What face coverings are you putting on your Elementary kids for DCPS in-person hybrid?

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If your kids are indoors 7 hours a day with 10 other kids and an adult, I assume you are doing more than a symbolic face covering with a cool print and gaps all around. I haven't found kid sized N95 or KN95. What are your kids wearing over their mouths and noses?

[Anonymous]

A two-layer cloth mask with adjustable ear loops for proper fit and a filter pocket with a non-woven filter insert.

[Anonymous]

I'm not in DCPS, but I've happy with the way the happy masks stay on my elementary school kid (and the rest of the family), and the coverage they offer. They also come in sizes and some really cute prints.

[Anonymous]

Mine only like the 32 degrees from Costco and the paper ones.

[Anonymous]

Mine will double mask with a cloth two layer mask and a kids size surgical mask. I’m afraid a face shield may be a distraction so I bought some goggles (sports ones, not swimming) for my DD to wear. Anyone asking their kids to wear gloves?

[Anonymous]

Kid sized kn95, for my six year old. Found on amazon but may be sold out now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mine will double mask with a cloth two layer mask and a kids size surgical mask. I’m afraid a face shield may be a distraction so I bought some goggles (sports ones, not swimming) for my DD to wear. Anyone asking their kids to wear gloves?

My 5th grader will be wearing a 2-layer cloth mask with a PM 2.5 filter in it. She has 4 and will bring 2 to school each day. She also has bluescreen glasses, which she will continue to wear because they will still be doing a lot on screens. I am not getting face shields or requiring gloves. We have been teaching DD to avoid touching her face and to wash her hands frequently for the entire pandemic. By this point, she knows what she's doing. The mask and the distancing at school is enough to reduce an awful lot of transmission without adding face shields and gloves.

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Anonymous wrote:Mine will double mask with a cloth two layer mask and a kids size surgical mask. I’m afraid a face shield may be a distraction so I bought some goggles (sports ones, not swimming) for my DD to wear. Anyone asking their kids to wear gloves?

No. Gloves don't help unless you change them out every time you touch a contaminated surface (germs live on the surface of gloves, too, and you have to remove them properly or you'll just get the germs on the outside of the glove on your fingers), and the only surfaces they will be touching are their own desks and supplies (no sharing). Frequent hand-washing and hand sanitizer are just fine.

Mine will wear a cloth mask with a filter insert.

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Anonymous wrote:Mine will double mask with a cloth two layer mask and a kids size surgical mask. I’m afraid a face shield may be a distraction so I bought some goggles (sports ones, not swimming) for my DD to wear. Anyone asking their kids to wear gloves?

My 5th grader will be wearing a 2-layer cloth mask with a PM 2.5 filter in it. She has 4 and will bring 2 to school each day. She also has bluescreen glasses, which she will continue to wear because they will still be doing a lot on screens. I am not getting face shields or requiring gloves. We have been teaching DD to avoid touching her face and to wash her hands frequently for the entire pandemic. By this point, she knows what she's doing. The mask and the distancing at school is enough to reduce an awful lot of transmission without adding face shields and gloves.

Unfortunately, there is little evidence that these work.

"The American Academy of Ophthalmology says you don’t need them and has gone on record as not recommending any kind of special eyewear for computer users. The organization says blue light from digital devices does not lead to eye disease and doesn’t even cause eyestrain. The problems people complain about are simply caused by overuse of digital devices, it says."

https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20210115/do-blue-light-glasses-work

My kid has been in-person for a couple of months (we moved from DCPS a while ago). We usually do Athleta Girl Masks, no gloves or anything else. There is a TON of handwashing, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some of you sound so paranoid with the OTT masks and gloves that I’m surprised your kids are going in person.

Agree. I’m not sending my kids because you pretty much have to be okay with getting sick and we can’t. But with the new highly transmissible strains, blue light glasses aren’t gonna cut it. I doubt masks that aren’t fitted by an expert are gonna cut it when they are only 6’ apart indoors for 7 hours. Good luck.

