Anonymous wrote:My kid's preschool just announced that by Sept 1, every child must have had dose one of the covid vaccine (and they will need to complete the dosing/cycle to stay enrolled). The manadate is for everyone eligible (6 months+, although the school doesn't have kids younger than 2...but like for a younger sibling to visit the school with a parent--who must be fully covid up to date-- he/she would need to be vaccinated).

Are most of the schools doing this? (I'm in MoCo). Or is this an outlier?

Anonymous wrote:MoCo just decided not to follow the new state guidelines and will keep the quarantine. Should be interesting to see what MoCo childcares do now.

Anonymous wrote:No mandate at ours in MoCo. They’re not even quarantining unvaccinated kids anymore for exposures.

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Anonymous wrote:Our current preschool in MoCo is mandating it. I've visited three other schools in the county and those have no plans to mandate it unless required by the county/regulatory agencies (which I think would only happen if it gets full FDA approval). We will be switching centers.

Thanks for vacating a slot for parents who prefer their children be safer rather than the opposite. Even if we vaccinate our children, as everyone should, risk of COVID infection is lower if they are in an environment where everyone else is vaccinated as well.

The lowered risk of infection is marginal. Look, I got my 3yo vaccinated, as I do for the flu every year, because I still think the benefits outweigh the potential downsides. But I think it's poor policy to mandate a vaccine that is not yet fully approved, and I'm glad my daycare is not.

I generally agree. I actually didn't have a problem with organizations requiring adult vaccination before full approval, but at the time there was ample evidence that the vaccine did a great deal to reduce spread. The landscape has changed. The reduction in disease spread is much more marginal, plus everyone has access to the vaccine if they choose it. And I'll admit I'm still livid about adults who won't get vaccinated but it's really a different situation for the little kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Our current preschool in MoCo is mandating it. I've visited three other schools in the county and those have no plans to mandate it unless required by the county/regulatory agencies (which I think would only happen if it gets full FDA approval). We will be switching centers.

Thanks for vacating a slot for parents who prefer their children be safer rather than the opposite. Even if we vaccinate our children, as everyone should, risk of COVID infection is lower if they are in an environment where everyone else is vaccinated as well.

The lowered risk of infection is marginal. Look, I got my 3yo vaccinated, as I do for the flu every year, because I still think the benefits outweigh the potential downsides. But I think it's poor policy to mandate a vaccine that is not yet fully approved, and I'm glad my daycare is not.

Anonymous wrote:Maryland just ended quarantines for asymptomatic kids in daycares, regardless of vaccination status and ability to mask. See here:

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

So if daycares in Maryland were requiring vaccines as a way to not have to deal with managing quarantines, then there is no reason to require them anymore. I can't think of any other reason that preschools would have to mandate them: they very clearly don't prevent infection or transmission and severe disease in that age group is extremely rare and there is no proof that the vaccines reduce risk of severe disease in that age group anyway.

Anonymous wrote:LA county is going back to a mask mandate on July 29th and I can’t wait. So tired of entitles parents at daycares bringing in their sick kids. Now the kids have to mask, while we’ve been masked this entire time.

/ daycare worker