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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lordy DCPS’ about face on what’s safe is staggering. I’m trying to be guided by facts not emotion, but I’m much more nervous sending my kid in this fall than I was last January.[/quote]

+ a million   I sent my kid happily in February but I’m more concerned about now.[/quote]

Why's that?[/quote]

I’m the PP. Am I the only one watching the news?  And the news that there are not pediatric hospital beds because of Covid?  [/quote]

I have been exceedingly cautious since the beginning of COVID (including not being in favor of reopening schools in-person last spring and indoor masking continuously), but context is critical here. The places experiencing shortages of pediatric beds are in places where vax rates are low and masking mandates are non-existent (and often prohibited by law). That’s not the case in DC. Universal indoor masking + higher vax rates create a different context. [/quote]

This is correct. Please, don't watch the news, read the DC health updates and check hospitalization rates HERE. They are still very low.

Also, more kids may be catching Covid because it's more contagious now, but, those kids aren't wearing masks for the most part. In most of the country, NO ONE is wearing masks anymore, anywhere (believe me I've seen this with my own eyes). The actual percentage of kids being hospitalized out of overall child cases (actual rate) hasn't changed as far as we know.

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