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[quote=Anonymous]DS is 8 and we are pretty sure we will send him back to school this fall.  He’s never stayed home from school for illness, and other than once when he was three, has never complained of symptoms of illness other than minor signs that may or may not be the sickness. I think he gets minor symptoms of illness, but his hardiness is such that he doesn’t notice or complain.   So it’s basically impossible to tell if he’s sick.

So all this gets us to Covid.  We will have zero idea if he’s sick next fall.  Mom and dad both work from home and will continue to, so any exposure will be from school and come home with him, not us.  So I think monitoring him is key.  I read about various somewhat helpful monitoring steps, but can anyone provide feedback based in actual science as to what might be worthwhile?

Daily temperature seems like a good (though not perfect) idea. Any recommendations for a good thermometer? I dont care about cost.  We have a well reviewed Braun ear one, but it will read 98.6 in one ear and 99.9 in the other, so we only rely it to know whether there’s a blazing fever versus not.

What else might we do to watch out for or test for minor symptoms that DS won’t complain about?

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