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

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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.

SOMEONE TELL NORTH KOREA! It's a time of national crisis here, so we'll just ignore national security because a DCUM-er said it wasn't essential.

[Anonymous]

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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.

SOMEONE TELL NORTH KOREA! It's a time of national crisis here, so we'll just ignore national security because a DCUM-er said it wasn't essential.

Love it.

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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.

SOMEONE TELL NORTH KOREA! It's a time of national crisis here, so we'll just ignore national security because a DCUM-er said it wasn't essential.

Love it.

I think everyone in the military and national security should just "take leave" starting tomorrow because a DCUM-er said they could.

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Weirdos.

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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.

SOMEONE TELL NORTH KOREA! It's a time of national crisis here, so we'll just ignore national security because a DCUM-er said it wasn't essential.

Love it.

I think everyone in the military and national security should just "take leave" starting tomorrow because a DCUM-er said they could.

Yeah, let's just shutter all those places because DCUM decided they could take leave and aren't important.

And let's only let nurses and doctors send their kids to preschool because screw all other jobs. Who needs people tracking terrorist threats, anyway? It's not like a terrorist would want to launch an attack when we're distracted by a pandemic ...

[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.

This is one of the most clueless and tone-deaf posts I have read here and that's saying a lot.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF ESSENTIAL WORKERS DO NOT MAKE ENOUGH TO AFFORD A NANNY. MANY OF THEM MAKE LESS THAN A NANNY.

[Anonymous]

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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.

This is one of the most clueless and tone-deaf posts I have read here and that's saying a lot.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF ESSENTIAL WORKERS DO NOT MAKE ENOUGH TO AFFORD A NANNY. MANY OF THEM MAKE LESS THAN A NANNY.

Nannies make about $15-$20/hour. I’m guessing you make more than $40,000 a year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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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.

This is one of the most clueless and tone-deaf posts I have read here and that's saying a lot.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF ESSENTIAL WORKERS DO NOT MAKE ENOUGH TO AFFORD A NANNY. MANY OF THEM MAKE LESS THAN A NANNY.

Nannies make about $15-$20/hour. I’m guessing you make more than $40,000 a year.

? What's your point?

[Anonymous]

I can’t believe how callous the people on this post are. Give the women and men who care for your children every day a little more respect. Everyone deserves health and a paycheck right now. No essential worker is any more important than any daycare worker.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can’t believe how callous the people on this post are. Give the women and men who care for your children every day a little more respect. Everyone deserves health and a paycheck right now. No essential worker is any more important than any daycare worker.

Our country also deserves to not decimate our national security-related agencies.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t believe how callous the people on this post are. Give the women and men who care for your children every day a little more respect. Everyone deserves health and a paycheck right now. No essential worker is any more important than any daycare worker.

Our country also deserves to not decimate our national security-related agencies.

Perhaps they should have internal childcare centers then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can’t believe how callous the people on this post are. Give the women and men who care for your children every day a little more respect. Everyone deserves health and a paycheck right now. No essential worker is any more important than any daycare worker.

Our country also deserves to not decimate our national security-related agencies.

Perhaps they should have internal childcare centers then.

Some do, but you have to realize they can't accommodate every single kid of the employees. There are also issues with using internal childcare centers when one parent works at the agency and the other doesn't (and so doesn't have easy access to the compound).

Also, even an internal childcare center is staffed by childcare workers, who aren't necessarily paid a ton of money.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t believe how callous the people on this post are. Give the women and men who care for your children every day a little more respect. Everyone deserves health and a paycheck right now. No essential worker is any more important than any daycare worker.

Our country also deserves to not decimate our national security-related agencies.

Perhaps they should have internal childcare centers then.

Some do, but you have to realize they can't accommodate every single kid of the employees. There are also issues with using internal childcare centers when one parent works at the agency and the other doesn't (and so doesn't have easy access to the compound).

Also, even an internal childcare center is staffed by childcare workers, who aren't necessarily paid a ton of money.

Yep. But if the expectation is to have coverage for these parents, it should be addressed internally instead of being shipped out to the suburbs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

This is one of the most clueless and tone-deaf posts I have read here and that's saying a lot.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF ESSENTIAL WORKERS DO NOT MAKE ENOUGH TO AFFORD A NANNY. MANY OF THEM MAKE LESS THAN A NANNY.

Nannies make about $15-$20/hour. I’m guessing you make more than $40,000 a year.

Nursing aides make less than that. Same with orderlies, cooks, etc in nursing homes and hospitals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can’t believe how callous the people on this post are. Give the women and men who care for your children every day a little more respect. Everyone deserves health and a paycheck right now. No essential worker is any more important than any daycare worker.

Our country also deserves to not decimate our national security-related agencies.

Perhaps they should have internal childcare centers then.

Some do, but you have to realize they can't accommodate every single kid of the employees. There are also issues with using internal childcare centers when one parent works at the agency and the other doesn't (and so doesn't have easy access to the compound).

Also, even an internal childcare center is staffed by childcare workers, who aren't necessarily paid a ton of money.

Yep. But if the expectation is to have coverage for these parents, it should be addressed internally instead of being shipped out to the suburbs.

What? I have no idea what you're talking about.

Are you saying these places should have had childcare available for their entire workforce prior to the pandemic? Not only would that be exceptionally expensive, but it's not a feasible option for all employees.

If you're arguing they should just create childcare facilities for all of their employees now, I think you are grossly underestimating how difficult it is to just magically expand childcare facilities.

Lastly, your comment about the suburbs suggests you have no clue what agencies we're discussing, as most of them ARE in the suburbs.