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Post by Merge on Dec 11, 2020 16:38:32 GMT
... don't send your kid to school while you wait and see.
Kindergartener just got sent home because her mom called and was like, ha ha, I had a test two days ago because I've been feeling sick. Turns out I'm positive! Whole class will now be on quarantine next week.
IDK what the hell is wrong with people. This is a SAHM by the way. Needing to work was not a factor.
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Post by julie5 on Dec 11, 2020 16:41:27 GMT
I got nothing. People are behaving so irresponsibly.
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Post by johnnysmom on Dec 11, 2020 16:42:21 GMT
Our entire district just shut down bc a kindergartener tested positive days after someone he was living with tested positive 😡😡 (now forcing two buildings to close instead of just one classroom and one bus....a combined total of less than 25 people is absurd IMO). People are idiots.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Dec 11, 2020 16:43:03 GMT
You DO know it's a 'hoax', right,? Merge |
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Post by Merge on Dec 11, 2020 16:46:41 GMT
You DO know it's a 'hoax', right,? Merge You know, we don't hear so much of this in the inner part of the city. Most of our parents are highly educated and a good proportion work in the medical center. Unlike the mostly suburban HEBs referenced in my other thread, on the rare occasion that I've been in a store, 99% of people have a mask. This woman is, I think, just an idiot. |
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Post by Country Ham on Dec 11, 2020 16:52:17 GMT
You DO know it's a 'hoax', right,? Merge You know, we don't hear so much of this in the inner part of the city. Most of our parents are highly educated and a good proportion work in the medical center. Unlike the mostly suburban HEBs referenced in my other thread, on the rare occasion that I've been in a store, 99% of people have a mask. This woman is, I think, just an idiot. I have never heard anyone refer to it as a hoax either. I live in the middle of trump country too. I have heard people question a lot of things related to covid, statistics, masks etc but I truly have never heard anyone claim covid was a hoax or made up. |
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Post by Merge on Dec 11, 2020 16:56:36 GMT
You know, we don't hear so much of this in the inner part of the city. Most of our parents are highly educated and a good proportion work in the medical center. Unlike the mostly suburban HEBs referenced in my other thread, on the rare occasion that I've been in a store, 99% of people have a mask. This woman is, I think, just an idiot. I have never heard anyone refer to it as a hoax either. I live in the middle of trump country too. I have heard people question a lot of things related to covid, statistics, masks etc but I truly have never heard anyone claim covid was a hoax or made up. I think maybe using the literal word hoax isn't what's important here. If they're questioning facts presented by credible health experts based on a FB post or a YouTube video or something they heard somewhere, you're in hoax territory. |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Dec 11, 2020 17:05:19 GMT
That’s infuriating. What a way to inconvenience dozens of people all for one person’s entitled selfishness. It’s idiots like that who made me resolute in my decision to keep my own kid home and do online school through our district.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Dec 11, 2020 17:07:11 GMT
IF it is not a hoax why do they not follow all steps toward prevention?
I posted the initial comment while rolling eyes. They have all kinds of excused not to attempt prevention.
