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Anonymous wrote:I am pro-vaccine and pro-mask. I prefer they keep the masks for now.

But if they drop them, and kids stop wearing them, I am never - I repeat - never taking another covid test or giving one to my children. If we are letting the chips fall, then we are letting the chips fall. We are not isolating for 5 days because a bunch of people didn't want to wear masks.

I’m pro-vaccine, ready for masks to come off once this Omicron surge is done absent some crazy new variant, and would totally be fine getting rid of quarantines and testing. All this contact tracing is just extra work for schools and I’m not convinced it’s slowing the spread when the cat is so far out of the bag so to speak. Let’s go back to staying home if sick with fever, heavy nasal discharge, vomiting, contagious rash, etc. I’d even be fine raising the return to 48 hours (as opposed to 24 hours) after these symptoms disappear. But it’s insane how much time I’ve wasted at the pediatrician’s office getting a return to school note for a kid with sniffles. And I’m not the only one taking a basically healthy kid in for an appointment just so they can go back to school, which is a hugely inefficient use of our medical community during a pandemic. Time to end the charades of managing this thing anymore than we have.

+1 No mask mandate, no quarantines, no contact tracing in schools. Let's start this as soon as the case count falls back into the moderate level (like it was 2.5 months ago).

Great idea and then the numbers will go right back up.

Case numbers don’t matter. Only severe disease rates matter and they are pretty low with omicron, especially if vaxed.

Still 2000 Americans dying a day of Covid. We fought a 20 year war over less than twice that many deaths in a day.

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Case numbers don’t matter. Only severe disease rates matter and they are pretty low with omicron, especially if vaxed.

Case numbers absolutely matter. Four of five of my kid's teachers were out on Friday because they are sick. If we have a free for all at the current case rates there is a very significant risk that schools will close for lack of staffing and/or kids will be warehoused in gyms instead of being taught. Covid can often cause 7-10 days of flu like symptoms in adults and we don't have the capacity for more staff to get sick right now.

Case numbers don’t matter. Only severe disease rates matter and they are pretty low with omicron, especially if vaxed.

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Anonymous wrote:I am pro-vaccine and pro-mask. I prefer they keep the masks for now.

But if they drop them, and kids stop wearing them, I am never - I repeat - never taking another covid test or giving one to my children. If we are letting the chips fall, then we are letting the chips fall. We are not isolating for 5 days because a bunch of people didn't want to wear masks.

I’m pro-vaccine, ready for masks to come off once this Omicron surge is done absent some crazy new variant, and would totally be fine getting rid of quarantines and testing. All this contact tracing is just extra work for schools and I’m not convinced it’s slowing the spread when the cat is so far out of the bag so to speak. Let’s go back to staying home if sick with fever, heavy nasal discharge, vomiting, contagious rash, etc. I’d even be fine raising the return to 48 hours (as opposed to 24 hours) after these symptoms disappear. But it’s insane how much time I’ve wasted at the pediatrician’s office getting a return to school note for a kid with sniffles. And I’m not the only one taking a basically healthy kid in for an appointment just so they can go back to school, which is a hugely inefficient use of our medical community during a pandemic. Time to end the charades of managing this thing anymore than we have.

+1 No mask mandate, no quarantines, no contact tracing in schools. Let's start this as soon as the case count falls back into the moderate level (like it was 2.5 months ago).

Great idea and then the numbers will go right back up.

Case numbers don’t matter. Only severe disease rates matter and they are pretty low with omicron, especially if vaxed.

Still 2000 Americans dying a day of Covid. We fought a 20 year war over less than twice that many deaths in a day.

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Anonymous wrote:I am pro-vaccine and pro-mask. I prefer they keep the masks for now.

But if they drop them, and kids stop wearing them, I am never - I repeat - never taking another covid test or giving one to my children. If we are letting the chips fall, then we are letting the chips fall. We are not isolating for 5 days because a bunch of people didn't want to wear masks.

I’m pro-vaccine, ready for masks to come off once this Omicron surge is done absent some crazy new variant, and would totally be fine getting rid of quarantines and testing. All this contact tracing is just extra work for schools and I’m not convinced it’s slowing the spread when the cat is so far out of the bag so to speak. Let’s go back to staying home if sick with fever, heavy nasal discharge, vomiting, contagious rash, etc. I’d even be fine raising the return to 48 hours (as opposed to 24 hours) after these symptoms disappear. But it’s insane how much time I’ve wasted at the pediatrician’s office getting a return to school note for a kid with sniffles. And I’m not the only one taking a basically healthy kid in for an appointment just so they can go back to school, which is a hugely inefficient use of our medical community during a pandemic. Time to end the charades of managing this thing anymore than we have.

+1 No mask mandate, no quarantines, no contact tracing in schools. Let's start this as soon as the case count falls back into the moderate level (like it was 2.5 months ago).

Great idea and then the numbers will go right back up.

Case numbers don’t matter. Only severe disease rates matter and they are pretty low with omicron, especially if vaxed.

Anonymous wrote:I love how Youngkin supporters think there is nothing we can do about school shootings and active shooter drills are no big deal, but masks are too traumatic and a bridge too far.

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Anonymous wrote:I am pro-vaccine and pro-mask. I prefer they keep the masks for now.

