Anonymous
Post 07/23/2021 08:27     Subject: Soi.....Who is pulling out?
Anonymous wrote:Honestly PP ... schools need to reopen. If you don't want your child to attend you should enroll in the online academy. But, enough already. This is not summer 2020-21 ... we all saw last year and know it can't happen again.


You can’t just “enroll” in the online academy. DC has put up barriers, including a fairly ridiculous doctors certification, and has only approved NINE children for virtual so far.
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2021 07:14     Subject: Re:Soi.....Who is pulling out?
Anonymous wrote:Useful overview of delta and kids from WP:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/07/22/covid-delta-variant-children/

Basically worry about it as much as you do the flu, and masking indoors is good.



Let’s not bring flu comparisons into the discussion, it makes you sound like Trump.
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2021 06:25     Subject: Soi.....Who is pulling out?
We are considering pulling out, but since our backup is homeschooling, we will hope for the best for the first month of school and then figure out our best course.
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2021 21:27     Subject: Re:Soi.....Who is pulling out?
Anonymous wrote:Useful overview of delta and kids from WP:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/07/22/covid-delta-variant-children/

Basically worry about it as much as you do the flu, and masking indoors is good.


It’s more contagious than the flu, and for severe cases present longer-term impacts. The way the article is framed, they’re not saying kids won’t get Covid. But as a whole they feel it’s worth it to avoid the impacts of not being in school, which they feel present a bigger issue.
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2021 20:55     Subject: Re:Soi.....Who is pulling out?
Useful overview of delta and kids from WP:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/07/22/covid-delta-variant-children/

Basically worry about it as much as you do the flu, and masking indoors is good.
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2021 20:43     Subject: Re:Soi.....Who is pulling out?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They're suggesting schools follow a list of safety protocols "to the extent feasible." That leaves a lot open for interpretation. The Delta variant is 110 percent more contagious than the original that shut down schools in the first place... why the ambiguity on safety measures?



Delta variant has a viral load 1260 times greater than the original variant.


Hey, Delta variant poster: Could you maybe start a new thread and discuss all your issues, versus just injecting what seems like non-sequiter freak-outs everywhere? Or go to the Health and Medicine forum and discuss your concerns there? Maybe try to connect what you are talking about to the actual thread you are on?


The fact that you're trying to pretend that's irrelevant and not germane to cramming kids into indoor classrooms is hilarious.

NP who.doesn't remember voting for you for DCUM hall monitor to tell other people where to post


I’m asking you to make it germane to the thread you are commenting on. Like, how is delta relevant to your decision to keep your kids in school or not for the upcoming year (the topic of the post)?
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2021 20:38     Subject: Soi.....Who is pulling out?
Anonymous wrote:Honestly PP ... schools need to reopen. If you don't want your child to attend you should enroll in the online academy. But, enough already. This is not summer 2020-21 ... we all saw last year and know it can't happen again.


+1000
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2021 20:02     Subject: Soi.....Who is pulling out?
Honestly PP ... schools need to reopen. If you don't want your child to attend you should enroll in the online academy. But, enough already. This is not summer 2020-21 ... we all saw last year and know it can't happen again.
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2021 18:30     Subject: Re:Soi.....Who is pulling out?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They're suggesting schools follow a list of safety protocols "to the extent feasible." That leaves a lot open for interpretation. The Delta variant is 110 percent more contagious than the original that shut down schools in the first place... why the ambiguity on safety measures?



Delta variant has a viral load 1260 times greater than the original variant.


Hey, Delta variant poster: Could you maybe start a new thread and discuss all your issues, versus just injecting what seems like non-sequiter freak-outs everywhere? Or go to the Health and Medicine forum and discuss your concerns there? Maybe try to connect what you are talking about to the actual thread you are on?


The fact that you're trying to pretend that's irrelevant and not germane to cramming kids into indoor classrooms is hilarious.

NP who.doesn't remember voting for you for DCUM hall monitor to tell other people where to post
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2021 18:27     Subject: Soi.....Who is pulling out?
Anonymous wrote:OP,



I hope you understand that people would rather lie about travel than pull their kids out of a free system and be forced to find alternative options.



+1,000. Screw public health. It's all about their personal convenience.
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2021 18:25     Subject: Soi.....Who is pulling out?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Travel quarantine is for unvaxxed only.


