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Anonymous wrote:WTF? Who is still testing. We are a pro lockdown family who took COVID deadly serious, but that time is gone.

Covid is gone? No one has it any longer?

The time to fear it is gone. For most people after vaccination it will be like a flu.

Because no one minds having the flu. And at multiple times a year.

Not enough to make my kids wear masks for 2 weeks.

And they take it off to eat, so it’s all theater.

There is outdoor seating option so you’re playing theatre and they masks is for 10 days drama queen.

Listen unless the kids are wearing proper KN95 respirators, fitted tight without any breaks (so those rainy days on indoor lunch or your Larlo needs to pick his nose). This variant is so contagious that cloth masks and surgical masks are pointless, and any break is basically game over.

Kn95 masks are available for purchase. You have nothing but excuses.

Exactly. If you as a parent are worried, you can outfit your kid with a KN95, goggles, and instruction to not remove it ever while indoors, with accompanying guidance to teachers.

Your kid will be safe, at least from COVID, mental illness will be the side effect

I work in a school. I'm going to be wearing a mask until I retired. Many other people still wear masks in my school as well. Schools are full of germs. I'm not afraid of dying from COVID but I appreciate some level of protection from all the other bugs that are constantly circulating around MCPS -- the flu, strep, the common cold. I love wearing my mask! You can belittle people like me all you want but wearing a mask keeps me from getting sick.

Would you feel or act differently if you had a hearing-impaired student? I'm guessing/hoping you aren't a lower elementary teacher, where a broader set of students could be impacted by a teacher always wearing a mask.

Otherwise I don't really care when someone chooses to wear a mask as long as they're not trying to force it on anyone else.

Have you ever thought about the student in the next desk over whose parent may be fighting for their lives with cancer or other health issues and them getting covid would be serious and delay treatment?

Sounds like that student in next desk should wear a good mask. Or maybe the parent should inquire about getting an apartment next to the hospital. The hospital where my wife got her transplant did that for her when she was recovering after the surgery.

It’s not as simple as one kid masking. Most people cannot afford to move out nor would leave their kids like that. You’d think you’d have a bit more empathy to what your wife went through but clearly you were not taking care of her.

That’s right- I wasn’t, since that was well before we were married.

I really don't get what your expectations are. There has always been, and will always be, infectious diseases of varying severity. There has always been, and will always be, immunocompromised individuals, and other people requiring medical treatment. And for most of those individuals, schools will be far from their only direct or indirect source of exposure to infectious diseases.

Zero empathy or understanding. Must be nice to have your privilege.

Again, what’s your expectation here? Surely you don’t expect people to mask forever, do you?

They, in fact, do. Seeing them get so bent out of shape is what makes these threads fun.

That’s a bizarre thing to get off on. You go you!

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Anonymous wrote:WTF? Who is still testing. We are a pro lockdown family who took COVID deadly serious, but that time is gone.

Covid is gone? No one has it any longer?

The time to fear it is gone. For most people after vaccination it will be like a flu.

Because no one minds having the flu. And at multiple times a year.

Not enough to make my kids wear masks for 2 weeks.

And they take it off to eat, so it’s all theater.

There is outdoor seating option so you’re playing theatre and they masks is for 10 days drama queen.

Listen unless the kids are wearing proper KN95 respirators, fitted tight without any breaks (so those rainy days on indoor lunch or your Larlo needs to pick his nose). This variant is so contagious that cloth masks and surgical masks are pointless, and any break is basically game over.

Kn95 masks are available for purchase. You have nothing but excuses.

Exactly. If you as a parent are worried, you can outfit your kid with a KN95, goggles, and instruction to not remove it ever while indoors, with accompanying guidance to teachers.

Your kid will be safe, at least from COVID, mental illness will be the side effect

I work in a school. I'm going to be wearing a mask until I retired. Many other people still wear masks in my school as well. Schools are full of germs. I'm not afraid of dying from COVID but I appreciate some level of protection from all the other bugs that are constantly circulating around MCPS -- the flu, strep, the common cold. I love wearing my mask! You can belittle people like me all you want but wearing a mask keeps me from getting sick.

