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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ummm. NCS had several vaxxed middle schoolers with COVID right as break started. do any of the BVR students have older siblings? NCS has close to a 99% vaccination rate and have had no outbreaks until omicron showed up, only random cases here and there. That outbreak didn’t come from a school activity but it could’ve easily spread further especially with asymptomatic carriers if it had not been break. Of course we would all like to shed the masks but now is not the time. Who’s to say this can’t happen at BVR? All this to say that why not protect kids?? OP seems a bit  out of touch with reality at this point.[/quote]

Protect them from a cold? Teachers and staff should be vaxxed and boosted. There have always been risk for immunocpromised during winter flu season. The good news is that n95s are readily available for them and their family members. What exactly is the end game? If there was reason to believe masks would only be required during the surge it’d be more tolerable. But yes I do have a real issue with masking little kids who are learning to read and speak properly for years in end. What is the end game? [/quote]

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/27/health/covid-kids-hospitals/index.html

Weird that these kids can't handle a "cold."[/quote]

Kids die for colds too. What about the flu, what about RSV, what about all the other diseases? Do we impose masks for those too? Come on![/quote]

Yes, children (unfortunately) die from all of those things. But I'm coming up short finding articles about the last time hospitals were at capacity with cold, flu or RSV patients. Overwhelming our hospital system with COVID patients means less capacity to handle ALL of the other reasons hospitals existed prior to 2 years ago.

Yes, for most kids, covid has manageable symptoms (though you are ignoring the lasting impact of long covid). Even with "most" kids in that category, many kids are still in pretty serious condition (evidenced by hospitals at capacity). My family- kids included - are vaccinated and remain willing to wear masks to do their small part to make sure none of their friends gets sicker than a cold, and also so hospitals have space should kids need them for any other reason. [/quote]

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