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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]On Monday, my son's teacher thanked her 4th grade students who continued to wear masks. Later in the day, she lectured and guilted the maskless. One of the kids felt bad and put a mask on, insisting he wanted to wear it but his parents decided not. Needless to say, my son came home pleading with me to NOT sign the waiver (even though he recently had covid and has antibodies).[/quote]

I hope that teacher is fired. If she has a problem with the decision she should direct her complaints to the diocese- not guilt trip a bunch of nine year olds.[/quote]

You've had him tested for antibodies to know this? Because up to 33% of infections produce no lasting antibodies.[/quote]

PP here -- We really like his teacher and my son does not want to upset her by going maskless. The teacher is clearly fearful of catching Covid (hence the lecture) and apparently believes the ill-fitting masks are protecting everyone. Clearly they are not as studies prove, as my son caught Covid during holiday break, most likely from that classroom (since we did not go anywhere else). At best, the masks are only catching some sneezes and spittle.

[b]Our son's pediatrician wrote an order for antibody test so hopefully that test will prevent him from having to quarantine if he eventually opts to go maskless. The school's stricter mandatory quarantine policies are the prime reason for many parents not signing the mask waiver.[/quote][/b]

Good luck with that.  CDC and health department guidelines say vaccinated or infection within 90 days does not have to quarantine.  Whether or not your, presumably unvaccinated child has antibodies isn't going to persuade the school to not follow the protocol.  If vaccinated or you have a dated test with positive result within 90 days, then you should be good, maskless or not.  Where masks come into play with quarantine is distance.  For schools, unvaccinated kids who are more than 3ft apart if both are masked correctly do not need to quarantine.  That distance becomes more than 6 ft if either child is not wearing a mask.  [/quote]

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