Anonymous
Post 05/14/2022 06:59     Subject: Re:MCPS Covid Data Updated Daily (in a single thread)
There seems to be two posters that return to this thread time and time again to inject their opinion that "covid is like the flu". This message is directed to those two individuals.

1. The evidence is mounting that you're incorrect.
"Even Mild COVID Can Increase the Risk of Heart Problems"
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/even-mild-covid-can-increase-the-risk-of-heart-problems/
"Japanese researcher suggests ties between omicron variant and severe hepatitis in children" https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/05/12/national/science-health/japanese-researcher-omicron-hepatitis-children/

2. You seem to believe that just because you're vaccinated, that serious effects cannot occur? Especially after repeated infections?
"Pfizer’s Covid Vaccine Protection Against Omicron Fades Just Weeks After Second And Third Doses, Study Finds" https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2022/05/13/pfizers-covid-vaccine-protection-against-omicron-fades-just-weeks-after-second-and-third-doses-study-finds/?sh=7fdd90a732af
"New versions of Omicron are masters of immune evasion"
https://www.science.org/content/article/new-versions-omicron-are-masters-immune-evasion

3. You seem to believe that repeated infections will not occur, so no response is necessary?
"Epidemiological update: SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sub-lineages BA.4 and BA.5"
https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/epidemiological-update-sars-cov-2-omicron-sub-lineages-ba4-and-ba5
"South Africa in new surge of COVID from versions of omicron"
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/south-africa-surge-covid-versions-omicron-84715610
'New South African Covid Variants, Omicron BA.4 And BA.5, Found In U.S. For First Time; May Be More Transmissible Than BA.2'
https://deadline.com/2022/05/covid-variants-omicron-ba-4-ba-5-u-s-1235013935/
Charlottesville doctors tracking additional COVID-19 variants
Doctors say BA.2.12.1 is evading pre-existing immunity from infection with the original BA.1 omicron variant.
https://www.wdbj7.com/2022/05/09/charlottesville-doctors-tracking-additional-covid-19-variants/

4. You seem to believe that there is no possibility of more serious variants occurring in the future?
Viral mutations may cause another ‘very, very bad' COVID-19 wave, scientists warn
Already other variants have emerged, notably one called 501Y.V2 in South Africa, that are just as worrying as B.1.1.7, Farrar adds. "It is essentially a numbers game: The more virus is circulating, the more chance mutants have to appear," he says. In the long term, mutations could arise that threaten the efficacy of vaccines.
https://www.science.org/content/article/viral-mutations-may-cause-another-very-very-bad-covid-19-wave-scientists-warn

5. You seem to believe MCPS will have time to detect, reformulate and communicate a new covid game plan if a more serious variant appears? For which the MCPS Central Office and Board of Education's response track record seems to be inept and incompetent in dealing with covid spikes to date?
"COVID-19 testing has dropped as much as 90% worldwide, making it tougher for scientists to spot new variants"
https://fortune.com/2022/05/10/covid-19-testing-drop-worldwide-scientists-emerging-variants/

6. You seem to want to believe that Wolfe and McKnight are helpless to act? Yet it will most likely disproportionately affect the "underrepresented populations" that Wolfe and McKnight claim to champion?
the Department of Health might recommend masks if a COVID-19 outbreak was confirmed in a classroom or school.
“Beyond that would be MCPS’s decision,”
https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-may-ask-some-students-to-wear-masks-again-as-cases-increase/

7. You seem to be under the mistaken impression that people tracking this thread care what you think? Evidenced by your attempt to discredit the data with inflated opinions not backed by data yourself? You could have chosen to not comment on this post. You could have chosen to not read this post altogether. Yet you feel the need, the urge, to make comments without facts time and time again. It shows your fear. Your insecurity. Your need to convince others that you are correct and the science and data is wrong. There is nothing that I can say nor do to help you. You must decide yourself to see the world as it is, then choose how you will navigate those obsticles. In the meantime, take comfort in knowing that, for now, there is not a more serious variant detected that will outpace Omicron. For now. The question is, how many repeated infections can a child withstand before the cumulative damage takes its toll?

8. If you don't like these comments or opinions, stop reading them. Go away. Feel good about yourself and ignore the thread. Move on with your life! I know it's early in the morning, but go grab a beer, glass of wine, shot of vodka, mommy's little helper, or whatever you need to have a good time!

