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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's crazy that the doctor was so noncommital. Sounds like the doc thinks baby is not contagious?[/quote]

Probably, or they realize there is nothing to gain from keeping home a relatively healthy child who is on day 6+ of their symptoms with a very mild case of an endemic disease. Most viruses do their heavy shedding in the early days or before the child is even symptomatic. Covid has really whacked out people’s expectations about the effectiveness of isolation periods for endemic diseases. The guidance wasn’t even effective for COVID once it had the chance to spread. There’s just a certain amount of risk you have to be comfortable with if you are going to use communal care settings and the risk of RSV has long been one of them.

That being said, I feel for people with babies this year. RSV is terrifying, it always has been. Every kid gets it and while the chance of severe illness is low, the absolute numbers are going to be high because it gets everyone at some time or another. It’s seems worse now though because we have tools available that can prevent the deaths and the disabilities but there has been zero urgency to get them deployed. [/quote]

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