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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.

Yes. Just like we did before 2020. Stay home if you are sick, go to school if you’re not.

So again, you are saying to go to school if you have a cough or runny nose, as long as you are fever free and able to participate in activities, right? Because that was the standard before 2020.

Yes. Precisely. That’s what we should do

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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.

Yes. Just like we did before 2020. Stay home if you are sick, go to school if you’re not.

So again, you are saying to go to school if you have a cough or runny nose, as long as you are fever free and able to participate in activities, right? Because that was the standard before 2020.

YES! That’s EXACTLY what we’re saying!

Has a single public health expert recommended continuing activities maskless when you have symptoms and/or not testing when you have symptoms?

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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.

Yes. Just like we did before 2020. Stay home if you are sick, go to school if you’re not.

So again, you are saying to go to school if you have a cough or runny nose, as long as you are fever free and able to participate in activities, right? Because that was the standard before 2020.

YES! That’s EXACTLY what we’re saying!

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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.

I don’t know anyone who had covid twice in 6 months, but, the winter right before covid nearly every kid on my son’s hockey team got flu twice (A and B). No one cried and gnashed teeth about selfishness, kids just played on (down a player or two for each game).

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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.

Yes. Just like we did before 2020. Stay home if you are sick, go to school if you’re not.

So again, you are saying to go to school if you have a cough or runny nose, as long as you are fever free and able to participate in activities, right? Because that was the standard before 2020.

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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.

You can keep whining, you’re not convincing anyone. Stay home, live a virtual life.

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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.

Same here. Stay home if you have a fever or feel terrible and can’t do your job. Otherwise, I’m not afraid of my kid’s teacher having a cough.

So do you even Covid test or just assume a cold and ignore?

Why would you go into work if you’d be coughing all over the students? I agree with the pp who said, “Stay home if you feel sick”.

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Of course I would not do that. I am just saying that after 5 days of Covid I still feel contagious...but it sure sounds like the PP would just have me treat it as a cold and move on. They would send their kids in with the same "cold"

MCPS needs to make classrooms or schools specific for those people who moved on and don't care so they can spread it around and have safer schools where parents who care. They should also require parents like that poster to work as subs once a week.

Your “safer school” is virtual. Do that. Leave everyone else alone.

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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.

Yes. Just like we did before 2020. Stay home if you are sick, go to school if you’re not.

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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.

I think you are equating testing positive/being sick for a week with some horrific tragedy. It’s not.

I know elderly and unhealthy and unvaxxed people who died due to covid early on.

We were very careful for two years.

After two years, I know vaxxed and boosted elderly and unhealthy people who breezed through covid.

Why can’t you realize that covid has evolved, prevention and treatment has evolved, and now everyone must evolve?

PS - I attended a big conference and 3 people at my table subsequently tested positive. I did not. But had I tested positive, I likely would have bounced back within a week or so just like they did.

Oh dear. Your cable is out and you missed the news that covid is still killing thousands of people every week. Your tiny tiny life is irrelevant to the reality of this ongoing pandemic.

Sadly, very elderly and unhealthy people are at greater risk of death from covid—particularly those who aren’t vaxxed and boosted, as well as those who live in areas without high quality healthcare.

Thankfully, data from Spring 2022 (specifically May) indicates that covid-related deaths are dramatically decreasing due to less severe strains coupled with vaccination and treatment. Moreover, the data indicates that more people died from pneumonia than covid in the May 2022 report.

Fact: prior to covid, the elderly and unhealthy died from pneumonia and flu. That’s why people have always been urged to get vaxxed.

Covid is the same thing: get vaxxed. You can still get sick, but it will be milder and you aren’t likely to die.

Question: is your solution that everyone stays home forever?

This is a big part of poster's strategy. They're part of such a small minority now at this point though, they're an amusing curiosity.

I think they are like my colleagues who continue to make the case that it’s too dangerous to come into the office yet they are happily living their lives in the burbs out in public and traveling, etc.

Even the "Covid Cautious" have their own set of exceptions, and they chastise from their soap box expecting everybody to abide by their personal exception list.

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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.

I think you are equating testing positive/being sick for a week with some horrific tragedy. It’s not.

I know elderly and unhealthy and unvaxxed people who died due to covid early on.

We were very careful for two years.

After two years, I know vaxxed and boosted elderly and unhealthy people who breezed through covid.

Why can’t you realize that covid has evolved, prevention and treatment has evolved, and now everyone must evolve?

PS - I attended a big conference and 3 people at my table subsequently tested positive. I did not. But had I tested positive, I likely would have bounced back within a week or so just like they did.

Oh dear. Your cable is out and you missed the news that covid is still killing thousands of people every week. Your tiny tiny life is irrelevant to the reality of this ongoing pandemic.

Sadly, very elderly and unhealthy people are at greater risk of death from covid—particularly those who aren’t vaxxed and boosted, as well as those who live in areas without high quality healthcare.

