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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Two questions for those of you committed to masks for the foreseeable future:

1) Would you be willing to give up a mask mandate in exchange for a true testing plan— weekly testing for all, on-site rapid tests for anyone with symptoms, test to stay for anyone exposed to a positive? There are indications testing is much more effective than masking at preventing outbreaks.

2) Is there any level of Covid (like for instance an R0 below 1) at which point you would be okay forgoing masks even with unvaccinated students?[/quote]

Daily testing is an interesting idea but certainly not weekly testing, it's not enough. And certainly not ok with replacing quarantines with test to stay AND take away masks too. Are you crazy? Test to stay makes it less safe not more.

Also daily testing didn't even seem to work with the athletes. We have the worst outbreak in a school right now at WHS and it's all from athletes who are not masking and who are daily testing so that didn't seem to work very well.

Everyone wanted full time school so we had to stop distancing for the most part. Not really sure how good ventilation is. Masks are probably the most important thing we have. Case rates are still quite high.

Get back to me when we stop having new cases in Arlington like we had in June. [/quote]

You’re eventually going to need to become accustomed to “cases.” They will be inevitable in an endemic and by next school year will not be noteworthy, much like influenza. [/quote]

Exactly.  Right now, masks are the best option for kids who can't be vaccinated yet.  But that won't be true in just a few months, hopefully.  Once all kids can get vaccinated, the VACCINE is the (much much much) more effective protection, and the masks will do little on top of that.  And I'm sorry but why should my vaccinated kids have to wear a mask because some parents don't believe in science?  I am so tired of doing the most to protect people who won't do the same for their own selves or children.[/quote]

Yes, exactly how I feel. It’s vaccines that make the difference. Whatever marginal (likely non) benefit is had by masks is far outweighed by the need for kids to see faces. Those that still want to mask can but we need to let kids be normal. My kids have been troopers with masks but it is wearing them down. [/quote]

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