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What are the numbers for the high, moderate, low, etc?

Test positivity in Arlington is back under 5%. School cases very low. If not now, when? [/quote]

They need to rethink how they are looking at the metrics.  If we continue to look at case numbers, we will never take off the masks.  In Arlington, we've been "low" for only one month in the last year.  Vaccines are widely available, we need to start looking at hospital impact not case count.  For vaccinated, this is risk at the same level as the flu, if not lower for kids.[/quote]

So this is APS saying children will mask forever in school. [/quote]

No, it’s APS continuing to follow the CDC guidelines. Which is a reasonable thing to do.

When the CDC adjusts guidelines - likely very soon - then APS will adjust accordingly.

APS doesn’t define public health guidelines, they follow them. 
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CDC plans to continue recommending universal masking in schools. Literally no one will follow that soon.

Their guidelines for the general population will change, though.[/quote]

Citation? [/quote]

I do think they're planning on changing transmission guidance, and hopefully that will change what constitutes Low, Moderate, Substantial, High. A community spread metric that takes into account vaccination rates and hospital capacity, as well as case counts could be pretty effective. If it's nuanced... ie An area that has over 70% vaccinated and ample hospital space could keep masks optional until cases it 500 per 100K, vs an area that has 40% vaccinated and low hospital space should mask at 50 per 100K. Not that it would matter since the only states that will even follow this logic would be those that are highly vaccinated, but it would give localities and schools a more valid way to implement mask mandates.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-masks-cdc-expected-update-mask-guidance-early-week-rcna16331[/quote]

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