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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Shame on us that we can't make test-to-stay happen, vaccination required happen, distanced/outdoor lunch happen, proper ventilation & filtration happen, full-content virtual for those that need it happen...

I get the general exhaustion, but it's a bit of an indictment that they could make no-work-over-winter-break happen instead of hey-this-omicron-thing-looks-a-bit-out-of-control-so-we-might-want-to-take-that-expected-to-be-planning-time-and-actually-make-a-robust-plan happen.[/quote]

They improved ventilation/filtration.  Requiring vaccines under EUA is a non-starter, and most kids 12 - 17 in MCPS are already vaccinated.  Lunch is very dependent on individual schools and their circumstances.  Test to stay, yes, they should have done more on that, for sure.  [b]"Virtual for those that need it" should only refer to those quarantined, not those who were nervous about Omicron.  Nervous isn't a "need."[/b]

But really, she's right.[/quote]

So the only folks that need it, then, are those that signed up for VA when Delta was still being evaluated and 5 months before Omicron changed the landscape or those who test positive or those with documented exposure without vaccination or those with documented exposure who are vaxxed but have symptoms?  It's like you can't put yourself in aanyone else's shpes to see that others might have different conditions like vulnerabilities in the household that would lead to different needs for protection against a backdrop of a different threat.  Everyone's got it just like you, so they shouldn't complain?  Sheesh.[/quote]
DP.. delta was a lot more lethal than omicron.

What did the vulnerable people do during the delta wave when all schools were in person except the VA?[/quote]

Um, not getting exposed because of low relative numbers of infected and the ability to be distanced & outside during lunch -- the one unmasked time.  Elementaries aren't doing that in the cold weather.[/quote]
Covid vaxx was approved for ES kids after school year started.  This, coupled with delta, meant that kids were more likely to suffer from harsher covid symptoms, irrespective of being outside, because I guarantee you, that kids were not distancing outside while eating. Have you seen kids eat and talk?  I have.. I volunteered in my kids' ES during lunch.  They talk a lot, and loudly, during lunch.

So, even before the omicron surge, this would've been an issue. Omicron is more contagious, yes, but it's also much more mild than delta, especially if vaxxed.

Again, at some point, your kid will get exposed to covid; covid is here to stay. If your goal is to avoid infection forever, that's not going to happen.[/quote]

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