At least 16 sick after coronavirus exposure at DeWitt (Syracuse, NY) in-home day care

[Dennis Donovan]

https://www.syracuse.com/coronavirus/2020/07/at-least-16-sick-after-coronavirus-exposure-at-dewitt-in-home-day-care-take-this-seriously-stay-home-if-sick-at-all.html

By Elizabeth Doran | [e-mail]
DeWitt, N.Y. — At least 16 children and adults have come down with the coronavirus after it spread from contact at a DeWitt family in-home child care.

The cluster of the coronavirus cases has made people in four families sick, including six children at the child care, one sibling, seven parents and two grandmothers, according to Heidi Feathers, who operates the licensed in-home child care with two other parents.

The cases go back to a mom who didn’t quarantine as she waited to learn if she had the virus. For three days she brought her child to the child care, Feathers said. It turned out the child was asymptomatic and both the child and mom have since tested positive for the virus, she said.

“I’m so frustrated that she didn’t tell me, and she didn’t stay home,‘' said Feathers, who had a fever and was sick for eight days. “People need to take this seriously, and stay home if they are sick at all.”

The way the virus spread so easily because people didn’t stay home and made so many people sick is why Feathers and a mom whose family got sick are talking about what happened.

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*sigh*

[dewsgirl]

1. K and R

[Tom Rinaldo]

2. Now think about what will haopen if schools in outbreak areas are forced to open

This was in upstate New York, where Covid-19 has NOT been surging.

[Crunchy Frog]

3. "Kids don't contract and spread the virus" my ass!

This really sucks, as we've really mostly gotten it under control here, and then one person chooses to act like an idiot.

This is definitely going into my calculus of whether to send my kids back to school.

[Dennis Donovan]

4. CNY?

CNY here. Yeah, two nights ago I went out to dinner for the first time (sidewalk cafe) and was actually feeling *somewhat* safe?

[Crunchy Frog]

5. Yeah, we're still in complete lockdown.

My mom is 80, and she reeealy doesn't want to catch it.

[Dennis Donovan]

6. Very wise

We're Phase 4 (Central New York, Finger Lakes - restaurants are open for indoor dining with restrictions) but I still didn't feel great about eating inside, so did the sidewalk cafe option (even though it was 85° out )