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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many schools remained open last year through out the country. Right now red states with a high case rates are not even questioning the opening of schools for in-person. What is wrong with the DC area patents? Our area has high vaccination rate plus people are in general cautious. Why can’t we just let our kids go to school ? Why do we have to make this so difficult for mcps that they think about backtracking in person school? 
Kids have been in camps all summer. In groups of 25. Yes the counselors were vaccinated and the kids remained safe. We have to try to give our kids a normal school year .. as normal as possible. Stop the hysteria and fear mongering.[/quote]

I think we all want the same thing. We all want the schools to open! Here’s the difference. Those of us who want a plan and/or want some safety mitigation think if we make schools safer and create thoughtful contingency plans, then schools will actually have a better chance of staying open because transmission will be reduced and mitigated. Others of you just want to open no matter what and think if we plan too much or pay too much attention to safety that somehow this will get in the way of opening. I personally see this POV as irresponsible and lacking in care for our students, school staff and community at large. Communicating protocols in an unprecedented time =/= backtracking in person school![/quote]

I don't disagree with the need for a plan, but you are SO condescending that I doubt whatever plan they have would satisfy you.  If you are purporting to speak for the "plan" proponents, I'll take my chances with no plan.

Because, yes, putting out a plan months in advance gives people like you the chance to pick it apart and throw a fit when it's not exponentially more restrictive than the CDC or whatever.[/quote]

MCPS is not following CDC recommendations outside of masking.[/quote]

I was referring to last school year, when Dr. Gayles mysteriously recommending guidelines that were more restrictive than freaking CHOP, with *zero* justification, and a bunch of us had to fight tooth and nail to get them to change, against the very loud voices of many parents who thought more restrictive than CHOP was better.  Again, with no justification.[/quote]

And you were fighting to be less protective, with no justification. But you think you are right because that’s how you approach everything in life.[/quote]

Yes, you have me all figured out.  :roll:

I expect that public health officials have data to support their policy positions.  I happily supported the metrics published by the CHOP Policy Lab, because they’re experts and had data to support their position.  If Dr. Gayles knew something that they didn’t, he should have said so.  Being more restrictive around COVID had negative consequences for other things, and an acknowledgement of that would have been great.[/quote]

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