^Should add I was glad for both opportunities!

In the past week our high school had indoor prom and elementary had indoor music concert. Both mask optional.
Not a single mask at prom. At the concert: 4 masks onstage plus the accompanist, a handful in the audience.
This is in a NY county with high case numbers (low hospitalizations). The CDC has recommended indoor masking in these counties, but as far a su know only colleges are adopting that.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes! Our ES and MS are both doing concerts and we are thrilled to have them back. Our MS is even participating in Music at the Parks at Hershey.

If you are concerned, you can probably email the teacher and ask if your child can opt out. I bet they allow it.

Anyone with a brain should be concerned about allowing the virus to spread and create new variants. Sane people wouldn't be happy about encouraging a pandemic to spread. The long term implications of the virus spreading will impact everyone, even the happy to have it spread people.

So far the variants have gotten milder and more manageable. What if it keeps progressing that way? Wouldn't that be preferable?

Untrue except for those that like long term disabilities and permanently disabling children. After all, who cares if you kid grows up as long as they get a trophy at soccer?

NP — what?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes! Our ES and MS are both doing concerts and we are thrilled to have them back. Our MS is even participating in Music at the Parks at Hershey.

If you are concerned, you can probably email the teacher and ask if your child can opt out. I bet they allow it.

Anyone with a brain should be concerned about allowing the virus to spread and create new variants. Sane people wouldn't be happy about encouraging a pandemic to spread. The long term implications of the virus spreading will impact everyone, even the happy to have it spread people.

So far the variants have gotten milder and more manageable. What if it keeps progressing that way? Wouldn't that be preferable?

Untrue except for those that like long term disabilities and permanently disabling children. After all, who cares if you kid grows up as long as they get a trophy at soccer?

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Anonymous wrote:Are your schools still holding the spring indoor band/orchestra/chorus concerts despite the recent wave of COVID cases? If so, are they taking any extra precautions? Just curious as a gym full of hundreds of people, including a bunch of unmasked kids belting out songs, seems a little dicey right now (though I know the kids are really looking forward to it).

I would hope not. There is the pandemic.

Fauci just announced that the pandemic is over. We’re good.

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Anonymous wrote:I posted with some concern in the winter, and was roundly mocked on this site. Our MS does a massive concert at the HS, where people are packing in really tightly into the HS auditorium -- they combine all three grades, and the orchestra and band together, so it is a LOT of kids and families. I was wishing they would break it up into smaller groupings (by grade, or at least separate band and orchestra), but they didn't.
Meanwhile, just got an email from our ES school that they are mandating quarantine of all kids in our grade who are not vaccinated, due to the high number of cases reported in the last few days.
I don't want them to cancel events or school, but I always wish there was some way for them to do a little of a middle ground. Outdoor concerts would be great! The Pops does it. Marching bands do it. They could put the kids on the blacktop and have families bring lawn chairs or picnic blankets like we do for the BTS picnic or outdoor movie nights.
Even if you think covid is NBD, the quarantine is a major pain. People are going to be upset when their kids miss summer camp, or have to delay/cancel summer vacation, or miss final exams or competitions because of COVID quarantines. Or when their parents have to miss work.

This is a problem with the quarantine rules. They need to scale those back also.

MAGA!

Anonymous wrote:Are your schools still holding the spring indoor band/orchestra/chorus concerts despite the recent wave of COVID cases? If so, are they taking any extra precautions? Just curious as a gym full of hundreds of people, including a bunch of unmasked kids belting out songs, seems a little dicey right now (though I know the kids are really looking forward to it).

I would hope not. There is the pandemic.

Anonymous wrote:I posted with some concern in the winter, and was roundly mocked on this site. Our MS does a massive concert at the HS, where people are packing in really tightly into the HS auditorium -- they combine all three grades, and the orchestra and band together, so it is a LOT of kids and families. I was wishing they would break it up into smaller groupings (by grade, or at least separate band and orchestra), but they didn't.
Meanwhile, just got an email from our ES school that they are mandating quarantine of all kids in our grade who are not vaccinated, due to the high number of cases reported in the last few days.
I don't want them to cancel events or school, but I always wish there was some way for them to do a little of a middle ground. Outdoor concerts would be great! The Pops does it. Marching bands do it. They could put the kids on the blacktop and have families bring lawn chairs or picnic blankets like we do for the BTS picnic or outdoor movie nights.
Even if you think covid is NBD, the quarantine is a major pain. People are going to be upset when their kids miss summer camp, or have to delay/cancel summer vacation, or miss final exams or competitions because of COVID quarantines. Or when their parents have to miss work.

This is a problem with the quarantine rules. They need to scale those back also.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes! Our ES and MS are both doing concerts and we are thrilled to have them back. Our MS is even participating in Music at the Parks at Hershey.

If you are concerned, you can probably email the teacher and ask if your child can opt out. I bet they allow it.

