Keep kids home this week to avoid Covid, RSV, etc before holiday?

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t keep them home but have them mask. That is my plan. Hoping the masks help reduce the chance of getting sick.

Yes masks worked extremely well at keeping Covid from spreading within the US. High mask places didn’t have nearly as much Covid as places like Florida. JUST KIDDING.

At this point if you really think the masking will accomplish anything then you’re dumb.

I think you are very wrong about that. I have yet to have covid and mask religiously in indoor public places. I’ve had several exposure notices on my phone after traveling but did not get covid likely because of n95 mask. Same for other masked interactions with friends who later tested positive. Masks definitely do help a lot.

That’s great. Too bad masking still couldn’t keep Covid from spreading.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don’t keep them home but have them mask. That is my plan. Hoping the masks help reduce the chance of getting sick.

Yes masks worked extremely well at keeping Covid from spreading within the US. High mask places didn’t have nearly as much Covid as places like Florida. JUST KIDDING.

At this point if you really think the masking will accomplish anything then you’re dumb.

I think you are very wrong about that. I have yet to have covid and mask religiously in indoor public places. I’ve had several exposure notices on my phone after traveling but did not get covid likely because of n95 mask. Same for other masked interactions with friends who later tested positive. Masks definitely do help a lot.

That’s great. Too bad masking still couldn’t keep Covid from spreading.

Yeah, masks aren't very effective when people don't wear them.

[Anonymous]

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Agree with this, for sure.

We all make risk/reward calculations and this one seems way off to me. Getting sick is a part of life. Arguably, it is an important part of a child’s life, since we develop our immunity as kids.

An odd response to make to an OP who is not worried about their children getting sick, but rather their elderly mother getting sick. Dunno about you, but even before covid, I was concerned about my kids infecting my parents with influenza or RSV, both of which kill lots of old people.

Also a foolish response, assuming you do things like getting your children vaccinated against diseases that used to be an important part of a child's life, like measles, mumps, and polio.

Not odd at all. The OP doesn’t want her kids to get sick (to avoid getting her mom sick). She wants to keep her kids out of school for 4 full days.

The other PP is correct. In 2018 or 2019, pre-Covid, most people would have thought it was nuts. Why are things different now? What changed that everyone on here supports this?

All I can think of is a lot of stories in the media about illnesses. Before this year I had barely even heard of RSV and apparently 90% of kids get it. Now the topic of RSV comes up often and even in news stories.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don’t keep them home but have them mask. That is my plan. Hoping the masks help reduce the chance of getting sick.

Yes masks worked extremely well at keeping Covid from spreading within the US. High mask places didn’t have nearly as much Covid as places like Florida. JUST KIDDING.

At this point if you really think the masking will accomplish anything then you’re dumb.

I think you are very wrong about that. I have yet to have covid and mask religiously in indoor public places. I’ve had several exposure notices on my phone after traveling but did not get covid likely because of n95 mask. Same for other masked interactions with friends who later tested positive. Masks definitely do help a lot.

That’s great. Too bad masking still couldn’t keep Covid from spreading.

Yeah, masks aren't very effective when people don't wear them.

Yes we should all just mask harder and then they will keep everyone from catching Covid!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Agree with this, for sure.

We all make risk/reward calculations and this one seems way off to me. Getting sick is a part of life. Arguably, it is an important part of a child’s life, since we develop our immunity as kids.

An odd response to make to an OP who is not worried about their children getting sick, but rather their elderly mother getting sick. Dunno about you, but even before covid, I was concerned about my kids infecting my parents with influenza or RSV, both of which kill lots of old people.

Also a foolish response, assuming you do things like getting your children vaccinated against diseases that used to be an important part of a child's life, like measles, mumps, and polio.

Not odd at all. The OP doesn’t want her kids to get sick (to avoid getting her mom sick). She wants to keep her kids out of school for 4 full days.

The other PP is correct. In 2018 or 2019, pre-Covid, most people would have thought it was nuts. Why are things different now? What changed that everyone on here supports this?

She wants to keep her kids out of school for 4 days so they don't get sick AND INFECT HER MOTHER.

