3% is COVID in a class is about 10% of a class. Requiring masks only after 10% spread is too little too late in a community. The surge was predictable after spring break and MCPS is showing how spread ramps up out of control without masks.

Shout out to Bethesda Beat! Raising awareness will help protect the children. Thank you!
https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-may-ask-some-students-to-wear-masks-again-as-cases-increase/

This data is from 5/12/22, reported today. There are 255 new student infections and 34 new staff infections reported since yesterday. There have been 2379 active infections at MCPS within the last 10 days. This is 289 more than yesterday's 10-day average.

54 schools are reporting 2% or more infections.

Location Last 10 Days (#) Total Staff & Students School Cases (%)
Central Office 31 N/A
Sherwood Elementary 46 551 8.30%
Kensington Parkwood Elementary 43 668 6.40%
Woodlin Elementary 35 619 5.70%
Burning Tree Elementary 26 476 5.50%
Wyngate Elementary 42 773 5.40%
Garrett Park Elementary 41 762 5.40%
Sligo Creek Elementary 34 716 4.70%
Julius West Middle 69 1,502 4.60%
Ritchie Park Elementary 19 420 4.50%
Westbrook Elementary 15 335 4.50%
Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary 33 778 4.20%
Luxmanor Elementary 30 730 4.10%
Rosemary Hills Elementary 25 610 4.10%
Highland View Elementary 17 415 4.10%
Thomas W. Pyle Middle 56 1,454 3.90%
Rosa Parks Middle 36 929 3.90%
Westland Middle 35 897 3.90%
Ashburton Elementary 36 939 3.80%
Westover Elementary 12 318 3.80%
Thurgood Marshall Elementary 21 589 3.60%
North Bethesda Middle 42 1,270 3.30%
Farmland Elementary 29 888 3.30%
Woodfield Elementary 12 363 3.30%
Lakewood Elementary 15 480 3.10%
Diamond Elementary 24 815 2.90%
John Poole Middle 14 482 2.90%
Damascus Elementary 12 417 2.90%
Darnestown Elementary 11 377 2.90%
North Chevy Chase Elementary 7 260 2.70%
Clarksburg Elementary 22 856 2.60%
Bradley Hills Elementary 14 533 2.60%
Chevy Chase Elementary 13 509 2.60%
Carderock Springs Elementary 10 378 2.60%
William H. Farquhar Middle 18 738 2.40%
Olney Elementary 16 680 2.40%
Potomac Elementary 11 463 2.40%
Cold Spring Elementary 9 370 2.40%
Damascus High 36 1,533 2.30%
Hallie Wells Middle 25 1,086 2.30%
Belmont Elementary 9 384 2.30%
Earle B. Wood Middle 26 1,174 2.20%
Maryvale Elementary 16 715 2.20%
Cedar Grove Elementary 10 449 2.20%
Travilah Elementary 9 401 2.20%
Walter Johnson High 65 3,139 2.10%
Takoma Park Middle 26 1,247 2.10%
Ridgeview Middle 18 876 2.10%
Wood Acres Elementary 12 582 2.10%
Rock Terrace School 3 143 2.10%
Richard Montgomery High 51 2,583 2.00%
Fields Road Elementary 11 543 2.00%
Wayside Elementary 10 502 2.00%
Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents 3 152 2.00%

Of 209 schools in MCPS, 0 (0%) are improving, 98 (47%) are steady, and 111 (53%) are getting worse. THIS IS AN UNEXPECTED RESULT AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN ENTIRELY THE OPPOSITE OUTCOME. THE WEATHER SHOULD HAVE MADE MORE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES POSSIBLE TO LOWER THE INDOOR INFECTION RATES. THE MOST PLAUSIBLE EXPLANATION (HOPEFULLY) IS A LACK OF INDOOR MASKING / CLEANING AND THE ASSUMPTION IS THAT THIS IS NOT A NEW OR DIFFERENT VARIANT IN PLAY. REMEMBER THESE NUMBERS ARE JUST IN THE PAST 10 DAYS.

66% / TWO-THIRDS (138 of 209) schools in MCPS have 4 or more reported infections in the past 10 days. Of those schools, 83 are in the double-digits with 10 or more infections.

