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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a teacher (vaccinated/boosted). I had three students out this past week with Covid (all three of these students do not wear masks).  I also have families who have stopped the in-school testing for their children (these students don’t wear masks at school). My situation may not be something that comes to mind with many of you. I am scheduled to have surgery in less than four weeks. If I test positive for Covid, I can’t have surgery. My surgeon wanted to operate sooner, but I wanted to wait until school was over. It’s a surgery with a long recovery and I need the summer to recuperate. I am doing everything I can while in the classroom (including wearing a proper mask) to avoid testing positive. It doesn’t matter if I’m asymptomatic. A positive test result means I can’t have surgery in June.

Sometimes testing is about protecting others who may have situations you know nothing about. [/quote]

Of course and I sympathize with your situation and for those in similar scenarios. That said, it’s unlikely you could have surgery with any illness. A flu, a stomach bug, a fever would likely postpone any major procedure. Also you seem to infer that those who are getting Covid aren’t abiding by mask wearing or vaccinated. I assure you that’s not my experience. In fact my kids school still predominantly masks and Covid cases are on the rise across the board (kids who mask / kids who don’t mask). Lastly, while in school testing is great if it’s uniformly administered, [b]but if only a small percentage of kids are part of the pool[/b] all it does is focus on the small percentage of kids. Our school had a less than 10% participation rate and it was primarily for kids in lower grades. Given all of this, it doesn’t make sense to keep every positive kid out of school when they are symptom free if there are so many kids who like are asymptomatic and show up regardless - the parents aren’t testing. [/quote]

My school had a large number of students participating in the testing. At one point, 83% of my class was being tested weekly. When staffing was low, they tested a random sample from each class. However, on most weeks, all students whose families have requested testing are tested. This is now 16 of my students who are tested weekly.

About the kids who predominant mask… the masks come off when students eat breakfast in the classroom, when they have a snack, drink from their water bottle, and when eating lunch. Many of the kids who wear masks don’t wear them properly in school (only covers their mouth, not their nose, etc). Fewer students are wearing masks at all these days.

The thing with testing positive for Covid is that there is a six week waiting period before surgery can happen. In reality, nothing can be rescheduled in six weeks, because it takes months to get on a surgery schedule. If I test positive before my surgery date, I would likely be able to get back on the surgery schedule at the end of August. This means I would miss the first six weeks of school.

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