But if they drop them, and kids stop wearing them, I am never - I repeat - never taking another covid test or giving one to my children. If we are letting the chips fall, then we are letting the chips fall. We are not isolating for 5 days because a bunch of people didn't want to wear masks.

I’m pro-vaccine, ready for masks to come off once this Omicron surge is done absent some crazy new variant, and would totally be fine getting rid of quarantines and testing. All this contact tracing is just extra work for schools and I’m not convinced it’s slowing the spread when the cat is so far out of the bag so to speak. Let’s go back to staying home if sick with fever, heavy nasal discharge, vomiting, contagious rash, etc. I’d even be fine raising the return to 48 hours (as opposed to 24 hours) after these symptoms disappear. But it’s insane how much time I’ve wasted at the pediatrician’s office getting a return to school note for a kid with sniffles. And I’m not the only one taking a basically healthy kid in for an appointment just so they can go back to school, which is a hugely inefficient use of our medical community during a pandemic. Time to end the charades of managing this thing anymore than we have.

+1 No mask mandate, no quarantines, no contact tracing in schools. Let's start this as soon as the case count falls back into the moderate level (like it was 2.5 months ago).

Great idea and then the numbers will go right back up.

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Anonymous wrote:I am pro-vaccine and pro-mask. I prefer they keep the masks for now.

But if they drop them, and kids stop wearing them, I am never - I repeat - never taking another covid test or giving one to my children. If we are letting the chips fall, then we are letting the chips fall. We are not isolating for 5 days because a bunch of people didn't want to wear masks.

I’m pro-vaccine, ready for masks to come off once this Omicron surge is done absent some crazy new variant, and would totally be fine getting rid of quarantines and testing. All this contact tracing is just extra work for schools and I’m not convinced it’s slowing the spread when the cat is so far out of the bag so to speak. Let’s go back to staying home if sick with fever, heavy nasal discharge, vomiting, contagious rash, etc. I’d even be fine raising the return to 48 hours (as opposed to 24 hours) after these symptoms disappear. But it’s insane how much time I’ve wasted at the pediatrician’s office getting a return to school note for a kid with sniffles. And I’m not the only one taking a basically healthy kid in for an appointment just so they can go back to school, which is a hugely inefficient use of our medical community during a pandemic. Time to end the charades of managing this thing anymore than we have.

+1 No mask mandate, no quarantines, no contact tracing in schools. Let's start this as soon as the case count falls back into the moderate level (like it was 2.5 months ago).

Great idea and then the numbers will go right back up.

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Anonymous wrote:I am pro-vaccine and pro-mask. I prefer they keep the masks for now.

But if they drop them, and kids stop wearing them, I am never - I repeat - never taking another covid test or giving one to my children. If we are letting the chips fall, then we are letting the chips fall. We are not isolating for 5 days because a bunch of people didn't want to wear masks.

I’m pro-vaccine, ready for masks to come off once this Omicron surge is done absent some crazy new variant, and would totally be fine getting rid of quarantines and testing. All this contact tracing is just extra work for schools and I’m not convinced it’s slowing the spread when the cat is so far out of the bag so to speak. Let’s go back to staying home if sick with fever, heavy nasal discharge, vomiting, contagious rash, etc. I’d even be fine raising the return to 48 hours (as opposed to 24 hours) after these symptoms disappear. But it’s insane how much time I’ve wasted at the pediatrician’s office getting a return to school note for a kid with sniffles. And I’m not the only one taking a basically healthy kid in for an appointment just so they can go back to school, which is a hugely inefficient use of our medical community during a pandemic. Time to end the charades of managing this thing anymore than we have.

+1 No mask mandate, no quarantines, no contact tracing in schools. Let's start this as soon as the case count falls back into the moderate level (like it was 2.5 months ago).

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Anonymous wrote:I am pro-vaccine and pro-mask. I prefer they keep the masks for now.

But if they drop them, and kids stop wearing them, I am never - I repeat - never taking another covid test or giving one to my children. If we are letting the chips fall, then we are letting the chips fall. We are not isolating for 5 days because a bunch of people didn't want to wear masks.

I’m pro-vaccine, ready for masks to come off once this Omicron surge is done absent some crazy new variant, and would totally be fine getting rid of quarantines and testing. All this contact tracing is just extra work for schools and I’m not convinced it’s slowing the spread when the cat is so far out of the bag so to speak. Let’s go back to staying home if sick with fever, heavy nasal discharge, vomiting, contagious rash, etc. I’d even be fine raising the return to 48 hours (as opposed to 24 hours) after these symptoms disappear. But it’s insane how much time I’ve wasted at the pediatrician’s office getting a return to school note for a kid with sniffles. And I’m not the only one taking a basically healthy kid in for an appointment just so they can go back to school, which is a hugely inefficient use of our medical community during a pandemic. Time to end the charades of managing this thing anymore than we have.

Anonymous wrote:I am pro-vaccine and pro-mask. I prefer they keep the masks for now.

But if they drop them, and kids stop wearing them, I am never - I repeat - never taking another covid test or giving one to my children. If we are letting the chips fall, then we are letting the chips fall. We are not isolating for 5 days because a bunch of people didn't want to wear masks.

Anonymous wrote:Again: it’s game over, soon enough, for the mask mandates. So folks can have their temper tantrums now, but the ballgame is coming to a close. This is the last variant of consequence and masks will be optional no later than the spring.