Location Last 10 Days (#) Total Staff & Students School Cases (%)
Julius West Middle 69 1,502 4.60%
Walter Johnson High 65 3,139 2.10%
Thomas W. Pyle Middle 56 1,454 3.90%
Richard Montgomery High 51 2,583 2.00%
Northwest High 47 2,773 1.70%
Sherwood Elementary 46 551 8.30%
Montgomery Blair High 45 3,501 1.30%
Kensington Parkwood Elementary 43 668 6.40%
North Bethesda Middle 42 1,270 3.30%
Wyngate Elementary 42 773 5.40%
Garrett Park Elementary 41 762 5.40%
Thomas S. Wootton High 40 2,132 1.90%
Ashburton Elementary 36 939 3.80%
Damascus High 36 1,533 2.30%
Rosa Parks Middle 36 929 3.90%
Quince Orchard High 35 2,320 1.50%
Westland Middle 35 897 3.90%
Woodlin Elementary 35 619 5.70%
Sligo Creek Elementary 34 716 4.70%
Walt Whitman High 34 2,213 1.50%
Clarksburg High 33 2,546 1.30%
Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary 33 778 4.20%
Winston Churchill High 32 2,459 1.30%
Central Office 31 N/A
Luxmanor Elementary 30 730 4.10%
Sherwood High 30 1,966 1.50%
Farmland Elementary 29 888 3.30%
Bethesda-Chevy. Chase High 27 2,530 1.10%
Burning Tree Elementary 26 476 5.50%
Earle B. Wood Middle 26 1,174 2.20%
Takoma Park Middle 26 1,247 2.10%
Hallie Wells Middle 25 1,086 2.30%
Rosemary Hills Elementary 25 610 4.10%
Diamond Elementary 24 815 2.90%
Clarksburg Elementary 22 856 2.60%
Robert Frost Middle 21 1,088 1.90%
Rockville High 21 1,613 1.30%
Thurgood Marshall Elementary 21 589 3.60%
Albert Einstein High 20 2,127 0.90%
Poolesville High 19 1,382 1.40%
Ritchie Park Elementary 19 420 4.50%
Ridgeview Middle 18 876 2.10%
William H. Farquhar Middle 18 738 2.40%
Highland View Elementary 17 415 4.10%
Lakelands Park Middle 17 1,214 1.40%
Silver Creek Middle 17 891 1.90%
Silver Spring International Middle 17 1,289 1.30%
John T. Baker Middle 16 934 1.70%
Maryvale Elementary 16 715 2.20%
Olney Elementary 16 680 2.40%
Lakewood Elementary 15 480 3.10%
Westbrook Elementary 15 335 4.50%
Bradley Hills Elementary 14 533 2.60%
Cabin John Middle 14 1,155 1.20%
Col. Zadok Magruder High 14 1,797 0.80%
John Poole Middle 14 482 2.90%
Chevy Chase Elementary 13 509 2.60%
Damascus Elementary 12 417 2.90%
Piney Branch Elementary 12 682 1.80%
Westover Elementary 12 318 3.80%
Wheaton High 12 2,666 0.50%
Wood Acres Elementary 12 582 2.10%
Woodfield Elementary 12 363 3.30%
Beverly Farms Elementary 11 612 1.80%
Darnestown Elementary 11 377 2.90%
Fields Road Elementary 11 543 2.00%
Gaithersburg High 11 2,615 0.40%
Greencastle Elementary 11 771 1.40%
Potomac Elementary 11 463 2.40%
Roberto W Clemente Middle 11 1,061 1.00%
Rocky Hill Middle 11 1,116 1.00%
Snowden Farm Elementary 11 822 1.30%
Tilden Middle 11 1,146 1.00%
Watkins Mill High 11 1,802 0.60%
Bells Mill Elementary 10 647 1.50%
Bethesda Elementary 10 732 1.40%
Carderock Springs Elementary 10 378 2.60%
Cedar Grove Elementary 10 449 2.20%
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle 10 1,002 1.00%
Gaithersburg Elementary 10 902 1.10%
Little Bennett Elementary 10 733 1.40%
Paint Branch High 10 2,292 0.40%
Wayside Elementary 10 502 2.00%
Belmont Elementary 9 384 2.30%
Cold Spring Elementary 9 370 2.40%
Seneca Valley High 9 2,243 0.40%
Travilah Elementary 9 401 2.20%
Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary 8 565 1.40%
Fallsmead Elementary 8 587 1.40%
Herbert Hoover Middle 8 1,114 0.70%
Kingsview Middle 8 1,105 0.70%
Sligo Middle 8 823 1.00%
Summit Hall Elementary 8 809 1.00%
Takoma Park Elementary 8 624 1.30%
Twinbrook Elementary 8 602 1.30%
Bayard Rustin Elementary 7 823 0.90%
Clearspring Elementary 7 635 1.10%
College Gardens Elementary 7 594 1.20%
North Chevy Chase Elementary 7 260 2.70%
Northwood High 7 2,046 0.30%
Rock Creek Valley Elementary 7 434 1.60%
Stedwick Elementary 7 594 1.20%
Candlewood Elementary 6 420 1.40%
Greenwood Elementary 6 596 1.00%
Poolesville Elementary 6 595 1.00%
Rock Creek Forest Elementary 6 795 0.80%
Springbrook High 6 1,902 0.30%
Stonegate Elementary 6 555 1.10%
White Oak Middle 6 938 0.60%
Arcola Elementary 5 726 0.70%
Bannockburn Elementary 5 469 1.10%
Beall Elementary 5 562 0.90%
Brooke Grove Elementary 5 519 1.00%
Clopper Mill Elementary 5 520 1.00%
Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary 5 561 0.90%
Fox Chapel Elementary 5 651 0.80%
Judith A. Resnik Elementary 5 660 0.80%
Lake Seneca Elementary 5 538 0.90%
Neelsville Middle 5 908 0.60%
Oak View Elementary 5 464 1.10%
Oakland Terrace Elementary 5 546 0.90%
Rachel Carson Elementary 5 768 0.70%
Rock View Elementary 5 713 0.70%
Somerset Elementary 5 497 1.00%
Stone Mill Elementary 5 569 0.90%
Washington Grove Elementary 5 498 1.00%
Whetstone Elementary 5 768 0.70%
Forest Knolls Elementary 4 551 0.70%
Gaithersburg Middle 4 1,014 0.40%
Glen Haven Elementary 4 569 0.70%
James Hubert Blake High 4 1,946 0.20%
John F. Kennedy High 4 2,020 0.20%
Jones Lane Elementary 4 473 0.80%
Pine Crest Elementary 4 526 0.80%
Rolling Terrace Elementary 4 852 0.50%
S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary 4 600 0.70%
Seven Locks Elementary 4 433 0.90%
Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary 4 679 0.60%

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Anonymous wrote:Very few people except for the nervous nellies on DCUM care anymore. Most people have work and other aspects of their child's well-being to worry about and just accept we will all get COVID at some point and will likely be fine. I really don't care about these numbers apart from the possible disruption caused by a child being home from school due to a closure or quarantine.

+1000. Many of us who work are back in the office, traveling for work, having happy hours with coworkers and clients etc. our kids are playing sports and being kids. We’ve just filed covid away as another (small) risk we choose to undertake everyday in exchange for living a normal full joyful life. DCUM is not real life.

Except the risks you take impact all of us. But, clearly you don’t care.

You are correct. I do not care. It’s not up to me to keep you safe from an invisible ubiquitous virus that apparently I could have and not know about. That’s very entitled by the way. I don’t know anyone who actually is such a narcissist in real life. But even if I cared deeply about you, I can’t protect you from covid. It will find you eventually regardless of whether I suck the joy out of my life in solidarity or not.

Its not anxious if you actually have real health issues and understand what long term health issues really ar.

Its too bad you are the one spreading this and so self absurd that you stopped caring. Worse is you are raising the next generation just like you and then will complain how selfish they are without realizing you are the reason why.
I have to agree with this. The majority of the country is going about their daily life, quite normally. Yet there is this subset of overly anxious people who clearly can’t run and efficient risk benefit analysis, and insist we stay home to keep them safe. Yet they think we are the selfish ones. It’s bizarre.

Last time I looked at mcps numbers, they continued to be on the rise and no I am not overly anxious but I don’t want to get Covid from you. So, yes, you are selfish.

What are you looking for? People aren’t going to keep covid measures up forever. Nor is covid going to be eradicated. So what's your plan? Are you going to keep isolating yourself and your kids? Or are you going to take steps to protect yourself so you can interact with others?

The discussion is about Covid in MCPS. Honestly I have no interest in interacting with others as I don't want covid. Its not about it being eradicated but since people refuse to use common sense and stay home when sick, we are now seeing outbreaks in MCPS schools and that's an issue.

