Maryland declares preschools and daycares essential services and asks that they remain open

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Keep the day cares open so that germy kids can pass along their germs to other kids and staff who will take it back home to their families.

I am not paid enough for this.- Daycare person.

Or, you know, because first responders need childcare.

Doesn't sound like you're in the right profession.

I’m concerned about corona virus germs and all of a sudden I’m the wrong profession. Ok. Meanwhile DCUM is full of people on self quarantine and avoiding social contact but I’m in the wrong profession. Believe me, of all the kids here none are from first responders.

Oh, you know that for sure?

I have an essential job that I cannot do via telework. My daughter goes to a center that has kids whose parents do everything from things you can do at home, like being a lawyer, to professions like policing and my work, which is done in an environment that cannot be replicated at home. One of her friend's mothers is a research scientist who works on viruses. If she doesn't go to work, potentially lifesaving experiments fail.

In every crisis, there are certain services that HAVE to remain. One of those is childcare.

If your job is sooooooo essential and important it should pay you enough to afford a full time nanny so that you aren’t expecting underpaid daycare workers to bear the social cost of your extremely important job getting done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Keep the day cares open so that germy kids can pass along their germs to other kids and staff who will take it back home to their families.

I am not paid enough for this.- Daycare person.

Or, you know, because first responders need childcare.

Doesn't sound like you're in the right profession.

I’m concerned about corona virus germs and all of a sudden I’m the wrong profession. Ok. Meanwhile DCUM is full of people on self quarantine and avoiding social contact but I’m in the wrong profession. Believe me, of all the kids here none are from first responders.

Oh, you know that for sure?

I have an essential job that I cannot do via telework. My daughter goes to a center that has kids whose parents do everything from things you can do at home, like being a lawyer, to professions like policing and my work, which is done in an environment that cannot be replicated at home. One of her friend's mothers is a research scientist who works on viruses. If she doesn't go to work, potentially lifesaving experiments fail.

In every crisis, there are certain services that HAVE to remain. One of those is childcare.

If your job is sooooooo essential and important it should pay you enough to afford a full time nanny so that you aren’t expecting underpaid daycare workers to bear the social cost of your extremely important job getting done.

Am I supposed to generate a full-time nanny out of thin air in the middle of a pandemic?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Keep the day cares open so that germy kids can pass along their germs to other kids and staff who will take it back home to their families.

I am not paid enough for this.- Daycare person.

Or, you know, because first responders need childcare.

Doesn't sound like you're in the right profession.

I’m concerned about corona virus germs and all of a sudden I’m the wrong profession. Ok. Meanwhile DCUM is full of people on self quarantine and avoiding social contact but I’m in the wrong profession. Believe me, of all the kids here none are from first responders.

Oh, you know that for sure?

I have an essential job that I cannot do via telework. My daughter goes to a center that has kids whose parents do everything from things you can do at home, like being a lawyer, to professions like policing and my work, which is done in an environment that cannot be replicated at home. One of her friend's mothers is a research scientist who works on viruses. If she doesn't go to work, potentially lifesaving experiments fail.

In every crisis, there are certain services that HAVE to remain. One of those is childcare.

If your job is sooooooo essential and important it should pay you enough to afford a full time nanny so that you aren’t expecting underpaid daycare workers to bear the social cost of your extremely important job getting done.

Guessing this is a troll post but if not, stop for one second to think about the few jobs that you deem essential and then ask yourself if those salaries will pay for a nanny. I assume you still are ok with nurses and paramedics working (maybe??). How on earth would they afford a nanny. Some really ignorant stupid people on here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Keep the day cares open so that germy kids can pass along their germs to other kids and staff who will take it back home to their families.

I am not paid enough for this.- Daycare person.

Or, you know, because first responders need childcare.

Doesn't sound like you're in the right profession.

I’m concerned about corona virus germs and all of a sudden I’m the wrong profession. Ok. Meanwhile DCUM is full of people on self quarantine and avoiding social contact but I’m in the wrong profession. Believe me, of all the kids here none are from first responders.

Oh, you know that for sure?

I have an essential job that I cannot do via telework. My daughter goes to a center that has kids whose parents do everything from things you can do at home, like being a lawyer, to professions like policing and my work, which is done in an environment that cannot be replicated at home. One of her friend's mothers is a research scientist who works on viruses. If she doesn't go to work, potentially lifesaving experiments fail.

In every crisis, there are certain services that HAVE to remain. One of those is childcare.

If your job is sooooooo essential and important it should pay you enough to afford a full time nanny so that you aren’t expecting underpaid daycare workers to bear the social cost of your extremely important job getting done.