In 2018 or 2019, pre-covid, there wasn't covid. As you may have heard, covid has killed 1.1 million people in the US and is currently killing about 400 people in the US per day, mostly old people (like the OP's mother). As you may also have heard, hospitals are overwhelmed due to respiratory viruses.

Okay but see people have lost all perspective. Why is it assumed her kids will get sick and even if they do, why are you convinced her kids will spread it to the mom? Why is it assumed the only way the elderly mom will catch something is from the kids?

1. It is assumed that her kids will have less exposure to an infectious disease if they stay home for the last week of school, vs. go to school.
2. Infectious diseases are diseases that are infectious.
3. It is assumed that the elderly mother has been protecting herself from the infectious disease by limiting exposure to the infectious disease.

It's 2022 here where I'm posting. What year is it where you're posting?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don’t keep them home but have them mask. That is my plan. Hoping the masks help reduce the chance of getting sick.

Yes masks worked extremely well at keeping Covid from spreading within the US. High mask places didn’t have nearly as much Covid as places like Florida. JUST KIDDING.

At this point if you really think the masking will accomplish anything then you’re dumb.

I think you are very wrong about that. I have yet to have covid and mask religiously in indoor public places. I’ve had several exposure notices on my phone after traveling but did not get covid likely because of n95 mask. Same for other masked interactions with friends who later tested positive. Masks definitely do help a lot.

That’s great. Too bad masking still couldn’t keep Covid from spreading.

Yeah, masks aren't very effective when people don't wear them.

Even when they were mandatory at my child's preschool, covid and other viruses spread. When kids are together for hours a day, exposure is inevitable.

I believe masks help mitigate spread in some situations, but they are not magic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don’t keep them home but have them mask. That is my plan. Hoping the masks help reduce the chance of getting sick.

Yes masks worked extremely well at keeping Covid from spreading within the US. High mask places didn’t have nearly as much Covid as places like Florida. JUST KIDDING.

At this point if you really think the masking will accomplish anything then you’re dumb.

I think you are very wrong about that. I have yet to have covid and mask religiously in indoor public places. I’ve had several exposure notices on my phone after traveling but did not get covid likely because of n95 mask. Same for other masked interactions with friends who later tested positive. Masks definitely do help a lot.

That’s great. Too bad masking still couldn’t keep Covid from spreading.

Yeah, masks aren't very effective when people don't wear them.

Yes we should all just mask harder and then they will keep everyone from catching Covid!

No, you will not be protected from covid if I wear two masks instead of one, and you continue to wear zero masks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don’t keep them home but have them mask. That is my plan. Hoping the masks help reduce the chance of getting sick.

Yes masks worked extremely well at keeping Covid from spreading within the US. High mask places didn’t have nearly as much Covid as places like Florida. JUST KIDDING.

At this point if you really think the masking will accomplish anything then you’re dumb.

I think you are very wrong about that. I have yet to have covid and mask religiously in indoor public places. I’ve had several exposure notices on my phone after traveling but did not get covid likely because of n95 mask. Same for other masked interactions with friends who later tested positive. Masks definitely do help a lot.

That’s great. Too bad masking still couldn’t keep Covid from spreading.

Yeah, masks aren't very effective when people don't wear them.

Even when they were mandatory at my child's preschool, covid and other viruses spread. When kids are together for hours a day, exposure is inevitable.

I believe masks help mitigate spread in some situations, but they are not magic.

Seatbelts, airbags, and carseats also help mitigate risk in some situations, but they are not magic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don’t keep them home but have them mask. That is my plan. Hoping the masks help reduce the chance of getting sick.

Yes masks worked extremely well at keeping Covid from spreading within the US. High mask places didn’t have nearly as much Covid as places like Florida. JUST KIDDING.

At this point if you really think the masking will accomplish anything then you’re dumb.

I think you are very wrong about that. I have yet to have covid and mask religiously in indoor public places. I’ve had several exposure notices on my phone after traveling but did not get covid likely because of n95 mask. Same for other masked interactions with friends who later tested positive. Masks definitely do help a lot.

That’s great. Too bad masking still couldn’t keep Covid from spreading.

Yeah, masks aren't very effective when people don't wear them.

Yes we should all just mask harder and then they will keep everyone from catching Covid!