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Post by Merge on Dec 11, 2020 17:07:16 GMT
Also in my very large district today (not at my school): www.click2houston.com/news/local/2020/12/10/hisd-teacher-repeatedly-written-up-for-wearing-protective-gear-to-classroom/I will say that the article is correct and we are provided with tons of masks, wipes, sanitizer, and even gloves/gowns if we want them. We are each provided with a face shield and plexiglass for our desk as well - though I don't know any teacher who finds it possible to teach from behind a plexiglass shield and very few who can consistently use a face shield.. However, if this teacher wants to wear scrubs for the time being because she finds them easier to throw in the washer when she gets home, I really don't see the issue. Bottom line is that we have parents sending potentially sick kids to school, sending actual sick kids to school (we've had a couple sent early in the year with tylenol to temporarily mask a fever, as happens every year - that seems to have stopped since the parents realized they were the reason the whole class had to quarantine), but a teacher can't wear scrubs if she feels safer that way. Alrighty then. |
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Post by Country Ham on Dec 11, 2020 17:22:32 GMT
Bottom line is that we have parents sending potentially sick kids to school, sending actual sick kids to school (we've had a couple sent early in the year with tylenol to temporarily mask a fever, as happens every year - that seems to have stopped since the parents realized they were the reason the whole class had to quarantine) it's not just the students either. At our high school the other day my daughter's BFF came to school knowing her dad was going for a rapid test that morning. So yes she's a student, but the mother/wife is a teacher and she came to work too. They both had to pack up and leave when his test came back positive. Our school is going virtual for the last week of the semester now. Not just because of them. People are now getting a second covid diagnosis who've had it 6 months ago. |
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Post by paigepea on Dec 11, 2020 17:27:05 GMT
Protocol here states that if a household member has symptoms and is awaiting a test the children can attend school. If the family member tests positive then the children need to stay home. So it would involve a call to school to send the child home. But it wouldn’t be a ha ha type phone call. It would be a please send home phone call.
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Post by Merge on Dec 11, 2020 17:31:45 GMT
Bottom line is that we have parents sending potentially sick kids to school, sending actual sick kids to school (we've had a couple sent early in the year with tylenol to temporarily mask a fever, as happens every year - that seems to have stopped since the parents realized they were the reason the whole class had to quarantine) it's not just the students either. At our high school the other day my daughter's BFF came to school knowing her dad was going for a rapid test that morning. So yes she's a student, but the mother/wife is a teacher and she came to work too. They both had to pack up and leave when his test came back positive. Our school is going virtual for the last week of the semester now. Not just because of them. People are now getting a second covid diagnosis who've had it 6 months ago. Oh tell me about it. Our entire 4th grade has been quarantined for the last two weeks because one of the 4th grade teachers came back the Monday after Thanksgiving knowing she was likely positive, awaiting test results. She didn't tell her teammates and had lunch indoors with all of them. When she got her results back, the whole grade level had to quarantine because all the teachers had been exposed. Her teammates are understandably angry with her for behaving so irresponsibly. |
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Post by Merge on Dec 11, 2020 17:32:50 GMT
Protocol here states that if a household member has symptoms and is awaiting a test the children can attend school. If the family member tests positive then the children need to stay home. So it would involve a call to school to send the child home. But it wouldn’t be a ha ha type phone call. It would be a please send home phone call. That doesn't make sense to me at all. If you think you might be positive, why is it a good idea to send your kids to school? Wouldn't that result in a quarantine for the class if you do test positive? |
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Post by paigepea on Dec 11, 2020 17:38:28 GMT
Protocol here states that if a household member has symptoms and is awaiting a test the children can attend school. If the family member tests positive then the children need to stay home. So it would involve a call to school to send the child home. But it wouldn’t be a ha ha type phone call. It would be a please send home phone call. That doesn't make sense to me at all. If you think you might be positive, why is it a good idea to send your kids to school? Wouldn't that result in a quarantine for the class if you do test positive? No. Not if protocols are in place at school and if the child doesn’t have symptoms / isn’t positive. My dh is a physician. He works in hospital / ER / sees patients. If one of our kids is awaiting a test he is still clear to go to work. If one of our kids tests positive he would consider working from home. It is more likely that he would test positive. He said he’d move out in that case. One of dd’s classmates tested positive last week. The two girls she sat with for lunch had to isolate for 14 days. The rest of the kids continue at school. It might depend on how contact tracing is happening in your area. If your gov’t knows where / when everyone is contracting the virus maybe the feel more comfortable. I have no idea. Don’t know why these protocols are working in my area and not in yours. I’m sorry this situation with this child was so disruptive. I’m sorry you might all have to isolate. |
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Post by Gennifer on Dec 11, 2020 17:43:57 GMT
I hate so many people right now.