There are always going to be cases in MCPS. Vaccines and infection don’t confer lasting immunity against subsequent infections.

Yes, but a lot more can be done to keep them OUT of MCPS.

Play that out.

Set aside the cost and lack of human resources. Suppose MCPS could frequent PCR and/or antibody testing and extended isolation and quarantine periods. You’re still not going to completely keep covid out, but to the extent you can keep that up, you’ll be able to keep some of those cases out of school. Now, we don’t know whether that would actually have an impact on the number of cases in MCPS students, since most of the cases are almost certainly picked up off-campus. But let's ignore that.

Then what? You're not going to keep that up forever. At some point you'd have to stop it, and covid is still going to be around. We already have vaccines and therapies are highly effective at preventing serious illness, so this is about as good as it's going to get.

So, why not give it a try. Mitigation has been proven to help. Let me guess. You don't want testing as you know at some point your kids will bring it in and you cannot be bothered keeping them at home.

Then what?

Let's go a step farther. Not that it is even remotely realistic, but let's say the whole DC region went into a hard lockdown where no one left their house for any reason for a month (obviously setting aside the need for food, medical and emergency services). And let's say that happened to be enough to eliminate COVID in this region.

There's still COVID in other parts of the country and world. So, unless we dome ourselves off and stop anyone from entering/leaving, COVID is going to come right back. And a few weeks after that we'd be right back where we started.

And, of course, even this wouldn't work. Shanghai is in its seventh week of true (chain the front doors, steal your babies, kill your pets) lockdown, and they still haven't cracked it. And the minute they open back up at all, it's going to flare. People should continue wearing their K95's if they want, but that's as far as it goes any more.

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Anonymous wrote:Very few people except for the nervous nellies on DCUM care anymore. Most people have work and other aspects of their child's well-being to worry about and just accept we will all get COVID at some point and will likely be fine. I really don't care about these numbers apart from the possible disruption caused by a child being home from school due to a closure or quarantine.

+1000. Many of us who work are back in the office, traveling for work, having happy hours with coworkers and clients etc. our kids are playing sports and being kids. We’ve just filed covid away as another (small) risk we choose to undertake everyday in exchange for living a normal full joyful life. DCUM is not real life.

Except the risks you take impact all of us. But, clearly you don’t care.

You are correct. I do not care. It’s not up to me to keep you safe from an invisible ubiquitous virus that apparently I could have and not know about. That’s very entitled by the way. I don’t know anyone who actually is such a narcissist in real life. But even if I cared deeply about you, I can’t protect you from covid. It will find you eventually regardless of whether I suck the joy out of my life in solidarity or not.

Its not anxious if you actually have real health issues and understand what long term health issues really ar.

Its too bad you are the one spreading this and so self absurd that you stopped caring. Worse is you are raising the next generation just like you and then will complain how selfish they are without realizing you are the reason why.
I have to agree with this. The majority of the country is going about their daily life, quite normally. Yet there is this subset of overly anxious people who clearly can’t run and efficient risk benefit analysis, and insist we stay home to keep them safe. Yet they think we are the selfish ones. It’s bizarre.

Last time I looked at mcps numbers, they continued to be on the rise and no I am not overly anxious but I don’t want to get Covid from you. So, yes, you are selfish.

What are you looking for? People aren’t going to keep covid measures up forever. Nor is covid going to be eradicated. So what's your plan? Are you going to keep isolating yourself and your kids? Or are you going to take steps to protect yourself so you can interact with others?

The discussion is about Covid in MCPS. Honestly I have no interest in interacting with others as I don't want covid. Its not about it being eradicated but since people refuse to use common sense and stay home when sick, we are now seeing outbreaks in MCPS schools and that's an issue.

There are always going to be cases in MCPS. Vaccines and infection don’t confer lasting immunity against subsequent infections.

Yes, but a lot more can be done to keep them OUT of MCPS.

Play that out.

Set aside the cost and lack of human resources. Suppose MCPS could frequent PCR and/or antibody testing and extended isolation and quarantine periods. You’re still not going to completely keep covid out, but to the extent you can keep that up, you’ll be able to keep some of those cases out of school. Now, we don’t know whether that would actually have an impact on the number of cases in MCPS students, since most of the cases are almost certainly picked up off-campus. But let's ignore that.

Then what? You're not going to keep that up forever. At some point you'd have to stop it, and covid is still going to be around. We already have vaccines and therapies are highly effective at preventing serious illness, so this is about as good as it's going to get.

So, why not give it a try. Mitigation has been proven to help. Let me guess. You don't want testing as you know at some point your kids will bring it in and you cannot be bothered keeping them at home.

Testing for the next 10+ years? No, I don't want that. Fortunately, it'll never happen.

Here's an idea - if people worked together and were willing to be part of the solution, it would be under control much sooner.. but because of people like you it will go on for many more years. Its kinda sad you don't care about education as kids who are sick cannot get an education when they don't feel well.

Sounds like you should move to Shanghai

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Anonymous wrote:Very few people except for the nervous nellies on DCUM care anymore. Most people have work and other aspects of their child's well-being to worry about and just accept we will all get COVID at some point and will likely be fine. I really don't care about these numbers apart from the possible disruption caused by a child being home from school due to a closure or quarantine.

+1000. Many of us who work are back in the office, traveling for work, having happy hours with coworkers and clients etc. our kids are playing sports and being kids. We’ve just filed covid away as another (small) risk we choose to undertake everyday in exchange for living a normal full joyful life. DCUM is not real life.

Except the risks you take impact all of us. But, clearly you don’t care.

You are correct. I do not care. It’s not up to me to keep you safe from an invisible ubiquitous virus that apparently I could have and not know about. That’s very entitled by the way. I don’t know anyone who actually is such a narcissist in real life. But even if I cared deeply about you, I can’t protect you from covid. It will find you eventually regardless of whether I suck the joy out of my life in solidarity or not.

Its not anxious if you actually have real health issues and understand what long term health issues really ar.

Its too bad you are the one spreading this and so self absurd that you stopped caring. Worse is you are raising the next generation just like you and then will complain how selfish they are without realizing you are the reason why.
I have to agree with this. The majority of the country is going about their daily life, quite normally. Yet there is this subset of overly anxious people who clearly can’t run and efficient risk benefit analysis, and insist we stay home to keep them safe. Yet they think we are the selfish ones. It’s bizarre.

Last time I looked at mcps numbers, they continued to be on the rise and no I am not overly anxious but I don’t want to get Covid from you. So, yes, you are selfish.

