My Son Just Got COVID in daycare. Be Careful You Guys!

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Anonymous wrote:This is OP. I'm still actually shocked to see these responses but now I feel far less guilty about sending my kid back to daycare while still having symptoms. 🤷‍♀️

Glad to hear your child is feeling better and out of the hospital! But why would you send them back with symptoms while telling others to be careful? I assume your ped said they were no longer contagious? My daycare would send anyone symptomatic straight back home.

Because parents here are acting like it's no big deal. So why would I go out of my way to be a good citizen? I'm missing work, opportunities, etc. Our school says he can come back when he reaches a certain benchmark, which he has. Ordinarily I would still keep him home if he was still coughing and snotty but nope - I'm sending him back.

With the low standards your daycare has, it’s no wonder your son caught it there. Ever stop to think about that? I got called last week to pick up DC because her eye was slightly red- they were like, it might be pinkeye and pinkeye has been associated with Covid! Took her to ped and a tiny piece of mulch had gotten in there that I didn’t see- no pinkeye. Getting called for every little thing is definitely annoying and inconvenient but we’ve had zero class quarantines in 18 months, and only a handful in the other classes. So their sone upsides to a strict illness policy.

This is OP. Our daycare doesn't have low standards. It follows the Health Department's rules for the county where we live, which is based upon the CDC's recommendations. Your daycare sounds draconian. Where is it - China? Are you also unemployed or an "entrepreneur" (i.e., MLM)? That is the only way I can see someone (like you) bragging about being repeatedly inconvenienced yet willingly complying with such ridiculous protocols for minor non-Covid related issues.

Girl, you need to step back from the ledge and get off DCUM. Don’t you have a lot of work to make up?

Anyway despite your bluff about them still coughing a lot, if you are really following CDC then your DC’s symptoms must have improved a lot in order to end isolation. That’s good anyway. Take care.

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Anonymous wrote:This is OP. I'm still actually shocked to see these responses but now I feel far less guilty about sending my kid back to daycare while still having symptoms. 🤷‍♀️

Glad to hear your child is feeling better and out of the hospital! But why would you send them back with symptoms while telling others to be careful? I assume your ped said they were no longer contagious? My daycare would send anyone symptomatic straight back home.

Because parents here are acting like it's no big deal. So why would I go out of my way to be a good citizen? I'm missing work, opportunities, etc. Our school says he can come back when he reaches a certain benchmark, which he has. Ordinarily I would still keep him home if he was still coughing and snotty but nope - I'm sending him back.

It is a big deal. You're probably still contagious yourself. In a few years, perhaps when you're all dealing with the long-term health consequences of your decisions, the penny might drop for you that you've exposed other people to this

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Anonymous wrote:This is OP. I'm still actually shocked to see these responses but now I feel far less guilty about sending my kid back to daycare while still having symptoms. 🤷‍♀️

Glad to hear your child is feeling better and out of the hospital! But why would you send them back with symptoms while telling others to be careful? I assume your ped said they were no longer contagious? My daycare would send anyone symptomatic straight back home.

Because parents here are acting like it's no big deal. So why would I go out of my way to be a good citizen? I'm missing work, opportunities, etc. Our school says he can come back when he reaches a certain benchmark, which he has. Ordinarily I would still keep him home if he was still coughing and snotty but nope - I'm sending him back.

It is a big deal. You're probably still contagious yourself. In a few years, perhaps when you're all dealing with the long-term health consequences of your decisions, the penny might drop for you that you've exposed other people to this

+1. OP was distraught and surprised that her son got Covid at daycare, yet is sending them back while symptomatic. They probably got it from a another symptomatic child to begin with.

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Anonymous wrote:Omg who cares? It’s like a mild cold in most children.

Did you read? The OP’s child was so bad they needed hospitalization.

It doesn't sound like OP's kid was actually hospitalized.

NP here. My kid was actually hospitalized with RSV. I can’t believe parents of young kids are still so terrified of COVID despite somehow existing with the risk of RSV before, which is way worse for the really little ones.

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Anonymous wrote:You mean he might be mildly uncomfortable for a few days. The horror!

I don't know if I have a cold or covid as the home tests are negative but I've been really sick for over a week as my child has been. Its been miserable. I have at least another few days to a week to go... can I thank you for this?

I don’t understand if you’re OP or someone else but why haven’t you gotten a PCR if you think you have covid?

Not op and I am to sick to go out for a prc and getting the test makes no difference. We are extremely careful and still got something.

Plus going out for the test means you could spread Covid to others. Everyone always forgets this but testing place are still the most high-risk for Covid transmission.

This is misinformation. You can wear a high qualitly mask as can others.

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Anonymous wrote:Omg who cares? It’s like a mild cold in most children.

Did you read? The OP’s child was so bad they needed hospitalization.

It doesn't sound like OP's kid was actually hospitalized.

NP here. My kid was actually hospitalized with RSV. I can’t believe parents of young kids are still so terrified of COVID despite somehow existing with the risk of RSV before, which is way worse for the really little ones.