Just in my own family: my nephew’s fiancée was waiting for test results and then went and hung out with his entire family, plus my parents. Surprise, she’s positive! My sister has it, but won’t get tested. She went back to work after a week, even though she’s still exhibiting symptoms. The rest of her household maintained their regular work/school schedules. My brother and his fiancée tested positive yesterday, but his son was negative. (So far.) My exSIL picked him up to take back to her house (where she lives with her parents and a brother), and plans to continue with the regular coparenting schedule, so he’ll be going back to his covid-positive dad (and fiancé) tomorrow.
And everyone thinks we are rude for not seeing them. IT’S A PANDEMIC.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Dec 11, 2020 18:11:29 GMT
Protocol here states that if a household member has symptoms and is awaiting a test the children can attend school. If the family member tests positive then the children need to stay home. So it would involve a call to school to send the child home. But it wouldn’t be a ha ha type phone call. It would be a please send home phone call. That doesn't make sense to me at all. If you think you might be positive, why is it a good idea to send your kids to school? Wouldn't that result in a quarantine for the class if you do test positive? I agree. On a technicality, it might be protocol to say that the child doesn’t need to stay home because technically they haven’t been exposed to someone who has tested positive. But from a common sense standpoint, it makes sense for the kids to stay home, especially if the person being tested has symptoms. I think it is pretty stupid and irresponsible of the mother to send her kid to school in this situation. Two of my kids have had to be tested on different occasions (they didn’t have symptoms but were possibly exposed) and we all stayed home until we had the test results. |
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Post by JustCallMeMommy on Dec 11, 2020 18:20:07 GMT
Our district has some horribly policies for 2nd hand exposure. When DD's best friend who she had been with over the weekend (because if they are together all week in school, there is really no point in keeping them apart on the weekend) displayed flu like symptoms and was being tested, Alison decided to do remote learning until the results came back. Her "absences" (it should never be called an absence when the child and teacher are both present via Zoom) would only be excused under those circumstances if her friend tested positive. We needed a crystal ball to make decisions! The school district SHOULD HAVE said, "Of course we have the mechanism in place for everyone to be as safe as possible, so you both can attend remotely while the results are being processed."
For the record, I was tested the week before Thanksgiving, and the rapid test was 15 minutes, but the accurate test took NINE DAYS, which is ridiculous. By then, I would have been out of the quarantine period anyway, so why both with the test?
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Post by keithurbanlovinpea on Dec 11, 2020 18:21:41 GMT
@merge is in my neck of the woods. Wasn't there a school that had to quarantine a class/group on DAY 1 because the kid's parent called and said, uh yeah, the kid tested positive? Like holy hell people, if you know your kid is pending a result, why in the eff would you send that kid to school?
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Post by Gennifer on Dec 11, 2020 18:27:17 GMT
@merge is in my neck of the woods. Wasn't there a school that had to quarantine a class/group on DAY 1 because the kid's parent called and said, uh yeah, the kid tested positive? Like holy hell people, if you know your kid is pending a result, why in the eff would you send that kid to school? 🤦🏼♀️ |
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Post by Country Ham on Dec 11, 2020 19:01:45 GMT
Some situations I understand, my husband works with hospice patients and he tests every other week just to make sure he doesn't bring it to them. So we are used to having pending test results in our household BUT to decided to be tested because you think you have covid is different.
