Data today 7pm

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So many schools are red! But it still says this is from cases starting December 23, so some of them must have aged out and shouldn’t be included when looking at data from the last 14 days.

This! Why is MCPS counting more than 14 days when it said 14 days?

+1 MCPS has already been closed for two weeks. The numbers are not spread in schools. Cases reported before winter break would be cleared to return from quarantine.

Another 14 days is a MONTH out of the school building. MCPS is a rats nest mess. Just more trickery to deny children in person instruction.

[Anonymous]

Can someone help me understand why they are counting 14 days? Why not cases over the past 10 days?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So many schools are red! But it still says this is from cases starting December 23, so some of them must have aged out and shouldn’t be included when looking at data from the last 14 days.

This! Why is MCPS counting more than 14 days when it said 14 days?

+1 MCPS has already been closed for two weeks. The numbers are not spread in schools. Cases reported before winter break would be cleared to return from quarantine.

Another 14 days is a MONTH out of the school building. MCPS is a rats nest mess. Just more trickery to deny children in person instruction.

+1

[Anonymous]

Your frenzy is NOTHING compared to what must be happening right now at Central Office, with Principals bombarding them with questions about reopening tomorrow.

Already one PP received a message from their elementary highlighting that being in the red does not automatically mean a switch to virtual.

Perhaps MCPS will move the goalposts to 10%! They're dumb enough to do that, and get lots of families on board...

[Anonymous]

7 pm data set means local will not run the news story till 11pm tonight. Yep. MCPS really is sneaky.

[Anonymous]

The conspiracy mongering in this thread is just chefs-kiss

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone help me understand why they are counting 14 days? Why not cases over the past 10 days?

Pretty sure they’re using criteria from the state, which says 14 days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone help me understand why they are counting 14 days? Why not cases over the past 10 days?

Probably because that’s how the state department of health has defined a school-related outbreak: https://coronavirus.maryland.gov/pages/school-resources

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So many schools are red! But it still says this is from cases starting December 23, so some of them must have aged out and shouldn’t be included when looking at data from the last 14 days.

This! Why is MCPS counting more than 14 days when it said 14 days?

+1 MCPS has already been closed for two weeks. The numbers are not spread in schools. Cases reported before winter break would be cleared to return from quarantine.

Another 14 days is a MONTH out of the school building. MCPS is a rats nest mess. Just more trickery to deny children in person instruction.

+1

No you don't. Community school = school spread. Omicron is 10 times more transmissible than Delta. It's not up for debate that Omicron spreads in schools, particularly during the elbow-to-elbow unmasked lunch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone help me understand why they are counting 14 days? Why not cases over the past 10 days?

Pretty sure they’re using criteria from the state, which says 14 days.

cdc shortened the quarantine to 10 days remember? So why 14 days?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:126 schools red, 72 yellow, and 8 green.

No way the central office can do a case-by-case assessment of each red school. They’ll all be virtual starting Monday after Friday’s planning day and apparently tomorrow’s super spreader in person day

They'll use the overall 5.76% and just announce that tomorrow is the planning day. Friday will be a snow day. Virtual school starts Monday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So many schools are red! But it still says this is from cases starting December 23, so some of them must have aged out and shouldn’t be included when looking at data from the last 14 days.

This! Why is MCPS counting more than 14 days when it said 14 days?

+1 MCPS has already been closed for two weeks. The numbers are not spread in schools. Cases reported before winter break would be cleared to return from quarantine.

Another 14 days is a MONTH out of the school building. MCPS is a rats nest mess. Just more trickery to deny children in person instruction.

Yes, you’re certainly on to them. The whole school system exists to obstruct education. Someone call the papers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So many schools are red! But it still says this is from cases starting December 23, so some of them must have aged out and shouldn’t be included when looking at data from the last 14 days.

This! Why is MCPS counting more than 14 days when it said 14 days?

+1 MCPS has already been closed for two weeks. The numbers are not spread in schools. Cases reported before winter break would be cleared to return from quarantine.

Another 14 days is a MONTH out of the school building. MCPS is a rats nest mess. Just more trickery to deny children in person instruction.

+1

No you don't. Community school = school spread. Omicron is 10 times more transmissible than Delta. It's not up for debate that Omicron spreads in schools, particularly during the elbow-to-elbow unmasked lunch.

DP, but Omicron spread in absolute terms is not the issue. The issue is whether the consequences of Omicron spread *specific to schools* outweighs the (massive) negative consequences of virtual learning to kids.

I mean, if you think COVID is bad for kids, wait until you see the effects of chronic stress. I wish I were kidding, but as a licensed mental health professional with expertise in clinical neuroscience, I’m more than a little terrified. Just because you don’t see it now doesn’t mean it’s not a problem.

[Anonymous]

They need to go to the new CDC quarantine rules.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So many schools are red! But it still says this is from cases starting December 23, so some of them must have aged out and shouldn’t be included when looking at data from the last 14 days.

This! Why is MCPS counting more than 14 days when it said 14 days?

+1 MCPS has already been closed for two weeks. The numbers are not spread in schools. Cases reported before winter break would be cleared to return from quarantine.

Another 14 days is a MONTH out of the school building. MCPS is a rats nest mess. Just more trickery to deny children in person instruction.

+1

No you don't. Community school = school spread. Omicron is 10 times more transmissible than Delta. It's not up for debate that Omicron spreads in schools, particularly during the elbow-to-elbow unmasked lunch.

Problem is that you can't have schools if there are no staff or bus drivers anyway

DP, but Omicron spread in absolute terms is not the issue. The issue is whether the consequences of Omicron spread *specific to schools* outweighs the (massive) negative consequences of virtual learning to kids.

I mean, if you think COVID is bad for kids, wait until you see the effects of chronic stress. I wish I were kidding, but as a licensed mental health professional with expertise in clinical neuroscience, I’m more than a little terrified. Just because you don’t see it now doesn’t mean it’s not a problem.