If you are doing a pod/nanny, will your caregiver wear a mask?

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Anonymous wrote:We do not but we shoot temps of everyone entering the home (including temps of family each day).

This is 100% for show. Don’t even bother.

Precisely. Meaningless Pandemic Theatre.

Not really. In the early days, the fever was seen as a main indicator. Many countries used the fever test as part of their screening. Six months later we have more information and we better understand that symptomatic carriers are not going to have a fever but can spread the virus so the fever checks are now deemed meaningless.

It doesn't change the fact that for the first few months those fever checks were deemed key and that idea had time to root itself in people's memories. I went to the Dentist this week and they took my temperature. It is part of the guidelines they have to follow to remain open.

That has been the hard part of dealing with this virus, the information has been evolving. Decisions were made early based on how similar viruses behave. COVID-19 is not behaving like those viruses and we are adapting as we go.

So yes, taking temperatures is now known to be less effective but it is still included in guidelines by the CDC and other organizations.

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Mine is non masked. I don’t see the risk our teacher is relatively young and we are young as well

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Anonymous wrote:Mine isn’t . I’m not afraid of catching Covid

see you in the ICU

Strange comment. NP here and my DH tested positive and I slept in the bed with him. Nobody else in our house had symptoms nor did we bother to get tested.

The only reason he even got tested is because he is a doctor working at the hospital and it is mandatory.

People are not going to the ICU, or even the hospital who don't have major underlying conditions. He has seen a few people under 65 who have been very ill and those were morbidly obese people with severe heart complications. One patient tipped the scales at over 450lbs and did pass.

“ People are not going to the ICU, or even the hospital who don't have major underlying conditions.”

My god you are naive and it’s scary to think your husband is a doctor. This statement is patently false.

that may have been the case in the earlier days, but people without underlying conditions and/or not above age 65 are getting sick, are ending up in the ICU, and ending up with complications. Look at the data instead of your anecdote.

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Anonymous wrote:Mine isn’t . I’m not afraid of catching Covid

Are you interested in teaching, by chance?

I am! Not PP though. Starting my Master's in ECE this September.

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Anonymous wrote:We do not but we shoot temps of everyone entering the home (including temps of family each day).

Do you realize that people have been documented to have spread COVID before they had a fever? IMHO, taking temps is useless.

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I would not and I would not wear a mask myself either. If you are inviting this person into your home each day you just have to acknowledge that you are slightly increasing the risk for your kids and yourself and your nanny.

I do agree with the other posters, that if you require your nanny to wear a mask in your house, your should also be wearing a mask in your house 100% of the time that she is there and you should have your kids wear a mask also. I think it is unfair for you to require your nanny to do something that you would not do yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:Mine is non masked. I don’t see the risk our teacher is relatively young and we are young as well

The fact that you're young makes it MORE likely that you're infected but asymptomatic, and therefore more likely to be a silent carrier. And just because you don't end up in the hospital or die from it doesn't mean you won't have serious issues in the longer term.

There's a 27yo pitcher for the Red Sox—clearly someone young and in excellent health—who hasn't been able to start the season because of inflammation around his heart after a bout of COVID earlier in the month. Doctors are seeing more and more instances like this during the current wave, in young and otherwise healthy people, where the effects linger long after the active infection has cleared.

The statistics are shifting, and it's become increasingly clear that "we're young" is NOT enough to base decisions like this on. (Not saying you're wrong, just that you're using the wrong criteria to get there.) Younger, healthier people can still get it, transmit it, and have serious issues from it. Please don't continue to spread the myth that only older people or unhealthy people get really sick from COVID.

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Anonymous wrote:Mine is non masked. I don’t see the risk our teacher is relatively young and we are young as well

The fact that you're young makes it MORE likely that you're infected but asymptomatic, and therefore more likely to be a silent carrier. And just because you don't end up in the hospital or die from it doesn't mean you won't have serious issues in the longer term.

There's a 27yo pitcher for the Red Sox—clearly someone young and in excellent health—who hasn't been able to start the season because of inflammation around his heart after a bout of COVID earlier in the month. Doctors are seeing more and more instances like this during the current wave, in young and otherwise healthy people, where the effects linger long after the active infection has cleared.

The statistics are shifting, and it's become increasingly clear that "we're young" is NOT enough to base decisions like this on. (Not saying you're wrong, just that you're using the wrong criteria to get there.) Younger, healthier people can still get it, transmit it, and have serious issues from it. Please don't continue to spread the myth that only older people or unhealthy people get really sick from COVID.

[that should read "...not saying *your decision* is wrong..."]

[Anonymous]

We asked our teacher what she prefers. She said she’s fine without a mask and we are ok with that.

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I ain’t never scared like bone crusher once told me

[Anonymous]

It’s perfectly fine to require that your nanny or anyone else in your house wears a mask.

[Anonymous]

I am not putting pressure on my nanny to put a mask on and my kids are in good health. Not concerned

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No mask here. I don't require mask from my cleaning lady or the tutor who comes to my home. She traveled to AZ and we skipped one week - the second week she and my child used a mask during their session. But now it is back to "normal" - no mask.

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Anonymous wrote:I would not and I would not wear a mask myself either. If you are inviting this person into your home each day you just have to acknowledge that you are slightly increasing the risk for your kids and yourself and your nanny.

I do agree with the other posters, that if you require your nanny to wear a mask in your house, your should also be wearing a mask in your house 100% of the time that she is there and you should have your kids wear a mask also. I think it is unfair for you to require your nanny to do something that you would not do yourself.

OP here. I don't agree. My house, my money, my rules. How is it unfair to make that part of the contract?

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Anonymous wrote:I would not and I would not wear a mask myself either. If you are inviting this person into your home each day you just have to acknowledge that you are slightly increasing the risk for your kids and yourself and your nanny.

I do agree with the other posters, that if you require your nanny to wear a mask in your house, your should also be wearing a mask in your house 100% of the time that she is there and you should have your kids wear a mask also. I think it is unfair for you to require your nanny to do something that you would not do yourself.

OP here. I don't agree. My house, my money, my rules. How is it unfair to make that part of the contract?

Because you masking protects your nanny. Stop being an exploitative asshole