What are you looking for? People aren’t going to keep covid measures up forever. Nor is covid going to be eradicated. So what's your plan? Are you going to keep isolating yourself and your kids? Or are you going to take steps to protect yourself so you can interact with others?

The discussion is about Covid in MCPS. Honestly I have no interest in interacting with others as I don't want covid. Its not about it being eradicated but since people refuse to use common sense and stay home when sick, we are now seeing outbreaks in MCPS schools and that's an issue.

There are always going to be cases in MCPS. Vaccines and infection don’t confer lasting immunity against subsequent infections.

Yes, but a lot more can be done to keep them OUT of MCPS.

Play that out.

Set aside the cost and lack of human resources. Suppose MCPS could frequent PCR and/or antibody testing and extended isolation and quarantine periods. You’re still not going to completely keep covid out, but to the extent you can keep that up, you’ll be able to keep some of those cases out of school. Now, we don’t know whether that would actually have an impact on the number of cases in MCPS students, since most of the cases are almost certainly picked up off-campus. But let's ignore that.

Then what? You're not going to keep that up forever. At some point you'd have to stop it, and covid is still going to be around. We already have vaccines and therapies are highly effective at preventing serious illness, so this is about as good as it's going to get.

So, why not give it a try. Mitigation has been proven to help. Let me guess. You don't want testing as you know at some point your kids will bring it in and you cannot be bothered keeping them at home.

Then what?

Let's go a step farther. Not that it is even remotely realistic, but let's say the whole DC region went into a hard lockdown where no one left their house for any reason for a month (obviously setting aside the need for food, medical and emergency services). And let's say that happened to be enough to eliminate COVID in this region.

There's still COVID in other parts of the country and world. So, unless we dome ourselves off and stop anyone from entering/leaving, COVID is going to come right back. And a few weeks after that we'd be right back where we started.

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Anonymous wrote:Very few people except for the nervous nellies on DCUM care anymore. Most people have work and other aspects of their child's well-being to worry about and just accept we will all get COVID at some point and will likely be fine. I really don't care about these numbers apart from the possible disruption caused by a child being home from school due to a closure or quarantine.

+1000. Many of us who work are back in the office, traveling for work, having happy hours with coworkers and clients etc. our kids are playing sports and being kids. We’ve just filed covid away as another (small) risk we choose to undertake everyday in exchange for living a normal full joyful life. DCUM is not real life.

Except the risks you take impact all of us. But, clearly you don’t care.

You are correct. I do not care. It’s not up to me to keep you safe from an invisible ubiquitous virus that apparently I could have and not know about. That’s very entitled by the way. I don’t know anyone who actually is such a narcissist in real life. But even if I cared deeply about you, I can’t protect you from covid. It will find you eventually regardless of whether I suck the joy out of my life in solidarity or not.

Its not anxious if you actually have real health issues and understand what long term health issues really ar.

Its too bad you are the one spreading this and so self absurd that you stopped caring. Worse is you are raising the next generation just like you and then will complain how selfish they are without realizing you are the reason why.
I have to agree with this. The majority of the country is going about their daily life, quite normally. Yet there is this subset of overly anxious people who clearly can’t run and efficient risk benefit analysis, and insist we stay home to keep them safe. Yet they think we are the selfish ones. It’s bizarre.

Last time I looked at mcps numbers, they continued to be on the rise and no I am not overly anxious but I don’t want to get Covid from you. So, yes, you are selfish.

What are you looking for? People aren’t going to keep covid measures up forever. Nor is covid going to be eradicated. So what's your plan? Are you going to keep isolating yourself and your kids? Or are you going to take steps to protect yourself so you can interact with others?

The discussion is about Covid in MCPS. Honestly I have no interest in interacting with others as I don't want covid. Its not about it being eradicated but since people refuse to use common sense and stay home when sick, we are now seeing outbreaks in MCPS schools and that's an issue.

There are always going to be cases in MCPS. Vaccines and infection don’t confer lasting immunity against subsequent infections.

Yes, but a lot more can be done to keep them OUT of MCPS.

Play that out.

Set aside the cost and lack of human resources. Suppose MCPS could frequent PCR and/or antibody testing and extended isolation and quarantine periods. You’re still not going to completely keep covid out, but to the extent you can keep that up, you’ll be able to keep some of those cases out of school. Now, we don’t know whether that would actually have an impact on the number of cases in MCPS students, since most of the cases are almost certainly picked up off-campus. But let's ignore that.

Then what? You're not going to keep that up forever. At some point you'd have to stop it, and covid is still going to be around. We already have vaccines and therapies are highly effective at preventing serious illness, so this is about as good as it's going to get.

So, why not give it a try. Mitigation has been proven to help. Let me guess. You don't want testing as you know at some point your kids will bring it in and you cannot be bothered keeping them at home.

Testing for the next 10+ years? No, I don't want that. Fortunately, it'll never happen.

Here's an idea - if people worked together and were willing to be part of the solution, it would be under control much sooner.. but because of people like you it will go on for many more years. Its kinda sad you don't care about education as kids who are sick cannot get an education when they don't feel well.

There you go again, saying we need to get COVID "under control" without ever describing what that means.

COVID is under control, as long as you're vaccinated/boosted or you're a child. COVID has already joined the set of viruses in widespread circulation. Nothing is going to put that genie back in the bottle. The only thing "under control" could possibly mean is making it low risk due to vaccines and treatments, which we've already done.

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Anonymous wrote:Very few people except for the nervous nellies on DCUM care anymore. Most people have work and other aspects of their child's well-being to worry about and just accept we will all get COVID at some point and will likely be fine. I really don't care about these numbers apart from the possible disruption caused by a child being home from school due to a closure or quarantine.

+1000. Many of us who work are back in the office, traveling for work, having happy hours with coworkers and clients etc. our kids are playing sports and being kids. We’ve just filed covid away as another (small) risk we choose to undertake everyday in exchange for living a normal full joyful life. DCUM is not real life.

Except the risks you take impact all of us. But, clearly you don’t care.

You are correct. I do not care. It’s not up to me to keep you safe from an invisible ubiquitous virus that apparently I could have and not know about. That’s very entitled by the way. I don’t know anyone who actually is such a narcissist in real life. But even if I cared deeply about you, I can’t protect you from covid. It will find you eventually regardless of whether I suck the joy out of my life in solidarity or not.

Its not anxious if you actually have real health issues and understand what long term health issues really ar.

