Anonymous wrote:Modeling (based on DC’s use of masks, HVAC upgrades and testing of up to 10% of kids each weeks) shows that more than 50% of kids will get COVID in the first 90 days of school.

So if you care about your kids getting COVID, it’s appropriate to be nervous.

Source please?

See, so I really had to get it through my skull that DCUM is very much not representative of the majority of parents in DC. I think the fact that only half of kids 12-15 in DC are vaccinated puts it into perspective. There are about half of parents so not worried about covid that they aren't getting their kids vaccinated. Then there is the Greek tragedy chorus on DCUM (which isn't even the majority of postings). I had to realize that the people that gleefully predict children's deaths are....well, at least they are a minority.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, I am worried. But my kid needs to be in school. I feel confident her teachers are vaccinated. I don’t know about the families of her classmates. We have good quality masks. We will test family members periodically (DC’s test yourself program is great for this) to do our part. I can only hope for the best. There is not much point in sitting around and stressing about it. I’ll pay attention to the news snd the Covid numbers snd make the best choices I can.

Testing yourself periodically with no symptoms makes the DC positivity rate seem lower than it is.

Wow that is a painfully stupid comment. I guess that DCPS shouldn't do any asymptomatic surveillance testing then, right?

They definitely should. But those tests should not be counted in our test positivity rate.

I'm sorry, but...you aren't great at this. Certain people in the community shouldn't be 'counted' as having coronovirus, if they test positive for coronavirus, because that would...uh...change the community rate.

Also, you are proposing that only people with symptoms test.....which ignores all of the asymptomatic cases.

Correct. Students who test positive with a salava test at school will be required to get a PCR test. THAT test will count for the positivity rate.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, I am worried. But my kid needs to be in school. I feel confident her teachers are vaccinated. I don’t know about the families of her classmates. We have good quality masks. We will test family members periodically (DC’s test yourself program is great for this) to do our part. I can only hope for the best. There is not much point in sitting around and stressing about it. I’ll pay attention to the news snd the Covid numbers snd make the best choices I can.

Testing yourself periodically with no symptoms makes the DC positivity rate seem lower than it is.

This doesn't mean she shouldn't test. It means, as it always has, that positivity rate shouldn't be something we use to calculate risk.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, I am worried. But my kid needs to be in school. I feel confident her teachers are vaccinated. I don’t know about the families of her classmates. We have good quality masks. We will test family members periodically (DC’s test yourself program is great for this) to do our part. I can only hope for the best. There is not much point in sitting around and stressing about it. I’ll pay attention to the news snd the Covid numbers snd make the best choices I can.

Testing yourself periodically with no symptoms makes the DC positivity rate seem lower than it is.

Wow that is a painfully stupid comment. I guess that DCPS shouldn't do any asymptomatic surveillance testing then, right?

They definitely should. But those tests should not be counted in our test positivity rate.

I'm sorry, but...you aren't great at this. Certain people in the community shouldn't be 'counted' as having coronovirus, if they test positive for coronavirus, because that would...uh...change the community rate.

Also, you are proposing that only people with symptoms test.....which ignores all of the asymptomatic cases.

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Anonymous wrote:You need to stay off Facebook! Breakthrough cases are rare, and hospitalizations and serious medical issues from breakthrough cases are extremely rare. The data does not lie. Being nervous about unvaccinated isn't unreasonable. But reading an idiot on FB telling you about a breakthrough horror story and letting that get to you is, IMHO, silly.

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There are no "horror" stories about breakthrough cases. What is the agenda for all this anxiety?
Do we really want kids to stay home? I don't.

Breakthrough cases are not rare, much less extremely rare. Neither are they horror stories.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, I am worried. But my kid needs to be in school. I feel confident her teachers are vaccinated. I don’t know about the families of her classmates. We have good quality masks. We will test family members periodically (DC’s test yourself program is great for this) to do our part. I can only hope for the best. There is not much point in sitting around and stressing about it. I’ll pay attention to the news snd the Covid numbers snd make the best choices I can.

Testing yourself periodically with no symptoms makes the DC positivity rate seem lower than it is.

Wow that is a painfully stupid comment. I guess that DCPS shouldn't do any asymptomatic surveillance testing then, right?

They definitely should. But those tests should not be counted in our test positivity rate.

Anonymous wrote:You need to stay off Facebook! Breakthrough cases are rare, and hospitalizations and serious medical issues from breakthrough cases are extremely rare. The data does not lie. Being nervous about unvaccinated isn't unreasonable. But reading an idiot on FB telling you about a breakthrough horror story and letting that get to you is, IMHO, silly.

+1
There are no "horror" stories about breakthrough cases. What is the agenda for all this anxiety?
Do we really want kids to stay home? I don't.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, I am worried. But my kid needs to be in school. I feel confident her teachers are vaccinated. I don’t know about the families of her classmates. We have good quality masks. We will test family members periodically (DC’s test yourself program is great for this) to do our part. I can only hope for the best. There is not much point in sitting around and stressing about it. I’ll pay attention to the news snd the Covid numbers snd make the best choices I can.

Testing yourself periodically with no symptoms makes the DC positivity rate seem lower than it is.

Wow that is a painfully stupid comment. I guess that DCPS shouldn't do any asymptomatic surveillance testing then, right?

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Anonymous wrote:For those buying KN95s, they are about $2 a piece. How are you all affording this?

Here are some (featured in NYT Wirecutter) that are about $0.90 each: https://bonafidemasks.com/Powecom-kn-95/

Aren’t those adult size?

Anonymous wrote:No you're the only one. There definitely haven't been endless posts about this subject.

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Anonymous wrote:For those buying KN95s, they are about $2 a piece. How are you all affording this?

Here are some (featured in NYT Wirecutter) that are about $0.90 each: https://bonafidemasks.com/Powecom-kn-95/

OP, I sent my unvaccinated DC kids back to school last week. I, too, was worried. So far, it’s gotten easier every day. And I’m pretty sure that as more days pass, my anxiety will continue to lessen.

They are SO SO happy to be back. Live teachers! Friends! Community! It is worth it.

Yes, I am nervous.

--Mom of 5th grader.

You need to stay off Facebook! Breakthrough cases are rare, and hospitalizations and serious medical issues from breakthrough cases are extremely rare. The data does not lie. Being nervous about unvaccinated isn't unreasonable. But reading an idiot on FB telling you about a breakthrough horror story and letting that get to you is, IMHO, silly.