Anonymous wrote:Lots of cases at DS’s school, but no switch to virtual. Seems reckless!

No and No.

Please homeschool.

We have decent weather a lot of the year in DMV - air filtration, air flow from outside, routine PCR tests and rapid tests as needed (like before events or when symptoms show up between scheduled PCRs) should be able to keep kids unmasked, schools open. Schools that are struggling probably aren't doing all the above consistently.

Anonymous wrote:Children are now getting post-COVID hepatitis. Tell me again how it doesn’t harm kids?

Unless new data came out in the last few days, I thought no (maybe 1?) Of the kids was known to have had covid but most/many had evidence of an adenovirus. Hepatitis has apparently been a rare but known side affect if adenovirus. This was from a science article in a mainstream newspaper. Please share if you have other data, po.

No, no one’s going remote.

Same nil symptoms whether vaxxed or not for cast majority of the kids

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Anonymous wrote:Genuine question for the people who support remote learning and other Covid prevention measures in schools: do you envision using these measures forever to control the spread of Covid? If not, what would have to happen for you to believe they are no longer necessary? Is it better treatment, different vaccines, more herd immunity?

We know kids are statistically very unlikely to get very sick from Covid (so much so that it's been hard to even prove vaccine efficacy for this cohort), and we also know we are all statistically very likely (if not guaranteed) to get Covid (probably repeatedly). Given this, what is the perceived benefit of school interruptions, and what is the basis for believing it outweighs the known harm?

You keep posting this stuff to try to bully others into thinking like you are. In MCPS, numbers are very high given its only the second week in May for May and its spreading again at an alarming rate. Mitigation is important to keep our community healthy. There is NO herd immunity. There is no better vaccine. This is as good as it gets.

We will keep our kids in remote except if we can find a school that handles it responsibly which we have yet to do.

I'd rather your kids get covid and your family vs. ours. Kids don't live alone. They live with adults who live in a community so them getting and spreading covid doesn't just impact the child, but also their family and community.

And, define very sick? My last "cold" as an adult has lasted over a month and I still cannot get over it, with multiple antibiotics. My child doesn't feel good about bringing it home to me, and in fact feels terrible about it.

PP here. This is the first time I've posted about anything Covid-related, so I don't "keep" doing anything, and don't see how asking a sincere question could be interpreted as bullying.

You didn't answer the question directly, but I take your "there is no better vaccine. this is as good as it gets. we will keep our kids in remote" and "my last cold as an adult lasted over a month" to mean you don't think Covid restrictions in school should ever end, and perhaps restrictions are warranted for even the common cold? I don't define "very" sick as feeling bad for a month. I define it as a sickness that requires significant medical intervention and/or has long-term health consequences. I cannot see how feeling bad, even if for a month, justifies the disruption to family life and routine caused when kids can't be in school (being able to keep your kids home for permanent remove learning is a privilege many don't have, especially those who rely on school for childcare), let alone the learning loss and mental health problems associated with remote learning. I'm genuinely trying to understand where you're coming from.

To 18:46, thank you for answering the question. This is the kind of reply I was hoping my question would elicit.

To 18:08, I haven't seen anything definitively linking Covid and hepatitis, but if you have a link I would be interested in reading more. That would certainly be a compelling fact.

Anonymous wrote:Genuine question for the people who support remote learning and other Covid prevention measures in schools: do you envision using these measures forever to control the spread of Covid? If not, what would have to happen for you to believe they are no longer necessary? Is it better treatment, different vaccines, more herd immunity?

We know kids are statistically very unlikely to get very sick from Covid (so much so that it's been hard to even prove vaccine efficacy for this cohort), and we also know we are all statistically very likely (if not guaranteed) to get Covid (probably repeatedly). Given this, what is the perceived benefit of school interruptions, and what is the basis for believing it outweighs the known harm?

Answer - no, I don't. I expect our government to tire of it as well, and fund the next wave of research (as Biden has been begging Congress to do this spring) for a universal vaccine /booster. The army has been working on one for three years. Pushing this over the finish line would help a lot - then, like measles, mumps, polio we wouldn't have to "just live with it". This is solvable. I do hope that good air filtration continues - seems like an overall good since kids lose a lot of school days to transmissible crud in a normal year.