Its too bad you are the one spreading this and so self absurd that you stopped caring. Worse is you are raising the next generation just like you and then will complain how selfish they are without realizing you are the reason why.
I have to agree with this. The majority of the country is going about their daily life, quite normally. Yet there is this subset of overly anxious people who clearly can’t run and efficient risk benefit analysis, and insist we stay home to keep them safe. Yet they think we are the selfish ones. It’s bizarre.

Last time I looked at mcps numbers, they continued to be on the rise and no I am not overly anxious but I don’t want to get Covid from you. So, yes, you are selfish.

What are you looking for? People aren’t going to keep covid measures up forever. Nor is covid going to be eradicated. So what's your plan? Are you going to keep isolating yourself and your kids? Or are you going to take steps to protect yourself so you can interact with others?

The discussion is about Covid in MCPS. Honestly I have no interest in interacting with others as I don't want covid. Its not about it being eradicated but since people refuse to use common sense and stay home when sick, we are now seeing outbreaks in MCPS schools and that's an issue.

There are always going to be cases in MCPS. Vaccines and infection don’t confer lasting immunity against subsequent infections.

Yes, but a lot more can be done to keep them OUT of MCPS.

Play that out.

Set aside the cost and lack of human resources. Suppose MCPS could frequent PCR and/or antibody testing and extended isolation and quarantine periods. You’re still not going to completely keep covid out, but to the extent you can keep that up, you’ll be able to keep some of those cases out of school. Now, we don’t know whether that would actually have an impact on the number of cases in MCPS students, since most of the cases are almost certainly picked up off-campus. But let's ignore that.

Then what? You're not going to keep that up forever. At some point you'd have to stop it, and covid is still going to be around. We already have vaccines and therapies are highly effective at preventing serious illness, so this is about as good as it's going to get.

So, why not give it a try. Mitigation has been proven to help. Let me guess. You don't want testing as you know at some point your kids will bring it in and you cannot be bothered keeping them at home.

Testing for the next 10+ years? No, I don't want that. Fortunately, it'll never happen.

Here's an idea - if people worked together and were willing to be part of the solution, it would be under control much sooner.. but because of people like you it will go on for many more years. Its kinda sad you don't care about education as kids who are sick cannot get an education when they don't feel well.

This kind of moralizing about COVID and individual behavior has done more harm than you are likely capable of realizing.

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Anonymous wrote:Very few people except for the nervous nellies on DCUM care anymore. Most people have work and other aspects of their child's well-being to worry about and just accept we will all get COVID at some point and will likely be fine. I really don't care about these numbers apart from the possible disruption caused by a child being home from school due to a closure or quarantine.

+1000. Many of us who work are back in the office, traveling for work, having happy hours with coworkers and clients etc. our kids are playing sports and being kids. We’ve just filed covid away as another (small) risk we choose to undertake everyday in exchange for living a normal full joyful life. DCUM is not real life.

Except the risks you take impact all of us. But, clearly you don’t care.

You are correct. I do not care. It’s not up to me to keep you safe from an invisible ubiquitous virus that apparently I could have and not know about. That’s very entitled by the way. I don’t know anyone who actually is such a narcissist in real life. But even if I cared deeply about you, I can’t protect you from covid. It will find you eventually regardless of whether I suck the joy out of my life in solidarity or not.

Its not anxious if you actually have real health issues and understand what long term health issues really ar.

Its too bad you are the one spreading this and so self absurd that you stopped caring. Worse is you are raising the next generation just like you and then will complain how selfish they are without realizing you are the reason why.
I have to agree with this. The majority of the country is going about their daily life, quite normally. Yet there is this subset of overly anxious people who clearly can’t run and efficient risk benefit analysis, and insist we stay home to keep them safe. Yet they think we are the selfish ones. It’s bizarre.

Last time I looked at mcps numbers, they continued to be on the rise and no I am not overly anxious but I don’t want to get Covid from you. So, yes, you are selfish.

What are you looking for? People aren’t going to keep covid measures up forever. Nor is covid going to be eradicated. So what's your plan? Are you going to keep isolating yourself and your kids? Or are you going to take steps to protect yourself so you can interact with others?

The discussion is about Covid in MCPS. Honestly I have no interest in interacting with others as I don't want covid. Its not about it being eradicated but since people refuse to use common sense and stay home when sick, we are now seeing outbreaks in MCPS schools and that's an issue.

There are always going to be cases in MCPS. Vaccines and infection don’t confer lasting immunity against subsequent infections.

Yes, but a lot more can be done to keep them OUT of MCPS.

Play that out.

Set aside the cost and lack of human resources. Suppose MCPS could frequent PCR and/or antibody testing and extended isolation and quarantine periods. You’re still not going to completely keep covid out, but to the extent you can keep that up, you’ll be able to keep some of those cases out of school. Now, we don’t know whether that would actually have an impact on the number of cases in MCPS students, since most of the cases are almost certainly picked up off-campus. But let's ignore that.

Then what? You're not going to keep that up forever. At some point you'd have to stop it, and covid is still going to be around. We already have vaccines and therapies are highly effective at preventing serious illness, so this is about as good as it's going to get.

So, why not give it a try. Mitigation has been proven to help. Let me guess. You don't want testing as you know at some point your kids will bring it in and you cannot be bothered keeping them at home.

Testing for the next 10+ years? No, I don't want that. Fortunately, it'll never happen.

Here's an idea - if people worked together and were willing to be part of the solution, it would be under control much sooner.. but because of people like you it will go on for many more years. Its kinda sad you don't care about education as kids who are sick cannot get an education when they don't feel well.

Right on!

Anonymous wrote:What’s going on in Kensington/Bethesda/garret park? I don’t have kids at those schools but live nearby and overall community mask usage is still extremely high- like I was in Safeway in CT Ave the other day and probably 90% of shoppers were masked.

I live nearby too. I think it’s a couple things. People are oddly afraid of the germs of strangers, so even though it makes no epidemiological sense, these people are getting together with others indoors unmasked, having their kids unmask for a 7 hr school day, etc. but popping on a mask at Safeway even though your risk of getting covid passing a rando in the frozen foods aisle is way less than having a 10 kid sleepover party. But I also think the majority of people are not doing anything to prevent getting it and it’s honestly just really contagious.

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Anonymous wrote:Very few people except for the nervous nellies on DCUM care anymore. Most people have work and other aspects of their child's well-being to worry about and just accept we will all get COVID at some point and will likely be fine. I really don't care about these numbers apart from the possible disruption caused by a child being home from school due to a closure or quarantine.

