Vaccinated Parents Catching Covid As Kids Bring It Home from School, Breakthru Cases On The Rise NPR

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- 'Breakthrough COVID Infections Add Even More Chaos To School's Start In 2021,' NPR, Aug. 23, 2021.

"We were so careful," says Alysha Johnson, a resident of Discovery Bay, east of San Francisco. "I'm a germaphobe. When this whole thing happened, we didn't leave the house for six months."

Johnson was crushed when her toddler caught COVID-19 at a summer play group recently. "It was a pretty big deal how sick he got," says Johnson. "It wasn't just a little sniffle." Her 2-year-old suffered a sore throat, a cough and a 104 degree fever. The bout lasted more than a week and sickened Johnson, her sister and her boyfriend — all of whom had been vaccinated against the coronavirus.

"It felt like a really bad sinus cold," Johnson says. "I felt exhausted. I lost my sense of taste and smell. That was the most bizarre sensation."

Johnson is relieved her vaccination likely protected her against a more severe case of COVID-19. But the fact that kids are transmitting the coronavirus to family members is unnerving many parents all over the U.S., and putting extra stress on many households as children head back to school.

In the two weeks leading up to classes, 3,255 students tested positive for the coronavirus in the Los Angeles Unified school district. Last week, more than 3,000 students and staff in Florida's Brevard Public Schools had to go into quarantine. And in Hawaii, some schools are pulling the plug on in-class learning entirely, returning to remote versions. Breakthrough cases are on the rise nationally...

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https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/08/23/1029737143/breakthrough-covid-infections-add-even-more-chaos-to-schools-start-n-2021

[Blues Heron]

1. I'm not sure "careful" and "summer play group" really go together

[madaboutharry]

3. I like the rule: "It doesn't have to match, but it has to go."

I heard that on a fashion makeover show.

It think that applies to life in general.

[Cracklin Charlie]

2. Inevitable.

I made the decision to stop daily babysitting my granddaughters, because the oldest went to in-person first grade.

Today is the first day. I miss my girls terribly. It’s so quiet.

[SeattleVet]

4. A toddler summer play group? During a worldwide pandemic?

Doing this is somewhat reminiscent of the 'chicken pox parties' parents used to hold in the 50's and 60's, but with far deadlier consequences.

Toddlers can be mobile little toxic waste dispensers already. Add several more to the mix and you have a Petrie dish of snot-swapping spreaders.

(No, I'm not anti-toddler. In fact, I used to be one! )