My DC continues to wear mask

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Anonymous wrote:Our teenager continues to wear a mask. Our tween does not. We let each of them decide. Yesterday, we went to a public event where masks were optional. It was not crowded, but at least 75% of people (adults and kids) were wearing masks. It definitely felt socially awkward being one of only a few people not wearing a mask, even though the CDC suggests it's safe. Among our family, only the teen was wearing a mask, although I insisted on it when we went into a small enclosed area with other people.

We're going back to the same event today, and I'm considering insisting on masks for the family because I just read an article today saying that the B.2 variant had been spotted in the U.S., and it's more contagious than omicron. MoCo case counts are currently about 34/100k, which is still only moderate transmission (and I know that's under the old CDC system), but the cases would lag up to 2 weeks from infection dates. Site, it may be shutting the barn door after the horse escaped, since we were there yesterday, but I think I'd feel better.

So you’ll probably catch it then. Why spend months of your life masked up…you’re likely to catch it anyway. It will likely be a cold.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our teenager continues to wear a mask. Our tween does not. We let each of them decide. Yesterday, we went to a public event where masks were optional. It was not crowded, but at least 75% of people (adults and kids) were wearing masks. It definitely felt socially awkward being one of only a few people not wearing a mask, even though the CDC suggests it's safe. Among our family, only the teen was wearing a mask, although I insisted on it when we went into a small enclosed area with other people.

We're going back to the same event today, and I'm considering insisting on masks for the family because I just read an article today saying that the B.2 variant had been spotted in the U.S., and it's more contagious than omicron. MoCo case counts are currently about 34/100k, which is still only moderate transmission (and I know that's under the old CDC system), but the cases would lag up to 2 weeks from infection dates. Site, it may be shutting the barn door after the horse escaped, since we were there yesterday, but I think I'd feel better.

So you’ll probably catch it then. Why spend months of your life masked up…you’re likely to catch it anyway. It will likely be a cold.

This is misinformation. Not everyone who got Covid got a cold. For my family, it was more like a bad flu, with fever, chest congestion, and gastrointestinal discomfort - diarrhea and vomiting. And while we’re grateful for the vaccine and it certainly could have been worse (ie we did not have to get hospitalized) it took me a full two weeks to feel 75% and now two months later I’m still struggling with certain activity. DH didn’t get back his sense of smell for a month. My kids were out of school for two weeks.

I know I got Covid at an event where lots of people, my family included, were not masked. Lesson learned. Masking is painless and easy. I’d rather mask indefinitely than have to experience illness like that anytime soon, in addition to my young kids out of school for two weeks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our teenager continues to wear a mask. Our tween does not. We let each of them decide. Yesterday, we went to a public event where masks were optional. It was not crowded, but at least 75% of people (adults and kids) were wearing masks. It definitely felt socially awkward being one of only a few people not wearing a mask, even though the CDC suggests it's safe. Among our family, only the teen was wearing a mask, although I insisted on it when we went into a small enclosed area with other people.

We're going back to the same event today, and I'm considering insisting on masks for the family because I just read an article today saying that the B.2 variant had been spotted in the U.S., and it's more contagious than omicron. MoCo case counts are currently about 34/100k, which is still only moderate transmission (and I know that's under the old CDC system), but the cases would lag up to 2 weeks from infection dates. Site, it may be shutting the barn door after the horse escaped, since we were there yesterday, but I think I'd feel better.

So you’ll probably catch it then. Why spend months of your life masked up…you’re likely to catch it anyway. It will likely be a cold.

This is misinformation. Not everyone who got Covid got a cold. For my family, it was more like a bad flu, with fever, chest congestion, and gastrointestinal discomfort - diarrhea and vomiting. And while we’re grateful for the vaccine and it certainly could have been worse (ie we did not have to get hospitalized) it took me a full two weeks to feel 75% and now two months later I’m still struggling with certain activity. DH didn’t get back his sense of smell for a month. My kids were out of school for two weeks.

I know I got Covid at an event where lots of people, my family included, were not masked. Lesson learned. Masking is painless and easy. I’d rather mask indefinitely than have to experience illness like that anytime soon, in addition to my young kids out of school for two weeks.

Do you have trouble understanding what the word ‘likely’ means? Your anecdote to the contrary means nothing. But enjoy that mask.

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Anonymous wrote:DC is a senior in HS. I told DC that evidence suggests that continuing to wear a mask is beneficial but that the choice was his to make at school. DC and many students stopped wearing their masks when permitted to do so at the end of last week. By Tuesday, DC was too sick to go to school - sore throat, deeply exhausted, slight fever, stuffy/runny nose, slight cough and headache. Too sick to do school or sports - so, genuinely not feeling well. DC also says at least 6 other peers on same sports team are also sick, so whatever he has is very contagious. In the before times, I never remember so many kids being felled at the same time by an ordinary cold.

