My daughter was kicked out of daycare as a COVID risk because she had a runny poop. She had no other symptoms, and her poops were totally normal the next day. Our daycare's policy is that children with a COVID symptom (diarrhea is now considered a symptom in DC) are kicked out for 10 days without a doctor's note or 24 hours with a doctor's note stating that the symptom is not related to COVID. After explaining the situation, our pediatrician would not sign a doctor's note because she could not 100% rule out the possibility that our daughter has COVID. The pediatrician would only sign a note if our daughter received a negative COVID test result. Under our daycare's policy, a negative test result alone is not sufficient for our daughter to return. After obtaining a negative test result, our pediatrician still would not sign a note stating that the runny poop was unrelated to COVID but would only go so far as to say that she received a negative test result, which is not sufficient for our daycare.

Can anyone recommend a pediatrician (ideally in DC) who has been willing to exercise their judgment to diagnose a symptom as not being related to COVID?