Would you feel or act differently if you had a hearing-impaired student? I'm guessing/hoping you aren't a lower elementary teacher, where a broader set of students could be impacted by a teacher always wearing a mask.

Otherwise I don't really care when someone chooses to wear a mask as long as they're not trying to force it on anyone else.

Have you ever thought about the student in the next desk over whose parent may be fighting for their lives with cancer or other health issues and them getting covid would be serious and delay treatment?

Sounds like that student in next desk should wear a good mask. Or maybe the parent should inquire about getting an apartment next to the hospital. The hospital where my wife got her transplant did that for her when she was recovering after the surgery.

It’s not as simple as one kid masking. Most people cannot afford to move out nor would leave their kids like that. You’d think you’d have a bit more empathy to what your wife went through but clearly you were not taking care of her.

That’s right- I wasn’t, since that was well before we were married.

I really don't get what your expectations are. There has always been, and will always be, infectious diseases of varying severity. There has always been, and will always be, immunocompromised individuals, and other people requiring medical treatment. And for most of those individuals, schools will be far from their only direct or indirect source of exposure to infectious diseases.

Zero empathy or understanding. Must be nice to have your privilege.

Again, what’s your expectation here? Surely you don’t expect people to mask forever, do you?

What’s your expectation? To mitigate covid easily or continue to sicken people at a high rate?

Yep, people get sick. Always have and always will. Oh well.

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Anonymous wrote:WTF? Who is still testing. We are a pro lockdown family who took COVID deadly serious, but that time is gone.

Covid is gone? No one has it any longer?

The time to fear it is gone. For most people after vaccination it will be like a flu.

Because no one minds having the flu. And at multiple times a year.

Not enough to make my kids wear masks for 2 weeks.

And they take it off to eat, so it’s all theater.

There is outdoor seating option so you’re playing theatre and they masks is for 10 days drama queen.

Listen unless the kids are wearing proper KN95 respirators, fitted tight without any breaks (so those rainy days on indoor lunch or your Larlo needs to pick his nose). This variant is so contagious that cloth masks and surgical masks are pointless, and any break is basically game over.

Kn95 masks are available for purchase. You have nothing but excuses.

Exactly. If you as a parent are worried, you can outfit your kid with a KN95, goggles, and instruction to not remove it ever while indoors, with accompanying guidance to teachers.

Your kid will be safe, at least from COVID, mental illness will be the side effect

I work in a school. I'm going to be wearing a mask until I retired. Many other people still wear masks in my school as well. Schools are full of germs. I'm not afraid of dying from COVID but I appreciate some level of protection from all the other bugs that are constantly circulating around MCPS -- the flu, strep, the common cold. I love wearing my mask! You can belittle people like me all you want but wearing a mask keeps me from getting sick.

Would you feel or act differently if you had a hearing-impaired student? I'm guessing/hoping you aren't a lower elementary teacher, where a broader set of students could be impacted by a teacher always wearing a mask.

Otherwise I don't really care when someone chooses to wear a mask as long as they're not trying to force it on anyone else.

Have you ever thought about the student in the next desk over whose parent may be fighting for their lives with cancer or other health issues and them getting covid would be serious and delay treatment?

Sounds like that student in next desk should wear a good mask. Or maybe the parent should inquire about getting an apartment next to the hospital. The hospital where my wife got her transplant did that for her when she was recovering after the surgery.

It’s not as simple as one kid masking. Most people cannot afford to move out nor would leave their kids like that. You’d think you’d have a bit more empathy to what your wife went through but clearly you were not taking care of her.

That’s right- I wasn’t, since that was well before we were married.

I really don't get what your expectations are. There has always been, and will always be, infectious diseases of varying severity. There has always been, and will always be, immunocompromised individuals, and other people requiring medical treatment. And for most of those individuals, schools will be far from their only direct or indirect source of exposure to infectious diseases.

Zero empathy or understanding. Must be nice to have your privilege.

Again, what’s your expectation here? Surely you don’t expect people to mask forever, do you?

