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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parent of constantly-snotty daycare toddler here, with high (but not crazy) COVID risk tolerance.

Really depends on the situation. Is the adult friend healthy? Are they about to travel overseas and need to test for COVID? Are they caring for an elderly parent? etc.

For something that is COVID-like, I would probably cancel. My kid got RSV as a friend was visiting and I felt terrible; it is mild in adults but no one wants to be coughing at work during the COVID era. For even mild cold during the omicron surge, no get-togethers other than close family. For a mild runny nose, I would let them know in advance but would still be ok getting together. Sometimes with mild colds (and a negative rapid test) my babysitter has come after the child is in bed.

Personally I don't think you're out of line here but for my personal risk tolerance I still would have attended. Especially outdoors when kid is in bed. But I get why you canceled. I catch everything my kid gets so your assumptions are not crazy.[/quote]

OP again - I didn't even get into asking our friend what the symptoms were or anything. I figured if the friend thought it was worth bringing up, it was probably worth avoiding - at least on the eve of my parents' visit. But my sister, who has two little kids, makes fun of me when we're all together because, like, I do not want to dip my hand in a bag of potato chips after her kids have stuck their hands in there. I see where those hands are!

I love the kids and spoil them rotten when we're together but I also don't need snot on my food. She thinks that I am being excessively anti-germ, when I do that. (She's nice about it, just finds it funny.)[/quote]

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