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Post by nelzie on Jul 20, 2022 11:20:31 GMT -6
I have a covid exposure question... there's a screening questionnaire that asks "Did you have a negative Covid-19 test results from a test taken at least 5 days after your last exposure to the person who tested positive?". One of our technicians found out Friday afternoon that his daughter has covid. He's got a 4 year old a 2 year old and I don't think either has had any vaccines yet. He was obviously with them all weekend, and there wasn't really a way to quarantine them away from him. His wife tested positive last night. He hasn't tested positive (yet) and I don't think he's showing symptoms, but he showed up to work today. The boss sent him home. He's had both shots, no booster, and had covid in late December/early January. Would he have to wait to test 5 days after his family no longer tests positive? Or 5 days after the last person in his family tests positive? It shouldn't be this unclear this far into this damn pandemic. If they don't isolate then technically he's exposed the 10 days his family member is contagious. So he would need a negative test 15 days after the last person tested positive. So now that would be from last night when his wife tested positive. But if the other child tests positive in the meantime the clock starts over.
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Post by LaRo422 on Jul 20, 2022 11:29:46 GMT -6
I have a covid exposure question... there's a screening questionnaire that asks "Did you have a negative Covid-19 test results from a test taken at least 5 days after your last exposure to the person who tested positive?". One of our technicians found out Friday afternoon that his daughter has covid. He's got a 4 year old a 2 year old and I don't think either has had any vaccines yet. He was obviously with them all weekend, and there wasn't really a way to quarantine them away from him. His wife tested positive last night. He hasn't tested positive (yet) and I don't think he's showing symptoms, but he showed up to work today. The boss sent him home. He's had both shots, no booster, and had covid in late December/early January. Would he have to wait to test 5 days after his family no longer tests positive? Or 5 days after the last person in his family tests positive? It shouldn't be this unclear this far into this damn pandemic. Do you mean he's been testing and the tests have been negative so far? I think technically his last his exposure would be the last day of isolation that ends the latest for his family members. CDC says 5 days of isolation plus masking, 10 days if you're unable to mask. In most circumstances, I would think that would mean 10 days of isolation for his kids + 5 days, so 15 days total from Friday. He tested on Sunday and last night, both negative. I think he came in today because his daughter tested + Friday and today would be 5 days and he doesn't seem to have symptoms, but I told him that his wife just tested + last night, so that negates everything, and his other child hasn't tested + as far as I know either. That could obviously change at any time. Thank you for the response, and richard too!
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Post by LaRo422 on Jul 20, 2022 11:32:02 GMT -6
I have a covid exposure question... there's a screening questionnaire that asks "Did you have a negative Covid-19 test results from a test taken at least 5 days after your last exposure to the person who tested positive?". One of our technicians found out Friday afternoon that his daughter has covid. He's got a 4 year old a 2 year old and I don't think either has had any vaccines yet. He was obviously with them all weekend, and there wasn't really a way to quarantine them away from him. His wife tested positive last night. He hasn't tested positive (yet) and I don't think he's showing symptoms, but he showed up to work today. The boss sent him home. He's had both shots, no booster, and had covid in late December/early January. Would he have to wait to test 5 days after his family no longer tests positive? Or 5 days after the last person in his family tests positive? It shouldn't be this unclear this far into this damn pandemic. If they don't isolate then technically he's exposed the 10 days his family member is contagious. So he would need a negative test 15 days after the last person tested positive. So now that would be from last night when his wife tested positive. But if the other child tests positive in the meantime the clock starts over. Thank you!
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Post by AmyG on Jul 20, 2022 13:33:34 GMT -6
Yeah, but Amy wasn't guessing. It's her friend. She said she knew exactly when she tested positive. The pearl clutching about her coughing 15 days later was a little much to me. At the same time, I wouldn't want someone who's 2 weeks into COVID with continuing symptoms and without a confirmed negative test hanging around my kids unmasked. Yeah she has continuing symptoms and has not retested. She was around grandparents, parents and scouts on the 4th for a scout flag thing We know people(here and real life) that were testing positive and assumed contagious later than 10 days after their first positive.