What’s your expectation? To mitigate covid easily or continue to sicken people at a high rate?

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Anonymous wrote:WTF? Who is still testing. We are a pro lockdown family who took COVID deadly serious, but that time is gone.

Covid is gone? No one has it any longer?

The time to fear it is gone. For most people after vaccination it will be like a flu.

Because no one minds having the flu. And at multiple times a year.

Not enough to make my kids wear masks for 2 weeks.

And they take it off to eat, so it’s all theater.

There is outdoor seating option so you’re playing theatre and they masks is for 10 days drama queen.

Listen unless the kids are wearing proper KN95 respirators, fitted tight without any breaks (so those rainy days on indoor lunch or your Larlo needs to pick his nose). This variant is so contagious that cloth masks and surgical masks are pointless, and any break is basically game over.

Kn95 masks are available for purchase. You have nothing but excuses.

Exactly. If you as a parent are worried, you can outfit your kid with a KN95, goggles, and instruction to not remove it ever while indoors, with accompanying guidance to teachers.

Your kid will be safe, at least from COVID, mental illness will be the side effect

I work in a school. I'm going to be wearing a mask until I retired. Many other people still wear masks in my school as well. Schools are full of germs. I'm not afraid of dying from COVID but I appreciate some level of protection from all the other bugs that are constantly circulating around MCPS -- the flu, strep, the common cold. I love wearing my mask! You can belittle people like me all you want but wearing a mask keeps me from getting sick.

Would you feel or act differently if you had a hearing-impaired student? I'm guessing/hoping you aren't a lower elementary teacher, where a broader set of students could be impacted by a teacher always wearing a mask.

Otherwise I don't really care when someone chooses to wear a mask as long as they're not trying to force it on anyone else.

Have you ever thought about the student in the next desk over whose parent may be fighting for their lives with cancer or other health issues and them getting covid would be serious and delay treatment?

Sounds like that student in next desk should wear a good mask. Or maybe the parent should inquire about getting an apartment next to the hospital. The hospital where my wife got her transplant did that for her when she was recovering after the surgery.

It’s not as simple as one kid masking. Most people cannot afford to move out nor would leave their kids like that. You’d think you’d have a bit more empathy to what your wife went through but clearly you were not taking care of her.

That’s right- I wasn’t, since that was well before we were married.

I really don't get what your expectations are. There has always been, and will always be, infectious diseases of varying severity. There has always been, and will always be, immunocompromised individuals, and other people requiring medical treatment. And for most of those individuals, schools will be far from their only direct or indirect source of exposure to infectious diseases.

Zero empathy or understanding. Must be nice to have your privilege.

Again, what’s your expectation here? Surely you don’t expect people to mask forever, do you?

They, in fact, do. Seeing them get so bent out of shape is what makes these threads fun.

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Anonymous wrote:WTF? Who is still testing. We are a pro lockdown family who took COVID deadly serious, but that time is gone.

Covid is gone? No one has it any longer?

The time to fear it is gone. For most people after vaccination it will be like a flu.

Because no one minds having the flu. And at multiple times a year.

Not enough to make my kids wear masks for 2 weeks.

And they take it off to eat, so it’s all theater.

There is outdoor seating option so you’re playing theatre and they masks is for 10 days drama queen.

Listen unless the kids are wearing proper KN95 respirators, fitted tight without any breaks (so those rainy days on indoor lunch or your Larlo needs to pick his nose). This variant is so contagious that cloth masks and surgical masks are pointless, and any break is basically game over.

Kn95 masks are available for purchase. You have nothing but excuses.

Exactly. If you as a parent are worried, you can outfit your kid with a KN95, goggles, and instruction to not remove it ever while indoors, with accompanying guidance to teachers.

Your kid will be safe, at least from COVID, mental illness will be the side effect

I work in a school. I'm going to be wearing a mask until I retired. Many other people still wear masks in my school as well. Schools are full of germs. I'm not afraid of dying from COVID but I appreciate some level of protection from all the other bugs that are constantly circulating around MCPS -- the flu, strep, the common cold. I love wearing my mask! You can belittle people like me all you want but wearing a mask keeps me from getting sick.

