I would really recommend to look into pre-schools in the Nordics. They have high sickness rates and importantly: The government pays parents to stay home with sick kids. Even a 5% reduction in absence is worth millions and the government explicitly asks for solutions to this.
But there is more, anyone can set up a nursery, and the authorities track absence rates across pre-schools (I know, because kids who are immunocompromised get preference in pre-schools with the lowest absence rates). Setting up one’s own pre-school is paid for by the state—they are called cooperatives. So one can literally possibly set up a pre-school running far-UV at almost no cost.
There is a challenge in the ethics of this: Is it ethical to do this? I have not checked but would be happy to either myself, or find someone even better positioned to figure out if this is actually possible. I know from talking to many parents that parents are extremely motivated to have their kids be sick less often. Another thing about the Nordics: It is quite evidence based and the freedom of choice for individuals has weight in government decisions—if parents are fully informed and still opt in, it might not be a problem.
I would really recommend to look into pre-schools in the Nordics. They have high sickness rates and importantly: The government pays parents to stay home with sick kids. Even a 5% reduction in absence is worth millions and the government explicitly asks for solutions to this.
But there is more, anyone can set up a nursery, and the authorities track absence rates across pre-schools (I know, because kids who are immunocompromised get preference in pre-schools with the lowest absence rates). Setting up one’s own pre-school is paid for by the state—they are called cooperatives. So one can literally possibly set up a pre-school running far-UV at almost no cost.
There is a challenge in the ethics of this: Is it ethical to do this? I have not checked but would be happy to either myself, or find someone even better positioned to figure out if this is actually possible. I know from talking to many parents that parents are extremely motivated to have their kids be sick less often. Another thing about the Nordics: It is quite evidence based and the freedom of choice for individuals has weight in government decisions—if parents are fully informed and still opt in, it might not be a problem.