I am so confused about this case at our school - ITDS. We got a note today saying a student was exposed on the 3rd, has been sick since the 5th but was out of school. Has Covid. 10 day quarantine for the whole grade would have ended today under their protocol but I am assuming they just now found out from the family? And they say we don't need to quarantine now. I am baffled because for the past 10 days it could have been circulating in the grade. How does this make sense? It seems insanely selfish on the part of the sick kid's family to either not have tested or notified for TEN days. And my kid said someone in their grade went home after vomiting twice today. Isn't that a possible symptom of covid in kids?

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Anonymous wrote:Positive case at SWS

Now up to two.

Really? I've only gotten a notification about one case.

A notification went out last night and a second one today around 11:30.

Weird. I only have the 9/13 message

One of you is probably in the class in question? People are getting those faster at some schools.

I am the poster who got both emails. Neither was specific to a class.

It wouldn't matter if it was specific to a classroom -- DCPS does not want you to know if there are close contacts or a need for further testing. Even if your child is within 3' of a confirmed case, they do not consider that a close contact if consistent masking practice has been in place. They just assume the masks are magically 100% effective in every situation.

Isn't this the guidance from the CDC?

Yes

that was the same guidance from May pre-Delta. There's an obvious reason why it's not producing the same results within schools

I mean, at this stage some might feel better just testing their kids every other day. I'm not judging that choice. I'm just saying that is the only thing in your control.

You KNOW DCPS isn't going to get it together. Some of you suspect this is a deliberate cover-up. Aside from writing to your reps, the near-term solution is testing frequently.

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Anonymous wrote:Positive case at SWS

Now up to two.

Really? I've only gotten a notification about one case.

A notification went out last night and a second one today around 11:30.

Weird. I only have the 9/13 message

One of you is probably in the class in question? People are getting those faster at some schools.

I am the poster who got both emails. Neither was specific to a class.

It wouldn't matter if it was specific to a classroom -- DCPS does not want you to know if there are close contacts or a need for further testing. Even if your child is within 3' of a confirmed case, they do not consider that a close contact if consistent masking practice has been in place. They just assume the masks are magically 100% effective in every situation.

Isn't this the guidance from the CDC?

Yes

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Anonymous wrote:Positive case at SWS

Now up to two.

Really? I've only gotten a notification about one case.

A notification went out last night and a second one today around 11:30.

Weird. I only have the 9/13 message

One of you is probably in the class in question? People are getting those faster at some schools.

I am the poster who got both emails. Neither was specific to a class.

It wouldn't matter if it was specific to a classroom -- DCPS does not want you to know if there are close contacts or a need for further testing. Even if your child is within 3' of a confirmed case, they do not consider that a close contact if consistent masking practice has been in place. They just assume the masks are magically 100% effective in every situation.

Isn't this the guidance from the CDC?

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Anonymous wrote:Positive case at SWS

Now up to two.

Really? I've only gotten a notification about one case.

A notification went out last night and a second one today around 11:30.

Weird. I only have the 9/13 message

One of you is probably in the class in question? People are getting those faster at some schools.

I am the poster who got both emails. Neither was specific to a class.

It wouldn't matter if it was specific to a classroom -- DCPS does not want you to know if there are close contacts or a need for further testing. Even if your child is within 3' of a confirmed case, they do not consider that a close contact if consistent masking practice has been in place. They just assume the masks are magically 100% effective in every situation.

... I mean, masks are better than no masks, but I still want to know if my child is sitting all day next to a confirmed case

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Anonymous wrote:Positive case at SWS

Now up to two.

Really? I've only gotten a notification about one case.

A notification went out last night and a second one today around 11:30.

Weird. I only have the 9/13 message

One of you is probably in the class in question? People are getting those faster at some schools.

I am the poster who got both emails. Neither was specific to a class.

It wouldn't matter if it was specific to a classroom -- DCPS does not want you to know if there are close contacts or a need for further testing. Even if your child is within 3' of a confirmed case, they do not consider that a close contact if consistent masking practice has been in place. They just assume the masks are magically 100% effective in every situation.

