Covid rules?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The OP asked about rules. No, despite what some pp's might want, there is no rule requiring you to keep kids home after their symptoms have improved, nor is there a rule regarding masks.

Send your kid back when they feel better, op.

This, seriously. Nobody is paying attention to these bogus ‘rules’ that aren’t even based in science.

Who is even tearing their kids for Covid at this point? Most of us are not wasting any more time and mental energy on this nonsense.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The OP asked about rules. No, despite what some pp's might want, there is no rule requiring you to keep kids home after their symptoms have improved, nor is there a rule regarding masks.

Send your kid back when they feel better, op.

This isn't true.

Per MCPS guidelines:

At MCPS, masks continue to be voluntary except as required by CDC COVID-19 guidelines for isolation, for individuals who become sick at school or are returning after the minimum 5-day isolation period.

The CDC guidelines for isolation are: If you test positive for COVID-19, stay home for at least 5 days and isolate from others in your home.

After you have ended isolation, when you are feeling better (no fever without the use of fever-reducing medications and symptoms improving),

Wear your mask through day 10.
OR

If you have access to antigen tests, you should consider using them. With two sequential negative tests 48 hours apart, you may remove your mask sooner than day 10.

What isn't true? Guidelines are just recommendations, not rules. There have long been specific exclusion policies based on symptoms-- recently having covid is not among them. You are not required to keep students home once their symptoms improve.

This is the rule we followed. Kept elementary schooler home for 5 days, sent back masked, removed mask on day 9 after 2 negative tests.

It’s easy to do that with an elementary schooler. Keeping a high school or middle school kid out of school for an entire week will mess up grades and be difficult to catch up from. Particularly pointless if they are not sick.

Mine is going to hardest classes via zoom. I would consider sending back only if symptom free only and masked until testing neg. She had a cold and tested neg, then picked up covid, and we're not sure when one turned into the other. So many kids coughing and not masking. Had kids been testing/masking when symptomatic and masking for symptom-free pos, we might have avoided it. I am higher risk and now covid+, despite masking anywhere crowded. Now struggling and a little scared.

The idea that you would equate symptom-free to "not sick" is not accurate. If you send back your kid early, unmasked, for their own benefit, it puts others at risk and is not ok. Same with not testing when kid has symptoms. If we all were more common sense about testing and masking when pos and/or symptomatic and asking for remote learning when sick, we'd have a lot less covid.

Zoom school isn’t an option.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The OP asked about rules. No, despite what some pp's might want, there is no rule requiring you to keep kids home after their symptoms have improved, nor is there a rule regarding masks.

Send your kid back when they feel better, op.

This isn't true.

Per MCPS guidelines:

At MCPS, masks continue to be voluntary except as required by CDC COVID-19 guidelines for isolation, for individuals who become sick at school or are returning after the minimum 5-day isolation period.

The CDC guidelines for isolation are: If you test positive for COVID-19, stay home for at least 5 days and isolate from others in your home.

After you have ended isolation, when you are feeling better (no fever without the use of fever-reducing medications and symptoms improving),

Wear your mask through day 10.
OR

If you have access to antigen tests, you should consider using them. With two sequential negative tests 48 hours apart, you may remove your mask sooner than day 10.

What isn't true? Guidelines are just recommendations, not rules. There have long been specific exclusion policies based on symptoms-- recently having covid is not among them. You are not required to keep students home once their symptoms improve.

This is the rule we followed. Kept elementary schooler home for 5 days, sent back masked, removed mask on day 9 after 2 negative tests.

It’s easy to do that with an elementary schooler. Keeping a high school or middle school kid out of school for an entire week will mess up grades and be difficult to catch up from. Particularly pointless if they are not sick.

Screw it. I won't test even if my kid has symptoms...don't ask, don't tell. Not missing anymore school after they were closed for so long with the crazy policies that we have.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The OP asked about rules. No, despite what some pp's might want, there is no rule requiring you to keep kids home after their symptoms have improved, nor is there a rule regarding masks.

Send your kid back when they feel better, op.

This, seriously. Nobody is paying attention to these bogus ‘rules’ that aren’t even based in science.

