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Anonymous wrote:I think they’re just going to start off in the fall similarly to how they ended in the spring. If there’s a surge, you may not have a bus driver and your kid may be sitting in an auditorium being babysat with 100 others not really learning if enough staff are out sick. Unless the cdc gets rid of the 5 day isolation, mcps won’t change that procedure.

Can you imagine the spread of covid if they do the auditoriums given this variant is far more contagious? How quickly will they be posting here complaining abotu that.

Absolutely. I am on day 5 of Covid right now and if I were your kids teacher, I would be coughing all over them in class tomorrow.

Fine by me. Stay home if you feel sick otherwise go to work. We’ve got to move on.

Then you will be home with your kids because even the summer school buses aren’t running because of sick drivers.
Start your move on by home schooling.

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Anonymous wrote:I think they’re just going to start off in the fall similarly to how they ended in the spring. If there’s a surge, you may not have a bus driver and your kid may be sitting in an auditorium being babysat with 100 others not really learning if enough staff are out sick. Unless the cdc gets rid of the 5 day isolation, mcps won’t change that procedure.

Can you imagine the spread of covid if they do the auditoriums given this variant is far more contagious? How quickly will they be posting here complaining abotu that.

Absolutely. I am on day 5 of Covid right now and if I were your kids teacher, I would be coughing all over them in class tomorrow.

Fine by me. Stay home if you feel sick otherwise go to work. We’ve got to move on.

What does moving on mean? Being selfish and not caring about anyone but yourself. Not caring who you pass covid onto and the impact it has on someone else. MCPS clearly failed with their mental health seminars in terms of empathy.

Nope. It means understanding that people will catch and transmit Covid regardless of what mitigation efforts are occurring. Even with vaccines, testing, masks - people still catch Covid.

You are right that some posters here do appear to need to some help with their anxiety and mental health issues. It’s been hard when people have been in fear since 2020 - it is hard to realize that the US has indeed ‘moved on’.

If you cannot understand the severity of covid, maybe you should get your mental health checked. Moving on shows a clear lack of judgement and in MCPS basic precautions are needed.

You've moved on so much that we are experiencing a surge. So, we have you to thank for spreading covid to the rest of us.

There’s no “surge.” This is just what endemic covid looks like. And it looks fine.

Yes, there is a surge right now. It does not look or feel fine. Denial must be wonderful for you.

Do you say we’re “surging” in flu cases every winter? Generally no- those are just expected numbers for a contagious virus. What we're seeing now in terms of cases is simply the new normal. And that's fine because the vast majority of vaccinated individuals don't get seriously ill.

Except that COVID is not like any other contagious virus. I certainly don't recall knowing anyone in my entire life who had the flu twice in less than six months.

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid had it this spring/summer, then you should realize it’s NBD.

Kids and staff will get sick.

There will be peaks with lots of absences. You might consider pulling your (little) kid out when covid surges through your school—especially the week before any travel or big family event (thanksgiving, winter break, spring break).

Give your kid a mask, but recognize they probably won’t wear it.

Everyone needs to live with this now. It’s the new normal. MCPS won’t shut down unless the state does.

Its hard to live with something when it makes you sick for weeks for some of us... what does live with it mean? Pretend it isn't existing? Denial must be a great thing.

Did your kid have it yet? Recently?

Most kids barely register symptoms.

My kids have asthma, so we were over the top careful for 2 years. Then my kid with the worst asthma got it over winter break and he didn’t even need his inhaler. Flu hit him much harder pre-covid. Covid in JAN 2022 was nbd for him. And nobody else in our family got it.

That’s right: the rest of our family still hasn’t gotten it. We no longer mask unless on airplanes (we’ve flown several times; heck, we’ve cruised!).

My in-laws are pushing 90 and they got back to living their lives in public.

Covid is here to stay. Take precautions, but don’t hunker down unless you are strategically isolating before a big trip or family event. We did that before covid.

We just had it a few weeks ago and it was miserable. I'm still having issues, especially ith my asthma. My kids had it for about a week, spouse about 10 days. You forget kids live with adults who also can be more impacted than the kids. We aren't doing big trips or family events. Your in-laws will die soon enough so they might as well live their lives as normal. But, for me, being sick a month with covid isn't worth seeing someone who may put me at risk or a trip. You have no idea the impact your choices have on someone else nor do you care. No wonder MCPS has to bring in so much mental healths services as look at the lack of judgement, empathy and common sense many of the parents have which trickles down to the kids.

