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Anonymous wrote:My question is: when does masking the kids ever end? Kids are more likely to die in a car crash than of covid, vaccines are available. Breathing slimy, dirty air trapped in the mask is also unhealthy! It’s enough, there is no off ramp. After Omricon, there will, of course, be another variant. It’s past time for normalcy.

When the weather improves then I will unmask. Seriously as a teacher with high risk family members I'm not sure I will continue teaching if everyone unmasks next week. If I do it will be very hard to treat families and children who chose to unmask the same way I do others. Think if it like going to the doctor while a minority or obese- you get treated differently. Obesity and racial status aren't as easy to control either.

Ps- would never say this irl, but it is the truth. It will be very difficult for all of us as teachers to treat your kid the same. I'll guess I will just make a table of you in the back of the room far far away from me.

Based on anecdotal observations, you will catch Covid soon, no matter what you do. So will your students, vaxxed or not. The spread on this latest Covid version is incredible.

Covid will probably not make you too sick (I hope not) and you will acquire natural immunity good for at least several months.

Anyhow, I predict Omicron spread will make masking a non-issue within a month or so.

Everyone I know who has gotten covid lately got it when they weren't wearing a mask. My kid was recognized as a close contact of covid at school, but tested negative because she was wearing a mask. I know 10 people who are vaccinated, boosted, but were lax about masks--sometimes just for one thing like an in-person small get-together--are those who got it. 5 were super mild/non-symptomatic, 4 were really sick but able to stay at home with doctor support (e.g., steroid prescription for one) but not hospitalized. 1 was briefly hospitalized but now home but still touch and go. Based on my immediate circle, we're sticking to high quality masks until numbers go down--and we'll reassess the evidence then. But it seems really dumb to roll the die and ditch the mask now.

I'm totally fine with requiring masks for another month or two. But then it will be time to allow vaccinated staff/students the choice to opt-out. I didn't not vote for Youngkin for many reasons, but I am very glad that he is pressuring school systems to eliminate the mask mandate.

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Anonymous wrote:My question is: when does masking the kids ever end? Kids are more likely to die in a car crash than of covid, vaccines are available. Breathing slimy, dirty air trapped in the mask is also unhealthy! It’s enough, there is no off ramp. After Omricon, there will, of course, be another variant. It’s past time for normalcy.

When the weather improves then I will unmask. Seriously as a teacher with high risk family members I'm not sure I will continue teaching if everyone unmasks next week. If I do it will be very hard to treat families and children who chose to unmask the same way I do others. Think if it like going to the doctor while a minority or obese- you get treated differently. Obesity and racial status aren't as easy to control either.

Ps- would never say this irl, but it is the truth. It will be very difficult for all of us as teachers to treat your kid the same. I'll guess I will just make a table of you in the back of the room far far away from me.

Based on anecdotal observations, you will catch Covid soon, no matter what you do. So will your students, vaxxed or not. The spread on this latest Covid version is incredible.

Covid will probably not make you too sick (I hope not) and you will acquire natural immunity good for at least several months.

Anyhow, I predict Omicron spread will make masking a non-issue within a month or so.

Everyone I know who has gotten covid lately got it when they weren't wearing a mask. My kid was recognized as a close contact of covid at school, but tested negative because she was wearing a mask. I know 10 people who are vaccinated, boosted, but were lax about masks--sometimes just for one thing like an in-person small get-together--are those who got it. 5 were super mild/non-symptomatic, 4 were really sick but able to stay at home with doctor support (e.g., steroid prescription for one) but not hospitalized. 1 was briefly hospitalized but now home but still touch and go. Based on my immediate circle, we're sticking to high quality masks until numbers go down--and we'll reassess the evidence then. But it seems really dumb to roll the die and ditch the mask now.

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Anonymous wrote:My question is: when does masking the kids ever end? Kids are more likely to die in a car crash than of covid, vaccines are available. Breathing slimy, dirty air trapped in the mask is also unhealthy! It’s enough, there is no off ramp. After Omricon, there will, of course, be another variant. It’s past time for normalcy.

When the weather improves then I will unmask. Seriously as a teacher with high risk family members I'm not sure I will continue teaching if everyone unmasks next week. If I do it will be very hard to treat families and children who chose to unmask the same way I do others. Think if it like going to the doctor while a minority or obese- you get treated differently. Obesity and racial status aren't as easy to control either.

Ps- would never say this irl, but it is the truth. It will be very difficult for all of us as teachers to treat your kid the same. I'll guess I will just make a table of you in the back of the room far far away from me.

Based on anecdotal observations, you will catch Covid soon, no matter what you do. So will your students, vaxxed or not. The spread on this latest Covid version is incredible.

Covid will probably not make you too sick (I hope not) and you will acquire natural immunity good for at least several months.

Anyhow, I predict Omicron spread will make masking a non-issue within a month or so.