Anonymous
Post 05/13/2022 22:44     Subject: Re:MCPS Covid Data Updated Daily (in a single thread)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Thank you OP for posting the data. I would think as the numbers at many schools are approaching 10% that MCPS should be concerned. Testing students after spring break and masking would have slowed the spread. How are these numbers any different than after winter break?


These aren’t from spring break. People are out and about everywhere and there is a slew of end of year activities, especially at the high schools (like prom). And cases are generally up in the community right now. Why are some of you so convinced that the only place you could get Covid is from traveling to Disney?


The upswing started with spring break. Then all then continued indoor activities combined with no masking. Not a surprise at all.



Ok. It’s unreasonable to expect humans not to seek joy and congregate for years. You got two years during which the virus became less deadly and we developed some treatments and some vaccines and that’s what you get. Sorry. We aren’t force-covering other peoples’ kids faces anymore. Most people correctly view covid as a cold now. In 2019 did you lament colds after spring break like some sort of moral failure? Didn’t think so.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2022 22:03     Subject: Re:MCPS Covid Data Updated Daily (in a single thread)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Thank you OP for posting the data. I would think as the numbers at many schools are approaching 10% that MCPS should be concerned. Testing students after spring break and masking would have slowed the spread. How are these numbers any different than after winter break?


These aren’t from spring break. People are out and about everywhere and there is a slew of end of year activities, especially at the high schools (like prom). And cases are generally up in the community right now. Why are some of you so convinced that the only place you could get Covid is from traveling to Disney?


The upswing started with spring break. Then all then continued indoor activities combined with no masking. Not a surprise at all.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2022 21:31     Subject: Re:MCPS Covid Data Updated Daily (in a single thread)
Anonymous wrote:Thank you OP for posting the data. I would think as the numbers at many schools are approaching 10% that MCPS should be concerned. Testing students after spring break and masking would have slowed the spread. How are these numbers any different than after winter break?


These aren’t from spring break. People are out and about everywhere and there is a slew of end of year activities, especially at the high schools (like prom). And cases are generally up in the community right now. Why are some of you so convinced that the only place you could get Covid is from traveling to Disney?
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2022 21:14     Subject: Re:MCPS Covid Data Updated Daily (in a single thread)
Thank you OP for posting the data. I would think as the numbers at many schools are approaching 10% that MCPS should be concerned. Testing students after spring break and masking would have slowed the spread. How are these numbers any different than after winter break?
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2022 20:46     Subject: Re:MCPS Covid Data Updated Daily (in a single thread)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:3% is COVID in a class is about 10% of a class. Requiring masks only after 10% spread is too little too late in a community. The surge was predictable after spring break and MCPS is showing how spread ramps up out of control without masks.


Ah, but these ladies can't be bothered to protect their own families. We can hardly expect them to protect ours.


Very true.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2022 19:43     Subject: Re:MCPS Covid Data Updated Daily (in a single thread)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:THIS IS AN UNEXPECTED RESULT AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN ENTIRELY THE OPPOSITE OUTCOME. THE WEATHER SHOULD HAVE MADE MORE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES POSSIBLE TO LOWER THE INDOOR INFECTION RATES. THE MOST PLAUSIBLE EXPLANATION (HOPEFULLY) IS A LACK OF INDOOR MASKING / CLEANING AND THE ASSUMPTION IS THAT THIS IS NOT A NEW OR DIFFERENT VARIANT IN PLAY. REMEMBER THESE NUMBERS ARE JUST IN THE PAST 10 DAYS.




Capitalized and bolded? You realize that school is conducted indoors, right? Outdoor activities are always going to be the exception that covers part of the day, not the entirety of the day. And cleaning is irrelevant. Anyway, numbers will come down, and I look forward to your deep thinking on that fact set.


Proof that OP has an agenda and is just not posting data for people to accesss.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2022 19:33     Subject: Re:MCPS Covid Data Updated Daily (in a single thread)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:3% is COVID in a class is about 10% of a class. Requiring masks only after 10% spread is too little too late in a community. The surge was predictable after spring break and MCPS is showing how spread ramps up out of control without masks.


Ah, but these ladies can't be bothered to protect their own families. We can hardly expect them to protect ours.


You mean by masking? Yeah, not going to do that.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2022 19:24     Subject: Re:MCPS Covid Data Updated Daily (in a single thread)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:3% is COVID in a class is about 10% of a class. Requiring masks only after 10% spread is too little too late in a community. The surge was predictable after spring break and MCPS is showing how spread ramps up out of control without masks.


