My kids’ BFFs’ dad is a Trumper and very anti-vax. Their mom texted me today to say dad got Pfizer dose 1 because he’s worried about Delta. Please be a trend…
"Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
My kids’ BFFs’ dad is a Trumper and very anti-vax. Their mom texted me today to say dad got Pfizer dose 1 because he’s worried about Delta. Please be a trend…
We had our highest vaccination rate in months today. Fingers crossed.
But as of Tuesday’s presentation, the district made it clear that it won’t mandate that students stay home if they have COVID-19. A student can be sent home if they have a fever of 100 or higher. The district strongly encourages that parents do not send kids to school if they are sick, if they have a fever, or if they have an onset of new symptoms.
“Increased expectation of students and staff to take personal responsibility for health-related decisions impacting both others and themselves,” is a key component of the return plan, according to McCord’s presentation.
My friend is a principal of an elementary school in Conroe ISD. I'll see if i can get his take and report back.
Our district is making masks optional. I think that is bullshit. Given the rapid spread of Delta, our kids should all be masking at school, especially in Texas where vaccination rates aren't so high.
We had a patient die at our hospital who was vaccinated. The only one so far. But she had 2 variants of COVID as well so that may have come into play.
Vaccination is 96% with the best one. You still have to account for the 4% and it's worse when a whole bunch of incubators are walking around brewing new variants and spreading it around.
Add to it that if they are COVID positive they can still come to school!?! I'm pissed.
Local news (I can’t remember if it was KHOU or KTRK) put an update on FB tonight that Conroe reversed their decision and WILL require Covid + kids to stay home. The comments section is…as you would expect the comments section to be.
My friend is a principal of an elementary school in Conroe ISD. I'll see if i can get his take and report back.
Our district is making masks optional. I think that is bullshit. Given the rapid spread of Delta, our kids should all be masking at school, especially in Texas where vaccination rates aren't so high.
We had a patient die at our hospital who was vaccinated. The only one so far. But she had 2 variants of COVID as well so that may have come into play.
Vaccination is 96% with the best one. You still have to account for the 4% and it's worse when a whole bunch of incubators are walking around brewing new variants and spreading it around.
Add to it that if they are COVID positive they can still come to school!?! I'm pissed.
Local news (I can’t remember if it was KHOU or KTRK) put an update on FB tonight that Conroe reversed their decision and WILL require Covid + kids to stay home. The comments section is…as you would expect the comments section to be.
Sounds like an absolute mess. Apparently Covid isn’t on the approved excused absence list yet but that should be fixed soon. Also of course the way Texas allocates funding is messed up. I just don’t know how this will work.
Every time I have a conversation about COVID, my main point is, no one knows what the long term affects are. Our state finally came out with basically a non-guideline document that leaves it up locally and FB was full of no mask comments.
I was trying to find a similar issue
We can just look at what childhood was a few generations ago. I think stoicism has come back to haunt us.
I feel like no one remembers that the people who are now elderly and their parents often had lingering health effects from childhood illnesses. They just didn't talk about them. Just like they didn't talk about other health issues and pretended cancer didn't exist. We've changed the norms for cancer, but vaccinations mean we never fixed that norm for those other health effects. If they did/had perhaps this generation would remember.
Nobody talked about how mumps made uncle so and so sterile, or grandma lost her hearing from the measles, or auntie couldn't walk, or heart problems, or lung problems, etc. Some of those health problems didn't arise until years or decades after the illness passed.
From the CDC page on measles, for example:
"Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a very rare, but fatal disease of the central nervous system that results from a measles virus infection acquired earlier in life.
SSPE generally develops 7 to 10 years after a person has measles, even though the person seems to have fully recovered from the illness."
Our district has officially announced the masks are required (as required by CA and by our county) for students indoors and parents are losing their ever loving minds. "They can go to the store, to amusement parks, movies and not have to wear a mask!" except all of those places are clearly signed that unvaccinated people 2+ must wear a mask indoors. Just because no one is screaming at you to leave doesn't mean it's OK. The picking and choosing of which rules you want to follow is mind blowing.
