New Covid cases at D.C. Daycare

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is such a non-story. Of course there will be cases in child care centers. Why wouldn't there be? Multiple centers in DC have had cases. Mine did too. Nobody knows where the child contracted COVID, but since everyone else the child had contact with at the center tested negative, chances are it wasn't at the center.

Agree that it's a non-story, but also would note that the reason why it's so hard for us to deal with this virus is that the tests are not very good. The child could have contracted it outside of the center or inside the center. Negative test results after the fact for people who never showed symptoms don't mean much. They could have been briefly contagious and resolved and the tests just didn't time properly, and even at the perfect time there is a nontrivial false negative rate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you know anything about what kinds of precautions the school was or wasn’t taking? It would be helpful to know what works and what doesn’t.

I’m a parent with a child enrolled at the center. Petit Scholars was taking every possible precaution, including those listed before — pick-up/ drop-off outside, absolutely no one bit staff and children inside, parents taking temps of all family members before arrival at the center AND staff raking child temps upon entry, strict hand washing schedules, masks on age three and up, small pods, no mixing of pods, no community meals, deep cleaning daily...

It was inevitable and agree it is a non-story. There will be more centers affected, and if schools were to reopen, there will be cases there as well. We closed for two weeks and reopen Monday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you know anything about what kinds of precautions the school was or wasn’t taking? It would be helpful to know what works and what doesn’t.

I’m a parent with a child enrolled at the center. Petit Scholars was taking every possible precaution, including those listed before — pick-up/ drop-off outside, absolutely no one bit staff and children inside, parents taking temps of all family members before arrival at the center AND staff raking child temps upon entry, strict hand washing schedules, masks on age three and up, small pods, no mixing of pods, no community meals, deep cleaning daily...

It was inevitable and agree it is a non-story. There will be more centers affected, and if schools were to reopen, there will be cases there as well. We closed for two weeks and reopen Monday.

Did a whole "pod" get coronavirus? Or just six families in the "pod" who were "affected" because they had to quarantine? Or was that random reporter just wrong?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was the RI Ave one. Friends/neighbors had their child there.

Do you know how long it was closed for?

PP with the location.

2 weeks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm the PP, it was actually in the Mayor's update earlier today. I just watched it (you can watch here at around 18:20: https://t.co/9NinpIW6mr?amp=1) and it says it was Petit Scholars in Brookland, six families affected and three teachers.

The unidentified reporter says those numbers but Dr. Nesbitt and the NBC4 reporting only indicate one person.

So basically sounds like one person got infected from the community and they are having to temporarily shut down to prevent a spread? Sounds like a bunch of media hype...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm the PP, it was actually in the Mayor's update earlier today. I just watched it (you can watch here at around 18:20: https://t.co/9NinpIW6mr?amp=1) and it says it was Petit Scholars in Brookland, six families affected and three teachers.

The unidentified reporter says those numbers but Dr. Nesbitt and the NBC4 reporting only indicate one person.

So basically sounds like one person got infected from the community and they are having to temporarily shut down to prevent a spread? Sounds like a bunch of media hype...

This happened at my nephews daycare (Not around here) and they are now wondering if it was a false positive. Kid only had a runny nose and no one else at the center or in the family tested positive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you know anything about what kinds of precautions the school was or wasn’t taking? It would be helpful to know what works and what doesn’t.

I’m a parent with a child enrolled at the center. Petit Scholars was taking every possible precaution, including those listed before — pick-up/ drop-off outside, absolutely no one bit staff and children inside, parents taking temps of all family members before arrival at the center AND staff raking child temps upon entry, strict hand washing schedules, masks on age three and up, small pods, no mixing of pods, no community meals, deep cleaning daily...

It was inevitable and agree it is a non-story. There will be more centers affected, and if schools were to reopen, there will be cases there as well. We closed for two weeks and reopen Monday.

The entire center, not just the classroom?

[Anonymous]

Penn Quarter Kindercare just reported a case in their infant "pod." Unclear whether it was a child or teacher. The entire center will be closed for two weeks. This surprises me not at all considering how lax that facility ordinarily is about hygiene, health, and safety.

[Anonymous]

My friend’s whole family just contracted covid and they are almost certain it was from daycare as parents work from home and they’ve been cautious (except for sending to daycare). I have no idea if it’s the same one.

[Anonymous]

One of the State Dept daycares just had three staff members test positive a week ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you know anything about what kinds of precautions the school was or wasn’t taking? It would be helpful to know what works and what doesn’t.

I’m a parent with a child enrolled at the center. Petit Scholars was taking every possible precaution, including those listed before — pick-up/ drop-off outside, absolutely no one bit staff and children inside, parents taking temps of all family members before arrival at the center AND staff raking child temps upon entry, strict hand washing schedules, masks on age three and up, small pods, no mixing of pods, no community meals, deep cleaning daily...

It was inevitable and agree it is a non-story. There will be more centers affected, and if schools were to reopen, there will be cases there as well. We closed for two weeks and reopen Monday.

The entire center, not just the classroom?

yes they close the entire center when there's a case