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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]Because most people have already had it. [/quote]

Hmmm … citation for this?[/quote]

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7117e3.htm
“As of February 2022, approximately 75% of children and adolescents had serologic evidence of previous infection with SARS-CoV-2, with approximately one third becoming newly seropositive since December 2021."[/quote]

And now they're all getting the new strain. Immunity doesn't last. [b]Vaccines don't seem to a great job in preventing longterm effects. [/b]Most sane people would therefore conclude that not getting a highly contagious virus that can have long-term effects is worth wearing a mask to do. [/quote]

Meh.  Just keep getting more shots.  Two wasn’t good enough.  Three didn’t cut it.  Maybe four will do the trick?  [/quote]

You keep getting them.  Hard no for us. Two and done. [/quote]

You do you. I don’t care if you wear a mask. I don’t care if you get the shots.[/quote]

Clearly you care or you would not be posting here.  You want to bully everyone into no precautions like you and pretend everything is ok.  It’s sad the values people like you are teaching the next generation.  No wonder so many kids have mental health issues.  We can look to the parents in some cases, not all as some parents do care about their kids and get them help.   You should learn from them.  [/quote]

I know it's not always clear which posts were made by which poster, but when has any poster "bullied" anyone into no precautions?  The vast majority of people who are opposed to mask mandates or quarantines are perfectly fine with other people choosing to wear masks or deciding to keep their kids home.  They're opposed to others trying to force different choices on them.

So really, I don't care if you wear mask.  I also really don't care if you get vaccinated. I used to care about the latter, until vaccine efficacy against infection dropped substantially and until hospital capacity was no longer threatened.  But that's not the case anymore.  If you'd rather accept the increased risk of COVID than get a simple shot, that's your choice.[/quote]

If you are perfectly fine with it, then why post about it here.  Almost everyone in this area has had two shots.  The risk of hospitalization with the new variants is pretty low regardless and its very low for kids so bullying others into taking repeated shots makes no sense.  And, no matter how many you take, in order to control this we need multiple layers of mitigation.  Vaccines alone aren't going to stop this and that's been proven.  Regular mandatory testing would make more sense than quarantining especially during a surge.

You really don't care about anyone but yourself and even then its quesitonable if you even care about yourself.[/quote]

I'm fine with people choosing to wear masks.  I'm fine with people choosing to test themselves and isolate themselves when positive.  I'm fine with people choosing to get or not get vaccinated.

But this thread, and several others on COVID, weren't predicated on allowing individuals to make personal choices.  The OP here was proposing a mask mandate in MCPS schools, taking away personal choice.  Even if your post, you were proposing mandatory testing, again removing personal choice.

And you're right that vaccines aren't going to stop the spread.  Obviously nothing is going to stop the spread, so that's a ridiculous goal.  The goal is reducing illness, and the vaccines are very good at that.  If you're willing to get them.  If you've rather roll the dice and go up against COVID without protection, that's fine too.  You'd probably be fine.[/quote]

"Personal choice" is a really odd frame-up to take about what is actually a public health issue.

For one thing, we don't typically give minor children a lot of personal choices. Do we let them choose whether to come to school armed?

We do not.

Do we let them choose whether to eat candy for breakfast or oatmeal?

Hopefully, we do not.

We also don't let them *choose* their classes, (beyond a few electives), we don't let them "choose" to shower, or brush their teeth--but apparently giving them the *choice* of spreading a virus or not is totes cool.

We don't give their teachers the *choice" to arm themselves, but we give them an option not to wear masks, and indeed, to say whatever they please about masks, to our kids.

It's so strange you think taking basic public health measures is a choice. 
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Very true but many of these deniers say one thing and do another. I think they're paid to post this bunk.[/quote]

That explains why that poster that denies that Covid is here to stay is always posting in the middle of the night about how Covid would just "go away" if people just wore masks. How much do you think she's getting paid?[/quote]

She's me, dude. And I'm paid a great deal. But not to post here..

Again, it's so strange you think taking public health measures are a " choice. "

It's even more strange that our elected officials make policy decisions based on how much people like you have threatened them. [/quote]

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