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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think people are being pretty unrealistic in their expectations here.  People have been screaming for a year for daycares to loosen their testing and exclusion policies so kids don’t have to be out of daycare as much, but the obvious consequence of that loosening was going to be that more potential outbreaks would arise that would require sudden responses like this.  The options are either strict testing and exclusion policies (e.g., every symptom requires a full 10 day exclusion or a negative PCR at least five days after onset of symptoms (with exclusion in the meantime) to minimize the risk of outbreaks, or we have looser policies where kids can return with nothing but a negative at-home rapid once they are symptom free, and accept the risk of more potential outbreaks that necessitate sudden/unexpected disruptions where there is evidence of an outbreak.  This isn’t 2019 people, we can’t pretend covid simply doesn’t exist and expect that won’t have consequences.

As for the last minute notice, for all we know that’s when the daycare management learned of the issue.  Do you really think the better solution would be to let potentially contagious kids come into the daycare for a day or two until they can get a PCR and turn music hour into a superspreader event in the meantime?[/quote]

Your obsession with PCRs is not justified by the science of COVID and COVID tests. If you can't do multiple PCR tests over several days they are not going to do much to prevent outbreaks. A child can test negative one day and positive the next, but nobody is doing PCRs two days in row.[/quote]

Did you actually read my post, or did you just see “PCR” and post a knee jerk response based on what you expected me to say?[/quote]

Yes, I read your post. Do you remember what you wrote? You indicated that the daycare requiring a PCR test (no idea how many days of exposure) can prevent a "superspreader" event.[/quote]

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