Ah, but these ladies can't be bothered to protect their own families. We can hardly expect them to protect ours.


Right. Protect yourself if you’re scared.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2022 18:55     Subject: Re:MCPS Covid Data Updated Daily (in a single thread)
Anonymous wrote:3% is COVID in a class is about 10% of a class. Requiring masks only after 10% spread is too little too late in a community. The surge was predictable after spring break and MCPS is showing how spread ramps up out of control without masks.


Ah, but these ladies can't be bothered to protect their own families. We can hardly expect them to protect ours.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2022 18:28     Subject: MCPS Covid Data Updated Daily (in a single thread)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Kids at Sherwood tested positive shortly after prom.

Prom might be a factor for other high schools as well.

Shrug. It’s going to happen.


Shrug is a overstatement.


How about /yawn?
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2022 18:16     Subject: MCPS Covid Data Updated Daily (in a single thread)
Anonymous wrote:Kids at Sherwood tested positive shortly after prom.

Prom might be a factor for other high schools as well.

Shrug. It’s going to happen.


Shrug is a overstatement.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2022 18:10     Subject: MCPS Covid Data Updated Daily (in a single thread)
Kids at Sherwood tested positive shortly after prom.

Prom might be a factor for other high schools as well.

Shrug. It’s going to happen.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2022 18:04     Subject: Re:MCPS Covid Data Updated Daily (in a single thread)
Anonymous wrote:Shout out to Bethesda Beat! Raising awareness will help protect the children. Thank you!
https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-may-ask-some-students-to-wear-masks-again-as-cases-increase/

This data is from 5/12/22, reported today. There are 255 new student infections and 34 new staff infections reported since yesterday. There have been 2379 active infections at MCPS within the last 10 days. This is 289 more than yesterday's 10-day average.

54 schools are reporting 2% or more infections.

Location Last 10 Days (#) Total Staff & Students School Cases (%)
Central Office 31 N/A
Sherwood Elementary 46 551 8.30%
Kensington Parkwood Elementary 43 668 6.40%
Woodlin Elementary 35 619 5.70%
Burning Tree Elementary 26 476 5.50%
Wyngate Elementary 42 773 5.40%
Garrett Park Elementary 41 762 5.40%
Sligo Creek Elementary 34 716 4.70%
Julius West Middle 69 1,502 4.60%
Ritchie Park Elementary 19 420 4.50%
Westbrook Elementary 15 335 4.50%
Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary 33 778 4.20%
Luxmanor Elementary 30 730 4.10%
Rosemary Hills Elementary 25 610 4.10%
Highland View Elementary 17 415 4.10%
Thomas W. Pyle Middle 56 1,454 3.90%
Rosa Parks Middle 36 929 3.90%
Westland Middle 35 897 3.90%
Ashburton Elementary 36 939 3.80%
Westover Elementary 12 318 3.80%
Thurgood Marshall Elementary 21 589 3.60%
North Bethesda Middle 42 1,270 3.30%
Farmland Elementary 29 888 3.30%
Woodfield Elementary 12 363 3.30%
Lakewood Elementary 15 480 3.10%
Diamond Elementary 24 815 2.90%
John Poole Middle 14 482 2.90%
Damascus Elementary 12 417 2.90%
Darnestown Elementary 11 377 2.90%
North Chevy Chase Elementary 7 260 2.70%
Clarksburg Elementary 22 856 2.60%
Bradley Hills Elementary 14 533 2.60%
Chevy Chase Elementary 13 509 2.60%
Carderock Springs Elementary 10 378 2.60%
William H. Farquhar Middle 18 738 2.40%
Olney Elementary 16 680 2.40%
Potomac Elementary 11 463 2.40%
Cold Spring Elementary 9 370 2.40%
Damascus High 36 1,533 2.30%
Hallie Wells Middle 25 1,086 2.30%
Belmont Elementary 9 384 2.30%
Earle B. Wood Middle 26 1,174 2.20%
Maryvale Elementary 16 715 2.20%
Cedar Grove Elementary 10 449 2.20%
Travilah Elementary 9 401 2.20%
Walter Johnson High 65 3,139 2.10%
Takoma Park Middle 26 1,247 2.10%
Ridgeview Middle 18 876 2.10%
Wood Acres Elementary 12 582 2.10%
Rock Terrace School 3 143 2.10%
Richard Montgomery High 51 2,583 2.00%
Fields Road Elementary 11 543 2.00%
Wayside Elementary 10 502 2.00%
Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents 3 152 2.00%

