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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  I'd say the difference is significant not only because of the numbers themselves (maybe double the dashboard, although 2 x a fairly low number is still a fairly low number), but also because of distribution of the cases (I know from other families that some are clustered).  I am grateful to the principal for keeping the school community informed, of course, but for those who are trying to observe patterns at a higher altitude, it would be good if the MCPS dashboard were . . . accurate-er.  I didn't know myself that the Google form was the key to dashboard registration.[/quote]

Ok, but I still don’t see how it practically makes a difference. Schools are open and will stay open. Kids will occasionally get covid, and the vast majority will be just fine. If you're not willing to accept the small risk that covid presents, then homeschool and isolate for the rest of your life.[/quote]

It really doesn't matter  as you will send your kids  and they will not  close schools but some will have serious issues getting  covid and all of them will bring it home to their families, causing more spread and issues, but clearly this poster doesn't care about anyone but themselves.[/quote]

I couldn’t find a coherent message in this post. Care to try again? What practical changes would result from posting more accurate data on cases in kids attending schools? We've always known large numbers of cases are never identified at all, due to asymptomatic infections or very mildly symptomatic infections, so looking at hospitalizations has always provided a more accurate way to compare the severity of covid over time. And hospitalizations in kids remain extremely low in Maryland.[/quote]

Kids don't live alone and live with adults.  Kids bring home covid.  You may not  care about getting and spreading covid, but some of us do.  Why does it matter?  Some parents may choose to mask their kids or keep them home.

As you said, we really need universal weekly testing to figure out the actual spread.  Not these bad home test and trusting parents to do them.

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