Everyone I know who has gotten covid lately got it when they weren't wearing a mask. My kid was recognized as a close contact of covid at school, but tested negative because she was wearing a mask. I know 10 people who are vaccinated, boosted, but were lax about masks--sometimes just for one thing like an in-person small get-together--are those who got it. 5 were super mild/non-symptomatic, 4 were really sick but able to stay at home with doctor support (e.g., steroid prescription for one) but not hospitalized. 1 was briefly hospitalized but now home but still touch and go. Based on my immediate circle, we're sticking to high quality masks until numbers go down--and we'll reassess the evidence then. But it seems really dumb to roll the die and ditch the mask now.

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Anonymous wrote:My question is: when does masking the kids ever end? Kids are more likely to die in a car crash than of covid, vaccines are available. Breathing slimy, dirty air trapped in the mask is also unhealthy! It’s enough, there is no off ramp. After Omricon, there will, of course, be another variant. It’s past time for normalcy.

When the weather improves then I will unmask. Seriously as a teacher with high risk family members I'm not sure I will continue teaching if everyone unmasks next week. If I do it will be very hard to treat families and children who chose to unmask the same way I do others. Think if it like going to the doctor while a minority or obese- you get treated differently. Obesity and racial status aren't as easy to control either.

Ps- would never say this irl, but it is the truth. It will be very difficult for all of us as teachers to treat your kid the same. I'll guess I will just make a table of you in the back of the room far far away from me.

Based on anecdotal observations, you will catch Covid soon, no matter what you do. So will your students, vaxxed or not. The spread on this latest Covid version is incredible.

Covid will probably not make you too sick (I hope not) and you will acquire natural immunity good for at least several months.

Anyhow, I predict Omicron spread will make masking a non-issue within a month or so.

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Anonymous wrote:My question is: when does masking the kids ever end? Kids are more likely to die in a car crash than of covid, vaccines are available. Breathing slimy, dirty air trapped in the mask is also unhealthy! It’s enough, there is no off ramp. After Omricon, there will, of course, be another variant. It’s past time for normalcy.

When the weather improves then I will unmask. Seriously as a teacher with high risk family members I'm not sure I will continue teaching if everyone unmasks next week. If I do it will be very hard to treat families and children who chose to unmask the same way I do others. Think if it like going to the doctor while a minority or obese- you get treated differently. Obesity and racial status aren't as easy to control either.

Ps- would never say this irl, but it is the truth. It will be very difficult for all of us as teachers to treat your kid the same. I'll guess I will just make a table of you in the back of the room far far away from me.

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Anonymous wrote:Most parents I know will let their kids get rid of the masks once FCPS says its OK.

And most parents I know wear KN95s everywhere, and their kids do too.

Strange, and we both live in the same county.

I was in the supermarket today and about a third of the employees had ditched the masks.

Anonymous wrote:Even before Covid, the “walk zone” in my friend’s Dallas suburb was 2 miles even in elementary. Everyone drives of course.

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Anonymous wrote:Are all the teachers dropping dead or filling the hospitals? Are have they all quit yet? We’ve been told here that’s what will happen so I want to know what actually happened in an area where mask mandates were ended……

Central Texas isn’t having an easy time of it without a mask mandate. Lots of staff vacancies and many districts are cutting bus service, begg8ng parents to volunteer for lunch prep and supervision, and closing for days at a time due to staff shortages, not to mention all the Covid clusters among students.

Sounds like FCPS right now... staff vacancies, disrupted bus service, requesting volunteers, "snowmicron," virtual school today. Seems like our mask mandate is not doing much.

https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/dozens-of-texas-school-districts-shut-down-due-to-staff-shortages-linked-to-omicron-surge/

My brother’s school district cut bus service for everyone but sped and McKinney-Vento students. FCPS hasn’t been nearly that bad.

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Anonymous wrote:Are all the teachers dropping dead or filling the hospitals? Are have they all quit yet? We’ve been told here that’s what will happen so I want to know what actually happened in an area where mask mandates were ended……

Central Texas isn’t having an easy time of it without a mask mandate. Lots of staff vacancies and many districts are cutting bus service, begg8ng parents to volunteer for lunch prep and supervision, and closing for days at a time due to staff shortages, not to mention all the Covid clusters among students.

Sounds like FCPS right now... staff vacancies, disrupted bus service, requesting volunteers, "snowmicron," virtual school today. Seems like our mask mandate is not doing much.

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Anonymous wrote:Are all the teachers dropping dead or filling the hospitals? Are have they all quit yet? We’ve been told here that’s what will happen so I want to know what actually happened in an area where mask mandates were ended……

Central Texas isn’t having an easy time of it without a mask mandate. Lots of staff vacancies and many districts are cutting bus service, begg8ng parents to volunteer for lunch prep and supervision, and closing for days at a time due to staff shortages, not to mention all the Covid clusters among students.

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Anonymous wrote:Most parents I know will let their kids get rid of the masks once FCPS says its OK.

And most parents I know wear KN95s everywhere, and their kids do too.

Strange, and we both live in the same county.

I was in the supermarket today and about a third of the employees had ditched the masks.

Anonymous wrote:Are all the teachers dropping dead or filling the hospitals? Are have they all quit yet? We’ve been told here that’s what will happen so I want to know what actually happened in an area where mask mandates were ended……