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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think there is actually quite a bit of evidence that flimsy cloth masks are not effective with delta. Israel and the UK reinstated mask mandates weeks ago and it had no impact on their case numbers. They continued going up at the same rates. Those numbers are finally just starting to go back down, suggesting that delta will just burn through as it wants until herd immunity. Fortunately for MoCo, the high vaccine rate lowers the point until we get there. Unfortunately, no kids under 12 are in that group. But I do think flimsy masks with slipshod enforcement of actually keeping the thing on your mouth and nose is security theater.

This is not to say we shouldn’t do 5 days in person. We should. Covid is less dangerous to kids than flu or RSV and we don’t shut the world down for that. This isn’t going away and we have to learn to live with it. But at least know accurately what you are risking. I fully believe schools are going to be awash in virus and pretty much everyone will get it. But nobody’s going to test and it’s so contagious now that contact tracing is stupid and if they’re not doing separated  cohorts then we might as well bury our heads and keep going. [/quote]

I believe we should ask for better mitigation strategies at school. For example, lunch is still eaten at cafeteria. Why can’t MCPS make cohorts and let kids eat lunch in the classroom? Or outdoor is even better.[/quote]

They can for elementary school but not for MS or HS.  MS is going to be a hot mess with covid.

Masks do help and sadly at this point they are the only protection for unvaccinated kids.  Not all masks are flimsy.  We need a combination of behavior and vaccines to get this under control and protect our kids.  But, we have neither.[/quote]

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