I actually didn't know about RSV and yes, my kid ended up in the PICU for 3 days. I think the lack of attention to RSV AND dismissal of COVID in kids shows that we don't really care about kids

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Your child was in picu for Covid? How old?

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Anonymous wrote:Your child was in picu for Covid? How old?

3

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Our daycare is still masking.

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Anonymous wrote:You mean he might be mildly uncomfortable for a few days. The horror!

I don't know if I have a cold or covid as the home tests are negative but I've been really sick for over a week as my child has been. Its been miserable. I have at least another few days to a week to go... can I thank you for this?

I don’t understand if you’re OP or someone else but why haven’t you gotten a PCR if you think you have covid?

Not op and I am to sick to go out for a prc and getting the test makes no difference. We are extremely careful and still got something.

Plus going out for the test means you could spread Covid to others. Everyone always forgets this but testing place are still the most high-risk for Covid transmission.

This is misinformation. You can wear a high qualitly mask as can others.

No, you are giving misinformation. You can still give covid wearing a mask, as there are gaps and not 100%. Why do you think medical professionals still ge tit. Really crummy.

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Anonymous wrote:Omg who cares? It’s like a mild cold in most children.

Did you read? The OP’s child was so bad they needed hospitalization.

It doesn't sound like OP's kid was actually hospitalized.

NP here. My kid was actually hospitalized with RSV. I can’t believe parents of young kids are still so terrified of COVID despite somehow existing with the risk of RSV before, which is way worse for the really little ones.

Both are equally concerning.

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Anonymous wrote:Our daycare is still masking.

Same! Thank goodness

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Omg who cares? It’s like a mild cold in most children.

Did you read? The OP’s child was so bad they needed hospitalization.

It doesn't sound like OP's kid was actually hospitalized.

NP here. My kid was actually hospitalized with RSV. I can’t believe parents of young kids are still so terrified of COVID despite somehow existing with the risk of RSV before, which is way worse for the really little ones.

Both are equally concerning.

Of course they are concerning but anyone who is actually being honest recognizes we can't continue masking young children or requiring 10 day quarantines forever and neither COVID nor RSV are going away.

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Anonymous wrote:This is OP. I'm still actually shocked to see these responses but now I feel far less guilty about sending my kid back to daycare while still having symptoms. 🤷‍♀️

Glad to hear your child is feeling better and out of the hospital! But why would you send them back with symptoms while telling others to be careful? I assume your ped said they were no longer contagious? My daycare would send anyone symptomatic straight back home.

Because parents here are acting like it's no big deal. So why would I go out of my way to be a good citizen? I'm missing work, opportunities, etc. Our school says he can come back when he reaches a certain benchmark, which he has. Ordinarily I would still keep him home if he was still coughing and snotty but nope - I'm sending him back.

With the low standards your daycare has, it’s no wonder your son caught it there. Ever stop to think about that? I got called last week to pick up DC because her eye was slightly red- they were like, it might be pinkeye and pinkeye has been associated with Covid! Took her to ped and a tiny piece of mulch had gotten in there that I didn’t see- no pinkeye. Getting called for every little thing is definitely annoying and inconvenient but we’ve had zero class quarantines in 18 months, and only a handful in the other classes. So their sone upsides to a strict illness policy.

This is OP. Our daycare doesn't have low standards. It follows the Health Department's rules for the county where we live, which is based upon the CDC's recommendations. Your daycare sounds draconian. Where is it - China? Are you also unemployed or an "entrepreneur" (i.e., MLM)? That is the only way I can see someone (like you) bragging about being repeatedly inconvenienced yet willingly complying with such ridiculous protocols for minor non-Covid related issues.

+1 my child has been in daycare since September 2020 and she has never been quarantined due to daycare exposure. A couple of the other classes have, so same situation as PP. Our daycare follows state rules, no crazy policies like PP. We are just lucky the families that use the daycare overwhelmingly can work from home, and tend to be pretty COVID cautious outside of school. They dropped masks a month ago too.

+1. My kids were back in June 2020. No masks in kids under 5, per VA law (until that ended) and we have not had any quarantines or closures. As far as I know no one in our kids' classes got Covid. We tested for every sniffle until about 6 months ago and they were always negative. And no, they don't call about everything. They use the same criteria as they did pre-Covid: no fevers, no *massive* amounts of snot or coughing.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Omg who cares? It’s like a mild cold in most children.

Did you read? The OP’s child was so bad they needed hospitalization.

It doesn't sound like OP's kid was actually hospitalized.

NP here. My kid was actually hospitalized with RSV. I can’t believe parents of young kids are still so terrified of COVID despite somehow existing with the risk of RSV before, which is way worse for the really little ones.

Both are equally concerning.

Of course they are concerning but anyone who is actually being honest recognizes we can't continue masking young children or requiring 10 day quarantines forever and neither COVID nor RSV are going away.

Long COVID is real. I don’t want that for my kid.