Would you feel or act differently if you had a hearing-impaired student? I'm guessing/hoping you aren't a lower elementary teacher, where a broader set of students could be impacted by a teacher always wearing a mask.

Otherwise I don't really care when someone chooses to wear a mask as long as they're not trying to force it on anyone else.

Have you ever thought about the student in the next desk over whose parent may be fighting for their lives with cancer or other health issues and them getting covid would be serious and delay treatment?

Sounds like that student in next desk should wear a good mask. Or maybe the parent should inquire about getting an apartment next to the hospital. The hospital where my wife got her transplant did that for her when she was recovering after the surgery.

It’s not as simple as one kid masking. Most people cannot afford to move out nor would leave their kids like that. You’d think you’d have a bit more empathy to what your wife went through but clearly you were not taking care of her.

That’s right- I wasn’t, since that was well before we were married.

I really don't get what your expectations are. There has always been, and will always be, infectious diseases of varying severity. There has always been, and will always be, immunocompromised individuals, and other people requiring medical treatment. And for most of those individuals, schools will be far from their only direct or indirect source of exposure to infectious diseases.

Zero empathy or understanding. Must be nice to have your privilege.

Again, what’s your expectation here? Surely you don’t expect people to mask forever, do you?

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Anonymous wrote:WTF? Who is still testing. We are a pro lockdown family who took COVID deadly serious, but that time is gone.

Covid is gone? No one has it any longer?

The time to fear it is gone. For most people after vaccination it will be like a flu.

Because no one minds having the flu. And at multiple times a year.

Not enough to make my kids wear masks for 2 weeks.

And they take it off to eat, so it’s all theater.

There is outdoor seating option so you’re playing theatre and they masks is for 10 days drama queen.

Listen unless the kids are wearing proper KN95 respirators, fitted tight without any breaks (so those rainy days on indoor lunch or your Larlo needs to pick his nose). This variant is so contagious that cloth masks and surgical masks are pointless, and any break is basically game over.

Kn95 masks are available for purchase. You have nothing but excuses.

Exactly. If you as a parent are worried, you can outfit your kid with a KN95, goggles, and instruction to not remove it ever while indoors, with accompanying guidance to teachers.

Your kid will be safe, at least from COVID, mental illness will be the side effect

I work in a school. I'm going to be wearing a mask until I retired. Many other people still wear masks in my school as well. Schools are full of germs. I'm not afraid of dying from COVID but I appreciate some level of protection from all the other bugs that are constantly circulating around MCPS -- the flu, strep, the common cold. I love wearing my mask! You can belittle people like me all you want but wearing a mask keeps me from getting sick.

Would you feel or act differently if you had a hearing-impaired student? I'm guessing/hoping you aren't a lower elementary teacher, where a broader set of students could be impacted by a teacher always wearing a mask.

Otherwise I don't really care when someone chooses to wear a mask as long as they're not trying to force it on anyone else.

Have you ever thought about the student in the next desk over whose parent may be fighting for their lives with cancer or other health issues and them getting covid would be serious and delay treatment?

Sounds like that student in next desk should wear a good mask. Or maybe the parent should inquire about getting an apartment next to the hospital. The hospital where my wife got her transplant did that for her when she was recovering after the surgery.

It’s not as simple as one kid masking. Most people cannot afford to move out nor would leave their kids like that. You’d think you’d have a bit more empathy to what your wife went through but clearly you were not taking care of her.

That’s right- I wasn’t, since that was well before we were married.

I really don't get what your expectations are. There has always been, and will always be, infectious diseases of varying severity. There has always been, and will always be, immunocompromised individuals, and other people requiring medical treatment. And for most of those individuals, schools will be far from their only direct or indirect source of exposure to infectious diseases.

Zero empathy or understanding. Must be nice to have your privilege.

Again, what’s your expectation here? Surely you don’t expect people to mask forever, do you?

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Anonymous wrote:WTF? Who is still testing. We are a pro lockdown family who took COVID deadly serious, but that time is gone.

