Are most area daycares/ecc's going for a covid vaccine mandate for little kids?

[Anonymous]

Our current preschool in MoCo is mandating it. I've visited three other schools in the county and those have no plans to mandate it unless required by the county/regulatory agencies (which I think would only happen if it gets full FDA approval). We will be switching centers.

[Anonymous]

I am also in MoCo with two kids in daycare (one pre-K, one in the Infants room). Our center hasn't announced anything about requiring the vaccine.

[Anonymous]

Ours does not. I didn’t expect them to bc they didn’t require kids five and up to be vaccinated when they were eligible.

I am strongly in favor of adult vaccination requirements but the calculus seems different for kids. My youngest just got his second Moderna shot but, unlike with the adult shots, I think reasonable minds can differ.

[Anonymous]

Maryland just ended quarantines for asymptomatic kids in daycares, regardless of vaccination status and ability to mask. See here:

https://earlychildhood.marylandpublicschools.org/system/files/filedepot/3/covid_guidance_full_080420.pdf

So if daycares in Maryland were requiring vaccines as a way to not have to deal with managing quarantines, then there is no reason to require them anymore. I can't think of any other reason that preschools would have to mandate them: they very clearly don't prevent infection or transmission and severe disease in that age group is extremely rare and there is no proof that the vaccines reduce risk of severe disease in that age group anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maryland just ended quarantines for asymptomatic kids in daycares, regardless of vaccination status and ability to mask. See here:

https://earlychildhood.marylandpublicschools.org/system/files/filedepot/3/covid_guidance_full_080420.pdf

So if daycares in Maryland were requiring vaccines as a way to not have to deal with managing quarantines, then there is no reason to require them anymore. I can't think of any other reason that preschools would have to mandate them: they very clearly don't prevent infection or transmission and severe disease in that age group is extremely rare and there is no proof that the vaccines reduce risk of severe disease in that age group anyway.

Not remotely true. There was recently a covid outbreak in DC's preschool class. All the kids who had received their first dose did not get covid. All the kids who had not received their first dose got covid. It was remarkable (well, it wasn't really).

[Anonymous]

Ours has encouraged parents to vaccinate their kids but said they have no plans to mandate. I think that’s sensible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maryland just ended quarantines for asymptomatic kids in daycares, regardless of vaccination status and ability to mask. See here:

https://earlychildhood.marylandpublicschools.org/system/files/filedepot/3/covid_guidance_full_080420.pdf

So if daycares in Maryland were requiring vaccines as a way to not have to deal with managing quarantines, then there is no reason to require them anymore. I can't think of any other reason that preschools would have to mandate them: they very clearly don't prevent infection or transmission and severe disease in that age group is extremely rare and there is no proof that the vaccines reduce risk of severe disease in that age group anyway.

Not remotely true. There was recently a covid outbreak in DC's preschool class. All the kids who had received their first dose did not get covid. All the kids who had not received their first dose got covid. It was remarkable (well, it wasn't really).

You obviously don't understand statistics, but keep telling yourself the stories that confirm your beliefs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maryland just ended quarantines for asymptomatic kids in daycares, regardless of vaccination status and ability to mask. See here:

https://earlychildhood.marylandpublicschools.org/system/files/filedepot/3/covid_guidance_full_080420.pdf

So if daycares in Maryland were requiring vaccines as a way to not have to deal with managing quarantines, then there is no reason to require them anymore. I can't think of any other reason that preschools would have to mandate them: they very clearly don't prevent infection or transmission and severe disease in that age group is extremely rare and there is no proof that the vaccines reduce risk of severe disease in that age group anyway.

Not remotely true. There was recently a covid outbreak in DC's preschool class. All the kids who had received their first dose did not get covid. All the kids who had not received their first dose got covid. It was remarkable (well, it wasn't really).

Seeing as there are currently two threads on this site right now asking if they should get their kids their 2nd dose after catching Covid after the 1st I am pretty certain your statement is the one that is not remotely true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LA county is going back to a mask mandate on July 29th and I can’t wait. So tired of entitles parents at daycares bringing in their sick kids. Now the kids have to mask, while we’ve been masked this entire time.

/ daycare worker

Do you separate kids for meals and naps? Otherwise I’m curious why you think the masks would be effective at preventing spread. Seems like your daycare needs more of a backbone for dealing with parents bringing in sick kids- ours does not hesitate to call parents to pick up their kids for prett much any symptom.

[Anonymous]

Masks for little kids are pure theater. There’s no way that they are all wearing them correctly for the entire day.

[Anonymous]

No. This sounds ludicrous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LA county is going back to a mask mandate on July 29th and I can’t wait. So tired of entitles parents at daycares bringing in their sick kids. Now the kids have to mask, while we’ve been masked this entire time.

/ daycare worker

Do you separate kids for meals and naps? Otherwise I’m curious why you think the masks would be effective at preventing spread. Seems like your daycare needs more of a backbone for dealing with parents bringing in sick kids- ours does not hesitate to call parents to pick up their kids for prett much any symptom.

Yes how ridiculous. Bringing in sick kids is the problem. Masking all kids in response is a terrible bandaid solution.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our current preschool in MoCo is mandating it. I've visited three other schools in the county and those have no plans to mandate it unless required by the county/regulatory agencies (which I think would only happen if it gets full FDA approval). We will be switching centers.

Thanks for vacating a slot for parents who prefer their children be safer rather than the opposite. Even if we vaccinate our children, as everyone should, risk of COVID infection is lower if they are in an environment where everyone else is vaccinated as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our current preschool in MoCo is mandating it. I've visited three other schools in the county and those have no plans to mandate it unless required by the county/regulatory agencies (which I think would only happen if it gets full FDA approval). We will be switching centers.

Thanks for vacating a slot for parents who prefer their children be safer rather than the opposite. Even if we vaccinate our children, as everyone should, risk of COVID infection is lower if they are in an environment where everyone else is vaccinated as well.

The lowered risk of infection is marginal. Look, I got my 3yo vaccinated, as I do for the flu every year, because I still think the benefits outweigh the potential downsides. But I think it's poor policy to mandate a vaccine that is not yet fully approved, and I'm glad my daycare is not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our current preschool in MoCo is mandating it. I've visited three other schools in the county and those have no plans to mandate it unless required by the county/regulatory agencies (which I think would only happen if it gets full FDA approval). We will be switching centers.

Thanks for vacating a slot for parents who prefer their children be safer rather than the opposite. Even if we vaccinate our children, as everyone should, risk of COVID infection is lower if they are in an environment where everyone else is vaccinated as well.

The lowered risk of infection is marginal. Look, I got my 3yo vaccinated, as I do for the flu every year, because I still think the benefits outweigh the potential downsides. But I think it's poor policy to mandate a vaccine that is not yet fully approved, and I'm glad my daycare is not.

+1 it probably gives a couple of months of protection from infection but after that they're in the same boat as everyone else who has been vaccinated except much lower risk of severe disease on account of being so young (and the vaccine helps with that too).