Anonymous
Post 07/18/2022 07:51     Subject: Virginia ends quarantines in daycares!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Quarantines aren't required in Maryland/MoCo, either.


Could you please share with me the policy stating that so I can share it with my kid's daycare director? They keep saying the Office of Childcare is making them do the quarantines. I would love to show them the actual guidelines and fight them on this if that possibility exists.


DP The current posted guidelines for child care and K-12 schools in Maryland still call for quarantines of unvaccinated children. Of course, schools/providers can deviate from this. But this is the guidance.

https://earlychildhood.marylandpublicschools.org/system/files/filedepot/3/covid_guidance_full_080420.pdf

Anonymous
Post 07/17/2022 14:38     Subject: Virginia ends quarantines in daycares!
Anonymous wrote:Great news! Virginia announces an end to quarantine for asymptomatic, unvaccinated children in daycares, citing the strain it puts on working families and acknowledging that vaccines and therapeutics have changed the threat posed by the virus. I live in MoCo and live too far to commute to a daycare in VA, so this does me no good right now, but hopefully other states will follow soon. I don't think I've ever voted for a Republican before but I'll remember this with gratitude if Youngkin runs in '24.

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/coronavirus/coronavirus-kids/youngkin-eases-day-care-school-masking-quarantine-guidance/3101894/


I'm in a very blue / COVID-cautious citie, and this policy ended months ago here, driven by local public health policy. Just FYI. Please consider the full impact of voting R, though agree that this was not a good policy once vaccines were rolled out in early 2021
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2022 14:37     Subject: Virginia ends quarantines in daycares!
Anonymous wrote:I hope this is implemented across all the schools ASAP-keeping my healthy child at home repeatedly simply because of exposure is a huge stressor. My job is fairly flexible but I can't imagine most workplaces are.


Agreed. The quarantines are an enormous stressor. It's affecting my mental health and I take that out on my kids. I won't even mention how badly it's affecting my career.

Anonymous
Post 07/16/2022 14:23     Subject: Virginia ends quarantines in daycares!
I hope this is implemented across all the schools ASAP-keeping my healthy child at home repeatedly simply because of exposure is a huge stressor. My job is fairly flexible but I can't imagine most workplaces are.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2022 10:07     Subject: Virginia ends quarantines in daycares!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Quarantines aren't required in Maryland/MoCo, either.


Could you please share with me the policy stating that so I can share it with my kid's daycare director? They keep saying the Office of Childcare is making them do the quarantines. I would love to show them the actual guidelines and fight them on this if that possibility exists.


The Office of Child Care doesn’t set regulations. The state department of education main office and MDH do.

Here’s the policy:
https://www.marylandpublicschools.org/Documents/HP/MDH_MSDE_JointMemoSchoolChildcareGuidanceUpdate032022.pdf

The only requirement is notifying the health department of cases. If there’s an outbreak (multiple cases) then the health department may direct a temporary closure of the room or other measures. There’s no requirement for quarantining close contacts.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2022 09:35     Subject: Virginia ends quarantines in daycares!
Anonymous wrote:We’re number one! In plague deaths!! What could possibly go wrong?


Not even close.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2022 09:31     Subject: Virginia ends quarantines in daycares!
Anonymous wrote:Quarantines aren't required in Maryland/MoCo, either.

Really? My daycare doesn’t seem to have gotten the memo.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2022 08:56     Subject: Virginia ends quarantines in daycares!
Anonymous wrote:We’re number one! In plague deaths!! What could possibly go wrong?


You could actually easily measure if daycares quarantines have any effect on severe disease and death, but no one has bothered to do that. I would bet a huge sum of money that the policies make zero difference if you control for adult vaccination rates in the community. Policies that are as costly and damaging as daycare quarantines can only be justified if they have a tremendous benefit. There is no evidence that there is any benefit. It's yet another massive public health policy failure.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2022 08:51     Subject: Virginia ends quarantines in daycares!
Anonymous wrote:Quarantines aren't required in Maryland/MoCo, either.


Could you please share with me the policy stating that so I can share it with my kid's daycare director? They keep saying the Office of Childcare is making them do the quarantines. I would love to show them the actual guidelines and fight them on this if that possibility exists.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2022 08:38     Subject: Virginia ends quarantines in daycares!
Anonymous wrote:We’re number one! In plague deaths!! What could possibly go wrong?


You’re free to stay in your basement.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2022 08:32     Subject: Virginia ends quarantines in daycares!
Anonymous wrote:We’re number one! In plague deaths!! What could possibly go wrong?


You don’t have the stats to back that up. The science doesn’t support it.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2022 08:30     Subject: Virginia ends quarantines in daycares!
Quarantines aren't required in Maryland/MoCo, either.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2022 08:21     Subject: Virginia ends quarantines in daycares!
We’re number one! In plague deaths!! What could possibly go wrong?
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2022 07:57     Subject: Re:Virginia ends quarantines in daycares!
This is huge!

Great job Virginia!!!
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2022 07:37     Subject: Virginia ends quarantines in daycares!
Great news! Virginia announces an end to quarantine for asymptomatic, unvaccinated children in daycares, citing the strain it puts on working families and acknowledging that vaccines and therapeutics have changed the threat posed by the virus. I live in MoCo and live too far to commute to a daycare in VA, so this does me no good right now, but hopefully other states will follow soon. I don't think I've ever voted for a Republican before but I'll remember this with gratitude if Youngkin runs in '24.

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/coronavirus/coronavirus-kids/youngkin-eases-day-care-school-masking-quarantine-guidance/3101894/