Who is even tearing their kids for Covid at this point? Most of us are not wasting any more time and mental energy on this nonsense.

There are plenty of crazies in the Peoples Republic of Moco. You know, the same ones masked up at Giant or walking in the park. There are plenty of nuts out there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The OP asked about rules. No, despite what some pp's might want, there is no rule requiring you to keep kids home after their symptoms have improved, nor is there a rule regarding masks.

Send your kid back when they feel better, op.

This isn't true.

Per MCPS guidelines:

At MCPS, masks continue to be voluntary except as required by CDC COVID-19 guidelines for isolation, for individuals who become sick at school or are returning after the minimum 5-day isolation period.

The CDC guidelines for isolation are: If you test positive for COVID-19, stay home for at least 5 days and isolate from others in your home.

After you have ended isolation, when you are feeling better (no fever without the use of fever-reducing medications and symptoms improving),

Wear your mask through day 10.
OR

If you have access to antigen tests, you should consider using them. With two sequential negative tests 48 hours apart, you may remove your mask sooner than day 10.

What isn't true? Guidelines are just recommendations, not rules. There have long been specific exclusion policies based on symptoms-- recently having covid is not among them. You are not required to keep students home once their symptoms improve.

This is the rule we followed. Kept elementary schooler home for 5 days, sent back masked, removed mask on day 9 after 2 negative tests.

It’s easy to do that with an elementary schooler. Keeping a high school or middle school kid out of school for an entire week will mess up grades and be difficult to catch up from. Particularly pointless if they are not sick.

Mine is going to hardest classes via zoom. I would consider sending back only if symptom free only and masked until testing neg. She had a cold and tested neg, then picked up covid, and we're not sure when one turned into the other. So many kids coughing and not masking. Had kids been testing/masking when symptomatic and masking for symptom-free pos, we might have avoided it. I am higher risk and now covid+, despite masking anywhere crowded. Now struggling and a little scared.

The idea that you would equate symptom-free to "not sick" is not accurate. If you send back your kid early, unmasked, for their own benefit, it puts others at risk and is not ok. Same with not testing when kid has symptoms. If we all were more common sense about testing and masking when pos and/or symptomatic and asking for remote learning when sick, we'd have a lot less covid.

The problem is most symptom-free positive individuals likely don’t know they’re positive. Who is testing regularly anymore? We test when knowingly exposed but I can’t remember the last time we even got a notice of that.

I’m sorry you got Covid- what masks were you using? Have you gotten a fit testing service? It can really help with getting the best mask and fit for your face.

[Anonymous]

Sick != infectious. There are people who aren't sick, but are infectious, i.e. asymptomatic spreaders. There are people who are symptomatic but aren't infectious, i.e. lingering congestion/coughs past the bell-curve point of most viral shedding. Trying to police either scenario is a fool's errand.

That's why the CDC guidance represents the middle ground, encouraging people to minimize spread during the best intersection of the window between knowing you are infected based on symptoms and are most likely to be at peak infectiousness, while also acknowledging that most people are improving by day 5 and it is unrealistic to be able to keep workers or students out of routine for longer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The OP asked about rules. No, despite what some pp's might want, there is no rule requiring you to keep kids home after their symptoms have improved, nor is there a rule regarding masks.

Send your kid back when they feel better, op.

This, seriously. Nobody is paying attention to these bogus ‘rules’ that aren’t even based in science.

Who is even tearing their kids for Covid at this point? Most of us are not wasting any more time and mental energy on this nonsense.

Those of us with cancer patients in our house are, and it would be helpful if you would acknowledge that we exist and that our kids go to school with your kids. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The OP asked about rules. No, despite what some pp's might want, there is no rule requiring you to keep kids home after their symptoms have improved, nor is there a rule regarding masks.

Send your kid back when they feel better, op.

This, seriously. Nobody is paying attention to these bogus ‘rules’ that aren’t even based in science.

Who is even tearing their kids for Covid at this point? Most of us are not wasting any more time and mental energy on this nonsense.

