Friend sent her kid to daycare after close covid contact

[Anonymous]

If her daughter has no symptoms and had a negative test she can go to daycare and doesn’t need to quarantine. I’m very cautious but give me a break w this. If everyone quarantined every time they were near someone who had covid, no one would ever go to work/school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm in a similar situation as your friend, OP, and I'm sending my kid to school. (Albeit, he's 11 and vaxxed.) We were at a get together Saturday evening with 3 other couples. Yesterday, one family tested positive. We spoke with the school and health department, and no one, including unvaxxed and preschoolers, besides the family who tested positive, is required to quarantine. A year ago I would have paused longer and thought the responsible thing would be to stay home for a few days. Now, I realize 15 people, none with symptoms, can put life on hold, missing school/work, "just in case".

This is different because your son is vaxxed. According to the CDC fully vaxed people don't need to quarantine unless they develop symptoms. Maybe that guidance is outdated because of Omicron, but at least based on the technical current guidance you are perfectly fine here.

That’s only for people who were fully vaxxed less than six months ago. Otherwise you (and your child) need a booster or the CDC wants you to stay at home. However, not all schools have adopted these changes for their k-12 population.

[Anonymous]

You need to get with the times. Many, many school systems and daycares and employers are not playing the “close contact” game anymore: it’s at the point where that isn’t remotely realistic.

You either have COVID or you don’t, is where we are. You either have symptoms of any illness, or you don’t, is where we are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If her daughter has no symptoms and had a negative test she can go to daycare and doesn’t need to quarantine. I’m very cautious but give me a break w this. If everyone quarantined every time they were near someone who had covid, no one would ever go to work/school.

+1

At this point, people getting angry about someone who sent her exposed but asymptomatic kid who had a negative rapid test are a bigger problem than those who send their kids in under these circumstances. Move. On. This level of hostility and divisiveness are worse for society than any possible risk from said asymptomatic kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If her daughter has no symptoms and had a negative test she can go to daycare and doesn’t need to quarantine. I’m very cautious but give me a break w this. If everyone quarantined every time they were near someone who had covid, no one would ever go to work/school.

+1

At this point, people getting angry about someone who sent her exposed but asymptomatic kid who had a negative rapid test are a bigger problem than those who send their kids in under these circumstances. Move. On. This level of hostility and divisiveness are worse for society than any possible risk from said asymptomatic kid.

Everyone agrees to the policies set by the daycare when they signed up. Of course other parents can be frustrated if people aren’t following the rules they agreed upon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our schools now have a test to stay policy, where close contacts are allowed to stay in school as long as they rapid test negative on days 2 and 5 and remain asymptomatic.

But is that for vaccinated or unvaccinated students?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm in a similar situation as your friend, OP, and I'm sending my kid to school. (Albeit, he's 11 and vaxxed.) We were at a get together Saturday evening with 3 other couples. Yesterday, one family tested positive. We spoke with the school and health department, and no one, including unvaxxed and preschoolers, besides the family who tested positive, is required to quarantine. A year ago I would have paused longer and thought the responsible thing would be to stay home for a few days. Now, I realize 15 people, none with symptoms, can put life on hold, missing school/work, "just in case".

This is different because your son is vaxxed. According to the CDC fully vaxed people don't need to quarantine unless they develop symptoms. Maybe that guidance is outdated because of Omicron, but at least based on the technical current guidance you are perfectly fine here.

That’s only for people who were fully vaxxed less than six months ago. Otherwise you (and your child) need a booster or the CDC wants you to stay at home. However, not all schools have adopted these changes for their k-12 population.

The bolded is only true if you're 18+ and eligible for a booster, but haven't had one. According to the CDC, if you were vaxxed more than six months ago and are under 18, you still do not need to quarantine. From CDC.gov -

Who does not need to quarantine
If you came into close contact with someone with COVID-19 and you are in one of the following groups, you do not need to quarantine.

You are ages 18 or older and have received all recommended vaccine doses, including boosters and additional primary shots for some immunocompromised people.
You are ages 5-17 years and completed the primary series of COVID-19 vaccines.
You had confirmed COVID-19 within the last 90 days (you tested positive using a viral test).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm in a similar situation as your friend, OP, and I'm sending my kid to school. (Albeit, he's 11 and vaxxed.) We were at a get together Saturday evening with 3 other couples. Yesterday, one family tested positive. We spoke with the school and health department, and no one, including unvaxxed and preschoolers, besides the family who tested positive, is required to quarantine. A year ago I would have paused longer and thought the responsible thing would be to stay home for a few days. Now, I realize 15 people, none with symptoms, can put life on hold, missing school/work, "just in case".