In order to deal with the repercussions of virtual hell and the in-person school stolen from them from the likes of you.

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Anonymous wrote:I think they’re just going to start off in the fall similarly to how they ended in the spring. If there’s a surge, you may not have a bus driver and your kid may be sitting in an auditorium being babysat with 100 others not really learning if enough staff are out sick. Unless the cdc gets rid of the 5 day isolation, mcps won’t change that procedure.

Can you imagine the spread of covid if they do the auditoriums given this variant is far more contagious? How quickly will they be posting here complaining abotu that.

Absolutely. I am on day 5 of Covid right now and if I were your kids teacher, I would be coughing all over them in class tomorrow.

Fine by me. Stay home if you feel sick otherwise go to work. We’ve got to move on.

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid had it this spring/summer, then you should realize it’s NBD.

Kids and staff will get sick.

There will be peaks with lots of absences. You might consider pulling your (little) kid out when covid surges through your school—especially the week before any travel or big family event (thanksgiving, winter break, spring break).

Give your kid a mask, but recognize they probably won’t wear it.

Everyone needs to live with this now. It’s the new normal. MCPS won’t shut down unless the state does.

Its hard to live with something when it makes you sick for weeks for some of us... what does live with it mean? Pretend it isn't existing? Denial must be a great thing.

Did your kid have it yet? Recently?

Most kids barely register symptoms.

My kids have asthma, so we were over the top careful for 2 years. Then my kid with the worst asthma got it over winter break and he didn’t even need his inhaler. Flu hit him much harder pre-covid. Covid in JAN 2022 was nbd for him. And nobody else in our family got it.

That’s right: the rest of our family still hasn’t gotten it. We no longer mask unless on airplanes (we’ve flown several times; heck, we’ve cruised!).

My in-laws are pushing 90 and they got back to living their lives in public.

Covid is here to stay. Take precautions, but don’t hunker down unless you are strategically isolating before a big trip or family event. We did that before covid.

We just had it a few weeks ago and it was miserable. I'm still having issues, especially ith my asthma. My kids had it for about a week, spouse about 10 days. You forget kids live with adults who also can be more impacted than the kids. We aren't doing big trips or family events. Your in-laws will die soon enough so they might as well live their lives as normal. But, for me, being sick a month with covid isn't worth seeing someone who may put me at risk or a trip. You have no idea the impact your choices have on someone else nor do you care. No wonder MCPS has to bring in so much mental healths services as look at the lack of judgement, empathy and common sense many of the parents have which trickles down to the kids.

Did you never have the flu or pneumonia?

In the before time, many people had it and it knocked them down for weeks. Nobody masked and nothing shut down. And we didn’t shame people.

Please explain how my choices/actions are selfish and impacting others? 5 out of 6 of my family members have never had covid. We are vaxxed. We are boosted. We are living our lives. My one kid who had covid was isolated until he was better.

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Anonymous wrote:I think they’re just going to start off in the fall similarly to how they ended in the spring. If there’s a surge, you may not have a bus driver and your kid may be sitting in an auditorium being babysat with 100 others not really learning if enough staff are out sick. Unless the cdc gets rid of the 5 day isolation, mcps won’t change that procedure.

Can you imagine the spread of covid if they do the auditoriums given this variant is far more contagious? How quickly will they be posting here complaining abotu that.

Absolutely. I am on day 5 of Covid right now and if I were your kids teacher, I would be coughing all over them in class tomorrow.

Fine by me. Stay home if you feel sick otherwise go to work. We’ve got to move on.

What does moving on mean? Being selfish and not caring about anyone but yourself. Not caring who you pass covid onto and the impact it has on someone else. MCPS clearly failed with their mental health seminars in terms of empathy.

Nope. It means understanding that people will catch and transmit Covid regardless of what mitigation efforts are occurring. Even with vaccines, testing, masks - people still catch Covid.

You are right that some posters here do appear to need to some help with their anxiety and mental health issues. It’s been hard when people have been in fear since 2020 - it is hard to realize that the US has indeed ‘moved on’.

If you cannot understand the severity of covid, maybe you should get your mental health checked. Moving on shows a clear lack of judgement and in MCPS basic precautions are needed.

You've moved on so much that we are experiencing a surge. So, we have you to thank for spreading covid to the rest of us.

There’s no “surge.” This is just what endemic covid looks like. And it looks fine.

