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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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). 
[b]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.[/b] 
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]

We do get it, dingus. Every masked kid in the classroom is assumed to be within 1-2 feet of the offending student for over 15 minutes? How are they managing that magic trick?[/quote]

15 minutes total in a 24 hour period. So they are 1-2ft for 5 minutes on the reading carpet, 5 minutes 4ft apart while eating lunch, 5 min. outside during recess while on the playground, 5 minutes working at a classroom center.  That right there is 20 minutes of close contact. [/quote]

That is a tortured, and I mean tortured, interpretation. BTW, the CDC guidance also says within three feet of an infected student, not somebody who accidentally sh#t their pants. I wouldn't be surprised if you were in the Health Dept or MCPS leadership based on this idiotic reasoning.[/quote]

That is the actual definition... "Close Contact through Proximity and Duration of Exposure: Someone who was within 6 feet of an infected person (laboratory-confirmed or a [b]clinically compatible illness[/b]0) for a [b]cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period [/b]

Have you ever been in an elementary classroom or a high school hallway? Just go on Twitter and see how close kids are while entering the building, walking between classes, during class, on the bus, etc. I can show you dozens of pictures of kids less than 3 ft during the school day. [/quote]

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