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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Swann’s research shows that even with universal masks, 40% of elementary students will be infected with Delta IN THREE MONTHS.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-07-31/what-the-delta-variant-development-means-for-unvaccinated-kids

What I am seeing in this forum is parents refusing to test with their kid has “just a cold,” refusing asymptomatic testing, lying about travel so they don’t have to quarantine, etc. There is no distancing, no plan to upgrade ventilation, no mandatory teacher vaccinations, etc.

Has DCPS just given up?[/quote]

Teacher, I am sorry but you have to go back to work in person!

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DP, but no need to be so rude.

I am a teacher who is fully expecting and ready to go back. What I’m not ready for is the DCPS clusterf that’s going to happen as soon as cases start popping up in schools. Are we going to be teaching concurrently? Going back and forth between IPL and virtual? I’m glad that all of these families believe that DCPS has implemented or is planning to implement all of these mitigation strategies, but they haven’t. Be prepared for things to get really weird for kids in the fall and when they do maybe don’t be so quick to blame the teachers.[/quote]

I'm the PP that posted the long quote. I totally agree that September to December [b]is going to be like a school wide chicken pox party[/b]. Everyone will get exposed and it will be a few months of constant positive tests and quarantines. But hopefully it will come on strong and die down quickly. I'm sorry DCPS hasn't prepared teachers more for contingency plans when classrooms quarantine, but this parent understands it's not your fault and I strongly believe that even with quarantines, 8 weeks of IPL and 2 weeks of nothing is better than 10 weeks of virtual. It will be a mess for parents who have been forced back in the office, but it is what it is. [/quote]

Except COVID is not like the chicken pox[/quote]

It is in the sense of the contagiousness of Delta is comparable to the chicken pox, where the previous variants were much less contagious. Hence the reference to pox parties. Put everyone in a room and let them get exposed at once to get it out of the way. And children die from chicken pox, just very very rarely, like with COVID. [/quote]

And then 50 years from they can get whatever the COVID equivalent of shingles. Sounds like a real fun idea! [/quote]

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