Wait, I want to add...We are not doctors. We can not accurately say for certain what is or is not something to worry about. We can not look at a rash and say "oh no big deal".

These kids are in OUR HOMES with illness! How about we send all of our "not really sick kids" to the Dr's home to hang out all day, wiping their noses on his furniture and spreading their germs everywhere?! Maybe he'll think differently about it then.

I guarantee if the majority of providers did this, we would be the ones getting blamed for the spread of illness (more than we already are) instead of being praised for keeping the kids out of the doctors office and keeping the parents in work like the article suggests.

There is a reason the states have these policies...because WE ARE NOT THE ONES CAPABLE OF DIAGNOSING PROPERLY!!! Obviously it was enough of an issue that the states had to enforce policies

Ugh, this just pushes my buttons!

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