+1000. Many of us who work are back in the office, traveling for work, having happy hours with coworkers and clients etc. our kids are playing sports and being kids. We’ve just filed covid away as another (small) risk we choose to undertake everyday in exchange for living a normal full joyful life. DCUM is not real life.

Except the risks you take impact all of us. But, clearly you don’t care.

You are correct. I do not care. It’s not up to me to keep you safe from an invisible ubiquitous virus that apparently I could have and not know about. That’s very entitled by the way. I don’t know anyone who actually is such a narcissist in real life. But even if I cared deeply about you, I can’t protect you from covid. It will find you eventually regardless of whether I suck the joy out of my life in solidarity or not.

Its not anxious if you actually have real health issues and understand what long term health issues really ar.

Its too bad you are the one spreading this and so self absurd that you stopped caring. Worse is you are raising the next generation just like you and then will complain how selfish they are without realizing you are the reason why.
I have to agree with this. The majority of the country is going about their daily life, quite normally. Yet there is this subset of overly anxious people who clearly can’t run and efficient risk benefit analysis, and insist we stay home to keep them safe. Yet they think we are the selfish ones. It’s bizarre.

Last time I looked at mcps numbers, they continued to be on the rise and no I am not overly anxious but I don’t want to get Covid from you. So, yes, you are selfish.

What are you looking for? People aren’t going to keep covid measures up forever. Nor is covid going to be eradicated. So what's your plan? Are you going to keep isolating yourself and your kids? Or are you going to take steps to protect yourself so you can interact with others?

The discussion is about Covid in MCPS. Honestly I have no interest in interacting with others as I don't want covid. Its not about it being eradicated but since people refuse to use common sense and stay home when sick, we are now seeing outbreaks in MCPS schools and that's an issue.

There are always going to be cases in MCPS. Vaccines and infection don’t confer lasting immunity against subsequent infections.

Yes, but a lot more can be done to keep them OUT of MCPS.

Play that out.

Set aside the cost and lack of human resources. Suppose MCPS could frequent PCR and/or antibody testing and extended isolation and quarantine periods. You’re still not going to completely keep covid out, but to the extent you can keep that up, you’ll be able to keep some of those cases out of school. Now, we don’t know whether that would actually have an impact on the number of cases in MCPS students, since most of the cases are almost certainly picked up off-campus. But let's ignore that.

Then what? You're not going to keep that up forever. At some point you'd have to stop it, and covid is still going to be around. We already have vaccines and therapies are highly effective at preventing serious illness, so this is about as good as it's going to get.

So, why not give it a try. Mitigation has been proven to help. Let me guess. You don't want testing as you know at some point your kids will bring it in and you cannot be bothered keeping them at home.

Testing for the next 10+ years? No, I don't want that. Fortunately, it'll never happen.

Here's an idea - if people worked together and were willing to be part of the solution, it would be under control much sooner.. but because of people like you it will go on for many more years. Its kinda sad you don't care about education as kids who are sick cannot get an education when they don't feel well.

This is a hyper naive POV. There are over 300 million people in the US. Millions of people are traveling across, in, and out of this country every day. It's hard to put into words how meaningless it is to say "people working together" would solve this. No one individual is relevant in the slightest. You're not part of the solution because you're not facing reality.

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Anonymous wrote:Very few people except for the nervous nellies on DCUM care anymore. Most people have work and other aspects of their child's well-being to worry about and just accept we will all get COVID at some point and will likely be fine. I really don't care about these numbers apart from the possible disruption caused by a child being home from school due to a closure or quarantine.

+1000. Many of us who work are back in the office, traveling for work, having happy hours with coworkers and clients etc. our kids are playing sports and being kids. We’ve just filed covid away as another (small) risk we choose to undertake everyday in exchange for living a normal full joyful life. DCUM is not real life.

Except the risks you take impact all of us. But, clearly you don’t care.

You are correct. I do not care. It’s not up to me to keep you safe from an invisible ubiquitous virus that apparently I could have and not know about. That’s very entitled by the way. I don’t know anyone who actually is such a narcissist in real life. But even if I cared deeply about you, I can’t protect you from covid. It will find you eventually regardless of whether I suck the joy out of my life in solidarity or not.

Its not anxious if you actually have real health issues and understand what long term health issues really ar.

Its too bad you are the one spreading this and so self absurd that you stopped caring. Worse is you are raising the next generation just like you and then will complain how selfish they are without realizing you are the reason why.
I have to agree with this. The majority of the country is going about their daily life, quite normally. Yet there is this subset of overly anxious people who clearly can’t run and efficient risk benefit analysis, and insist we stay home to keep them safe. Yet they think we are the selfish ones. It’s bizarre.

Last time I looked at mcps numbers, they continued to be on the rise and no I am not overly anxious but I don’t want to get Covid from you. So, yes, you are selfish.

What are you looking for? People aren’t going to keep covid measures up forever. Nor is covid going to be eradicated. So what's your plan? Are you going to keep isolating yourself and your kids? Or are you going to take steps to protect yourself so you can interact with others?

The discussion is about Covid in MCPS. Honestly I have no interest in interacting with others as I don't want covid. Its not about it being eradicated but since people refuse to use common sense and stay home when sick, we are now seeing outbreaks in MCPS schools and that's an issue.

There are always going to be cases in MCPS. Vaccines and infection don’t confer lasting immunity against subsequent infections.

Yes, but a lot more can be done to keep them OUT of MCPS.

Play that out.

Set aside the cost and lack of human resources. Suppose MCPS could frequent PCR and/or antibody testing and extended isolation and quarantine periods. You’re still not going to completely keep covid out, but to the extent you can keep that up, you’ll be able to keep some of those cases out of school. Now, we don’t know whether that would actually have an impact on the number of cases in MCPS students, since most of the cases are almost certainly picked up off-campus. But let's ignore that.

Then what? You're not going to keep that up forever. At some point you'd have to stop it, and covid is still going to be around. We already have vaccines and therapies are highly effective at preventing serious illness, so this is about as good as it's going to get.

So, why not give it a try. Mitigation has been proven to help. Let me guess. You don't want testing as you know at some point your kids will bring it in and you cannot be bothered keeping them at home.

Testing for the next 10+ years? No, I don't want that. Fortunately, it'll never happen.

Here's an idea - if people worked together and were willing to be part of the solution, it would be under control much sooner.. but because of people like you it will go on for many more years. Its kinda sad you don't care about education as kids who are sick cannot get an education when they don't feel well.

