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

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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.

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.

Yep, I also caught pneumonia from my toddler when he had RSV around 2017. Fun Times!

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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.

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.

No way. Hand washing is extremely important and easy to do. Same with wearing a seatbelt. Wearing a mask sucks and I never wore one before Covid. I don’t want to go around wearing a mask the rest of my life cause of white UMC moms with anxiety. I don’t want to wear a mask anymore than I want to wear a burqa.

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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.

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.

Also lots of evidence that you should get off the internet for the day and touch grass.

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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.

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.

That’s my point. I had a young kid at the time and there wasn’t this extreme focus on RSV, flu, etc. For some reason, white UMC women are now obsessed with illnesses. No one would have ever taken their kids out of school the week before Christmas break to avoid illnesses. Only in an extreme situation like a family member undergoing chemo. But because there’s a healthy but elderly relative?! That’s crazy.

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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.

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.

That’s my point. I had a young kid at the time and there wasn’t this extreme focus on RSV, flu, etc. For some reason, white UMC women are now obsessed with illnesses. No one would have ever taken their kids out of school the week before Christmas break to avoid illnesses. Only in an extreme situation like a family member undergoing chemo. But because there’s a healthy but elderly relative?! That’s crazy.

People definitely did do that. If you do a search on DCUM, you can probably find threads.

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To me this is extreme. Frankly you can’t control everything, and might get sick anyway. You may need to have a contingency plan. You could always celebrate Christmas the week after. Jesus would have no problem with this, I assure you.

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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.

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.

That’s my point. I had a young kid at the time and there wasn’t this extreme focus on RSV, flu, etc. For some reason, white UMC women are now obsessed with illnesses. No one would have ever taken their kids out of school the week before Christmas break to avoid illnesses. Only in an extreme situation like a family member undergoing chemo. But because there’s a healthy but elderly relative?! That’s crazy.

Okay, we agree! I never would have pulled my kid from school to avoid getting a virus. I do remember having to tell older relatives to wash their hands before holding my babies because they weren't aware of RSV risks. We had to deal with baby boomers who claimed that germ exposure was actually great for kids (never mind they didn't have to deal with the sick children!). Pendulum is just on the other side now.

I think most people are more reasonable than DCUM implies--we're not throwing chicken pox parties anymore and we're not going to endlessly quarantine kids who aren't even sick.

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I’ve definitely taken kids out a few days before school ends to act as a buffer for illness. I am not going to jeopardize my expensive vacation just because Larla picks up the flu last day of school.

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Anonymous wrote:Will the schools allow you just to decide they don't need to attend for a week? Serious question, this would have been reported to authorities when my DCs were young in public school.

I regularly have students miss 50+ days of school every year and nothing happens.

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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.

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.

No way. Hand washing is extremely important and easy to do. Same with wearing a seatbelt. Wearing a mask sucks and I never wore one before Covid. I don’t want to go around wearing a mask the rest of my life cause of white UMC moms with anxiety. I don’t want to wear a mask anymore than I want to wear a burqa.

Same here!

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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.

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.

No way. Hand washing is extremely important and easy to do. Same with wearing a seatbelt. Wearing a mask sucks and I never wore one before Covid. I don’t want to go around wearing a mask the rest of my life cause of white UMC moms with anxiety. I don’t want to wear a mask anymore than I want to wear a burqa.

Same here!

Great. You made your point that you don't care about humanity and are happy to spread a virus during a pandemic. Do you want a prize for hating your family and neighbors? A citation? A fruit basket?

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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?

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.

It’s a terrible idea! And not all that logical.

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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?

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.

I would expect the specific elderly relative's daughter (the OP) to know more about the specific elderly relative's behavior than some random anonymous poster on DCUM knows.

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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.

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.

No way. Hand washing is extremely important and easy to do. Same with wearing a seatbelt. Wearing a mask sucks and I never wore one before Covid. I don’t want to go around wearing a mask the rest of my life cause of white UMC moms with anxiety. I don’t want to wear a mask anymore than I want to wear a burqa.

Same here!

Great. You made your point that you don't care about humanity and are happy to spread a virus during a pandemic. Do you want a prize for hating your family and neighbors? A citation? A fruit basket?

How long are you going to use this line? 3 more years? 10?

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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.

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.

No way. Hand washing is extremely important and easy to do. Same with wearing a seatbelt. Wearing a mask sucks and I never wore one before Covid. I don’t want to go around wearing a mask the rest of my life cause of white UMC moms with anxiety. I don’t want to wear a mask anymore than I want to wear a burqa.

Same here!

Great. You made your point that you don't care about humanity and are happy to spread a virus during a pandemic. Do you want a prize for hating your family and neighbors? A citation? A fruit basket?

How long are you going to use this line? 3 more years? 10?

DP. Until there's universal paid sick leave in the US, with no repercussions for employees who use it.