Keep kid at camp or bring home?

[Anonymous]

Yesterday I picked up my son from sleepaway camp after he tested positive for Covid.
It was a 4.5 hour drive home, both of us masked and opening diagonal windows every 5 minutes, he is quarantined in the house now.
This morning my friend’s daughter (same camp) also tested positive, so my friend is going to get her daughter.
My daughter is still there (different cabin) and still healthy as far as we know right now.
Should my friend pick her up too? I hate exposing her like this, but there’s also a chance she will be sent home early anyway if she gets it at camp.
Camp ends on Saturday. If I catch it, then it won’t be fun doing that drive on Saturday.
But I also don’t want my daughter catching it in my friend’s car today.
Maybe I should just accept that we are all going to catch it and just bring everyone home.

[Anonymous]

Bring her home!!!! Geez. It's not that hard

[Anonymous]

I would let her finish out camp.

[Anonymous]

Since it's a different cabin I would let her finish. I am not sure she is more likely to get it there than she is at your house, anyway.

[Anonymous]

I'd also let her finish it out if possible.

[Anonymous]

Leave her at this point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd also let her finish it out if possible.

Same.

[Anonymous]

How many kids are being sent home from the camp? Is it everywhere or just bad luck for a few kids?

[Anonymous]

Let her finish. Can she get a ride with someone else is you can't go get her?

[Anonymous]

If one of my littles were in that situation I would pick them up, full stop

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If one of my littles were in that situation I would pick them up, full stop

Can you say why? At this point, it seems like the only benefit of pulling the kid is to spare mom a long drive should mom have COVID. Which is a legitimate reason, but not necessarily a reason to swoop in and save a "little."

[Anonymous]

I'd let her finish camp.

[Anonymous]

I'm shocked they are sending kids home who have it. Is it because it's the last week of camp?

The one my kids are attending just quarantine the C+ campers in another bunk until they test negative.

There hasn't been one week at the camp where they didn't have quarantined campers. This week the dashboard says they have 12 campers and 1 staff in quarantine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Since it's a different cabin I would let her finish. I am not sure she is more likely to get it there than she is at your house, anyway.

I agree with this, above.

OP, it's probably more of a risk that she'd get ithe virus while in the car on the ride home with the positive friend, than it is that she'd get the virus at camp.

Think ahead, though. Go ahead today and see if you can line up another person to pick your daughter up at the end of camp Saturday, JUST in case you test positive. You are right that if you have symptoms, that drive could be difficult, or even not really doable; but I wouldn't bring her home early. I'd spend today lining up either another person to pick her up, or talking to the camp administrator about helping you find another family with whom she can get a ride home on Saturday if necessary. See if the camp can arrange with a family that's picking up another camper. Maybe that family, if they can't bring your daughter all the way to your house, can at least rendezvous with you somewhere much closer to your home so you don't have the long drive while sick (which could be unsafe, depending on your symptoms if any). The camp should be able to help with this, OP, and if they're balky, press them! --signed, former adult staffer for camps and longtime scout leader

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm shocked they are sending kids home who have it. Is it because it's the last week of camp?

The one my kids are attending just quarantine the C+ campers in another bunk until they test negative.

There hasn't been one week at the camp where they didn't have quarantined campers. This week the dashboard says they have 12 campers and 1 staff in quarantine.

It is the last week of camp.