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Anonymous wrote:Positive case at SWS

Now up to two.

Really? I've only gotten a notification about one case.

A notification went out last night and a second one today around 11:30.

Weird. I only have the 9/13 message

One of you is probably in the class in question? People are getting those faster at some schools.

I am the poster who got both emails. Neither was specific to a class.

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Anonymous wrote:Positive case at SWS

Now up to two.

Really? I've only gotten a notification about one case.

A notification went out last night and a second one today around 11:30.

Weird. I only have the 9/13 message

One of you is probably in the class in question? People are getting those faster at some schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have details on the CHML cases? Per twitter it sounds like there are a lot of them (linked to non-anonymous tweets discussing actual cases) and maybe they aren't reporting positive tests among students quarantined as close contacts as positives. That would seem really problematic in terms of the reliability of the data DCPS is providing even if those kids aren't in the building anyway/don't result in additional quarantines.

Sources?

If you look at @DCPSCovidCases you should be able to find the various discussions re: CHML (2 parents sent a letter to the Mayor based on their experiences w/ 3 CHML-attending kids who tested positive) and the DCPS reporting criteria (seemingly not if they haven't been in school for 48 hours, but that hasn't been confirmed).

That’s not true. All it takes is a look at the announcements to know it’s not true. A significant portion, if not a majority, of announcements relate to someone who was last in school over 48 hours prior. Many examples of 5+ days before.

No, it's 48 hours from the positive test to the last time they were in school that is the question... All of the announcements are being post WAY post-positive test from the few cases I know the facts of. They aren't specifying in the announcements when the positive test was, you'll notice.

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Anonymous wrote:Positive case at SWS

Now up to two.

Really? I've only gotten a notification about one case.

A notification went out last night and a second one today around 11:30.

Weird. I only have the 9/13 message

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Anonymous wrote:Positive case at SWS

Now up to two.

Really? I've only gotten a notification about one case.

A notification went out last night and a second one today around 11:30.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have details on the CHML cases? Per twitter it sounds like there are a lot of them (linked to non-anonymous tweets discussing actual cases) and maybe they aren't reporting positive tests among students quarantined as close contacts as positives. That would seem really problematic in terms of the reliability of the data DCPS is providing even if those kids aren't in the building anyway/don't result in additional quarantines.

Sources?

If you look at @DCPSCovidCases you should be able to find the various discussions re: CHML (2 parents sent a letter to the Mayor based on their experiences w/ 3 CHML-attending kids who tested positive) and the DCPS reporting criteria (seemingly not if they haven't been in school for 48 hours, but that hasn't been confirmed).

That’s not true. All it takes is a look at the announcements to know it’s not true. A significant portion, if not a majority, of announcements relate to someone who was last in school over 48 hours prior. Many examples of 5+ days before.

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Anonymous wrote:Yu Ying has multiple grades at home quarantining right now. Positive cases left and right.

Yeah, and you know why so many schools have grades and full classes quarantining? Because there ARE SO MANY UNVACCINATED TEACHERS. If an unvaccinated teacher gets Covid or is simply a close contact, it’s automatic quarantine for the entire class. Contrast that with vaccinated teachers, who even if they are a close contact, need only quarantine if they have symptoms.

If the teacher is vaxxed and is a symptomatic positive, the whole class still has to quarantine as close contacts, apparently. A whole class is out for a (vaxxed) teacher positive at LT right now.

Yes, we are saying the same thing. But my point is that you have 186 personnel quarantining and 76 total positives. At least 26 of those 76 positives are already done with the 10 day quarantine period (there are 26 who tested positive on September 3 or before which starts the clock for asymptomatic people but symptomatic clocks start at the first day of symptoms so there are presumably more than 26 done with the quarantine). So that’s 50 at most of the 186 that can be attributed to the positive Covid test. The rest are vaccinated and symptomatic without a test or unvaccinated and a close contact. Guess which one of those two is driving numbers?

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Anonymous wrote:Positive case at SWS

Now up to two.

Really? I've only gotten a notification about one case.