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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those of you in MoCo, what is happening with quarantine rules with no masks? Our daycare said they have to keep masks because MoCo DHHS ties quarantine policies to the use of masks for children under 5--when there is an exposure and children are masked, the quarantine is 5 days compared to 10 without masks. They said they are keeping masks until this changes because no wants longer quarantines.[/quote]

I've never heard of treating an unmasked exposure differently from a masked exposure.

When our daycare announced the mask optional policy they did not announce a change to quarantine guidelines (I actually don't know what our quarantine guidelines are - back in January it was 10 days).[/quote]

I have discovered that what DHHS puts in writing and what is says to parents and providers are two different things.[/quote]

It is implied at the bottom:

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/Resources/Files/quarantine/I-Q-guidance.pdf

As a footnote to the 5 day quarantine for unvaccinated, it says that because children under 2 cannot wear masks, they must quarantine for 10 days. So the implication is that if unvaccinated children 2-4 don't wear masks, they must also quarantine for 10 days.[/quote]

I can’t blame anybody or any daycare for thinking differently. The messaging has been confusing, and a lot of people are afraid to change because they don’t want to have this on the record.

And I wish I could help people understand that right now mask for childcare settings has been dropped. There was an email sent out that was extremely clear about this. It’s still recommended masking and it’s always the individual choice etc..[/quote]

To be clear, what exactly are they recommending? Universal masking? Because that means they're saying to child care providers that they should require masks - even if the government isn't imposing the requirement they are recommending the requirement. Or are they saying they recommend individuals in child care settings choose to mask? Neither is consistent with current CDC guidance which is very clear that when community levels are low nobody is recommended to mask, but they certainly can if they want to.[/quote]

The county is saying nobody needs to mask. [/quote]

Thanks.

You know what they always say about public health guidance. It's more effective, if instead of being widely disseminated, it's emailed to a specific set of stakeholders while the public scrambles for information on anonymous internet forums. JFC DHHS is the absolute worst.[/quote]

I completely understand the Internet’s hesitation on taking the word of an anonymous person. I wouldn’t! But, I am trying to be truthful and help in any small way I can to clear things up.

Like I said earlier, it is very confusing. Directors, owners and family childcare providers are all very scared of making the change because they don’t want their license is revoked (this was early on in the pandemic it was implied that they would!), marred (does Licensing reports that all the parents check it would show up there as some kind of huge noncompliance), or two need to deal with families who wish to remain masked. These past couple of years have been extremely difficult and making the change back to normal will be difficult for some people/businesses.

I wish there was less double speak and nuanced guidances and regulations. Just be upfront, honest and clear and it would be better for everybody.
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