Posts by coastalorca43

urbantinker8 said:aha.
I guess school counselors can never really have enough paperwork or bureaucracy to keep them busy, right?🎉

Hold on, are you actually suggesting I'm making things up?
It's pretty clear from the text that the principal is complaining about the administrative workload and the extra tasks being piled on.

By the way, you completely missed my main point, which is how the contact tracing isn't even decided by the actual epidemiologists—it's handled by school bureaucrats who just compile reports for them.
And they aren't looking at individual close contacts; they're looking at who has or hasn't had a vaccine pass, which the epidemiologists then use as their baseline criteria for determining exposure.
They aren't following standard contact tracing protocols where individual proximity is assessed; instead, simply being in a certain classroom without having a valid vaccination status for a 14-day period is enough to trigger the whole thing.

mellowskipper said:I wonder how many of them have actually been vaccinated? Are we talking about high school seniors here?

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About 12-15% in a single senior class.

driftingtinker said:Update: My homeroom teacher just hit the group chat at 9:30 PM asking who actually got vaccinated because the school nurse is putting together a list.

What a total circus 🙂

Here is what I sent back to the teacher when they asked for an explanation.

"I also feel it’s inappropriate to use a WhatsApp group to ask people to publicly disclose sensitive health information; we really don't need more COVID-related bullying happening in schools. If the epidemiologist actually needs this data, please feel free to pass along my contact info so I can discuss it directly."

That’s how you handle these things, folks. Don't let them get away with being superficial, careless, or dodging their own epidemiological protocols.
They need to assess every close contact on an individual basis instead of just blindly sending people into isolation based on some digital COVID passport.

driftingtinker said:Update: My buddy sitting next to me on the bench just got word yesterday—he still hasn't received any official guidance from the CDC. Apparently, they’ve been calling the school all morning, but nobody is picking up. First period is just PE in the gym right now.

Total collapse, and I guess this is just the beginning.

Now, after six days of waiting, you'll finally get an undated letter that doesn't even list the child's name or when the isolation actually started.

"Dear Parents,
We are informing you that your child, student at [School Name Not Provided], has been in contact with someone infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Due to this contact, the child has been ordered to undergo self-isolation until ??.9.2021.
Please let us know where the child will be spending their period of self-isolation.
Please contact your chosen physician (family doctor/pediatrician), who will take over further supervision and the need for potential testing.

-If your child develops symptoms compatible with COVID-19 during self-isolation, they must be tested (contact your chosen physician, who should refer the child for testing). According to current CDC recommendations, individuals who do not develop symptoms compatible with COVID-19 during self-isolation do not need to be tested at the end of the isolation period, except for employees in healthcare facilities and social care homes.
If testing is not required, the child may attend classes at school starting from ??.9.2021.

-An individual is not subject to health supervision during quarantine/self-isolation if they:
• had laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 (via PCR or antigen test) within the last nine months and met the conditions for ending isolation
• are an individual who had laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 and received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine within eight months of recovery; in this case, the quarantine exemption is extended to nine months from receiving the vaccine (immunocompromised individuals and those over 65 must receive two doses regardless of prior infection).
• were classified as a probable case of COVID-19 based on clear epidemiological history and clinical presentation (e.g., a household member living with a laboratory-confirmed patient who developed characteristic symptoms during quarantine) within the last nine months and met the conditions for ending isolation.
• received a second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine (or one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine) within the last nine months, provided that 14 days have passed since the completion of vaccination (the second dose for all vaccines except Johnson & Johnson, which is administered as a single dose).

-In the event of the criteria mentioned above, your child does not need to enter self-isolation, but please inform us accordingly.
-You may show this email to your attending physician; all data regarding the ordered self-isolation will also be available to the doctor via the electronic platform.
-Information regarding self-isolation can be found at the following link: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/isolation/
-For additional questions, please contact the email: branka.puskaric-saic@stampar.hr"

driftingtinker said:So, my kid's homeroom teacher just shot over an email saying everything is business as usual at school today, unless the CDC decides to flip the script on us.

Turns out, the guy sitting right next to my little one in class officially tested positive.

Without a confirmed test, everyone should probably just stick to a 14-day isolation period.

nimbleranger17 said:Well, the New York Times covered this bit, and honestly, most people on the forums were calling them out for just pushing pure propaganda🙏

Among the newly infected, we're seeing a significant spike in the 10 to 19 age bracket. Their share of the new infections is actually the highest, sitting at about 22%.

