Anonymous wrote:Kindergarten at a bilingual DCPS. Slightly under half of the class didn’t mask, kid says all of the teachers did. I would love to see more teachers unmask because I’m noticing a lot of spelling “mistakes” that make it clear she can’t hear the differences between sounds, and I think seeing (teacher) mouth movements would help with that. I get the impression from her teacher that staff doesn’t want to rush and make families uncomfortable, so hopefully they’ll feel okay taking masks off as people adjust to the change.

Anonymous wrote:JKLM, 2-4 masked kids per class.
Most teachers unmasked.

For context and a good sense of what DMV hospitals will look like in June:
This past 'unmasking' week in DC, 9 out of 220ish democratic representatives tested positive, along with one former president and the vice-president's husband.
The country supplying us all of our stuff shut down hard.
BA2 is now 23% of all sequenced covid samples in the US.
Pfizer has requested authorization for a necessary 4th dose of vaccine.
CDC published a report on deaths of kids under 5 in the omicron wave.

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Anonymous wrote:It's hard to un-scare people once you have scared them for two years, and politics are a powerful force especially in this town, so I'm not surprised it's hard for parents and even kids to let go of masks.

Maybe kids who lost a parent or guardian were scared of that and not a simple common sense public health measure.

At this point their parents and guardians should be triple vaccinated and shouldn't need to burden their children with the fear of transmitting the virus to somebody vulnerable.

At this point you can have an unmasked child so maybe you stop telling people how to feel. I’m sure you have no fears of anything and are incredibly socially adjusted and full of empathy for others.

Not telling anyone how to feel, but I do care what adults are doing to children. If children are scared of the virus, or are burdened with the fear of infecting someone, it’s the adults around them who are responsible.

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Anonymous wrote:It's hard to un-scare people once you have scared them for two years, and politics are a powerful force especially in this town, so I'm not surprised it's hard for parents and even kids to let go of masks.

Maybe kids who lost a parent or guardian were scared of that and not a simple common sense public health measure.

At this point their parents and guardians should be triple vaccinated and shouldn't need to burden their children with the fear of transmitting the virus to somebody vulnerable.

At this point you can have an unmasked child so maybe you stop telling people how to feel. I’m sure you have no fears of anything and are incredibly socially adjusted and full of empathy for others.

NP. The forever-maskers I know are overwhelmingly anxious introverts who spend way too much time on Twitter and aren’t what I’d call “socially well adjusted” but I’m sure you got lots of likes and retweets in your head for this comeback, so as long as you don’t hassle my unmasked kid for their “selfishness” or whatever the f** then I’m glad you’re happy.

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Anonymous wrote:It's hard to un-scare people once you have scared them for two years, and politics are a powerful force especially in this town, so I'm not surprised it's hard for parents and even kids to let go of masks.

Maybe kids who lost a parent or guardian were scared of that and not a simple common sense public health measure.

At this point their parents and guardians should be triple vaccinated and shouldn't need to burden their children with the fear of transmitting the virus to somebody vulnerable.

At this point you can have an unmasked child so maybe you stop telling people how to feel. I’m sure you have no fears of anything and are incredibly socially adjusted and full of empathy for others.

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Anonymous wrote:It's hard to un-scare people once you have scared them for two years, and politics are a powerful force especially in this town, so I'm not surprised it's hard for parents and even kids to let go of masks.

Maybe kids who lost a parent or guardian were scared of that and not a simple common sense public health measure.

At this point their parents and guardians should be triple vaccinated and shouldn't need to burden their children with the fear of transmitting the virus to somebody vulnerable.

At this point you can have an unmasked child so maybe you stop telling people how to feel. I’m sure you have no fears of anything and are incredibly socially adjusted and full of empathy for others.

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Anonymous wrote:It's hard to un-scare people once you have scared them for two years, and politics are a powerful force especially in this town, so I'm not surprised it's hard for parents and even kids to let go of masks.

Maybe kids who lost a parent or guardian were scared of that and not a simple common sense public health measure.

At this point their parents and guardians should be triple vaccinated and shouldn't need to burden their children with the fear of transmitting the virus to somebody vulnerable.

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting. The pressure to unmask is sort of disgusting. I am fine with DCPS making it an option but if we as a family have decided to continue to mask, that should be our choice. It is not hurting anyone else. If anything it could be helping control spread. But it is certainly not hurting anyone, so why the pressure to remove it?

Your child has been receiving pressure to unmask?

Anonymous wrote:My mom is a DCPS teacher choosing to unmask but all but 3 of her 120 students were masked. My own kids’ school in arlington went mask optional back in January. Started with 6 of 20 in my daughters class unmasked and now at just 2 kids masking. Peer pressure and conformity is a real thing and older kids more susceptible. My DH is also a teacher that went optimal a few weeks ago and the snide comments in high school are tough. His school has more teachers than students unmasking.