MCPS will now send kids home for ten days based on symptoms only

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In elementary? Yes, they are all over each other. I had three boys in a dog pile while waiting for busses last week. They have zero sense of personal space. This is what 5 days a week for everyone looks like. Without mandatory testing, this is the best we can hope for in terms of catching cases before we have full blown outbreaks.
—k teacher in a school with multiple classes quarantined

A FIFTEEN-MINUTE dog pile?

Common sense that kids are exposed sitting in a classroom for a 7-8 hour day. Come on use the big brain

They get exposed, and we have an 86% vaccination rate. That’s how we will get to herd immunity.

There is a 0% vaccination rate in Elementary school for students. You may be ok with exposure and covid as you'll just send your sick kid to school but others are not.

The teachers and staff are vaccinated. That’s how you protect those kids by vaccinating adults. If kids get exposed the consequence is minimal to the kids. Get a grip your kids will be exposed to all kinds of viruses. There is a major RSV outbreak currently, no vaccine against RSV. Children’s ICU is full with RSV infections.

I hope we turn our attention ruin to an RSV vaccine next. Does the virus just not affect boomers or the elderly enough?

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In elementary? Yes, they are all over each other. I had three boys in a dog pile while waiting for busses last week. They have zero sense of personal space. This is what 5 days a week for everyone looks like. Without mandatory testing, this is the best we can hope for in terms of catching cases before we have full blown outbreaks.
—k teacher in a school with multiple classes quarantined

A FIFTEEN-MINUTE dog pile?

Common sense that kids are exposed sitting in a classroom for a 7-8 hour day. Come on use the big brain

They get exposed, and we have an 86% vaccination rate. That’s how we will get to herd immunity.

There is a 0% vaccination rate in Elementary school for students. You may be ok with exposure and covid as you'll just send your sick kid to school but others are not.

The teachers and staff are vaccinated. That’s how you protect those kids by vaccinating adults. If kids get exposed the consequence is minimal to the kids. Get a grip your kids will be exposed to all kinds of viruses. There is a major RSV outbreak currently, no vaccine against RSV. Children’s ICU is full with RSV infections.

One vaccinated teacher in a classroom of 25-35 students is not particularly helpful. Kids can get and spread covid. Teachers can get and spread covid even vaccinated. You can deny covid all you want but stop complaining about the absolute minimum in precautions.

Absolute minimum? Snort. It will never be enough for some of you.

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Anonymous wrote:Stop complaining already. You wanted schools open in full as normal, you got it.

Uh...this is not normal.

Yes, it is. Only difference is kids are masked. They should always have been sent home if sick.

except often they aren't masked in fact one of my kid hates the fact that one kid who sits next to him takes off his mask during every single class multiple times

And cloth masks suck anyway, which is what most kids are wearing.

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Anonymous wrote:Stop complaining already. You wanted schools open in full as normal, you got it.

Yup! This is what you wanted TogetherAgainMCPS, deal with it.

We want “TogetherAgainMCPS brought to you by new and competent leadership”. We got the former but not the latter.

Please. It's not unreasonable to want MCPS, the public school system for the county that's home to NIH and FDA, to use *science* in determining guidelines, not whatever nonsense they deem will prevent any transmission of COVID in schools ever. God forbid they follow CDC or CHOP PolicyLab or the guidelines Ashish Jha and colleagues outlined for his kids' school system in Massachusetts, etc. Nope. Instead we get quarantines for any symptom, with no thought to practical considerations or any number of outcomes that matter for kids.

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In elementary? Yes, they are all over each other. I had three boys in a dog pile while waiting for busses last week. They have zero sense of personal space. This is what 5 days a week for everyone looks like. Without mandatory testing, this is the best we can hope for in terms of catching cases before we have full blown outbreaks.
—k teacher in a school with multiple classes quarantined

A FIFTEEN-MINUTE dog pile?

Not PP but it’s no wonder these kids are bouncing off the walls after being offered chocolate milk and apple juice twice a day. Maybe if MCPS cut back on the sugar offereings these kids wouldn’t be so hyper all the time.

Really? Chocolate Milk and Apple Juice is what you’re going with? MCPS is making all kids hyper with this two drinks, including all the kids who eat breakfast and lunch from home?

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Anonymous wrote:Stop complaining already. You wanted schools open in full as normal, you got it.

Yup! This is what you wanted TogetherAgainMCPS, deal with it.

We want “TogetherAgainMCPS brought to you by new and competent leadership”. We got the former but not the latter.

Please. It's not unreasonable to want MCPS, the public school system for the county that's home to NIH and FDA, to use *science* in determining guidelines, not whatever nonsense they deem will prevent any transmission of COVID in schools ever. God forbid they follow CDC or CHOP PolicyLab or the guidelines Ashish Jha and colleagues outlined for his kids' school system in Massachusetts, etc. Nope. Instead we get quarantines for any symptom, with no thought to practical considerations or any number of outcomes that matter for kids.

