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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There's probably no real pattern to these schools because it's such a small number-- better testing? more reporting? actual outbreak among a geographic or demographic group?

But I plotted them out on a map to at least get an idea.

This might work-- I could only add 10 here-- I'm missing Sherwood ES in Olney

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Cannon+Road+Elementary+School/Forest+Knolls+Elementary+School/North+Chevy+Chase+Elementary/Rock+Terrace+School/Rosemont+Elementary+School/Roberto+Clemente+Middle+School/Waters+Landing+Elementary+School/Hallie+Wells+Middle+School/Seneca+Valley+High+School/Monocacy+Elementary+School/@39.1144777,-77.3331571,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m62!4m61!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b7c543c42bddb1:0xd2a84447424691b0!2m2!1d-76.9943994!2d39.0687916!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b7cf65e1371b47:0x78db13e513b53cee!2m2!1d-77.0203899!2d39.0336879!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b7c93bdc873e47:0x1f5d39fe3709c810!2m2!1d-77.0730537!2d38.9989746!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b7cd70175a43ab:0x2379fe14b940c44d!2m2!1d-77.1600719!2d39.0932441!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b7d2b6e52d8ca5:0xd76073f712b51197!2m2!1d-77.1858649!2d39.1248122!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b62c5a79e01aff:0x4fd1af6ada87d71e!2m2!1d-77.2476655!2d39.1655849!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b62c120435f31b:0x3e08b20b849078b3!2m2!1d-77.2684843!2d39.1889705!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b62b0735840c73:0xdef71f9339502584!2m2!1d-77.2399467!2d39.2323039!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b62c3f68382f17:0xa6f2ec92ae7c0041!2m2!1d-77.2641458!2d39.1744841!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b62611b4aee1ed:0x1ea23f535b2cb1d7!2m2!1d-77.3930382!2d39.2242571!3e0

It looks like:

3 Downcounty
1 Rockville
1 Gaithersburg
1 Olney 
5 Germantown and points north

Again, probably means nothing, but almost half the schools are in ~Germantown, which has about 10% of the MoCo population.[/quote]

I teach in Germantown and not surprised.  There is a lot of shared housing up there with multiple families under one roof.  Many parents who don't have jobs that allow for sick leave.  We are always hit hard by the flu so I'm not shocked that COVID is spreading.  We have had a few kids who just don't show up for school and parents can't/won't get them tested for COVID so numbers are always a little skewed.[/quote]

If you look at the Maryland covid dashboard and look at school age numbers the concentration of cases are in Silver Spring, Potomac, Bethesda, Chevy Chase - not Germantown.[/quote]

This is why it's absurd to rely on self-reporting and opting into testing (which currently has about 50% opted in) to make these calls.

Too many variables, the big ones among them:
- inequitable resources (information, tests, language barriers, imperative to work)
- dishonesty (people not testing or not reporting intentionally, lying)
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