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Anonymous wrote:I'm in a suburb of Richmond, VA today for work and far fewer people have masks on. So refreshing to see normalcy. If the SB actually requires our kids - especially vaccinated high schoolers - to wear masks this fall, I hope the CDC steps in to set them straight.

I live and shop outside the beltway, and probably over half the people are finished with masks, unless they are being polite by putting one on when a business requires it. Next to no one is masking outside and almost no kids are masked.

But as you go inside the beltway, the.number of masked people, even outside, increases tremendously.

I was at a shopping center off route 50 near the Arlington boarder this week, and EVERYONE was masked. Kids, adults, toddlers, people walking by themselves outside, even people driving cars. In a local coffee shop, people sitting at the tables were unmasked, but everyone waiting in line was masked, removing them as soon as they got their coffee.

It was bizzarre and surreal to see how the closer in communities are still living with such fear and not following the science.

It's not fear. I genuinely find masks completely comfortable and do not mind wearing them and being polite. (I personally am baffled by why people find them so uncomfortable, but I guess they do.) How is someone supposed to know if I am not wearing a mask because I am vaccinated or if I am an unvaccinated jerk? I am happy to put others at ease so they don't have to worry about my status.

Fortunately, where I live outside the beltway, most people are wearing masks and being polite.

But are you vaccinated? Why keep wearing it? That’s what I don’t understand.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm in a suburb of Richmond, VA today for work and far fewer people have masks on. So refreshing to see normalcy. If the SB actually requires our kids - especially vaccinated high schoolers - to wear masks this fall, I hope the CDC steps in to set them straight.

You've got it backwards. The CDC is telling everyone in a school, whether elementary or high school, to wear a mask. And the SB is following the CDC guidelines.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm in a suburb of Richmond, VA today for work and far fewer people have masks on. So refreshing to see normalcy. If the SB actually requires our kids - especially vaccinated high schoolers - to wear masks this fall, I hope the CDC steps in to set them straight.

I live and shop outside the beltway, and probably over half the people are finished with masks, unless they are being polite by putting one on when a business requires it. Next to no one is masking outside and almost no kids are masked.

But as you go inside the beltway, the.number of masked people, even outside, increases tremendously.

I was at a shopping center off route 50 near the Arlington boarder this week, and EVERYONE was masked. Kids, adults, toddlers, people walking by themselves outside, even people driving cars. In a local coffee shop, people sitting at the tables were unmasked, but everyone waiting in line was masked, removing them as soon as they got their coffee.

It was bizzarre and surreal to see how the closer in communities are still living with such fear and not following the science.

It's not fear. I genuinely find masks completely comfortable and do not mind wearing them and being polite. (I personally am baffled by why people find them so uncomfortable, but I guess they do.) How is someone supposed to know if I am not wearing a mask because I am vaccinated or if I am an unvaccinated jerk? I am happy to put others at ease so they don't have to worry about my status.

Fortunately, where I live outside the beltway, most people are wearing masks and being polite.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm in a suburb of Richmond, VA today for work and far fewer people have masks on. So refreshing to see normalcy. If the SB actually requires our kids - especially vaccinated high schoolers - to wear masks this fall, I hope the CDC steps in to set them straight.

I live and shop outside the beltway, and probably over half the people are finished with masks, unless they are being polite by putting one on when a business requires it. Next to no one is masking outside and almost no kids are masked.

But as you go inside the beltway, the.number of masked people, even outside, increases tremendously.

I was at a shopping center off route 50 near the Arlington boarder this week, and EVERYONE was masked. Kids, adults, toddlers, people walking by themselves outside, even people driving cars. In a local coffee shop, people sitting at the tables were unmasked, but everyone waiting in line was masked, removing them as soon as they got their coffee.

It was bizzarre and surreal to see how the closer in communities are still living with such fear and not following the science.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm in a suburb of Richmond, VA today for work and far fewer people have masks on. So refreshing to see normalcy. If the SB actually requires our kids - especially vaccinated high schoolers - to wear masks this fall, I hope the CDC steps in to set them straight.

I live and shop outside the beltway, and probably over half the people are finished with masks, unless they are being polite by putting one on when a business requires it. Next to no one is masking outside and almost no kids are masked.

But as you go inside the beltway, the.number of masked people, even outside, increases tremendously.

I was at a shopping center off route 50 near the Arlington boarder this week, and EVERYONE was masked. Kids, adults, toddlers, people walking by themselves outside, even people driving cars. In a local coffee shop, people sitting at the tables were unmasked, but everyone waiting in line was masked, removing them as soon as they got their coffee.

It was bizzarre and surreal to see how the closer in communities are still living with such fear and not following the science.

