"suggested" quarantine or testing after domestic travel?

[Anonymous]

So I'm planning to take my 2 kids to Florida soon. Parents fully vaccinated, children obviously not. Both kids attend the same (red-state, unmasked) daycare. I asked their teacher recently if there was a requirement for testing or quarantine after domestic travel, and she said there wasn't. But today, we got the daycare newsletter, which says, "With summer coming and the start of vacation season, we ask that any family that travels consider self-quarantining and/or taking a COVID test 3-5 days after your return to help protect our community members."

So, WWYD? I strongly doubt anyone else is going to quarantine their kids. Testing 3-5 days after return makes no sense. I also don't understand why a Florida trip is a worse exposure risk than the many families who play team sports, eat in crowded restaurants, go to movie theaters, shopping malls, amusement parks, etc. And I also feel like if the daycare was actually concerned about "protecting our community members", they would make the kids wear masks and require the staff to get vaccinated, neither of which they are doing.

[Anonymous]

What answer are you looking for? Yes it is risky.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What answer are you looking for? Yes it is risky.

But any "riskier" that the activities OP mentions that can be done locally? The only people I know who got Covid from travel did so from travelling to Europe in early March 2020 and from Mardi Gras 2020 in New Orleans. Everyone else has gotten it locally, from family/friends, work, LTC facilities. When there is no nuance to the guidance, expect minimal compliance.

[Anonymous]

Testing 3-5 days is what is recommended, so that if you got exposed on the last day of travel it would likely be caught by the test. If you get tested the day you get home, a negative test would be meaningless from a travel perspective.

I'm not judging people for traveling - we just got back from visiting in laws in the midwest. But I think it's reasonable at the very least to take the test 3-5 days after you get back and to lay low until you get the negative results.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Testing 3-5 days is what is recommended, so that if you got exposed on the last day of travel it would likely be caught by the test. If you get tested the day you get home, a negative test would be meaningless from a travel perspective.

I'm not judging people for traveling - we just got back from visiting in laws in the midwest. But I think it's reasonable at the very least to take the test 3-5 days after you get back and to lay low until you get the negative results.

I just think it’s weird to single out certain risks for testing and not others. My vaccinated parents are traveling to see us in a couple weeks- no testing required on our end. The only difference in the reverse trip (us visiting them) would be stopping for a couple bathroom breaks. Where they live has even lower covid rates than here!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Testing 3-5 days is what is recommended, so that if you got exposed on the last day of travel it would likely be caught by the test. If you get tested the day you get home, a negative test would be meaningless from a travel perspective.

I'm not judging people for traveling - we just got back from visiting in laws in the midwest. But I think it's reasonable at the very least to take the test 3-5 days after you get back and to lay low until you get the negative results.

I just think it’s weird to single out certain risks for testing and not others. My vaccinated parents are traveling to see us in a couple weeks- no testing required on our end. The only difference in the reverse trip (us visiting them) would be stopping for a couple bathroom breaks. Where they live has even lower covid rates than here!

Well yeah, if you live somewhere where most of your kids classmates are eating in crowded restaurants and going to full movie theaters, it's probably not significantly more risky. But it *is* a risk and I can't imagine why you wouldn't want the reassurance of a well timed test.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Testing 3-5 days is what is recommended, so that if you got exposed on the last day of travel it would likely be caught by the test. If you get tested the day you get home, a negative test would be meaningless from a travel perspective.

I'm not judging people for traveling - we just got back from visiting in laws in the midwest. But I think it's reasonable at the very least to take the test 3-5 days after you get back and to lay low until you get the negative results.

I just think it’s weird to single out certain risks for testing and not others. My vaccinated parents are traveling to see us in a couple weeks- no testing required on our end. The only difference in the reverse trip (us visiting them) would be stopping for a couple bathroom breaks. Where they live has even lower covid rates than here!

Then open up your own preschool and set the rules you want. Otherwise, stick to the rules they are requiring and rest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Testing 3-5 days is what is recommended, so that if you got exposed on the last day of travel it would likely be caught by the test. If you get tested the day you get home, a negative test would be meaningless from a travel perspective.

I'm not judging people for traveling - we just got back from visiting in laws in the midwest. But I think it's reasonable at the very least to take the test 3-5 days after you get back and to lay low until you get the negative results.

I just think it’s weird to single out certain risks for testing and not others. My vaccinated parents are traveling to see us in a couple weeks- no testing required on our end. The only difference in the reverse trip (us visiting them) would be stopping for a couple bathroom breaks. Where they live has even lower covid rates than here!

Then open up your own preschool and set the rules you want. Otherwise, stick to the rules they are requiring and rest.

Y’all are such sheep

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Testing 3-5 days is what is recommended, so that if you got exposed on the last day of travel it would likely be caught by the test. If you get tested the day you get home, a negative test would be meaningless from a travel perspective.

I'm not judging people for traveling - we just got back from visiting in laws in the midwest. But I think it's reasonable at the very least to take the test 3-5 days after you get back and to lay low until you get the negative results.

I just think it’s weird to single out certain risks for testing and not others. My vaccinated parents are traveling to see us in a couple weeks- no testing required on our end. The only difference in the reverse trip (us visiting them) would be stopping for a couple bathroom breaks. Where they live has even lower covid rates than here!

The thing is, it's not required, it's "suggested". And I don't think anyone else is doing it (partly because this daycare has some low income families who can't afford to keep their kids home and miss work for a week, or hire a nanny for a week or whatever).

Then open up your own preschool and set the rules you want. Otherwise, stick to the rules they are requiring and rest.

[Anonymous]

I would go on the trip, keep my mouth shut about it, and ignore the quarantine

[Anonymous]

It's not required, it's suggested. And no one else is doing it (partly because some families at this daycare are low income and can't afford to keep their kids home for a week and miss work).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would go on the trip, keep my mouth shut about it, and ignore the quarantine

OP here-- one of my kids has a huge mouth and will tell everyone. And they know anyway, because I told the teacher we have a trip planned, and she didn't seem to care at all if we quarantine or test.

[Anonymous]

Considering no one wears masks in Fl, and all Covid restrictions there have been lifted, yes, it’s a lot riskier for your little kids than the kids playing sports here in masks with all parents masked and distanced in the sidelines. Just test 3-5 days later. Don’t be a jerk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not required, it's suggested. And no one else is doing it (partly because some families at this daycare are low income and can't afford to keep their kids home for a week and miss work).

If this is OP, then you have your answer. Just do it and move on. No reason to stress about it. The quarantine thing has been debunked as bad science anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Considering no one wears masks in Fl, and all Covid restrictions there have been lifted, yes, it’s a lot riskier for your little kids than the kids playing sports here in masks with all parents masked and distanced in the sidelines. Just test 3-5 days later. Don’t be a jerk.

We're not in DC, we're in a red state where people think you're a weirdo if you're wearing a mask outdoors. No one wears masks to play or watch sports. It's basically Florida rules here.