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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There's probably no real pattern to these schools because it's such a small number-- better testing? more reporting? actual outbreak among a geographic or demographic group?

But I plotted them out on a map to at least get an idea.

This might work-- I could only add 10 here-- I'm missing Sherwood ES in Olney

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Cannon+Road+Elementary+School/Forest+Knolls+Elementary+School/North+Chevy+Chase+Elementary/Rock+Terrace+School/Rosemont+Elementary+School/Roberto+Clemente+Middle+School/Waters+Landing+Elementary+School/Hallie+Wells+Middle+School/Seneca+Valley+High+School/Monocacy+Elementary+School/@39.1144777,-77.3331571,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m62!4m61!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b7c543c42bddb1:0xd2a84447424691b0!2m2!1d-76.9943994!2d39.0687916!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b7cf65e1371b47:0x78db13e513b53cee!2m2!1d-77.0203899!2d39.0336879!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b7c93bdc873e47:0x1f5d39fe3709c810!2m2!1d-77.0730537!2d38.9989746!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b7cd70175a43ab:0x2379fe14b940c44d!2m2!1d-77.1600719!2d39.0932441!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b7d2b6e52d8ca5:0xd76073f712b51197!2m2!1d-77.1858649!2d39.1248122!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b62c5a79e01aff:0x4fd1af6ada87d71e!2m2!1d-77.2476655!2d39.1655849!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b62c120435f31b:0x3e08b20b849078b3!2m2!1d-77.2684843!2d39.1889705!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b62b0735840c73:0xdef71f9339502584!2m2!1d-77.2399467!2d39.2323039!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b62c3f68382f17:0xa6f2ec92ae7c0041!2m2!1d-77.2641458!2d39.1744841!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b62611b4aee1ed:0x1ea23f535b2cb1d7!2m2!1d-77.3930382!2d39.2242571!3e0

It looks like:

3 Downcounty
1 Rockville
1 Gaithersburg
1 Olney 
5 Germantown and points north

Again, probably means nothing, but almost half the schools are in ~Germantown, which has about 10% of the MoCo population.[/quote]

I teach in Germantown and not surprised.  There is a lot of shared housing up there with multiple families under one roof.  Many parents who don't have jobs that allow for sick leave.  We are always hit hard by the flu so I'm not shocked that COVID is spreading.  We have had a few kids who just don't show up for school and parents can't/won't get them tested for COVID so numbers are always a little skewed.[/quote]

No way. I feel like I shouldn't have posted the map because this kind of cognitively biased response was inevitable. I live in downtown Silver Spring and we have at least as many families as you describe, as does Wheaton, and there's only one school anywhere near us that is currently red. And we have a much higher population.

Like I said, we can't read too much into it. (Especially as I assume it will quadruple in size by the end of the week.) At most there could be a more severe outbreak in the Seneca Valley area specifically due to some superspreader, but more likely it reflects good communication or nothing at all.

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