Anonymous
08/31/2020 09:50
Subject: Kids getting sick at daycare
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My kids have been in daycare for a month. They have not been sick. Yes, they are more likely to come home with a runny nose because having a runny nose is not something that keeps you from participating in life. Kids with runny noses get sent to daycare. Kids with COVID do not.
Runny nose is sometimes a symptom, so people should probably keep their kids home when they have one.
For how long?
Until it's better or you get a negative covid test result back.
Is this really required at your daycare for a runny nose?
No (although it is for a cough, which honestly happens as often as runny noses for my kids)... but even when it's not technically required, it's still important to us to do the right thing, rather than assume "oh it's probably nothing" and run the risk of knowing that we got others sick/hospitalized/killed rather than go through the slight hassle of being tested just to make sure. Covid tests are free and results are coming back in less than 2 days lately... the inconvenience of taking a couple sick days is worth knowing that we're being responsible, cautious citizens trying to keep this pandemic under control as much as possible.
(We actually did this a couple weeks ago, not for runny nose but a similar second-tier symptom where we knew it was almost certainly going to be negative but got the child tested and kept them home until results were back just in case.)
Similar situation here. My kid is missing his first day of preschool tomorrow because he came down with a low grade fever the other day. Technically I could have just waited until 48 hours after the fever was gone (which would be tomorrow), especially because the fever never even went over 99.5 and was gone quickly. But we decided to get the COVID test done to be safe, which means we are now waiting until the result comes back. I will be shocked if the test is positive. But at least this way we know we aren't potentially bringing COVID to a school right at the beginning of the year.
COVID can be so mild in kids that no one can really say that a runny nose, slight fever, belly pain, etc. is not COVID without getting a test. I am not someone who is freaking out about COVID. But when one of my kids shows any signs of illness I am taking it very seriously for the sake of the greater good. This year is going to be terribly inconvenient for working parents. We're going to be paying a lot of money only for our kids to be home on and off while waiting for test results. I am telling myself this is still better than last spring where we were home 100% of the time and paying a ton of money.
I wish every parent was approaching this the way you do.
I worry for parents whose jobs don't allow them to approach it the way you do.
If you're going to keep your child home for every runny nose, why re-enroll in daycare at all? I'm asking seriously, because my child has never had a runny nose that only lasted two days. A cold usually takes at least a week to run its course, and I remember that his first year at daycare he pretty much went from one cold to the next with a short break between.
Anonymous
08/31/2020 01:08
Subject: Kids getting sick at daycare
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You are correct, OP.
People sending their kids to daycare are contributing to viral transmission, since there is no comprehensive testing, tracing and isolation system.
People are selfish and prefer to forget that not being seriously sick does not mean they have not passed on Covid to someone who subsequently died.
We stayed home for 3.5 months and it didn’t stop viral transmissions, so I’m done with that.
Cool cool cool. Glad that a breath-transmissible virus cares oh-so-very-much that you're "done." You all sound like 7th graders.
Anonymous
08/31/2020 00:49
Subject: Kids getting sick at daycare
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My kids have been in daycare for a month. They have not been sick. Yes, they are more likely to come home with a runny nose because having a runny nose is not something that keeps you from participating in life. Kids with runny noses get sent to daycare. Kids with COVID do not.
Runny nose is sometimes a symptom, so people should probably keep their kids home when they have one.
For how long?
Until it's better or you get a negative covid test result back.
Is this really required at your daycare for a runny nose?
No (although it is for a cough, which honestly happens as often as runny noses for my kids)... but even when it's not technically required, it's still important to us to do the right thing, rather than assume "oh it's probably nothing" and run the risk of knowing that we got others sick/hospitalized/killed rather than go through the slight hassle of being tested just to make sure. Covid tests are free and results are coming back in less than 2 days lately... the inconvenience of taking a couple sick days is worth knowing that we're being responsible, cautious citizens trying to keep this pandemic under control as much as possible.
(We actually did this a couple weeks ago, not for runny nose but a similar second-tier symptom where we knew it was almost certainly going to be negative but got the child tested and kept them home until results were back just in case.)
