MCPS covid cases

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Where are all the parents who said they wanted to get rid of masks at school?????

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Anonymous wrote:Where are all the parents who said they wanted to get rid of masks at school?????

They are still here. There are only a handful but they are loud and vocal.

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

You can appeal this. They started covering virtual visits later but a few slipped through the cracks.

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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.

So you seem to understand the doctors, mid-levels, nurses, and techs have been working in-person for quite some time. You prefer telemedicine visits, but the health care workers need to go in so they can see patients that need physical exams. Which is a lot of them, at least for people that are physically ill or that need to be cleared for a procedure.

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Anonymous wrote:Where are all the parents who said they wanted to get rid of masks at school?????

How many of those kids do you think will end up with serious illness? Particularly the vaccinated ones?

I know we're not going to learn that information in this specific case, but we know from general COVID case statistics that the odds of serious illness are very, very low.

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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.

So you seem to understand the doctors, mid-levels, nurses, and techs have been working in-person for quite some time. You prefer telemedicine visits, but the health care workers need to go in so they can see patients that need physical exams. Which is a lot of them, at least for people that are physically ill or that need to be cleared for a procedure.

You seem to not understand that many of us would just not do medical appointments vs. going in person with covid as the risk of covid is too great. So, yes, some doctors are in person, some are not. It depends on the health care you get. I see multiple specialists and all are 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.

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.

So you seem to understand the doctors, mid-levels, nurses, and techs have been working in-person for quite some time. You prefer telemedicine visits, but the health care workers need to go in so they can see patients that need physical exams. Which is a lot of them, at least for people that are physically ill or that need to be cleared for a procedure.

You seem to not understand that many of us would just not do medical appointments vs. going in person with covid as the risk of covid is too great. So, yes, some doctors are in person, some are not. It depends on the health care you get. I see multiple specialists and all are virtual.

My primary care is virtual too.

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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.

So you seem to understand the doctors, mid-levels, nurses, and techs have been working in-person for quite some time. You prefer telemedicine visits, but the health care workers need to go in so they can see patients that need physical exams. Which is a lot of them, at least for people that are physically ill or that need to be cleared for a procedure.

You seem to not understand that many of us would just not do medical appointments vs. going in person with covid as the risk of covid is too great. So, yes, some doctors are in person, some are not. It depends on the health care you get. I see multiple specialists and all are virtual.

My primary care is virtual too.

Your PCP *offers* virtual appointments. I'm sure they're doing in-person. You really seem to be struggling to view things from the perspective of the provider.

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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.

So you seem to understand the doctors, mid-levels, nurses, and techs have been working in-person for quite some time. You prefer telemedicine visits, but the health care workers need to go in so they can see patients that need physical exams. Which is a lot of them, at least for people that are physically ill or that need to be cleared for a procedure.

You seem to not understand that many of us would just not do medical appointments vs. going in person with covid as the risk of covid is too great. So, yes, some doctors are in person, some are not. It depends on the health care you get. I see multiple specialists and all are virtual.

Name one local doctor/practice that exclusively sees patients via telemedicine.

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Anonymous wrote:Where are all the parents who said they wanted to get rid of masks at school?????

How many of those kids do you think will end up with serious illness? Particularly the vaccinated ones?

I know we're not going to learn that information in this specific case, but we know from general COVID case statistics that the odds of serious illness are very, very low.

We don't know but there are lots of reports of long term illnesses due to covid. Why take the chance?

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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.

So you seem to understand the doctors, mid-levels, nurses, and techs have been working in-person for quite some time. You prefer telemedicine visits, but the health care workers need to go in so they can see patients that need physical exams. Which is a lot of them, at least for people that are physically ill or that need to be cleared for a procedure.

You seem to not understand that many of us would just not do medical appointments vs. going in person with covid as the risk of covid is too great. So, yes, some doctors are in person, some are not. It depends on the health care you get. I see multiple specialists and all are virtual.

My primary care is virtual too.

Your PCP *offers* virtual appointments. I'm sure they're doing in-person. You really seem to be struggling to view things from the perspective of the provider.

The PCP's nurse calls and works to convert any appointments that are in person to virtual when they can. A lot also is just done over email, no appointment needed. They are doing their job. They choose a profession that requires them to be in person. Everyone here has declared covid is over, so why shouldn't they be in person if you expect others to be in person too. However, I will not go except if absolutely necessary. Majority of appointments there is zero need to be in person.

