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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Keep in mind that school masks are not the only thing that has changed recently. Pretty much everyone has gone back to normal life. Federal offices have lifted mask requirements and have started sending people back to the office. I live on the Hill, multiple families on our block go to SWS and our kids have lots of friends there... I know 3 families that traveled on airplanes for February break that hadn't traveled for 2+ years. The masks are one single variable in a much more complex picture.

My kids go to LT, which had Omicron rip through it just before Christmas despite masking and other measures. We are still doing random testing and have like 95% participation in PK/K weekend testing, which they are pushing despite it being optional and... zero more cases for us. (In fact, the only positive since the break was a staff member who got it during break.) I have no doubt we'll get our uptick at some point and the second Omicron variant is likely coming, but I don't think SWS getting 8 cases at the same time DC returns to business as usual means going mask optional is the culprit.[/quote]

100% this. There is an uptick in DC right now. [b]Too soon to say if it's relaxed measures, return to business as usual or BA2 on its way[/b]. The schools are reflecting that. Unlikely to be related to school masking policy specifically.[/quote]

True, but school is the only place my kids are forced to spend significant time indoors with others not wearing masks and with unknown vax status. Plenty of vaccinated people have contracted Omicron and it's terribly disruptive to quarantine even if not requiring hospitalization, and arguably a far greater burden than maintaining masks indoors. If schools are in fact essential and need to remain open regardless of community spread, there needs to be greater protection. This is not a discretionary activity and no one under 5 is vaccinated. For all the cheerleading here there are many good reasons to continue mask mandate in schools, on public transit, etc.

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