CDC updating guidelines to not require isolation once symptoms are mild and fever free

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There were never any guidelines but you are a terrible parent for sending your kid to school sick and infecting the rest of us. They should send any kid home who is sick.

This.

A teacher on my team is vaccinated, but had caught Covid five times since the return to in person. She doesn’t mask while she teaches because she thinks the kids need to see her face. Twice a year, she gets Covid and misses 3-5 days of school. There’s a sub shortage so we end up covering for her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't see how this has a practical impact. People haven't been testing. Schools haven't been asking about COVID diagnoses. And no one has been attempting to enforce isolation periods. This is just the CDC finally catching up to what everyone else has already accepted.

It will be interesting to see. There are still people who test and isolate for at least 5 days when they are positive. If you aren't one of them, you might not realize it.

I agree with the PP, who said that this is all about attendance. School administrators are backed into a corner, and it's interesting to see this play out. Fear about COVID closed schools for a long time, and now that the detrimental impact of missed school time is undeniable and the known harm from repeated COVID infections is not clear (I'm not willing to say that these infections are as "harmless" as a cold or the flu), they have decided that it's better to disregard concern about increased transmission of COVID that have kids miss more school.

Let's see what happens. Maybe it will be nothing.

[Anonymous]

My kid had COVID recently (his second time) and wound up missing 6 days total - three days were fever, coughing that made him throw up, etc. Then a couple of days of a nasty runny nose and fatigue. The last day he missed was because I couldn't wake him up that morning as he was too tired. He slept for most of the time he was sick and even now, weeks later, is not 100% energetic.

[Anonymous]

Getting covid is really bad for you. At this point I feel like if you're too stupid to wear a mask and tell your kids to wear masks, explain to them why they should ... There's nothing I can do.

My family? We wear masks and we use enovid. And we don't get sick.

Sucks to be the rest of y'all. I feel horrible for kids who are too young to get this. But my empathy for everyone else is gone

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Getting covid is really bad for you. At this point I feel like if you're too stupid to wear a mask and tell your kids to wear masks, explain to them why they should ... There's nothing I can do.

My family? We wear masks and we use enovid. And we don't get sick.

Sucks to be the rest of y'all. I feel horrible for kids who are too young to get this. But my empathy for everyone else is gone

By the way, despite precautions, I've had it twice since 2019--once because DH brought it home from work, once because my father brought it to us when he visited. They didn't get that sick and neither did my kid.

I was sick for months. It was absolutely terrifying. I hope you all never have to learn the hard way like my family did, but I'm not even sure youd pay attention if you did.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't see how this has a practical impact. People haven't been testing. Schools haven't been asking about COVID diagnoses. And no one has been attempting to enforce isolation periods. This is just the CDC finally catching up to what everyone else has already accepted.

CDC catching up with what the Trump cult wants. Trump will be back in office soon.

If anyone over ridiculous covid measures is a Trumper, then Biden is in some real trouble.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What does this mean for MCPS guidelines? Sounds like they will need to update...covid will be treated like any other illness.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/13/health/covid-isolation-change-cdc/index.html

We could have changed the policies for other major illnesses, as well as covid. But no, instead we're going to have the same bad policies for other major illnesses as for covid.

Why do you want kids to be deprived of education for a sniffly nose?

Why do you describe influenza and covid as "a sniffly nose"?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What does this mean for MCPS guidelines? Sounds like they will need to update...covid will be treated like any other illness.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/13/health/covid-isolation-change-cdc/index.html

We could have changed the policies for other major illnesses, as well as covid. But no, instead we're going to have the same bad policies for other major illnesses as for covid.

Why do you want kids to be deprived of education for a sniffly nose?

Why do you describe influenza and covid as "a sniffly nose"?

Because often covid is just that. Barely any symptoms...or even no symptoms. Influenza can also present as mild in someone who has been vaccinated.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does this mean for MCPS guidelines? Sounds like they will need to update...covid will be treated like any other illness.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/13/health/covid-isolation-change-cdc/index.html

We could have changed the policies for other major illnesses, as well as covid. But no, instead we're going to have the same bad policies for other major illnesses as for covid.

Why do you want kids to be deprived of education for a sniffly nose?

Why do you describe influenza and covid as "a sniffly nose"?

Because often covid is just that. Barely any symptoms...or even no symptoms. Influenza can also present as mild in someone who has been vaccinated.

And the person with the "sniffly nose" from covid goes to school or work and infects someone else with covid, who then gets major symptoms, because that's how infectious diseases work. They're diseases, which are infectious. So yes, I do want kids to be deprived of education while they are infectious with a disease that can make people seriously ill.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does this mean for MCPS guidelines? Sounds like they will need to update...covid will be treated like any other illness.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/13/health/covid-isolation-change-cdc/index.html

We could have changed the policies for other major illnesses, as well as covid. But no, instead we're going to have the same bad policies for other major illnesses as for covid.