Of 209 schools in MCPS, 0 (0%) are improving, 98 (47%) are steady, and 111 (53%) are getting worse. THIS IS AN UNEXPECTED RESULT AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN ENTIRELY THE OPPOSITE OUTCOME. THE WEATHER SHOULD HAVE MADE MORE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES POSSIBLE TO LOWER THE INDOOR INFECTION RATES. THE MOST PLAUSIBLE EXPLANATION (HOPEFULLY) IS A LACK OF INDOOR MASKING / CLEANING AND THE ASSUMPTION IS THAT THIS IS NOT A NEW OR DIFFERENT VARIANT IN PLAY. REMEMBER THESE NUMBERS ARE JUST IN THE PAST 10 DAYS.

66% / TWO-THIRDS (138 of 209) schools in MCPS have 4 or more reported infections in the past 10 days. Of those schools, 83 are in the double-digits with 10 or more infections.

Location Last 10 Days (#) Total Staff & Students School Cases (%)
Julius West Middle 69 1,502 4.60%
Walter Johnson High 65 3,139 2.10%
Thomas W. Pyle Middle 56 1,454 3.90%
Richard Montgomery High 51 2,583 2.00%
Northwest High 47 2,773 1.70%
Sherwood Elementary 46 551 8.30%
Montgomery Blair High 45 3,501 1.30%
Kensington Parkwood Elementary 43 668 6.40%
North Bethesda Middle 42 1,270 3.30%
Wyngate Elementary 42 773 5.40%
Garrett Park Elementary 41 762 5.40%
Thomas S. Wootton High 40 2,132 1.90%
Ashburton Elementary 36 939 3.80%
Damascus High 36 1,533 2.30%
Rosa Parks Middle 36 929 3.90%
Quince Orchard High 35 2,320 1.50%
Westland Middle 35 897 3.90%
Woodlin Elementary 35 619 5.70%
Sligo Creek Elementary 34 716 4.70%
Walt Whitman High 34 2,213 1.50%
Clarksburg High 33 2,546 1.30%
Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary 33 778 4.20%
Winston Churchill High 32 2,459 1.30%
Central Office 31 N/A
Luxmanor Elementary 30 730 4.10%
Sherwood High 30 1,966 1.50%
Farmland Elementary 29 888 3.30%
Bethesda-Chevy. Chase High 27 2,530 1.10%
Burning Tree Elementary 26 476 5.50%
Earle B. Wood Middle 26 1,174 2.20%
Takoma Park Middle 26 1,247 2.10%
Hallie Wells Middle 25 1,086 2.30%
Rosemary Hills Elementary 25 610 4.10%
Diamond Elementary 24 815 2.90%
Clarksburg Elementary 22 856 2.60%
Robert Frost Middle 21 1,088 1.90%
Rockville High 21 1,613 1.30%
Thurgood Marshall Elementary 21 589 3.60%
Albert Einstein High 20 2,127 0.90%
Poolesville High 19 1,382 1.40%
Ritchie Park Elementary 19 420 4.50%
Ridgeview Middle 18 876 2.10%
William H. Farquhar Middle 18 738 2.40%
Highland View Elementary 17 415 4.10%
Lakelands Park Middle 17 1,214 1.40%
Silver Creek Middle 17 891 1.90%
Silver Spring International Middle 17 1,289 1.30%
John T. Baker Middle 16 934 1.70%
Maryvale Elementary 16 715 2.20%
Olney Elementary 16 680 2.40%
Lakewood Elementary 15 480 3.10%
Westbrook Elementary 15 335 4.50%
Bradley Hills Elementary 14 533 2.60%
Cabin John Middle 14 1,155 1.20%
Col. Zadok Magruder High 14 1,797 0.80%
John Poole Middle 14 482 2.90%
Chevy Chase Elementary 13 509 2.60%
Damascus Elementary 12 417 2.90%
Piney Branch Elementary 12 682 1.80%
Westover Elementary 12 318 3.80%
Wheaton High 12 2,666 0.50%
Wood Acres Elementary 12 582 2.10%
Woodfield Elementary 12 363 3.30%
Beverly Farms Elementary 11 612 1.80%
Darnestown Elementary 11 377 2.90%
Fields Road Elementary 11 543 2.00%
Gaithersburg High 11 2,615 0.40%
Greencastle Elementary 11 771 1.40%
Potomac Elementary 11 463 2.40%
Roberto W Clemente Middle 11 1,061 1.00%
Rocky Hill Middle 11 1,116 1.00%
Snowden Farm Elementary 11 822 1.30%
Tilden Middle 11 1,146 1.00%
Watkins Mill High 11 1,802 0.60%
