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Anonymous wrote:You posted that there are 245 new student infections and 33 new staff infections reported today (meaning 278 total) and that brings today’s 10-day total to 278 more than yesterday’s. That implies there were 0 cases on April 30, the day that just rolled off the 10-day total. Is that right, or is your spreadsheet in error?

It's in context of the Cumulative Total. MCPS is very deceptive in its reporting, so it's necessary to break down exactly how they're cooking the books.

5/10 reported 245 new student infections and 33 new staff infections (+278 cases); with a total of 2041 infections within a window of the past 10 days.

5/9, reported 316 new student infections and 58 new staff infections (+374 cases); with a total of 1763 infections within a window of the past 10 days.

This means that although +652 new cases were added in just two days, only a delta of 278 was reflected in the 10-day count. Why? 374 cases rolled off of the 10-day window. MCPS appears to have hidden the history of reported infections by day and used a 10-day window to obfuscate analysis of the true % of the school that was infected within a given month.


This is consistent with what happened in January, when 9% of the student body and over 2100 staff members were infected. One can only speculate why the Central Office and Board of Education are doing this (ex. this time they wish to hide the information from the public?).

Why is a "given month" interval more relevant than a 10-day interval?

To be accurate, case reporting should be as it was prior to March 1. Reporting should be by school, and daily. January just happened to coincide with winter break, so it was possible to follow the curve through January and smaller spike in February.

The Central Office should be able to use that information to predict spikes and switch individual schools to 5d virtual or 10d hybrid modes to protect teachers, bus drivers, and children.

Look at central office numbers. They are out sick. They were clear they would do nothing except if the state shut them down.

The band played on the fantail of the Titanic. Doesn't mean it was the right thing to do.

I’m not saying it is but we were warned by hogan and mcps and that’s why they offered virtual. Plan to get Covid.

I'm sorry you've given up, but you are what you are and I can't change that. I do feel bad for your family though. All the best.

DP but huh? The point is that you were warned there would be no system wide switch to hybrid or virtual unless directed by the state. If you weren't comfortable with that approach, you should have applied to the VA. I do feel sorry that you misunderstood- all the best to you!

This. They were clear from the start. That’s why there was a huge panic come august to get into va.

Yeah. Stupid panic. You literally ruined a year of your kids life for nothing. None of my three kids in three different schools have gotten covid. Who knows when we will. Also totally possible for a VA kid to get it at an extracurricular unless of course you are locking them up for YEARS which would be insane.

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Anonymous wrote:Very few people except for the nervous nellies on DCUM care anymore. Most people have work and other aspects of their child's well-being to worry about and just accept we will all get COVID at some point and will likely be fine. I really don't care about these numbers apart from the possible disruption caused by a child being home from school due to a closure or quarantine.

+1000. Many of us who work are back in the office, traveling for work, having happy hours with coworkers and clients etc. our kids are playing sports and being kids. We’ve just filed covid away as another (small) risk we choose to undertake everyday in exchange for living a normal full joyful life. DCUM is not real life.

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Anonymous wrote:Very few people except for the nervous nellies on DCUM care anymore. Most people have work and other aspects of their child's well-being to worry about and just accept we will all get COVID at some point and will likely be fine. I really don't care about these numbers apart from the possible disruption caused by a child being home from school due to a closure or quarantine.

+1000. Many of us who work are back in the office, traveling for work, having happy hours with coworkers and clients etc. our kids are playing sports and being kids. We’ve just filed covid away as another (small) risk we choose to undertake everyday in exchange for living a normal full joyful life. DCUM is not real life.

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Anonymous wrote:Good leadership will prepare and warn staff and students to change behaviors, not blindside them or treat them like cattle.

When people are provided accurate data, they are able to change their behavior (ex. wear masks, clean bathrooms, wipe down desks, change air filters, turn on air purifiers, etc.).

It’s not 2020 anymore. Fomites are not a significant source of transmission of the virus.

Extra cleaning will help with cold and flu.

Great. Now we’re extending things to cold and flu? You want virtual where there are lots of flu cases too?
Keep moving those goalposts, people.

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Anonymous wrote:Good leadership will prepare and warn staff and students to change behaviors, not blindside them or treat them like cattle.

When people are provided accurate data, they are able to change their behavior (ex. wear masks, clean bathrooms, wipe down desks, change air filters, turn on air purifiers, etc.).

It’s not 2020 anymore. Fomites are not a significant source of transmission of the virus.

Extra cleaning will help with cold and flu.

