In 545 Daycares That Stayed Open, Less Than .2 Percent of Kids Got COVID-19

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
No data or testing. The underfunded YMCA and NYDE were not providing COVID tests to those kids. 50% could have been positive and they wouldn’t know.

She points out that her data is crowdsourced and not random, and it doesn’t involve actual COVID-19 testing. But two large childcare providers who have been caring for, collectively, tens of thousands of children since March, the YMCA of the USA and New York City's Department of Education, told NPR that they have no reports of coronavirus clusters or outbreaks.

If 50% were positive and they didn’t have any clue, I take that as a good thing.

[Anonymous]

Thanks, OP. I have been wondering about this, since we haven’t heard of any big outbreaks related to daycares.

[Anonymous]

Our (YMCA) daycare stayed open for children of essential employees. Reduced capacity to 20 (from about 90) and kept them in groups of 10. Reduced the hours dramatically as well. Last week they went up a little, working toward 50 percent capacity, remaining reduced hours. We’re not on the priority list so no daycare available.

I didn’t read the article yet, but I wonder how many daycares that stayed open did so under “normal” operations.

[Anonymous]

Pp here. Just read it. Yeah, invalidated non-random study that doesn’t make any mention of YMCA measures like I’ve experienced personally of shutting down most the school and drastically reducing hours doesn’t have me convinced there’s a green light. Doesn’t mean it’s dangerous either, just another unknown that this study (or at least this link) doesn’t resolve.