Anonymous wrote:OP - It is a pain, and I would very much like to see the guidance change, but it is manageable. For one, your child won’t be exposed to as many viruses given masks, social distancing, and cleaning. When your kid does get sent home, you can go get a Covid test and your kiddo can return with a negative result (so long as no fever). We were really worried last year that our two kids in daycare would be home all the time, but it really hasn’t been so bad.

Anonymous wrote:DC director here. Runny nose is still considered a symptom of COVID and we are to begin COVID protocols for it. It sucks. From the latest regs:

• Anyone experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 or who is required to isolate or quarantine
due to COVID-19 diagnosis or exposure should stay home and should not enter a childcare
facility due to the risk of exposing others. This includes staff, children, and visitors.
o Symptoms of COVID-19 include: fever (subjective or 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit),
chills, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body
aches, headache, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny
nose, nausea or vomiting, poor appetite or poor feeding, abdominal pain, or
diarrhea.
o Please note that children with COVID-19 infection often present with non-specific
symptoms, such as only breathing or stomach symptoms, with the most common
being cough and/or fever.
• Ask families to be alert for signs of illness in children and to keep them home if they are
sick.
• Individuals who are under quarantine (for example due to exposure to a close contact),
isolation, or have a COVID-19 test result pending also should not enter the facility.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC director here. Runny nose is still considered a symptom of COVID and we are to begin COVID protocols for it. It sucks. From the latest regs:

• Anyone experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 or who is required to isolate or quarantine
due to COVID-19 diagnosis or exposure should stay home and should not enter a childcare
facility due to the risk of exposing others. This includes staff, children, and visitors.
o Symptoms of COVID-19 include: fever (subjective or 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit),
chills, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body
aches, headache, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny
nose, nausea or vomiting, poor appetite or poor feeding, abdominal pain, or
diarrhea.
o Please note that children with COVID-19 infection often present with non-specific
symptoms, such as only breathing or stomach symptoms, with the most common
being cough and/or fever.
• Ask families to be alert for signs of illness in children and to keep them home if they are
sick.
• Individuals who are under quarantine (for example due to exposure to a close contact),
isolation, or have a COVID-19 test result pending also should not enter the facility.

It is but according to the chart on the link page it needs to be one of two symptoms. It looks like it was just updated on the 20th.

Anonymous wrote:DC director here. Runny nose is still considered a symptom of COVID and we are to begin COVID protocols for it. It sucks. From the latest regs:

• Anyone experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 or who is required to isolate or quarantine
due to COVID-19 diagnosis or exposure should stay home and should not enter a childcare
facility due to the risk of exposing others. This includes staff, children, and visitors.
o Symptoms of COVID-19 include: fever (subjective or 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit),
chills, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body
aches, headache, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny
nose, nausea or vomiting, poor appetite or poor feeding, abdominal pain, or
diarrhea.
o Please note that children with COVID-19 infection often present with non-specific
symptoms, such as only breathing or stomach symptoms, with the most common
being cough and/or fever.
• Ask families to be alert for signs of illness in children and to keep them home if they are
sick.
• Individuals who are under quarantine (for example due to exposure to a close contact),
isolation, or have a COVID-19 test result pending also should not enter the facility.

Anonymous wrote:DC daycare. They literally turn runny noses away at the door and send for Covid testing.

Anonymous wrote:Ask your daycare what their specific policy is. Mine will allow a clear runny nose with no other symptoms. If anything additional happens like cold, cough or green snot then it’s stay at home until negative Covid result is produced.