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[quote=Anonymous]Hello everyone,

Friday's CDC approval of test-to-stay to replace quarantines in schools does not necessarily apply to childcare settings. Parents need to urgently point this out to our local officials.

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Please also find daycare advocacy guides for D.C. here and Montgomery County below. These include contacts for key decision-makers, context on Omicron, and responses to common counterarguments in the last few pages.

DC: https://rb.gy/9vapjv

MoCo: https://rb.gy/mvttgl

[i]"Given the news that the CDC has greenlighted test-to-stay (TTS) as an alternative to mandatory close contact quarantines for unvaccinated children, please work urgently to provide guidance and resources on implementing TTS or eliminating quarantines altogether in childcare settings.

Any test-to-stay (TTS) or other modified quarantine policy for daycares cannot be contingent on children staying masked or distanced, as daycare children do neither for the entirety of the day because of frequent naps and snacks. Fortunately, we have ample evidence (https://rb.gy/5gbbhd) to give us confidence that young children’s close contacts rarely develop COVID-19. More to the point, jurisdictions all over the country and world do not quarantine or mask healthy toddlers and preschoolers (see this sensible policy from Wales: https://rb.gy/3o9mhv).

With the news that Pfizer's vaccine trial in 2-4 year olds was unsuccessful, it is even more imperative that the easing of COVID restrictions in daycares not be linked to vaccine authorization."[/i]

Please share this with others who might be interested.[/quote]

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