[Anonymous]

This thread is kind of funny. Stop pretending you are concerned about spread of covid when you are sending your child to in-person school. The jig is up. You don't care.

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Anonymous wrote:Some of you sound so paranoid with the OTT masks and gloves that I’m surprised your kids are going in person.

I feel like if you're only comfortable with your kid going if they are in masks, goggles, and gloves, you really aren't comfortable sending them. A kid wearing two masks is going to have a hard time participating in class -- how they can speak and be understood? Can they breathe well enough to participate in PE (our school is doing outdoor PE)? I bet a lot of them will take off one of the masks, or the goggles, or whatever, because they aren't comfortable for all-day wear. I'm focused on wearing a well-fitting mask with a filter, emphasizing good handwashing/hand sanitizer use, avoiding touching your face, and maintaining distance. I'm confident my kid will comply with these (because she has been all along).

You know most teachers will be wearing two masks and a face shield, right?

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Well I’m a teacher and every single teacher at my school plans on wearing two masks and a face shield. So I guess your mileage may vary.

I mean, I guess if you can be heard and understood by your students, more power to you.

Not my concern about if I can be heard and understood. I am allowed to wear PPE.

Are we now going to argue that teachers shouldn’t wear PPE to feel safe? Or should only be allowed to wear a single mask because parents don’t like it? This is in person learning.

As someone who has had to work 8 hr days in close proximity to others since this all began— and unvaccinated (no time soon either) you need one mask, either an open window or air purifier, face shield and good hand washing hygiene.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is kind of funny. Stop pretending you are concerned about spread of covid when you are sending your child to in-person school. The jig is up. You don't care.

Not true. There are lots of studies showing that kids can be in school without spreading COVID if proper precautions are taken. I trust my kid to follow the rules, and I trust her teacher and administration to enforce the rules. Just like I avoid unnecessary indoor activities (limited to essential shopping and medical appointments) and always wear a mask and maintain distance from others outside of my home. You can both care about the spread of COVID and have reasons for sending your kid back in person. I don't assume that people who aren't sending their kids back are neurotic, hysterical basket-cases who haven't left their basement since last March and need to seek treatment for their severe anxiety. Likewise, I don't assume that people who are sending their kids back in person are reckless, selfish people who think COVID is a hoax. There is a middle ground. Maybe it makes you feel better to think everything is black or white, but it's not.

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Anonymous wrote:Some of you sound so paranoid with the OTT masks and gloves that I’m surprised your kids are going in person.

I feel like if you're only comfortable with your kid going if they are in masks, goggles, and gloves, you really aren't comfortable sending them. A kid wearing two masks is going to have a hard time participating in class -- how they can speak and be understood? Can they breathe well enough to participate in PE (our school is doing outdoor PE)? I bet a lot of them will take off one of the masks, or the goggles, or whatever, because they aren't comfortable for all-day wear. I'm focused on wearing a well-fitting mask with a filter, emphasizing good handwashing/hand sanitizer use, avoiding touching your face, and maintaining distance. I'm confident my kid will comply with these (because she has been all along).

You know most teachers will be wearing two masks and a face shield, right?

Evidence?

Well I’m a teacher and every single teacher at my school plans on wearing two masks and a face shield. So I guess your mileage may vary.

I mean, I guess if you can be heard and understood by your students, more power to you.

Not my concern about if I can be heard and understood. I am allowed to wear PPE.

Are we now going to argue that teachers shouldn’t wear PPE to feel safe? Or should only be allowed to wear a single mask because parents don’t like it? This is in person learning.

As someone who has had to work 8 hr days in close proximity to others since this all began— and unvaccinated (no time soon either) you need one mask, either an open window or air purifier, face shield and good hand washing hygiene.

So all of the Drs on tv including Fauci saying we need to wear two masks are....lying?

[Anonymous]

Full hazmat suit. Obviously.