Honestly, just stop taking your sick kids to playgrounds

[Anonymous]

The reason that RSV has been so bad these past few months is because children stayed home too long. They need the exposure. A pristine playground may be good for your career but it's bad for children, yours and others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bunch of elitists. Taking your sick kid to the playground with just a cold keeps my kid out of daycare for a full week which means I can’t work and involves an expensive trip to the doctor for a covid test. Not ever parent in DC has cushy office jobs or can work from home. Some of us have to work or we don’t get paid.

If you follow the science and you sound like you do the chances of your kid getting sick from the park is far, far, far outweighed by their chance of getting sick at daycare.

Many of us have to work to get paid so we accept that.

+1. Also you're asking parents who also have to work to get paid to keep their kids home from school and daycare (and not get paid) so that, what? You don't have to get a COVID test (which is free, at least where I am)? My kid has the sniffles, I did the right thing and got a COVID test (negative for everyone in the house) and I kept her out of stuff until I knew it wasn't COVID, but I can't quarantine her until she's stopped coughing because that will be weeks. I also need to work, that doesn't make me an elitist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bunch of elitists. Taking your sick kid to the playground with just a cold keeps my kid out of daycare for a full week which means I can’t work and involves an expensive trip to the doctor for a covid test. Not ever parent in DC has cushy office jobs or can work from home. Some of us have to work or we don’t get paid.

If you follow the science and you sound like you do the chances of your kid getting sick from the park is far, far, far outweighed by their chance of getting sick at daycare.

Many of us have to work to get paid so we accept that.

+1. Also you're asking parents who also have to work to get paid to keep their kids home from school and daycare (and not get paid) so that, what? You don't have to get a COVID test (which is free, at least where I am)? My kid has the sniffles, I did the right thing and got a COVID test (negative for everyone in the house) and I kept her out of stuff until I knew it wasn't COVID, but I can't quarantine her until she's stopped coughing because that will be weeks. I also need to work, that doesn't make me an elitist.

-1. No. Our covid tests are not free. My pediatrician has a copay. My daycare demands a clean covid result which takes 48 hours. That two days of work missed for me.

I am flowing the science, dear, but also the rules of my child’s daycare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bunch of elitists. Taking your sick kid to the playground with just a cold keeps my kid out of daycare for a full week which means I can’t work and involves an expensive trip to the doctor for a covid test. Not ever parent in DC has cushy office jobs or can work from home. Some of us have to work or we don’t get paid.

If you follow the science and you sound like you do the chances of your kid getting sick from the park is far, far, far outweighed by their chance of getting sick at daycare.

Many of us have to work to get paid so we accept that.

Here’s the science, PP: kids easily transmit colds to each other outside.

Here’s the rules: if your child has a runny nose, they must be covid tested and stay home from our daycare and first grade.

Here’s how that plays out: I have to miss work to stay home with my child.

Here’s why: because you had to bring your snotty kid to the playground.


Times have changed. Just keep your kid away from the playground while they’re sick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IT’S NOT THE COLD!!! It’s the worry and expense of the covid test for our kids to go back to school!!!

Can’t you idiots be considerate during this pandemic? Is it really asking that much? Your kid has a cold and you know it’s just a cold but we don’t know it’s just a cold when your kid gives it to mine!

Use some imagination and find other places to play for a couple days.

The worry is all in your head, OP, and is nothing that we can help you with.

Sorry, but my kids have a right to be on the playground too. It's not your personal yard.

It’s not your personal yard ether, PP. If you think other parents aren’t judging the crap out of you when they see your snotty kid, think again. And yes, you definitely do care.

No, it's not my personal yard, OP. And I don't treat it as such by expecting that anyone else will keep their children away from it for any whim reason that I happen to dream up. I don't care if you're judging me for bringing my snotty kid to the park. I know it's just allergies, or a cold or something else, and I really don't care what anyone else at the park of all places thinks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bunch of elitists. Taking your sick kid to the playground with just a cold keeps my kid out of daycare for a full week which means I can’t work and involves an expensive trip to the doctor for a covid test. Not ever parent in DC has cushy office jobs or can work from home. Some of us have to work or we don’t get paid.

If you follow the science and you sound like you do the chances of your kid getting sick from the park is far, far, far outweighed by their chance of getting sick at daycare.

Many of us have to work to get paid so we accept that.

+1. Also you're asking parents who also have to work to get paid to keep their kids home from school and daycare (and not get paid) so that, what? You don't have to get a COVID test (which is free, at least where I am)? My kid has the sniffles, I did the right thing and got a COVID test (negative for everyone in the house) and I kept her out of stuff until I knew it wasn't COVID, but I can't quarantine her until she's stopped coughing because that will be weeks. I also need to work, that doesn't make me an elitist.

