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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone who says this isn't following CDC guidelines can't read, chooses not to read, or doesn't understand what they are reading. 
Close contact is with anyone positive for Covid (confirmed test result) OR clinically compatible (aka having a Covid SYMPTOM). 
The CDC exemption for the classroom ONLY exempts students if they are 3, 4, 5, 6 feet apart AND wearing a mask.  If students are 1 foot or 2 feet apart, that is close contact even if wearing a mask.  Lunch and recess is still 6 feet.  It's so annoying that the loudest voices are the ones who don't understand the rules. 
That said, DHHS needs to implement rapid tests for school nurses and techs to give so right away a school can know if a student with
symptoms is positive. DHHS needs to lead this work as the health experts. MCPS doesn't make health decisions, they make educational ones. [/quote]

The CDC guidance is here: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/student-becomes-sick-diagnosis-flowchart.html

Show me where it says you quarantine ALL close contacts in the case of a student having a single COVID symptom *before* that student receives a positive test result.  [/quote]

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