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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some of these responses are nuts! 99.2 is not even close to a fever! The kid could be warm from running around, crying, being in a hot car.  It's a totally normal temp![/quote]

Do you take your child’s temp consistently? One of my kids gets their temp checked as they get out of the car at preschool drop off and the other kid gets his temp taken by one of us at home to be logged into an app every morning before school. They are always in the 97 range. If a kid’s temp is elevated from one of the things you describe it will be fleeting. They won’t have a 99 temp over the course of hours. A child with a 99 temp for several hours who seems tired and feels a bit warm to the touch is usually fighting something. It’s really not hard to tell the difference if you know your child and you aren’t willfully ignoring evidence so you can send your kid off to school/daycare.

I am having a really hard time understanding people who don’t have any sense of heightened awareness and responsibility regarding potential illness symptoms during a pandemic. No wonder we will be stick in this holding pattern for another year or more. The sooner you realize you need to modify your thinking and behavior a bit, the better off we’ll all be. You don’t need to lock yourself in the house but you also don’t need to pretend like things aren’t very different right now. 
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We're going to be stuck in a holding pattern regardless of how many times a day you take your kid's temperature.  Should people be responsible?  Absolutely.  But let's face it, UMC daycares are not really where the bulk of transmission is happening right now.  If you're really concerned about getting out of the holding pattern you speak of, think bigger.[/quote]

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