Yes, there is a surge right now. It does not look or feel fine. Denial must be wonderful for you.

How many families do you know with covid right now or within the last 2 months?

My entire department with the exception of me and another staffer got it/have it.

Only 1 of 20+ had bad symptoms. One. And that person still said it wasn’t as bad as the flu.

Are we surging in terms of number of cases? Sure.

But what’s the severity? It’s less severe. Just as the experts predicted, covid has become more widespread but less severe. We know how to manage it.

Deep breaths. It’s ok. Truly.

I know multiple families who have gotten covid in the last month, many of whom are pretty careful. Spouse's work (he refuses to go) has hosted some large events (really large) and many of his co-workers who went all got covid.

You can pretend all you want and minimize the situation if that makes you get through the day, but you are hurting a lot of people. Maybe this is why MCPS is seeing a surge in mental health issues in the kids. Parents cannot even set a good example.

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid had it this spring/summer, then you should realize it’s NBD.

Kids and staff will get sick.

There will be peaks with lots of absences. You might consider pulling your (little) kid out when covid surges through your school—especially the week before any travel or big family event (thanksgiving, winter break, spring break).

Give your kid a mask, but recognize they probably won’t wear it.

Everyone needs to live with this now. It’s the new normal. MCPS won’t shut down unless the state does.

Its hard to live with something when it makes you sick for weeks for some of us... what does live with it mean? Pretend it isn't existing? Denial must be a great thing.

Did your kid have it yet? Recently?

Most kids barely register symptoms.

My kids have asthma, so we were over the top careful for 2 years. Then my kid with the worst asthma got it over winter break and he didn’t even need his inhaler. Flu hit him much harder pre-covid. Covid in JAN 2022 was nbd for him. And nobody else in our family got it.

That’s right: the rest of our family still hasn’t gotten it. We no longer mask unless on airplanes (we’ve flown several times; heck, we’ve cruised!).

My in-laws are pushing 90 and they got back to living their lives in public.

Covid is here to stay. Take precautions, but don’t hunker down unless you are strategically isolating before a big trip or family event. We did that before covid.

We just had it a few weeks ago and it was miserable. I'm still having issues, especially ith my asthma. My kids had it for about a week, spouse about 10 days. You forget kids live with adults who also can be more impacted than the kids. We aren't doing big trips or family events. Your in-laws will die soon enough so they might as well live their lives as normal. But, for me, being sick a month with covid isn't worth seeing someone who may put me at risk or a trip. You have no idea the impact your choices have on someone else nor do you care. No wonder MCPS has to bring in so much mental healths services as look at the lack of judgement, empathy and common sense many of the parents have which trickles down to the kids.

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Anonymous wrote:I think they’re just going to start off in the fall similarly to how they ended in the spring. If there’s a surge, you may not have a bus driver and your kid may be sitting in an auditorium being babysat with 100 others not really learning if enough staff are out sick. Unless the cdc gets rid of the 5 day isolation, mcps won’t change that procedure.

Can you imagine the spread of covid if they do the auditoriums given this variant is far more contagious? How quickly will they be posting here complaining abotu that.

Absolutely. I am on day 5 of Covid right now and if I were your kids teacher, I would be coughing all over them in class tomorrow.

Fine by me. Stay home if you feel sick otherwise go to work. We’ve got to move on.

What does moving on mean? Being selfish and not caring about anyone but yourself. Not caring who you pass covid onto and the impact it has on someone else. MCPS clearly failed with their mental health seminars in terms of empathy.

Nope. It means understanding that people will catch and transmit Covid regardless of what mitigation efforts are occurring. Even with vaccines, testing, masks - people still catch Covid.

You are right that some posters here do appear to need to some help with their anxiety and mental health issues. It’s been hard when people have been in fear since 2020 - it is hard to realize that the US has indeed ‘moved on’.

I don't know why it's so hard for PP to understand that locally, regionally, and nationally...things have moved on. Pretty much everything is back to business-as-usual to the point of annoying overcrowding everywhere you go. Neither the media or the general public is obsessing over Covid counts anymore. People get sick, stay home, and get better. Just like it's always been since the beginning of time.

People aren't staying home and spreading it. Covid is not a normal illness.

Open your door or look out your window. It's normal enough as far as the government and general public is concerned. The era of one-way grocery aisles and standing on colored dots is over. Long over.

