Friend sent her kid to daycare after close covid contact

[Anonymous]

The truth is that we will soon move away from contact tracing because the cost of quarantine is so high and the risk of Omicron so low. It’s just going to be a really tough mental shift for everyone, especially in DC where people are in hyped up responsible mode.

I think we are in a chapter of the pandemic where it is ok to apply some logic and accept the inevitable. The rapid test was a good idea. Your child will probably catch Omicron from a child who wasn’t tested this AM because they don’t know they are exposed.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm in a similar situation as your friend, OP, and I'm sending my kid to school. (Albeit, he's 11 and vaxxed.) We were at a get together Saturday evening with 3 other couples. Yesterday, one family tested positive. We spoke with the school and health department, and no one, including unvaxxed and preschoolers, besides the family who tested positive, is required to quarantine. A year ago I would have paused longer and thought the responsible thing would be to stay home for a few days. Now, I realize 15 people, none with symptoms, can put life on hold, missing school/work, "just in case".

This is different because your son is vaxxed. According to the CDC fully vaxed people don't need to quarantine unless they develop symptoms. Maybe that guidance is outdated because of Omicron, but at least based on the technical current guidance you are perfectly fine here.

Yes, but of the 7 kids, 1 preschooler is unvaxxed, 2 adolescents have only 1 of their shots, 1 adolescent is less than 2 weeks out from his 2nd shot, my son is fully vaxxed, and the other 11 year old is covid positive. None of us - except the family that tested positive - is required to quarantine. Obviously if symptoms appear, we will - but as of now, all are in school/daycare.

You had a get together inside with three families, including unvaccinated kids, right before school was set to restart during the omicron wave.

You are a complete douche bag, PP, and part of the problem. So sick of people like you.

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Anonymous wrote:If you think their daughter has COVID, logic dictates you think you are now a close contact of someone with COVID (close contact is defined by 15 minutes, and you admit the kids were together on the playground). And yet, here you are at school, and I am guessing you did not get a PCR test. So, if you are going to be upset at her, you also have to be upset at yourself.

OP here. So their daughter is actually a close contact of a confirmed covid case. My son is a close contact of a close contact (their daughter), not a confirmed case, so he doesn't need to quarantine or test. If my friend told me her or her daughter were covid positive, yes I would have kept my son home.

Oh really? Did you phone the parent on the morning of school and confirm her child was negative before sending your child? No, you didn't. You knew you had potentially been exposed, but you didn't bother to confirm, quarantine, or test. You're as bad as everyone else OP. So save your outrage.

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You just "didn't yet know" whether your daughter was a close contact or not.

What? The only way anyone knows if they are a close contact is when they are told. I hope the people I associate with are responsible enough to do their diligence and contact trace if they test positive. Because my friend did tell us about the potential exposure I think it's fair to assume she would also have told us if she or her daughter subsequently tested positive.

And to the poster above you, I didn't know my son had been potentially exposed - he was a close contact of a close contact, which according to literally every public health authority is not someone who needs to quarantine, test, or isolate.

I'm not "outraged" just a little concerned. I posted here to try to gauge how reasonable my neighbor's actions were, and whether other people think it's okay. My actions in this situation are totally in line with public health guidance and I'm not sure why you're suggesting I needed to do anything differently.

You can't be outraged that the friend sent her potentially positive child to school while also being feigning ignorance that your child might also have already been exposed to the very same child OP.

Only the responders on this thread are using the word outrage, not the OP.

Typical DCUM projection BS.

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Anonymous wrote:If you think their daughter has COVID, logic dictates you think you are now a close contact of someone with COVID (close contact is defined by 15 minutes, and you admit the kids were together on the playground). And yet, here you are at school, and I am guessing you did not get a PCR test. So, if you are going to be upset at her, you also have to be upset at yourself.

OP here. So their daughter is actually a close contact of a confirmed covid case. My son is a close contact of a close contact (their daughter), not a confirmed case, so he doesn't need to quarantine or test. If my friend told me her or her daughter were covid positive, yes I would have kept my son home.

Oh really? Did you phone the parent on the morning of school and confirm her child was negative before sending your child? No, you didn't. You knew you had potentially been exposed, but you didn't bother to confirm, quarantine, or test. You're as bad as everyone else OP. So save your outrage.

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You just "didn't yet know" whether your daughter was a close contact or not.