Similar situation here. My kid is missing his first day of preschool tomorrow because he came down with a low grade fever the other day. Technically I could have just waited until 48 hours after the fever was gone (which would be tomorrow), especially because the fever never even went over 99.5 and was gone quickly. But we decided to get the COVID test done to be safe, which means we are now waiting until the result comes back. I will be shocked if the test is positive. But at least this way we know we aren't potentially bringing COVID to a school right at the beginning of the year.
COVID can be so mild in kids that no one can really say that a runny nose, slight fever, belly pain, etc. is not COVID without getting a test. I am not someone who is freaking out about COVID. But when one of my kids shows any signs of illness I am taking it very seriously for the sake of the greater good. This year is going to be terribly inconvenient for working parents. We're going to be paying a lot of money only for our kids to be home on and off while waiting for test results. I am telling myself this is still better than last spring where we were home 100% of the time and paying a ton of money.
I wish every parent was approaching this the way you do.
I worry for parents whose jobs don't allow them to approach it the way you do.
Anonymous
08/31/2020 00:36
Subject: Kids getting sick at daycare
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My kids have been in daycare for a month. They have not been sick. Yes, they are more likely to come home with a runny nose because having a runny nose is not something that keeps you from participating in life. Kids with runny noses get sent to daycare. Kids with COVID do not.
Runny nose is sometimes a symptom, so people should probably keep their kids home when they have one.
For how long?
Until it's better or you get a negative covid test result back.
Is this really required at your daycare for a runny nose?
No (although it is for a cough, which honestly happens as often as runny noses for my kids)... but even when it's not technically required, it's still important to us to do the right thing, rather than assume "oh it's probably nothing" and run the risk of knowing that we got others sick/hospitalized/killed rather than go through the slight hassle of being tested just to make sure. Covid tests are free and results are coming back in less than 2 days lately... the inconvenience of taking a couple sick days is worth knowing that we're being responsible, cautious citizens trying to keep this pandemic under control as much as possible.
(We actually did this a couple weeks ago, not for runny nose but a similar second-tier symptom where we knew it was almost certainly going to be negative but got the child tested and kept them home until results were back just in case.)
Similar situation here. My kid is missing his first day of preschool tomorrow because he came down with a low grade fever the other day. Technically I could have just waited until 48 hours after the fever was gone (which would be tomorrow), especially because the fever never even went over 99.5 and was gone quickly. But we decided to get the COVID test done to be safe, which means we are now waiting until the result comes back. I will be shocked if the test is positive. But at least this way we know we aren't potentially bringing COVID to a school right at the beginning of the year.
COVID can be so mild in kids that no one can really say that a runny nose, slight fever, belly pain, etc. is not COVID without getting a test. I am not someone who is freaking out about COVID. But when one of my kids shows any signs of illness I am taking it very seriously for the sake of the greater good. This year is going to be terribly inconvenient for working parents. We're going to be paying a lot of money only for our kids to be home on and off while waiting for test results. I am telling myself this is still better than last spring where we were home 100% of the time and paying a ton of money.
Anonymous
08/30/2020 22:14
Subject: Kids getting sick at daycare
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My kids have been in daycare for a month. They have not been sick. Yes, they are more likely to come home with a runny nose because having a runny nose is not something that keeps you from participating in life. Kids with runny noses get sent to daycare. Kids with COVID do not.
Runny nose is sometimes a symptom, so people should probably keep their kids home when they have one.
For how long?
Until it's better or you get a negative covid test result back.
Is this really required at your daycare for a runny nose?
No (although it is for a cough, which honestly happens as often as runny noses for my kids)... but even when it's not technically required, it's still important to us to do the right thing, rather than assume "oh it's probably nothing" and run the risk of knowing that we got others sick/hospitalized/killed rather than go through the slight hassle of being tested just to make sure. Covid tests are free and results are coming back in less than 2 days lately... the inconvenience of taking a couple sick days is worth knowing that we're being responsible, cautious citizens trying to keep this pandemic under control as much as possible.