DC tested negative repeatedly for COVID - PCR and then multiple rapids as his symptoms evolved.

So, IMO, masking was a good thing. DC has missed 4 days of school from being unmasked for 2-3 days. DC was diligent about wearing a mask for 2 years and never got sick with anything.

IMO, masking was a bad thing. Your kid has a crap immune system now.

That’s weird because every actual immunologist I know was pro masking. But I’m sure you know better.

It’s funny how many of you claim to know multiple immunologists…..sure you do.

Sweetheart, this is an area of the country with a major biotech industry. Can’t swing a cat without hitting a bio Ph.D. — or MD/PhD. But I’m sure they all know less than you do because you did “your own research”.

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Anonymous wrote:DC is a senior in HS. I told DC that evidence suggests that continuing to wear a mask is beneficial but that the choice was his to make at school. DC and many students stopped wearing their masks when permitted to do so at the end of last week. By Tuesday, DC was too sick to go to school - sore throat, deeply exhausted, slight fever, stuffy/runny nose, slight cough and headache. Too sick to do school or sports - so, genuinely not feeling well. DC also says at least 6 other peers on same sports team are also sick, so whatever he has is very contagious. In the before times, I never remember so many kids being felled at the same time by an ordinary cold.

DC tested negative repeatedly for COVID - PCR and then multiple rapids as his symptoms evolved.

So, IMO, masking was a good thing. DC has missed 4 days of school from being unmasked for 2-3 days. DC was diligent about wearing a mask for 2 years and never got sick with anything.

IMO, masking was a bad thing. Your kid has a crap immune system now.

That’s weird because every actual immunologist I know was pro masking. But I’m sure you know better.

It’s funny how many of you claim to know multiple immunologists…..sure you do.

Sweetheart, this is an area of the country with a major biotech industry. Can’t swing a cat without hitting a bio Ph.D. — or MD/PhD. But I’m sure they all know less than you do because you did “your own research”.

Covid isn’t exactly a complicated topic at this point. And being in biotech doesn’t mean you understand spread modeling. So what new insight are these cat-beaten people bringing?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our teenager continues to wear a mask. Our tween does not. We let each of them decide. Yesterday, we went to a public event where masks were optional. It was not crowded, but at least 75% of people (adults and kids) were wearing masks. It definitely felt socially awkward being one of only a few people not wearing a mask, even though the CDC suggests it's safe. Among our family, only the teen was wearing a mask, although I insisted on it when we went into a small enclosed area with other people.

We're going back to the same event today, and I'm considering insisting on masks for the family because I just read an article today saying that the B.2 variant had been spotted in the U.S., and it's more contagious than omicron. MoCo case counts are currently about 34/100k, which is still only moderate transmission (and I know that's under the old CDC system), but the cases would lag up to 2 weeks from infection dates. Site, it may be shutting the barn door after the horse escaped, since we were there yesterday, but I think I'd feel better.

So you’ll probably catch it then. Why spend months of your life masked up…you’re likely to catch it anyway. It will likely be a cold.

Yes, please catch it so you can have long term disability for the rest of your now shortened life, kick off and clear the aisle for the rest of us who haven’t had covid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our teenager continues to wear a mask. Our tween does not. We let each of them decide. Yesterday, we went to a public event where masks were optional. It was not crowded, but at least 75% of people (adults and kids) were wearing masks. It definitely felt socially awkward being one of only a few people not wearing a mask, even though the CDC suggests it's safe. Among our family, only the teen was wearing a mask, although I insisted on it when we went into a small enclosed area with other people.

We're going back to the same event today, and I'm considering insisting on masks for the family because I just read an article today saying that the B.2 variant had been spotted in the U.S., and it's more contagious than omicron. MoCo case counts are currently about 34/100k, which is still only moderate transmission (and I know that's under the old CDC system), but the cases would lag up to 2 weeks from infection dates. Site, it may be shutting the barn door after the horse escaped, since we were there yesterday, but I think I'd feel better.

So you’ll probably catch it then. Why spend months of your life masked up…you’re likely to catch it anyway. It will likely be a cold.

Yes, please catch it so you can have long term disability for the rest of your now shortened life, kick off and clear the aisle for the rest of us who haven’t had covid.

I did. I was a little extra tired over winter break for a day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our teenager continues to wear a mask. Our tween does not. We let each of them decide. Yesterday, we went to a public event where masks were optional. It was not crowded, but at least 75% of people (adults and kids) were wearing masks. It definitely felt socially awkward being one of only a few people not wearing a mask, even though the CDC suggests it's safe. Among our family, only the teen was wearing a mask, although I insisted on it when we went into a small enclosed area with other people.

