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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's honestly depressing that so many on this thread are clueless about the potential threat of this illness.  If you actually follow postings of doctors/scientists/epidemiologists- NOT politicians, government agencies, and Facebook groups with agendas- long COVID is very real and is affecting a significant swath of young and middle-aged vaccinated people.  (Examples: Eric Feigl-Ding, Peter Hotez, Scott Gottlieb....)This is NOT the flu.  Yes, vaccines and boosters help a lot, but they aren't sufficient! And we can't even get the country to cooperate fully on the vaccination/booster front! And, yes, the data changes as we learn more and as the viruses evolve, so mitigations must evolve too...

Data tracking, testing, and communication is shockingly poor for a country with our wealth and tech sophistication. We have had two inept administration responses to this. The CDC and others made a major messaging error to classify anyone not hospitalized or dead as experiencing a "mild" version of covid. Covid is an illness that, after minimal acute (mild) symptoms have occurred, blood clots can form 4-6 weeks later.  There is a long list of symptoms for long covid symptoms/conditions that include neurological and organ damage. Who wants to sign up for that?  There is also evidence to suggest that the illness may accelerate early onset dementia and a scary list of other chronic autoimmune illnesses.

I agree that we must send our kids to school. But let's please live in reality. This virus is dangerous. We need to push our schools to install appropriate HVAC mitigation, require use of kn95 or n95 masks, and buy some damn tents and heaters for kids to eat outside when community spread is out of control (like now).  I can promise you that several Asian countries are benefitting from their (albeit uncomfortably authoritarian to America's ethos) approach and will have a comparative economic and health advantage coming out of the pandemic.  We are literally crippling and killing ourselves at this point with our arrogance, ignorance, and tribal politics.  [/quote]

EVERYTHING HERE IS 100% RIGHT. This is the most accurate and sensible Covid-related post on DCUM.[/quote]

Agree this was a great post (though y'all can ignore me since I'm a public school parent).[/quote]

What private school around here doesn't have appropriate HVAC mitigations by now? I think that was one of the first things that was done? 
Can you not afford your own masks for your kids?

The risk of organ failure from long covid is less than the risk of long term neurological issues from Fifth's disease - a common childhood illness which runs rampant in daycares.
Data can be skewed to prove whatever agenda you are hoping to push. 
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1. You think that private schools invested heavily in HVAC mitigation at the beginning of the pandemic when everyone was still yammering about droplets and hand washing? I have a bridge to sell you.  According to air quality/aerosol experts I've followed, the CDC/government/schools are not addressing this topic appropriately because of fears of expense and triggering OSHA regulation scrutiny.  Also, many schools are going to be reluctant to bring in fresh outside air through open windows etc during the winter.

2. My kids wear high-quality masks.  Many of their classmates are still wearing cloth or surgical masks, often falling below their noses because of poor fit.  Many parents simply aren't paying attention.

3.  Not realistic to compare Omicron to Fifth's disease.  We don't have sufficient time/data to know conclusively what the "risk" rates are. But if epidemiologists are worried, then so am I.  The sheer math of Omicron transmissibility is daunting in potential harm.

And my agenda is balancing safety-defined as physical AND mental health terms- with assuming practical levels of risk.  I want American kids in school, but I want to adopt common sense best practices to mitigate risk as much as possible.  Lately it seems that our country doesn't have the will to do anything that is hard or invites scrutiny.  Our school hasn't mentioned HVAC mitigation efforts in any communications in over a year.  If they were doing a lot, they would definitely want to take credit for it! I know that much.

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