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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. My child is wearing a KN95. And plenty of other kids in the school are, but it’s the kids who aren’t, whose parents send them in sick, and who aren’t vaccinated concern me. I understand the political concerns about reinstating mask mandates but honestly isn’t the point that when there’s high transmission in a particular school you bring them back temporarily and then as cases lower you remove it? Like are we literally so dumb we can’t understand how to implement a protective measure when it’s warranted? Seems silly to have masked the kids for the better part of a school year when numbers were lower only to refuse to bring them back on a case by case basis in schools with High transmission because elected reps are more concerned with their re election than keeping kids safe and well?  [/quote]

I feel bad for your kid. Kn95 all day? During crucial developmental years? I think you need a reality check. You can’t hide from covid. Kids are low risk. You can get vaccinated/boosted. If other people decide to vaccinate themselves or their kids that doesn’t affect you at all. People get to make their own risk analysis. My kids will never mask again. Neither will I. [/quote]

No, only now when the school has upwards of 5 percent infection. I’m all for taking them off when infection rates are high. But my child has lung damage from   contracting RSV as an infant and asthma so respiratory infections are always incredibly severe and cause difficulty breathing. I’m far less concerned with my kid being inconvenienced by a mask for a few weeks while this wave spreads than the poor outcomes we might experience if we get COVID. And yes, peoples choices do affect other people. That’s how vaccines work. I don’t know you or your kids but I will vaccinate myself and my family for our own protection and yours because I believe it’s socially responsible to do everything I can for others to protect them. I see vaccination as a moral responsibility, and a civic duty. I’m sorry you don’t feel the same way but I’ll still do the right thing. [/quote]

How old is your kid? Why isn't he vaccinated? And you realize that vaccination mostly just protects you, not others right? It may lower infection rate somewhat. But at this point, the evidence and recommendations are clear: if you wish to protect yourself, get vaccinated and wear a mask. And then allow others to make the choices that are right for them and their children. You are only thinking about your child and not the thousands of others who do suffer from mask wearing for over 2 years. It is not appropriate for everyone to be masked.[/quote]

Right now, its appropriate for everyone to be masked as we are in a surge in MCPS.[/quote]

I'm at the point where I'm emailing them every day to ask how they're liking their covid. I'm so fed up. [/quote]

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