-1. No. Our covid tests are not free. My pediatrician has a copay. My daycare demands a clean covid result which takes 48 hours. That two days of work missed for me.

I am flowing the science, dear, but also the rules of my child’s daycare.

Smugness isn't a good look on anyone.

I'm well aware that it takes 48 hours, remember how I just said I got one? I also know that where I am, they're free if you get them through the county. But once you've gotten a test, with a negative result, the demand to quarantine is ridiculous. You're basically saying your copay plus 2 days of waiting means I have to stay home for weeks until my kid stops having cold symptoms. You're also creating no incentive to get tested (since apparently I have to behave as if my child has COVID even when I know she doesn't). If your daycare has rules follow them, but you're asking everyone else to go above and beyond that, by quarantining even when they have negative tests.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bunch of elitists. Taking your sick kid to the playground with just a cold keeps my kid out of daycare for a full week which means I can’t work and involves an expensive trip to the doctor for a covid test. Not ever parent in DC has cushy office jobs or can work from home. Some of us have to work or we don’t get paid.

If you follow the science and you sound like you do the chances of your kid getting sick from the park is far, far, far outweighed by their chance of getting sick at daycare.

Many of us have to work to get paid so we accept that.

Yep - my kids are both in daycare and that's where they are getting sick.

[Anonymous]

My kid has had a runny nose for 2 weeks. He is not coughing or sneezing and he never had a fever. He got a routine covid test twice and has not missed a day of school or playground. I am sure he caught it from another kid and has given it to another kid. I am ok with that as are his teachers, classmates, parents etc (especially since he is far from the only kid with a runny nose. He wears a mask at school, but not at playground (he is 2).

If this bother you, you should stay at home… it would not bother me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bunch of elitists. Taking your sick kid to the playground with just a cold keeps my kid out of daycare for a full week which means I can’t work and involves an expensive trip to the doctor for a covid test. Not ever parent in DC has cushy office jobs or can work from home. Some of us have to work or we don’t get paid.

If you follow the science and you sound like you do the chances of your kid getting sick from the park is far, far, far outweighed by their chance of getting sick at daycare.

Many of us have to work to get paid so we accept that.

Here’s the science, PP: kids easily transmit colds to each other outside.

Here’s the rules: if your child has a runny nose, they must be covid tested and stay home from our daycare and first grade.

Here’s how that plays out: I have to miss work to stay home with my child.

Here’s why: because you had to bring your snotty kid to the playground.

Times have changed. Just keep your kid away from the playground while they’re sick.

NP, but it's actually because you chose to take your child somewhere where other kids might be sick. It's entirely your decision, PP. Take responsibility for putting your kids at risk. You are never going to control other people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IT’S NOT THE COLD!!! It’s the worry and expense of the covid test for our kids to go back to school!!!

Can’t you idiots be considerate during this pandemic? Is it really asking that much? Your kid has a cold and you know it’s just a cold but we don’t know it’s just a cold when your kid gives it to mine!

Use some imagination and find other places to play for a couple days.

The worry is all in your head, OP, and is nothing that we can help you with.

Sorry, but my kids have a right to be on the playground too. It's not your personal yard.

Thanks for being the perfect example of a white elitist. Trump lost, btw.

Uh, the Trump people are the ones saying it's just a flu

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IT’S NOT THE COLD!!! It’s the worry and expense of the covid test for our kids to go back to school!!!

Can’t you idiots be considerate during this pandemic? Is it really asking that much? Your kid has a cold and you know it’s just a cold but we don’t know it’s just a cold when your kid gives it to mine!

Use some imagination and find other places to play for a couple days.

The worry is all in your head, OP, and is nothing that we can help you with.

Sorry, but my kids have a right to be on the playground too. It's not your personal yard.

It’s not your personal yard ether, PP. If you think other parents aren’t judging the crap out of you when they see your snotty kid, think again. And yes, you definitely do care.

No, it's not my personal yard, OP. And I don't treat it as such by expecting that anyone else will keep their children away from it for any whim reason that I happen to dream up. I don't care if you're judging me for bringing my snotty kid to the park. I know it's just allergies, or a cold or something else, and I really don't care what anyone else at the park of all places thinks.