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Anonymous wrote:I think they’re just going to start off in the fall similarly to how they ended in the spring. If there’s a surge, you may not have a bus driver and your kid may be sitting in an auditorium being babysat with 100 others not really learning if enough staff are out sick. Unless the cdc gets rid of the 5 day isolation, mcps won’t change that procedure.

Can you imagine the spread of covid if they do the auditoriums given this variant is far more contagious? How quickly will they be posting here complaining abotu that.

Absolutely. I am on day 5 of Covid right now and if I were your kids teacher, I would be coughing all over them in class tomorrow.

Fine by me. Stay home if you feel sick otherwise go to work. We’ve got to move on.

What does moving on mean? Being selfish and not caring about anyone but yourself. Not caring who you pass covid onto and the impact it has on someone else. MCPS clearly failed with their mental health seminars in terms of empathy.

Nope. It means understanding that people will catch and transmit Covid regardless of what mitigation efforts are occurring. Even with vaccines, testing, masks - people still catch Covid.

You are right that some posters here do appear to need to some help with their anxiety and mental health issues. It’s been hard when people have been in fear since 2020 - it is hard to realize that the US has indeed ‘moved on’.

If you cannot understand the severity of covid, maybe you should get your mental health checked. Moving on shows a clear lack of judgement and in MCPS basic precautions are needed.

You've moved on so much that we are experiencing a surge. So, we have you to thank for spreading covid to the rest of us.

There’s no “surge.” This is just what endemic covid looks like. And it looks fine.

Yes, there is a surge right now. It does not look or feel fine. Denial must be wonderful for you.

Do you say we’re “surging” in flu cases every winter? Generally no- those are just expected numbers for a contagious virus. What we're seeing now in terms of cases is simply the new normal. And that's fine because the vast majority of vaccinated individuals don't get seriously ill.

Except that COVID is not like any other contagious virus. I certainly don't recall knowing anyone in my entire life who had the flu twice in less than six months.

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Anonymous wrote:I think they’re just going to start off in the fall similarly to how they ended in the spring. If there’s a surge, you may not have a bus driver and your kid may be sitting in an auditorium being babysat with 100 others not really learning if enough staff are out sick. Unless the cdc gets rid of the 5 day isolation, mcps won’t change that procedure.

Can you imagine the spread of covid if they do the auditoriums given this variant is far more contagious? How quickly will they be posting here complaining abotu that.

Absolutely. I am on day 5 of Covid right now and if I were your kids teacher, I would be coughing all over them in class tomorrow.

Fine by me. Stay home if you feel sick otherwise go to work. We’ve got to move on.

What does moving on mean? Being selfish and not caring about anyone but yourself. Not caring who you pass covid onto and the impact it has on someone else. MCPS clearly failed with their mental health seminars in terms of empathy.

Nope. It means understanding that people will catch and transmit Covid regardless of what mitigation efforts are occurring. Even with vaccines, testing, masks - people still catch Covid.

You are right that some posters here do appear to need to some help with their anxiety and mental health issues. It’s been hard when people have been in fear since 2020 - it is hard to realize that the US has indeed ‘moved on’.

If you cannot understand the severity of covid, maybe you should get your mental health checked. Moving on shows a clear lack of judgement and in MCPS basic precautions are needed.

You've moved on so much that we are experiencing a surge. So, we have you to thank for spreading covid to the rest of us.

There’s no “surge.” This is just what endemic covid looks like. And it looks fine.

Yes, there is a surge right now. It does not look or feel fine. Denial must be wonderful for you.

Do you say we’re “surging” in flu cases every winter? Generally no- those are just expected numbers for a contagious virus. What we're seeing now in terms of cases is simply the new normal. And that's fine because the vast majority of vaccinated individuals don't get seriously ill.

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Anonymous wrote:I think they’re just going to start off in the fall similarly to how they ended in the spring. If there’s a surge, you may not have a bus driver and your kid may be sitting in an auditorium being babysat with 100 others not really learning if enough staff are out sick. Unless the cdc gets rid of the 5 day isolation, mcps won’t change that procedure.

Can you imagine the spread of covid if they do the auditoriums given this variant is far more contagious? How quickly will they be posting here complaining abotu that.

Absolutely. I am on day 5 of Covid right now and if I were your kids teacher, I would be coughing all over them in class tomorrow.

Fine by me. Stay home if you feel sick otherwise go to work. We’ve got to move on.

