Anonymous
01/07/2022 15:59
Subject: Are more people opting into the APS testing?
Healthy kids will test negative.
Anonymous
01/07/2022 15:58
Subject: Are more people opting into the APS testing?
Anonymous wrote:Not a chance.
Why?
Anonymous
01/07/2022 15:50
Subject: Are more people opting into the APS testing?
Not a chance.
Anonymous
01/07/2022 15:49
Subject: Are more people opting into the APS testing?
Of course. No brainer. We are part of a community. Doing our part.
Anonymous
01/07/2022 15:45
Subject: Are more people opting into the APS testing?
Nope, no way.
Anonymous
01/07/2022 15:38
Subject: Are more people opting into the APS testing?
Some people don't believe (or don't care) that asymptomatic carriers can infect others. Initial studies out of South Africa show that there's actually been more asymptomatic spread with Omicron. These same people consider their children "well" when they are asymptomatic, although they are spreaders to other people in the community.
"Preliminary findings from two clinical trials in South Africa suggest that the omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 may have a much higher rate of asymptomatic ‘carriage’ than earlier variants. This higher asymptomatic carriage rate is likely a major factor in the rapid and widespread dissemination of the variant, even among populations with high prior rates of coronavirus infection."
"Preliminary findings from two clinical trials in South Africa suggest that the omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 may have a much higher rate of asymptomatic ‘carriage’ than earlier variants. This higher asymptomatic carriage rate is likely a major factor in the rapid and widespread dissemination of the variant, even among populations with high prior rates of coronavirus infection."
Anonymous
01/07/2022 15:31
Subject: Re:Are more people opting into the APS testing?
We need to put up similarly minute numbers. Keep healthy kids in school – don’t opt into APS surveillance testing!
Sit TF down.
Parents can do what they want.
Anonymous
01/07/2022 15:30
Subject: Are more people opting into the APS testing?
We did it this fall. Not signing up again. My kids will get the sports testing during their sport seasons.
Anonymous
01/07/2022 15:30
Subject: Are more people opting into the APS testing?
Anonymous wrote:Not a chance. This is a Zero COVID fantasy that will only keep healthy kids out of school. Surveillance testing is only a way to keep healthy kids out of school.
No mainstream scientist is saying that COVID will be eradicated or that herd immunity is possible. Everyone will be repeatedly exposed to COVID in their lifetime. Do you want to lock healthy kids out of schools forever and continually disrupt their education when such rules don’t apply to adults?
Look at the story of Georgetown Prep: 100% vaccinated school, and went remote because of 30 cases. From what people have said online, not 1 person is sick whatsoever and it was caught via surveillance testing. These are 30 asymptomatic, vaccinated kids (i.e., not sick) causing school to shut down. Previously, a case of an illness required symptoms, but that all changed with COVID even though the flu virus spreads asymptomatically too.
This is a virus that is never going away. NEVER.
Please don’t say:
• Kids under 5 can’t be vaccinated – they have less risk with COVID than the flu, and we never surveillance tested for the flu
• Protect immunocompromised – immunocompromised didn’t start existing in March 2020, they’ve always had issues with bad flu seasons and they should take the same type of precautions
• Protect grandma and grandpa – grandma and grandpa can get vaccinated for a year now; if they’re anti-vaxxers, it’s on them at this point
Most importantly, why are children bearing this burden? We don’t surveillance test anywhere else in society, and unvaccinated kids are at less mortality risk from COVID than vaccinated 40 year olds. And what is the cost of children’s education being constantly disrupted? We aren’t disrupting elderly people’s pickleball games, middle aged people’s dining or millennials' bar nights, all of which are much less important than the youngest generation getting educated.
As of Nov. 17th, FCPS only had 124 opt ins (of 179K students) for surveillance testing. We need to put up similarly minute numbers. Keep healthy kids in school – don’t opt into APS surveillance testing!
This was my fear in the beginning and why I didn’t opt in. Thank you for the reminders.
Anonymous
01/07/2022 15:27
Subject: Are more people opting into the APS testing?
hell no
Anonymous
01/07/2022 15:24
Subject: Are more people opting into the APS testing?
Anonymous wrote:Not a chance. This is a Zero COVID fantasy that will only keep healthy kids out of school. Surveillance testing is only a way to keep healthy kids out of school.
No mainstream scientist is saying that COVID will be eradicated or that herd immunity is possible. Everyone will be repeatedly exposed to COVID in their lifetime. Do you want to lock healthy kids out of schools forever and continually disrupt their education when such rules don’t apply to adults?
Look at the story of Georgetown Prep: 100% vaccinated school, and went remote because of 30 cases. From what people have said online, not 1 person is sick whatsoever and it was caught via surveillance testing. These are 30 asymptomatic, vaccinated kids (i.e., not sick) causing school to shut down. Previously, a case of an illness required symptoms, but that all changed with COVID even though the flu virus spreads asymptomatically too.
This is a virus that is never going away. NEVER.
