My son is two years and 3 months and normally goes to daycare. ive been hearing about kawasaki complications of covid in kids that sound pretty bad. should i avoid sending him to daycare after re-opening if i can help it?

MIS-C: Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (and adolescents) is very rare. There are less than 200 known cases out of the 4.63 million known cases of Covid-19. If daycare is required for you to work, then by all means use it. Daycares are taking special precautions to minimize the risk of Covid while still maintaining stimulating, educational programs for toddlers.

Good idea to wait: If you can, I would probably wait and not bring him in as soon as it opens. Probably relatively low risk but there could be a surge in cases after reopenings and it's hard to keep kids from contacting other kids and items. This isn't following any official guidelines but it is my bias and I think common sense.

No real risk : Kawasaki type of post-inflammatory COVID-19 illness is still uncommon and only happens subsequent to Corona Virus exposure, sometimes as late as 4 weeks later. I would hope that children with COVID-19 exposure history would not be sent to Day Care Center, as they could be pre-symptomatic or asymptomatic. Even though the risk is minimal, you may choose other child care options, if worried.

That is very rare. : Most children seem to have very brief mild illness with covid 19. Many kids are probably completely asymptomatic. There is a real risk of a serious complications that cause lots of inflammation including heart swelling. If you have another option for daycare, you should consider it. Hopefully there will be a vaccine to prevent this by next Fall.

Use best judgement: I'll preface this by saying there's still a lot we're learning about this disease. Not I, nor anyone else, can guarantee safety. That being said, I prefer to use realistic expectations. Although these symptoms have been reported, in the big picture, most children will not have severe complications from this virus, and most will have much better outcomes on average than our older population.

Yes, I would. : If you and your husband are in good health then it would fine to send him if he is healthy. "Day care” is custodial and convenience is not a good reason. If there are infants or family members who are pregnant, debilitated or over 60, or if your child has a chronic disease then you should not send. Kawasaki is very rare, and if this is the only concern, then I would not worry about sending him