Covid is gone? No one has it any longer?

The time to fear it is gone. For most people after vaccination it will be like a flu.

Because no one minds having the flu. And at multiple times a year.

Not enough to make my kids wear masks for 2 weeks.

And they take it off to eat, so it’s all theater.

There is outdoor seating option so you’re playing theatre and they masks is for 10 days drama queen.

Listen unless the kids are wearing proper KN95 respirators, fitted tight without any breaks (so those rainy days on indoor lunch or your Larlo needs to pick his nose). This variant is so contagious that cloth masks and surgical masks are pointless, and any break is basically game over.

Kn95 masks are available for purchase. You have nothing but excuses.

Exactly. If you as a parent are worried, you can outfit your kid with a KN95, goggles, and instruction to not remove it ever while indoors, with accompanying guidance to teachers.

Your kid will be safe, at least from COVID, mental illness will be the side effect

I work in a school. I'm going to be wearing a mask until I retired. Many other people still wear masks in my school as well. Schools are full of germs. I'm not afraid of dying from COVID but I appreciate some level of protection from all the other bugs that are constantly circulating around MCPS -- the flu, strep, the common cold. I love wearing my mask! You can belittle people like me all you want but wearing a mask keeps me from getting sick.

Would you feel or act differently if you had a hearing-impaired student? I'm guessing/hoping you aren't a lower elementary teacher, where a broader set of students could be impacted by a teacher always wearing a mask.

Otherwise I don't really care when someone chooses to wear a mask as long as they're not trying to force it on anyone else.

Have you ever thought about the student in the next desk over whose parent may be fighting for their lives with cancer or other health issues and them getting covid would be serious and delay treatment?

Sounds like that student in next desk should wear a good mask. Or maybe the parent should inquire about getting an apartment next to the hospital. The hospital where my wife got her transplant did that for her when she was recovering after the surgery.

It’s not as simple as one kid masking. Most people cannot afford to move out nor would leave their kids like that. You’d think you’d have a bit more empathy to what your wife went through but clearly you were not taking care of her.

That’s right- I wasn’t, since that was well before we were married.

I really don't get what your expectations are. There has always been, and will always be, infectious diseases of varying severity. There has always been, and will always be, immunocompromised individuals, and other people requiring medical treatment. And for most of those individuals, schools will be far from their only direct or indirect source of exposure to infectious diseases.

Zero empathy or understanding. Must be nice to have your privilege.

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Anonymous wrote:WTF? Who is still testing. We are a pro lockdown family who took COVID deadly serious, but that time is gone.

Covid is gone? No one has it any longer?

The time to fear it is gone. For most people after vaccination it will be like a flu.

Because no one minds having the flu. And at multiple times a year.

Not enough to make my kids wear masks for 2 weeks.

And they take it off to eat, so it’s all theater.

There is outdoor seating option so you’re playing theatre and they masks is for 10 days drama queen.

Listen unless the kids are wearing proper KN95 respirators, fitted tight without any breaks (so those rainy days on indoor lunch or your Larlo needs to pick his nose). This variant is so contagious that cloth masks and surgical masks are pointless, and any break is basically game over.

Kn95 masks are available for purchase. You have nothing but excuses.

Exactly. If you as a parent are worried, you can outfit your kid with a KN95, goggles, and instruction to not remove it ever while indoors, with accompanying guidance to teachers.

Your kid will be safe, at least from COVID, mental illness will be the side effect

I work in a school. I'm going to be wearing a mask until I retired. Many other people still wear masks in my school as well. Schools are full of germs. I'm not afraid of dying from COVID but I appreciate some level of protection from all the other bugs that are constantly circulating around MCPS -- the flu, strep, the common cold. I love wearing my mask! You can belittle people like me all you want but wearing a mask keeps me from getting sick.

Would you feel or act differently if you had a hearing-impaired student? I'm guessing/hoping you aren't a lower elementary teacher, where a broader set of students could be impacted by a teacher always wearing a mask.

Otherwise I don't really care when someone chooses to wear a mask as long as they're not trying to force it on anyone else.