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Post by mrsweasley on Jul 20, 2022 15:25:16 GMT -6
I was debating pushing back DS2's 2nd dose to 6 weeks instead of 4, but so many people are getting sick I think we need to just do it before we're exposed too. I changed his appt to a location DD can get her booster as well
Our county and the one to the west is red, all other adjacent are yellow. The military base nearby went back to requiring masks
MH has had a few exposures and people are coming back into the office after 5 days (and 1 came back after 3 🤦♀️). No masks and nobody is testing to see if they're negative first. I have a feeling school is going to be a shitshow this year
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Post by cnf on Jul 20, 2022 18:46:31 GMT -6
Kids, lasts as always. Not adults who pay into the economy, not as important. Just the entire future of the free world. No worries. Pandemic schmandemic, amirite?
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Post by cnf on Jul 20, 2022 18:49:27 GMT -6
I'd be pretty upset if those were my kids. Same. A lot of people around me are following the 5 day rule and it’s upsetting to me. It’s been taking people I know a lot longer to clear a rapid test. I think people should stay home until they are negative. This would require employers to still pay for extended COVID sick time and, lolololololol, employers DGAF anymore.
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Post by cnf on Jul 20, 2022 18:52:23 GMT -6
They really have just given up They fucked this whole thing up so royally, they're probably just like "well, we tried. Better luck next time" No sense in continuing to fucking suck at your job. Just rinse your hands of it and move on.
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Post by cnf on Jul 20, 2022 18:55:40 GMT -6
And my BFF tested positive on vacation and was still testing positive on day 9 and flew home. I cringed. But no one in her family has caught it from her so far with full time masking. When my MIL and H's aunt were in Iowa last week, my MIL isolated herself to her hotel until she was feeling vaguely ok to drive home. Her sister kept on going out about, doing shit, no mask. Then after we found out her whole extended family, who she's lives in a ten minute vicinity of, all were spreading it around to each other. So she definitely gave it to MIL and DNGAF and gave it to all the 70+ year olds at the reunion and DNGAF and flew from TN to Iowa unmasked knowing she likely had it on the flight out and definitely in knowing she had it on the flight home. I can't. People are the fucking worst.
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Post by Wtfshouldmynamebe on Jul 20, 2022 18:56:21 GMT -6
At the same time, I wouldn't want someone who's 2 weeks into COVID with continuing symptoms and without a confirmed negative test hanging around my kids unmasked. Yeah she has continuing symptoms and has not retested. She was around grandparents, parents and scouts on the 4th for a scout flag thing We know people(here and real life) that were testing positive and assumed contagious later than 10 days after their first positive. If the symptom was just a cough and it was 15 days, then it is probably residual cough. Unless she took the antiviral- then it could be a bounce back.
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Post by cnf on Jul 20, 2022 18:56:50 GMT -6
PDQ and may poof, but... . Safety for me but not for thee.
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Post by cnf on Jul 20, 2022 18:57:16 GMT -6
Sorry, I'll stop.
I'm in A MOOD tonight.
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Post by elle on Jul 20, 2022 18:59:27 GMT -6
And my BFF tested positive on vacation and was still testing positive on day 9 and flew home. I cringed. But no one in her family has caught it from her so far with full time masking. When my MIL and H's aunt were in Iowa last week, my MIL isolated herself to her hotel until she was feeling vaguely ok to drive home. Her sister kept on going out about, doing shit, no mask. Then after we found out her whole extended family, who she's lives in a ten minute vicinity of, all were spreading it around to each other. So she definitely gave it to MIL and DNGAF and gave it to all the 70+ year olds at the reunion and DNGAF and flew from TN to Iowa unmasked knowing she likely had it on the flight out and definitely in knowing she had it on the flight home. I can't. People are the fucking worst. Omg.
