What is the rule of thumb when it comes to when a child should stay home from school?
The current recommendations are that children can return to school within 24 hours of resolution of their fever. We cannot tell you for any given child how long that child will remain infectious. And when you’re in the midst of an outbreak, we know that there are going to be multiple contacts, not only from that child, but from other children either within the school setting or within the community setting that will cause or will serve as a potential source for transmission. So it’s always a balance, a balance of how much social disruption am I willing to take in a family, and how much social disruption am I willing to take in a school setting. And for right now the current recommendations are to go back to school within 24 hours of resolution of fever.