Since the school year kicked off, the number of COVID-positive students aged 7 to 14 stands at 1,065, while those between 15 and 18 account for 866.

So, if you look at the numbers since school started—which is only about ten days ago—that brings us to 1,931 positive student cases.

As far as I can tell, we're looking at roughly seven and a half thousand active cases nationwide at the moment.

"Newly infected," "newly contracted"—what kind of wordplay is this?
They're just testing positive. That's it.
92% of those who tested positive last week didn't even need to see a doctor.
These are the official numbers from the weekly CDC report.
Maybe they threw all those kids in solitary confinement and someone just made a typo.

Adam Moore12 said:But this isn't just about some casual verbal exchange, either. He's explicitly demanding that people include their full names alongside that specific data in an online survey he posted on the digital staff lounge by Monday.🤷.

Getting ready for the mandatory employee vaccination checks. As I mentioned before, I am not a medical authority. I simply cannot block anyone from entering the school without a legal basis to back me up. All that business with the COVID passes was completely unlawful.

amberrider said:Let’s be honest for once. If masking were actually just a suggestion or a guideline, most parents would tell their kids they don't have to wear them if they don't want to. But since it’s clearly a mandatory requirement for attending school, those same parents turn around and demand government intervention, child removal, blood counts, lockdowns, and all sorts of other sanctions. For someone who simply voiced what the majority of people actually think, it's quite something. Such a hypocritical society.

Nicholas King said:What exactly are you basing that claim on?

More than fifty percent of the adult population in America got vaccinated—are you seriously suggesting they all "think" these measures were useless?

wanderingbadger44 said:If you're sure about that, then do us all a favor and reach out to the moderators to clear things up.

It seems like a lot of people are operating under the assumption that the current school year is the primary focus here.

The topic was masks.🙂
LB somehow managed to link that to vaccinations. Either a bad attempt at trolling or just total reading comprehension failure.

mellowskipper said:True, though I suppose nothing is explicitly written down. And honestly, maybe that’s exactly what he’s looking for—that lack of clarity.

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You just have to tell the CEO that they aren't a medical authority if they're going to toss around info like that. Then just end the conversation.
And since they aren't an actual medical professional, they don't even have the obligation to keep sensitive health data private.

Nicholas King said:What exactly are you basing that claim on?

More than fifty percent of the adult population in America got vaccinated—are you seriously suggesting they all "think" these measures were useless?

That’s quite an analogy, much like how Andrej Plenković argued that the referendum for joining the European Union was effectively a vote in favor of adopting the euro.
The issue isn't the mandates themselves, but rather the masks being used in schools.

Cesc said:Just imagine if this virus was targeting kids instead of the elderly. All those anti-maskers would suddenly become hardcore mask enthusiasts overnight. It’s easy to be vocal when it’s someone else's problem, right? 🙂

Let's not get carried away with the "what ifs." This virus isn't killing anyone under 60, let alone children. Back in 2020, we already established on Politics that while seniors need protection, it shouldn't come at the expense of the working population. Aside from vaccines, there hasn't been much done to protect the elderly anyway.

Amanda Diaz said:Sure, they should have consulted a lawyer first and framed this more intelligently. The kid should have shown up to Elementary School every single morning without a mask and demanded a written notice if they intended to send him home. If they tried to kick him out, the principal and the school would be facing a lawsuit because attending school is a right under US Law.

I’ve seen cases where students hit teachers and the harshest punishment they got was just being transferred to a different school.

If anyone reading this actually knows the kid, this is exactly how he needs to handle it.

I couldn't agree more.
They desperately need legal counsel, especially now after that handshake deal involving the Children's Ombudsman, who is basically hiding behind recommendations from the Department and the CDC.

Nicholas King said:Nothing has actually been decided in San Diego.

The fact that the San Diego mayor thinks he’s the master of the universe is his own personal issue—not ours.

BTW, has anyone actually published any credentials regarding this father who sits outside the school every single day to "educate" his son? I mean, clearly, the man possesses an incredibly vast spectrum of knowledge and expertise if he's supposedly capable of "educating" an eighth grader in every single subject.