This is different because your son is vaxxed. According to the CDC fully vaxed people don't need to quarantine unless they develop symptoms. Maybe that guidance is outdated because of Omicron, but at least based on the technical current guidance you are perfectly fine here.

That’s only for people who were fully vaxxed less than six months ago. Otherwise you (and your child) need a booster or the CDC wants you to stay at home. However, not all schools have adopted these changes for their k-12 population.

Sorry...didn't bold the entire statement the first time.

The bolded is only true if you're 18+ and eligible for a booster, but haven't had one. According to the CDC, if you were vaxxed more than six months ago and are under 18, you still do not need to quarantine. From CDC.gov -

Who does not need to quarantine
If you came into close contact with someone with COVID-19 and you are in one of the following groups, you do not need to quarantine.

You are ages 18 or older and have received all recommended vaccine doses, including boosters and additional primary shots for some immunocompromised people.
You are ages 5-17 years and completed the primary series of COVID-19 vaccines.
You had confirmed COVID-19 within the last 90 days (you tested positive using a viral test).

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the update - CDC must have just clarified the issue for the kids who don’t quality yet for boosters. Unfortunately expect this to change quickly now that they are approving boosters for the 12-16 year olds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If her daughter has no symptoms and had a negative test she can go to daycare and doesn’t need to quarantine. I’m very cautious but give me a break w this. If everyone quarantined every time they were near someone who had covid, no one would ever go to work/school.

+1

At this point, people getting angry about someone who sent her exposed but asymptomatic kid who had a negative rapid test are a bigger problem than those who send their kids in under these circumstances. Move. On. This level of hostility and divisiveness are worse for society than any possible risk from said asymptomatic kid.

Everyone agrees to the policies set by the daycare when they signed up. Of course other parents can be frustrated if people aren’t following the rules they agreed upon.

When did they agree to these rules? June 2020? No one can police someone else's feelings, of course, but getting worked up over this scenario is totally not worth it.

[Anonymous]

I agree with you OP. We were just a close contact and I kept both my kids ages 3 and 10 months home from daycare for the full 10 days and tested negative 3x

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree with you OP. We were just a close contact and I kept both my kids ages 3 and 10 months home from daycare for the full 10 days and tested negative 3x

how nice you are able to do so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of you OP defenders are in the Schroedinger’s Covid camp, I think. Meaning, it’s only an exposure if it’s a confirmed positive test result. The other child may or may not have Covid now (although a negative test points to NO, or at least not contagious yet), and potentially had Covid when OP was hanging out with them, (and OP knows that), but OP thinks it’s fine to pretend the child did not have Covid at the playground (because that is more convenient for OP) while also being “concerned” that now they do have covid (so OP can feel superior, presumably)? What if that kid never got tested, OP? That means your kid wasn’t exposed to Covid, right? If it’s not “confirmed” it didn’t happen! Except you’re “concerned “…

Mind boggling.

A lot of you have real trouble understanding probabilities and risk assessment. This thread is making it very obvious why we have done such a bad job collectively of handling this pandemic.

Okay, please explain the probability of that kid having covid (and with enough viral load to be contagious) on the very day she tested negative…. Clearly I don’t understand how risky it is to send a child who is not sick and has just tested negative for covid to daycare because clearly that child must have covid!!! 🙄

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of you OP defenders are in the Schroedinger’s Covid camp, I think. Meaning, it’s only an exposure if it’s a confirmed positive test result. The other child may or may not have Covid now (although a negative test points to NO, or at least not contagious yet), and potentially had Covid when OP was hanging out with them, (and OP knows that), but OP thinks it’s fine to pretend the child did not have Covid at the playground (because that is more convenient for OP) while also being “concerned” that now they do have covid (so OP can feel superior, presumably)? What if that kid never got tested, OP? That means your kid wasn’t exposed to Covid, right? If it’s not “confirmed” it didn’t happen! Except you’re “concerned “…

Mind boggling.

A lot of you have real trouble understanding probabilities and risk assessment. This thread is making it very obvious why we have done such a bad job collectively of handling this pandemic.

Okay, please explain the probability of that kid having covid (and with enough viral load to be contagious) on the very day she tested negative…. Clearly I don’t understand how risky it is to send a child who is not sick and has just tested negative for covid to daycare because clearly that child must have covid!!! 🙄

No one is saying that OP’s friend’s child definitely has Covid, but you’re supposed to test 5-7 days after close contact with a confirmed positive and the child is only 4 days past exposure today. The child could test negative today and tomorrow, but test positive on Friday. If mom doesn’t test child again, child will be at daycare on Friday. Hopefully, mom will do the responsible thing and test child again.

[Anonymous]

Oooh you should call the Covid police. Report! Tell them you heard your neighbor might be related to an agent, er, infected person.