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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do people understand how almost impossible it is for a child to get Covid and for the adults in their household not to get it? This is how Covid spreads. If you're kid has it, you either have it or just had it. Just get yourself tested. We go to the testing place a couple blocks away whenever we are in doubt. I'm not going to subject my kid to that for every random runny nose or sneeze because even though the test itself is no big deal, getting one is a whole production and it's genuinely hard to do with a small child. I can easily wait 15 minutes and then get tested by someone in full PPE -- my 3 yr old would throw a fit at that entire outing and everyone would be miserable. We do not need to be testing small children constantly.[/quote] My 14 month old had it and nobody else got it...[/quote] Yeah, I know several kids who have had it without positive tests from parents. Not common, but not even remotely almost impossible. Also, try a different testing site if yours is hard with kids. Mine (2 and 4) actually look forward to getting tested at our pediatricians. They say it tickles, and they get lollipops. We're and out in 5 mins. It's so not a big deal for them. [/quote] Actually incredibly unlikely. The parents probably had it but didn’t test at a time when they the virus was active. The best way is to figure out when the child was exposed and then test multiple times. And it can vary by person. I know a family where they all got tested the day the learned if the exposure, and mom tested positive but dad was negative. Dad tested again three days later and was positive. They are all in the same house. Just random that the virus took longer to infect him. My philosophy is test everyone for a known exposure regardless of symptoms. But for something mild like a runny nose that could be a symptom or could be something else? DH and I test and we keep an eye on it. DH and I have been tested over a dozen times (all negative). Kid has never been tested. She also is the least likely source of infection though because DH and I have to be indoors with other people much more frequently than she does.[/quote] Why are people spreading this nonsense?[b] Even in the same house, COVID transmission is only about 50% on average -- LESS when kids are the first infected.[/b] If your kid is going to school/has non-parental infection sources, there is no reason to think that a negative parent test necessarily means a negative kid test, especially if only the kid has symptoms.[/quote] My child gave our entire family Covid, and it was recommended upon finding out that she had been in contact with a Covid+ person that the ENTIRE FAMILY get tested. We did. We were al positive. I think you're the one spreading nonsense.[/quote] Have you actually read the medical evidence presented in this thread? Of course it was recommended you get tested, what do you think that proves? The question is whether it would be enough to test *just you* to determine of *your kid* has COVID. The fact that they also recommended your kid get tested suggests they agree with the poster you're "disagreeing" with. And, actually, asymptomatic kids pass on COVID to their immediate family about 10% of the time depending on what study you look at, so of course there are some cases of that happening.[/quote]
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