Do you think your preschool/daycare will still have masks in the fall?

[Anonymous]

I Am asking because we were looking at switching schools from a daycare to more of a nursery school type setup (don't need all day anymore) and all but one of the schools we have toured still has everyone masking (all kids and teachers). This is in MOCO. Our current daycare has dropped everything so looks like we will be staying after all. I was very surprised. Those of you who are at a school that is still masking-do you think it will continue into fall? Let's assume the vaccine is never coming for the under 5s as most of these schools said they would drop it when the vaccine is available.

[Anonymous]

I think a lot of these places have tied it to the vaccine, or parents are waiting for the vaccine even if masks aren’t explicitly required anymore (the latter is the case at ours). I think this will continue so long as the companies/fed agencies string everyone along that the vaccine is coming. I think masks will only drop if the vaccine is authorized OR cdc specifically comes out and says it’s going to take a while but masking is no longer needed in this setting.

[Anonymous]

The WHO doesn't recommend, and never has, that children under 6 wear masks. I would not trust a school that is requiring them right now. They are probably one of 50 schools in the entire country to do so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The WHO doesn't recommend, and never has, that children under 6 wear masks. I would not trust a school that is requiring them right now. They are probably one of 50 schools in the entire country to do so.

I completely agree with you except that practically speaking so many in this part of the country are requiring masks that it can be difficult to avoid them (when masks are just one consideration of many).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The WHO doesn't recommend, and never has, that children under 6 wear masks. I would not trust a school that is requiring them right now. They are probably one of 50 schools in the entire country to do so.

The entirety of NYC is still requiring them. But at this point I agree it's pretty limited to specific metro areas like DC/MoCo and NYC.

[Anonymous]

Yes. Ours has continued to require it even though MoCo has said they don't need to mask kids. I don't see any end in sight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Ours has continued to require it even though MoCo has said they don't need to mask kids. I don't see any end in sight.

IIRC MoCo muddied the water because they sent an email to daycares saying while no longer required, masks were still strongly recommended for those under 5. They should have just said no longer required and stopped at that.

[Anonymous]

So glad our MoCo daycare dropped masks and did NOT issue a recommendation to keep wearing them anyway. We moved recently and were considering switching providers to a more convenient location, decided not to for a variety of reasons including not wanting to switch to a school where masking of young children is still required or is the norm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So glad our MoCo daycare dropped masks and did NOT issue a recommendation to keep wearing them anyway. We moved recently and were considering switching providers to a more convenient location, decided not to for a variety of reasons including not wanting to switch to a school where masking of young children is still required or is the norm.

Op here. And same. We are going to continue paying up the nose for all day care we don't need anymore because I refuse to give money to a school that thinks masking toddlers is ok.

[Anonymous]

I’m glad our school still recommends masks indoors! I don’t understand the big deal why people don’t want their kids or themselves wearing masks. I also think it’s crazy no one is masking while flying now during a new surge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m glad our school still recommends masks indoors! I don’t understand the big deal why people don’t want their kids or themselves wearing masks. I also think it’s crazy no one is masking while flying now during a new surge.

1. Because masking toddlers is cruel. 2. They are in a major language learning time and shouldn't have a mask on. The damage that wearing a mask will do will be far worse than Covid. Just waiting for the studies to come out showing how damaging it is/was 3. They take them off to eat and sleep anyway which basically makes the masking pointless even if it did "work".

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Anonymous wrote:I’m glad our school still recommends masks indoors! I don’t understand the big deal why people don’t want their kids or themselves wearing masks. I also think it’s crazy no one is masking while flying now during a new surge.

1. Because masking toddlers is cruel. 2. They are in a major language learning time and shouldn't have a mask on. The damage that wearing a mask will do will be far worse than Covid. Just waiting for the studies to come out showing how damaging it is/was 3. They take them off to eat and sleep anyway which basically makes the masking pointless even if it did "work".

+1 to all this. At our daycare I’d estimate 90% of the kids are still masking (and all the teachers). And Covid still spread - HALF of the kids in one class ended up testing positive this past week. I’m hoping this changes some attitudes about masking at our center after this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m glad our school still recommends masks indoors! I don’t understand the big deal why people don’t want their kids or themselves wearing masks. I also think it’s crazy no one is masking while flying now during a new surge.

1. Because masking toddlers is cruel. 2. They are in a major language learning time and shouldn't have a mask on. The damage that wearing a mask will do will be far worse than Covid. Just waiting for the studies to come out showing how damaging it is/was 3. They take them off to eat and sleep anyway which basically makes the masking pointless even if it did "work".

+1 to all this. At our daycare I’d estimate 90% of the kids are still masking (and all the teachers). And Covid still spread - HALF of the kids in one class ended up testing positive this past week. I’m hoping this changes some attitudes about masking at our center after this.

That daycare does not sound careful- I’d explore other options if I were you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m glad our school still recommends masks indoors! I don’t understand the big deal why people don’t want their kids or themselves wearing masks. I also think it’s crazy no one is masking while flying now during a new surge.

1. Because masking toddlers is cruel. 2. They are in a major language learning time and shouldn't have a mask on. The damage that wearing a mask will do will be far worse than Covid. Just waiting for the studies to come out showing how damaging it is/was 3. They take them off to eat and sleep anyway which basically makes the masking pointless even if it did "work".

+1 to all this. At our daycare I’d estimate 90% of the kids are still masking (and all the teachers). And Covid still spread - HALF of the kids in one class ended up testing positive this past week. I’m hoping this changes some attitudes about masking at our center after this.

That daycare does not sound careful- I’d explore other options if I were you.

How do you propose a daycare be more "careful"?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m glad our school still recommends masks indoors! I don’t understand the big deal why people don’t want their kids or themselves wearing masks. I also think it’s crazy no one is masking while flying now during a new surge.

1. Because masking toddlers is cruel. 2. They are in a major language learning time and shouldn't have a mask on. The damage that wearing a mask will do will be far worse than Covid. Just waiting for the studies to come out showing how damaging it is/was 3. They take them off to eat and sleep anyway which basically makes the masking pointless even if it did "work".

+1 to all this. At our daycare I’d estimate 90% of the kids are still masking (and all the teachers). And Covid still spread - HALF of the kids in one class ended up testing positive this past week. I’m hoping this changes some attitudes about masking at our center after this.

That daycare does not sound careful- I’d explore other options if I were you.

How do you propose a daycare be more "careful"?

LOL PP, covid doesn't care about masks. There is very little we can do to stop it. Masking a 3 year old (when all 3 year olds wear their mask incorrectly) is wrong. Studies have already come out that show language delays among children born in 2019 and 2020.