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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This system is going to disincentive even taking a Covid test. A positive test is like a kiss of death for two-three weeks for you and all the families in the daycare. Flame away, but if my kid has a slight cold or a fever from now on, I will keep him/her at home for a couple of days, but won't test.[/quote]

We cant do that. If our kid is sick, which is the only reason I would keep them home, we have to test to return. [/quote]

That's for your kid. Parents getting sick is a different issue. I know a parent who had a mild case of COVID (sick for two days), then the spouse got it a few days later, but the kids never got it. The youngest had to quarantine for 25 days from daycare!

day 1 = 1st parent symptoms
day 5 = 2nd parent symptoms
day 15 = 2nd parent isolation
day 25 = when child could return to daycare based on starting a quarantine on day 15

So yes, if one has a runny nose, it does make one hesitant about testing, and I think about saying when symptoms started, or what consistutes an exposure to a parent. What if I stay in a room all day and only come out after day 5 with a mask?[/quote]

This. You can try to virtue signal all you want but 25 days without child care would have serious consequences for many families and at this stage of the pandemic you can't deny a lot of these will not test.[/quote]

Yeah, that is pretty outrageous / impossible.  My daycare doesn't require this any more.  Not sure if they require the parent to mask/isolate from the child, but I know a parent just had COVID and their kid was back within 5 days (maybe less).

I actually think we'll be in a different situation by fall.  Either the &lt;5 vaccine will be approved or not, but childcare will have to move on and update policies.  I am very frustrated the CDC isn't leading this, but local helath agencies could also take some leadership here.  [/quote]

I wish I was an optimistic as you but it feels endless in this area.[/quote]

I hear you on that.  I really don't want to throw up my hands and say wait until June, because it seems RIDICULOUS to say that when we've been told "Just another month or two...." for what feels like forever.  But I think the path forward will be more clear by end of June.  You could attempt to daycare shop, but we have been willing to wait it out (and I know it isn't trivial to switch childcare, especially for the youngest kids where it is near impossible to find).

I'm the PP above where a kid who's parent had COVID didn't have to quarantine (at least not more than 5 days).  After testing regularly, parents tested on Tuesday due to minor cough, and kid turned up with a positive test. Miraculously, they notified all parents, asked them to test on day one and day 5, and said everyone could continue to go to school.  A couple parents kept kids home out of caution (due to pregnant mom, or other factors), but it is a clear shift in strategy.  We'll see what happens next, whether there is further spread in the class...

Yet, our written COVID policies haven't been updated, and some younger classes within the same center have recently had 10 day shut downs. They said it has something to do with masking, but I also wonder if it has to do with staff.  It is not very transparent.  They say they have been working with local public health and deciding things on case by case basis, trying to keep kids in care as much as possible.

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