Have you ever thought about the student in the next desk over whose parent may be fighting for their lives with cancer or other health issues and them getting covid would be serious and delay treatment?

Sounds like that student in next desk should wear a good mask. Or maybe the parent should inquire about getting an apartment next to the hospital. The hospital where my wife got her transplant did that for her when she was recovering after the surgery.

It’s not as simple as one kid masking. Most people cannot afford to move out nor would leave their kids like that. You’d think you’d have a bit more empathy to what your wife went through but clearly you were not taking care of her.

That’s right- I wasn’t, since that was well before we were married.

I really don't get what your expectations are. There has always been, and will always be, infectious diseases of varying severity. There has always been, and will always be, immunocompromised individuals, and other people requiring medical treatment. And for most of those individuals, schools will be far from their only direct or indirect source of exposure to infectious diseases.

Blah blah blah. Yes, there have always been infections diseases of varying severity. I know because I used to get every single one that was seasonal or going around school. Now I don't. Thank you, COVID, for introducing us to masks!!! And hand sanitizer.

Here's a toast to masks, for keeping those who wear them protected from all the circulating bugs that used to waste so many of our sick days and now don't. Cheers!

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Anonymous wrote:WTF? Who is still testing. We are a pro lockdown family who took COVID deadly serious, but that time is gone.

Covid is gone? No one has it any longer?

The time to fear it is gone. For most people after vaccination it will be like a flu.

Because no one minds having the flu. And at multiple times a year.

Not enough to make my kids wear masks for 2 weeks.

And they take it off to eat, so it’s all theater.

There is outdoor seating option so you’re playing theatre and they masks is for 10 days drama queen.

Listen unless the kids are wearing proper KN95 respirators, fitted tight without any breaks (so those rainy days on indoor lunch or your Larlo needs to pick his nose). This variant is so contagious that cloth masks and surgical masks are pointless, and any break is basically game over.

Kn95 masks are available for purchase. You have nothing but excuses.

Exactly. If you as a parent are worried, you can outfit your kid with a KN95, goggles, and instruction to not remove it ever while indoors, with accompanying guidance to teachers.

Your kid will be safe, at least from COVID, mental illness will be the side effect

I work in a school. I'm going to be wearing a mask until I retired. Many other people still wear masks in my school as well. Schools are full of germs. I'm not afraid of dying from COVID but I appreciate some level of protection from all the other bugs that are constantly circulating around MCPS -- the flu, strep, the common cold. I love wearing my mask! You can belittle people like me all you want but wearing a mask keeps me from getting sick.

Would you feel or act differently if you had a hearing-impaired student? I'm guessing/hoping you aren't a lower elementary teacher, where a broader set of students could be impacted by a teacher always wearing a mask.

Otherwise I don't really care when someone chooses to wear a mask as long as they're not trying to force it on anyone else.

Have you ever thought about the student in the next desk over whose parent may be fighting for their lives with cancer or other health issues and them getting covid would be serious and delay treatment?

Sounds like that student in next desk should wear a good mask. Or maybe the parent should inquire about getting an apartment next to the hospital. The hospital where my wife got her transplant did that for her when she was recovering after the surgery.

It’s not as simple as one kid masking. Most people cannot afford to move out nor would leave their kids like that. You’d think you’d have a bit more empathy to what your wife went through but clearly you were not taking care of her.

That’s right- I wasn’t, since that was well before we were married.

I really don't get what your expectations are. There has always been, and will always be, infectious diseases of varying severity. There has always been, and will always be, immunocompromised individuals, and other people requiring medical treatment. And for most of those individuals, schools will be far from their only direct or indirect source of exposure to infectious diseases.

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Anonymous wrote:WTF? Who is still testing. We are a pro lockdown family who took COVID deadly serious, but that time is gone.

Covid is gone? No one has it any longer?

The time to fear it is gone. For most people after vaccination it will be like a flu.

Because no one minds having the flu. And at multiple times a year.

Not enough to make my kids wear masks for 2 weeks.

And they take it off to eat, so it’s all theater.