Anonymous wrote:Very few people except for the nervous nellies on DCUM care anymore. Most people have work and other aspects of their child's well-being to worry about and just accept we will all get COVID at some point and will likely be fine. I really don't care about these numbers apart from the possible disruption caused by a child being home from school due to a closure or quarantine.

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Anonymous wrote:You posted that there are 245 new student infections and 33 new staff infections reported today (meaning 278 total) and that brings today’s 10-day total to 278 more than yesterday’s. That implies there were 0 cases on April 30, the day that just rolled off the 10-day total. Is that right, or is your spreadsheet in error?

It's in context of the Cumulative Total. MCPS is very deceptive in its reporting, so it's necessary to break down exactly how they're cooking the books.

5/10 reported 245 new student infections and 33 new staff infections (+278 cases); with a total of 2041 infections within a window of the past 10 days.

5/9, reported 316 new student infections and 58 new staff infections (+374 cases); with a total of 1763 infections within a window of the past 10 days.

This means that although +652 new cases were added in just two days, only a delta of 278 was reflected in the 10-day count. Why? 374 cases rolled off of the 10-day window. MCPS appears to have hidden the history of reported infections by day and used a 10-day window to obfuscate analysis of the true % of the school that was infected within a given month.


This is consistent with what happened in January, when 9% of the student body and over 2100 staff members were infected. One can only speculate why the Central Office and Board of Education are doing this (ex. this time they wish to hide the information from the public?).

Why is a "given month" interval more relevant than a 10-day interval?

To be accurate, case reporting should be as it was prior to March 1. Reporting should be by school, and daily. January just happened to coincide with winter break, so it was possible to follow the curve through January and smaller spike in February.

The Central Office should be able to use that information to predict spikes and switch individual schools to 5d virtual or 10d hybrid modes to protect teachers, bus drivers, and children.

Look at central office numbers. They are out sick. They were clear they would do nothing except if the state shut them down.

The band played on the fantail of the Titanic. Doesn't mean it was the right thing to do.

I’m not saying it is but we were warned by hogan and mcps and that’s why they offered virtual. Plan to get Covid.

I'm sorry you've given up, but you are what you are and I can't change that. I do feel bad for your family though. All the best.

DP but huh? The point is that you were warned there would be no system wide switch to hybrid or virtual unless directed by the state. If you weren't comfortable with that approach, you should have applied to the VA. I do feel sorry that you misunderstood- all the best to you!

This. They were clear from the start. That’s why there was a huge panic come august to get into va.

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Anonymous wrote:You posted that there are 245 new student infections and 33 new staff infections reported today (meaning 278 total) and that brings today’s 10-day total to 278 more than yesterday’s. That implies there were 0 cases on April 30, the day that just rolled off the 10-day total. Is that right, or is your spreadsheet in error?

It's in context of the Cumulative Total. MCPS is very deceptive in its reporting, so it's necessary to break down exactly how they're cooking the books.

5/10 reported 245 new student infections and 33 new staff infections (+278 cases); with a total of 2041 infections within a window of the past 10 days.

5/9, reported 316 new student infections and 58 new staff infections (+374 cases); with a total of 1763 infections within a window of the past 10 days.

This means that although +652 new cases were added in just two days, only a delta of 278 was reflected in the 10-day count. Why? 374 cases rolled off of the 10-day window. MCPS appears to have hidden the history of reported infections by day and used a 10-day window to obfuscate analysis of the true % of the school that was infected within a given month.

This is consistent with what happened in January, when 9% of the student body and over 2100 staff members were infected. One can only speculate why the Central Office and Board of Education are doing this (ex. this time they wish to hide the information from the public?).

Why is a "given month" interval more relevant than a 10-day interval?

To be accurate, case reporting should be as it was prior to March 1. Reporting should be by school, and daily. January just happened to coincide with winter break, so it was possible to follow the curve through January and smaller spike in February.

The Central Office should be able to use that information to predict spikes and switch individual schools to 5d virtual or 10d hybrid modes to protect teachers, bus drivers, and children.

Look at central office numbers. They are out sick. They were clear they would do nothing except if the state shut them down.

The band played on the fantail of the Titanic. Doesn't mean it was the right thing to do.

I’m not saying it is but we were warned by hogan and mcps and that’s why they offered virtual. Plan to get Covid.

I'm sorry you've given up, but you are what you are and I can't change that. I do feel bad for your family though. All the best.

DP but huh? The point is that you were warned there would be no system wide switch to hybrid or virtual unless directed by the state. If you weren't comfortable with that approach, you should have applied to the VA. I do feel sorry that you misunderstood- all the best to you!

