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Anonymous wrote:If no Covid, def send to school. 100%.
I have a kid with cold symptoms. Keeping him home tomorrow for covid test. If negative, back to school the next day.

Np. Just because it might not be covid does not mean it is ok to send sick child to school. Seriously, what is wrong with you?

DP. What is wrong with you? Yes, there is a small chance it is Covid, but that is highly unlikely. Kids can't stay home for every sniffle. Education matters.

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, how is this even a question on if you keep a sick child home? Yes, please send your sick kid to school and infect the entire school so you can have your free child care. So looking forward to getting that cold from your child.

PUBLIC SCHOOOL IS NOT FREE. People pay to make sure it exists. The free child care line is so unbelievably moronic.

If you test early you may get a false negative...

Anonymous wrote:My kid has a cold. We did COVID testing and it’s negative. Has a cough and runny nose. Do they stay home or go to school?

We were in the same boat. No Covid; no fever, bit coughing and runny nose. We kept DS home on Monday (symptoms started on Saturday and got tested immediately). He went to school on Tuesday, but he came back home in an hour because it was very uncomfortable for him that everyone was looking at him Every time he coughed.

Anonymous wrote:If you send your sick kid who doesnt have covid to school every kid they infect with whatever lurgey they have that isn't covid will also have to be tested and quarantined. It's not a good practice.

Likewise, getting a babysitter for a kid who might have covid?

Maybe it's just knowing people whose kids have had mis-c, or people who's relatives have died horrible intubated deaths... But I seriously don't know how you people sleep at night.

We have a common responsibility to keep this virus from spreading. Period. That means we can have nice things like in person school, but only if we all take this seriously.

The idea that we have to quarantine kids who we know don't have COVID to keep COVID from spreading is obviously nonsense. My daughter had congestion over the weekend (mild) with a cough, no fever or other symptoms. We kept her home over the weekend (cancelled playdates and a visit with family) and got the whole household PCR tested. All negative. I sent her on Monday with a slight runny nose and a periodic cough mostly at night.

No one is dying of COVID because of my choices, because she doesn't have COVID. You're not taking COVID more seriously, because again, she doesn't have COVID. She might be getting over a very mild cold. She might have seasonal allergies. She doesn't have COVID. Your sanctimony doesn't make any sense.