Anonymous wrote:I'm in a suburb of Richmond, VA today for work and far fewer people have masks on. So refreshing to see normalcy. If the SB actually requires our kids - especially vaccinated high schoolers - to wear masks this fall, I hope the CDC steps in to set them straight.

Anonymous wrote:I'm in a suburb of Richmond, VA today for work and far fewer people have masks on. So refreshing to see normalcy. If the SB actually requires our kids - especially vaccinated high schoolers - to wear masks this fall, I hope the CDC steps in to set them straight.

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Anonymous wrote:Fcps doesn't need to follow Montgomery cnty on anything. FCPS will look to MEDICAL experts at CDC, and then the subsequent VDOE guidance.

What makes the most sense is that unvax'd kids don't need to mask IF community transmission is below XX. If community transmission is high, then either the adults/older kids didn't bother getting vax'd, or the vaccine isn't working on a variant. But, I'm pretty hsppy to live in a county where most people are getting vax'd....and that should allow greater freedom for younger kids re: masks.

Vaccinated teachers should definitely not be required to wear them. WTH!!!

What are you getting worked up about? I never said vax'd teachers should wear masks....trying reading what was written.

They are for summer school. And nothing has been said about dropping it for fall.

We don’t have to wear them when outdoors, so I can see the indoor requirement dropping by the end of summer.

ES Teacher

But for recess kids then have to be 6’ apart. We know now that’s nearly impossible.

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By “we” I meant vaccinated staff.

If a sixth grader is vaccinated and outdoors at recess, then the student isn’t required to mask within 6 feet. How close are we to getting those younger than 12 vaccinated?

We are averaging about 3 cases per day in Fairfax County. First a kid has to find one of the 42 currently infected people (roughly) in our county of over 1.1 million people, then they have to catch COVID, then they have to be able to actually spread it.

Pretty sure people could make stronger arguments for masking kids against the flu than COVID for this upcoming school year, and CDC already said don't do that.

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Anonymous wrote:Fcps doesn't need to follow Montgomery cnty on anything. FCPS will look to MEDICAL experts at CDC, and then the subsequent VDOE guidance.

What makes the most sense is that unvax'd kids don't need to mask IF community transmission is below XX. If community transmission is high, then either the adults/older kids didn't bother getting vax'd, or the vaccine isn't working on a variant. But, I'm pretty hsppy to live in a county where most people are getting vax'd....and that should allow greater freedom for younger kids re: masks.

Vaccinated teachers should definitely not be required to wear them. WTH!!!

What are you getting worked up about? I never said vax'd teachers should wear masks....trying reading what was written.

They are for summer school. And nothing has been said about dropping it for fall.

We don’t have to wear them when outdoors, so I can see the indoor requirement dropping by the end of summer.

ES Teacher

But for recess kids then have to be 6’ apart. We know now that’s nearly impossible.

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By “we” I meant vaccinated staff.

If a sixth grader is vaccinated and outdoors at recess, then the student isn’t required to mask within 6 feet. How close are we to getting those younger than 12 vaccinated?

Anonymous wrote:Plus, high school and middle school AREN'T college and college isn't a job. Kids can and have made the adjustment between new environments and expectations. We don't need to set the same goal posts for e very level of learning and life.

Part of learning is understanding new requirements and not expecting things to say exactly the same.

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Anonymous wrote:Check out the VDH school for this week. How can they justify masks for anyone much less vaccinated teachers?

https://www.fcps.edu/return-school/fcps-confirmed-covid-19-case-reporting

Probably because there is not way to find out who is and is not vaccinated. I'm not sure they are allowed to ask for proof of teachers.

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Anonymous wrote:Fcps doesn't need to follow Montgomery cnty on anything. FCPS will look to MEDICAL experts at CDC, and then the subsequent VDOE guidance.

What makes the most sense is that unvax'd kids don't need to mask IF community transmission is below XX. If community transmission is high, then either the adults/older kids didn't bother getting vax'd, or the vaccine isn't working on a variant. But, I'm pretty hsppy to live in a county where most people are getting vax'd....and that should allow greater freedom for younger kids re: masks.

Vaccinated teachers should definitely not be required to wear them. WTH!!!

What are you getting worked up about? I never said vax'd teachers should wear masks....trying reading what was written.

They are for summer school. And nothing has been said about dropping it for fall.

We don’t have to wear them when outdoors, so I can see the indoor requirement dropping by the end of summer.

ES Teacher

But for recess kids then have to be 6’ apart. We know now that’s nearly impossible.

Anonymous wrote:Check out the VDH school for this week. How can they justify masks for anyone much less vaccinated teachers?

https://www.fcps.edu/return-school/fcps-confirmed-covid-19-case-reporting