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People.

Relax.

Kids don't naturally come up to teachers and say they've had a little bit of diarrhea. As long as symptoms are mild and they can manage on their own, teachers will not be informed, and nothing is going to happen. For better or for worse, depending on your point of view :-)

It's only if your child is seriously ill that the school will realize something is up and will trigger this whole Covid protocol. No teacher in their right mind will break the glass for a random cough. Understand that beyond the words of the policy, we're dealing with people and their non-robot judgement!

So lots of Covid cases, colds, food poisoning, asthma, allergies, will NOT get identified. The serious cases will be, and for chronic sufferers of asthma and allergies, like my son, I'm sure they'll be understanding, with or without a doctor's letter.
Delta will merely be dampened, because all asymptomatic and low-symptom cases will continue to circulate and spew.

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The guidance also said they can return to school if there is an alternative diagnosis.  If a kid has allergies or regularly has diarrhea, take them to the dr who will do a covid test and give them an 'alternative diagnosis.'

If your kid has a fever, new pronounced cough, loss of taste/smell, etc.  then for heaven's sake, don't send them to school to start with![/quote]

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