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Anonymous wrote:I hope this is it. People, EVERYONE in NoVa wears masks everywhere and EVERYONE AND THEN SOME has freaking Covid. And it has very little to do with schools either. People are catching it masked and unmasked alike. blah, blah, blah...

I've got friends on both sides of this issue. 100% of the anti-masker families I know have already caught covid at least once. Less than 50% of the people I know who voluntarily wear masks have had this supposedly "inevitable" disease.

Makes sense. We already had Covid and done with it. Those who haven't had it have easy access to free vaccines for any age group now. Time for mandates to go away, anyone can wear one if they want to.

Tell me you're clueless about the fact there is no vaccine for 4 and under yet and also an ableist who is clueless about how people on immunosuppressive medications don't have the same level of protection without directly telling me.

4 year olds are not impacted by covid.

They are negatively impacted by masks though.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope this is it. People, EVERYONE in NoVa wears masks everywhere and EVERYONE AND THEN SOME has freaking Covid. And it has very little to do with schools either. People are catching it masked and unmasked alike. blah, blah, blah...

I've got friends on both sides of this issue. 100% of the anti-masker families I know have already caught covid at least once. Less than 50% of the people I know who voluntarily wear masks have had this supposedly "inevitable" disease.

Not everyone is testing, or can get a test. And some people are asymptomatic or lightly symptomatic and might never think to test. The number of positive cases isn’t anywhere near the true amount of disease in the community at this point.

Fauci himself said everyone will get covid. The masking is hygiene theater that creates social/emotional developmental delays in kids. It’s time to move on.

Everyone keeps mis-characterizing fauci’s comments. He did not say that. He said that omicron will “find” almost everyone. Meaning exposure. Exposure is not the same thing as infection or illness

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Anonymous wrote:I hope this is it. People, EVERYONE in NoVa wears masks everywhere and EVERYONE AND THEN SOME has freaking Covid. And it has very little to do with schools either. People are catching it masked and unmasked alike. blah, blah, blah...

I've got friends on both sides of this issue. 100% of the anti-masker families I know have already caught covid at least once. Less than 50% of the people I know who voluntarily wear masks have had this supposedly "inevitable" disease.

Yeah. Just anecdotal, obviously, but our family has strived to be diligent about masking and the other guidelines for the past 2 years, and none of us have gotten COVID. We do not eat out indoors, we do not use our gym membership currently, we wear masks in public, we got vaxxed as soon as eligible, etc. it does not feel like a huge sacrifice for us, and if everybody who could also did this, the pandemic would be over sooner.

Many of your neighbors have been working in person since sometime in 2020. We all can’t “just stay home.”

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.

You are an idiot.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope this is it. People, EVERYONE in NoVa wears masks everywhere and EVERYONE AND THEN SOME has freaking Covid. And it has very little to do with schools either. People are catching it masked and unmasked alike. blah, blah, blah...

I've got friends on both sides of this issue. 100% of the anti-masker families I know have already caught covid at least once. Less than 50% of the people I know who voluntarily wear masks have had this supposedly "inevitable" disease.

Makes sense. We already had Covid and done with it. Those who haven't had it have easy access to free vaccines for any age group now. Time for mandates to go away, anyone can wear one if they want to.

Tell me you're clueless about the fact there is no vaccine for 4 and under yet and also an ableist who is clueless about how people on immunosuppressive medications don't have the same level of protection without directly telling me.

Stop your excuses! a few truly immunocompromised people isn't the reason to mask our children forever, because you know Covid isn't going away! And under 4 are not at risk from Covid and never were to start with. Data has been clear on this from the get go, nothing has changed.

This. Kids have been shown to be poor vectors of transmission.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope this is it. People, EVERYONE in NoVa wears masks everywhere and EVERYONE AND THEN SOME has freaking Covid. And it has very little to do with schools either. People are catching it masked and unmasked alike. blah, blah, blah...

I've got friends on both sides of this issue. 100% of the anti-masker families I know have already caught covid at least once. Less than 50% of the people I know who voluntarily wear masks have had this supposedly "inevitable" disease.

Yeah. Just anecdotal, obviously, but our family has strived to be diligent about masking and the other guidelines for the past 2 years, and none of us have gotten COVID. We do not eat out indoors, we do not use our gym membership currently, we wear masks in public, we got vaxxed as soon as eligible, etc. it does not feel like a huge sacrifice for us, and if everybody who could also did this, the pandemic would be over sooner.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope this is it. People, EVERYONE in NoVa wears masks everywhere and EVERYONE AND THEN SOME has freaking Covid. And it has very little to do with schools either. People are catching it masked and unmasked alike. blah, blah, blah...

I've got friends on both sides of this issue. 100% of the anti-masker families I know have already caught covid at least once. Less than 50% of the people I know who voluntarily wear masks have had this supposedly "inevitable" disease.

Makes sense. We already had Covid and done with it. Those who haven't had it have easy access to free vaccines for any age group now. Time for mandates to go away, anyone can wear one if they want to.

Tell me you're clueless about the fact there is no vaccine for 4 and under yet and also an ableist who is clueless about how people on immunosuppressive medications don't have the same level of protection without directly telling me.

Stop your excuses! a few truly immunocompromised people isn't the reason to mask our children forever, because you know Covid isn't going away! And under 4 are not at risk from Covid and never were to start with. Data has been clear on this from the get go, nothing has changed.

I’m vaccinated and boosted and probably more at risk for severe Covid complications than my 3 year old.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope this is it. People, EVERYONE in NoVa wears masks everywhere and EVERYONE AND THEN SOME has freaking Covid. And it has very little to do with schools either. People are catching it masked and unmasked alike. blah, blah, blah...