We're going back to the same event today, and I'm considering insisting on masks for the family because I just read an article today saying that the B.2 variant had been spotted in the U.S., and it's more contagious than omicron. MoCo case counts are currently about 34/100k, which is still only moderate transmission (and I know that's under the old CDC system), but the cases would lag up to 2 weeks from infection dates. Site, it may be shutting the barn door after the horse escaped, since we were there yesterday, but I think I'd feel better.

So you’ll probably catch it then. Why spend months of your life masked up…you’re likely to catch it anyway. It will likely be a cold.

Yes, please catch it so you can have long term disability for the rest of your now shortened life, kick off and clear the aisle for the rest of us who haven’t had covid.

I did. I was a little extra tired over winter break for a day.

I want to thank you for accepting the permanent cardiac damage that my family is trying to avoid. Dissecting you will teach our scientists so much

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our teenager continues to wear a mask. Our tween does not. We let each of them decide. Yesterday, we went to a public event where masks were optional. It was not crowded, but at least 75% of people (adults and kids) were wearing masks. It definitely felt socially awkward being one of only a few people not wearing a mask, even though the CDC suggests it's safe. Among our family, only the teen was wearing a mask, although I insisted on it when we went into a small enclosed area with other people.

We're going back to the same event today, and I'm considering insisting on masks for the family because I just read an article today saying that the B.2 variant had been spotted in the U.S., and it's more contagious than omicron. MoCo case counts are currently about 34/100k, which is still only moderate transmission (and I know that's under the old CDC system), but the cases would lag up to 2 weeks from infection dates. Site, it may be shutting the barn door after the horse escaped, since we were there yesterday, but I think I'd feel better.

So you’ll probably catch it then. Why spend months of your life masked up…you’re likely to catch it anyway. It will likely be a cold.

This is misinformation. Not everyone who got Covid got a cold. For my family, it was more like a bad flu, with fever, chest congestion, and gastrointestinal discomfort - diarrhea and vomiting. And while we’re grateful for the vaccine and it certainly could have been worse (ie we did not have to get hospitalized) it took me a full two weeks to feel 75% and now two months later I’m still struggling with certain activity. DH didn’t get back his sense of smell for a month. My kids were out of school for two weeks.

I know I got Covid at an event where lots of people, my family included, were not masked. Lesson learned. Masking is painless and easy. I’d rather mask indefinitely than have to experience illness like that anytime soon, in addition to my young kids out of school for two weeks.

Defeinitely, and then there are all those long-haul symptoms that some people experience for the rest of their lives. Seems like a high-price for "freedom" to be stupid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our teenager continues to wear a mask. Our tween does not. We let each of them decide. Yesterday, we went to a public event where masks were optional. It was not crowded, but at least 75% of people (adults and kids) were wearing masks. It definitely felt socially awkward being one of only a few people not wearing a mask, even though the CDC suggests it's safe. Among our family, only the teen was wearing a mask, although I insisted on it when we went into a small enclosed area with other people.

We're going back to the same event today, and I'm considering insisting on masks for the family because I just read an article today saying that the B.2 variant had been spotted in the U.S., and it's more contagious than omicron. MoCo case counts are currently about 34/100k, which is still only moderate transmission (and I know that's under the old CDC system), but the cases would lag up to 2 weeks from infection dates. Site, it may be shutting the barn door after the horse escaped, since we were there yesterday, but I think I'd feel better.

So you’ll probably catch it then. Why spend months of your life masked up…you’re likely to catch it anyway. It will likely be a cold.

Yes, please catch it so you can have long term disability for the rest of your now shortened life, kick off and clear the aisle for the rest of us who haven’t had covid.

one of the many facts these geniuses like to gloss over

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our teenager continues to wear a mask. Our tween does not. We let each of them decide. Yesterday, we went to a public event where masks were optional. It was not crowded, but at least 75% of people (adults and kids) were wearing masks. It definitely felt socially awkward being one of only a few people not wearing a mask, even though the CDC suggests it's safe. Among our family, only the teen was wearing a mask, although I insisted on it when we went into a small enclosed area with other people.

We're going back to the same event today, and I'm considering insisting on masks for the family because I just read an article today saying that the B.2 variant had been spotted in the U.S., and it's more contagious than omicron. MoCo case counts are currently about 34/100k, which is still only moderate transmission (and I know that's under the old CDC system), but the cases would lag up to 2 weeks from infection dates. Site, it may be shutting the barn door after the horse escaped, since we were there yesterday, but I think I'd feel better.

So you’ll probably catch it then. Why spend months of your life masked up…you’re likely to catch it anyway. It will likely be a cold.

