Test-to-stay to replace quarantines in daycares

[Anonymous]

Hello everyone,

Friday's CDC approval of test-to-stay to replace quarantines in schools does not necessarily apply to childcare settings. Parents need to urgently point this out to our local officials.

Sample message below.

Please also find daycare advocacy guides for D.C. here and Montgomery County below. These include contacts for key decision-makers, context on Omicron, and responses to common counterarguments in the last few pages.

DC: https://rb.gy/9vapjv

MoCo: https://rb.gy/mvttgl

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"Given the news that the CDC has greenlighted test-to-stay (TTS) as an alternative to mandatory close contact quarantines for unvaccinated children, please work urgently to provide guidance and resources on implementing TTS or eliminating quarantines altogether in childcare settings.

Any test-to-stay (TTS) or other modified quarantine policy for daycares cannot be contingent on children staying masked or distanced, as daycare children do neither for the entirety of the day because of frequent naps and snacks. Fortunately, we have ample evidence (https://rb.gy/5gbbhd) to give us confidence that young children’s close contacts rarely develop COVID-19. More to the point, jurisdictions all over the country and world do not quarantine or mask healthy toddlers and preschoolers (see this sensible policy from Wales: https://rb.gy/3o9mhv).

With the news that Pfizer's vaccine trial in 2-4 year olds was unsuccessful, it is even more imperative that the easing of COVID restrictions in daycares not be linked to vaccine authorization."

Please share this with others who might be interested.

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[Anonymous]

Functioning links:

DC daycare advocacy guide: https://tinyurl.com/57sapzjy

Montgomery County daycare advocacy guide: https://tinyurl.com/yd2jr5pu

Test-to-stay overview by Emily Oster: https://emilyoster.substack.com/p/school-quarantines-should-end

Wales policy: https://gov.wales/self-isolation#section-83761

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hello everyone,

Friday's CDC approval of test-to-stay to replace quarantines in schools does not necessarily apply to childcare settings. Parents need to urgently point this out to our local officials.

Sample message below.

Please also find daycare advocacy guides for D.C. here and Montgomery County below. These include contacts for key decision-makers, context on Omicron, and responses to common counterarguments in the last few pages.

DC: https://rb.gy/9vapjv

MoCo: https://rb.gy/mvttgl

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"Given the news that the CDC has greenlighted test-to-stay (TTS) as an alternative to mandatory close contact quarantines for unvaccinated children, please work urgently to provide guidance and resources on implementing TTS or eliminating quarantines altogether in childcare settings.

Any test-to-stay (TTS) or other modified quarantine policy for daycares cannot be contingent on children staying masked or distanced, as daycare children do neither for the entirety of the day because of frequent naps and snacks. Fortunately, we have ample evidence (https://rb.gy/5gbbhd) to give us confidence that young children’s close contacts rarely develop COVID-19. More to the point, jurisdictions all over the country and world do not quarantine or mask healthy toddlers and preschoolers (see this sensible policy from Wales: https://rb.gy/3o9mhv).

With the news that Pfizer's vaccine trial in 2-4 year olds was unsuccessful, it is even more imperative that the easing of COVID restrictions in daycares not be linked to vaccine authorization."

Please share this with others who might be interested.

I will but live in PG. Any sources for who those contacts would be? My daycare just closed for the week between Christmas and NYE with no prorate bc of "community spread" in PGPCS. 4 days is 16% of my yearly leave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I will but live in PG. Any sources for who those contacts would be? My daycare just closed for the week between Christmas and NYE with no prorate bc of "community spread" in PGPCS. 4 days is 16% of my yearly leave.

I'm so sorry to hear this. We didn't create a guide for PG County, but it's easy to figure out the contacts. Just look around on the website of the PG County Health Department. And definitely reach out to the members of the PG County Council too. Also, the Maryland Department of Health and Maryland State Board of Education set many of the requirements that daycares in the state follow, so do reach out to those contacts too. You can find them in our guide: https://tinyurl.com/yd2jr5pu

[Anonymous]

Hi everyone, we received a lot of requests for a petition to update COVID-19 policies in daycares to allow optional masking and modified quarantines. Here it is; please sign and share widely:

https://chng.it/QmGYKmvRy2