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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your child has skerries, are they on daily allergy meds like Claritin? That might help control the runny nose if you are desperate.

^allergies

Wits end PP. yes, she is on daily OTC meds as recommended by the ped. Unfortunately I have horrible allergies and so does my DH. We have tried to even place a drs note in her file but the daycare is waffling since “how could you know the difference?!”

Well how do the parents of asymptomatic kids “know the difference?” In fact a large portion of spread in kids is without symptoms. So each kid is a risk. May as well just test and isolate everyone! We can’t risk one single COVID infection amongst the vaccinated teachers and low-risk kids who are all wearing masks. Let’s just ask all parents to quit their jobs or be able to afford nannies. Clearly this is a very reasonable response until we can all transport back to 2019 and find a way to prevent COVID.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your child has skerries, are they on daily allergy meds like Claritin? That might help control the runny nose if you are desperate.

^allergies

Wits end PP. yes, she is on daily OTC meds as recommended by the ped. Unfortunately I have horrible allergies and so does my DH. We have tried to even place a drs note in her file but the daycare is waffling since “how could you know the difference?!”

Anonymous wrote:If your child has skerries, are they on daily allergy meds like Claritin? That might help control the runny nose if you are desperate.

^allergies

If your child has skerries, are they on daily allergy meds like Claritin? That might help control the runny nose if you are desperate.

Anonymous wrote:Our center is super strict. In 4 weeks my DD has been tested 3 times. All negative but in that time she’s only gone to school 5 days. At our center a runny nose is exclusionary. No re entry without a negative test. I’m at my wits end.

Oh this sounds like a nightmare. Can you share which center so people whose kids have allergies can know where to avoid? I honestly don’t understand how kids are bearing the brunt of all this. It’s not like adults with allergies are staying home. They’re probably just popping some Zyrtec and continuing on with life. It’s literally just kids who are being held hostage by the people who expect no risk whatsoever even though the teachers are vaccinated and kids are masked. Seriously, what is the end goal here?

Anonymous wrote:Our kid needs two symptoms to be excluded - just a runny nose is not enough. I have also had luck passively aggressively noting how much his eyes itches at drop off - that’s not a COVID symptom so it “proves” what’s going on. (Yes you can have COVID and allergies, but the presence of itchy eyes makes it much more likely it’s just allergies.)

And I know that they don’t notice a runny nose very much since it is hidden behind the mask. We have quarantined repeatedly when needed but I can’t quarantine and pay for care during all of allergy season.

I really like the 2 symptom rule. That seems to make sense since so many kids get clear runny noses all the time. Our center said they’ll accept a note from our doctor if she’ll say he has allergies and doesn’t need a test, but our doctor’s office is insisting they won’t write a return to school note without a PCR, not rapid, test. I feel like this defies logic — common sense has gone out the window and I’m considering switching practices over it. DH and I work from home and have no known expose risks. We have a kid with long-standing history of allergies who was playing outside in the grass this weekend. Is everyone else really testing their kid every.single.time for a barely-there runny nose? Good call about the mask, I probably should just chance it going forward.

The kicker is the doctor even pointed out the fact that kids can be asymptomatic and have COVID. Ummm okay, so doesn’t that just prove that testing kids with allergies is just security theater since it can be spread asymptomatically? Or should we also be pulling asymptomatic kids out of preschool for random testing and have their parents eat a week of leave waiting for results? Where does it end? At what point do we realize this pandemic response has been an absolute nightmare for working parents and we’re depriving children of educational and social opportunities far beyond what is reasonable. My friends in other states have had their kids back at school for months and meanwhile my 1st grader is learning on an iPad and my toddler has to stay home with a sniffle because society has gone off track.

Our center is super strict. In 4 weeks my DD has been tested 3 times. All negative but in that time she’s only gone to school 5 days. At our center a runny nose is exclusionary. No re entry without a negative test. I’m at my wits end.

Our kid needs two symptoms to be excluded - just a runny nose is not enough. I have also had luck passively aggressively noting how much his eyes itches at drop off - that’s not a COVID symptom so it “proves” what’s going on. (Yes you can have COVID and allergies, but the presence of itchy eyes makes it much more likely it’s just allergies.)

And I know that they don’t notice a runny nose very much since it is hidden behind the mask. We have quarantined repeatedly when needed but I can’t quarantine and pay for care during all of allergy season.

What is your childcare center’s policy on requiring COVID PCR (not rapid) tests for kids with a documented history of seasonal allergies? Do they require you to get your child tested with every little sniffle? I’m worried this spring is going to be a nightmare for us with a kid with pretty bad asthma/allergies.

And does your pediatrician’s office require a PCR test every.single.time before writing a return to school note? Or do they have a more reasonable policy based on there being no known exposure, no one else in the house is sick, no other symptoms beside slight runny nose ... I have already had to take one week off waiting for an unsurprisingly negative test and I don’t have enough leave saved to take off every time my kid needs to await a test result.