Those of us with cancer patients in our house are, and it would be helpful if you would acknowledge that we exist and that our kids go to school with your kids. Thanks.

Yeah, you exist and always have. Do what you did prior to 2020.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The OP asked about rules. No, despite what some pp's might want, there is no rule requiring you to keep kids home after their symptoms have improved, nor is there a rule regarding masks.

Send your kid back when they feel better, op.

This isn't true.

Per MCPS guidelines:

At MCPS, masks continue to be voluntary except as required by CDC COVID-19 guidelines for isolation, for individuals who become sick at school or are returning after the minimum 5-day isolation period.

The CDC guidelines for isolation are: If you test positive for COVID-19, stay home for at least 5 days and isolate from others in your home.

After you have ended isolation, when you are feeling better (no fever without the use of fever-reducing medications and symptoms improving),

Wear your mask through day 10.
OR

If you have access to antigen tests, you should consider using them. With two sequential negative tests 48 hours apart, you may remove your mask sooner than day 10.

What isn't true? Guidelines are just recommendations, not rules. There have long been specific exclusion policies based on symptoms-- recently having covid is not among them. You are not required to keep students home once their symptoms improve.

This is the rule we followed. Kept elementary schooler home for 5 days, sent back masked, removed mask on day 9 after 2 negative tests.

It’s easy to do that with an elementary schooler. Keeping a high school or middle school kid out of school for an entire week will mess up grades and be difficult to catch up from. Particularly pointless if they are not sick.

Screw it. I won't test even if my kid has symptoms...don't ask, don't tell. Not missing anymore school after they were closed for so long with the crazy policies that we have.

+1

No good reason to test a 14 year old kid who is otherwise healthy. Such a joke.

School buildings were closed way longer than necessary, despite the science that said otherwise. Done with the anti-science crazies in this county who want us to continue to live in fear of Covid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:5 days out, 5 days with a mask. Page 8-9 https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/reopening2023/msdeguide-072423.pdf

This is the correct answer.

You should learn the difference between a requirement and a recommendation.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The OP asked about rules. No, despite what some pp's might want, there is no rule requiring you to keep kids home after their symptoms have improved, nor is there a rule regarding masks.

Send your kid back when they feel better, op.

This, seriously. Nobody is paying attention to these bogus ‘rules’ that aren’t even based in science.

Who is even tearing their kids for Covid at this point? Most of us are not wasting any more time and mental energy on this nonsense.

Those of us with cancer patients in our house are, and it would be helpful if you would acknowledge that we exist and that our kids go to school with your kids. Thanks.

I would recommend wearing an N95 at all times and stop relying on 6 year olds to protect you. Be the adult.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The OP asked about rules. No, despite what some pp's might want, there is no rule requiring you to keep kids home after their symptoms have improved, nor is there a rule regarding masks.

Send your kid back when they feel better, op.

This isn't true.

Per MCPS guidelines:

At MCPS, masks continue to be voluntary except as required by CDC COVID-19 guidelines for isolation, for individuals who become sick at school or are returning after the minimum 5-day isolation period.

The CDC guidelines for isolation are: If you test positive for COVID-19, stay home for at least 5 days and isolate from others in your home.

After you have ended isolation, when you are feeling better (no fever without the use of fever-reducing medications and symptoms improving),

Wear your mask through day 10.
OR

If you have access to antigen tests, you should consider using them. With two sequential negative tests 48 hours apart, you may remove your mask sooner than day 10.

What isn't true? Guidelines are just recommendations, not rules. There have long been specific exclusion policies based on symptoms-- recently having covid is not among them. You are not required to keep students home once their symptoms improve.

This is the rule we followed. Kept elementary schooler home for 5 days, sent back masked, removed mask on day 9 after 2 negative tests.

It’s easy to do that with an elementary schooler. Keeping a high school or middle school kid out of school for an entire week will mess up grades and be difficult to catch up from. Particularly pointless if they are not sick.

Screw it. I won't test even if my kid has symptoms...don't ask, don't tell. Not missing anymore school after they were closed for so long with the crazy policies that we have.