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Post by miominmio on Dec 11, 2020 19:14:28 GMT
I have never heard anyone refer to it as a hoax either. I live in the middle of trump country too. I have heard people question a lot of things related to covid, statistics, masks etc but I truly have never heard anyone claim covid was a hoax or made up. I think maybe using the literal word hoax isn't what's important here. If they're questioning facts presented by credible health experts based on a FB post or a YouTube video or something they heard somewhere, you're in hoax territory. The thing is, credible health experts have disagreed on a lot of things related to covid the entire time. (Every time I say that I’m following the guidelines of the experts in my country, a lot of Peas get their proverbial panties in a twist because I choose to follow THOSE guidelines and not the US ones.) |
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Post by Delta Dawn on Dec 11, 2020 19:58:21 GMT
You know, we don't hear so much of this in the inner part of the city. Most of our parents are highly educated and a good proportion work in the medical center. Unlike the mostly suburban HEBs referenced in my other thread, on the rare occasion that I've been in a store, 99% of people have a mask. This woman is, I think, just an idiot. I have never heard anyone refer to it as a hoax either. I live in the middle of trump country too. I have heard people question a lot of things related to covid, statistics, masks etc but I truly have never heard anyone claim covid was a hoax or made up. I have a video of a cretin up here claiming it’s a hoax. |
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Post by SockMonkey on Dec 11, 2020 19:58:45 GMT
... don't send your kid to school while you wait and see. Kindergartener just got sent home because her mom called and was like, ha ha, I had a test two days ago because I've been feeling sick. Turns out I'm positive! Whole class will now be on quarantine next week. IDK what the hell is wrong with people. This is a SAHM by the way. Needing to work was not a factor. People are so fucking stupid. |
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Post by Merge on Dec 11, 2020 20:04:36 GMT
@merge is in my neck of the woods. Wasn't there a school that had to quarantine a class/group on DAY 1 because the kid's parent called and said, uh yeah, the kid tested positive? Like holy hell people, if you know your kid is pending a result, why in the eff would you send that kid to school? Yep. A whole high school actually. |
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Post by Merge on Dec 11, 2020 20:25:26 GMT
I think maybe using the literal word hoax isn't what's important here. If they're questioning facts presented by credible health experts based on a FB post or a YouTube video or something they heard somewhere, you're in hoax territory. The thing is, credible health experts have disagreed on a lot of things related to covid the entire time. (Every time I say that I’m following the guidelines of the experts in my country, a lot of Peas get their proverbial panties in a twist because I choose to follow THOSE guidelines and not the US ones.) I don't believe any credible health experts anywhere have been claiming that masks are unnecessary and actually pose a risk to the wearer, that an unproven medication is a miracle cure, or that covid is "just the flu" and death numbers are being hugely inflated to destroy the economy and/or make more profit for doctors and hospitals. That's the kind of stuff that gets thrown around here by YouTube "experts." |
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Post by scrappinmama on Dec 11, 2020 20:31:37 GMT
People are incredibly selfish and stupid. It's infuriating.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Dec 11, 2020 20:57:53 GMT
The thing is, credible health experts have disagreed on a lot of things related to covid the entire time. (Every time I say that I’m following the guidelines of the experts in my country, a lot of Peas get their proverbial panties in a twist because I choose to follow THOSE guidelines and not the US ones.) I don't believe any credible health experts anywhere have been claiming that masks are unnecessary and actually pose a risk to the wearer, that an unproven medication is a miracle cure, or that covid is "just the flu" and death numbers are being hugely inflated to destroy the economy and/or make more profit for doctors and hospitals. That's the kind of stuff that gets thrown around here by YouTube "experts." I’ve also seen a lot of people saying that the media is in on the “hoax” because they sensationalize everything by reporting the number of cases and deaths. |
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Post by beebee on Dec 11, 2020 21:19:27 GMT
There is no excuse for this.
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Post by inkedup on Dec 11, 2020 21:40:11 GMT
I'm a SAHM, and I'm sure my opinion will be unpopular, but I think a great number of women who stay home would prefer not to have their kids around most of the time.
There are a few obnoxiously anti-mask, anti-shutdown moms who post often on our school district's fb page. They routinely degrade teachers but also decry the amount of work they're expected to do as parents. One is my friend's SIL. Her social media is full of beautiful photos of her world/blessings/gifts from God, but she is disinterested and very unhappy off camera.
The selfishness, ignorance and entitlement are off the charts.
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