What? The only way anyone knows if they are a close contact is when they are told. I hope the people I associate with are responsible enough to do their diligence and contact trace if they test positive. Because my friend did tell us about the potential exposure I think it's fair to assume she would also have told us if she or her daughter subsequently tested positive.

And to the poster above you, I didn't know my son had been potentially exposed - he was a close contact of a close contact, which according to literally every public health authority is not someone who needs to quarantine, test, or isolate.

I'm not "outraged" just a little concerned. I posted here to try to gauge how reasonable my neighbor's actions were, and whether other people think it's okay. My actions in this situation are totally in line with public health guidance and I'm not sure why you're suggesting I needed to do anything differently.

You can't be outraged that the friend sent her potentially positive child to school while also being feigning ignorance that your child might also have already been exposed to the very same child OP.

1. Again, not outraged. Just concerned and trying to gauge how others would react to this.

2. Her child had a close, extended indoor contact with a confirmed covid case. She is by definition a "close contact", and since she is unvaccinated, should be required to quarantine. My child had a briefer, outdoor exposure to her child. Even if their interaction would qualify as close contact, her child is not a confirmed covid case, so my child did not have a close close contact with a confirm covid case. Only close contact with actual confirmed or suspected covid cases beget the need for others to quarantine. It's not a transitive sequence where close contacts of people who were close contacts with a covid case all need to quarantine. What is difficult to understand about this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The madness of quarantines is done. It is too wide spread now.

The only people that need to be quarantining are those that are actually sick and/or those that test positive.

Free for all for everyone else. You just have to accept that

This attitude sucks. Not that I'm advocating mass quarantining (I'm not) but this free-for-all attitude sucks. Prioritize kids in school. Essential services are being threatened by the number of adults out sick. Bus drivers, teachers, etc. need to be available for our kids to stay in school. F your parties.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm in a similar situation as your friend, OP, and I'm sending my kid to school. (Albeit, he's 11 and vaxxed.) We were at a get together Saturday evening with 3 other couples. Yesterday, one family tested positive. We spoke with the school and health department, and no one, including unvaxxed and preschoolers, besides the family who tested positive, is required to quarantine. A year ago I would have paused longer and thought the responsible thing would be to stay home for a few days. Now, I realize 15 people, none with symptoms, can put life on hold, missing school/work, "just in case".

This is different because your son is vaxxed. According to the CDC fully vaxed people don't need to quarantine unless they develop symptoms. Maybe that guidance is outdated because of Omicron, but at least based on the technical current guidance you are perfectly fine here.

Yes, but of the 7 kids, 1 preschooler is unvaxxed, 2 adolescents have only 1 of their shots, 1 adolescent is less than 2 weeks out from his 2nd shot, my son is fully vaxxed, and the other 11 year old is covid positive. None of us - except the family that tested positive - is required to quarantine. Obviously if symptoms appear, we will - but as of now, all are in school/daycare.

You had a get together inside with three families, including unvaccinated kids, right before school was set to restart during the omicron wave.

You are a complete douche bag, PP, and part of the problem. So sick of people like you.

I'd usually agree with you, but our kids are in class together, play baseball and football on the same teams and a couple of the husbands work together - so really we figured it wasn't any worse than having been together all break off an on. But I do understand why you're pissed at me.

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Anonymous wrote:My friend/neighbor has a daughter in the same daycare class as my son. The kids are too young to be vaccinated.

Friend told me Monday that she found out they had a close contact with a positive COVID case on Saturday (1/1). It was her brother, who visited them inside for the afternoon and ate dinner with the family, then developed symptoms and tested positive for covid on Monday (1/4). She told me this because we had hung out together on Sunday (1/2) - so the day after she and her daughter had the close contact - and she wanted us to know about the potential exposure. We hung out outside only and were not very close to one another, although the kids did play together on the playground.

Neither my son or I developed any symptoms and since we did not actually have a close contact with a positive covid case, I took him to daycare today (1/5), which is the first day it reopened after the snow. I was shocked to see her there dropping her daughter off at school. Their close contact was on Saturday so even by the most liberal standard, they should be quarantining at least through tomorrow, right? I didn't say that directly but I think she could tell I saw surprised, and told me that her daughter had a negative rapid test this morning.

