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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I notice is the only high schools deep in yellow are the ones with with affluent populations who can test. All the DCC schools are in high green... Probably explained more by a lack of access to tests in the most populated part of the county. [/quote]

No, it probably had to do with lifestyle choices and the richer schools did much more traveling over the holidays that put us all at greater risk.  [/quote]

+1. Is DCCers weren’t flying of the ski resorts or Mexico or the Bahamas. [/quote]

Test to stay for all. Then you will know who has COVID in the school system.

DCCers may not have been flying off to ski resorts but how many of them are hourly wage earners in high risk jobs with no health insurance? How many work in retail, grocery stores, bars and restaurants? When they get sick, are they making a choice to work sick and spread COVID vs. taking the time to get tested and quarantine? Are they going to get their kids tested because of the time it takes to get tested and are they going to risk having to quarantine themselves.

Access to testing is not equal. Many families in MCPS have financial reasons to not test and not quarantine. Not everyone has a cushy union job with paid time off. Some communities face these realities more than others. [/quote]

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