Anonymous wrote:Very few people except for the nervous nellies on DCUM care anymore. Most people have work and other aspects of their child's well-being to worry about and just accept we will all get COVID at some point and will likely be fine. I really don't care about these numbers apart from the possible disruption caused by a child being home from school due to a closure or quarantine.

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Anonymous wrote:You posted that there are 245 new student infections and 33 new staff infections reported today (meaning 278 total) and that brings today’s 10-day total to 278 more than yesterday’s. That implies there were 0 cases on April 30, the day that just rolled off the 10-day total. Is that right, or is your spreadsheet in error?

It's in context of the Cumulative Total. MCPS is very deceptive in its reporting, so it's necessary to break down exactly how they're cooking the books.

5/10 reported 245 new student infections and 33 new staff infections (+278 cases); with a total of 2041 infections within a window of the past 10 days.

5/9, reported 316 new student infections and 58 new staff infections (+374 cases); with a total of 1763 infections within a window of the past 10 days.

This means that although +652 new cases were added in just two days, only a delta of 278 was reflected in the 10-day count. Why? 374 cases rolled off of the 10-day window. MCPS appears to have hidden the history of reported infections by day and used a 10-day window to obfuscate analysis of the true % of the school that was infected within a given month.

This is consistent with what happened in January, when 9% of the student body and over 2100 staff members were infected. One can only speculate why the Central Office and Board of Education are doing this (ex. this time they wish to hide the information from the public?).

Why is a "given month" interval more relevant than a 10-day interval?

To be accurate, case reporting should be as it was prior to March 1. Reporting should be by school, and daily. January just happened to coincide with winter break, so it was possible to follow the curve through January and smaller spike in February.

The Central Office should be able to use that information to predict spikes and switch individual schools to 5d virtual or 10d hybrid modes to protect teachers, bus drivers, and children.

Look at central office numbers. They are out sick. They were clear they would do nothing except if the state shut them down.

The band played on the fantail of the Titanic. Doesn't mean it was the right thing to do.

I’m not saying it is but we were warned by hogan and mcps and that’s why they offered virtual. Plan to get Covid.

I'm sorry you've given up, but you are what you are and I can't change that. I do feel bad for your family though. All the best.

Anonymous wrote:Anyone notice MCPS removed May from the bar graph on the covid dashboard? Presumably because it was so high already and clearly surpassing April by a lot by the end of the month. If you can’t see the surge until after the month is over, what is the point posting the data retroactively? Isn’t there a point to real time data? Facts matter.

Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately Mr. Steele commented that he does not "think daly threads of this nature are necessary and they have started generating complaints from other users." Moving forward, parents will need to find the data within the pages. I understand that this will make it more difficult for parents to compare the prior day's data.

I would request those filing complaints not read or comment upon this thread. You now know what the content is about and are free to skip over it. You are keeping information from other parents who care about the health of their families.

*** MAY 10 DATA

This data is from 5/10/22, reported today. There are 245 new student infections and 33 new staff infections reported since yesterday. There have been 2041 active infections at MCPS within the last 10 days. This is 278 more than the day before.

Of 209 schools in MCPS, 0 (0%) are improving, 112 (54%) are steady, and 97 (46%) are getting worse. This is an unexpected result. The good weather should have reduced the number of active infections overall (ex. PE and lunch outdoors).

41 schools are reporting 2% or more infection rates. Remember that 5% means that 1 of 20 students and staff were infected within the past 10-days.

Location Last 10 Days (#) Total Staff & Students School Cases (%)
Central Office 30 N/A
Sherwood Elementary 31 551 5.60%
Kensington Parkwood Elementary 36 668 5.40%
Garrett Park Elementary 39 762 5.10%
Thurgood Marshall Elementary 29 589 4.90%
Rosemary Hills Elementary 28 610 4.60%
Julius West Middle 67 1,502 4.50%
Woodlin Elementary 28 619 4.50%
Rosa Parks Middle 41 929 4.40%
Westbrook Elementary 14 335 4.20%
Highland View Elementary 16 415 3.90%
Burning Tree Elementary 18 476 3.80%
Luxmanor Elementary 27 730 3.70%
Darnestown Elementary 14 377 3.70%
Farmland Elementary 32 888 3.60%
Wyngate Elementary 28 773 3.60%
Ritchie Park Elementary 15 420 3.60%
Woodfield Elementary 13 363 3.60%
Sligo Creek Elementary 25 716 3.50%
Westover Elementary 11 318 3.50%
Thomas W. Pyle Middle 50 1,454 3.40%
Belmont Elementary 13 384 3.40%
Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary 26 778 3.30%
Ashburton Elementary 29 939 3.10%
John Poole Middle 15 482 3.10%
North Chevy Chase Elementary 8 260 3.10%
Westland Middle 26 897 2.90%
North Bethesda Middle 36 1,270 2.80%
Earle B. Wood Middle 29 1,174 2.50%
Lakewood Elementary 12 480 2.50%
Damascus High 37 1,533 2.40%
Wood Acres Elementary 14 582 2.40%
Chevy Chase Elementary 12 509 2.40%
Clarksburg Elementary 20 856 2.30%
William H. Farquhar Middle 16 738 2.20%
Potomac Elementary 10 463 2.20%
Cold Spring Elementary 8 370 2.20%
Rock Terrace School 3 143 2.10%
Wayside Elementary 10 502 2.00%
Travilah Elementary 8 401 2.00%
Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents 3 152 2.00%

