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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it’s just bureaucracy.  It’s slow to roll, and [b]no one was down with it in the middle of that surge last month.[/b]  I’m fine with them off now, except for in schools with preschools.[/quote]

Come back in a few weeks, OP. 
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I don't think people realize how high cases still are. We're still on par with the surge from last winter.

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Except we’re all vaccinated, it’s a milder virus, and we have access to high quality masks. It’s not the same and it’s time end the mandate. [/quote]

Deaths just went up in VA. But I'm sure those were "milder" deaths. [/quote]

Deaths went up in VA due to the high number of unvaccinated people in the southern areas of the state.  The vast, vast majority of deaths could have been prevented by people getting vaccinated.  Plain and simple.  This is not a masking issue.  Yes, yes, I know that people in southern VA are not masking as well.  But studies have shown that most of the masks that people are wearing (non-N95-type masks) do not work well against the virus.  The key is vaccination.

It is time to let vaccinated students/staff opt out of masks.[/quote]

It’s both vaccines and masks that should be current strategy at keeping Covid at bay.

Went on vacation over the holidays to SW VA with in-laws who live in Southern states. My family masked when out shopping. Theirs did not, as it seems to be a “cultural” thing. We didn’t get Covid. Both other families did, but were lucky not to get seriously ill thanks to vaccines (however, one BIL was very, very sick and missed weeks of work, and all kids had to miss more than 10 days of school while mine missed none). My kids and I wear KN95 masks that are readily available on Amazon. You non-mask zealots are just stubborn douche canoes.[/quote]

[b]So this seems to prove the point that we should not have a mask mandate. [/b] You were protected by your KN95 masks despite all the unmasked people and their Covid germs making your "stubborn douche canoes" in-laws very sick.  Why would this not be the same in our schools?  The majority of people in this area would probably choose to mask and be protected.  And other people (who perhaps believe that the downsides to their kids wearing masks outweigh the benefits) could opt out.[/quote]

+1  Vaccinated staff/students should be able to opt-out of the mask mandates.  [/quote]

I think the anti-mask movement has been hamstrung by the fact that they started in the middle of the omicron surge. Our family relaxed masks last summer during the lull before delta; it felt tone deaf to me to see APE members arguing against masks when the entire country was in a surge. It’s great if you’re vaccinated and not worried, but if the unvaxed are taking up health care resources, what happens if you need heart surgery. Or cancer surgery. If they had waited until now to start, I think it would have been better received. Similarly, why are parents dictating school policy? If the message came from health care workers, ie hospital workers, not random “mom and internist”- or from teachers, I would be more supportive. I realize this is Arlington we’re talking about but really, parents need to stay in their lane. [/quote]

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