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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t trust Duran to make smart decisions with the data he collects.  After only testing athletes, he determines that athletes are a threat.  He’s a poor data scientist, and I’m not going to feed him data.[/quote]

Testing athletes makes sense to me.  Maybe there are some sports that don't have a lot of close contact, but I'm thinking of basketball and wrestling where kids are all up in each other's faces breathing heavily.  Seems there would be a ton of spread in such situations unless there was testing.  [/quote]

You’d really be upset by the huge number of kids I know playing Futsal weeknights and every weekend throughout winter,,,,or hockey or indoor track.

Just give it up.  Omicron is causing nothing.  Everyone I know who had it the last few weeks had almost zero symptoms.

Mental health of kids and school is more important at this point.[/quote]

My kids play futsal, hockey and basketball which is why we DO test with APS. The sports are a major positive aspect for their mental health.

You should take a look at Dr Silverman’s weekly update, he’s head of the ER in Arlington. You are incorrect in your categorization of Omicron being nothing. While you may believe that, it’s not reality. He does say it’s milder, but not nothing.

“[i] We’re certainly seeing a lot of COVID positive kids.  We’ve transferred several critically ill kids to pediatric intensive care units (PICU) and this includes kids ranging from newborns to upwards of 12 years old, both vaccinated and unvaccinated (obviously those <5 are unvax). One of the more interesting things we’ve seen are the number of kids who have croup secondary to COVID.  Croup is inflammation of the upper airway, typically caused by a virus, and usually results in a barking, seal like cough.  We see it commonly in the ER and we typically can get kids improved and home in a matter of hours.  However, we’ve had several really sick kids from croup who required a PICU bed.  Please get your kids vaccinated and boosted if they qualify.  It will make a difference.”[/i]

https://www.facebook.com/1551200652/posts/10227524937419665/?d=n[/quote]

Croup is almost exclusively found in little kids - as in those too young to be vaccinated. You grow out of it because your airways become bigger. [/quote]

So let’s protect the littles. Society used to care about protecting children, more so the younger they are. Under 5s can’t be cant be vaccinated  yet.[/quote]

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