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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]Good news that MSDE is following CDC guidance. So MoCo and preschool/daycare directors - are you going to be the ones to make sure toddlers and preschoolers and their teachers are the only ones left masking, or are you going to align yourselves with public health guidance?[/quote]

This was announced a few weeks ago and masking for two and over was always simply recommended. Directors and owners who continue to follow this advice or doing so as a business decision.

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What was announced a few weeks ago. I only see the letter posted above, dared March 2 (yesterday).

Yes, we KNOW it is optional. Thank you for repeating that af nauseum. I also know our provider has not surveyed families. And, this decision does impact children's development, so there should be more than just "business" involved.

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+1.  When I’ve contacted MSDE about this I got similar replies, “oh it’s only recommended, not required!”  Just completely missing the point that their recommendations are followed by many providers- and I can’t really blame the providers for doing this, they need something to refer to when making these decisions.  This gives them cover to remove the masking requirement, unless of course MoCo comes along with a special recommendation refuting the state and CDC, which is bound to happen.[/quote]

It makes you feel any better, [b]Montgomery county came out a couple weeks ago and also said masks were no longer required in daycares.[/b] Even though they were never really required but their language made it seem like it was. But now they outright said it wasn’t.[/quote]

Can you provide a link to this please?

People on this thread and others on the topic of daycare covid policies don't understand that each county makes it's own guidance and rules and is not required to follow state guidance.[/quote]

I received an email.

On February 22 the mask mandate in Montgomery County was lifted for indoor settings, including child care. At this time, they are still required in public schools, public transportation (Metro, Metro Bus, and Ride-On), and in the incorporated cities of Gaithersburg, Takoma Park, and Rockville city buildings.

Despite the mandate being lifted, child care programs can continue to require staff and children or visitors to wear a mask. The County is strongly recommending those in our child care community who have not received their booster continue to wear a mask while in their child care settings.

It was not a link so I’m sorry I can’t provide that. [/quote]

For those who want to hear it straight from the horse's mouth, watch the County Council session from two days ago. Dr. Bridgers explicitly stated that universal masking is still recommended in child care and that, stunningly, the county plans to create its OWN updated guidance after the CDC and MSDE finish updating their child care specific guidance documents. Montgomery County always has to be special. I am assuming they want toddlers and preschoolers to mask indefinitely, and if that turns out to be true I will never listen to a word they say ever again.[/quote]

JFC. I am so sick of this county and don’t understand why they are always pulling sh-t like this. So Dr. Bridgers is the one to write to then? And county council members?[/quote]

I mean sure but I don't think it will matter. Honestly I think they will dig in solely to show that they can and to stick it to people they perceive as "privileged". Nevermind questions about how effective masks as worn by toddlers are in these settings or the very real developmental concerns. The fact that ASHA is seeing increased rates of speech delays is nothing for us to worry our pretty little heads about right? [/quote]

Which is funny that they view parents using group childcare as privileged, when it’s generally more affordable than a nanny or even nanny share.  I never thought I’d see the day where a group of progressive democrats seem to have it out for working families so much but that’s happened time and again in MoCo during this pandemic.
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