It’s under control just fine for the majority of the population. It’s kinda sad that you don’t get that. You are the one with unrealistic ideas, not us.

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Anonymous wrote:Very few people except for the nervous nellies on DCUM care anymore. Most people have work and other aspects of their child's well-being to worry about and just accept we will all get COVID at some point and will likely be fine. I really don't care about these numbers apart from the possible disruption caused by a child being home from school due to a closure or quarantine.

+1000. Many of us who work are back in the office, traveling for work, having happy hours with coworkers and clients etc. our kids are playing sports and being kids. We’ve just filed covid away as another (small) risk we choose to undertake everyday in exchange for living a normal full joyful life. DCUM is not real life.

Except the risks you take impact all of us. But, clearly you don’t care.

You are correct. I do not care. It’s not up to me to keep you safe from an invisible ubiquitous virus that apparently I could have and not know about. That’s very entitled by the way. I don’t know anyone who actually is such a narcissist in real life. But even if I cared deeply about you, I can’t protect you from covid. It will find you eventually regardless of whether I suck the joy out of my life in solidarity or not.

Its not anxious if you actually have real health issues and understand what long term health issues really ar.

Its too bad you are the one spreading this and so self absurd that you stopped caring. Worse is you are raising the next generation just like you and then will complain how selfish they are without realizing you are the reason why.
I have to agree with this. The majority of the country is going about their daily life, quite normally. Yet there is this subset of overly anxious people who clearly can’t run and efficient risk benefit analysis, and insist we stay home to keep them safe. Yet they think we are the selfish ones. It’s bizarre.

Last time I looked at mcps numbers, they continued to be on the rise and no I am not overly anxious but I don’t want to get Covid from you. So, yes, you are selfish.

What are you looking for? People aren’t going to keep covid measures up forever. Nor is covid going to be eradicated. So what's your plan? Are you going to keep isolating yourself and your kids? Or are you going to take steps to protect yourself so you can interact with others?

The discussion is about Covid in MCPS. Honestly I have no interest in interacting with others as I don't want covid. Its not about it being eradicated but since people refuse to use common sense and stay home when sick, we are now seeing outbreaks in MCPS schools and that's an issue.

There are always going to be cases in MCPS. Vaccines and infection don’t confer lasting immunity against subsequent infections.

Yes, but a lot more can be done to keep them OUT of MCPS.

Play that out.

Set aside the cost and lack of human resources. Suppose MCPS could frequent PCR and/or antibody testing and extended isolation and quarantine periods. You’re still not going to completely keep covid out, but to the extent you can keep that up, you’ll be able to keep some of those cases out of school. Now, we don’t know whether that would actually have an impact on the number of cases in MCPS students, since most of the cases are almost certainly picked up off-campus. But let's ignore that.

Then what? You're not going to keep that up forever. At some point you'd have to stop it, and covid is still going to be around. We already have vaccines and therapies are highly effective at preventing serious illness, so this is about as good as it's going to get.

So, why not give it a try. Mitigation has been proven to help. Let me guess. You don't want testing as you know at some point your kids will bring it in and you cannot be bothered keeping them at home.

Testing for the next 10+ years? No, I don't want that. Fortunately, it'll never happen.

Here's an idea - if people worked together and were willing to be part of the solution, it would be under control much sooner.. but because of people like you it will go on for many more years. Its kinda sad you don't care about education as kids who are sick cannot get an education when they don't feel well.

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Anonymous wrote:Very few people except for the nervous nellies on DCUM care anymore. Most people have work and other aspects of their child's well-being to worry about and just accept we will all get COVID at some point and will likely be fine. I really don't care about these numbers apart from the possible disruption caused by a child being home from school due to a closure or quarantine.

+1000. Many of us who work are back in the office, traveling for work, having happy hours with coworkers and clients etc. our kids are playing sports and being kids. We’ve just filed covid away as another (small) risk we choose to undertake everyday in exchange for living a normal full joyful life. DCUM is not real life.

Except the risks you take impact all of us. But, clearly you don’t care.

You are correct. I do not care. It’s not up to me to keep you safe from an invisible ubiquitous virus that apparently I could have and not know about. That’s very entitled by the way. I don’t know anyone who actually is such a narcissist in real life. But even if I cared deeply about you, I can’t protect you from covid. It will find you eventually regardless of whether I suck the joy out of my life in solidarity or not.

Its not anxious if you actually have real health issues and understand what long term health issues really ar.

Its too bad you are the one spreading this and so self absurd that you stopped caring. Worse is you are raising the next generation just like you and then will complain how selfish they are without realizing you are the reason why.
I have to agree with this. The majority of the country is going about their daily life, quite normally. Yet there is this subset of overly anxious people who clearly can’t run and efficient risk benefit analysis, and insist we stay home to keep them safe. Yet they think we are the selfish ones. It’s bizarre.

Last time I looked at mcps numbers, they continued to be on the rise and no I am not overly anxious but I don’t want to get Covid from you. So, yes, you are selfish.

What are you looking for? People aren’t going to keep covid measures up forever. Nor is covid going to be eradicated. So what's your plan? Are you going to keep isolating yourself and your kids? Or are you going to take steps to protect yourself so you can interact with others?

The discussion is about Covid in MCPS. Honestly I have no interest in interacting with others as I don't want covid. Its not about it being eradicated but since people refuse to use common sense and stay home when sick, we are now seeing outbreaks in MCPS schools and that's an issue.

There are always going to be cases in MCPS. Vaccines and infection don’t confer lasting immunity against subsequent infections.

Yes, but a lot more can be done to keep them OUT of MCPS.

Play that out.

Set aside the cost and lack of human resources. Suppose MCPS could frequent PCR and/or antibody testing and extended isolation and quarantine periods. You’re still not going to completely keep covid out, but to the extent you can keep that up, you’ll be able to keep some of those cases out of school. Now, we don’t know whether that would actually have an impact on the number of cases in MCPS students, since most of the cases are almost certainly picked up off-campus. But let's ignore that.

Then what? You're not going to keep that up forever. At some point you'd have to stop it, and covid is still going to be around. We already have vaccines and therapies are highly effective at preventing serious illness, so this is about as good as it's going to get.

So, why not give it a try. Mitigation has been proven to help. Let me guess. You don't want testing as you know at some point your kids will bring it in and you cannot be bothered keeping them at home.

Give what a try? You’re not convincing me to join your campaign to lobby MCPS to put more mitigation in place next year than they did this year, but no one is stopping you from engaging in such efforts. Seems some of their federal covid $$ could have been used more wisely, I’ll give you that. But I don’t know how much is left to fund whatever it is you’re looking for.