I am in a very conservative area of Ca. School starts in 13 days and they just announced today that the district “hasn’t yet decided” what to do about mask mandates.
I am not hopeful, because even last school year, masks for under 2nd grade were recommended but not required (my kid did online school). We have all kinds of local “let them breathe” type groups. It’s ridiculous.
Our district has officially announced the masks are required (as required by CA and by our county) for students indoors and parents are losing their ever loving minds. "They can go to the store, to amusement parks, movies and not have to wear a mask!" except all of those places are clearly signed that unvaccinated people 2+ must wear a mask indoors. Just because no one is screaming at you to leave doesn't mean it's OK. The picking and choosing of which rules you want to follow is mind blowing.
I am in a very conservative area of Ca. School starts in 13 days and they just announced today that the district “hasn’t yet decided” what to do about mask mandates.
I am not hopeful, because even last school year, masks for under 2nd grade were recommended but not required (my kid did online school). We have all kinds of local “let them breathe” type groups. It’s ridiculous.
The district to the north of us is trying to convince other districts to sign on to an "strongly worded opposition" to the state that masks should be a choice. Our district already came out in front of it and said, "Nah, we're good. We wanted students in the classrooms and this is a good compromise." My friend's board meeting last night in a different SoCal district almost came to blows over masks.
mskitkat , The ones that timorousbeastie linked are the ones that I bought as well. I haven't had BB try them on but guessing that they fit me, they will be bigger on her. I will report back.
can you share where you purchased it from? I have decision paralysis with all the places that may or may not be legit.
I got KN95 masks for DD from here. Sometime last year, the FDA had a list of authentic FDA registered masks, and this was on them. They just barely fit 7 year old DD, though, so they might be too big for younger kids.
Thank you for sharing this link. Unless masks are required by the state my children will likely be among the very few students wearing masks and I’ve started looking for some better options for them.
Im in Los Angeles County. Masks are required by all indoors right now, regardless of vaccination status. We have a very vocal “let them breathe” group planning a protest at next week’s board meeting. The board said repeatedly last year that they follow state and county guidelines. Yet these parents think they are somehow exempt. They are going as far as telling others how to request a special needs exemption from masks for their kids who don’t have special needs. It’s clear they don’t understand first, that you need an actual diagnosis of a special need and second, that any special needs diagnosis they do end up getting will follow their child forever. My cousin has a very high need daughter and is very active in special needs legislation groups. Seeing what she does to support her daughter (who, despite all her needs and being legally blind manages to wear a mask) and watching these parents throw around “just get a diagnosis” like it’s something you can pick up at Target, makes me really mad.
Isn’t mumps one disease that can leave a person sterile? For all the worry of vaccine effect on fertility, few AVers seem to worry about the disease itself causing it. I guess I used to think if these diseases were actually affecting them, they’d feel differently about vaccines but COVID has proved me wrong on that…
Local news (I can’t remember if it was KHOU or KTRK) put an update on FB tonight that Conroe reversed their decision and WILL require Covid + kids to stay home. The comments section is…as you would expect the comments section to be.
Sounds like an absolute mess. Apparently Covid isn’t on the approved excused absence list yet but that should be fixed soon. Also of course the way Texas allocates funding is messed up. I just don’t know how this will work.
Ugh I hate everything.
We’re not exactly sure what we should do any more re: school. Oldest elementary kid chose to homeschool again this year, but the incoming kinder kid…I just can’t. I could if it was maybe a closer age gap or if he had any clue what “school” means. I know K isn’t required but he’s so ready, socially and academically.
He likes masks and thinks “the covid” is awful so maybe he’ll keep that barrier on? I don’t know what to do and my gut instinct makes me question if H & I are being dramatic. I hate us being the adults here.
Post by picksthemusic on Jul 23, 2021 17:35:24 GMT -5
DD had her tonsillectomy/adenoidectomy on Monday. She is doing really well considering, but was getting tired of taking meds every 3 hours and so we’ve begun to spread out doses. She had some breakthrough pain, though, so we got back on top of it. Her breath smells SO BAD. It’s horrible. But I know it’s just temporary. Already, her breathing is better and I can tell she is sleeping better. I’m just glad it’s over and recovery is about halfway done.
