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ForcefulBookdealer t1_itcj9a0 wrote

And people who know better continue to take their sick kids into public and daycare.

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moody4foody t1_itcprh0 wrote

I think there’s def some people who don’t care but also maybe people who don’t get paid time off who have no choice.

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AintThatJustADaisy t1_itdnr63 wrote

For real though, kids are always sick. You go to work unless there’s something serious going on.

RSV wasn’t something the general public heard about until it became a problem post Covid and that’s largely because of an immunity gap from people not having their sick kids around each other all the time, as they did previously.

My kid is either on his second round of RSV or has something else this time, everyone at the daycare had it. I’m not happy about it, but daycare isn’t going anywhere, and avoiding it creates immunity gaps.

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Spazmer t1_itdrbde wrote

And by the time there are symptoms they've already been spreading it the day or two before it showed anyway. Then when it starts you don't know if it's a minor cold, since 1 year olds are boogery for their first year of daycare, or if it ends up being something worse.

The kids in my home daycare were all sick on and off for all of September (verified it wasn't COVID), all have older siblings in schools and inevitably germs will make their way down. Each had different problems, in one it settled into his lungs, another had a double ear infection, I brought my 11 year old to the doctor for her sore throat to check for strep and was told it's just viral, wait it out. My 15 year old and I both lost our voices for most of a week. She said it was worse than when we actually had COVID, and I agree. It all sucked but there really is no other way around it. If they have no fever, not barfing, parents can't take a month off of work.

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SovietSunrise OP t1_itcoks2 wrote

Sounds as though they DON'T know better if they're continuing to do that.

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ForcefulBookdealer t1_itl94xb wrote

Lol specifically thinking of a pediatrician who took her flu positive child to Great Wolf Lodge

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SovietSunrise OP t1_itm1xwz wrote

Ouch. Some people think they’re all that and a bed of roses.

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resilient_bird t1_itev9sf wrote

Well, that, or they can't afford to take off of work to take care of them and so on.

In countries like the US, most middle income parents' options are limited. If they don't work, they won't get paid, and it's not like they can leave their young children home alone while they run errands.

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