I feel like she is being irresponsible and potentially exposing my son and the rest of the kids at daycare. I get that keeping her kid home another two days is a pain but that's kind of just what you have to do, right? Technically according to our school's policy she needed to notify them of the close contact as well, which obviously she did not.

Would you be annoyed by this? Or I am being too much of a stickler?

You are just as irresponsible as your neighbor and both of you should be kicked out because you have deliberately exposed other children to Covid. However, I would bet a lot of money that 95% of DCUM parents have done, or will do, exactly the same as you. In no way does this excuse your behavior.

I assume you're trolls at this point but I'll say for the last time - I (OP) did not do anything irresponsible here. Unless and until her daughter test positive for covid (or at the very least develops symptoms), my child did not actually have a covid exposure. It's not a never ending chain of potential exposure - only the close contacts of the actual covid case need to quarantine.

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Anonymous wrote:If you think their daughter has COVID, logic dictates you think you are now a close contact of someone with COVID (close contact is defined by 15 minutes, and you admit the kids were together on the playground). And yet, here you are at school, and I am guessing you did not get a PCR test. So, if you are going to be upset at her, you also have to be upset at yourself.

OP here. So their daughter is actually a close contact of a confirmed covid case. My son is a close contact of a close contact (their daughter), not a confirmed case, so he doesn't need to quarantine or test. If my friend told me her or her daughter were covid positive, yes I would have kept my son home.

Oh really? Did you phone the parent on the morning of school and confirm her child was negative before sending your child? No, you didn't. You knew you had potentially been exposed, but you didn't bother to confirm, quarantine, or test. You're as bad as everyone else OP. So save your outrage.

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You just "didn't yet know" whether your daughter was a close contact or not.

What? The only way anyone knows if they are a close contact is when they are told. I hope the people I associate with are responsible enough to do their diligence and contact trace if they test positive. Because my friend did tell us about the potential exposure I think it's fair to assume she would also have told us if she or her daughter subsequently tested positive.

And to the poster above you, I didn't know my son had been potentially exposed - he was a close contact of a close contact, which according to literally every public health authority is not someone who needs to quarantine, test, or isolate.

I'm not "outraged" just a little concerned. I posted here to try to gauge how reasonable my neighbor's actions were, and whether other people think it's okay. My actions in this situation are totally in line with public health guidance and I'm not sure why you're suggesting I needed to do anything differently.

You can't be outraged that the friend sent her potentially positive child to school while also being feigning ignorance that your child might also have already been exposed to the very same child OP.

1. Again, not outraged. Just concerned and trying to gauge how others would react to this.

2. Her child had a close, extended indoor contact with a confirmed covid case. She is by definition a "close contact", and since she is unvaccinated, should be required to quarantine. My child had a briefer, outdoor exposure to her child. Even if their interaction would qualify as close contact, her child is not a confirmed covid case, so my child did not have a close close contact with a confirm covid case. Only close contact with actual confirmed or suspected covid cases beget the need for others to quarantine. It's not a transitive sequence where close contacts of people who were close contacts with a covid case all need to quarantine. What is difficult to understand about this?

There is nothing hard to understand, OP. Don't respond to the PPs that give stupid responses, such as suggesting your "outrage". Just ignore them.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm in a similar situation as your friend, OP, and I'm sending my kid to school. (Albeit, he's 11 and vaxxed.) We were at a get together Saturday evening with 3 other couples. Yesterday, one family tested positive. We spoke with the school and health department, and no one, including unvaxxed and preschoolers, besides the family who tested positive, is required to quarantine. A year ago I would have paused longer and thought the responsible thing would be to stay home for a few days. Now, I realize 15 people, none with symptoms, can put life on hold, missing school/work, "just in case".

This is different because your son is vaxxed. According to the CDC fully vaxed people don't need to quarantine unless they develop symptoms. Maybe that guidance is outdated because of Omicron, but at least based on the technical current guidance you are perfectly fine here.

Yes, but of the 7 kids, 1 preschooler is unvaxxed, 2 adolescents have only 1 of their shots, 1 adolescent is less than 2 weeks out from his 2nd shot, my son is fully vaxxed, and the other 11 year old is covid positive. None of us - except the family that tested positive - is required to quarantine. Obviously if symptoms appear, we will - but as of now, all are in school/daycare.

You had a get together inside with three families, including unvaccinated kids, right before school was set to restart during the omicron wave.

You are a complete douche bag, PP, and part of the problem. So sick of people like you.