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Post by doublestuf on Jul 20, 2022 19:00:36 GMT -6
I was debating pushing back DS2's 2nd dose to 6 weeks instead of 4, but so many people are getting sick I think we need to just do it before we're exposed too. I changed his appt to a location DD can get her booster as well Our county and the one to the west is red, all other adjacent are yellow. The military base nearby went back to requiring masks MH has had a few exposures and people are coming back into the office after 5 days (and 1 came back after 3 🤦♀️). No masks and nobody is testing to see if they're negative first. I have a feeling school is going to be a shitshow this year Same...I decided today to schedule DS' 2nd shot for tomorrow, exactly 4 weeks out from his 1st dose, because of numbers here. I know in other places, they have spaced out dose 2 further than we do, but after seeing that we had a 55% increase in COVID particles in waste water from a week ago, I changed my mind. Plus, I know a decent amount of people currently infected, including my mom and her husband. Just doesn't seem worth it to take the risk.
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Post by piratecat on Jul 20, 2022 19:05:19 GMT -6
And my BFF tested positive on vacation and was still testing positive on day 9 and flew home. I cringed. But no one in her family has caught it from her so far with full time masking. When my MIL and H's aunt were in Iowa last week, my MIL isolated herself to her hotel until she was feeling vaguely ok to drive home. Her sister kept on going out about, doing shit, no mask. Then after we found out her whole extended family, who she's lives in a ten minute vicinity of, all were spreading it around to each other. So she definitely gave it to MIL and DNGAF and gave it to all the 70+ year olds at the reunion and DNGAF and flew from TN to Iowa unmasked knowing she likely had it on the flight out and definitely in knowing she had it on the flight home. I can't. People are the fucking worst. This is why I can’t fly. 😭
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Post by elle on Jul 20, 2022 19:08:28 GMT -6
When my MIL and H's aunt were in Iowa last week, my MIL isolated herself to her hotel until she was feeling vaguely ok to drive home. Her sister kept on going out about, doing shit, no mask. Then after we found out her whole extended family, who she's lives in a ten minute vicinity of, all were spreading it around to each other. So she definitely gave it to MIL and DNGAF and gave it to all the 70+ year olds at the reunion and DNGAF and flew from TN to Iowa unmasked knowing she likely had it on the flight out and definitely in knowing she had it on the flight home. I can't. People are the fucking worst. This is why I can’t fly. 😭 And why we're driving cross country for our move when we'd so much rather fly. It would have been so much faster and cheaper, even with shipping the car. Although now with the emerging monkeypox situation, I'm not sure our calculus was correct. 😭
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Post by doublestuf on Jul 20, 2022 19:10:05 GMT -6
We went to story time today and had an unmasked kid sitting directly in front of us turn around and cough basically in our (masked) faces. I instantly winced and I guess the mom saw because she put her hand over her kid's mouth (after not having done it thr first couple of times).
She started coughing again a while later and the mom announced she didn't have COVID or the flu as she was tested on Monday. That was a relief, but I wanted to ask her why she wasn't wearing a mask while sick* or why they didn't skip story time for the week.
*She was old enough to be masked, though I understand there *could* be other reasons why she wasn't wearing one.
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Post by piratecat on Jul 20, 2022 19:18:06 GMT -6
This is why I can’t fly. 😭 And why we're driving cross country for our move when we'd so much rather fly. It would have been so much faster and cheaper, even with shipping the car. Although now with the emerging monkeypox situation, I'm not sure our calculus was correct. 😭 People are ruining everything. How long is your drive?
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Post by AmyG on Jul 20, 2022 19:19:56 GMT -6
Yeah she has continuing symptoms and has not retested. She was around grandparents, parents and scouts on the 4th for a scout flag thing We know people(here and real life) that were testing positive and assumed contagious later than 10 days after their first positive. If the symptom was just a cough and it was 15 days, then it is probably residual cough. Unless she took the antiviral- then it could be a bounce back. It wasn't 15 days. it did take a week to make it's way thru all 9 of the people in the house including the 2 yr old grandchild. so then half that family was there on Monday also coughing.
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Post by doublestuf on Jul 20, 2022 19:43:22 GMT -6
Also, I heard on MSNBC last week that the 4th booster for the <50, not immuno-compromised crowd could be approved and be happening this week. Anyone else heard that or heard an update?