Bells Mill Elementary 10 647 1.50%
Bethesda Elementary 10 732 1.40%
Carderock Springs Elementary 10 378 2.60%
Cedar Grove Elementary 10 449 2.20%
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle 10 1,002 1.00%
Gaithersburg Elementary 10 902 1.10%
Little Bennett Elementary 10 733 1.40%
Paint Branch High 10 2,292 0.40%
Wayside Elementary 10 502 2.00%
Belmont Elementary 9 384 2.30%
Cold Spring Elementary 9 370 2.40%
Seneca Valley High 9 2,243 0.40%
Travilah Elementary 9 401 2.20%
Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary 8 565 1.40%
Fallsmead Elementary 8 587 1.40%
Herbert Hoover Middle 8 1,114 0.70%
Kingsview Middle 8 1,105 0.70%
Sligo Middle 8 823 1.00%
Summit Hall Elementary 8 809 1.00%
Takoma Park Elementary 8 624 1.30%
Twinbrook Elementary 8 602 1.30%
Bayard Rustin Elementary 7 823 0.90%
Clearspring Elementary 7 635 1.10%
College Gardens Elementary 7 594 1.20%
North Chevy Chase Elementary 7 260 2.70%
Northwood High 7 2,046 0.30%
Rock Creek Valley Elementary 7 434 1.60%
Stedwick Elementary 7 594 1.20%
Candlewood Elementary 6 420 1.40%
Greenwood Elementary 6 596 1.00%
Poolesville Elementary 6 595 1.00%
Rock Creek Forest Elementary 6 795 0.80%
Springbrook High 6 1,902 0.30%
Stonegate Elementary 6 555 1.10%
White Oak Middle 6 938 0.60%
Arcola Elementary 5 726 0.70%
Bannockburn Elementary 5 469 1.10%
Beall Elementary 5 562 0.90%
Brooke Grove Elementary 5 519 1.00%
Clopper Mill Elementary 5 520 1.00%
Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary 5 561 0.90%
Fox Chapel Elementary 5 651 0.80%
Judith A. Resnik Elementary 5 660 0.80%
Lake Seneca Elementary 5 538 0.90%
Neelsville Middle 5 908 0.60%
Oak View Elementary 5 464 1.10%
Oakland Terrace Elementary 5 546 0.90%
Rachel Carson Elementary 5 768 0.70%
Rock View Elementary 5 713 0.70%
Somerset Elementary 5 497 1.00%
Stone Mill Elementary 5 569 0.90%
Washington Grove Elementary 5 498 1.00%
Whetstone Elementary 5 768 0.70%
Forest Knolls Elementary 4 551 0.70%
Gaithersburg Middle 4 1,014 0.40%
Glen Haven Elementary 4 569 0.70%
James Hubert Blake High 4 1,946 0.20%
John F. Kennedy High 4 2,020 0.20%
Jones Lane Elementary 4 473 0.80%
Pine Crest Elementary 4 526 0.80%
Rolling Terrace Elementary 4 852 0.50%
S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary 4 600 0.70%
Seven Locks Elementary 4 433 0.90%
Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary 4 679 0.60%


Why won’t you make all this data public? Hiding it on this sewer is a waste.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2022 18:00     Subject: Re:MCPS Covid Data Updated Daily (in a single thread)
Anonymous wrote:THIS IS AN UNEXPECTED RESULT AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN ENTIRELY THE OPPOSITE OUTCOME. THE WEATHER SHOULD HAVE MADE MORE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES POSSIBLE TO LOWER THE INDOOR INFECTION RATES. THE MOST PLAUSIBLE EXPLANATION (HOPEFULLY) IS A LACK OF INDOOR MASKING / CLEANING AND THE ASSUMPTION IS THAT THIS IS NOT A NEW OR DIFFERENT VARIANT IN PLAY. REMEMBER THESE NUMBERS ARE JUST IN THE PAST 10 DAYS.




Capitalized and bolded? You realize that school is conducted indoors, right? Outdoor activities are always going to be the exception that covers part of the day, not the entirety of the day. And cleaning is irrelevant. Anyway, numbers will come down, and I look forward to your deep thinking on that fact set.