Guessing this is a troll post but if not, stop for one second to think about the few jobs that you deem essential and then ask yourself if those salaries will pay for a nanny. I assume you still are ok with nurses and paramedics working (maybe??). How on earth would they afford a nanny. Some really ignorant stupid people on here.

Exactly.

My grandma has a health aide who comes to her house every day. Why? Because she's 95 years old and has a colostomy bag and multiple forms of lung disease and dementia. She is wholly dependent on this aide.

Does anyone think this aide makes enough to afford a full-time nanny for her kids? Anyone?

[Anonymous]

As a teacher, this is terrifying. I would quit if I lived in MD. My children have asthma, my dh has a heart condition, and my elderly uncle who also lives with us has diabetes.

Considering the fact that children are highly infectious and often don’t show symptoms of Coronavirus, I don’t see how this is safe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a teacher, this is terrifying. I would quit if I lived in MD. My children have asthma, my dh has a heart condition, and my elderly uncle who also lives with us has diabetes.

Considering the fact that children are highly infectious and often don’t show symptoms of Coronavirus, I don’t see how this is safe.

This isn't just in MD. I haven't heard of any place in the world that has mandated that childcare facilities close.

Certainly facilities should allow teachers in your situation to stay home, especially if they can combine classes. However, if you close childcare facilities altogether, you absolutely would be forcing first responders to stay home. That just isn't acceptable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a teacher, this is terrifying. I would quit if I lived in MD. My children have asthma, my dh has a heart condition, and my elderly uncle who also lives with us has diabetes.

Considering the fact that children are highly infectious and often don’t show symptoms of Coronavirus, I don’t see how this is safe.

This isn't just in MD. I haven't heard of any place in the world that has mandated that childcare facilities close.

Certainly facilities should allow teachers in your situation to stay home, especially if they can combine classes. However, if you close childcare facilities altogether, you absolutely would be forcing first responders to stay home. That just isn't acceptable.

I understand staying open for first responders and medical staff, but they should require proof of employment for those workers and only accommodate them. Every student in my class has two parents who work in an office or from home. Parents who are working non essential jobs will bring their children and further the spread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a teacher, this is terrifying. I would quit if I lived in MD. My children have asthma, my dh has a heart condition, and my elderly uncle who also lives with us has diabetes.

Considering the fact that children are highly infectious and often don’t show symptoms of Coronavirus, I don’t see how this is safe.

So- this isn't meant to be critical AT ALL. But I have someone in my immediate family who is very immunocompromised and we are sheltering in place. I pulled the kids out of school/daycare last week. DH is teleworking, I am more in a fee for service industry and I have largely put that on hold to care for the kids. We have enough food/supplies for 2+ months and a plan for replenishment if it goes longer. That's what we have to do, because we cannot risk getting the virus AT ALL. This isn't about flattening the curve for us.

Many of my neighbors are still working and doing what THEY have to do. Largely middle class neighborhood and I don't blame them one bit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a teacher, this is terrifying. I would quit if I lived in MD. My children have asthma, my dh has a heart condition, and my elderly uncle who also lives with us has diabetes.

Considering the fact that children are highly infectious and often don’t show symptoms of Coronavirus, I don’t see how this is safe.

This isn't just in MD. I haven't heard of any place in the world that has mandated that childcare facilities close.

Certainly facilities should allow teachers in your situation to stay home, especially if they can combine classes. However, if you close childcare facilities altogether, you absolutely would be forcing first responders to stay home. That just isn't acceptable.

I understand staying open for first responders and medical staff, but they should require proof of employment for those workers and only accommodate them. Every student in my class has two parents who work in an office or from home. Parents who are working non essential jobs will bring their children and further the spread.

How do you determine what an essential job is? It's not just first responders. I work at an essential federal agency that is splitting staff, so we work on a staggered schedule. I cannot provide them proof of employment, but when it's my turn to work, I have to go in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Keep the day cares open so that germy kids can pass along their germs to other kids and staff who will take it back home to their families.

I am not paid enough for this.- Daycare person.

Or, you know, because first responders need childcare.

Doesn't sound like you're in the right profession.

DP — I’m sure she isn’t paid enough. Suddenly people need her and other essential services folks (grocery store staff). She’s more valuable than people gave her and others credit for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a teacher, this is terrifying. I would quit if I lived in MD. My children have asthma, my dh has a heart condition, and my elderly uncle who also lives with us has diabetes.

Considering the fact that children are highly infectious and often don’t show symptoms of Coronavirus, I don’t see how this is safe.

This isn't just in MD. I haven't heard of any place in the world that has mandated that childcare facilities close.

