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[quote=Anonymous]The denialism and the gaslighting are no longer possible all over the board are counterproductive.

We are in a high transmission area.

Delta is extremely contagious.

There is no longer any doubt that children can be infected and they can infect their peers and their family, they can be hospitalized and die, and they can have long-covid.

The vaccination rates in DC are not great. The teen vaccination rates are terrible, particularly considering that 1 shot does little against delta.

The asymptomatic testing program last year was abysmal, which some teachers and some families suspected, but we didn't actually know until yesterday, when the DC Auditor dropped their report about it. There is no good reason to trust it won't be abysmal this year as well. Just saliva pool-testing, of too few kids, too infrequently.

The CDC definition of 'close contact' for the purpose of K12 contact tracing and quarantine has absolutely no grounding in the reality of delta being airborne and highly contagious. It is not grounded in science, much less current science. It basically guarantees that infected children will stay in their classroom and infect other classmates.

There are still several DCPS buildings with HVAC that doesn't even keep cool, much less provide covid-safe air exchanges.

Not all masks are created equal, and all DCPS infographics show flat surgical masks that are woefully inadequate against the current variant. We hear nothing about mask requirements, or mask availability at school. Last year, a child would be handed a itty bitty bikini surgical mask if they didn't bring their own. That mask with not protect the wearer nor the wearer's classmates from delta. It's better than nothing, yes, it's better than banning mask mandates, but floppy surgical masks will not adequately reduce transmission, especially in a classroom with a few non-quarantined, obviously exposed, probably contagious, classmates.

Objectively, this is a shit show. 
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