It was the same thing last year. Gayles made up his own metrics. There was no scientific basis, rationale, etc. They were just made up metrics--completely out of line nationally--designed to keep kids out of school. The district finally had to blow him off and ignore his guidance. Same thing now. Just made up guidance--completely out of line with every other district out there--based on nothing but a whim.

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Anonymous wrote:Stop complaining already. You wanted schools open in full as normal, you got it.

Yup! This is what you wanted TogetherAgainMCPS, deal with it.

We want “TogetherAgainMCPS brought to you by new and competent leadership”. We got the former but not the latter.

What does that even mean?

(honestly curious; i don't follow the inner workings of any of these parent groups)

This. This is the kind of leader I want. Instead, we have somebody wishy-washy updating guidance after a few days. Guidance that doesn't appear to be based on anything substantive.

https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/new-prince-william-schools-superintendent-focuses-on-in-person-learning/article_d58f7984-0f9f-11ec-a03c-2725aa887dfa.html

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stop complaining already. You wanted schools open in full as normal, you got it.

Yup! This is what you wanted TogetherAgainMCPS, deal with it.

We want “TogetherAgainMCPS brought to you by new and competent leadership”. We got the former but not the latter.

Please. It's not unreasonable to want MCPS, the public school system for the county that's home to NIH and FDA, to use *science* in determining guidelines, not whatever nonsense they deem will prevent any transmission of COVID in schools ever. God forbid they follow CDC or CHOP PolicyLab or the guidelines Ashish Jha and colleagues outlined for his kids' school system in Massachusetts, etc. Nope. Instead we get quarantines for any symptom, with no thought to practical considerations or any number of outcomes that matter for kids.

It was the same thing last year. Gayles made up his own metrics. There was no scientific basis, rationale, etc. They were just made up metrics--completely out of line nationally--designed to keep kids out of school. The district finally had to blow him off and ignore his guidance. Same thing now. Just made up guidance--completely out of line with every other district out there--based on nothing but a whim.

At least there was metric and guidance. Now it’s a free for all. Mcps is not even transparent with all the Covid cases.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stop complaining already. You wanted schools open in full as normal, you got it.

Yup! This is what you wanted TogetherAgainMCPS, deal with it.

We want “TogetherAgainMCPS brought to you by new and competent leadership”. We got the former but not the latter.

Please. It's not unreasonable to want MCPS, the public school system for the county that's home to NIH and FDA, to use *science* in determining guidelines, not whatever nonsense they deem will prevent any transmission of COVID in schools ever. God forbid they follow CDC or CHOP PolicyLab or the guidelines Ashish Jha and colleagues outlined for his kids' school system in Massachusetts, etc. Nope. Instead we get quarantines for any symptom, with no thought to practical considerations or any number of outcomes that matter for kids.

It was the same thing last year. Gayles made up his own metrics. There was no scientific basis, rationale, etc. They were just made up metrics--completely out of line nationally--designed to keep kids out of school. The district finally had to blow him off and ignore his guidance. Same thing now. Just made up guidance--completely out of line with every other district out there--based on nothing but a whim.

Exactly. Dr. Gayles knows better than CHOP. Sure. And for whatever reason, way too many hypereducated MCPS parents didn't even bother to fact check him or to care that he was literally making things up. And you're right, PP, it's exactly the same thing happening now, and I am having none of it. It's embarassing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stop complaining already. You wanted schools open in full as normal, you got it.

Yup! This is what you wanted TogetherAgainMCPS, deal with it.

We want “TogetherAgainMCPS brought to you by new and competent leadership”. We got the former but not the latter.

Please. It's not unreasonable to want MCPS, the public school system for the county that's home to NIH and FDA, to use *science* in determining guidelines, not whatever nonsense they deem will prevent any transmission of COVID in schools ever. God forbid they follow CDC or CHOP PolicyLab or the guidelines Ashish Jha and colleagues outlined for his kids' school system in Massachusetts, etc. Nope. Instead we get quarantines for any symptom, with no thought to practical considerations or any number of outcomes that matter for kids.

It was the same thing last year. Gayles made up his own metrics. There was no scientific basis, rationale, etc. They were just made up metrics--completely out of line nationally--designed to keep kids out of school. The district finally had to blow him off and ignore his guidance. Same thing now. Just made up guidance--completely out of line with every other district out there--based on nothing but a whim.

Exactly. Dr. Gayles knows better than CHOP. Sure. And for whatever reason, way too many hypereducated MCPS parents didn't even bother to fact check him or to care that he was literally making things up. And you're right, PP, it's exactly the same thing happening now, and I am having none of it. It's embarassing.

God, I'm going to get flamed for this, but in hyper-woke MoCo, it would have been bad form to question the decision making of a gay black Doctor. I 100% believe that's why some people in the county didn't speak up against him

Hell, even some of the people that did try to get more information from him in a respectful way were put on blast by him and his team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stop complaining already. You wanted schools open in full as normal, you got it.