Anyone with a brain should be concerned about allowing the virus to spread and create new variants. Sane people wouldn't be happy about encouraging a pandemic to spread. The long term implications of the virus spreading will impact everyone, even the happy to have it spread people.

So far the variants have gotten milder and more manageable. What if it keeps progressing that way? Wouldn't that be preferable?

I posted with some concern in the winter, and was roundly mocked on this site. Our MS does a massive concert at the HS, where people are packing in really tightly into the HS auditorium -- they combine all three grades, and the orchestra and band together, so it is a LOT of kids and families. I was wishing they would break it up into smaller groupings (by grade, or at least separate band and orchestra), but they didn't.
Meanwhile, just got an email from our ES school that they are mandating quarantine of all kids in our grade who are not vaccinated, due to the high number of cases reported in the last few days.
I don't want them to cancel events or school, but I always wish there was some way for them to do a little of a middle ground. Outdoor concerts would be great! The Pops does it. Marching bands do it. They could put the kids on the blacktop and have families bring lawn chairs or picnic blankets like we do for the BTS picnic or outdoor movie nights.
Even if you think covid is NBD, the quarantine is a major pain. People are going to be upset when their kids miss summer camp, or have to delay/cancel summer vacation, or miss final exams or competitions because of COVID quarantines. Or when their parents have to miss work.

Our ES is doing outdoor. I am glad. I’m also glad they’re finally having a concert since winter was no audience. I think it’s a good compromise.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes! Our ES and MS are both doing concerts and we are thrilled to have them back. Our MS is even participating in Music at the Parks at Hershey.

If you are concerned, you can probably email the teacher and ask if your child can opt out. I bet they allow it.

Anyone with a brain should be concerned about allowing the virus to spread and create new variants. Sane people wouldn't be happy about encouraging a pandemic to spread. The long term implications of the virus spreading will impact everyone, even the happy to have it spread people.

Anyone with a brain should be concerned about the long term implications of closures on our kids’ mental and physical health.

Anyone with a brain should know that you can’t stop a virus from spreading, no matter what Fauci made you believe.

Anyone with a brain should know that ZERO kids age 0-17 have died of Covid in Montgomery County since the beginning of this pandemic.
Source: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/case-counts.html#deaths-age

But how many will have long term cognitive effects? Probably a lot.

Ahhh yes, the only comeback the forever covid folks have at this point. Not only are long covid numbers grossly overstated (how many people do you know right now with debilitating long covid??? I'll wait) but there is no doubt it's becoming less and less prevalent as omicron dominates. But hey, keep throwing it out there, never know who you might scare right?

You don't have to move on, it's your right. But at the same time, respect the rest of us who have. We've done the risk calculation and at this point it's at an acceptable level for my family.

Why should someone respect that you choose to put many others at risk and don’t care about anyone but yourself!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes! Our ES and MS are both doing concerts and we are thrilled to have them back. Our MS is even participating in Music at the Parks at Hershey.

If you are concerned, you can probably email the teacher and ask if your child can opt out. I bet they allow it.

Anyone with a brain should be concerned about allowing the virus to spread and create new variants. Sane people wouldn't be happy about encouraging a pandemic to spread. The long term implications of the virus spreading will impact everyone, even the happy to have it spread people.

Anyone with a brain should be concerned about the long term implications of closures on our kids’ mental and physical health.

Anyone with a brain should know that you can’t stop a virus from spreading, no matter what Fauci made you believe.

Anyone with a brain should know that ZERO kids age 0-17 have died of Covid in Montgomery County since the beginning of this pandemic.
Source: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/case-counts.html#deaths-age

You need to grow up. It’s not just about kids dying. Kids close to us have died.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes! Our ES and MS are both doing concerts and we are thrilled to have them back. Our MS is even participating in Music at the Parks at Hershey.

If you are concerned, you can probably email the teacher and ask if your child can opt out. I bet they allow it.

Anyone with a brain should be concerned about allowing the virus to spread and create new variants. Sane people wouldn't be happy about encouraging a pandemic to spread. The long term implications of the virus spreading will impact everyone, even the happy to have it spread people.

Anyone with a brain should be concerned about the long term implications of closures on our kids’ mental and physical health.

Anyone with a brain should know that you can’t stop a virus from spreading, no matter what Fauci made you believe.

Anyone with a brain should know that ZERO kids age 0-17 have died of Covid in Montgomery County since the beginning of this pandemic.
Source: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/data/case-counts.html#deaths-age

But how many will have long term cognitive effects? Probably a lot.

Ahhh yes, the only comeback the forever covid folks have at this point. Not only are long covid numbers grossly overstated (how many people do you know right now with debilitating long covid??? I'll wait) but there is no doubt it's becoming less and less prevalent as omicron dominates. But hey, keep throwing it out there, never know who you might scare right?

You don't have to move on, it's your right. But at the same time, respect the rest of us who have. We've done the risk calculation and at this point it's at an acceptable level for my family.