Utah Parents Reportedly Avoid Testing Kids To Keep COVID Cases Artificially Low

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Parents in Utah apparently have something called a 'mom code,' where they intentionally avoid COVID testing for their sick kids to keep numbers low.

“Moms are kind of deciding together that, ‘hey, we’re not going to have our kids tested for COVID,’” she said.

While the advice to just keep sick kids home and avoid testing is, inarguably, a terrible idea, it likely stems from the many ways American workplaces and various political systems fail parents — particularly mothers — when it comes to adequate and affordable childcare. Even in a pandemic, parents are desperate to avoid another school shutdown because, in many cases, they have to work regardless.

So while we can all agree that every option available to parents right now DEEPLY sucks, intentionally not testing your sick children for COVID during a pandemic is an awful, terrible thing to do. ABC News reports that intensive care units in Utah are almost at capacity, and hospital administrators warned the governor that they would soon need to ration care.

 

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