No, you will not be protected from covid if I wear two masks instead of one, and you continue to wear zero masks.

Not sure what to tell you except that common sense should tell you that masking didn’t do a whole lot of good during Covid. I live in a city where people were masks everywhere or did and Covid still spread like wildfire. At this point I’d accept a new mitigation method but I’m unwilling to keep wearing a mask.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don’t keep them home but have them mask. That is my plan. Hoping the masks help reduce the chance of getting sick.

Yes masks worked extremely well at keeping Covid from spreading within the US. High mask places didn’t have nearly as much Covid as places like Florida. JUST KIDDING.

At this point if you really think the masking will accomplish anything then you’re dumb.

I think you are very wrong about that. I have yet to have covid and mask religiously in indoor public places. I’ve had several exposure notices on my phone after traveling but did not get covid likely because of n95 mask. Same for other masked interactions with friends who later tested positive. Masks definitely do help a lot.

That’s great. Too bad masking still couldn’t keep Covid from spreading.

Yeah, masks aren't very effective when people don't wear them.

Even when they were mandatory at my child's preschool, covid and other viruses spread. When kids are together for hours a day, exposure is inevitable.

I believe masks help mitigate spread in some situations, but they are not magic.

Seatbelts, airbags, and carseats also help mitigate risk in some situations, but they are not magic.

Actually they are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Agree with this, for sure.

We all make risk/reward calculations and this one seems way off to me. Getting sick is a part of life. Arguably, it is an important part of a child’s life, since we develop our immunity as kids.

An odd response to make to an OP who is not worried about their children getting sick, but rather their elderly mother getting sick. Dunno about you, but even before covid, I was concerned about my kids infecting my parents with influenza or RSV, both of which kill lots of old people.

Also a foolish response, assuming you do things like getting your children vaccinated against diseases that used to be an important part of a child's life, like measles, mumps, and polio.

Not odd at all. The OP doesn’t want her kids to get sick (to avoid getting her mom sick). She wants to keep her kids out of school for 4 full days.

The other PP is correct. In 2018 or 2019, pre-Covid, most people would have thought it was nuts. Why are things different now? What changed that everyone on here supports this?

All I can think of is a lot of stories in the media about illnesses. Before this year I had barely even heard of RSV and apparently 90% of kids get it. Now the topic of RSV comes up often and even in news stories.

RSV has been a dangerous illness for infants and toddlers for years just not reported in mainstream news. From 2015-on, so many of my friends had to hospitalize their newborns with RSV (often transmitted by an older sibling from school). You probably don't have any friends with young children or you would know about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Agree with this, for sure.

We all make risk/reward calculations and this one seems way off to me. Getting sick is a part of life. Arguably, it is an important part of a child’s life, since we develop our immunity as kids.

An odd response to make to an OP who is not worried about their children getting sick, but rather their elderly mother getting sick. Dunno about you, but even before covid, I was concerned about my kids infecting my parents with influenza or RSV, both of which kill lots of old people.

Also a foolish response, assuming you do things like getting your children vaccinated against diseases that used to be an important part of a child's life, like measles, mumps, and polio.

Not odd at all. The OP doesn’t want her kids to get sick (to avoid getting her mom sick). She wants to keep her kids out of school for 4 full days.

The other PP is correct. In 2018 or 2019, pre-Covid, most people would have thought it was nuts. Why are things different now? What changed that everyone on here supports this?

All I can think of is a lot of stories in the media about illnesses. Before this year I had barely even heard of RSV and apparently 90% of kids get it. Now the topic of RSV comes up often and even in news stories.

Lucky you. I heard of RSV when my preschooler gave it to my baby, who had to go to the ED, and my parents, who both got pneumonia. My friend who is an emergency physician was very, very careful with her December-born baby, after treating so many babies with RSV.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don’t keep them home but have them mask. That is my plan. Hoping the masks help reduce the chance of getting sick.

Yes masks worked extremely well at keeping Covid from spreading within the US. High mask places didn’t have nearly as much Covid as places like Florida. JUST KIDDING.

At this point if you really think the masking will accomplish anything then you’re dumb.