There is outdoor seating option so you’re playing theatre and they masks is for 10 days drama queen.

Listen unless the kids are wearing proper KN95 respirators, fitted tight without any breaks (so those rainy days on indoor lunch or your Larlo needs to pick his nose). This variant is so contagious that cloth masks and surgical masks are pointless, and any break is basically game over.

Kn95 masks are available for purchase. You have nothing but excuses.

Exactly. If you as a parent are worried, you can outfit your kid with a KN95, goggles, and instruction to not remove it ever while indoors, with accompanying guidance to teachers.

Your kid will be safe, at least from COVID, mental illness will be the side effect

You have mental illness if you think a mask will lead to mental illness.

DP, but it’s the obsession with COVID as the sole health outcome of relevance that’s the issue here.

Although, I would argue that indefinite, all day masking for young children is problematic. You know there’s a part of the brain that specifically mediates facial recognition, right? That didn’t evolve because seeing faces is unimportant for humans.

Kids will be fine. The issue is the attitude of adults and the fact some spend very little time with their kids and rely on the schools as replacement parents.

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Covid is gone? No one has it any longer?

The time to fear it is gone. For most people after vaccination it will be like a flu.

Because no one minds having the flu. And at multiple times a year.

Not enough to make my kids wear masks for 2 weeks.

And they take it off to eat, so it’s all theater.

There is outdoor seating option so you’re playing theatre and they masks is for 10 days drama queen.

Listen unless the kids are wearing proper KN95 respirators, fitted tight without any breaks (so those rainy days on indoor lunch or your Larlo needs to pick his nose). This variant is so contagious that cloth masks and surgical masks are pointless, and any break is basically game over.

Kn95 masks are available for purchase. You have nothing but excuses.

Exactly. If you as a parent are worried, you can outfit your kid with a KN95, goggles, and instruction to not remove it ever while indoors, with accompanying guidance to teachers.

Your kid will be safe, at least from COVID, mental illness will be the side effect

You have mental illness if you think a mask will lead to mental illness.

DP, but it’s the obsession with COVID as the sole health outcome of relevance that’s the issue here.

Although, I would argue that indefinite, all day masking for young children is problematic. You know there’s a part of the brain that specifically mediates facial recognition, right? That didn’t evolve because seeing faces is unimportant for humans.

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Anonymous wrote:WTF? Who is still testing. We are a pro lockdown family who took COVID deadly serious, but that time is gone.

Covid is gone? No one has it any longer?

The time to fear it is gone. For most people after vaccination it will be like a flu.

Because no one minds having the flu. And at multiple times a year.

Not enough to make my kids wear masks for 2 weeks.

And they take it off to eat, so it’s all theater.

There is outdoor seating option so you’re playing theatre and they masks is for 10 days drama queen.

Listen unless the kids are wearing proper KN95 respirators, fitted tight without any breaks (so those rainy days on indoor lunch or your Larlo needs to pick his nose). This variant is so contagious that cloth masks and surgical masks are pointless, and any break is basically game over.

Kn95 masks are available for purchase. You have nothing but excuses.

Exactly. If you as a parent are worried, you can outfit your kid with a KN95, goggles, and instruction to not remove it ever while indoors, with accompanying guidance to teachers.

Your kid will be safe, at least from COVID, mental illness will be the side effect

I work in a school. I'm going to be wearing a mask until I retired. Many other people still wear masks in my school as well. Schools are full of germs. I'm not afraid of dying from COVID but I appreciate some level of protection from all the other bugs that are constantly circulating around MCPS -- the flu, strep, the common cold. I love wearing my mask! You can belittle people like me all you want but wearing a mask keeps me from getting sick.

Would you feel or act differently if you had a hearing-impaired student? I'm guessing/hoping you aren't a lower elementary teacher, where a broader set of students could be impacted by a teacher always wearing a mask.

Otherwise I don't really care when someone chooses to wear a mask as long as they're not trying to force it on anyone else.

Have you ever thought about the student in the next desk over whose parent may be fighting for their lives with cancer or other health issues and them getting covid would be serious and delay treatment?

