I’m concerned about covid cases at DD’s daycare following Thanksgiving

[Anonymous]

Our center has a lot of precautions in the school itself, but no rules on what people can/can’t do when not at school.

We’ve had one case — a part-time teacher who didn’t spread it to anyone else.

They’ve been open the entire time.

So I think some of these rules are fairly unnecessary.

[Anonymous]

I am not part of the "stay at home until there is vaccine" crowd. My kids have been back in daycare/preschool since it opened in June. Daycare is an essential service that allows us to earn a living and keeps our kids learning and socializing. We are thankful it is open and feel we have a responsibility to try to keep it open. I'm irked by the number of things I've heard other parents talk about doing with their kids over the past few weeks:

-Flying cross country to see grandparents
-Going to weddings
-Indoor dining with other families
-Trips to Disney

I don't even want my kids to get a cold because they could shut down the classroom until a covid test comes back negative.

I wish people would have some sense of the privilege of having daycare/preschool open, and think about maybe forgoing some of the trips and large gatherings other the winter months but that's not going to happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am not part of the "stay at home until there is vaccine" crowd. My kids have been back in daycare/preschool since it opened in June. Daycare is an essential service that allows us to earn a living and keeps our kids learning and socializing. We are thankful it is open and feel we have a responsibility to try to keep it open. I'm irked by the number of things I've heard other parents talk about doing with their kids over the past few weeks:

-Flying cross country to see grandparents
-Going to weddings
-Indoor dining with other families
-Trips to Disney

I don't even want my kids to get a cold because they could shut down the classroom until a covid test comes back negative.

I wish people would have some sense of the privilege of having daycare/preschool open, and think about maybe forgoing some of the trips and large gatherings other the winter months but that's not going to happen.

Completely agree with all this. I do not want to lose daycare again!! We are staying out for the holidays and wish others would use some discretion as well. Sigh. Although not limited to our daycare, everyone at DH’s work seems to be planning holiday travel as normal as well.

[Anonymous]

We're just keeping DD out of daycare between Thanksgiving and mid-January.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We're just keeping DD out of daycare between Thanksgiving and mid-January.

Seems like you don’t really need daycare- why not just keep her home until there’s a vaccine?

[Anonymous]

I think everyone is a bit on edge about this. Our daycare updated their illness policy such that you need to keep your child home for the entire duration of a cold, even if you get a negative test result for Covid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think everyone is a bit on edge about this. Our daycare updated their illness policy such that you need to keep your child home for the entire duration of a cold, even if you get a negative test result for Covid.

Are you in Maryland? This was the guidance daycares received from the health department and licensing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think everyone is a bit on edge about this. Our daycare updated their illness policy such that you need to keep your child home for the entire duration of a cold, even if you get a negative test result for Covid.

Are you in Maryland? This was the guidance daycares received from the health department and licensing.

What counts as entire duration? 4yo DD and I both keep a mild cough for a few weeks after getting over a cold (asthmatic).

[Anonymous]

I'm worried too, OP... but I'm also not happy with how our son's preschool is handling Covid (masks are optional for the kids). In our case, he's only at school a few mornings per week so we just might keep him out from the end of November until early January, and use our childcare option full-time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think everyone is a bit on edge about this. Our daycare updated their illness policy such that you need to keep your child home for the entire duration of a cold, even if you get a negative test result for Covid.

Are you in Maryland? This was the guidance daycares received from the health department and licensing.

Is this new? First I’m hearing of this and I’m in MD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think everyone is a bit on edge about this. Our daycare updated their illness policy such that you need to keep your child home for the entire duration of a cold, even if you get a negative test result for Covid.

Are you in Maryland? This was the guidance daycares received from the health department and licensing.

Is this new? First I’m hearing of this and I’m in MD.

No, it's not new. This was in the July decision flow chart. Do you work in daycare? These are the guidelines we must follow in order to be open. In regards to a cold symptoms that meet COVID like illness the flow chart states:

"The ill person should stay
home until symptoms have
improved and criteria in the
Communicable Diseases
Summary have been met as
applicable.
The person should consider
being tested/retested for
COVID-19 if symptoms do not
improve."

It's going to be a challenging winter because of colds and allergies, however, parents, please understand that these are State guidelines and regulations that we must follow in order to be open during the pandemic. We are not making these rules up and are obligated to follow them and must enforce them. It's always difficult to exclude a family due to a cold, but in the end it prevents illnesses from spreading.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think everyone is a bit on edge about this. Our daycare updated their illness policy such that you need to keep your child home for the entire duration of a cold, even if you get a negative test result for Covid.

Are you in Maryland? This was the guidance daycares received from the health department and licensing.

Is this new? First I’m hearing of this and I’m in MD.

No, it's not new. This was in the July decision flow chart. Do you work in daycare? These are the guidelines we must follow in order to be open. In regards to a cold symptoms that meet COVID like illness the flow chart states:

"The ill person should stay
home until symptoms have
improved and criteria in the
Communicable Diseases
Summary have been met as
applicable.
The person should consider
being tested/retested for
COVID-19 if symptoms do not
improve."

It's going to be a challenging winter because of colds and allergies, however, parents, please understand that these are State guidelines and regulations that we must follow in order to be open during the pandemic. We are not making these rules up and are obligated to follow them and must enforce them. It's always difficult to exclude a family due to a cold, but in the end it prevents illnesses from spreading.

PP here. No I’m not a daycare provider but DC attends an in-home daycare (in MD). We were told mild colds were fine as long as no fever/cough is involved. But we got DC tested the last time they got a cold just in case.

Not sure if I should say anything to my provider or not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think everyone is a bit on edge about this. Our daycare updated their illness policy such that you need to keep your child home for the entire duration of a cold, even if you get a negative test result for Covid.

Are you in Maryland? This was the guidance daycares received from the health department and licensing.

Is this new? First I’m hearing of this and I’m in MD.

No, it's not new. This was in the July decision flow chart. Do you work in daycare? These are the guidelines we must follow in order to be open. In regards to a cold symptoms that meet COVID like illness the flow chart states:

"The ill person should stay
home until symptoms have
improved and criteria in the
Communicable Diseases
Summary have been met as
applicable.
The person should consider
being tested/retested for
COVID-19 if symptoms do not
improve."

It's going to be a challenging winter because of colds and allergies, however, parents, please understand that these are State guidelines and regulations that we must follow in order to be open during the pandemic. We are not making these rules up and are obligated to follow them and must enforce them. It's always difficult to exclude a family due to a cold, but in the end it prevents illnesses from spreading.

The updated decision flow chart from the end of August says there must be 2 symptoms to have to stay home/ get tested. Even if you have a fever you must also have another symptom, like runny nose or aches. The only single symptoms that mean automatic exclusion are cough, difficulty breathing, or loss of taste/smell. So a runny nose alone would not keep you out in MD.

[Anonymous]

I would certainly hope that a fever alone means automatic exclusion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would certainly hope that a fever alone means automatic exclusion.

Ours has a list where one symptom alone keeps you out- so yes fever, cough, vomiting. Most of which would have keep you out previously. The other list is where TWO symptoms keeps you out. So yeah runny nose alone wouldn’t be an automatic exclusion- but honestly we usually have more than runny noses when we have a cold anyway.