Friend sent her kid to daycare after close covid contact

[Anonymous]

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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 Maybe that guidance is outdated because of Omicron, but at least based on the technical current guidance you are perfectly fine here.

Yes, but of the 7 kids, 1 preschooler is unvaxxed, 2 adolescents have only 1 of their shots, 1 adolescent is less than 2 weeks out from his 2nd shot, my son is fully vaxxed, and the other 11 year old is covid positive. None of us - except the family that tested positive - is required to quarantine. Obviously if symptoms appear, we will - but as of now, all are in school/daycare.

The look back period is 2 days. Your gathering was beyond that (Saturday to Tuesday is 3 days).

[Anonymous]

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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.

DP, but of course keeping your kids home is inconvenient. But that’s something all of us have to deal with sometimes, it’s part of having kids. If your claiming you or others would be “unable to do so” - what would you do if the kid actually had Covid? Or rsv or the flu or anything else? You’d keep them home, of course. So the issue isn’t that you’re unable, it’s that you don’t want to bother and you don’t view it as your responsibility to help limit the spread.

[Anonymous]

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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.

DP, but of course keeping your kids home is inconvenient. But that’s something all of us have to deal with sometimes, it’s part of having kids. If your claiming you or others would be “unable to do so” - what would you do if the kid actually had Covid? Or rsv or the flu or anything else? You’d keep them home, of course. So the issue isn’t that you’re unable, it’s that you don’t want to bother and you don’t view it as your responsibility to help limit the spread.

NP, but you're very privileged if you think staying home with a sick kid is the same as staying home for 10 days on the CHANCE your kid has covid.

[Anonymous]

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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.

DP, but of course keeping your kids home is inconvenient. But that’s something all of us have to deal with sometimes, it’s part of having kids. If your claiming you or others would be “unable to do so” - what would you do if the kid actually had Covid? Or rsv or the flu or anything else? You’d keep them home, of course. So the issue isn’t that you’re unable, it’s that you don’t want to bother and you don’t view it as your responsibility to help limit the spread.

NP, but you're very privileged if you think staying home with a sick kid is the same as staying home for 10 days on the CHANCE your kid has covid.

Also, there is most certainly a chance OP’s kid has Covid, and yet she does not feel compelled to keep HER kid home…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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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.

DP, but of course keeping your kids home is inconvenient. But that’s something all of us have to deal with sometimes, it’s part of having kids. If your claiming you or others would be “unable to do so” - what would you do if the kid actually had Covid? Or rsv or the flu or anything else? You’d keep them home, of course. So the issue isn’t that you’re unable, it’s that you don’t want to bother and you don’t view it as your responsibility to help limit the spread.

NP, but you're very privileged if you think staying home with a sick kid is the same as staying home for 10 days on the CHANCE your kid has covid.

Yes, also, in the "before times" it was like ... 3 days max.

[Anonymous]

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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.

DP, but of course keeping your kids home is inconvenient. But that’s something all of us have to deal with sometimes, it’s part of having kids. If your claiming you or others would be “unable to do so” - what would you do if the kid actually had Covid? Or rsv or the flu or anything else? You’d keep them home, of course. So the issue isn’t that you’re unable, it’s that you don’t want to bother and you don’t view it as your responsibility to help limit the spread.

NP, but you're very privileged if you think staying home with a sick kid is the same as staying home for 10 days on the CHANCE your kid has covid.

Also, there is most certainly a chance OP’s kid has Covid, and yet she does not feel compelled to keep HER kid home…

Yes, and Kamala Harris and I both have a chance of becoming US President, because we’re both US citizens over age 35, so the odds are pretty much the same for both of us.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

DP, but of course keeping your kids home is inconvenient. But that’s something all of us have to deal with sometimes, it’s part of having kids. If your claiming you or others would be “unable to do so” - what would you do if the kid actually had Covid? Or rsv or the flu or anything else? You’d keep them home, of course. So the issue isn’t that you’re unable, it’s that you don’t want to bother and you don’t view it as your responsibility to help limit the spread.

NP, but you're very privileged if you think staying home with a sick kid is the same as staying home for 10 days on the CHANCE your kid has covid.

Also, there is most certainly a chance OP’s kid has Covid, and yet she does not feel compelled to keep HER kid home…

Yes, and Kamala Harris and I both have a chance of becoming US President, because we’re both US citizens over age 35, so the odds are pretty much the same for both of us.

