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Agree with this, for sure.

We all make risk/reward calculations and this one seems way off to me.  Getting sick is a part of life.  Arguably, it is an important part of a child’s life, since we develop our immunity as kids.  [/quote]

An odd response to make to an OP who is not worried about their children getting sick, but rather their elderly mother getting sick. Dunno about you, but even before covid, I was concerned about my kids infecting my parents with influenza or RSV, both of which kill lots of old people.

Also a foolish response, assuming you do things like getting your children vaccinated against diseases that used to be an important part of a child's life, like measles, mumps, and polio.[/quote]

Not odd at all.  The OP doesn’t want her kids to get sick (to avoid getting her mom sick).  She wants to keep her kids out of school for 4 full days.

The other PP is correct.[b]  In 2018 or 2019, pre-Covid, most people would have thought it was nuts.  Why are things different now?  What changed that everyone on here supports this[/b]?[/quote]

All I can think of is a lot of stories in the media about illnesses.  Before this year I had barely even heard of RSV and apparently 90% of kids get it.  Now the topic of RSV comes up often and even in news stories.  [/quote]

RSV has been a dangerous illness for infants and toddlers for years just not reported in mainstream news.  From 2015-on, so many of my friends had to hospitalize their newborns with RSV (often transmitted by an older sibling from school). You probably don't have any friends with young children or you would know about it. [/quote]

That’s my point.  I had a young kid at the time and there wasn’t this extreme focus on RSV, flu, etc.  For some reason, white UMC women are now obsessed with illnesses.  No one would have ever taken their kids out of school the week before Christmas break to avoid illnesses.  Only in an extreme situation like a family member undergoing chemo.  But because there’s a healthy but elderly relative?!  That’s crazy.  [/quote]

Okay, we agree! I never would have pulled my kid from school to avoid getting a virus. I do remember having to tell older relatives to wash their hands before holding my babies because they weren't aware of RSV risks. We had to deal with baby boomers who claimed that germ exposure was actually great for kids (never mind they didn't have to deal with the sick children!). Pendulum is just on the other side now.

I think most people are more reasonable than DCUM implies--we're not throwing chicken pox parties anymore and we're not going to endlessly quarantine kids who aren't even sick. [/quote]

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