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Anonymous wrote:No way - teacher here - this is a serious deal breaker for me. I was considering maybe we wouldnt need masks anymore last summer, but not right now when we have more cases than ever before and I have more of a chance of catching it.

So you’ll be fine with kids not wearing masks next month when the omicron wave has passed? (Genuinely curious - not being snarky.)

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Not the poster you are responding to....but no I think masks should continue for this year. Everyone wants schools open and teachers in the building this is how it happens....we act safely and with humanity.

You do understand that many, many places in this country, and all over the world, aren't enforcing mask mandates on kids and they are better off then we are here?

Anonymous wrote:Ohhhhh I get it- secretly the anti mask people preferred virtual school and are trying to go back to it by unmasking their kids.

LOL I was thinking wow these people want virtual learning back and quick!

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Anonymous wrote:Oh my god. Start labeling these threads - “ This week’s freak out over something that won’t happen 😱”

No one is taking away your masks. You and your children may continue wearing them.

Last week it was “ There will be no teachers! Students will infect and wipe out the entire school by Tuesday!”

The issue is ensuring YOU and YOUR children continue wearing them. I already know mine will be.

I agree it is about ensuring two-way mask wearing. Please comprehend the issue first before spouting off.

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Anonymous wrote:No way - teacher here - this is a serious deal breaker for me. I was considering maybe we wouldnt need masks anymore last summer, but not right now when we have more cases than ever before and I have more of a chance of catching it.

So you’ll be fine with kids not wearing masks next month when the omicron wave has passed? (Genuinely curious - not being snarky.)

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Not the poster you are responding to....but no I think masks should continue for this year. Everyone wants schools open and teachers in the building this is how it happens....we act safely and with humanity.

I will send all of my DCs in with fitted masks with two meltblown filtration layers (they look like KN95 masks but it's hard to find actual KN95s and they don't fit KF94s). I will also ask the to keep them on regardless of how many of their peers are not wearing one. After the Omicron surge and hospitals are not under a state of emergency, I won't worry about whether they keep them on and after cases come down.

As for Youngkin imminent executive order, I think there will be a lawsuit arising out of Fairfax, Arlington, Falls Church or Alexandria to challenge its validity.

In the meantime, if Youngkin wants to be DeSantis-lite, I hope he increases testing in schools to two times a week. I hope he installs clinics for easy access to monoclonal antibodies. I hope he procures a large supply of antivirals and makes it easy for those who test positive to access them very soon after diagnosis. None of these things would be mandates but will help get Virginia through the Omicron surge and surges from future variants.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No way - teacher here - this is a serious deal breaker for me. I was considering maybe we wouldnt need masks anymore last summer, but not right now when we have more cases than ever before and I have more of a chance of catching it.

So what will you do if some of your students show up with no masks? Quit?

Out of curiosity, do you teach elementary or middle/high school? Just curious if you have around 20 students total or around 100.

Kids who show up to my classroom without masks will be sent to the office to be suspended from school if they don’t comply. How is this even a question.

jawohl mein führer.

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Anonymous wrote:You all know it’s possible to believe in brakes *and* air bags, yes? We’re in the middle of an unprecedented surge and a hospital crisis.

Hospital crisis. VA hospitals are doing excellent compared to pre-COVID for this time of the year. Hospitals are usually 80% occupied during non-flu seasons, and often fill up during flu seasons.

Right now, VA is at 78% hospital beds occupied and 81% of ICU beds. They're doing amazing. That's what happens when you have a high vaccination rates and a variant is a cold.

It’s not about the beds right around here. It is about the staff required to tend to the people in the beds. They are sick, decided to,get more money as a traveling nurse, or just quit. There’s nothing magic about an “icu” bed - it’s the monitoring by humans that is the important part.

They aren't "sick". They just tested positive. The unnecessary quarantines are causing the shortages at hospitals.

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Anonymous wrote:If required, yes. I am a rule follower. If not required, then no. Call me crazy, but I don’t believe that my 5 year-old needs to be masked up for 7 hours, like a doctor performing open heart surgery, to avoid the flu. Yes, omicron is the equivalent of the flu.

This is the person he is supporting. This type will spread covid to other unvaccinated child.