I don’t think you paid attention to the details in OP’s post.

[Anonymous]

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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.

DP, but of course keeping your kids home is inconvenient. But that’s something all of us have to deal with sometimes, it’s part of having kids. If your claiming you or others would be “unable to do so” - what would you do if the kid actually had Covid? Or rsv or the flu or anything else? You’d keep them home, of course. So the issue isn’t that you’re unable, it’s that you don’t want to bother and you don’t view it as your responsibility to help limit the spread.

NP, but you're very privileged if you think staying home with a sick kid is the same as staying home for 10 days on the CHANCE your kid has covid.

Also, there is most certainly a chance OP’s kid has Covid, and yet she does not feel compelled to keep HER kid home…

Yes, and Kamala Harris and I both have a chance of becoming US President, because we’re both US citizens over age 35, so the odds are pretty much the same for both of us.

I don’t think you paid attention to the details in OP’s post.

I don’t you understood my point. The details are pretty damn important here. Friend’s kid has substantially higher odds of contracting Covid from prolonged maskless indoor interaction with a known Covid positive person than OP’s kid does from interacting outdoors with friend’s kid. The situations are not at all comparable, and the people saying OP do d exactly the same thing as her friend haven’t learned much about Covid transmission. Since friend’s kid tested negative, it was okay to attend daycare today, but they’re still early in the incubation period, so child should be tested again.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Yes, but of the 7 kids, 1 preschooler is unvaxxed, 2 adolescents have only 1 of their shots, 1 adolescent is less than 2 weeks out from his 2nd shot, my son is fully vaxxed, and the other 11 year old is covid positive. None of us - except the family that tested positive - is required to quarantine. Obviously if symptoms appear, we will - but as of now, all are in school/daycare.

You had a get together inside with three families, including unvaccinated kids, right before school was set to restart during the omicron wave.

You are a complete douche bag, PP, and part of the problem. So sick of people like you.

Haha, yes, how dare people move on with their lives now that those who want a vaccine can get a vaccine, even with the risk of potentially suffering a cold. No enjoyment until covid has been wiped from the face of the earth!! (Which it never will be, btw)

Nope. WE are in the middle of the omicron wave. Way more contagious than previous versions. And yet people are acting like we are back in June of 2021. "I'm vaccinated so I can do what I want". Well, your doing what you want contributes to massive spread and then so many people are out sick all at once that places are really stretched thin when it comes to essential services.

I want my kids in schools. That means prioritizing keeping people healthy so they can drive the bus, teach the class. Not to mention and equally if not more important, what about keeping health care workers healthy. ETc. etc.

But no, you gotta have your parties.

You jerks can't get creative with your socializing to minimize risk? For crying out loud, until a few days ago we had unseasonably warm days.

[Anonymous]

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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?

Both: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/science-briefs/transmission_k_12_schools.html

[Anonymous]

You should be home also. Stop judging.

[Anonymous]

I bet there’s is one covid-contacted kid in every daycare room in every major metropolitan areas. I would have kept my kid home from preschool with that close a contact but it’s three hour a day preschool and I don’t need the childcare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I bet there’s is one covid-contacted kid in every daycare room in every major metropolitan areas. I would have kept my kid home from preschool with that close a contact but it’s three hour a day preschool and I don’t need the childcare.

Exactly this. I remember feeling desperate sending my kid to daycare knowing he wasn’t feeling well because I had an important meeting. I would send my kid to daycare as long as he didn’t have a fever.

I have friends who have Covid tested their kids tens of times because they had colds or non Covid sicknesses.

I am now a sahm. My 4yo attends school for 3 hours per day. She has not been sick in 2 years. Our school has a strict no sick policy.

[Anonymous]

It’s obnoxious but people are doing this left and right. At least in my circle, some people are twisting themselves into pretzels to do what they want while maintaining moral high ground over other people for what they are doing. Lots of that on this thread. It’s my least favorite part of this pandemic.

[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.

SP as above - I glossed over the part where you said the health department told unvaxed preschoolers who were exposed that they do not have to quarantine. That's news to me. The health department told you there are just no quarantine requirements whatsoever anymore for close contacts?

The difference here is that the person developed symptoms and tested positive 3 days later, not 2.