What does moving on mean? Being selfish and not caring about anyone but yourself. Not caring who you pass covid onto and the impact it has on someone else. MCPS clearly failed with their mental health seminars in terms of empathy.

Nope. It means understanding that people will catch and transmit Covid regardless of what mitigation efforts are occurring. Even with vaccines, testing, masks - people still catch Covid.

You are right that some posters here do appear to need to some help with their anxiety and mental health issues. It’s been hard when people have been in fear since 2020 - it is hard to realize that the US has indeed ‘moved on’.

If you cannot understand the severity of covid, maybe you should get your mental health checked. Moving on shows a clear lack of judgement and in MCPS basic precautions are needed.

You've moved on so much that we are experiencing a surge. So, we have you to thank for spreading covid to the rest of us.

There’s no “surge.” This is just what endemic covid looks like. And it looks fine.

Yes, there is a surge right now. It does not look or feel fine. Denial must be wonderful for you.

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid had it this spring/summer, then you should realize it’s NBD.

Kids and staff will get sick.

There will be peaks with lots of absences. You might consider pulling your (little) kid out when covid surges through your school—especially the week before any travel or big family event (thanksgiving, winter break, spring break).

Give your kid a mask, but recognize they probably won’t wear it.

Everyone needs to live with this now. It’s the new normal. MCPS won’t shut down unless the state does.

Its hard to live with something when it makes you sick for weeks for some of us... what does live with it mean? Pretend it isn't existing? Denial must be a great thing.

Did your kid have it yet? Recently?

Most kids barely register symptoms.

My kids have asthma, so we were over the top careful for 2 years. Then my kid with the worst asthma got it over winter break and he didn’t even need his inhaler. Flu hit him much harder pre-covid. Covid in JAN 2022 was nbd for him. And nobody else in our family got it.

That’s right: the rest of our family still hasn’t gotten it. We no longer mask unless on airplanes (we’ve flown several times; heck, we’ve cruised!).

My in-laws are pushing 90 and they got back to living their lives in public.

Covid is here to stay. Take precautions, but don’t hunker down unless you are strategically isolating before a big trip or family event. We did that before covid.

We just had it a few weeks ago and it was miserable. I'm still having issues, especially ith my asthma. My kids had it for about a week, spouse about 10 days. You forget kids live with adults who also can be more impacted than the kids. We aren't doing big trips or family events. Your in-laws will die soon enough so they might as well live their lives as normal. But, for me, being sick a month with covid isn't worth seeing someone who may put me at risk or a trip. You have no idea the impact your choices have on someone else nor do you care. No wonder MCPS has to bring in so much mental healths services as look at the lack of judgement, empathy and common sense many of the parents have which trickles down to the kids.

Did you never have the flu or pneumonia?

In the before time, many people had it and it knocked them down for weeks. Nobody masked and nothing shut down. And we didn’t shame people.

Please explain how my choices/actions are selfish and impacting others? 5 out of 6 of my family members have never had covid. We are vaxxed. We are boosted. We are living our lives. My one kid who had covid was isolated until he was better.

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Anonymous wrote:I think they’re just going to start off in the fall similarly to how they ended in the spring. If there’s a surge, you may not have a bus driver and your kid may be sitting in an auditorium being babysat with 100 others not really learning if enough staff are out sick. Unless the cdc gets rid of the 5 day isolation, mcps won’t change that procedure.

Can you imagine the spread of covid if they do the auditoriums given this variant is far more contagious? How quickly will they be posting here complaining abotu that.

Absolutely. I am on day 5 of Covid right now and if I were your kids teacher, I would be coughing all over them in class tomorrow.

Fine by me. Stay home if you feel sick otherwise go to work. We’ve got to move on.

What does moving on mean? Being selfish and not caring about anyone but yourself. Not caring who you pass covid onto and the impact it has on someone else. MCPS clearly failed with their mental health seminars in terms of empathy.

Nope. It means understanding that people will catch and transmit Covid regardless of what mitigation efforts are occurring. Even with vaccines, testing, masks - people still catch Covid.

You are right that some posters here do appear to need to some help with their anxiety and mental health issues. It’s been hard when people have been in fear since 2020 - it is hard to realize that the US has indeed ‘moved on’.

If you cannot understand the severity of covid, maybe you should get your mental health checked. Moving on shows a clear lack of judgement and in MCPS basic precautions are needed.

You've moved on so much that we are experiencing a surge. So, we have you to thank for spreading covid to the rest of us.

