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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids have had a lot of "ear infections" and "tummy aches".  Though, that's mostly because if you reported any symptom on the list of possible COVID symptoms they daycare required a PCR test to return. I've spent over $1,000 on rapid turnaround PCR tests for that reason.  Lately I've just been reporting a different symptom and using a rapid test.

The problem with the OP's comment is that, at least in Maryland, you need a doctors note to return if you miss 3 days of daycare.  The other problem is that you're incentivized to report the case early because the 5-10 day isolation clock starts on the day you say symptoms started or a positive test.

I was able to bypass this when my kid got it.  With the weekend, it worked out such that I could say she didn't test positive until >48 hours after she was last at daycare without impacting her return date.[/quote]

I’d roll the dice—if your kid gets sick Thursday or Friday, then you don’t need a doctor’s note.  Earlier in the week, I’d claim you had to leave town suddenly to visit an elderly relative who took a turn for the worse.[/quote]

100% you just need to get creative. We have had "relatives visiting", "needing to go out of town for a funeral", "family wedding across the country". So many reasons we couldn't be in school that didn't mean other parents had to miss working to provide for their family.

It's not 2020. The constant absences from work are no longer universally acceptable. [/quote]

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