I am in a very conservative area of Ca. School starts in 13 days and they just announced today that the district “hasn’t yet decided” what to do about mask mandates.
I am not hopeful, because even last school year, masks for under 2nd grade were recommended but not required (my kid did online school). We have all kinds of local “let them breathe” type groups. It’s ridiculous.
The district to the north of us is trying to convince other districts to sign on to an "strongly worded opposition" to the state that masks should be a choice. Our district already came out in front of it and said, "Nah, we're good. We wanted students in the classrooms and this is a good compromise." My friend's board meeting last night in a different SoCal district almost came to blows over masks.
It is really unbelievable to me to see how strongly people feel about NOT wearing masks! Those opposition groups here are alleging it is child abuse to make kids mask...along with a host of other outlandish claims. I’m in northern Ca, but I imagine most local districts here will side with “parental choice.” Barf.
Related - several local districts have now discontinued virtual parental input, so if you want to speak up publicly, you have to go hang out indoors with a bunch of anti-masker/anti-vaxxers at the meetings in order to voice covid concerns. That’s like, covid-danger inception type shit. If you’re worried about exposure, go expose yourself in order to say it.
To my fellow CA parents in more conservative areas, Tony Thurmond (sp?), the State Super, said all CA schools will have mask requirements in fall. They may ease up if the situation changes, but for now masks. That doesn’t mean all districts will comply, but it appears at a state level here, that’s still the requirement.
To my fellow CA parents in more conservative areas, Tony Thurmond (sp?), the State Super, said all CA schools will have mask requirements in fall. They may ease up if the situation changes, but for now masks. That doesn’t mean all districts will comply, but it appears at a state level here, that’s still the requirement.
The district my daughter is in basically said they have a legal obligation to follow mandates from the CPHD so anti-maskers leave them alone. They even linked the CPHD feedback page in the email. 😂
Post by InBetweenDays on Jul 25, 2021 10:02:36 GMT -5
DS (12 and vaccinated) has a mild sore throat and stuffy nose. Getting him tested tomorrow with a rapid test. We're supposed to be going to my niece's wedding next weekend (leaving Wednesday) so I'm really hoping it's just a cold (which I've heard is going around here).
Post by SusanBAnthony on Jul 25, 2021 11:03:30 GMT -5
It seems what we all should be doing is getting tested anytime anyone (vaxxed or not) has a:
sniffle minor cough sore throat Headache Etc
This just seems wildly unrealistic. Especially since test sites are closing, not adding hours. Home tests seem like the solution but the costs add up FAST. My state has home tests that get delivered same day via door dash, but you have to drive the finished test to FedEx and get results 2-3 days after you drop off. So they are free (covered by insurance) but still a pain in the butt and a delay where an unvaccinated kid can't go to school (and we all know most workplaces that ever were flexible are losing patience with constant quarantines).
We are majorly disincentivising actually testing for every sniffle. If insurance covered home rapid tests, it would make it easy for people to do a quick test for every sniffle. Has anyone heard of that is being talked about at all?
Since all the summer colds started circulating my household of 4 people we have had: Sore throat Cough x 2 Walking pneumonia Cold (stuffy nose) x 3 Cold (stuffy nose) x 2
And we have done 6 covid tests through local test sites, all neg. For the colds that we spread amongst our household once the first person tested neg, we didn't rest the others who caught the cold.
That is a really unsustainable level of testing for stuff that you feel crappy for a couple days and then are fine (with the exception of pneumonia).
What are the expectations going to be come winter?
Post by breezy8407 on Jul 25, 2021 11:10:33 GMT -5
H had a sore throat on Wednesday, that has now turned into a cold. He went and got a test on Friday. It was negative. I agree...how long is this sustainable? I went and got a test back in May for a sore throat, too. With having unvaccinated kids in the house, I want to be careful. But in this most recent case, the kids were with H all day and I think it would have been too late to avoid exposure had he been positive.