Why do you want kids to be deprived of education for a sniffly nose?

Why do you describe influenza and covid as "a sniffly nose"?

Because often covid is just that. Barely any symptoms...or even no symptoms. Influenza can also present as mild in someone who has been vaccinated.

And the person with the "sniffly nose" from covid goes to school or work and infects someone else with covid, who then gets major symptoms, because that's how infectious diseases work. They're diseases, which are infectious. So yes, I do want kids to be deprived of education while they are infectious with a disease that can make people seriously ill.

^^^The anti-vaxxers are all running around saying that measles and polio are both mild or even asymptomatic diseases for most people.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does this mean for MCPS guidelines? Sounds like they will need to update...covid will be treated like any other illness.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/13/health/covid-isolation-change-cdc/index.html

We could have changed the policies for other major illnesses, as well as covid. But no, instead we're going to have the same bad policies for other major illnesses as for covid.

Why do you want kids to be deprived of education for a sniffly nose?

Why do you describe influenza and covid as "a sniffly nose"?

Because often covid is just that. Barely any symptoms...or even no symptoms. Influenza can also present as mild in someone who has been vaccinated.

And the person with the "sniffly nose" from covid goes to school or work and infects someone else with covid, who then gets major symptoms, because that's how infectious diseases work. They're diseases, which are infectious. So yes, I do want kids to be deprived of education while they are infectious with a disease that can make people seriously ill.

Well I don't think it is worth the deprivation of education if you have a few sniffles. Germs are good for you. Those of you who continue to mask will get the worse diseases because your immune system will become extremely weakened.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does this mean for MCPS guidelines? Sounds like they will need to update...covid will be treated like any other illness.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/13/health/covid-isolation-change-cdc/index.html

We could have changed the policies for other major illnesses, as well as covid. But no, instead we're going to have the same bad policies for other major illnesses as for covid.

Why do you want kids to be deprived of education for a sniffly nose?

Why do you describe influenza and covid as "a sniffly nose"?

Because often covid is just that. Barely any symptoms...or even no symptoms. Influenza can also present as mild in someone who has been vaccinated.

And the person with the "sniffly nose" from covid goes to school or work and infects someone else with covid, who then gets major symptoms, because that's how infectious diseases work. They're diseases, which are infectious. So yes, I do want kids to be deprived of education while they are infectious with a disease that can make people seriously ill.

Well I don't think it is worth the deprivation of education if you have a few sniffles. Germs are good for you. Those of you who continue to mask will get the worse diseases because your immune system will become extremely weakened.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does this mean for MCPS guidelines? Sounds like they will need to update...covid will be treated like any other illness.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/13/health/covid-isolation-change-cdc/index.html

We could have changed the policies for other major illnesses, as well as covid. But no, instead we're going to have the same bad policies for other major illnesses as for covid.

Why do you want kids to be deprived of education for a sniffly nose?

Why do you describe influenza and covid as "a sniffly nose"?

Because often covid is just that. Barely any symptoms...or even no symptoms. Influenza can also present as mild in someone who has been vaccinated.

And the person with the "sniffly nose" from covid goes to school or work and infects someone else with covid, who then gets major symptoms, because that's how infectious diseases work. They're diseases, which are infectious. So yes, I do want kids to be deprived of education while they are infectious with a disease that can make people seriously ill.

Most people don't know they're infectious. Simply out, it isn't possible to prevent people from ever getting sick.

[Anonymous]

This is speculation from a god knows how reputable leak. This is not a policy change yet.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What does this mean for MCPS guidelines? Sounds like they will need to update...covid will be treated like any other illness.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/13/health/covid-isolation-change-cdc/index.html

We could have changed the policies for other major illnesses, as well as covid. But no, instead we're going to have the same bad policies for other major illnesses as for covid.

Why do you want kids to be deprived of education for a sniffly nose?

Why do you describe influenza and covid as "a sniffly nose"?

Because often covid is just that. Barely any symptoms...or even no symptoms. Influenza can also present as mild in someone who has been vaccinated.

And the person with the "sniffly nose" from covid goes to school or work and infects someone else with covid, who then gets major symptoms, because that's how infectious diseases work. They're diseases, which are infectious. So yes, I do want kids to be deprived of education while they are infectious with a disease that can make people seriously ill.

Most people don't know they're infectious. Simply out, it isn't possible to prevent people from ever getting sick.

Most people who are sick with an infectious disease don't know they're infectious? Wow.