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In my scenario, when do you call the doctor or go to urgent care? The first day he coughs? When there is a mild sore throat? There has been no fever at any time. He is just mildly ill. What would you do under these circumstances during the school year?  When do you stay home? Is fever the determining factor? Are all kids with coughs excluded from school? Is the burden on the family to get a test for a mildly ill child before he can return to school? The  more people you have making these decisions the more people are going to send sick kids to school.

Under normal circumstances, this wouldn't warrant a call to a doctor, let alone a visit. If you have to isolate for even mild illness, how can a kid get an education?  If there is are parallel online academic offerings (in person and online), will the online offerings be with a student's actual teachers? How might this work?[/quote]

He has symptoms of Covid, no matter the severity. You would keep him home until he was symptom free for 3 days or tested negative.

Yes, it will mean missed school. Yes, it will be incredibly inconvenient. That is life in a pandemic. You’re right that the guidance needs to be explicit so parents are not making the decisions on their own. They will lean towards the most convenient choice, not the one that is best for the health of everyone in the class.[/quote]

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