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[quote=Anonymous]I would either complain about the policy or start looking for a new daycare or both. This is a bad policy that doesn't make sense.

The best way to prevent the spread of illness in a daycare is:

1) Have a strict policy about symptomatic kids staying home. This is tough on parents but if you can keep actively sick kids out if the population it will significantly reduce spread of illness

2) Teach and practice good hygiene-- regular supervised hand washing, reinforcing the idea not to put toys in mouths or put fingers in mouths, etc. You won't extinguish this behavior (the kids are 2) but with regular reinforcement you can diminish it.

3) Provide employees with adequate sick leave so they do not have to come in sick.

Masks just are not best practices here and don't really make sense. The kids won't wear them properly, you'll spend so much time trying to get them to pull them up or put in new masks. It creates a bunch of work for the school with no real benefits, so it takes time away from activities that DO have a benefit.

I am very in favor mask wearing when appropriate but it doesn't make sense here. I would email the school with this explanation and ask that they rethink the policy and adopt more effective means of preventing illness. This is purely performative.

If they won't budge id figure something else out with childcare. It's daunting but you'll find something.[/quote]

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