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Anonymous wrote:There will be no school closures in the DMV. There is just no stomach for it, especially when the cost far outweighs the risk.

+1 fear porn. There is no appetite to close unless democrats never want to hold an elected office in Virginia this year. Closing schools was an utter disaster for poor and minorities we're not doing that again.

As the one who has posted the “scary news,” I don’t think they should close schools. We have established that schools are essential services. I think we need vaccine mandates for everyone who can get them. These pediatric outbreaks are happening in red states.

Right now all my anger is directed at those folks who are resisting the vaccine. Get the vaccine to protect the children, please!

These selfish adults won’t even get it to protect their own kids, they damn sure don’t care about anyone else’s.

I don’t understand it. All my loved ones are over age 12 and vaccinated but I would get vaccinated every week if I thought it would help protect my students’ younger brothers and sisters.

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Anonymous wrote:There will be no school closures in the DMV. There is just no stomach for it, especially when the cost far outweighs the risk.

+1 fear porn. There is no appetite to close unless democrats never want to hold an elected office in Virginia this year. Closing schools was an utter disaster for poor and minorities we're not doing that again.

And don’t forget the special needs kids, especially the ones that were not able to participate in virtual instruction. They essentially missed an entire year of schooling.

And no one in power cared last year. What's changed?

We have the vaccine, but the folks who are unvaccinated are fueling variants that put stress on what was once a much more “bulletproof” shield; with the Delta variant, it seems it might be more like protective padding.

As a HS teacher, I think all staff and faculty should be required to get vaccinated (of course those with medical excuses would be exempt). We should also encourage all students 12 and over to get vaccinated and hold vaccine drives at the school. I am worried for the little ones who can’t yet get vaccinated, so making sure everyone else around them is vaccinated will help. Unfortunately, we are going to have to do indoor masking yet again… it sucks, I know, but I want to keep the FFX county kids safe.

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Anonymous wrote:There will be no school closures in the DMV. There is just no stomach for it, especially when the cost far outweighs the risk.

+1 fear porn. There is no appetite to close unless democrats never want to hold an elected office in Virginia this year. Closing schools was an utter disaster for poor and minorities we're not doing that again.

As the one who has posted the “scary news,” I don’t think they should close schools. We have established that schools are essential services. I think we need vaccine mandates for everyone who can get them. These pediatric outbreaks are happening in red states.

Right now all my anger is directed at those folks who are resisting the vaccine. Get the vaccine to protect the children, please!

These selfish adults won’t even get it to protect their own kids, they damn sure don’t care about anyone else’s.

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Anonymous wrote:There will be no school closures in the DMV. There is just no stomach for it, especially when the cost far outweighs the risk.

+1 fear porn. There is no appetite to close unless democrats never want to hold an elected office in Virginia this year. Closing schools was an utter disaster for poor and minorities we're not doing that again.

And don’t forget the special needs kids, especially the ones that were not able to participate in virtual instruction. They essentially missed an entire year of schooling.

And no one in power cared last year. What's changed?

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Anonymous wrote:This is scary: https://www.houstonpress.com/news/at-texas-childrens-some-kids-with-covid-need-ventilators-11610665

This is not good. From my memory, the hospitaliztion rate used to be 1%. How is it now 10%???

Currently, roughly 10 percent of those children who test positive do require hospitalization,” said Dr. Jim Versalovic, Pathologist-in-Chief and Interim Pediatrician-in-Chief at Texas Children’s Hospital, “and roughly one-third of those may require critical care.”

Is that of all kids testing positive, or a subset?

Might be a different denominator, right?

I wonder if this is a result of hospitals' testing all patients. So the kids are positive for COVID, and require hospitalization, but not because of the COVID.

No, read the article, that is not what it says. These are ones that show up to the hospital and are concerned that they have COVID. So, they probably are quite symptomatic. We still get a test for every runny nose, but we don't go to the hospital for that.

"Out of all the kids who show up to Texas Children’s concerned they may have COVID-19, “Currently, roughly 10 percent of those children who test positive do require hospitalization,” "

That doesn't make me feel better.

This feels too much like March of 2020. If 10% of kids getting tested at the hospital are being admitted, that's a huge warning sign.

Agree, it isn't really comforting, just stating what the article said. I wouldn't put too much weight on a single doctor quoted in a news article. But, I can't point you to any better data, unfortunately.

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Anonymous wrote:There will be no school closures in the DMV. There is just no stomach for it, especially when the cost far outweighs the risk.

+1 fear porn. There is no appetite to close unless democrats never want to hold an elected office in Virginia this year. Closing schools was an utter disaster for poor and minorities we're not doing that again.

Ironic that democrats are associated with “closing schools” when it’s the republican party who is to blame for this whole clusterfudge of a pandemic as well as creating all kinds of mixed messaging on vaccines that allow this stupid problem to continue! No one is going to close schools, but if children start dying because of the Delta variant, that’s the fault of irresponsible Republicans.