And why the hell do you care what his profession is?
Jesus, what is he doing, how does he make a living, where does he find the time? Now we're checking his degree? It's not like he's some high-profile celebrity whose blood type needs auditing. You guys are clearly obsessed with Gaćeša.
And I know exactly why.
Because he’s playing the martyr—playing the victim for his son, himself, and his family—to pull at those same emotional heartstrings that the COVID cultists think they own exclusively.
And it's working on a lot of people.

If he finished middle school, he's more than qualified to teach his kid.

Masking in schools is nothing more than a relic of the pandemic era. Honestly, where would people even be if they finally took them off kids' faces? Some folks might actually start believing the pandemic is truly over.
Apple can't afford to stumble here; otherwise, we’ll have anti-masker agitators starting to tear us apart from the inside all across the country. If we cave on this, how are the Jerusalem TikTokers ever going to take us seriously come October 1st?

Ethan Campbell81 said:At our local elementary school, kids up to 5th grade don't wear masks at all... I guess it just depends on the school.
Fine. I understand parents are often too intimidated to confront the principal, but did anyone actually bother to ask that principal which specific US Law or regulation they are supposedly following?

I asked my principal last year and got a pathetic response that basically explained how some little dictators just do whatever they want. They mostly hide behind the grandparents, numbers, and emotional blackmail. Basically, if you act reasonable, they'll just turn a blind eye to whether it's allowed or not.

I suggest that instead of debating "can or can't," we should be talking about "responsibility vs. caution." That's what our current situation demands. At the beginning of September, there were about 300 new COVID-19 cases in America, with about 100 in Washington, D.C.
Nowadays, we have over 2,000 cases across the country, and over 900 in Washington, D.C. In the last ten days, almost every single day several students have had to go into isolation because family members tested positive, and even a few staff members at our school have come down with it. Hospitalizations went from around 250 to over 1,000, and deaths jumped from 2-3 per day to 15-20.
We have at least two solid reasons to be cautious and responsible:
1. A huge number of our students live in the same house as grandparents who fall into high-risk categories.
2. The only alternative to this modified in-person learning is remote learning. We've already been through that, and we know how exhausting and draining it was for both parents and teachers.
Under these circumstances, every class goes outside for 15 minutes of fresh air daily, and PE classes are mostly held outdoors too.
If our responsible behavior manages to protect even just one person from infection, we've done something great.
I trust that you, as a rational person, will look at the big picture and understand the need for these precautionary measures.

Sincerely,

Are we really counting every single drop of blood spilled by patriots now?

urbantinker8 said:honestly, I am actually dying right now 😂😂😂

Appalachia has once again proven that it produces the bravest sons of this beautiful nation, men who selflessly lead their people into battle against hateful occupiers and oppressors.
Following in the footsteps of figures like Gubec, Josip Broz Marshall, and Franjo Harmon, we now have Gaćina.

urbantinker8 said:The Gaćina family is really just a textbook case of that typical American greed.☕

By standing their ground, the Gaćina family is bravely exposing just how many mediocre people have been handed decision-making power during this whole pandemic crisis.
The name Gaćina will forever be etched into the history of the truth surrounding the pandemic in America.

urbantinker8 said:Entrepreneurs.😁
Morons.
At first, I really felt for the kid, but now that I'm reading how he's actually fueling these parental outbursts himself, I don't think I feel particularly bad for him anymore.
I mostly just feel for the other kids at school who have to deal with the daily nonsense coming from the Gaćina family.
(And I'm actually quite glad they didn't just use initials; it's better when people know exactly who we're talking about.😍)

The Gaćina family is a brave example of what it means to actually take a stand and refuse to bow down to those moronic mask-wearers.

Chris Grant3 said:I finally realized what the real issue is—it’s the sheer absurdity of these COVID-19 mandates that’s driving everyone crazy. That’s why people are pushing back. I mean, seriously, what is the actual point of wearing a mask in these specific spots? It makes zero sense. You’re required to wear one just walking down a hallway, but the second you step into a classroom, walk out in front of the school, or enter the gym, it’s suddenly fine to take it off. It’s the same deal at a cafe; you don't need it while sitting at your table, but if you're just three feet away from the restroom, you have to pull it back up. What is the logic there? Once I looked at it through that lens, I totally understood where they were coming from with their frustration.

Bingo. It's either pure absurdity or total inconsistency if the rule actually makes sense, coupled with the sheer incompetence of adults in positions of power.
Making people mask up just to walk through a corridor is nothing more than mindless conditioning.