Anonymous
Post 05/06/2022 09:58     Subject: Masks for school events?
Anonymous wrote:
In the face of Covid fatigue, OP, all you can do is wear an N95 when you attend, and use caution when inviting elderly or fragile relatives to attend: they have to be recently boosted and wearing N95s.

I was at my child's Bethesda area middle school recently during a regular school day, and observed that half the kids and teachers were wearing masks inside.


Some people are able to grasp that it's not just about them and there are long-term consequences for many beyond the vulnerable and elderly.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2022 09:52     Subject: Masks for school events?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
In the face of Covid fatigue, OP, all you can do is wear an N95 when you attend, and use caution when inviting elderly or fragile relatives to attend: they have to be recently boosted and wearing N95s.

I was at my child's Bethesda area middle school recently during a regular school day, and observed that half the kids and teachers were wearing masks inside.


So we are still treating elderly/fragile relatives like children that can’t make their own decisions?


My mom is super energetic and active. She barely sits down. I know that since she feels healthy as a horse, she forgets that at 80, her immune system isn’t what it used to be. I would invite her to something major, like a high school graduation, but some minor event that my kid doesn’t care all that much about? Not worth any risk.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2022 09:51     Subject: Masks for school events?
I suspect this differs across the county, e.g., Damascus vs. Takoma Park. We are at a DCC school where most kids seem to be making up again, and the community is largely masking in other indoor spaces, so if you did not you would stick out (and probably be silently judged).
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2022 09:49     Subject: Masks for school events?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
In the face of Covid fatigue, OP, all you can do is wear an N95 when you attend, and use caution when inviting elderly or fragile relatives to attend: they have to be recently boosted and wearing N95s.

I was at my child's Bethesda area middle school recently during a regular school day, and observed that half the kids and teachers were wearing masks inside.


So we are still treating elderly/fragile relatives like children that can’t make their own decisions?


Out of my 4 elderly relatives who caught Covid, 2 died.
You want that risk on your conscience?

Do you somehow believe people have no personal agency whatsoever? The relatives could very well decide to come and not mask. I cannot physical force an adult to wear one.

But you knew that, and just wanted to make a dumb post.




Better just not to invite high risk people rather than take the chance they don’t take all the precautions and catch Covid.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2022 09:45     Subject: Masks for school events?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
In the face of Covid fatigue, OP, all you can do is wear an N95 when you attend, and use caution when inviting elderly or fragile relatives to attend: they have to be recently boosted and wearing N95s.

I was at my child's Bethesda area middle school recently during a regular school day, and observed that half the kids and teachers were wearing masks inside.


So we are still treating elderly/fragile relatives like children that can’t make their own decisions?


Out of my 4 elderly relatives who caught Covid, 2 died.
You want that risk on your conscience?

Do you somehow believe people have no personal agency whatsoever? The relatives could very well decide to come and not mask. I cannot physical force an adult to wear one.

But you knew that, and just wanted to make a dumb post.


Anonymous
Post 05/06/2022 09:44     Subject: Masks for school events?
Schools aren't regulating. Attended MS Musical last weekend - Huge crowd, 50/50 mask wearing at best.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2022 09:40     Subject: Masks for school events?
Anonymous wrote:
In the face of Covid fatigue, OP, all you can do is wear an N95 when you attend, and use caution when inviting elderly or fragile relatives to attend: they have to be recently boosted and wearing N95s.

I was at my child's Bethesda area middle school recently during a regular school day, and observed that half the kids and teachers were wearing masks inside.


So we are still treating elderly/fragile relatives like children that can’t make their own decisions?
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2022 09:33     Subject: Masks for school events?
Anonymous wrote:
In the face of Covid fatigue, OP, all you can do is wear an N95 when you attend, and use caution when inviting elderly or fragile relatives to attend: they have to be recently boosted and wearing N95s.

I was at my child's Bethesda area middle school recently during a regular school day, and observed that half the kids and teachers were wearing masks inside.


Exactly. If you care, OP, wear a mask. Wear 20. But don't expect anyone else to.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2022 09:33     Subject: Masks for school events?
Ours is not requiring them. Half of people wear them; half don’t. No one cares what anyone else does.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2022 09:32     Subject: Masks for school events?

In the face of Covid fatigue, OP, all you can do is wear an N95 when you attend, and use caution when inviting elderly or fragile relatives to attend: they have to be recently boosted and wearing N95s.

I was at my child's Bethesda area middle school recently during a regular school day, and observed that half the kids and teachers were wearing masks inside.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2022 09:27     Subject: Masks for school events?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Wondering how your school is handling masks for optional indoor evening events where families are invited- are schools asking folks to wear masks even though they aren’t required during the school day? Or are families voluntarily masking even if they let kids go maskless during the daytime?


Ours is not requiring masking and we are not doing so, no.


Same here. Our school is not requiring masks and we are not wearing them.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2022 09:24     Subject: Masks for school events?
Anonymous wrote:Wondering how your school is handling masks for optional indoor evening events where families are invited- are schools asking folks to wear masks even though they aren’t required during the school day? Or are families voluntarily masking even if they let kids go maskless during the daytime?


Ours is not requiring masking and we are not doing so, no.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2022 09:23     Subject: Masks for school events?
Anonymous wrote:Wondering how your school is handling masks for optional indoor evening events where families are invited- are schools asking folks to wear masks even though they aren’t required during the school day? Or are families voluntarily masking even if they let kids go maskless during the daytime?


The real question is whether schools are requiring children who have a mask mandate due to classroom outbreak to wear a mask after hours. How about unvaccinated children who are sent home for 5 days due to classroom outbreak--are they allowed to attend an after-hours school event?
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2022 09:14     Subject: Masks for school events?
Wear a mask if you want and don’t worry about what other people are doing.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2022 09:05     Subject: Masks for school events?
Wondering how your school is handling masks for optional indoor evening events where families are invited- are schools asking folks to wear masks even though they aren’t required during the school day? Or are families voluntarily masking even if they let kids go maskless during the daytime?