Yes, please catch it so you can have long term disability for the rest of your now shortened life, kick off and clear the aisle for the rest of us who haven’t had covid.

one of the many facts these geniuses like to gloss over

are we still talking about the children here? or adults?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our teenager continues to wear a mask. Our tween does not. We let each of them decide. Yesterday, we went to a public event where masks were optional. It was not crowded, but at least 75% of people (adults and kids) were wearing masks. It definitely felt socially awkward being one of only a few people not wearing a mask, even though the CDC suggests it's safe. Among our family, only the teen was wearing a mask, although I insisted on it when we went into a small enclosed area with other people.

We're going back to the same event today, and I'm considering insisting on masks for the family because I just read an article today saying that the B.2 variant had been spotted in the U.S., and it's more contagious than omicron. MoCo case counts are currently about 34/100k, which is still only moderate transmission (and I know that's under the old CDC system), but the cases would lag up to 2 weeks from infection dates. Site, it may be shutting the barn door after the horse escaped, since we were there yesterday, but I think I'd feel better.

So you’ll probably catch it then. Why spend months of your life masked up…you’re likely to catch it anyway. It will likely be a cold.

Yes, please catch it so you can have long term disability for the rest of your now shortened life, kick off and clear the aisle for the rest of us who haven’t had covid.

I did. I was a little extra tired over winter break for a day.

We shouldn’t need to keep repeating this, but you can also give it to others. My 75-year-old mom never had Covid symptoms but she’s suffering from wrong she is very uncomfortable with mouth pain and periods of exhaustion.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our teenager continues to wear a mask. Our tween does not. We let each of them decide. Yesterday, we went to a public event where masks were optional. It was not crowded, but at least 75% of people (adults and kids) were wearing masks. It definitely felt socially awkward being one of only a few people not wearing a mask, even though the CDC suggests it's safe. Among our family, only the teen was wearing a mask, although I insisted on it when we went into a small enclosed area with other people.

We're going back to the same event today, and I'm considering insisting on masks for the family because I just read an article today saying that the B.2 variant had been spotted in the U.S., and it's more contagious than omicron. MoCo case counts are currently about 34/100k, which is still only moderate transmission (and I know that's under the old CDC system), but the cases would lag up to 2 weeks from infection dates. Site, it may be shutting the barn door after the horse escaped, since we were there yesterday, but I think I'd feel better.

So you’ll probably catch it then. Why spend months of your life masked up…you’re likely to catch it anyway. It will likely be a cold.

Yes, please catch it so you can have long term disability for the rest of your now shortened life, kick off and clear the aisle for the rest of us who haven’t had covid.

I did. I was a little extra tired over winter break for a day.

We shouldn’t need to keep repeating this, but you can also give it to others. My 75-year-old mom never had Covid symptoms but she’s suffering from wrong she is very uncomfortable with mouth pain and periods of exhaustion.

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Not “wrong”, long covid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our teenager continues to wear a mask. Our tween does not. We let each of them decide. Yesterday, we went to a public event where masks were optional. It was not crowded, but at least 75% of people (adults and kids) were wearing masks. It definitely felt socially awkward being one of only a few people not wearing a mask, even though the CDC suggests it's safe. Among our family, only the teen was wearing a mask, although I insisted on it when we went into a small enclosed area with other people.

We're going back to the same event today, and I'm considering insisting on masks for the family because I just read an article today saying that the B.2 variant had been spotted in the U.S., and it's more contagious than omicron. MoCo case counts are currently about 34/100k, which is still only moderate transmission (and I know that's under the old CDC system), but the cases would lag up to 2 weeks from infection dates. Site, it may be shutting the barn door after the horse escaped, since we were there yesterday, but I think I'd feel better.

So you’ll probably catch it then. Why spend months of your life masked up…you’re likely to catch it anyway. It will likely be a cold.

Yes, please catch it so you can have long term disability for the rest of your now shortened life, kick off and clear the aisle for the rest of us who haven’t had covid.

I did. I was a little extra tired over winter break for a day.

We shouldn’t need to keep repeating this, but you can also give it to others. My 75-year-old mom never had Covid symptoms but she’s suffering from wrong she is very uncomfortable with mouth pain and periods of exhaustion.

Ok, she's 75. Your mom has mechanisms to protect herself. I'm not masking into perpetuity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids are not wearing their masks in a dcps school where maybe 90 percent are still masked. Im proud of them for unmasking. The cases are low and the public heath authorities have said it’s fine to unmask. I worry about what years of masking will do to kids. Already ive noticed these past two years the kids in my older child's class are so unkind. There’s so much vicious bullying. And despite this being a liberal school with kids expressing many genders, there is no freethinking otherwise. We are liberal and highly educated. The virtue signaling and pressure from parents to conform is really disappointing. They really arent following the science at all at this point! By the way, of course we will mask if the new variant becomes a concern.

I am going to guess that your kids are the minority at a predominantly black school and that you don't give a crap that people of color are disproportionately affected by this pandemic. But, you do you and your freedum to live mask free.