(We actually did this a couple weeks ago, not for runny nose but a similar second-tier symptom where we knew it was almost certainly going to be negative but got the child tested and kept them home until results were back just in case.)
Anonymous
08/30/2020 19:43
Subject: Kids getting sick at daycare
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My kids have been in daycare for a month. They have not been sick. Yes, they are more likely to come home with a runny nose because having a runny nose is not something that keeps you from participating in life. Kids with runny noses get sent to daycare. Kids with COVID do not.
Runny nose is sometimes a symptom, so people should probably keep their kids home when they have one.
For how long?
Until it's better or you get a negative covid test result back.
Is this really required at your daycare for a runny nose?
DP- no. Cough or fever.
Anonymous
08/30/2020 12:56
Subject: Kids getting sick at daycare
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My kids have been in daycare for a month. They have not been sick. Yes, they are more likely to come home with a runny nose because having a runny nose is not something that keeps you from participating in life. Kids with runny noses get sent to daycare. Kids with COVID do not.
Runny nose is sometimes a symptom, so people should probably keep their kids home when they have one.
For how long?
Until it's better or you get a negative covid test result back.
Is this really required at your daycare for a runny nose?
Anonymous
08/30/2020 12:56
Subject: Kids getting sick at daycare
Anonymous wrote:I think that if your kid is still catching other bugs while at daycare them yes that probably means that the precautions are not all that strong in that particular daycare. Other places seem to be handling things well but not all programs are equal.
Or that cloth masks don’t offer a such protection as we’ve been sold. It doesn’t surprise me, only does so much when they’re all together 8+ hours.
Anonymous
08/30/2020 09:05
Subject: Kids getting sick at daycare
I think that if your kid is still catching other bugs while at daycare them yes that probably means that the precautions are not all that strong in that particular daycare. Other places seem to be handling things well but not all programs are equal.
Anonymous
08/30/2020 00:04
Subject: Kids getting sick at daycare
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My kids have been in daycare for a month. They have not been sick. Yes, they are more likely to come home with a runny nose because having a runny nose is not something that keeps you from participating in life. Kids with runny noses get sent to daycare. Kids with COVID do not.
Runny nose is sometimes a symptom, so people should probably keep their kids home when they have one.
For how long?
Until it's better or you get a negative covid test result back.
Anonymous
08/29/2020 23:05
Subject: Kids getting sick at daycare
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My kids have been in daycare for a month. They have not been sick. Yes, they are more likely to come home with a runny nose because having a runny nose is not something that keeps you from participating in life. Kids with runny noses get sent to daycare. Kids with COVID do not.
Runny nose is sometimes a symptom, so people should probably keep their kids home when they have one.
For how long?
14 days
Anonymous
08/29/2020 23:03
Subject: Kids getting sick at daycare
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My kids have been in daycare for a month. They have not been sick. Yes, they are more likely to come home with a runny nose because having a runny nose is not something that keeps you from participating in life. Kids with runny noses get sent to daycare. Kids with COVID do not.
Runny nose is sometimes a symptom, so people should probably keep their kids home when they have one.
For how long?
Anonymous
08/29/2020 22:48
Subject: Kids getting sick at daycare
Anonymous wrote:My kids have been in daycare for a month. They have not been sick. Yes, they are more likely to come home with a runny nose because having a runny nose is not something that keeps you from participating in life. Kids with runny noses get sent to daycare. Kids with COVID do not.
Runny nose is sometimes a symptom, so people should probably keep their kids home when they have one.
Anonymous
08/29/2020 13:12
Subject: Kids getting sick at daycare
To answer OP: different germs spread differently. The precautions are aimed at COVID, so the spread of other germs doesn’t necessarily mean anything about COVID.
Anonymous
08/29/2020 13:11
Subject: Kids getting sick at daycare
Stress and lack of outdoors time/exercise decrease your immune system. Sending my kid back to daycare means I have less stress and more outside time/exercise. So I might even be safer with him at school. I am certainly less likely to get divorced.
Kids don’t exist in a vacuum. The health of the family as a unit matters.
Kids don’t exist in a vacuum. The health of the family as a unit matters.