Are parents now sending kids to school and camp sick?

[Anonymous]

So many people I know had their kids come home sick from camp.

My kids have not been sick for 16 months. Our preschool was uber strict with sickness. Any symptoms required a negative covid test to return. No one came to school sick.

[Anonymous]

Of course they are. Parents cancelled Covid as soon as they had the chance to send their kids out of the house to any form of childcare. October to March will be a wild ride.

[Anonymous]

Most people I know are keeping their kids/selves home when they have the disastrous cold that's been going around. It still seems to be spreading anyway.

I personally think the viral interference of COVID nearly disappearing in our area is a big part of what's letting all these other normal illnesses return. And believe it or not, that might be better for us long-term.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/23/opinion/covid-germs-health.html

[Anonymous]

We are doing our best, but when we have a negative covid test and it takes 2 weeks for the runny nose to fully stop, we do not wait the full 2 weeks to send back.

[Anonymous]

My kids were each out for a full week until the runny nose subsided. Negative covid test. No fever.

I think the cold is spreading via contact since kids are all still masked except outdoor lunch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids were each out for a full week until the runny nose subsided. Negative covid test. No fever.

I think the cold is spreading via contact since kids are all still masked except outdoor lunch.

Do you mean the fomite transmission kind of contact? That would make sense because colds do spread pretty easily that way (unlike covid). (I think this is the case based on all those lessons I got about washing hands after touching doorknobs)

[Anonymous]

For over a year kids weren’t exposed to many viruses. This is natural and it’ll take time for immunities to be restored.

[Anonymous]

People are not going to keep kids home with a cold for the rest of time. Get real.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People are not going to keep kids home with a cold for the rest of time. Get real.

+1
and these kids don't have COVID.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids were each out for a full week until the runny nose subsided. Negative covid test. No fever.

I think the cold is spreading via contact since kids are all still masked except outdoor lunch.

Do you mean the fomite transmission kind of contact? That would make sense because colds do spread pretty easily that way (unlike covid). (I think this is the case based on all those lessons I got about washing hands after touching doorknobs)

Yes, that is my theory for why these colds have been spreading even while kids are masked. Kids touches door knob and then touches eyes/face or mouth (at lunch or at home).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People are not going to keep kids home with a cold for the rest of time. Get real.

+1
and these kids don't have COVID.

Some schools/camps are more strict about it than others.

[Anonymous]

There are a lot of illnesses where you are contagious before you have any symptoms (common cold, for example). Doesn't mean it's some sort of failure on the part of other parents, it's just life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of course they are. Parents cancelled Covid as soon as they had the chance to send their kids out of the house to any form of childcare. October to March will be a wild ride.

Oh, get over yourself. Covid is over. I know you miss it, but life has moved on.

[Anonymous]

Of course they are!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For over a year kids weren’t exposed to many viruses. This is natural and it’ll take time for immunities to be restored.

There is nothing "natural" about it. The isolation has been terrible on our health, including our immune systems. People all of a sudden can't handle a simple cold?