61% (128 of 209) schools in MCPS have 4 or more reported infections in the past 10 days. Of those schools, 74 are in the double-digits with 10 or more infections.

Location Last 10 Days (#) Total Staff & Students School Cases (%)
Julius West Middle 67 1,502 4.50%
Montgomery Blair High 50 3,501 1.40%
Thomas W. Pyle Middle 50 1,454 3.40%
Richard Montgomery High 44 2,583 1.70%
Northwest High 42 2,773 1.50%
Rosa Parks Middle 41 929 4.40%
Garrett Park Elementary 39 762 5.10%
Walter Johnson High 39 3,139 1.20%
Damascus High 37 1,533 2.40%
Kensington Parkwood Elementary 36 668 5.40%
North Bethesda Middle 36 1,270 2.80%
Clarksburg High 35 2,546 1.40%
Thomas S. Wootton High 35 2,132 1.60%
Farmland Elementary 32 888 3.60%
Sherwood Elementary 31 551 5.60%
Central Office 30 N/A
Ashburton Elementary 29 939 3.10%
Earle B. Wood Middle 29 1,174 2.50%
Quince Orchard High 29 2,320 1.30%
Thurgood Marshall Elementary 29 589 4.90%
Rosemary Hills Elementary 28 610 4.60%
Woodlin Elementary 28 619 4.50%
Wyngate Elementary 28 773 3.60%
Luxmanor Elementary 27 730 3.70%
Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary 26 778 3.30%
Westland Middle 26 897 2.90%
Sligo Creek Elementary 25 716 3.50%
Walt Whitman High 25 2,213 1.10%
Winston Churchill High 24 2,459 1.00%
Bethesda-Chevy. Chase High 22 2,530 0.90%
Clarksburg Elementary 20 856 2.30%
Hallie Wells Middle 20 1,086 1.80%
Takoma Park Middle 20 1,247 1.60%
Burning Tree Elementary 18 476 3.80%
Robert Frost Middle 18 1,088 1.70%
Rockville High 17 1,613 1.10%
Albert Einstein High 16 2,127 0.80%
Highland View Elementary 16 415 3.90%
Silver Creek Middle 16 891 1.80%
William H. Farquhar Middle 16 738 2.20%
John Poole Middle 15 482 3.10%
Lakelands Park Middle 15 1,214 1.20%
Ritchie Park Elementary 15 420 3.60%
Silver Spring International Middle 15 1,289 1.20%
Darnestown Elementary 14 377 3.70%
John T. Baker Middle 14 934 1.50%
Roberto W Clemente Middle 14 1,061 1.30%
Westbrook Elementary 14 335 4.20%
Wood Acres Elementary 14 582 2.40%
Belmont Elementary 13 384 3.40%
Maryvale Elementary 13 715 1.80%
Olney Elementary 13 680 1.90%
Ridgeview Middle 13 876 1.50%
Woodfield Elementary 13 363 3.60%
Chevy Chase Elementary 12 509 2.40%
Col. Zadok Magruder High 12 1,797 0.70%
Lakewood Elementary 12 480 2.50%
Poolesville High 12 1,382 0.90%
Sherwood High 12 1,966 0.60%
Bethesda Elementary 11 732 1.50%
Cabin John Middle 11 1,155 1.00%
Gaithersburg High 11 2,615 0.40%
Piney Branch Elementary 11 682 1.60%
Westover Elementary 11 318 3.50%
Wheaton High 11 2,666 0.40%
Beverly Farms Elementary 10 612 1.60%
Bradley Hills Elementary 10 533 1.90%
Diamond Elementary 10 815 1.20%
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle 10 1,002 1.00%
Gaithersburg Elementary 10 902 1.10%
Potomac Elementary 10 463 2.20%
Rocky Hill Middle 10 1,116 0.90%
Twinbrook Elementary 10 602 1.70%
Wayside Elementary 10 502 2.00%
Greenwood Elementary 9 596 1.50%
Snowden Farm Elementary 9 822 1.10%
Tilden Middle 9 1,146 0.80%
Bannockburn Elementary 8 469 1.70%
Cold Spring Elementary 8 370 2.20%
Fallsmead Elementary 8 587 1.40%
Fields Road Elementary 8 543 1.50%
North Chevy Chase Elementary 8 260 3.10%
Travilah Elementary 8 401 2.00%
Watkins Mill High 8 1,802 0.40%
Bells Mill Elementary 7 647 1.10%
Greencastle Elementary 7 771 0.90%
Neelsville Middle 7 908 0.80%
Seneca Valley High 7 2,243 0.30%
Arcola Elementary 6 726 0.80%
Cedar Grove Elementary 6 449 1.30%
Clearspring Elementary 6 635 0.90%
Herbert Hoover Middle 6 1,114 0.50%
Kingsview Middle 6 1,105 0.50%
Northwood High 6 2,046 0.30%
Oak View Elementary 6 464 1.30%
Paint Branch High 6 2,292 0.30%
Rock Creek Valley Elementary 6 434 1.40%
Sligo Middle 6 823 0.70%
Stedwick Elementary 6 594 1.00%
Bayard Rustin Elementary 5 823 0.60%
Brooke Grove Elementary 5 519 1.00%
Fox Chapel Elementary 5 651 0.80%
Little Bennett Elementary 5 733 0.70%
Poolesville Elementary 5 595 0.80%
Rock View Elementary 5 713 0.70%
Seven Locks Elementary 5 433 1.20%
Somerset Elementary 5 497 1.00%
Stone Mill Elementary 5 569 0.90%
Stonegate Elementary 5 555 0.90%
Takoma Park Elementary 5 624 0.80%
Viers Mill Elementary 5 549 0.90%
Whetstone Elementary 5 768 0.70%
White Oak Middle 5 938 0.50%
Beall Elementary 4 562 0.70%
Candlewood Elementary 4 420 1.00%
Carderock Springs Elementary 4 378 1.10%
College Gardens Elementary 4 594 0.70%
Damascus Elementary 4 417 1.00%
Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary 4 565 0.70%
Forest Knolls Elementary 4 551 0.70%
Odessa Shannon Middle 4 878 0.50%
Pine Crest Elementary 4 526 0.80%
Rachel Carson Elementary 4 768 0.50%
Rock Creek Forest Elementary 4 795 0.50%
S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary 4 600 0.70%
South Lake Elementary 4 927 0.40%
Springbrook High 4 1,902 0.20%
Washington Grove Elementary 4 498 0.80%

