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I completely understand why you feel bad, but try not to!! COVID has spread far and wide and there is only so much you can do with individual decisionmaking to control it. My kids had to quarantine a couple of times last year and we were generally aware of who "patient zero" likely was (not that the school told us, but we knew from speaking to other parents including the parents of patient zero), and we never held it against them! It is what it is. Hope LO is feeling better soon.

Also I feel you on the vaccine. They have been "right around the corner" for months now!!! They cannot come soon enough!!!

I agree with the others, I’m sure I’d feel the same as you but please try to not feel bad! It sounds like you’ve done what you can, but the reality is that at this point we probably all have been or will be exposed. Totally get your frustration about being so close to the vaccine, my older kid is the same age as yours. I’m glad she’s not feeling too bad at least.

If it’s any comfort, among the small number of cases at my kids’ schools, very few seemed to have caused in-school transmission. The affected classes quarantine, but most of the time there aren’t additional cases in the classroom. So hopefully that’s the case for you!!

@lady baltimore: well that’s stressful. When I was reading the thread, I was going to tell you not to feel one tiny bit guilty. Your LO went to the nurse complaining of a SORE THROAT. One of the top Covid symptoms and she was sent BACK to class. You weren’t there and didn’t make the call. At my kid’s school, if a kid has a sore throat, they are immediately isolated and parents are called to pick them up. If your school has such poor covid containment protocols, then an outbreak at the school is on them, not you. I’m glad it’s worked out though, and you don’t have to worry.

@lady baltimore: I guess that just shows the difference in communities/countries approach to handling covid. My city’s hospitals cannot support high numbers of covid cases and so we have to place tighter controls on potential covid spread. Here, you can have your kid in school or daycare with one of the less common symptoms like headache, or runny nose, but not with sore throat, cough or fever. My kids had more sick days than usual, but actually not as many as you’d think. Because everyone was so strict about staying home when sick, my kids were the healthiest they’ve ever been, lol. And we were able to have in-person learning for most of the year. Anyways, I think my point still stands. If your school’s or community’s policy was such that you need two symptoms before the child is sent home, then you would have done nothing wrong and you would have had nothing to feel guilty for.