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To Mask or Not to Mask — Revisited.
The CDC announced that as of February 25, 2022, indoor masking is no longer required in communities where hospitals aren’t highly strained -- which means that there are adequate hospital beds for COVID 19 patients. All members, including children, can stop wearing masks indoors in low and medium risk counties. A majority of counties in Maine remain high risk, so these updated guidelines do not yet apply. Families have been seeking guidance about having their children continue to mask in school. Here are my thoughts…
Traveling to Maine? Latest guidelines on testing and quarantining.
The rules for who needs to get tested for COVID 19 and stay quarantined while awaiting results keep shifting. Here is the latest update! These rules apply both to Mainers who have traveled out of state and are returning home, and to visitors to the state.
Guidelines: Return to Play after having had COVID 19
Unfortunately, there is evidence that COVID 19 can cause heart and circulatory problems in children. As a result, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has come up with guidelines for allowing COVID+ children to return to sports. Note: these guidelines only apply to children 12 and up. Younger children can self-regulate their return to play.
Inquiring Minds: Children and the Covid Vaccine: Updated again!
What’s up with the COVID vaccine and children? When will the pediatric population be immunized? The short answer is: not soon. There is a chance that children over 12 might start to get vaccinated in the next six months; children under 12 are unlikely to have that opportunity before 2022. This is a brief overview of why…