[riri]

hmmm...I'm pretty clean. Shower a couple of times a day, wash my hands frequently...Still managed to get the flu this winter.

Dropping your sick kids off at a daycare facility because you are "out" of sick days has nothing to do with work ethic, IMO. A good friend of mine runs a facility, according to her it happens all the time.

I love the American work ethic however in a situation such as this it is not an advantage. (Except in the case of scientists working to solve this problem, ofcourse)

[CathyRyan]

And by the time you know you are sick you may have already spread it. :(

[Conservative Me]

The problem with a sickness such as this, where the disease is contracted through mucus membranes, is that no matter where you are you are at risk.

My youngest sucks her thumb (2 years old). Imagine you go to the grocery store. You get a cart, and put your toddler in it. The kid sitting in the cart before her was contagious. Now your toddler is at risk of getting sick without you even knowing about it because she touched the cart where the sick child sneezed. She then put her hand in her mouth or rubbed her eyes.

Generally speaking, anyway, in regards to sick kids at daycare, you are contagious before you show symptoms so anyone at daycare would probably have already been exposed, not that I condone such things.

[Xenalyte]

Can't your friend refuse to take sick kids? Seems like that should be a stipulation of whatever contract the parents and the facility sign. If your kids are sick, stay home and take care of 'em.