, seeking to avoid a small risk to themselves at the expense of students.

Teachers did not fight attempts. They had no decision making power. The union fought it until we had vaccines and safety precautions own place. Its funny how many parents worked form home for safety and still do and yet, demand others go in person to babysit their kids.

You're saying teachers didn't fight a return to classrooms, only MCEA? Who makes up MCEA's membership?

And plenty of parents were working on-site throughout the pandemic, particularly people holding jobs with responsibilities that could not be accomplished as effectively in a remote fashion (e.g., health care, emergency services, child care, personal services, retail, food service, and many, many more).

And, many were home. MCPS offered equity hubs to those working in person. Many health care professionals did virtual and phone appointments. Many still do. Majority of my doctors are by phone or virtual.

That's surprising and definitely not the case for our doctors/dentists (or any family/friends that work in healthcare). What kind of specialists are you seeing?

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Three new cases at Blair HS today. It seems that cases are popping up at many MCPS schools now.

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No, for a long time it was only phone calls. It had to be something very specific to be seen in person. Same for now. Many of the specialists are not seeing in person. Even things like a possible infection, they give medicine vs seeing us.

That is extremely not typical, except possibly for mental health specialists.

Right. I'm guessing that poster is just oblivious to what's actually going on with her providers. Either that or she's leaving out some important context- like seeing alternative medicine or mental health providers. But physicians have been seeing patients in-person for a long time now. And now some doctors are less willing to even offer telemedicine because the special reimbursement rules have expired with most plans, significantly reducing how much they'll get paid for a telemedicine visit.

HMO's don't get paid per visit. The doctors are on salary not billable hours. Very different.

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Anonymous wrote:Wouldn’t the parents who knowingly sent their bragging daughter to school with covid, the same type of irresponsible parents who are now in jail?

Nah. Spreading covid is not the same as shooting up people.

Same mentality. I don’t care about anyone else.

Kind of like the teachers that fought attempts to reopen schools, seeking to avoid a small risk to themselves at the expense of students.

Teachers did not fight attempts. They had no decision making power. The union fought it until we had vaccines and safety precautions own place. Its funny how many parents worked form home for safety and still do and yet, demand others go in person to babysit their kids.

You're saying teachers didn't fight a return to classrooms, only MCEA? Who makes up MCEA's membership?

And plenty of parents were working on-site throughout the pandemic, particularly people holding jobs with responsibilities that could not be accomplished as effectively in a remote fashion (e.g., health care, emergency services, child care, personal services, retail, food service, and many, many more).

And, many were home. MCPS offered equity hubs to those working in person. Many health care professionals did virtual and phone appointments. Many still do. Majority of my doctors are by phone or virtual.

That's surprising and definitely not the case for our doctors/dentists (or any family/friends that work in healthcare). What kind of specialists are you seeing?

A long list of them. 4. Except if they want to do a quick exam, they are all by phone and I only have to go in for testing. I hope its here to stay as its so nice not spending a few hours going in.