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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are they still advising isolating at home for 5 days with Covid?  Because at our BTS night the presentation was really driving home the new program to combat absences and how kids will get flagged missing 9 or more days, how even missing a couple days per month is associated with reading struggles, etc.  But one bout with Covid could potentially keep a kid out for over half that alone.  Just seems to be a bit of a disconnect.[/quote]

No. [b]Just keep them home when they have a fever.[/b][/quote]

This.  I'll keep my kid home with a fever or a sore throat/bad cough.

[b]I'm not testing[/b] and I'm not keeping my kid home for a simple cough/runny nose.  [/quote]

You can still get tests for free at the library.[/quote]

DP. I am in favor of testing if you have symptoms, but I think more people would test if tests were free and easy to access. People like the PP act as if there are unlimited tests available 24 hours a day at public libraries. Here is today's updated list, and you will see that tests are not available at many locations:

[url]https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/library/covid-test-kits.html[/url]

Aspen Hill - NO KITS - 9/14/2023
Brigadier General Charles E. McGee - NO KITS - 9/14/2023
Chevy Chase - NO KITS - 9/14/2023
Connie Morella - ENDED - 9/14/2023
Damascus
Davis - NO KITS - NO MASKS - 9/14/2023 - NO KITS - NO MASKS - 9/14/2023
Gaithersburg - NO KITS - 9/14/2023
Germantown - NO KITS - 9/14/2023
Kensington Park - NO KITS - 9/14/2023
Little Falls - NO KITS - 9/14/2023
Long Branch
Maggie Nightingale
Marilyn J. Praisner
Olney
Potomac
Quince Orchard - NO KITS - 9/14/2023
Rockville Memorial - NO KITS - 9/14/2023
Twinbrook
Wheaton - NO KITS - NO MASKS - 9/14/2023
White Oak - NO KITS - 9/14/2023
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It amazes me rich people will not pay for test kits or masks.  Leave the free ones for people who cannot afford it.  Some schools still have them.  [/quote]

Don’t worry the rich people aren’t taking these. Because they’re not testing anymore. Feee or otherwise. [/quote]

Truly pathetic.  It’s going around our school.  Fortunately the kids are decent enough to text each other to test and be careful.  [/quote]

Illnesses “go around” everywhere. And they always will.[/quote]

Because people like you are spreading it.  [/quote]

How long do you "quarantine" for the common cold, which for many kids and adults is much more debilitating than COVID-19, and without a vaccine.  And what of those lingering coughs associated with post nasal than can last a couple weeks? That's what I thought.

No fever + normal energy = child goes to school [/quote]

Covid is  not a cold but you keep them home for both.   You don’t always have a fever with Covid.  The vaccine does not stop Transmission.  [/quote]

you keep them home with a common cold until no symptoms? please

post vaccination + natural immunity, for the vast majority of people and certainly those under 75, it is now a cold and many times not as bad as a common cold [/quote]

Yes, I do.    It’s spreading like wildfire in our school.   Mine stay home for cold, flu and covid.  They have missed a week of school so far because of people like you.  [/quote]

That's an awful lot of time to miss already.  Why can't they wear a good mask to school for mild cold symptoms?  For that matter, if your kids are that predisposed to getting sick, why aren't you masking them anyway?  High quality masks work if worn consistently and properly.[/quote]

They do mask with n95 but cannot always like at lunch.  We aren’t going to infect others as you may just have mild symptoms but it could be serious for someone else.  [/quote]

I would ask for separate arrangements at lunch, if they are wearing N95s but still getting sick that much.  Do they have compromised immune systems?  You could always try the VA.

WHat grade are your kids?  You may think missing school this frequently is NBD but aat some point it will become an issue with missed tests, etc.[/quote]

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