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Anonymous wrote:Very few people except for the nervous nellies on DCUM care anymore. Most people have work and other aspects of their child's well-being to worry about and just accept we will all get COVID at some point and will likely be fine. I really don't care about these numbers apart from the possible disruption caused by a child being home from school due to a closure or quarantine.

+1000. Many of us who work are back in the office, traveling for work, having happy hours with coworkers and clients etc. our kids are playing sports and being kids. We’ve just filed covid away as another (small) risk we choose to undertake everyday in exchange for living a normal full joyful life. DCUM is not real life.

Except the risks you take impact all of us. But, clearly you don’t care.

You are correct. I do not care. It’s not up to me to keep you safe from an invisible ubiquitous virus that apparently I could have and not know about. That’s very entitled by the way. I don’t know anyone who actually is such a narcissist in real life. But even if I cared deeply about you, I can’t protect you from covid. It will find you eventually regardless of whether I suck the joy out of my life in solidarity or not.

Its not anxious if you actually have real health issues and understand what long term health issues really ar.

Its too bad you are the one spreading this and so self absurd that you stopped caring. Worse is you are raising the next generation just like you and then will complain how selfish they are without realizing you are the reason why.
I have to agree with this. The majority of the country is going about their daily life, quite normally. Yet there is this subset of overly anxious people who clearly can’t run and efficient risk benefit analysis, and insist we stay home to keep them safe. Yet they think we are the selfish ones. It’s bizarre.

Last time I looked at mcps numbers, they continued to be on the rise and no I am not overly anxious but I don’t want to get Covid from you. So, yes, you are selfish.

What are you looking for? People aren’t going to keep covid measures up forever. Nor is covid going to be eradicated. So what's your plan? Are you going to keep isolating yourself and your kids? Or are you going to take steps to protect yourself so you can interact with others?

The discussion is about Covid in MCPS. Honestly I have no interest in interacting with others as I don't want covid. Its not about it being eradicated but since people refuse to use common sense and stay home when sick, we are now seeing outbreaks in MCPS schools and that's an issue.

There are always going to be cases in MCPS. Vaccines and infection don’t confer lasting immunity against subsequent infections.

Yes, but a lot more can be done to keep them OUT of MCPS.

Play that out.

Set aside the cost and lack of human resources. Suppose MCPS could frequent PCR and/or antibody testing and extended isolation and quarantine periods. You’re still not going to completely keep covid out, but to the extent you can keep that up, you’ll be able to keep some of those cases out of school. Now, we don’t know whether that would actually have an impact on the number of cases in MCPS students, since most of the cases are almost certainly picked up off-campus. But let's ignore that.

Then what? You're not going to keep that up forever. At some point you'd have to stop it, and covid is still going to be around. We already have vaccines and therapies are highly effective at preventing serious illness, so this is about as good as it's going to get.

So, why not give it a try. Mitigation has been proven to help. Let me guess. You don't want testing as you know at some point your kids will bring it in and you cannot be bothered keeping them at home.

Testing for the next 10+ years? No, I don't want that. Fortunately, it'll never happen.

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Anonymous wrote:Very few people except for the nervous nellies on DCUM care anymore. Most people have work and other aspects of their child's well-being to worry about and just accept we will all get COVID at some point and will likely be fine. I really don't care about these numbers apart from the possible disruption caused by a child being home from school due to a closure or quarantine.

+1000. Many of us who work are back in the office, traveling for work, having happy hours with coworkers and clients etc. our kids are playing sports and being kids. We’ve just filed covid away as another (small) risk we choose to undertake everyday in exchange for living a normal full joyful life. DCUM is not real life.

Except the risks you take impact all of us. But, clearly you don’t care.

You are correct. I do not care. It’s not up to me to keep you safe from an invisible ubiquitous virus that apparently I could have and not know about. That’s very entitled by the way. I don’t know anyone who actually is such a narcissist in real life. But even if I cared deeply about you, I can’t protect you from covid. It will find you eventually regardless of whether I suck the joy out of my life in solidarity or not.

Its not anxious if you actually have real health issues and understand what long term health issues really ar.

Its too bad you are the one spreading this and so self absurd that you stopped caring. Worse is you are raising the next generation just like you and then will complain how selfish they are without realizing you are the reason why.
I have to agree with this. The majority of the country is going about their daily life, quite normally. Yet there is this subset of overly anxious people who clearly can’t run and efficient risk benefit analysis, and insist we stay home to keep them safe. Yet they think we are the selfish ones. It’s bizarre.

Last time I looked at mcps numbers, they continued to be on the rise and no I am not overly anxious but I don’t want to get Covid from you. So, yes, you are selfish.

What are you looking for? People aren’t going to keep covid measures up forever. Nor is covid going to be eradicated. So what's your plan? Are you going to keep isolating yourself and your kids? Or are you going to take steps to protect yourself so you can interact with others?

The discussion is about Covid in MCPS. Honestly I have no interest in interacting with others as I don't want covid. Its not about it being eradicated but since people refuse to use common sense and stay home when sick, we are now seeing outbreaks in MCPS schools and that's an issue.

There are always going to be cases in MCPS. Vaccines and infection don’t confer lasting immunity against subsequent infections.

Yes, but a lot more can be done to keep them OUT of MCPS.

Play that out.

Set aside the cost and lack of human resources. Suppose MCPS could frequent PCR and/or antibody testing and extended isolation and quarantine periods. You’re still not going to completely keep covid out, but to the extent you can keep that up, you’ll be able to keep some of those cases out of school. Now, we don’t know whether that would actually have an impact on the number of cases in MCPS students, since most of the cases are almost certainly picked up off-campus. But let's ignore that.

Then what? You're not going to keep that up forever. At some point you'd have to stop it, and covid is still going to be around. We already have vaccines and therapies are highly effective at preventing serious illness, so this is about as good as it's going to get.

That's a mischaracterization if the vaccine and you know it. And the treatment is not as widely available as you think. Plus we are seeing more and more long term effects from "mild" cases, even in the vaccinated. I have no interest in getting covid or having my kids get covid. You can take that gamble but I will not.

How is that not an accurate characterization of the vaccine? Have you looked at hospitalization and mortality rates between vaccinated/booster and unvaccinated people? They're absolutely highly effective at preventing serious illness.

The current variants are more contagious, but overall midler so it may not be the vaccine but the mutation. And, for some of us, its not just about hospitalizations.