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Post by goldenbird on Jul 20, 2022 19:47:47 GMT -6
Also, I heard on MSNBC last week that the 4th booster for the <50, not immuno-compromised crowd could be approved and be happening this week. Anyone else heard that or heard an update? I saw this on YLE, that a little bird told her it was coming soon. 🤞🤞🤞 I want it! We should be able to get this one and the omicron based vaccine that comes out in wintertime.
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Post by nelzie on Jul 20, 2022 19:48:47 GMT -6
Also, I heard on MSNBC last week that the 4th booster for the <50, not immuno-compromised crowd could be approved and be happening this week. Anyone else heard that or heard an update? I hadn't heard this but I hope so!!
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Post by sweetpea on Jul 20, 2022 19:53:09 GMT -6
Safety for me but not for thee. cnf, you should delete your quote of LaRoe
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Post by elle on Jul 20, 2022 19:57:04 GMT -6
And why we're driving cross country for our move when we'd so much rather fly. It would have been so much faster and cheaper, even with shipping the car. Although now with the emerging monkeypox situation, I'm not sure our calculus was correct. 😭 People are ruining everything. How long is your drive? Around 45 hours I think. We're breaking it up into 7 days of driving.
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Post by piratecat on Jul 20, 2022 20:00:05 GMT -6
People are ruining everything. How long is your drive? Around 45 hours I think. We're breaking it up into 7 days of driving. Oh wow, that's a lot. GOOD LUCK.
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Post by elle on Jul 20, 2022 20:00:43 GMT -6
Around 45 hours I think. We're breaking it up into 7 days of driving. Oh wow, that's a lot. GOOD LUCK. Thank you! I have a terrible feeling we'll need it. 😭😅
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Post by jaygee on Jul 20, 2022 20:15:17 GMT -6
When my MIL and H's aunt were in Iowa last week, my MIL isolated herself to her hotel until she was feeling vaguely ok to drive home. Her sister kept on going out about, doing shit, no mask. Then after we found out her whole extended family, who she's lives in a ten minute vicinity of, all were spreading it around to each other. So she definitely gave it to MIL and DNGAF and gave it to all the 70+ year olds at the reunion and DNGAF and flew from TN to Iowa unmasked knowing she likely had it on the flight out and definitely in knowing she had it on the flight home. I can't. People are the fucking worst. This is why I can’t fly. 😭 Yup. I officially said no way to our vacation plans to fly to Canada and now we will just drive somewhere. We went international in Dec/Jan and it felt safe because masks were required and negative tests to come back to the US. Sigh.
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Post by cnf on Jul 20, 2022 20:21:24 GMT -6
When my MIL and H's aunt were in Iowa last week, my MIL isolated herself to her hotel until she was feeling vaguely ok to drive home. Her sister kept on going out about, doing shit, no mask. Then after we found out her whole extended family, who she's lives in a ten minute vicinity of, all were spreading it around to each other. So she definitely gave it to MIL and DNGAF and gave it to all the 70+ year olds at the reunion and DNGAF and flew from TN to Iowa unmasked knowing she likely had it on the flight out and definitely in knowing she had it on the flight home. I can't. People are the fucking worst. This is why I can’t fly. 😭 We masked when we flew in June and I will mask again in October when I fly solo. It's despicable.
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Post by cnf on Jul 20, 2022 20:23:00 GMT -6
Also, I heard on MSNBC last week that the 4th booster for the <50, not immuno-compromised crowd could be approved and be happening this week. Anyone else heard that or heard an update? I saw this on YLE, that a little bird told her it was coming soon. 🤞🤞🤞 I want it! We should be able to get this one and the omicron based vaccine that comes out in wintertime. Yay! H was just saying today that he wants another booster ASAP and why aren't we getting another one yet. Sign us up, please.
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Post by cnf on Jul 20, 2022 20:24:28 GMT -6
Safety for me but not for thee. cnf, you should delete your quote of LaRoe Done. Thanks for pointing that out to me. I was on a wild spree there, my bad!
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