There’s no “surge.” This is just what endemic covid looks like. And it looks fine.

Yes, there is a surge right now. It does not look or feel fine. Denial must be wonderful for you.

How many families do you know with covid right now or within the last 2 months?

My entire department with the exception of me and another staffer got it/have it.

Only 1 of 20+ had bad symptoms. One. And that person still said it wasn’t as bad as the flu.

Are we surging in terms of number of cases? Sure.

But what’s the severity? It’s less severe. Just as the experts predicted, covid has become more widespread but less severe. We know how to manage it.

Deep breaths. It’s ok. Truly.

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Anonymous wrote:I think they’re just going to start off in the fall similarly to how they ended in the spring. If there’s a surge, you may not have a bus driver and your kid may be sitting in an auditorium being babysat with 100 others not really learning if enough staff are out sick. Unless the cdc gets rid of the 5 day isolation, mcps won’t change that procedure.

Can you imagine the spread of covid if they do the auditoriums given this variant is far more contagious? How quickly will they be posting here complaining abotu that.

Absolutely. I am on day 5 of Covid right now and if I were your kids teacher, I would be coughing all over them in class tomorrow.

Fine by me. Stay home if you feel sick otherwise go to work. We’ve got to move on.

What does moving on mean? Being selfish and not caring about anyone but yourself. Not caring who you pass covid onto and the impact it has on someone else. MCPS clearly failed with their mental health seminars in terms of empathy.

Nope. It means understanding that people will catch and transmit Covid regardless of what mitigation efforts are occurring. Even with vaccines, testing, masks - people still catch Covid.

You are right that some posters here do appear to need to some help with their anxiety and mental health issues. It’s been hard when people have been in fear since 2020 - it is hard to realize that the US has indeed ‘moved on’.

If you cannot understand the severity of covid, maybe you should get your mental health checked. Moving on shows a clear lack of judgement and in MCPS basic precautions are needed.

You've moved on so much that we are experiencing a surge. So, we have you to thank for spreading covid to the rest of us.

There’s no “surge.” This is just what endemic covid looks like. And it looks fine.

Yes, there is a surge right now. It does not look or feel fine. Denial must be wonderful for you.

How many families do you know with covid right now or within the last 2 months?

My entire department with the exception of me and another staffer got it/have it.

Only 1 of 20+ had bad symptoms. One. And that person still said it wasn’t as bad as the flu.

Are we surging in terms of number of cases? Sure.

But what’s the severity? It’s less severe. Just as the experts predicted, covid has become more widespread but less severe. We know how to manage it.

Deep breaths. It’s ok. Truly.

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid had it this spring/summer, then you should realize it’s NBD.

Kids and staff will get sick.

There will be peaks with lots of absences. You might consider pulling your (little) kid out when covid surges through your school—especially the week before any travel or big family event (thanksgiving, winter break, spring break).

Give your kid a mask, but recognize they probably won’t wear it.

Everyone needs to live with this now. It’s the new normal. MCPS won’t shut down unless the state does.

Its hard to live with something when it makes you sick for weeks for some of us... what does live with it mean? Pretend it isn't existing? Denial must be a great thing.

Did your kid have it yet? Recently?

Most kids barely register symptoms.

My kids have asthma, so we were over the top careful for 2 years. Then my kid with the worst asthma got it over winter break and he didn’t even need his inhaler. Flu hit him much harder pre-covid. Covid in JAN 2022 was nbd for him. And nobody else in our family got it.

That’s right: the rest of our family still hasn’t gotten it. We no longer mask unless on airplanes (we’ve flown several times; heck, we’ve cruised!).

My in-laws are pushing 90 and they got back to living their lives in public.

Covid is here to stay. Take precautions, but don’t hunker down unless you are strategically isolating before a big trip or family event. We did that before covid.

We just had it a few weeks ago and it was miserable. I'm still having issues, especially ith my asthma. My kids had it for about a week, spouse about 10 days. You forget kids live with adults who also can be more impacted than the kids. We aren't doing big trips or family events. Your in-laws will die soon enough so they might as well live their lives as normal. But, for me, being sick a month with covid isn't worth seeing someone who may put me at risk or a trip. You have no idea the impact your choices have on someone else nor do you care. No wonder MCPS has to bring in so much mental healths services as look at the lack of judgement, empathy and common sense many of the parents have which trickles down to the kids.