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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First of all, we can all agree that CDC guidelines have been designed to get workers back on the job to pad the wallets of the already wealthy, not for acute public health reasons. Second, the CDC is about to conveniently change their guidelines right as kids go back to school to favor…wait for it..NOT public health, but keeping low wage workers at work. Shocker![/quote]

Covid is a cold. People have been going to work and school with colds forever.[/quote]

Its not a cold.  Grow up already.[/quote]

It’s not far off if you’re vaccinated and boosted.[/quote]

I’m my experience, colds have generally been far more miserable. [/quote]

You were fortunate, not my  experience at all.[/quote]

I don't know about that. I think my experience was pretty common.[/quote]

I suspect the pp is the sort of person that acts like she’s on her deathbed every time she gets sick.[/quote]

I think you need some serious empathy lessons and don't care about anyone but yourself.  It is not mild for everyone.  [/quote]

From the person who wants the rest of the world to change their behavior so she doesn’t have to take responsibility for herself…  :roll: [/quote]

What are you talking about?   We are extremely careful and not the fake careful people pretend to be.   I want basic precautions.  That’s not unreasonable given how contagious this is.  [/quote]

There are certainly some posters here demanding ridiculous Covid policies on everyone because they won’t take whatever individual measures are necessary to protect themselves.  There's no reason for indefinite masking or quarantine policies at this point. [/quote]

Clearly you don’t get Covid and the high transmission rate.  Of course those of us concerned still mask but it’s not that simple in a large school with 1000+ students and staff.  [/quote]

You clearly don’t get that Covid is with us permanently.  You’re not going to escape it if you’re willing to rejoin society.

Permanent mask mandates and kicking healthy kids out of school aren’t going to change that.[/quote]

We do get its permanent and we have people like you to thank.  No, I'm not willing to get covid over and over again.  NO one is saying permanent mask mandates but given the high level of transmission and large schools, they make sense right now.  And, kids who have covid are not healthy.[/quote]

Stop being disingenuous about masks. Even when cases were low back in the spring posters like you were still wringing your hands about the removal of the mask mandate.  It will never be enough for you.[/quote]

I can’t tell if these people are being disingenuous or if they simply don’t understand covid. The PP’s post suggests she thinks we’re in a temporary situation with spread. That’s ridiculous. We have high immunity in the community right now due to vaccinations and infections. What we’re seeing now is the new baseline level of spread. And viruses rarely get less infectious over time, so we can and should expect this level to continue for the foreseeable future.

If you’re saying we should mask now, you’re effectively saying we should mask forever.[/quote]

No one thinks we are  in a temporary situation but people also don't want to get covid.  No one is saying masking forever either.   Is this the best you can do to get attention?  Look, you won.  There will be no precautions this school year.  So, don't complain when it spreads like wild fire and your kids are sick, teachers are out, staff are out, bus drivers are out.  We can thank you for the show it will be in the fall...

This new variant is far more contegous and you can get it multiple times.  Immunity lasts  6-8 weeks at best.[/quote]

If you agree the current situation with Covid isn’t temporary, yet you still want to reintroduce mask mandates given the current situation, then you seem to be saying you want mask mandates permanently.  Otherwise what is going to be different a year or decade from now when Covid is still spreading at similar rates?[/quote]

No where did I say permanently.  You are just looking for a silly fight as you have to be right and don't care about anything or anyone beyond your own needs.  If this continues to mutate, things could get much much worse.[/quote]

You’re saying you want a mask mandate now, despite high immunity and low case severity, presumably due to the case rates. The selective pressure on viruses is to become more contagious over time, not less. So when are you suggesting that a mask mandate would be lifted?[/quote]

There is not high immunity.  [/quote]

Of course there is. Vaccination rates are incredibly high, and a large number of people have had covid recently. [/quote]

The current information is that immunity from both only last a month or two... that is not high immunity by any means.[/quote]

That’s immunity against reinfection, not immunity that protects against severe illness, which is much more durable.

But the main point is that this immunity is widespread. It’s not like it’s going to get significantly better.  This is what the post-covid world looks like with widespread immunity.[/quote]

The likehoid of severe infection with the new variant is small anyway.  I care about infection we do not have immunity. [/quote]

Ok, but the implication of that is Covid measures/policies forever.  Covid is unlikely to evolve to become less contagious, and you juar admitted the likelihood of severe illness is already low. It's not going to get better than this. [b]People might stop testing[/b], but Covid isn't going to go away.[/quote]

Might?  They already have.  [/quote]

There’s still a lot of testing going on. It will certainly drop much lower.[/quote]

It looks like the CDC’s latest guidance says you don’t even have to test if you are boosted and exposed as long as you aren’t symptomatic. I look forward to September when my students and colleagues all have “allergies”.[/quote]

But listen to yourself.  If it presents as allergies, who gives a f*%k?[/quote]

Might present as allergies in Bob, but give Brian a week of asthmatic misery.[/quote]

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