I'd usually agree with you, but our kids are in class together, play baseball and football on the same teams and a couple of the husbands work together - so really we figured it wasn't any worse than having been together all break off an on. But I do understand why you're pissed at me.

Look, my MS kid had some get togethers with small groups of friends during break, but they did stuff outside, like ice skating. We didn't gather indoors for meals etc.

There is this place in between not giving an F and acting like there is no pandemic and hiding in your basement.

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Anonymous wrote:If you think their daughter has COVID, logic dictates you think you are now a close contact of someone with COVID (close contact is defined by 15 minutes, and you admit the kids were together on the playground). And yet, here you are at school, and I am guessing you did not get a PCR test. So, if you are going to be upset at her, you also have to be upset at yourself.

OP here. So their daughter is actually a close contact of a confirmed covid case. My son is a close contact of a close contact (their daughter), not a confirmed case, so he doesn't need to quarantine or test. If my friend told me her or her daughter were covid positive, yes I would have kept my son home.

Oh really? Did you phone the parent on the morning of school and confirm her child was negative before sending your child? No, you didn't. You knew you had potentially been exposed, but you didn't bother to confirm, quarantine, or test. You're as bad as everyone else OP. So save your outrage.

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You just "didn't yet know" whether your daughter was a close contact or not.

You guys aren’t getting how this works. OP’s friend’s child was a close contact on 1/1 to Patient Zero in this scenario (unvaxxed, unmasked child was indoors with unmasked Patient Zero for more than 15 minutes). Patient Zero tested positive on 1/3. OP’s child was outdoors, in the general vicinity of the other child (potential Patient 1) on 1/2, just one day after the other child had close contact with a confirmed positive case. Even if first child (potential case) had contracted Covid, he/she would not have had a high enough viral load to test positive or infect anyone else just one day after his/her own exposure. OP’s child is very unlikely to be infected from being outdoors with the first child. However, the first child (potential case) went to daycare today, 4 days after extended exposure to a confirmed positive. People usually (not always, but usually) test positive 5-7 days after exposure if they have contracted Covid. They are very contagious 1-2 before they develop symptoms/test positive. So first child (potential case) could be contagious today and tomorrow, but not develop symptoms until Friday.

OP’s situation is not comparable to her friend’s situation.

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Anonymous wrote:If you think their daughter has COVID, logic dictates you think you are now a close contact of someone with COVID (close contact is defined by 15 minutes, and you admit the kids were together on the playground). And yet, here you are at school, and I am guessing you did not get a PCR test. So, if you are going to be upset at her, you also have to be upset at yourself.

OP here. So their daughter is actually a close contact of a confirmed covid case. My son is a close contact of a close contact (their daughter), not a confirmed case, so he doesn't need to quarantine or test. If my friend told me her or her daughter were covid positive, yes I would have kept my son home.

Oh really? Did you phone the parent on the morning of school and confirm her child was negative before sending your child? No, you didn't. You knew you had potentially been exposed, but you didn't bother to confirm, quarantine, or test. You're as bad as everyone else OP. So save your outrage.

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You just "didn't yet know" whether your daughter was a close contact or not.

What? The only way anyone knows if they are a close contact is when they are told. I hope the people I associate with are responsible enough to do their diligence and contact trace if they test positive. Because my friend did tell us about the potential exposure I think it's fair to assume she would also have told us if she or her daughter subsequently tested positive.

And to the poster above you, I didn't know my son had been potentially exposed - he was a close contact of a close contact, which according to literally every public health authority is not someone who needs to quarantine, test, or isolate.

I'm not "outraged" just a little concerned. I posted here to try to gauge how reasonable my neighbor's actions were, and whether other people think it's okay. My actions in this situation are totally in line with public health guidance and I'm not sure why you're suggesting I needed to do anything differently.

You can't be outraged that the friend sent her potentially positive child to school while also being feigning ignorance that your child might also have already been exposed to the very same child OP.

1. Again, not outraged. Just concerned and trying to gauge how others would react to this.

2. Her child had a close, extended indoor contact with a confirmed covid case. She is by definition a "close contact", and since she is unvaccinated, should be required to quarantine. My child had a briefer, outdoor exposure to her child. Even if their interaction would qualify as close contact, her child is not a confirmed covid case, so my child did not have a close close contact with a confirm covid case. Only close contact with actual confirmed or suspected covid cases beget the need for others to quarantine. It's not a transitive sequence where close contacts of people who were close contacts with a covid case all need to quarantine. What is difficult to understand about this?

