Sickish child but no COVID

[Anonymous]

I think it depends on how the kids feels. As in if they are tired and need rest they should stay home. If they are full of energy and clear headed then with no COVID maybe to school the next day or a day or two home depending on severity of runny nose symptoms.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know what the right thing to do is. My kid also has a mild cold. Guess where he got it? School, because he hasn’t been anywhere else. Negative Covid test. Obviously someone else thought it was ok to send a kid in last week with the cold. So the whole class was already exposed to the same cold germs. I dunno…

Colds can be spread before or after symptoms are apparent. Whatever, they happen and are not a big deal for the vast majority.

Kids can still learn and attend class with colds. If the whole class has a cold, it's inconvenient (and snotty) but it's fine.

No, they need to stay home and not spread it to other students and their families. Its not just about your child. They will be fine if they miss a day or two of school. You need to make alternative child care. You are really selfish to say, hey, its ok if the entire class gets it, and their families...a cold for you may be no big deal but it can be a very bid deal to someone else.

[Anonymous]

If we learned nothing over the past few years, we have at least learned this:
It's everyone for themselves. Screw anyone else if it means being inconvenienced a bit.
So send them in! Spread it around! Who cares!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know what the right thing to do is. My kid also has a mild cold. Guess where he got it? School, because he hasn’t been anywhere else. Negative Covid test. Obviously someone else thought it was ok to send a kid in last week with the cold. So the whole class was already exposed to the same cold germs. I dunno…

You do know most illnesses are contagious before symptoms are present? Covid’s (original) extra long incubation is an extreme example, but this has always been the case. Your kid being ill does not mean someone knowingly sent a sick kid to school!

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know what the right thing to do is. My kid also has a mild cold. Guess where he got it? School, because he hasn’t been anywhere else. Negative Covid test. Obviously someone else thought it was ok to send a kid in last week with the cold. So the whole class was already exposed to the same cold germs. I dunno…

You do know most illnesses are contagious before symptoms are present? Covid’s (original) extra long incubation is an extreme example, but this has always been the case. Your kid being ill does not mean someone knowingly sent a sick kid to school!

Have you read the replies here? People definitely send their sick kids knowingly and shamlessly.

[Anonymous]

Shame on the parents who send their sick kids to school. Yes, your kid feels "fine" but s/he is still SICK. This is a very selfish way of thinking.

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Anonymous wrote:Teacher here and I also have a kid with a cold, PCR says not covid. Not sure you’d be happy if I had a sub for a week while I stay home with my kid who feels perfectly fine and just has a mild cough. What do you suggest I do? Spouse is a front line worker and can’t take off. Would love your suggestions so your kids don’t miss out on a week of education.

I am fine with a sub for a teacher with a sick kid. Stay home with your kid. Your kid comes first.

Thank you! A lot of parents are unhappy with subs.

Thankfully he’s been feeling perfectly fine, just congested. We did keep him home Friday. Wish he were older so he could be by himself, but he’s only 7.

He needs his parent. Stay home. Your child comes first even when he's older. You should not have to get a babysitter and your kids need to know they are your priority. Kids will be fine with a sub for a few days.

Did you miss the part where PP said he’s feeling perfectly fine? I’m sure if she sends her kid to school he will not develop an “I’m not my moms priority!” complex.

Ok, so they may feel fine but they are having cold symptoms and are sick. So, yes, you keep them home. How is this even a question.

Because the world doesn’t stop if someone has a cold. It’s not the flu, no fever, just some congestion. If everyone stayed home when they had a cold there would be hardly anyone out on the street from Oct- April. I mean c’mon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teacher here and I also have a kid with a cold, PCR says not covid. Not sure you’d be happy if I had a sub for a week while I stay home with my kid who feels perfectly fine and just has a mild cough. What do you suggest I do? Spouse is a front line worker and can’t take off. Would love your suggestions so your kids don’t miss out on a week of education.

I'm usually in the defend-the-teacher camp, but come on! Do you really get a sub every time your own kid is sick but you are not?? I've almost never missed work for this (have contingency plans in place for child care, knowing that they are sure to be sick sometimes and I have to go to work!)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Teacher here and I also have a kid with a cold, PCR says not covid. Not sure you’d be happy if I had a sub for a week while I stay home with my kid who feels perfectly fine and just has a mild cough. What do you suggest I do? Spouse is a front line worker and can’t take off. Would love your suggestions so your kids don’t miss out on a week of education.

Don’t listen to the moronic sanctimonious PP. Covid is the issue here, not colds. Send them to school. You have my blessing!

Then all of the kids sitting near the sick kid will get sick and their parents will (responsibly) have to get PCR tests and keep their kids home. Come on. Things are getting back to normal, but they are not normal yet!

[Anonymous]

I think people's shock at other responses, on both sides, are mainly because we haven't even determined what a "cold" looks like, in terms of keeping a child home.

Fever- stay home
diarrhea/vomiting- stay home
runny/mucus eyes- stay home
coughing- stay home
runny/stuffy nose- go to school
sneezing- go to school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If we learned nothing over the past few years, we have at least learned this:
It's everyone for themselves. Screw anyone else if it means being inconvenienced a bit.
So send them in! Spread it around! Who cares!

Yep, it seems that way.

Teacher A thinks her parents will be upset if she is out for a week so screw the parents in her kid’s class who might have to take time off for the classmates her son infects and have a sub if their teacher gets sick from her son.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here- kid has had no fever. Eating and playing normally. I do not send my kids to school when they are visibly sick and never with a fever!

Send them to school. You tested them, they are negative, no fever and everything else is normal.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know what the right thing to do is. My kid also has a mild cold. Guess where he got it? School, because he hasn’t been anywhere else. Negative Covid test. Obviously someone else thought it was ok to send a kid in last week with the cold. So the whole class was already exposed to the same cold germs. I dunno…

Colds can be spread before or after symptoms are apparent. Whatever, they happen and are not a big deal for the vast majority.

Kids can still learn and attend class with colds. If the whole class has a cold, it's inconvenient (and snotty) but it's fine.

No, they need to stay home and not spread it to other students and their families. Its not just about your child. They will be fine if they miss a day or two of school. You need to make alternative child care. You are really selfish to say, hey, its ok if the entire class gets it, and their families...a cold for you may be no big deal but it can be a very bid deal to someone else.

THIS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think people's shock at other responses, on both sides, are mainly because we haven't even determined what a "cold" looks like, in terms of keeping a child home.

Fever- stay home
diarrhea/vomiting- stay home
runny/mucus eyes- stay home
coughing- stay home
runny/stuffy nose- go to school
sneezing- go to school

I'm one who posted to stay home and I'd be fine with this (as long as sneezing isn't too frequent).

[Anonymous]

My kid got a cold last week and we got the negative COVID results over the weekend. The school called in day 1 and said per school policy he couldn’t come back without negative test results no 24 hrs with no symptoms. Since he had congestion and coughing the first few days we kept him home. If he spreads the cold to other kids then they have to go through the testing and being sick so we waited before sending him back.