WHY IS THIS DATA BEING POSTED:

https://weather.com/en-IN/india/coronavirus/news/2...ur-children-develop-long-covid

between 2 per cent and 10 per cent of infected children will develop long COVID, but the number may be larger. In March, a preprint study, not peer-reviewed, pooled data from 21 studies previously carried out in Europe, Asia, Australia and South America to show that one in four children go on to develop long COVID.

Although adults have a definite set of symptoms, including breathlessness and fatigue, the symptoms in children are not clear. Some kids present conditions such as fatigue, brain fog and severe headaches, "to the point where some aren't able to go to school, grades are failing, those types of issues", Tejtel said. They also present cardiac issues like heart palpitations, chest pains and dizziness, especially when they go back to their regular activities; stomach problems; and also a change in their sense of taste and smell.

"It's startling how many of these children present and have a range of symptoms that we haven't fully appreciated. Some are coming in with heart failure after asymptomatic COVID-19 infections," Dr Jeffrey Kahn, chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, was quoted as saying. "What's striking to me is that it usually occurs about four weeks after infection, and infection can be really asymptomatic, which is really startling," he added.

Further, the report noted experts were saying that even when kids with long COVID are tested for ailments that might cause these symptoms, nothing may show up, and all the tests come back normal. "We also scoped them, and their GI tracts are normal. I do a big immune workup, and their immune system appears normal. Everything 'looks normal,' but the kids aren't functioning like normal," Dr Amy Edwards, who runs the paediatric long COVID clinic at UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital in Cleveland, was quoted as saying.