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[quote=Anonymous]Unfortunately, despite releasing quarantine and isolation guidance on January 16 that aligns with the Maryland state guidance by allowing a 5-day quarantine period for exposed children under 5, Montgomery County Health Department Officials are apparently telling childcare providers that they have to implement a 10-day quarantine period for all children under 5. This directly contravenes statements by county health leaders that the January 16 Health Department guidance allows a 5-day quarantine.
 
If you agree that this is unacceptable and will needlessly crush working families, please contact our local officials by email and on Twitter as soon as possible.

Please also share this far and wide - to parents groups, WhatsApp groups, listservs, Facebook groups, etc., that you are a part of.
 
Here are some sample Tweets/messages:
 
&quot;@MoCoDHHS is contradicting the state, the CDC, and its own guidance by telling providers a 10 (vs. 5) day quarantine is required for children &lt;5. This is unconscionable & will cause the collapse of childcare as an essential service, cost parents their jobs, & drive flight from MoCo daycares. Please help.&quot;
 
&quot;If @MoCoDHHS' rationale is that kids under 5 don’t mask all day, note that both the MoCo and MD guidance accounts for this fact. Moreover, imposing such a policy perpetuates the cruelty of forcibly masking toddlers and preschoolers while requiring quarantines that treat them as if they’re fully unmasked.&quot;

&quot;@MoCoDHHS urgently needs to clarify that its guidance permits a 5-day quarantine for children &lt;5, as @EarlStoddard has also confirmed.&quot;

&quot;In addition, it's critical that @MoCoDHHSprovide approval for childcare providers to implement test-to-stay. It's CDC-approved for unvaxxed kids and being implemented in DC daycares. Providers wouldn't need to procure and administer tests; parents could do that.&quot;

&quot;Not approving this evidence-based solution will drive parent flight from MoCo daycares.&quot;

&quot;Parents are at a breaking point. They are burning paid time off, leaving their jobs, and self-medicating with drugs and alcohol. Teachers and health care workers with young children are forced to stay home, further exacerbating staffing shortages in hospitals and schools. Children are being placed into suboptimal care with older siblings and vulnerable grandparents. End these damaging policies now.&quot;

Here is the list of officials to contact:

COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND COUNCILMEMBERS:
Marc.Elrich@montgomerycountymd.gov
Councilmember.Riemer@montgomerycountymd.gov
Councilmember.Jawando@montgomerycountymd.gov
Councilmember.Glass@montgomerycountymd.gov
Councilmember.Albornoz@montgomerycountymd.gov
Councilmember.Friedson@montgomerycountymd.gov
Councilmember.Rice@montgomerycountymd.gov
Councilmember.Katz@montgomerycountymd.gov
Councilmember.Navarro@montgomerycountymd.gov
Councilmember.Hucker@montgomerycountymd.gov
 
COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS:
clark.beil@montgomerycountymd.gov 
james.bridgers@montgomerycountymdgov
raymond.crowel@montgomerycountymd.gov
Kenneth.Welch@montgomerycountymd.gov
Eli.Hernandez@montgomerycountymd.gov
earl.stoddard@montgomerycountymd.gov

Twitter handles: @Marc_Elrich, @MontCoExec, @hansriemer, @willjawando, @EvanMGlass, @albornoz_gabe, @Andrew_Friedson, @RicePolitics, @MC_Council_Katz, @nancy_navarro, @tomhucker, @MoCoDHHS, @MCDHHSDirector, @riccimike, @EarlStoddard[/quote]

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