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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ha- I'm the OP of this thread.  I'm no operative if any sort.  Just a frustrated FCC mom- who social distanced, masked and vaxxed with the best of them.  I closely closely follow science, and numbers etc and have the ability to change my mind.  What I've seen over the last 7 months has convinced me that 'science' has very little to do with this- this is about proving our liberalism.   When FCCPS refused to follow the CDC, and insisted on quarantining elementary school children for 14 days with no possibility of testing out- keeping needy children out of school- I lost faith in them.   FCC has an incredibly high vaccination rate.  The community obsessively masks.  We have had 4 people total hospitalized for COVID in the last 90 days.  Our case count has been astronomical for a long time.  So where do I come down- let it go.  The risk to a vaccinated person is so so minor.  Why are we doing this to our kids?  For the first 1.5 years of the pandemic I was willing to employ any mitigation measure that might make a difference.  At this point, given the vaccines, any mitigation measure should be run through a solid cost benefit analysis.  There is very little evidence that a universal mask mandate makes ANY difference for case transmission- and case transmission shouldn't really be our benchmark in any event.  I'm done.  My kids need normalcy and they need it now.   [/quote]

+1000. [/quote]

Same. I'm in Arlington and am just baffled at how we're treating kids right now. Both sides often sound completely bonkers and self-righteous, so it feels impossible to move forward.

We are going to suffer a Republican congress and Trump 2.0 if we keep ignoring all of the frustrated, alienated, and overworked parents.[/quote]

OP I'm with you on a lot of what you say but you completely loose me (and a lot of other people) when you forget the vaccine is NOT yet available for kids under 5.  Many kids and teachers in schools have siblings and children under 5.  Pre-K classes in Arlington are comprised of 4 year olds.  Also, I really don't know what people are looking at that leads them to believe masks don't work. Maybe you're wearing loose bandanas or something cute off of Etsy, but there are a lot of solid mask choices that do prevent transmission.  Masks are a big part (maybe the main reason) omicron has NOT spread like wild fire in early ES classrooms where kids sit inches from eachother, face to face, sharing materials all day.  I mean, my kids haven't had a single cold ALL YEAR, which has NEVER happened before.  Masks are stopping the spread of disease here.

PP I agree people are frustrated, alienated (especially families with children under 5 who have chronic health issues), and overworked, and while that may explain why some vote for a candidate who tells them what they want to hear even if that isn't based in reality, it is a pathetic excuse.  Reality is tough right now. It has been for the past 2 years.  There are a lot of groups in this country who faced ugly realities even before COVID.[/quote]

So you can keep your kids in a mask if you want.  We are fine with that.  Please keep in mind that not a single person under the age of 40 has died of Covid in Arlington during the entirety of the pandemic.  This virus simply does not justify the extreme measures taken but you should feel free to mask you kids.  Just don't ask us to.  Our cost-benefit analysis came out differently than yours.[/quote]

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