Anonymous wrote:Genuine question for the people who support remote learning and other Covid prevention measures in schools: do you envision using these measures forever to control the spread of Covid? If not, what would have to happen for you to believe they are no longer necessary? Is it better treatment, different vaccines, more herd immunity?

We know kids are statistically very unlikely to get very sick from Covid (so much so that it's been hard to even prove vaccine efficacy for this cohort), and we also know we are all statistically very likely (if not guaranteed) to get Covid (probably repeatedly). Given this, what is the perceived benefit of school interruptions, and what is the basis for believing it outweighs the known harm?

You keep posting this stuff to try to bully others into thinking like you are. In MCPS, numbers are very high given its only the second week in May for May and its spreading again at an alarming rate. Mitigation is important to keep our community healthy. There is NO herd immunity. There is no better vaccine. This is as good as it gets.

We will keep our kids in remote except if we can find a school that handles it responsibly which we have yet to do.

I'd rather your kids get covid and your family vs. ours. Kids don't live alone. They live with adults who live in a community so them getting and spreading covid doesn't just impact the child, but also their family and community.

And, define very sick? My last "cold" as an adult has lasted over a month and I still cannot get over it, with multiple antibiotics. My child doesn't feel good about bringing it home to me, and in fact feels terrible about it.

Anonymous wrote:Children are now getting post-COVID hepatitis. Tell me again how it doesn’t harm kids?

Covid is the gift that keeps on giving.

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Anonymous wrote:There are tons of cases at Lowell. There are also lots of cases among kids of my co-workers at schools all around the DMV. I think Lowell made a choice to try remote in order to have as many kids as possible join trips coming soon. Long term I think everyone is going to get it and there needs to be a new way to handle COVID going forward because the constant testing and quarantining is not going to stop kids from getting it. I think one of my kid's classes is close to 50% have had it already.

A bunch of already-vaccinated kids tested positive on some stale tests and have colds for a day. Let’s keep them from school for 5 days of zero instruction. Next!

A child sick with a cold isn't going to learn anything at school and should be home with a parent.

Children are now getting post-COVID hepatitis. Tell me again how it doesn’t harm kids?

Genuine question for the people who support remote learning and other Covid prevention measures in schools: do you envision using these measures forever to control the spread of Covid? If not, what would have to happen for you to believe they are no longer necessary? Is it better treatment, different vaccines, more herd immunity?

We know kids are statistically very unlikely to get very sick from Covid (so much so that it's been hard to even prove vaccine efficacy for this cohort), and we also know we are all statistically very likely (if not guaranteed) to get Covid (probably repeatedly). Given this, what is the perceived benefit of school interruptions, and what is the basis for believing it outweighs the known harm?

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Anonymous wrote:Folks: the only way over this is through it

No. The way over it is a national plan to deal with air quality and limit transmission. But we have abandoned that bc, capitalism. And people being generally selfish AF.

Come back when someone you love dies or is disabled with LongCovid.

Lots of stuff to die from, especially if diabetic, obese, unhealthy. Start citing health comorbidities next time you bring up a recent death or anything.

My great aunt died of infections during her hip replacement. Maybe it was Covid!

Anonymous wrote:There are tons of cases at Lowell. There are also lots of cases among kids of my co-workers at schools all around the DMV. I think Lowell made a choice to try remote in order to have as many kids as possible join trips coming soon. Long term I think everyone is going to get it and there needs to be a new way to handle COVID going forward because the constant testing and quarantining is not going to stop kids from getting it. I think one of my kid's classes is close to 50% have had it already.

A bunch of already-vaccinated kids tested positive on some stale tests and have colds for a day. Let’s keep them from school for 5 days of zero instruction. Next!

Anonymous wrote:Some people just wanna live in fear. And that’s their choice.

+1000

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Anonymous wrote:Folks: the only way over this is through it

No. The way over it is a national plan to deal with air quality and limit transmission. But we have abandoned that bc, capitalism. And people being generally selfish AF.

Come back when someone you love dies or is disabled with LongCovid.

The situation in China should put an end to this argument. They continue to implement city-wide lockdowns where literally no one can leave their houses for days and weeks on end. And they still see it spreading. It is here to stay. That is just reality.