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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The masks should stay for the time being. There is too much spread and too few vaccinated. They do work and are working. It is not great, but it is safer and it is working. Let's see where we are in the spring after we get some 5-11 and more older kids vaccinated.

And for what it is worth, I voted early for Yougkin. He may allow the mandate to be lifted but local school shoudl be able to, and will in my opinion, keep them for a while. [/quote]

You fool.[/quote]

Exactly - OP wants kids to mask for at least 5 more months before even talking about offramps. These people are nuts.

Once kids have had a chance to get vaccinated, they need to come off.  And kids are going to school in many parts of Europe without masks but OP says requiring masks here "is safe and it is working."  LOL

And more older kids vaccinated?!?  Isn't APS at like 95% of kids 12 and over vaccinated?!? WTF. [/quote]

I was just talking with another teacher in our NoVA district during Trick or Treating tonight and we were both saying we hope masks become optional this spring once ages 5-11 have sufficient chance to be vaccinated. There are schools in many parts of the US that have kids and teachers going to school without masks. It's not just Europe. I'm not saying we should go without masks now, but we have to set a point at which we can. Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax...they are all in the 2.2%-3% positivity range right now and 5-11 year olds aren't even eligible for the vaccine yet. Infection rate is around .89 to .90 in those three districts. Daily new case counts are in the 8-10 range per 100k. If it continues to trend downward and children get vaccinated, I can see our 7 day average case counts dropping to close to where they were this past summer.[/quote]

I agree. Once the 7 day average stays in the "low" range, we should start to lift the mask mandate in schools.[/quote]
I agree. I would like to be able to teach without my mask on. My students are 3-4 so they aren't vaccine eligible, but also not particularly high risk. I'd like it to be optional for them as well. I'd be fine with masking in the halls FWIW.[/quote]

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