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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.

So you seem to understand the doctors, mid-levels, nurses, and techs have been working in-person for quite some time. You prefer telemedicine visits, but the health care workers need to go in so they can see patients that need physical exams. Which is a lot of them, at least for people that are physically ill or that need to be cleared for a procedure.

You seem to not understand that many of us would just not do medical appointments vs. going in person with covid as the risk of covid is too great. So, yes, some doctors are in person, some are not. It depends on the health care you get. I see multiple specialists and all are virtual.

My primary care is virtual too.

Your PCP *offers* virtual appointments. I'm sure they're doing in-person. You really seem to be struggling to view things from the perspective of the provider.

The PCP's nurse calls and works to convert any appointments that are in person to virtual when they can. A lot also is just done over email, no appointment needed. They are doing their job. They choose a profession that requires them to be in person. Everyone here has declared covid is over, so why shouldn't they be in person if you expect others to be in person too. However, I will not go except if absolutely necessary. Majority of appointments there is zero need to be in person.

Yes, exactly. And teachers chose a profession that requires them to be in-person to do their job effectively. They just decided they didn't think they should be expected to do their jobs effectively.

Imagine if health care workers had done the same thing. Rather than keeping hospitals open we would have shipped ventilators to patients and had their kids learn how to intubate from YouTube videos.

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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.

So you seem to understand the doctors, mid-levels, nurses, and techs have been working in-person for quite some time. You prefer telemedicine visits, but the health care workers need to go in so they can see patients that need physical exams. Which is a lot of them, at least for people that are physically ill or that need to be cleared for a procedure.

You seem to not understand that many of us would just not do medical appointments vs. going in person with covid as the risk of covid is too great. So, yes, some doctors are in person, some are not. It depends on the health care you get. I see multiple specialists and all are virtual.

My primary care is virtual too.

Your PCP *offers* virtual appointments. I'm sure they're doing in-person. You really seem to be struggling to view things from the perspective of the provider.

The PCP's nurse calls and works to convert any appointments that are in person to virtual when they can. A lot also is just done over email, no appointment needed. They are doing their job. They choose a profession that requires them to be in person. Everyone here has declared covid is over, so why shouldn't they be in person if you expect others to be in person too. However, I will not go except if absolutely necessary. Majority of appointments there is zero need to be in person.

Yes, exactly. And teachers chose a profession that requires them to be in-person to do their job effectively. They just decided they didn't think they should be expected to do their jobs effectively.

Imagine if health care workers had done the same thing. Rather than keeping hospitals open we would have shipped ventilators to patients and had their kids learn how to intubate from YouTube videos.

Teachers can do a good job virtually as well. BUT, they need parent support, and it sounds like you aren't a parent who is willing to support your child and have them do everything. They didn't decide to be in person or not. The school system decided where/when they should work and that's what they did. I'm very appreciative of the teachers who choose to stay virtual this year.

You do realize many of us get medical care from googling because of ineffective doctors. Most of what I know about my considiton is from the internet and sadly I know more about the new medications coming out or newly released before my doctors do.

Many health care providers are still doing virtual appointments. Many nurses and support staff, depending on where you get your medical care are still virtual as well.

[Anonymous]

The big uptick in covid cases in MCPS do not make sense. What has changed since September? The overall cases in MC are up somewhat for sure but the increase in MCPS is out of proportion.

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Anonymous wrote:The big uptick in covid cases in MCPS do not make sense. What has changed since September? The overall cases in MC are up somewhat for sure but the increase in MCPS is out of proportion.

I'm not an expert, but I think the pattern is similar to last year (even though vaccines weren't yet available). We have more people gathering indoors without masks, which increases cases. Add to that declining efficacy of vaccines, unboosted teens engaging in maskless activities, and maybe the beginning of Omicron, although most cases now are still Delta. While the vaccines are still effective to prevent severe illness, they are not working as well to prevent cases, and behavior with greater risk (anything maskless indoors) is likely to increase community spread. We don't know what the case numbers are but assume that they have increased considerably in the past two weeks. Add in Thanksgiving travel and gatherings, and we are at a similar point as last holiday season, albeit with better protection from serious disease for those who are vaccinated.