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Anonymous wrote:Just noting that cases haven't really seemed to drop off from last week -- so far today we're at over 60, which is higher than where we were this time last week right after break. I do expect them to go back down within a week or two but do find it interesting that 22207 is getting the majority of the cases -- 95 compared with next highest zip of 31 cases in 22204. Not sure if this is lack of mask wearing in schools or fallout from Spring Break travel (folks coming back from break and infecting family members or others at their northern schools like Yorktown, Jamestown, and Discovery, which are the top 3 school vectors right now (beating out all the other high schools, even).

Larger population of people with the financial wherewithal to travel, many to places like FL that also have no precautions in place, and who also have largely dropped masking. As a result, a highly contagious variant is spreading. This shouldn't be a huge surprise.

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Anonymous wrote:Just noting that cases haven't really seemed to drop off from last week -- so far today we're at over 60, which is higher than where we were this time last week right after break. I do expect them to go back down within a week or two but do find it interesting that 22207 is getting the majority of the cases -- 95 compared with next highest zip of 31 cases in 22204. Not sure if this is lack of mask wearing in schools or fallout from Spring Break travel (folks coming back from break and infecting family members or others at their northern schools like Yorktown, Jamestown, and Discovery, which are the top 3 school vectors right now (beating out all the other high schools, even).

Larger population of people with the financial wherewithal to travel, many to places like FL that also have no precautions in place, and who also have largely dropped masking. As a result, a highly contagious variant is spreading. This shouldn't be a huge surprise.

Anonymous wrote:Just noting that cases haven't really seemed to drop off from last week -- so far today we're at over 60, which is higher than where we were this time last week right after break. I do expect them to go back down within a week or two but do find it interesting that 22207 is getting the majority of the cases -- 95 compared with next highest zip of 31 cases in 22204. Not sure if this is lack of mask wearing in schools or fallout from Spring Break travel (folks coming back from break and infecting family members or others at their northern schools like Yorktown, Jamestown, and Discovery, which are the top 3 school vectors right now (beating out all the other high schools, even).

Anonymous wrote:Just noting that cases haven't really seemed to drop off from last week -- so far today we're at over 60, which is higher than where we were this time last week right after break. I do expect them to go back down within a week or two but do find it interesting that 22207 is getting the majority of the cases -- 95 compared with next highest zip of 31 cases in 22204. Not sure if this is lack of mask wearing in schools or fallout from Spring Break travel (folks coming back from break and infecting family members or others at their northern schools like Yorktown, Jamestown, and Discovery, which are the top 3 school vectors right now (beating out all the other high schools, even).

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Anonymous wrote:It's not hysteria to notice that numbers are going up again and adjust your safety behavior accordingly. I thought that was how we got to dropping mask mandates in the first place? Numbers go down, some people drop masks. Numbers go back up, some people put their masks back on. It shouldn't be political, or some big deal, but I guess it is.

It was every color political as soon as Duran immediately joined a lawsuit and put out a public statement on a Saturday re: masking mandates when Youngkin was elected. The great irony was that masks dropped very shortly thereafter--the kneejerk reaction had no basis in the reality of the climate of the time. It was purely political. Which was a dangerous move on Duran's part--he showed all of his cards, and demonstrated that he was very much inclined to act only on political instincts.

What's hysterical is to call a successful lawsuit "political"

Successful - it was a huge failure. A bipartisan legislature enshrining it into law. They may have won 1 hearing, but the forced child maskers quickly lost the war in an epic defeat.

Now you all can use APS' tests and test yourself and your kids daily if you'd like.

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Anonymous wrote:It's not hysteria to notice that numbers are going up again and adjust your safety behavior accordingly. I thought that was how we got to dropping mask mandates in the first place? Numbers go down, some people drop masks. Numbers go back up, some people put their masks back on. It shouldn't be political, or some big deal, but I guess it is.

It was every color political as soon as Duran immediately joined a lawsuit and put out a public statement on a Saturday re: masking mandates when Youngkin was elected. The great irony was that masks dropped very shortly thereafter--the kneejerk reaction had no basis in the reality of the climate of the time. It was purely political. Which was a dangerous move on Duran's part--he showed all of his cards, and demonstrated that he was very much inclined to act only on political instincts.