SO MUCH going on in this thread. To OP: Yes, that person should have quarantined their kid and tested with a PCR 5-7 days after exposure. That's what we recently had to do for our public school (kid was exposed at school). And yes, your situation is very different from your friend's. All these other posters are likely trying to justify their own irresponsible behavior by throwing their hands up and saying "everyone will get it!"

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Anonymous wrote:If you think their daughter has COVID, logic dictates you think you are now a close contact of someone with COVID (close contact is defined by 15 minutes, and you admit the kids were together on the playground). And yet, here you are at school, and I am guessing you did not get a PCR test. So, if you are going to be upset at her, you also have to be upset at yourself.

Nooo playground is not equivalent to indoor contact that tested positive.

Close contact is defined by being near someone with COVID for 15 minutes; indoor/outdoor is not specified. If the daughter was a confirmed case, OP's child would have had close contact.

In your own statement it is someone with COVID not presumptive for COVID. The reason why the other kid should quarantine is because she had close contact with a known COVID individual but there is no guarantee that she is positive. That is what quarantining is for. She should test. IF she test positive then she ISOLATES and the OPs son could/could not need to quarantine/test. You need 15 minutes of sustained exposure. Outside on a playground does not necessarily meet that threshold since theyd need to be directly with one another for 15 minutes total.

Have you seen 3.5 year olds play? Not likely.

On the website CDC states "A number of factors can influence a person’s risk of exposure to COVID-19, including the type, proximity, and duration of their exposure, environmental factors (such as crowding and ventilation), vaccination status, COVID-19 infection in the previous 90 days, and mask use."

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Anonymous wrote:If you think their daughter has COVID, logic dictates you think you are now a close contact of someone with COVID (close contact is defined by 15 minutes, and you admit the kids were together on the playground). And yet, here you are at school, and I am guessing you did not get a PCR test. So, if you are going to be upset at her, you also have to be upset at yourself.

OP here. So their daughter is actually a close contact of a confirmed covid case. My son is a close contact of a close contact (their daughter), not a confirmed case, so he doesn't need to quarantine or test. If my friend told me her or her daughter were covid positive, yes I would have kept my son home.

Oh really? Did you phone the parent on the morning of school and confirm her child was negative before sending your child? No, you didn't. You knew you had potentially been exposed, but you didn't bother to confirm, quarantine, or test. You're as bad as everyone else OP. So save your outrage.

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You just "didn't yet know" whether your daughter was a close contact or not.

You guys aren’t getting how this works. OP’s friend’s child was a close contact on 1/1 to Patient Zero in this scenario (unvaxxed, unmasked child was indoors with unmasked Patient Zero for more than 15 minutes). Patient Zero tested positive on 1/3. OP’s child was outdoors, in the general vicinity of the other child (potential Patient 1) on 1/2, just one day after the other child had close contact with a confirmed positive case. Even if first child (potential case) had contracted Covid, he/she would not have had a high enough viral load to test positive or infect anyone else just one day after his/her own exposure. OP’s child is very unlikely to be infected from being outdoors with the first child. However, the first child (potential case) went to daycare today, 4 days after extended exposure to a confirmed positive. People usually (not always, but usually) test positive 5-7 days after exposure if they have contracted Covid. They are very contagious 1-2 before they develop symptoms/test positive. So first child (potential case) could be contagious today and tomorrow, but not develop symptoms until Friday.

OP’s situation is not comparable to her friend’s situation.

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Anonymous wrote:If you think their daughter has COVID, logic dictates you think you are now a close contact of someone with COVID (close contact is defined by 15 minutes, and you admit the kids were together on the playground). And yet, here you are at school, and I am guessing you did not get a PCR test. So, if you are going to be upset at her, you also have to be upset at yourself.

OP here. So their daughter is actually a close contact of a confirmed covid case. My son is a close contact of a close contact (their daughter), not a confirmed case, so he doesn't need to quarantine or test. If my friend told me her or her daughter were covid positive, yes I would have kept my son home.

Oh really? Did you phone the parent on the morning of school and confirm her child was negative before sending your child? No, you didn't. You knew you had potentially been exposed, but you didn't bother to confirm, quarantine, or test. You're as bad as everyone else OP. So save your outrage.

