Originally Posted by Blackcat31:
Exclusion beyond a fever does NOT prevent or reduce spread for HFM. The following statement is copied/pasted from state health dept. for exclusion rule
“Childcare and School: Until fever is gone and child is well enough to participate in routine activities (sores or rash may still be present). Exclusion will not reduce transmission, as some children may shed the virus without showing symptoms, and other children who become ill may shed the virus for weeks in the stool.”
This is the kind of stuff I am getting from my research. None of the moms yet have asked about attending tomorrow yet so I haven’t had to give an answer yet. Maybe exclude the 10 month old another day or two if sores in mouth are affecting his feeding like they were yesterday just on the basis that I don’t want a crabby kid. If that’s even why he was not eating, he’s so hard to get a decent look in his mouth.