In more positive news, a family member that was on the fence about getting vaccinated is now planning on getting it.
The district we are leaving says they are "mask friendly" and that masks for unvaxxed are "highly encouraged" but there will be no "mask shaming." Way to really bow down to parents before the year even starts. The senior said if we were staying, she'd still mask. I probably would, too. Even though our county is at a high vax rate, a vast majority of those unvaxxed are more than likely attending my old school. Even the elementary students don't need to mask, which makes NO SENSE to me, when everywhere says unvaxxed should mask. Fucking parents.
In Dubai, masking is still required in public, regardless of vaccination status, so I'm assuming the same is true at school. I honestly don't care about wearing a mask teaching anymore...like literally everything else, I've gotten used to it. What I did love is not being sick, ever, this year.
It seems what we all should be doing is getting tested anytime anyone (vaxxed or not) has a:
sniffle minor cough sore throat Headache Etc
This just seems wildly unrealistic. Especially since test sites are closing, not adding hours. Home tests seem like the solution but the costs add up FAST. My state has home tests that get delivered same day via door dash, but you have to drive the finished test to FedEx and get results 2-3 days after you drop off. So they are free (covered by insurance) but still a pain in the butt and a delay where an unvaccinated kid can't go to school (and we all know most workplaces that ever were flexible are losing patience with constant quarantines).
We are majorly disincentivising actually testing for every sniffle. If insurance covered home rapid tests, it would make it easy for people to do a quick test for every sniffle. Has anyone heard of that is being talked about at all?
Since all the summer colds started circulating my household of 4 people we have had: Sore throat Cough x 2 Walking pneumonia Cold (stuffy nose) x 3 Cold (stuffy nose) x 2
And we have done 6 covid tests through local test sites, all neg. For the colds that we spread amongst our household once the first person tested neg, we didn't rest the others who caught the cold.
That is a really unsustainable level of testing for stuff that you feel crappy for a couple days and then are fine (with the exception of pneumonia).
What are the expectations going to be come winter?
Yeah, if we weren't going to this wedding (and staying with my parents) I don't know that we'd get DS tested. Neither kid is in camp and I work from home so we'd probably just hunker down. Two of his (vaccinated) friends are feeling the same way he is, and they've both tested negative. So I'm sure it's just a cold. But I'm not taking chances given the wedding.
Post by InBetweenDays on Jul 25, 2021 12:38:24 GMT -5
Our district recently announced that they are following Washington State Department of Health guidance and masks will be required in classrooms, common areas except when eating, on buses, and outdoors on school grounds (although sounds like this could possibly be lifted).
Vaccinations will not be required, and physical distancing requirement is a bit nebulous. They say they will follow public health guidance which recommends 3 feet in classrooms and 6 feet in common areas. But that guidance allows schools to reduce distancing to allow for full in-person return, and the guidance may change as we get closer to the school year. So who knows what will happen with that.
Post by healthyself on Jul 26, 2021 7:04:16 GMT -5
Anyone see this? Thoughts? It appears CDC is switching testing (no more PCR after Dec 21) bc of false positives/inability to distinguish between flu/sarscov. Unbelievable, no? F’d they claim flu disappeared and now admit it is indistinguishable from sarscov in tests.
Anyone see this? Thoughts? It appears CDC is switching testing (no more PCR after Dec 21) bc of false positives/inability to distinguish between flu/sarscov. Unbelievable, no? F’d they claim flu disappeared and now admit it is indistinguishable from sarscov in tests.
Anyone see this? Thoughts? It appears CDC is switching testing (no more PCR after Dec 21) bc of false positives/inability to distinguish between flu/sarscov. Unbelievable, no? F’d they claim flu disappeared and now admit it is indistinguishable from sarscov in tests.
Anyone see this? Thoughts? It appears CDC is switching testing (no more PCR after Dec 21) bc of false positives/inability to distinguish between flu/sarscov. Unbelievable, no? F’d they claim flu disappeared and now admit it is indistinguishable from sarscov in tests.