Please don’t say:
• Kids under 5 can’t be vaccinated – they have less risk with COVID than the flu, and we never surveillance tested for the flu
• Protect immunocompromised – immunocompromised didn’t start existing in March 2020, they’ve always had issues with bad flu seasons and they should take the same type of precautions
• Protect grandma and grandpa – grandma and grandpa can get vaccinated for a year now; if they’re anti-vaxxers, it’s on them at this point
Most importantly, why are children bearing this burden? We don’t surveillance test anywhere else in society, and unvaccinated kids are at less mortality risk from COVID than vaccinated 40 year olds. And what is the cost of children’s education being constantly disrupted? We aren’t disrupting elderly people’s pickleball games, middle aged people’s dining or millennials' bar nights, all of which are much less important than the youngest generation getting educated.
As of Nov. 17th, FCPS only had 124 opt ins (of 179K students) for surveillance testing. We need to put up similarly minute numbers. Keep healthy kids in school – don’t opt into APS surveillance testing!
+ 1000
Anonymous
01/07/2022 15:23
Subject: Are more people opting into the APS testing?
Not a chance. This is a Zero COVID fantasy that will only keep healthy kids out of school. Surveillance testing is only a way to keep healthy kids out of school.
No mainstream scientist is saying that COVID will be eradicated or that herd immunity is possible. Everyone will be repeatedly exposed to COVID in their lifetime. Do you want to lock healthy kids out of schools forever and continually disrupt their education when such rules don’t apply to adults?
Look at the story of Georgetown Prep: 100% vaccinated school, and went remote because of 30 cases. From what people have said online, not 1 person is sick whatsoever and it was caught via surveillance testing. These are 30 asymptomatic, vaccinated kids (i.e., not sick) causing school to shut down. Previously, a case of an illness required symptoms, but that all changed with COVID even though the flu virus spreads asymptomatically too.
This is a virus that is never going away. NEVER.
Please don’t say:
• Kids under 5 can’t be vaccinated – they have less risk with COVID than the flu, and we never surveillance tested for the flu
• Protect immunocompromised – immunocompromised didn’t start existing in March 2020, they’ve always had issues with bad flu seasons and they should take the same type of precautions
• Protect grandma and grandpa – grandma and grandpa can get vaccinated for a year now; if they’re anti-vaxxers, it’s on them at this point
Most importantly, why are children bearing this burden? We don’t surveillance test anywhere else in society, and unvaccinated kids are at less mortality risk from COVID than vaccinated 40 year olds. And what is the cost of children’s education being constantly disrupted? We aren’t disrupting elderly people’s pickleball games, middle aged people’s dining or millennials' bar nights, all of which are much less important than the youngest generation getting educated.
As of Nov. 17th, FCPS only had 124 opt ins (of 179K students) for surveillance testing. We need to put up similarly minute numbers. Keep healthy kids in school – don’t opt into APS surveillance testing!
No mainstream scientist is saying that COVID will be eradicated or that herd immunity is possible. Everyone will be repeatedly exposed to COVID in their lifetime. Do you want to lock healthy kids out of schools forever and continually disrupt their education when such rules don’t apply to adults?
Look at the story of Georgetown Prep: 100% vaccinated school, and went remote because of 30 cases. From what people have said online, not 1 person is sick whatsoever and it was caught via surveillance testing. These are 30 asymptomatic, vaccinated kids (i.e., not sick) causing school to shut down. Previously, a case of an illness required symptoms, but that all changed with COVID even though the flu virus spreads asymptomatically too.
This is a virus that is never going away. NEVER.
Please don’t say:
• Kids under 5 can’t be vaccinated – they have less risk with COVID than the flu, and we never surveillance tested for the flu
• Protect immunocompromised – immunocompromised didn’t start existing in March 2020, they’ve always had issues with bad flu seasons and they should take the same type of precautions
• Protect grandma and grandpa – grandma and grandpa can get vaccinated for a year now; if they’re anti-vaxxers, it’s on them at this point
Most importantly, why are children bearing this burden? We don’t surveillance test anywhere else in society, and unvaccinated kids are at less mortality risk from COVID than vaccinated 40 year olds. And what is the cost of children’s education being constantly disrupted? We aren’t disrupting elderly people’s pickleball games, middle aged people’s dining or millennials' bar nights, all of which are much less important than the youngest generation getting educated.
As of Nov. 17th, FCPS only had 124 opt ins (of 179K students) for surveillance testing. We need to put up similarly minute numbers. Keep healthy kids in school – don’t opt into APS surveillance testing!
Anonymous
01/07/2022 15:21
Subject: Are more people opting into the APS testing?
Given how hard it is to get testing right now, I’m totally fine with my child being tested weekly.
Anonymous
01/07/2022 15:06
Subject: Re:Are more people opting into the APS testing?
We just did - I know people are worried about their asymptomatic positive student staying home, but I am worried about u
staffing shortages and entire classes going virtual.
staffing shortages and entire classes going virtual.
Anonymous
01/07/2022 15:02
Subject: Are more people opting into the APS testing?
I’m thinking about it.