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Everything at Kim Mueller s in-home child-care business is different these days.
At naptime, cots are cloaked in tents to limit the spread of droplets. Partitions separate children from close interactions when they play at a table. An air purifier purrs softly, and boxes of disposable gloves and alcohol wipes are always within reach.
At night, Mueller fills every room of her Coon Rapids home with a disinfectant fog. We don t have a safe space we can go home to at the end of the day, she said. If we aren t super vigilant, COVID could walk through our front door at any time.
Everything at Kim Mueller's in-home child care business is different these days. At naptime, cots are shrouded in tents to limit the spread of droplets. Partitions separate children from close interactions when they play at a table. An air purifier purrs softly all day long, and boxes of vinyl gloves and alcohol wipes are always within reach. Once the children leave, Mueller fills every room .