Which is all kids under 12. Most of the school system. Why are people so obtuse?


I get that it really sucks to not be able to get younger kids vaccinated. But it also sucks for those kids to get COVID, especially given mounting evidence that the Delta variant is resulting in more, sicker kids. So the travel quarantine—which as another poster notes can be shortened via testing—seems like a reasonable way to help stem spread. Most travel is a choice, and we’re all having to make hard choices right now.

All of that said, I agree that the travel quarantine could be more refined/nuanced than it is. It is silly that you can travel to the VA-TN border, where vaccination rates are likely quite low and COVID-19 rates much higher, but not to Philadelphia or NYC or Boston, where the opposite is the case.


The delta variant is more contagious, but in the past day or so I've seen quotes from pediatric infectious disease specialists saying that the delta variant is not necessarily resulting in a more severe case of COVID than either original COVID or other variants, though it is early.

If that is not correct, can you point to the information on severity?

And before this potentially goes off the rails, I'm not saying I want anyone's kid with underlying health conditions (or anyone else) to get COVID or denying that MIS-C exists.


Well a 5 year old with no underlying conditions just died of Delta…


A 5 year old did die. In northern Georgia, where their vaccination rate is incredibly low, less than 20% in some counties. The articles that I've read also don't tell if the immediate family members were vaccination - just that the dad at the time of the article was coughing from also having covid. And the boy died of a stoke. Not saying covid wasn't the catalyst, but there's also a lot of information missing.


The 5 year old wouldn't have had a frigging STROKE if he didn't have COVID, you massive dimwit, but please, keep sticking your head in the sand, pretending it can't happen here, that vaccination is anywhere near 100% protective against getting or transmitting Delta and Not Mah Child.
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2021 18:16     Subject: Re:Soi.....Who is pulling out?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They're suggesting schools follow a list of safety protocols "to the extent feasible." That leaves a lot open for interpretation. The Delta variant is 110 percent more contagious than the original that shut down schools in the first place... why the ambiguity on safety measures?


When rules were written 3 weeks ago, case counts were low as they'd ever been and making mandates recommendations made a lot of sense. I hope we see Delta flatten but have to understand things change quickly. I don't care if there are lots of temp checks, masks, rules about travel. I won't stay if there is any talk of hybrid or remote learning.
Where will you go when there is talk of hybrid and virtual options?
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2021 17:56     Subject: Re:Soi.....Who is pulling out?
Anonymous wrote:They're suggesting schools follow a list of safety protocols "to the extent feasible." That leaves a lot open for interpretation. The Delta variant is 110 percent more contagious than the original that shut down schools in the first place... why the ambiguity on safety measures?


When rules were written 3 weeks ago, case counts were low as they'd ever been and making mandates recommendations made a lot of sense. I hope we see Delta flatten but have to understand things change quickly. I don't care if there are lots of temp checks, masks, rules about travel. I won't stay if there is any talk of hybrid or remote learning.
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2021 17:46     Subject: Soi.....Who is pulling out?
Anonymous wrote:OP,



I hope you understand that people would rather lie about travel than pull their kids out of a free system and be forced to find alternative options.



Does that surprise you? No sensible person would choose virtual or go private because of a policy that doesn’t make any sense and is impossible to enforce.
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2021 17:44     Subject: Re:Soi.....Who is pulling out?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They're suggesting schools follow a list of safety protocols "to the extent feasible." That leaves a lot open for interpretation. The Delta variant is 110 percent more contagious than the original that shut down schools in the first place... why the ambiguity on safety measures?



Delta variant has a viral load 1260 times greater than the original variant.


Hey, Delta variant poster: Could you maybe start a new thread and discuss all your issues, versus just injecting what seems like non-sequiter freak-outs everywhere? Or go to the Health and Medicine forum and discuss your concerns there? Maybe try to connect what you are talking about to the actual thread you are on?


NP: but also isn’t this thread about pulling out of DCPS? There’s a 17 page thread currently on travel policy


The OP specifically mentioned the travel policy as a possible reason to pull out. Why she thinks it would be is beyond me. People who feel bound by it won’t travel or will quarantine. Those who can’t or won’t will ignore it.