Yup! This is what you wanted TogetherAgainMCPS, deal with it.

We want “TogetherAgainMCPS brought to you by new and competent leadership”. We got the former but not the latter.

Please. It's not unreasonable to want MCPS, the public school system for the county that's home to NIH and FDA, to use *science* in determining guidelines, not whatever nonsense they deem will prevent any transmission of COVID in schools ever. God forbid they follow CDC or CHOP PolicyLab or the guidelines Ashish Jha and colleagues outlined for his kids' school system in Massachusetts, etc. Nope. Instead we get quarantines for any symptom, with no thought to practical considerations or any number of outcomes that matter for kids.

It was the same thing last year. Gayles made up his own metrics. There was no scientific basis, rationale, etc. They were just made up metrics--completely out of line nationally--designed to keep kids out of school. The district finally had to blow him off and ignore his guidance. Same thing now. Just made up guidance--completely out of line with every other district out there--based on nothing but a whim.

Exactly. Dr. Gayles knows better than CHOP. Sure. And for whatever reason, way too many hypereducated MCPS parents didn't even bother to fact check him or to care that he was literally making things up. And you're right, PP, it's exactly the same thing happening now, and I am having none of it. It's embarassing.

God, I'm going to get flamed for this, but in hyper-woke MoCo, it would have been bad form to question the decision making of a gay black Doctor. I 100% believe that's why some people in the county didn't speak up against him

Hell, even some of the people that did try to get more information from him in a respectful way were put on blast by him and his team.

As a super liberal person, shame on those who put their politics ahead of children's well-being. Literally. Shame.On.Them.

It's never bad form to ask for medical and scientific evidence for health policy *when said policy is not based on any known evidence*. It's called doing your damn job.

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I hope we turn our attention ruin to an RSV vaccine next. Does the virus just not affect boomers or the elderly enough?

RSV is terrible for old people.

RSV infections can be dangerous for certain adults. Each year, it is estimated that more than 177,000 older adults are hospitalized and 14,000 of them die in the United States due to RSV infection. Adults at highest risk for severe RSV infection include

Older adults, especially those 65 years and older
Adults with chronic heart or lung disease
Adults with weakened immune systems

https://www.cdc.gov/rsv/high-risk/older-adults.html

Looks like several RSV vaccines are in development, which is good news.

[Anonymous]

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In elementary? Yes, they are all over each other. I had three boys in a dog pile while waiting for busses last week. They have zero sense of personal space. This is what 5 days a week for everyone looks like. Without mandatory testing, this is the best we can hope for in terms of catching cases before we have full blown outbreaks.
—k teacher in a school with multiple classes quarantined

A FIFTEEN-MINUTE dog pile?

Common sense that kids are exposed sitting in a classroom for a 7-8 hour day. Come on use the big brain

They get exposed, and we have an 86% vaccination rate. That’s how we will get to herd immunity.

There is a 0% vaccination rate in Elementary school for students. You may be ok with exposure and covid as you'll just send your sick kid to school but others are not.

The teachers and staff are vaccinated. That’s how you protect those kids by vaccinating adults. If kids get exposed the consequence is minimal to the kids. Get a grip your kids will be exposed to all kinds of viruses. There is a major RSV outbreak currently, no vaccine against RSV. Children’s ICU is full with RSV infections.

I hope we turn our attention ruin to an RSV vaccine next. Does the virus just not affect boomers or the elderly enough?

There actually is an RSV vaccine but it is very expensive and has to be given monthly throughout RSV season. It is really only given to at risk kids and babies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stop complaining already. You wanted schools open in full as normal, you got it.

Uh...this is not normal.

Yes, it is. Only difference is kids are masked. They should always have been sent home if sick.

except often they aren't masked in fact one of my kid hates the fact that one kid who sits next to him takes off his mask during every single class multiple times

And cloth masks suck anyway, which is what most kids are wearing.

My kids cloth mask is 4 ply with adjustable bands and a changeable filter. #NotAllClothMasks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stop complaining already. You wanted schools open in full as normal, you got it.

Yup! This is what you wanted TogetherAgainMCPS, deal with it.

We want “TogetherAgainMCPS brought to you by new and competent leadership”. We got the former but not the latter.

Please. It's not unreasonable to want MCPS, the public school system for the county that's home to NIH and FDA, to use *science* in determining guidelines, not whatever nonsense they deem will prevent any transmission of COVID in schools ever. God forbid they follow CDC or CHOP PolicyLab or the guidelines Ashish Jha and colleagues outlined for his kids' school system in Massachusetts, etc. Nope. Instead we get quarantines for any symptom, with no thought to practical considerations or any number of outcomes that matter for kids.

No. Your dumb group wants schools open no matter the cost. No matter if kids die. No matter if a kid brings it home to a relative. You are a selfish group of people hiding under PhD's (I hope deep down you all know that doesn't make you medical doctors because you sure don't act like it). Schools are open; you're now paying the price for a very disruptive year because that is exactly what you demanded.