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Anonymous wrote:What can be done to stop pro-virtual parents from faking positive covid tests to shut down the yellow and green schools? Seems like we are screwed! Although green schools will turn red eventually but some parents can speed that up by fake positives

Don’t take this the wrong way but honestly, just shut up.

No one would actually do that. If you think people would do that you've lost it

In another thread, somebody's high schooler said they're already talking about it. If a system can be gamed, it will be gamed. It's human nature going back to the beginning of time.

It’s *your* nature, which you are extrapolating to everybody else.

This is so funny to me because I just talked to a friend with a kid at my school. They were exposed, maskless and for several days, to a relative who tested positive for COVID during the visit. They haven't been able to schedule a PCR test for any earlier than later this week. They are doing the right thing and keeping their kids home (they also had symptoms), but the school won't allow them any sort of other instruction and I think the absence won't be automatically excused.

Their cases aren't included in our numbers, because there's been no positive test.

And these are not poor people without transportation or non-native-English speakers. It's hard to get a PCR.

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone noticed MCPS changed the data table by more than just color?

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/Coronavirus/dashboaird/MCPS%20COVID-19%20Cases%20Winter%20Break%20Through%206%20am%20January%203%202022%20with%20Categories.pdf

There’s no longer a breakdown of staff cases vs. student cases. MCPS is manipulating data points to cover up a lack of substitutes is why schools are closing. It’s not about COVID. It’s MCPS trying to cover up not hiring staff including substitutes for schools to function.

Schools have been closed for two weeks. Current MCPS cases were not due to spread in schools. It’s behavior and travel during Winter Break by staff and students.

It makes zero sense to start schools at anything but green and 0 cases after winter break. Those "red" students won't be stepping into the buildings. So why should they count at all? This is complete farce.

Has anyone noticed MCPS changed the data table by more than just color?

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/Coronavirus/dashboaird/MCPS%20COVID-19%20Cases%20Winter%20Break%20Through%206%20am%20January%203%202022%20with%20Categories.pdf

There’s no longer a breakdown of staff cases vs. student cases. MCPS is manipulating data points to cover up a lack of substitutes is why schools are closing. It’s not about COVID. It’s MCPS trying to cover up not hiring staff including substitutes for schools to function.

Schools have been closed for two weeks. Current MCPS cases were not due to spread in schools. It’s behavior and travel during Winter Break by staff and students.

Don't you think there are a lot of parents whose kids have a "just a cold" that aren't getting tested? Wouldn't those unreported positives cancel out any of these so-called falsely reported positives?

Anonymous wrote:Are you serious OP?
You coming up with this bull crap?
Homeschool them, homeschool so you do not have to worry about fake tests, fake viruses. Because all the sheep want to us make beyond go virtual because no one has a job or other obligations.

Oops, you said the word “sheep” and betrayed your low IQ.

Better luck next time.

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Anonymous wrote:This is insane. I can’t believe parents would report fake results or withhold them.

I can't speak to faking, but they've been talking about withholding on here for months.

Yes, proudly, and every time someone says not to test their kids or not to report, idiots start popping up going “tee-hee +1. +2.”

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Anonymous wrote:What can be done to stop pro-virtual parents from faking positive covid tests to shut down the yellow and green schools? Seems like we are screwed! Although green schools will turn red eventually but some parents can speed that up by fake positives

Don’t take this the wrong way but honestly, just shut up.

Is OP pro-virtual and advertising how to get the job done?

Yes, this is concern trolling next level.

It would be so screwed up to fake a positive test result, can we not act like people will be doing that in big numbers to influence outcomes? I'm not saying like 1 or 2 zealots wouldn't do it, but how many decent human beings would do this?

Anonymous wrote:OP, I think we can push MCPS to only close for staff shortages. If kids are testing positive in sky-high percentages, they'd be too sick to attend any kind of school, in-person or virtual. And if there aren't enough staff, close them, period. None of this virtual nonsense.

You can “push” all you want, but you have no power to stop “this virtual nonsense.”

Anonymous wrote:What can be done to stop in-person-at-any-cost parents from faking negative covid tests to keep all schools open? Seems like we are screwed! Although green schools will turn red eventually but some parents can slow that down by fake negatives or refusing to test.

What can be done? Look at the DCPS model and test to stay. Make staff and students show negative test results to report to school and do frequent testing in schools.

This bogus self report model is just smoke and mirrors. The data will be whatever is convenient for the data to be. Staff and students have been out of school now for 14 days. The school is not where any of the current cases got COVID.

Anonymous wrote:What can be done to stop in-person-at-any-cost parents from faking negative covid tests to keep all schools open? Seems like we are screwed! Although green schools will turn red eventually but some parents can slow that down by fake negatives or refusing to test.

The real question.

Are you serious OP?
You coming up with this bull crap?
Homeschool them, homeschool so you do not have to worry about fake tests, fake viruses. Because all the sheep want to us make beyond go virtual because no one has a job or other obligations.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, I think we can push MCPS to only close for staff shortages. If kids are testing positive in sky-high percentages, they'd be too sick to attend any kind of school, in-person or virtual. And if there aren't enough staff, close them, period. None of this virtual nonsense.

This. Student absences shouldn't count. We are a super covid conservative family, and I shouldn't have to pay for the fact that your child decided to attend a NYE party. Only the staff positives should count for closing the school. The covid positive kids can figure out school for 14 days asynchronously.

You aren't super covid conservative if your kids are in person school. Yes, if a child is sick and don't submit a negative test, it absolutely should be counted. People like you will just hide symptoms.

I didn't mean that i'd send in a sick kid! That's just evil. But if my well-kid happened to be in class with your sick kid, she shouldn't have to suffer because your family needed to go to the bahamas over xmas and got covid. Or your college kid home from break went to a bar. The school should not shut down because of some people's bad choices.

In other words, if half the class is sick with covid, the teachers can teach the half who aren't.

And yeah - we are covid conservative. We happen to prioritize our kids mental health over risk of covid so that they can go in person. But otherwise we don't do anything indoors. No indoor gatherings, no trips to the mall, no vacations, instacart. We work from home. Its a lot of sacrifice.

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Anonymous wrote:What can be done to stop pro-virtual parents from faking positive covid tests to shut down the yellow and green schools? Seems like we are screwed! Although green schools will turn red eventually but some parents can speed that up by fake positives

Perhaps the parents who fake positive tests will balance those who really do have positive tests but don't report them.

And herein lies the rationalization of the hysterical parents insisting we lock down schools for "safety" even as they go about their shopping, eating out, and entertainment.

This thread demonstrates exactly why this is a community problem, not an MCPS problem.

Agreed. MCPS should need only set a safety standard and then stick to it. For all the other noise the response should be refer to your neighbors, city council, local/state HHS, and the State Education Secretary.