I think you are very wrong about that. I have yet to have covid and mask religiously in indoor public places. I’ve had several exposure notices on my phone after traveling but did not get covid likely because of n95 mask. Same for other masked interactions with friends who later tested positive. Masks definitely do help a lot.

That’s great. Too bad masking still couldn’t keep Covid from spreading.

Yeah, masks aren't very effective when people don't wear them.

Even when they were mandatory at my child's preschool, covid and other viruses spread. When kids are together for hours a day, exposure is inevitable.

I believe masks help mitigate spread in some situations, but they are not magic.

Seatbelts, airbags, and carseats also help mitigate risk in some situations, but they are not magic.

This is such an idiotic comparison and I'm not even an anti-masker.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don’t keep them home but have them mask. That is my plan. Hoping the masks help reduce the chance of getting sick.

Yes masks worked extremely well at keeping Covid from spreading within the US. High mask places didn’t have nearly as much Covid as places like Florida. JUST KIDDING.

At this point if you really think the masking will accomplish anything then you’re dumb.

I think you are very wrong about that. I have yet to have covid and mask religiously in indoor public places. I’ve had several exposure notices on my phone after traveling but did not get covid likely because of n95 mask. Same for other masked interactions with friends who later tested positive. Masks definitely do help a lot.

That’s great. Too bad masking still couldn’t keep Covid from spreading.

Yeah, masks aren't very effective when people don't wear them.

Yes we should all just mask harder and then they will keep everyone from catching Covid!

No, you will not be protected from covid if I wear two masks instead of one, and you continue to wear zero masks.

Not sure what to tell you except that common sense should tell you that masking didn’t do a whole lot of good during Covid. I live in a city where people were masks everywhere or did and Covid still spread like wildfire. At this point I’d accept a new mitigation method but I’m unwilling to keep wearing a mask.

Then don't wear a mask. Don't wear a seat belt. Don't wash your hands. These are all evidence-based mitigation methods, but it's your decision.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Agree with this, for sure.

We all make risk/reward calculations and this one seems way off to me. Getting sick is a part of life. Arguably, it is an important part of a child’s life, since we develop our immunity as kids.

An odd response to make to an OP who is not worried about their children getting sick, but rather their elderly mother getting sick. Dunno about you, but even before covid, I was concerned about my kids infecting my parents with influenza or RSV, both of which kill lots of old people.

Also a foolish response, assuming you do things like getting your children vaccinated against diseases that used to be an important part of a child's life, like measles, mumps, and polio.

Not odd at all. The OP doesn’t want her kids to get sick (to avoid getting her mom sick). She wants to keep her kids out of school for 4 full days.

The other PP is correct. In 2018 or 2019, pre-Covid, most people would have thought it was nuts. Why are things different now? What changed that everyone on here supports this?

She wants to keep her kids out of school for 4 days so they don't get sick AND INFECT HER MOTHER.

In 2018 or 2019, pre-covid, there wasn't covid. As you may have heard, covid has killed 1.1 million people in the US and is currently killing about 400 people in the US per day, mostly old people (like the OP's mother). As you may also have heard, hospitals are overwhelmed due to respiratory viruses.

Okay but see people have lost all perspective. Why is it assumed her kids will get sick and even if they do, why are you convinced her kids will spread it to the mom? Why is it assumed the only way the elderly mom will catch something is from the kids?

1. It is assumed that her kids will have less exposure to an infectious disease if they stay home for the last week of school, vs. go to school.
2. Infectious diseases are diseases that are infectious.
3. It is assumed that the elderly mother has been protecting herself from the infectious disease by limiting exposure to the infectious disease.

It's 2022 here where I'm posting. What year is it where you're posting?

All I’ll say is that I didn’t try to avoid Covid after May 2020. I throughly enjoyed traveling and social events to the extent possible. I’ve had Covid generally no more or no less than anyone else I know. I do actually know a few people who have entirely avoided Covid but they have extreme anxiety and have missed out on some of the best parts of life for almost 3 years now.

I am not sure it’s a great idea to start having an expectation that children are kept home from school before seeing an elderly relative. There’s a decent chance this elderly relative is going out to eat, attending Christmas parties etc. There’s also a decent chance she’s not even that vulnerable.

People like OP are why kids were kept out of school for years. It’s fear and anxiety motivating OP.