Virginia ends quarantines in daycares!

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Anonymous wrote:Great news! Virginia announces an end to quarantine for asymptomatic, unvaccinated children in daycares, citing the strain it puts on working families and acknowledging that vaccines and therapeutics have changed the threat posed by the virus. I live in MoCo and live too far to commute to a daycare in VA, so this does me no good right now, but hopefully other states will follow soon. I don't think I've ever voted for a Republican before but I'll remember this with gratitude if Youngkin runs in '24.

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/coronavirus/coronavirus-kids/youngkin-eases-day-care-school-masking-quarantine-guidance/3101894/

I'm in a very blue / COVID-cautious citie, and this policy ended months ago here, driven by local public health policy. Just FYI. Please consider the full impact of voting R, though agree that this was not a good policy once vaccines were rolled out in early 2021

I'm the OP. We will actually be moving out of MoCo for a job next year. These policies are actually a big reason we want to move. Democrats really need to wake up and see how policies like these are pushing even lifelong liberal voters away.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope this is implemented across all the schools ASAP-keeping my healthy child at home repeatedly simply because of exposure is a huge stressor. My job is fairly flexible but I can't imagine most workplaces are.

+a million. Absolutely. Is there a way to force daycares to follow this? I am worried they will take it as a mere recommendation and maintain a stricter policy and since they're a privately owned business they can do that right?

[Anonymous]

Maryland recently changed the quarantine guidelines--hallelujah! No quarantines in childcare centers for asymptomatic kids, regardless of vaccination status or ability to mask:

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

[Anonymous]

Unbelievable. My kid's daycare class, and the whole school really, had an outbreak. To think this could've been prevented had it been handled correctly is annoying to say the least.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unbelievable. My kid's daycare class, and the whole school really, had an outbreak. To think this could've been prevented had it been handled correctly is annoying to say the least.

Yep-we (center in DC) just drastically relaxed our policies last week. This week to date we have more than 5 positives in children and adults. Only one adult is very sick so far though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unbelievable. My kid's daycare class, and the whole school really, had an outbreak. To think this could've been prevented had it been handled correctly is annoying to say the least.

Yep-we (center in DC) just drastically relaxed our policies last week. This week to date we have more than 5 positives in children and adults. Only one adult is very sick so far though.

Oops meant to add that we are having to close classrooms anyway due to being understaffed due to positive staff quarantining. We no longer quarantine close contacts regardless of age or vaccination status.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unbelievable. My kid's daycare class, and the whole school really, had an outbreak. To think this could've been prevented had it been handled correctly is annoying to say the least.

Yep-we (center in DC) just drastically relaxed our policies last week. This week to date we have more than 5 positives in children and adults. Only one adult is very sick so far though.

You're attributing the outbreak to daycare policies rather than to community spread. Community spread is what really drives this. And no one can control that. You want to blame someone/something but it's nothing anyone can control, unless you want to live in China where they lock people in apartments for months on end. Maybe move to China and let me know bow that goes for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unbelievable. My kid's daycare class, and the whole school really, had an outbreak. To think this could've been prevented had it been handled correctly is annoying to say the least.

Yep-we (center in DC) just drastically relaxed our policies last week. This week to date we have more than 5 positives in children and adults. Only one adult is very sick so far though.

You're attributing the outbreak to daycare policies rather than to community spread. Community spread is what really drives this. And no one can control that. You want to blame someone/something but it's nothing anyone can control, unless you want to live in China where they lock people in apartments for months on end. Maybe move to China and let me know bow that goes for you.

Not really-I'm pretty sure it's both. And I honestly don't care either way. But we never, throughout the entire pandemic, had more than one case at a time.