Sounds like that student in next desk should wear a good mask. Or maybe the parent should inquire about getting an apartment next to the hospital. The hospital where my wife got her transplant did that for her when she was recovering after the surgery.

It’s not as simple as one kid masking. Most people cannot afford to move out nor would leave their kids like that. You’d think you’d have a bit more empathy to what your wife went through but clearly you were not taking care of her.

That’s right- I wasn’t, since that was well before we were married.

I really don't get what your expectations are. There has always been, and will always be, infectious diseases of varying severity. There has always been, and will always be, immunocompromised individuals, and other people requiring medical treatment. And for most of those individuals, schools will be far from their only direct or indirect source of exposure to infectious diseases.

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Anonymous wrote:WTF? Who is still testing. We are a pro lockdown family who took COVID deadly serious, but that time is gone.

Covid is gone? No one has it any longer?

The time to fear it is gone. For most people after vaccination it will be like a flu.

Because no one minds having the flu. And at multiple times a year.

Not enough to make my kids wear masks for 2 weeks.

And they take it off to eat, so it’s all theater.

There is outdoor seating option so you’re playing theatre and they masks is for 10 days drama queen.

Listen unless the kids are wearing proper KN95 respirators, fitted tight without any breaks (so those rainy days on indoor lunch or your Larlo needs to pick his nose). This variant is so contagious that cloth masks and surgical masks are pointless, and any break is basically game over.

Kn95 masks are available for purchase. You have nothing but excuses.

Exactly. If you as a parent are worried, you can outfit your kid with a KN95, goggles, and instruction to not remove it ever while indoors, with accompanying guidance to teachers.

Your kid will be safe, at least from COVID, mental illness will be the side effect

You have mental illness if you think a mask will lead to mental illness.

DP, but it’s the obsession with COVID as the sole health outcome of relevance that’s the issue here.

Although, I would argue that indefinite, all day masking for young children is problematic. You know there’s a part of the brain that specifically mediates facial recognition, right? That didn’t evolve because seeing faces is unimportant for humans.

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Anonymous wrote:WTF? Who is still testing. We are a pro lockdown family who took COVID deadly serious, but that time is gone.

Covid is gone? No one has it any longer?

The time to fear it is gone. For most people after vaccination it will be like a flu.

Because no one minds having the flu. And at multiple times a year.

Not enough to make my kids wear masks for 2 weeks.

And they take it off to eat, so it’s all theater.

There is outdoor seating option so you’re playing theatre and they masks is for 10 days drama queen.

Listen unless the kids are wearing proper KN95 respirators, fitted tight without any breaks (so those rainy days on indoor lunch or your Larlo needs to pick his nose). This variant is so contagious that cloth masks and surgical masks are pointless, and any break is basically game over.

Kn95 masks are available for purchase. You have nothing but excuses.

Exactly. If you as a parent are worried, you can outfit your kid with a KN95, goggles, and instruction to not remove it ever while indoors, with accompanying guidance to teachers.

Your kid will be safe, at least from COVID, mental illness will be the side effect

You have mental illness if you think a mask will lead to mental illness.

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Anonymous wrote:WTF? Who is still testing. We are a pro lockdown family who took COVID deadly serious, but that time is gone.

Covid is gone? No one has it any longer?

The time to fear it is gone. For most people after vaccination it will be like a flu.

Because no one minds having the flu. And at multiple times a year.

Not enough to make my kids wear masks for 2 weeks.

And they take it off to eat, so it’s all theater.

There is outdoor seating option so you’re playing theatre and they masks is for 10 days drama queen.

Listen unless the kids are wearing proper KN95 respirators, fitted tight without any breaks (so those rainy days on indoor lunch or your Larlo needs to pick his nose). This variant is so contagious that cloth masks and surgical masks are pointless, and any break is basically game over.

Kn95 masks are available for purchase. You have nothing but excuses.

Exactly. If you as a parent are worried, you can outfit your kid with a KN95, goggles, and instruction to not remove it ever while indoors, with accompanying guidance to teachers.

Your kid will be safe, at least from COVID, mental illness will be the side effect