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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]If I am ever tempted to underestimate how much trauma COVID inflicted on people, seeing posters here taking a hard line “it’s perfectly reasonable for this extra number of people to die or be disabled by a disease I now refer to as ‘normal’ even though I had never heard of it four years ago” reminds me.

Denial is a powerful defense mechanism against things like the thing we’re in.[/quote]

It's not a big deal to them until it happens to them.  We have always been very careful.  I lost a parent to covid.  Its amazing to me how people will justify their behavior at the expense of others and yet claim it takes a village.[/quote]

Excess deaths are way down from the height of the pandemic.

At a certain point you do have to recognize that having so many children miss school is not worth the very small number of deaths that might prevent. There are very real costs. Education matters.

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Something is seriously wrong with you.  You are selfish and entitled.  No wonder schools are having problems with parents like you.  [/quote]

What specific Covid protocol do you want families and staff to follow? [/quote]

Stay home when sick or positive.  [/quote]

Everyone here says to stay home when actually sick.

I'm not sure how covid testing is even relevant, given that people aren't going to test unless they're sick, in which case they'd stay home anyway.[/quote]

DP people might test is someone else in the household has COVID. Also people can test positive for several days after they are no longer sick.

I do not agree with staying home until you test negative. That can be a lot of school to miss and it's not at all clear to me you are likely to infect anyone after you feel better.[/quote]

If you are positive you are contagious.  [/quote]

That’s definitely not true. [/quote]

At best it means you might be contagious. And the probability drops rapidly after a few days.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2783099[/quote]

I'm not sure you can rely on a study from early 2020 that measures contagiousness, given that subsequent variants are more transmissible. Nonetheless, the ship has sailed when it comes to staying home as long as you have a positive test. First, tests are no longer free, so it's a big ask to expect people to test daily for a week or more. My healthy 20-year-old had COVID with a rebound on day 8 and tested positive for almost 14 days. When it comes to schooling, we have to balance public health concerns with children's needs and education. In most cases, 5 days of isolation would not mean missing a week of school. Personally, I am grateful for those who test and take any measure to avoid spreading COVID when they know they are positive, but I'm not judging someone up for sending their symptom-free kid to school on Day 4. [/quote]

I’m sure you can afford to buy a few test and yes, we judge you if you send your kid to school sick and infect the rest of us.  [/quote]

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