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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DP.  but perhaps a more useful study showing that when prevalence rates are low you can get a large number of false positives even with relatively precise tests.

https://asm.org/Articles/2020/November/SARS-CoV-2-Testing-Sensitivity-Is-Not-the-Whole-St[/quote]

This. This is why universal asymptomatic testing in our schools probably does more harm than good, especially if every “positive” entails a two week quarantine. [/quote]

yep. I’m thinking about opting out now. [/quote]

Opting out of what? There is no plan for asymptomatic testing this year. DCPS isn't going to care about covid until your kids schools start to get it anyway. If kids or adults east of the river are getting sick, it's not going to matter, be sure that is how DC politics work.[/quote]

Just because the plan hasn’t been announced doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. I’m assuming that it’s likely DCPS will do the surveillance asymptomatic testing like they did last year, plus rapid tests for symptoms that show up in school. If they do pooled testing where any positives are retested, I would probably be ok with that.

And the whole “DCPS has no plaaaannn!!” thing is 100% part of the WTU playbook during negotiations (which are currently ongoing.) I’m not falling for it. DCPS has shown to me it’s managing covid well. Yes there are things I would like to see improved but I have no overall concerns and feel confident in them. [/quote]

Glad that you feel so confident from the outside. I'm at a DCPS summer program that started 7/5 and still hasn't conducted any asymptomatic testing, despite it being promised weekly [/quote]

Yikes. [/quote]

I wonder how PP is even aware of this. it’s just 10% and a random sample so her kid wouldn’t be tested at all most likely. [/quote]

I assume it’s a teacher. [/quote]

Correct assumption[/quote]

it’s a random selection of 10% of kids - she might not have any kids selected from her class. Anyway, it’s surveillance testing, not screening testing. so it’s not really something to get fixated on IMO. [/quote]

You can keep trying to explain it away. I am 100% sure that no testing has been done. It's not even about the lack of the testing, its just another example of DCPS communicating something to placate families, which gives them "full confidence in DCPS", while fulfilling none of their actual promises on the individual school level[/quote]

Okay, but are the kids symptomatic? Is there a significant number of symptomatic cases in the adults at the school? If it's having no impact, then the surveillance testing is really just a waste of time. If the assumption is that fully asymptomatic cases are somehow running rampant throughout the community without any effects, then I could not care less (because also...lol, that's probably not what is happening).

There are infections! Many! You just can't see them! I also have a girlfriend in Canada who you can't meet![/quote]

Why do you think it's okay that DCPS is saying one thing and doing something different. This is why teachers get so frustrated with the district.[/quote]

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