Certainly facilities should allow teachers in your situation to stay home, especially if they can combine classes. However, if you close childcare facilities altogether, you absolutely would be forcing first responders to stay home. That just isn't acceptable.

I understand staying open for first responders and medical staff, but they should require proof of employment for those workers and only accommodate them. Every student in my class has two parents who work in an office or from home. Parents who are working non essential jobs will bring their children and further the spread.

How do you determine what an essential job is? It's not just first responders. I work at an essential federal agency that is splitting staff, so we work on a staggered schedule. I cannot provide them proof of employment, but when it's my turn to work, I have to go in.

That is not an essential job in a time of national crisis. Yes you need to go to work to get paid, but you could take leave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a teacher, this is terrifying. I would quit if I lived in MD. My children have asthma, my dh has a heart condition, and my elderly uncle who also lives with us has diabetes.

Considering the fact that children are highly infectious and often don’t show symptoms of Coronavirus, I don’t see how this is safe.

This isn't just in MD. I haven't heard of any place in the world that has mandated that childcare facilities close.

Certainly facilities should allow teachers in your situation to stay home, especially if they can combine classes. However, if you close childcare facilities altogether, you absolutely would be forcing first responders to stay home. That just isn't acceptable.

I understand staying open for first responders and medical staff, but they should require proof of employment for those workers and only accommodate them. Every student in my class has two parents who work in an office or from home. Parents who are working non essential jobs will bring their children and further the spread.

How do you determine what an essential job is? It's not just first responders. I work at an essential federal agency that is splitting staff, so we work on a staggered schedule. I cannot provide them proof of employment, but when it's my turn to work, I have to go in.

That is not an essential job in a time of national crisis. Yes you need to go to work to get paid, but you could take leave.

Oh, you know that for sure?

The reason we're splitting staff is because if all of us are at work at once and the virus spreads, national security is at risk.

But sure -- I'll tell my leadership to listen to the people on the internet because YOU know what's best.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, should say, "if all of us are at work at once and the virus spreads through the workplace, national security is at risk."

We have to do everything we can do preserve the health of my agency's workforce.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Keep the day cares open so that germy kids can pass along their germs to other kids and staff who will take it back home to their families.

I am not paid enough for this.- Daycare person.

Or, you know, because first responders need childcare.

Doesn't sound like you're in the right profession.

I’m concerned about corona virus germs and all of a sudden I’m the wrong profession. Ok. Meanwhile DCUM is full of people on self quarantine and avoiding social contact but I’m in the wrong profession. Believe me, of all the kids here none are from first responders.

Oh, you know that for sure?

I have an essential job that I cannot do via telework. My daughter goes to a center that has kids whose parents do everything from things you can do at home, like being a lawyer, to professions like policing and my work, which is done in an environment that cannot be replicated at home. One of her friend's mothers is a research scientist who works on viruses. If she doesn't go to work, potentially lifesaving experiments fail.

In every crisis, there are certain services that HAVE to remain. One of those is childcare.

If your job is sooooooo essential and important it should pay you enough to afford a full time nanny so that you aren’t expecting underpaid daycare workers to bear the social cost of your extremely important job getting done.

Guessing this is a troll post but if not, stop for one second to think about the few jobs that you deem essential and then ask yourself if those salaries will pay for a nanny. I assume you still are ok with nurses and paramedics working (maybe??). How on earth would they afford a nanny. Some really ignorant stupid people on here.

Not to mention nursing aides (who are paid way less than nurses), military (yes, we still need national defense in this time), firefighters, etc.

People who work at pharmacies. People who work at gas stations. And so on and so forth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a teacher, this is terrifying. I would quit if I lived in MD. My children have asthma, my dh has a heart condition, and my elderly uncle who also lives with us has diabetes.

Considering the fact that children are highly infectious and often don’t show symptoms of Coronavirus, I don’t see how this is safe.

So- this isn't meant to be critical AT ALL. But I have someone in my immediate family who is very immunocompromised and we are sheltering in place. I pulled the kids out of school/daycare last week. DH is teleworking, I am more in a fee for service industry and I have largely put that on hold to care for the kids. We have enough food/supplies for 2+ months and a plan for replenishment if it goes longer. That's what we have to do, because we cannot risk getting the virus AT ALL. This isn't about flattening the curve for us.

Many of my neighbors are still working and doing what THEY have to do. Largely middle class neighborhood and I don't blame them one bit.

Pp here. I make 38k working full time. That is not enough to make it here let alone to have the kind of savings it takes or be ready for a crisis in the dc area. And now teachers in my same situation are being told to risk their lives and those of their loved ones so that people that make more than twice what I do don’t have to keep their kids home and take leave?