LAUSD Says Send Your (Mildly) Sick Kids To School — But Test For COVID First

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LAUSD Says Send Your (Mildly) Sick Kids To School — But Test For COVID First
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Guidance for parents from the district and a pediatrician as we head into the third school year with COVID.

She does have some concerns about the policy and how it could hurt the health of an immunosuppressed child.

“When the kids get sick, it's not just the kids getting sick,” she said. “They come back and spread it to family members.”“Even with mild symptoms, I think it would benefit not only the child, but other people to just rule out COVID with the antigen test, Seshadri said. “Parents and families need to maintain good hygienic measures at school and preventative measures so that if there is a chance that you had COVID, I would say implement the testing measures that we have.

The CDC expects the updated vaccine rollout to begin the third or fourth week of September, meaning pharmacies will likely start offering them in October, but who will be eligible for the shot is still up in the air. “We saw a big uptick in child vaccinations in June, parents were interested in getting them vaccinated before traveling,” she said.Getting accurate data on COVID cases is harder now. The weekly data from L.A. County Public Health measure the number of patients in the hospital with COVID, including emergency room visits and COVID-positive ICU patients.L.A. County also does wastewater detection, which is an indicator of how much COVID is circulating in the community, which is also rising.

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