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You just "didn't yet know" whether your daughter was a close contact or not.

What? The only way anyone knows if they are a close contact is when they are told. I hope the people I associate with are responsible enough to do their diligence and contact trace if they test positive. Because my friend did tell us about the potential exposure I think it's fair to assume she would also have told us if she or her daughter subsequently tested positive.

And to the poster above you, I didn't know my son had been potentially exposed - he was a close contact of a close contact, which according to literally every public health authority is not someone who needs to quarantine, test, or isolate.

I'm not "outraged" just a little concerned. I posted here to try to gauge how reasonable my neighbor's actions were, and whether other people think it's okay. My actions in this situation are totally in line with public health guidance and I'm not sure why you're suggesting I needed to do anything differently.

You can't be outraged that the friend sent her potentially positive child to school while also being feigning ignorance that your child might also have already been exposed to the very same child OP.

1. Again, not outraged. Just concerned and trying to gauge how others would react to this.

2. Her child had a close, extended indoor contact with a confirmed covid case. She is by definition a "close contact", and since she is unvaccinated, should be required to quarantine. My child had a briefer, outdoor exposure to her child. Even if their interaction would qualify as close contact, her child is not a confirmed covid case, so my child did not have a close close contact with a confirm covid case. Only close contact with actual confirmed or suspected covid cases beget the need for others to quarantine. It's not a transitive sequence where close contacts of people who were close contacts with a covid case all need to quarantine. What is difficult to understand about this?

SO MUCH going on in this thread. To OP: Yes, that person should have quarantined their kid and tested with a PCR 5-7 days after exposure. That's what we recently had to do for our public school (kid was exposed at school). And yes, your situation is very different from your friend's. All these other posters are likely trying to justify their own irresponsible behavior by throwing their hands up and saying "everyone will get it!"

But this is where you're incorrect (I think) - I'm the AZ poster again, the one in a similar situation to the OP's friend. All our families contacted school and health department and were 100% told no one, including the unvaxed, needs to quarantine unless we have symptoms. Are different states/counties doing things differently?

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Anonymous wrote:If you think their daughter has COVID, logic dictates you think you are now a close contact of someone with COVID (close contact is defined by 15 minutes, and you admit the kids were together on the playground). And yet, here you are at school, and I am guessing you did not get a PCR test. So, if you are going to be upset at her, you also have to be upset at yourself.

OP here. So their daughter is actually a close contact of a confirmed covid case. My son is a close contact of a close contact (their daughter), not a confirmed case, so he doesn't need to quarantine or test. If my friend told me her or her daughter were covid positive, yes I would have kept my son home.

Oh really? Did you phone the parent on the morning of school and confirm her child was negative before sending your child? No, you didn't. You knew you had potentially been exposed, but you didn't bother to confirm, quarantine, or test. You're as bad as everyone else OP. So save your outrage.

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You just "didn't yet know" whether your daughter was a close contact or not.

You guys aren’t getting how this works. OP’s friend’s child was a close contact on 1/1 to Patient Zero in this scenario (unvaxxed, unmasked child was indoors with unmasked Patient Zero for more than 15 minutes). Patient Zero tested positive on 1/3. OP’s child was outdoors, in the general vicinity of the other child (potential Patient 1) on 1/2, just one day after the other child had close contact with a confirmed positive case. Even if first child (potential case) had contracted Covid, he/she would not have had a high enough viral load to test positive or infect anyone else just one day after his/her own exposure. OP’s child is very unlikely to be infected from being outdoors with the first child. However, the first child (potential case) went to daycare today, 4 days after extended exposure to a confirmed positive. People usually (not always, but usually) test positive 5-7 days after exposure if they have contracted Covid. They are very contagious 1-2 before they develop symptoms/test positive. So first child (potential case) could be contagious today and tomorrow, but not develop symptoms until Friday.

OP’s situation is not comparable to her friend’s situation.

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WOW way to rationalize. First of all, kids absolutely play close on playgrounds. So let's not try to rationalize away the contact. Second, it is absolutely possible to infect someone a day after someone has been exposed! They are most contagious after they are symptomatic, but transmission is not exclusive during this time period. OP is concerned that the girl might have COVID but blatantly ignoring her own child's potential exposure. Either she's concerned the child is positive or she isn't. But if she is, she should be concerned about her own child's exposure at the playground too.