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Anonymous wrote:There will be no school closures in the DMV. There is just no stomach for it, especially when the cost far outweighs the risk.

+1 fear porn. There is no appetite to close unless democrats never want to hold an elected office in Virginia this year. Closing schools was an utter disaster for poor and minorities we're not doing that again.

As the one who has posted the “scary news,” I don’t think they should close schools. We have established that schools are essential services. I think we need vaccine mandates for everyone who can get them. These pediatric outbreaks are happening in red states.

Right now all my anger is directed at those folks who are resisting the vaccine. Get the vaccine to protect the children, please!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There will be no school closures in the DMV. There is just no stomach for it, especially when the cost far outweighs the risk.

+1 fear porn. There is no appetite to close unless democrats never want to hold an elected office in Virginia this year. Closing schools was an utter disaster for poor and minorities we're not doing that again.

And don’t forget the special needs kids, especially the ones that were not able to participate in virtual instruction. They essentially missed an entire year of schooling.

Anonymous wrote:There will be no school closures in the DMV. There is just no stomach for it, especially when the cost far outweighs the risk.

+1 fear porn. There is no appetite to close unless democrats never want to hold an elected office in Virginia this year. Closing schools was an utter disaster for poor and minorities we're not doing that again.

There will be no school closures in the DMV. There is just no stomach for it, especially when the cost far outweighs the risk.

Anonymous wrote:More disturbing news: https://www.cbsnews.com/video/school-aged-kids-in-louisiana-have-the-third-largest-number-of-covid-infections/#x

It is. I feel sorry for those children. LA needs to get more people vaccinated. At only 37% fully vaccinated they are very low.

More disturbing news: https://www.cbsnews.com/video/school-aged-kids-in-louisiana-have-the-third-largest-number-of-covid-infections/#x

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Anonymous wrote:This is scary: https://www.houstonpress.com/news/at-texas-childrens-some-kids-with-covid-need-ventilators-11610665

This is not good. From my memory, the hospitaliztion rate used to be 1%. How is it now 10%???

Currently, roughly 10 percent of those children who test positive do require hospitalization,” said Dr. Jim Versalovic, Pathologist-in-Chief and Interim Pediatrician-in-Chief at Texas Children’s Hospital, “and roughly one-third of those may require critical care.”

Is that of all kids testing positive, or a subset?

Might be a different denominator, right?

The AAP publishes a weekly report on pediatric covid cases. It says that the hospitalization rate for kids still averages 0.9% (for the data they have, which appears to be 23 states + NYC). The date is summarized here and it links to the full report.

https://services.aap.org/en/pages/2019-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-infections/children-and-covid-19-state-level-data-report/

This is really helpful, thank you! Two questions:

1) looks like the hospitalization data is cumulative, not weekly totals?

2) Texas only reports 3% of their cases to AAP. Could Texas be the canary in the coal mine?

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Anonymous wrote:This is scary: https://www.houstonpress.com/news/at-texas-childrens-some-kids-with-covid-need-ventilators-11610665

This is not good. From my memory, the hospitaliztion rate used to be 1%. How is it now 10%???

Currently, roughly 10 percent of those children who test positive do require hospitalization,” said Dr. Jim Versalovic, Pathologist-in-Chief and Interim Pediatrician-in-Chief at Texas Children’s Hospital, “and roughly one-third of those may require critical care.”

Is that of all kids testing positive, or a subset?

Might be a different denominator, right?

I wonder if this is a result of hospitals' testing all patients. So the kids are positive for COVID, and require hospitalization, but not because of the COVID.

No, read the article, that is not what it says. These are ones that show up to the hospital and are concerned that they have COVID. So, they probably are quite symptomatic. We still get a test for every runny nose, but we don't go to the hospital for that.

"Out of all the kids who show up to Texas Children’s concerned they may have COVID-19, “Currently, roughly 10 percent of those children who test positive do require hospitalization,” "

That doesn't make me feel better.

This feels too much like March of 2020. If 10% of kids getting tested at the hospital are being admitted, that's a huge warning sign.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is scary: https://www.houstonpress.com/news/at-texas-childrens-some-kids-with-covid-need-ventilators-11610665

This is not good. From my memory, the hospitaliztion rate used to be 1%. How is it now 10%???

Currently, roughly 10 percent of those children who test positive do require hospitalization,” said Dr. Jim Versalovic, Pathologist-in-Chief and Interim Pediatrician-in-Chief at Texas Children’s Hospital, “and roughly one-third of those may require critical care.”

Is that of all kids testing positive, or a subset?

Might be a different denominator, right?

I wonder if this is a result of hospitals' testing all patients. So the kids are positive for COVID, and require hospitalization, but not because of the COVID.

No, read the article, that is not what it says. These are ones that show up to the hospital and are concerned that they have COVID. So, they probably are quite symptomatic. We still get a test for every runny nose, but we don't go to the hospital for that.

"Out of all the kids who show up to Texas Children’s concerned they may have COVID-19, “Currently, roughly 10 percent of those children who test positive do require hospitalization,” "