If you don't understand the difference between politics and law, I don't know what to tell you.

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Anonymous wrote:It's not hysteria to notice that numbers are going up again and adjust your safety behavior accordingly. I thought that was how we got to dropping mask mandates in the first place? Numbers go down, some people drop masks. Numbers go back up, some people put their masks back on. It shouldn't be political, or some big deal, but I guess it is.

It was every color political as soon as Duran immediately joined a lawsuit and put out a public statement on a Saturday re: masking mandates when Youngkin was elected. The great irony was that masks dropped very shortly thereafter--the kneejerk reaction had no basis in the reality of the climate of the time. It was purely political. Which was a dangerous move on Duran's part--he showed all of his cards, and demonstrated that he was very much inclined to act only on political instincts.

What's hysterical is to call a successful lawsuit "political"

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Anonymous wrote:It's not hysteria to notice that numbers are going up again and adjust your safety behavior accordingly. I thought that was how we got to dropping mask mandates in the first place? Numbers go down, some people drop masks. Numbers go back up, some people put their masks back on. It shouldn't be political, or some big deal, but I guess it is.

It was every color political as soon as Duran immediately joined a lawsuit and put out a public statement on a Saturday re: masking mandates when Youngkin was elected. The great irony was that masks dropped very shortly thereafter--the kneejerk reaction had no basis in the reality of the climate of the time. It was purely political. Which was a dangerous move on Duran's part--he showed all of his cards, and demonstrated that he was very much inclined to act only on political instincts.

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Anonymous wrote:APS was at 30 cases yesterday and is over 20 so far this morning. As long as sick kids stay home I'd expect those numbers to go back down next week. This was to be expected imho and the only thing to worry about is the parents who don't care and send their sick kids in to spread it around the whole class.

In 2 hours we're up from 20 cases to 45 today so far, and 30 yesterday, with another 30 or so staff over the last few days. Getting closer to January/February numbers. Cases at basically every school but compared to earlier in the pandemic, 22207 zip code is getting hit the hardest.

APS is now at 91 student cases over the last 2 days (30 yesterday and 61 today, so far).

It ended up being 89 today, which looking at percentages alone is low, but the trend is similar to what happened that first week in JAN. With this info people can decide whether or not to make change to their practices.

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Anonymous wrote:APS was at 30 cases yesterday and is over 20 so far this morning. As long as sick kids stay home I'd expect those numbers to go back down next week. This was to be expected imho and the only thing to worry about is the parents who don't care and send their sick kids in to spread it around the whole class.

In 2 hours we're up from 20 cases to 45 today so far, and 30 yesterday, with another 30 or so staff over the last few days. Getting closer to January/February numbers. Cases at basically every school but compared to earlier in the pandemic, 22207 zip code is getting hit the hardest.

APS is now at 91 student cases over the last 2 days (30 yesterday and 61 today, so far).

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Anonymous wrote:It's not hysteria to notice that numbers are going up again and adjust your safety behavior accordingly. I thought that was how we got to dropping mask mandates in the first place? Numbers go down, some people drop masks. Numbers go back up, some people put their masks back on. It shouldn't be political, or some big deal, but I guess it is.

It was every color political as soon as Duran immediately joined a lawsuit and put out a public statement on a Saturday re: masking mandates when Youngkin was elected. The great irony was that masks dropped very shortly thereafter--the kneejerk reaction had no basis in the reality of the climate of the time. It was purely political. Which was a dangerous move on Duran's part--he showed all of his cards, and demonstrated that he was very much inclined to act only on political instincts.

Anonymous wrote:It's not hysteria to notice that numbers are going up again and adjust your safety behavior accordingly. I thought that was how we got to dropping mask mandates in the first place? Numbers go down, some people drop masks. Numbers go back up, some people put their masks back on. It shouldn't be political, or some big deal, but I guess it is.

Anonymous wrote:It's not hysteria to notice that numbers are going up again and adjust your safety behavior accordingly. I thought that was how we got to dropping mask mandates in the first place? Numbers go down, some people drop masks. Numbers go back up, some people put their masks back on. It shouldn't be political, or some big deal, but I guess it is.