I wasn't kidding. If you think a runny nose during allergy season, or a fever immediately after getting vaccinated, is dangerous, then you're not psychologically ready to be out in public. |
Because people have picked up COVID after getting vaccinated but before the immunity kicks in. Undermining COVID protections puts people at risk. Sending a kid to daycare with a grandparent when someone else in the house has a fever is selfish, dangerous behavior. Behavior like that is why 500,000 people are dead. Everyone thinks their thing can't be COVID and they went out anyway. |
I have an older family member that refuses to see me because I had covid late last year. It’s been 4 months and she thinks she’ll still get it from me. People have lost their minds. While you may correct, you need to apply logic to PP’s situation. Odds were VERY high that her fever was from the shot. |
The vaccines have high efficacy two weeks after the *first* dose. Under the circumstances, that feverish vaccinated individual would be lower risk than unvaccinated individuals with or without symptoms. |
Ma’am we don’t accept logic here |
there’s a difference between a drippy nose from allergies, and a runny nose and congestion from a virus. if you don’t know the difference exactly, that means you need to get yourself/your kid tested. allergy symptoms are generally very consistent and you should know them really, really well. But a lot of people are rationalizing actual viral symptoms as “allergies.” |
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The important thing is also that you don't get to make those calls for anyone else. The daycare/your work/your friends, etc. Sets their standards and lying to get around them undermines their self determination. For instance, I had to reschedule a dentist appointment because of a sore throat. I was pretty sure it was just my tonsils acting up, but the truth was I couldn't be sure and my dentist set very clear rules.
I also know I would never forgive myself if I ignored my dentist's rules that are there to protect him and gave my 65 year old dentist a potentially deadly disease. Same thing with my kid's daycare providers. They set rules to protect themselves and their families, it would be selfish and irresponsible for me to think I have the right to ignore those rules. |
A runny nose isn't even on the CDC's symptom screening list. Just because it's one symptom for COVID doesn't mean it there is a significant chance it would be the *only* symptom. Temperature of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit or higher Sore throat Cough (for students with chronic cough due to allergies or asthma, a change in their cough from baseline) Difficulty breathing (for students with asthma, a change from their baseline breathing) Diarrhea or vomiting New onset of severe headache, especially with a fever |
| Our daycare would only send sniffles home if they had a fever with it. They lowered the fever threshold due to COVID. Used to be 101.0, now it's 100.4. |
| I had a runny nose with Covid BUT it was not a stand alone symptom. I also had a slight cough and diarrhea. |
How about you follow the rules of the daycare, that were probably enacted by their medical director who likely has more initials after their name than you, and if you don't like the rules find a new daycare or find someone else to watch your spawn? |