Well that sounds cool.
Well, that suggests that some people mount a much longer-lived immune response than others. Because anecdotally, Iâm hearing about an awful lot of people catching covid twice, so itâs not like itâs just a question of having been exposed to something close enough.
So, still kinda weird.
Maybe they have better immune systems as well, or at least one that can handle the virus better. We know BRCA genes exist, perhaps there is some gene that deals with corona viruses.
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Iâm guessing we will discover there are some genes that make you more or less susceptible. That would explain why so many people donât get sick at all.
My daughter had a positive case in her class.
She is on the remote plan until she has two negative tests. She took the first test yesterday morning, no results yet, but no symptoms.
Other parents are freaking out a bit, but to me, if exactly one kid gets covid in her class, it sort of gives me comfort: shows that it is spreading out of school, but then not spreading in school.
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That explains why it was ignoredâŚ
The school district next to us just shut down after reporting 51 cases at the high school last week (guessing the HS as about 1500 students).
I can see their area on my state map has 38% vaccination rate (compared to our area at 52%). This is also a relatively poor/rural area in the county.
Guessing that you donât have a masking requirement? (Didnât read through the whole thread, sorry.) For those w that mandate, the quarantine for exposure is dependent on if the exposed person has symptoms (assuming masks worn by all involved).
oddly, both my school and the one that shutdown did have mask requirements.
We are in rural sticks, but the state heavily pushed masks so most schools are doing it.
numbers from the shutdown school show almost all cases are in the high school.
Ugh⌠Just got the call from school that our 4th grader is âclose contactedâ. Quick call said she needs a negative test and can go back Tuesday. Theyâre emailing us more info.
We somehow avoided this all last year (hybrid in the fall, full distance for a while in the winter, full time in school from Feb on), but didnât make it through a month this year.
She had an asymptomatic case last year and greenwoman, greenboy and me are prior infected and fully vaxxed, so not too worried about our household.
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Sorry to hear that.
Wait, so 4th grader had an asymptomatic case last year (known because of COVID test or antibody test?) and they still kick her out till Tuesday with a negative test?
I wonder if they do that same thing for 12+ yo who are fully vaccinated in the same situation?
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Glad they are being responsible and trying to control outbreaks at the school, and not doing something idiotic like trying to infer immunity from past infections.
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She had a PCR confirmed prior infection about 10 months ago.
School policy is you can forgo quarantine if you show no symptoms and either are 14 days past final vax dose or have had Covid in the past 90 days.
Sent greengirl back to school today. Coincidentally, she also caught a cold right after she was being hit with the close contact (about half of her gymnastics group have been out sick with a non-Covid cold over the past week). She tested negative for Covid Thursday (PCR), Saturday (rapid), and Monday (rapid). She is pretty much recovered from her cold and ready to go back to school instead of being bored at home.
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Common Cold has some catching up to do.
oddly no communication from our school about cases or contacts through 6 weeks of classes.
Cannot find any reporting on cases for the district.
Kids told me another kid had been quarantined in different class but had no details.
Last notice we have is a sept 8 flier that has some vague rules for returning to school.
we get a weekly email pointing us to the disctrict dashboard of case counts (last 14 days) by building. if your kid was a close contact, you get the phone call too. close only applies to unmasked time, so could be just the lunch table.
this week we had 2 grade school classrooms sent home. like 5 cases in each one (different buildings), in one case the teacher. teacher must have symptoms OR is unvaxxed is my guess.
how long do I just bury my head in the sand on this? Do I need to show up for a school board meeting and ask that they publish some information > 0?
There is a chance I am just missing the info. Its seems crazy to me that they are posting nothing.
Many schools have decided not to post anything Covid related. I donât think you are missing anything.
Less effort would be calling the district office and asking where you can find the info. If itâs out there and youâre simply unaware of where to find it then that would save you a trip.
If itâs not out there, then writing letters or better yet showing up at a board meeting with other like-minded folk and voicing your opinion may have an impact.
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