I've got friends on both sides of this issue. 100% of the anti-masker families I know have already caught covid at least once. Less than 50% of the people I know who voluntarily wear masks have had this supposedly "inevitable" disease.

Makes sense. We already had Covid and done with it. Those who haven't had it have easy access to free vaccines for any age group now. Time for mandates to go away, anyone can wear one if they want to.

Tell me you're clueless about the fact there is no vaccine for 4 and under yet and also an ableist who is clueless about how people on immunosuppressive medications don't have the same level of protection without directly telling me.

Stop your excuses! a few truly immunocompromised people isn't the reason to mask our children forever, because you know Covid isn't going away! And under 4 are not at risk from Covid and never were to start with. Data has been clear on this from the get go, nothing has changed.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope this is it. People, EVERYONE in NoVa wears masks everywhere and EVERYONE AND THEN SOME has freaking Covid. And it has very little to do with schools either. People are catching it masked and unmasked alike. blah, blah, blah...

I've got friends on both sides of this issue. 100% of the anti-masker families I know have already caught covid at least once. Less than 50% of the people I know who voluntarily wear masks have had this supposedly "inevitable" disease.

Not everyone is testing, or can get a test. And some people are asymptomatic or lightly symptomatic and might never think to test. The number of positive cases isn’t anywhere near the true amount of disease in the community at this point.

Fauci himself said everyone will get covid. The masking is hygiene theater that creates social/emotional developmental delays in kids. It’s time to move on.

My 2 year old is enrolled in a class where they want all the kids (all 2 year olds) to wear masks. There’s 7 kids in the class and 4 showed up in masks. 2 of them in masks below their noses but that’s apparently ok, and the other 2 in masks with big gaps around the sides of their faces. When the parents of the 3 kids who weren’t masked threatened to disenroll from the class at a full refund, suddenly oh it was ok, they can wear a mask if they can, if not, don’t worry about it.

It stops when you hit them in the wallet.

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Anonymous wrote:We all know the masks are a joke. I teach K and after 3 weeks off, the kids were way out of habit. I had to remind them so many times but what is the point? Does is really matter?

No. Most masks are useless from a medical perspective, particularly as worn by kids. Virtue Signaling, not health, is the whole point.

They are not useless; there are better and worse ones, and any is better than none. Cite a reputable source for your claim. Who GAF about virtue signaling? I don't know where any sensible person gets that idea. I do think there are some trade-offs, but during the biggest surge ever isn't the time to be ditching them.

Many many many children across the country aren’t wearing masks in school.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand parents who “freak out” at the thought of no masks even EVEN if it were to happen right now. At school pickup I watch kids exit the building. I could easily slip my finger between their mask somewhere along the mask line and their face in at least 70% of all cases. If there is a finger size gap (really even a much small gap) the mask isn’t filtering the air going in or out. It’s a fact my OHSA folks will confirm. It’s theatre. Dont get me started on cloth and paper masks even if those fit snugger which they don’t. The masks aren’t doing much. Better to have a weekly test IMO. Or nothing. I’d be fine with nothing. But if we are going to force a mitigation we should at least pick the lowest cost option that works. Masking has a cost.

Amen, rational person. So sick and tired of this Covid theater and so many by now already had it, that it makes no sense at all. Better thing, get tested for nucleocapsid antibodies, if you have them, you had Covid, confirmed. Move on. If you are worried after you had been vaccinated I don't know what will assure you, but many of us are tired to live our lives in the shadow of your permanent anxieties.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope this is it. People, EVERYONE in NoVa wears masks everywhere and EVERYONE AND THEN SOME has freaking Covid. And it has very little to do with schools either. People are catching it masked and unmasked alike. blah, blah, blah...

I've got friends on both sides of this issue. 100% of the anti-masker families I know have already caught covid at least once. Less than 50% of the people I know who voluntarily wear masks have had this supposedly "inevitable" disease.

Makes sense. We already had Covid and done with it. Those who haven't had it have easy access to free vaccines for any age group now. Time for mandates to go away, anyone can wear one if they want to.

Tell me you're clueless about the fact there is no vaccine for 4 and under yet and also an ableist who is clueless about how people on immunosuppressive medications don't have the same level of protection without directly telling me.

Anonymous wrote:THE ORDER

https://www.governor.virginia.gov/media/governorvirginiagov/governor-of-virginia/pdf/74---eo/74---eo/EO-2---School-Mask-Mandate-Executive-Order-Exception.pdf

Is this true -

“While the Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommends masks, its research has found no statistically significant link between mandatory masking for students and reduced transmission of COVID-19.”

I do agree with this part:

“ Masks are not the only method to reduce transmission of COVID-19. Local schools must ensure they are improving inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, replacement and upgrades of equipment to improve the indoor air quality in school facilities, including mechanical and non- mechanical heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, filtering, purification, fans, control systems and window and door repair. Other mitigation efforts can be made in consultation with health authorities. The benefit of mitigation efforts must always be weighed against the cost to children’s overall wellbeing.”

Reducing the viral load in the air goes a long way to reducing exposure.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope this is it. People, EVERYONE in NoVa wears masks everywhere and EVERYONE AND THEN SOME has freaking Covid. And it has very little to do with schools either. People are catching it masked and unmasked alike. blah, blah, blah...

I've got friends on both sides of this issue. 100% of the anti-masker families I know have already caught covid at least once. Less than 50% of the people I know who voluntarily wear masks have had this supposedly "inevitable" disease.

And all of the pro-masking families I know have passed covid around their own families at least once - including ours.