Secondary LCPS teachers - are you enforcing student masking?

[Anonymous]

My DD has reported that a student in one of her classes has worn their mask below the nose the entirety of class twice now. The teacher said nothing. I’m surprised and frankly disappointed that student was not told to put their mask up.

Is this widespread?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD has reported that a student in one of her classes has worn their mask below the nose the entirety of class twice now. The teacher said nothing. I’m surprised and frankly disappointed that student was not told to put their mask up.

Is this widespread?

Is the student SPED ?

[Anonymous]

Op come on. This is one kid in one class in a county of 87,000 students. Please stop assuming that extrapolates countywide.

[Anonymous]

And OP, you don’t know how it is being handled. The teacher didn’t make a big show of telling the student in front of the class. It doesn’t mean they are not addressing it in other ways that your DD doesn’t know about. You have no idea if he was told to pull it up and if others are aware of the situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD has reported that a student in one of her classes has worn their mask below the nose the entirety of class twice now. The teacher said nothing. I’m surprised and frankly disappointed that student was not told to put their mask up.

Is this widespread?

Get.

A.

Life.

[Anonymous]

I'm an elementary teacher and there's constantly someone with a slipped down mask. Parents don't seem to care that the masks they send them in don't fit.

[Anonymous]

I'm an elementary teacher and there's constantly someone with a slipped down mask. Parents don't seem to care that the masks they send them in ldon't fit.l

[Anonymous]

Virus in the air can settle on masks, as well as other bacteria, and then the kids are breathing that for hours.

[Anonymous]

Half the kids have allergies to boot. It's awesome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Virus in the air can settle on masks, as well as other bacteria, and then the kids are breathing that for hours.

Huh???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Virus in the air can settle on masks, as well as other bacteria, and then the kids are breathing that for hours.

Huh???

People look at the benefits but not the costs of using masks. The benefit is blocking some virus exhaled and possibly even inhaled.
However, cloth masks are very ineffective, and also retain moisture filling up the pores, and the air ends up moving around the mask.
Studies show they only block 25%-33% of virus. Surgical masks are a little better, up to 2/3. N95 are at 95%.

The cost is that the mask will absorb virus and bacteria from the air. Also, you will have people touching their masks after touching other things and possibly getting virus and bacteria that way.
The evidence suggests surface spread of coronavirus(fomites) is unlikely, but other bacteria spread can happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Virus in the air can settle on masks, as well as other bacteria, and then the kids are breathing that for hours.

Huh???

People look at the benefits but not the costs of using masks. The benefit is blocking some virus exhaled and possibly even inhaled.
However, cloth masks are very ineffective, and also retain moisture filling up the pores, and the air ends up moving around the mask.
Studies show they only block 25%-33% of virus. Surgical masks are a little better, up to 2/3. N95 are at 95%.

The cost is that the mask will absorb virus and bacteria from the air. Also, you will have people touching their masks after touching other things and possibly getting virus and bacteria that way.
The evidence suggests surface spread of coronavirus(fomites) is unlikely, but other bacteria spread can happen.

Masks have been used since the times of the plague to keep people safe from airborne viruses. But you know better, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Masks have been used since the times of the plague to keep people safe from airborne viruses. But you know better, right?

You should take a look at the studies on masks and other methods used in pandemics. It is not as clear cut a picture as you sarcastically imply.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Masks have been used since the times of the plague to keep people safe from airborne viruses. But you know better, right?

You should take a look at the studies on masks and other methods used in pandemics. It is not as clear cut a picture as you sarcastically imply.

Omg nobody cares. It’s a state mandate. Don’t send your kid if you think masks are the real risk here.