Thankfully, data from Spring 2022 (specifically May) indicates that covid-related deaths are dramatically decreasing due to less severe strains coupled with vaccination and treatment. Moreover, the data indicates that more people died from pneumonia than covid in the May 2022 report.

Fact: prior to covid, the elderly and unhealthy died from pneumonia and flu. That’s why people have always been urged to get vaxxed.

Covid is the same thing: get vaxxed. You can still get sick, but it will be milder and you aren’t likely to die.

Question: is your solution that everyone stays home forever?

This is a big part of poster's strategy. They're part of such a small minority now at this point though, they're an amusing curiosity.

I think they are like my colleagues who continue to make the case that it’s too dangerous to come into the office yet they are happily living their lives in the burbs out in public and traveling, etc.

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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.

I think you are equating testing positive/being sick for a week with some horrific tragedy. It’s not.

I know elderly and unhealthy and unvaxxed people who died due to covid early on.

We were very careful for two years.

After two years, I know vaxxed and boosted elderly and unhealthy people who breezed through covid.

Why can’t you realize that covid has evolved, prevention and treatment has evolved, and now everyone must evolve?

PS - I attended a big conference and 3 people at my table subsequently tested positive. I did not. But had I tested positive, I likely would have bounced back within a week or so just like they did.

Oh dear. Your cable is out and you missed the news that covid is still killing thousands of people every week. Your tiny tiny life is irrelevant to the reality of this ongoing pandemic.

Sadly, very elderly and unhealthy people are at greater risk of death from covid—particularly those who aren’t vaxxed and boosted, as well as those who live in areas without high quality healthcare.

Thankfully, data from Spring 2022 (specifically May) indicates that covid-related deaths are dramatically decreasing due to less severe strains coupled with vaccination and treatment. Moreover, the data indicates that more people died from pneumonia than covid in the May 2022 report.

Fact: prior to covid, the elderly and unhealthy died from pneumonia and flu. That’s why people have always been urged to get vaxxed.

Covid is the same thing: get vaxxed. You can still get sick, but it will be milder and you aren’t likely to die.

Question: is your solution that everyone stays home forever?

This is a big part of poster's strategy. They're part of such a small minority now at this point though, they're an amusing curiosity.

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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.

In-person will be fully-operational next month. I know it's disappointing for you that Armageddon never arrived.

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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.

I think you are equating testing positive/being sick for a week with some horrific tragedy. It’s not.

I know elderly and unhealthy and unvaxxed people who died due to covid early on.

We were very careful for two years.

After two years, I know vaxxed and boosted elderly and unhealthy people who breezed through covid.

Why can’t you realize that covid has evolved, prevention and treatment has evolved, and now everyone must evolve?

PS - I attended a big conference and 3 people at my table subsequently tested positive. I did not. But had I tested positive, I likely would have bounced back within a week or so just like they did.

Oh dear. Your cable is out and you missed the news that covid is still killing thousands of people every week. Your tiny tiny life is irrelevant to the reality of this ongoing pandemic.

Sadly, very elderly and unhealthy people are at greater risk of death from covid—particularly those who aren’t vaxxed and boosted, as well as those who live in areas without high quality healthcare.

Thankfully, data from Spring 2022 (specifically May) indicates that covid-related deaths are dramatically decreasing due to less severe strains coupled with vaccination and treatment. Moreover, the data indicates that more people died from pneumonia than covid in the May 2022 report.

Fact: prior to covid, the elderly and unhealthy died from pneumonia and flu. That’s why people have always been urged to get vaxxed.

Covid is the same thing: get vaxxed. You can still get sick, but it will be milder and you aren’t likely to die.

Question: is your solution that everyone stays home forever?

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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.

I think you are equating testing positive/being sick for a week with some horrific tragedy. It’s not.

I know elderly and unhealthy and unvaxxed people who died due to covid early on.

We were very careful for two years.

After two years, I know vaxxed and boosted elderly and unhealthy people who breezed through covid.

Why can’t you realize that covid has evolved, prevention and treatment has evolved, and now everyone must evolve?

PS - I attended a big conference and 3 people at my table subsequently tested positive. I did not. But had I tested positive, I likely would have bounced back within a week or so just like they did.

Oh dear. Your cable is out and you missed the news that covid is still killing thousands of people every week. Your tiny tiny life is irrelevant to the reality of this ongoing pandemic.

About 8000 people die every day in the US.

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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.

I think you are equating testing positive/being sick for a week with some horrific tragedy. It’s not.

I know elderly and unhealthy and unvaxxed people who died due to covid early on.

We were very careful for two years.

After two years, I know vaxxed and boosted elderly and unhealthy people who breezed through covid.

Why can’t you realize that covid has evolved, prevention and treatment has evolved, and now everyone must evolve?

PS - I attended a big conference and 3 people at my table subsequently tested positive. I did not. But had I tested positive, I likely would have bounced back within a week or so just like they did.

Oh dear. Your cable is out and you missed the news that covid is still killing thousands of people every week. Your tiny tiny life is irrelevant to the reality of this ongoing pandemic.