Last Monday, Melissa Hollinger won a phone call from Walden Public School in Lively about the eldest of her three young children.
William, to school, had nasal discharge.
While a sniffing case would not have involved him in the past, the call meant his four-year-old son was taken to the school’s COVID-19 isolation area.
It was a measure of fitness and protection, the school said. Hollinger picked him up and took him home. William was told that he was allowed to return once he had no symptoms for 48 hours.
Once home, Hollinger spoke to his circle of medical relatives who asked his son to take the COVID-19 test.
Hollinger stated that it took 3 days to attach the check from Walford Road in Sudbury to make a check.
As a mother of three, Hollinger said she understands the need for protection and fitness protocols, but wonders how sustainable the new rules will be as the school year progresses.
“If this becomes a normal occasion and they send him home with a runny nose, we will probably consider sending him to school,” Hollinger said.
According to Health Sciences North (HSN), Hollinger is the only caregiver who has done the COVID-19 test for his child in recent weeks.
In the first week of September, HSN said it had examined 87 other people under the age of 19. That number increased to another 188 people in the same age organization from Monday to Wednesday last week.
Hollinger said the check not only took time, but was also deeply unpleasant for her and her son, who were reluctant to have the cotton swab inserted into her nose.
“I didn’t need them to,” he said, “it was provocative to have to hold it and then he got upset. “
He said his son begged him not to go through the procedure again, a promise he couldn’t make so early in the school year.
But, she says, the terrible experience pushes her to reconsider whether to learn in person the right selection for her family.
“If it’s up to him to have to do more of those tests to get to school, then I think we’ll leave him at home. “
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Sam Juric is a virtual journalist at CBC Sudbury and can join through samantha. juric@cbc. ca.
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