You put the rest of us at risk. So selfish. It doesn't cost you much to test and madk if symptomatic. You stink.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The OP asked about rules. No, despite what some pp's might want, there is no rule requiring you to keep kids home after their symptoms have improved, nor is there a rule regarding masks.

Send your kid back when they feel better, op.

This isn't true.

Per MCPS guidelines:

At MCPS, masks continue to be voluntary except as required by CDC COVID-19 guidelines for isolation, for individuals who become sick at school or are returning after the minimum 5-day isolation period.

The CDC guidelines for isolation are: If you test positive for COVID-19, stay home for at least 5 days and isolate from others in your home.

After you have ended isolation, when you are feeling better (no fever without the use of fever-reducing medications and symptoms improving),

Wear your mask through day 10.
OR

If you have access to antigen tests, you should consider using them. With two sequential negative tests 48 hours apart, you may remove your mask sooner than day 10.

What isn't true? Guidelines are just recommendations, not rules. There have long been specific exclusion policies based on symptoms-- recently having covid is not among them. You are not required to keep students home once their symptoms improve.

This is the rule we followed. Kept elementary schooler home for 5 days, sent back masked, removed mask on day 9 after 2 negative tests.

It’s easy to do that with an elementary schooler. Keeping a high school or middle school kid out of school for an entire week will mess up grades and be difficult to catch up from. Particularly pointless if they are not sick.

Screw it. I won't test even if my kid has symptoms...don't ask, don't tell. Not missing anymore school after they were closed for so long with the crazy policies that we have.

+1

No good reason to test a 14 year old kid who is otherwise healthy. Such a joke.

School buildings were closed way longer than necessary, despite the science that said otherwise. Done with the anti-science crazies in this county who want us to continue to live in fear of Covid.

"Otherwise healthy" meaning sick? Symptoms means sick. Test if your kid has symptoms. It's not that hard.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The OP asked about rules. No, despite what some pp's might want, there is no rule requiring you to keep kids home after their symptoms have improved, nor is there a rule regarding masks.

Send your kid back when they feel better, op.

This, seriously. Nobody is paying attention to these bogus ‘rules’ that aren’t even based in science.

Who is even tearing their kids for Covid at this point? Most of us are not wasting any more time and mental energy on this nonsense.

Those of us with cancer patients in our house are, and it would be helpful if you would acknowledge that we exist and that our kids go to school with your kids. Thanks.

I would recommend wearing an N95 at all times and stop relying on 6 year olds to protect you. Be the adult.

+1.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The OP asked about rules. No, despite what some pp's might want, there is no rule requiring you to keep kids home after their symptoms have improved, nor is there a rule regarding masks.

Send your kid back when they feel better, op.

This isn't true.

Per MCPS guidelines:

At MCPS, masks continue to be voluntary except as required by CDC COVID-19 guidelines for isolation, for individuals who become sick at school or are returning after the minimum 5-day isolation period.

The CDC guidelines for isolation are: If you test positive for COVID-19, stay home for at least 5 days and isolate from others in your home.

After you have ended isolation, when you are feeling better (no fever without the use of fever-reducing medications and symptoms improving),

Wear your mask through day 10.
OR

If you have access to antigen tests, you should consider using them. With two sequential negative tests 48 hours apart, you may remove your mask sooner than day 10.

What isn't true? Guidelines are just recommendations, not rules. There have long been specific exclusion policies based on symptoms-- recently having covid is not among them. You are not required to keep students home once their symptoms improve.

This is the rule we followed. Kept elementary schooler home for 5 days, sent back masked, removed mask on day 9 after 2 negative tests.

It’s easy to do that with an elementary schooler. Keeping a high school or middle school kid out of school for an entire week will mess up grades and be difficult to catch up from. Particularly pointless if they are not sick.

Screw it. I won't test even if my kid has symptoms...don't ask, don't tell. Not missing anymore school after they were closed for so long with the crazy policies that we have.

I feel the same way. They need to change the mandatory stay home 5 day rule, even if you have minimal symptoms. It doesn’t exist with flu or rsv. I’m fine with a mask for 10 days, as long as they can go to school before 5 days if their symptoms are mild.