Anyone pulling kids out of camp this week because of Delta?

[Anonymous]

Nope. Nope. Nope.

[Anonymous]

No, but my kid is 12 and vaccinated and they are outside today and tomorrow. Yesterday they were inside in a very large facility (special interest camp, so maybe 15 kids in a building suited for 200+ people) and even though there were kids as young as 9 they all had masks on.

If my child were unvaccinated I might pull them.

[Anonymous]

Our camp is outside. They don’t wear masks unless rain/storms and they have to go inside. No I’m not pulling out.

[Anonymous]

Haha. No.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For some reason I can’t post. Read this in yesterday’s NYT

‘This Is Really Scary’: Kids Struggle With Long Covid

This story has been widely criticized by scientists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone in the Nova area had positive cases from camp this summer? I haven't heard of any, which kind of surprises me honestly. I'd like to know if anyone encountered it.

We have only done two weeks of rec center camp, and are doing two more between now and school starting. I feel a little anxious about it, but not anxious enough to pull them out, because we don't have other child care options at this point.

Also, we'll be doing school in person, so it seems silly to worry about camp.

Yes, positive case at a camp in the Dulles Sports Complex last week.

[Anonymous]

Nope still sending kids to camp this week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone in the Nova area had positive cases from camp this summer? I haven't heard of any, which kind of surprises me honestly. I'd like to know if anyone encountered it.

We have only done two weeks of rec center camp, and are doing two more between now and school starting. I feel a little anxious about it, but not anxious enough to pull them out, because we don't have other child care options at this point.

Also, we'll be doing school in person, so it seems silly to worry about camp.

Yes, positive case at a camp in the Dulles Sports Complex last week.

And?

[Anonymous]

https://coronavirus.dc.gov/data

So zero child Covid deaths in DC. And half of hospitalizations in kids are incidental positives. Where were you people when H1N1 took the lives of 1200 American kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone in the Nova area had positive cases from camp this summer? I haven't heard of any, which kind of surprises me honestly. I'd like to know if anyone encountered it.

We have only done two weeks of rec center camp, and are doing two more between now and school starting. I feel a little anxious about it, but not anxious enough to pull them out, because we don't have other child care options at this point.

Also, we'll be doing school in person, so it seems silly to worry about camp.

Yes, positive case at a camp in the Dulles Sports Complex last week.

And?

And what? I was answering the above question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For some reason I can’t post. Read this in yesterday’s NYT

‘This Is Really Scary’: Kids Struggle With Long Covid

This story has been widely criticized by scientists.

Of course it has. It’s fear mongering.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2021/08/long-covid-19-rare-children-study-says

“ Less than 1 in 20 children with COVID-19 have symptoms lasting longer than 4 weeks, and by 8 weeks, almost all have recovered, according to a study yesterday in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health.

"We know from other studies that many children who catch coronavirus don't show any symptoms at all; and it will be reassuring for families to know that those children who do fall ill with COVID-19 are unlikely to suffer prolonged effects," said senior author Emma Duncan, PhD, in a King's College London press release.

"However, our research confirms that a small number do have a long illness duration with COVID-19, though these children too usually recover with time," she added. A commentary in the same journal outlines some off the issues with assessing data collected via an app, as the researchers did.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone in the Nova area had positive cases from camp this summer? I haven't heard of any, which kind of surprises me honestly. I'd like to know if anyone encountered it.

We have only done two weeks of rec center camp, and are doing two more between now and school starting. I feel a little anxious about it, but not anxious enough to pull them out, because we don't have other child care options at this point.

Also, we'll be doing school in person, so it seems silly to worry about camp.

Yes, positive case at a camp in the Dulles Sports Complex last week.

And?

And what? I was answering the above question.

What is the significance of a positive case? Was the child even sick? If so, sicker than other previous colds?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone in the Nova area had positive cases from camp this summer? I haven't heard of any, which kind of surprises me honestly. I'd like to know if anyone encountered it.

We have only done two weeks of rec center camp, and are doing two more between now and school starting. I feel a little anxious about it, but not anxious enough to pull them out, because we don't have other child care options at this point.

Also, we'll be doing school in person, so it seems silly to worry about camp.

My kids have been to several different camps this summer, no cases at any while we were there. Fairfax area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone in the Nova area had positive cases from camp this summer? I haven't heard of any, which kind of surprises me honestly. I'd like to know if anyone encountered it.

We have only done two weeks of rec center camp, and are doing two more between now and school starting. I feel a little anxious about it, but not anxious enough to pull them out, because we don't have other child care options at this point.

Also, we'll be doing school in person, so it seems silly to worry about camp.

My kids have been to several different camps this summer, no cases at any while we were there. Fairfax area.

Thank you! This is an actually helpful response.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m debating whether to send mine the rest of the week.

Delta is just covid that spreads faster. Your kids are at no greater risk than they were before.

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this sentence doesn't make sense - if delta is more transmissible (which is IS), then kids ARE at a greater risk because they are more likely to become infected now. With normal covid, it was you had to spend 15 minutes unmasked around someone positive, now its 1 second of unmasked time because it's that much more contagious.