Vaccine is approved for everyone ages 5 and up. Why are there any unvaccinated children? Guess what? If you choose not to vaccinate your child, you aren’t worried about your kid catching COVID. Therefore my child isn’t obligated to wear a mask to protect yours.

Just because someone else makes the wrong decision does not justify you then making a wrong selfish decision (ie not have your child to wear a mask to protest himself / herself and others).

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Anonymous wrote:It is a shame to see so many people who are willing to allow their kids to be sick in the name of politics. I had hoped we were smarter than that around here.

Me too. Sad because I may have to sit out the rest of the year to protect high risk family members.

- Your child's teacher.

I don't blame you and I'm sure you won't be the only one.

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Anonymous wrote:How will schools that keep mask mandates in place handle students who opt out with the backing of Youngkin and the VA government?

Youngkin said:

“School districts will be able to keep mask recommendations in place, but parents can choose not to follow them…
The way that Virginia works is that the governor cannot ban mask mandates. Schools make those decisions,” he said. “We will in fact, then, also make sure that schools allow parents to exercise their rights for what’s best for their children, to opt-out of those mandates."

There is no rule saying an opt out must be provided. He’s just blowing smoke at dumb parents who don’t know any better.

Are you saying the Youngkin and Miyares do not have the authority to make schools offer an opt out?

Has everyone memory holed the fact that Northam’s original mandate was for ten and up and all of his emergency orders until summer of 2021 - post vaccine available for all adults - had an opt out that specifically said schools and business could NOT ask for proof? Youngkin could literally copy and paste our esteemed Democratic governor.

Im confused by your post--NOT ask for proof of what?

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. Because I want to keep schools open.

+1

WTF is wrong with people.

Because they have freeDUMBS!!! MY Kids and family will continue to protect ourselves and others by wearing masks.

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Anonymous wrote:If required, yes. I am a rule follower. If not required, then no. Call me crazy, but I don’t believe that my 5 year-old needs to be masked up for 7 hours, like a doctor performing open heart surgery, to avoid the flu. Yes, omicron is the equivalent of the flu.

This is the person he is supporting. This type will spread covid to other unvaccinated child.

Vaccine is approved for everyone ages 5 and up. Why are there any unvaccinated children? Guess what? If you choose not to vaccinate your child, you aren’t worried about your kid catching COVID. Therefore my child isn’t obligated to wear a mask to protect yours.

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Anonymous wrote:How will schools that keep mask mandates in place handle students who opt out with the backing of Youngkin and the VA government?

Youngkin said:

“School districts will be able to keep mask recommendations in place, but parents can choose not to follow them…
The way that Virginia works is that the governor cannot ban mask mandates. Schools make those decisions,” he said. “We will in fact, then, also make sure that schools allow parents to exercise their rights for what’s best for their children, to opt-out of those mandates."

There is no rule saying an opt out must be provided. He’s just blowing smoke at dumb parents who don’t know any better.

Are you saying the Youngkin and Miyares do not have the authority to make schools offer an opt out?

Has everyone memory holed the fact that Northam’s original mandate was for ten and up and all of his emergency orders until summer of 2021 - post vaccine available for all adults - had an opt out that specifically said schools and business could NOT ask for proof? Youngkin could literally copy and paste our esteemed Democratic governor.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How will schools that keep mask mandates in place handle students who opt out with the backing of Youngkin and the VA government?

Youngkin said:

“School districts will be able to keep mask recommendations in place, but parents can choose not to follow them…
The way that Virginia works is that the governor cannot ban mask mandates. Schools make those decisions,” he said. “We will in fact, then, also make sure that schools allow parents to exercise their rights for what’s best for their children, to opt-out of those mandates."

There is no rule saying an opt out must be provided. He’s just blowing smoke at dumb parents who don’t know any better.

Are you saying the Youngkin and Miyares do not have the authority to make schools offer an opt out?

Anonymous wrote:How will schools that keep mask mandates in place handle students who opt out with the backing of Youngkin and the VA government?

Youngkin said:

“School districts will be able to keep mask recommendations in place, but parents can choose not to follow them…
The way that Virginia works is that the governor cannot ban mask mandates. Schools make those decisions,” he said. “We will in fact, then, also make sure that schools allow parents to exercise their rights for what’s best for their children, to opt-out of those mandates."

There is no rule saying an opt out must be provided. He’s just blowing smoke at dumb parents who don’t know any better.