You’re justifying and re-justifying your actions and reasoning to an Internet stranger. You absolutely do care that your friends and neighbors think less of you for your total selfishness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bunch of elitists. Taking your sick kid to the playground with just a cold keeps my kid out of daycare for a full week which means I can’t work and involves an expensive trip to the doctor for a covid test. Not ever parent in DC has cushy office jobs or can work from home. Some of us have to work or we don’t get paid.

If you follow the science and you sound like you do the chances of your kid getting sick from the park is far, far, far outweighed by their chance of getting sick at daycare.

Many of us have to work to get paid so we accept that.

Here’s the science, PP: kids easily transmit colds to each other outside.

Here’s the rules: if your child has a runny nose, they must be covid tested and stay home from our daycare and first grade.

Here’s how that plays out: I have to miss work to stay home with my child.

Here’s why: because you had to bring your snotty kid to the playground.

Times have changed. Just keep your kid away from the playground while they’re sick.

NP, but it's actually because you chose to take your child somewhere where other kids might be sick. It's entirely your decision, PP. Take responsibility for putting your kids at risk. You are never going to control other people.

OUR KIDS AREN’T SICK!!!

NP here and how is this so hard for you to understand? My kid doesn’t have a cold he can spread to other healthy kids that are going to make their parents pull them out of school, miss work, and get covid tested.

It’s been said time and time again on this thread - it’s not the cold! We’re in a pandemic where you are being unfair and stunningly selfish to bring a kid with a cold to the playground.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bunch of elitists. Taking your sick kid to the playground with just a cold keeps my kid out of daycare for a full week which means I can’t work and involves an expensive trip to the doctor for a covid test. Not ever parent in DC has cushy office jobs or can work from home. Some of us have to work or we don’t get paid.

If you follow the science and you sound like you do the chances of your kid getting sick from the park is far, far, far outweighed by their chance of getting sick at daycare.

Many of us have to work to get paid so we accept that.

Here’s the science, PP: kids easily transmit colds to each other outside.

Here’s the rules: if your child has a runny nose, they must be covid tested and stay home from our daycare and first grade.

Here’s how that plays out: I have to miss work to stay home with my child.

Here’s why: because you had to bring your snotty kid to the playground.

Times have changed. Just keep your kid away from the playground while they’re sick.

NP, but it's actually because you chose to take your child somewhere where other kids might be sick. It's entirely your decision, PP. Take responsibility for putting your kids at risk. You are never going to control other people.

This x infinity

My kids with allergies and constant runny noses and even a cough will be at the playground all day every day. You don’t like it - not my problem. You can go home. I’m not infecting anyone. Nor do I need to explain/justify my presence to anyone AT A PUBLIC PARK, ffs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bunch of elitists. Taking your sick kid to the playground with just a cold keeps my kid out of daycare for a full week which means I can’t work and involves an expensive trip to the doctor for a covid test. Not ever parent in DC has cushy office jobs or can work from home. Some of us have to work or we don’t get paid.

If you follow the science and you sound like you do the chances of your kid getting sick from the park is far, far, far outweighed by their chance of getting sick at daycare.

Many of us have to work to get paid so we accept that.

Here’s the science, PP: kids easily transmit colds to each other outside.

Here’s the rules: if your child has a runny nose, they must be covid tested and stay home from our daycare and first grade.

Here’s how that plays out: I have to miss work to stay home with my child.

Here’s why: because you had to bring your snotty kid to the playground.


Times have changed. Just keep your kid away from the playground while they’re sick.

You can’t t tell for certain that your child picked up a cold from THAT particular kid at the playground, if you’re also sending them to daycare and otherwise being out in the community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bunch of elitists. Taking your sick kid to the playground with just a cold keeps my kid out of daycare for a full week which means I can’t work and involves an expensive trip to the doctor for a covid test. Not ever parent in DC has cushy office jobs or can work from home. Some of us have to work or we don’t get paid.

If you follow the science and you sound like you do the chances of your kid getting sick from the park is far, far, far outweighed by their chance of getting sick at daycare.

Many of us have to work to get paid so we accept that.

Here’s the science, PP: kids easily transmit colds to each other outside.

Here’s the rules: if your child has a runny nose, they must be covid tested and stay home from our daycare and first grade.

Here’s how that plays out: I have to miss work to stay home with my child.

Here’s why: because you had to bring your snotty kid to the playground.


Times have changed. Just keep your kid away from the playground while they’re sick.

You can’t t tell for certain that your child picked up a cold from THAT particular kid at the playground, if you’re also sending them to daycare and otherwise being out in the community.

You still don’t get it. You’ll never get it.

Don’t come crying to us when none of your neighbors invite you to parties when this is over.