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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought this was a great post from one of the private school threads.  I know a lot of parents here don't agree and want to let Omicron just run its full course through the community while kids go to school, but I wish we were being more cautious and not planning to go back in person next week:

[quote]It's honestly depressing that so many on this thread are clueless about the potential threat of this illness. If you actually follow postings of doctors/scientists/epidemiologists- NOT politicians, government agencies, and Facebook groups with agendas- long COVID is very real and is affecting a significant swath of young and middle-aged vaccinated people. (Examples: Eric Feigl-Ding, Peter Hotez, Scott Gottlieb....)This is NOT the flu. Yes, vaccines and boosters help a lot, but they aren't sufficient! And we can't even get the country to cooperate fully on the vaccination/booster front! And, yes, the data changes as we learn more and as the viruses evolve, so mitigations must evolve too...

Data tracking, testing, and communication is shockingly poor for a country with our wealth and tech sophistication. We have had two inept administration responses to this. The CDC and others made a major messaging error to classify anyone not hospitalized or dead as experiencing a "mild" version of covid. Covid is an illness that, after minimal acute (mild) symptoms have occurred, blood clots can form 4-6 weeks later. There is a long list of symptoms for long covid symptoms/conditions that include neurological and organ damage. Who wants to sign up for that? There is also evidence to suggest that the illness may accelerate early onset dementia and a scary list of other chronic autoimmune illnesses.

I agree that we must send our kids to school. But let's please live in reality. This virus is dangerous. We need to push our schools to install appropriate HVAC mitigation, require use of kn95 or n95 masks, and buy some damn tents and heaters for kids to eat outside when community spread is out of control (like now). I can promise you that several Asian countries are benefitting from their (albeit uncomfortably authoritarian to America's ethos) approach and will have a comparative economic and health advantage coming out of the pandemic. We are literally crippling and killing ourselves at this point with our arrogance, ignorance, and tribal politics. [/quote]

Totally agree with that parent, fwiw.[/quote]
APS has no plans to buy more filtration, heaters or tents.  [b]All parents who are planning to send their kids in KN95s already have made arrangements.[/b]  Schools have already sent emails stating there would be outdoor lunch and classroom windows will be open.  Parents who are going to vaccinate their kids have done so.  We are where we are.  It's time for kids to go back to school.[/quote]

Ok but they are planning for KN95s for staff and students, along with rapid tests to take home:

[b]KN95s and Test Kits ordered for All Students and Staff[/b]

APS has ordered a supply of KN95 masks for staff, particulate filters for an APS-provided student masks and at-home rapid antigen test kits for every staff member and student. Supplies for these items are limited but we anticipate them soon and will send additional communication when availa[/quote]

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