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Post by enchanted on Aug 29, 2022 16:09:33 GMT -6
Check the fda website before throwing out expired tests. Shelf life on many was extended. That's what I heard. I figure I'll use those first and toss them around the new year if I haven't needed them yet.
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Post by klw on Aug 29, 2022 18:47:56 GMT -6
My library still has tests that they give out. They point out that they checked the cdc and they are good until December even though the date on the box is June 2022
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Post by beepers on Aug 29, 2022 19:02:13 GMT -6
I feel weird posting this in 2022 (like I should really know this by now) but what are recommendations for good kids masks like KN94 or similar? We still have good cloth masks but I’m anticipating DS needing something better this week or next.
I have Covid right now and too lazy to search past posts. I’m isolating from them and hoping he stays negative but if he does test +, I’ll want to send him in a better mask once he’s allowed back at school.
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Post by jr on Aug 29, 2022 19:10:23 GMT -6
I feel weird posting this in 2022 (like I should really know this by now) but what are recommendations for good kids masks like KN94 or similar? We still have good cloth masks but I’m anticipating DS needing something better this week or next. I have Covid right now and too lazy to search past posts. I’m isolating from them and hoping he stays negative but if he does test +, I’ll want to send him in a better mask once he’s allowed back at school. This is what I always order for my kids (who are almost 6 and 8.5): [20Packs] KIDS KF-94 - Face... www.amazon.com/dp/B08X47VFH7?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_shareI like them because I can buy them on Amazon and they are usually in stock and come fast. I found the brand around January when there was a lot of talk about counterfeits on Amazon - this brand was also sold or recommended on one of the sites that had high marks for quality. They are easy to tighten (there is a loop for adjusting the fit that my daughter uses, while my son just figure-8’s the ear loop to tighten slightly). My kids have worn them for full days on flights, when school was enforcing masking, etc. They’re more expensive than I’d prefer, but cheaper than some of the KF-94s out there - pretty middle of the road.
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Post by ldubhawksfan on Aug 29, 2022 21:47:17 GMT -6
I ordered our last government tests last week and they got here over the weekend. I'm annoyed the expiration date on them is the end of September, though. I know we can use them for a few months after, but still. 😒 Are you sure it’s the expiration date? The last time I ordered through insurance, I thought they expired in the same month I received them. Then I realized it seemed to be the manufacture date, as it was also stamped with a date a year out, which I think is the expiration date. Though the government ones have probably been sitting in a warehouse since the program opened, so may very well be expiration. The ones I just got from Kaiser that I ordered last week arrived and expired April 2022. I know the expirations have been extended, but really….
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Post by ldubhawksfan on Aug 29, 2022 21:49:33 GMT -6
Aaaaand my nephew tested positive tonight after DH, DD, and ILs all saw him at my niece’s bday party last night. We are supposed to go family camping with them this weekend…..so now I have no idea if they all will avoid it and we can still go
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Post by mrsweasley on Aug 30, 2022 8:02:09 GMT -6
I never got an email from Walgreens after trying to order covid tests, but I was able to successfully order tests from CVS this morning. I should probably try for the kids too.
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Post by byjove on Aug 30, 2022 8:07:09 GMT -6
I have a friend that is getting over covid right now and didn't do Paxlovid, but has the really awful no taste/metallic taste symptom. Anyone have tips to help that?
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Post by beepers on Aug 30, 2022 8:46:07 GMT -6
Aaaaand my nephew tested positive tonight after DH, DD, and ILs all saw him at my niece’s bday party last night. We are supposed to go family camping with them this weekend…..so now I have no idea if they all will avoid it and we can still go Oh no!!! So sorry. DS and MH are still asymptomatic and testing negative today, on day 4 after riding 12 hours in a car with me last week (my only symptom that day was headache). Hope everyone else stays negative for you and your extended family
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Post by elle on Aug 30, 2022 9:10:29 GMT -6
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Post by elle on Aug 30, 2022 11:48:43 GMT -6
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Post by sifl on Aug 30, 2022 12:06:47 GMT -6
I hate that we’re just not going to do anything about this. As a society we are happy to stick our heads in the sand and ignore these numbers.
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Post by clucky on Aug 30, 2022 12:10:31 GMT -6
I feel weird posting this in 2022 (like I should really know this by now) but what are recommendations for good kids masks like KN94 or similar? We still have good cloth masks but I’m anticipating DS needing something better this week or next. I have Covid right now and too lazy to search past posts. I’m isolating from them and hoping he stays negative but if he does test +, I’ll want to send him in a better mask once he’s allowed back at school. These are the ones my 4, 6 & 8 yo use. They have black & white versions too, but they like the colors. Shipping is always quick too. They also have smaller quantities of single colors. behealthyusa.net/products/blue-2d-color-mask-random-pack-30pcs-small-kid-size
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Post by clucky on Aug 30, 2022 12:21:47 GMT -6
Well, we made it though H’s infection, only for D1 to get it from his friend at school. A friend who’s parent tested + after traveling (which they do for work weekly). Fucking planes. D1 & bf only saw each other at recess. BF wasn’t tested until after school that day, 5 days later we have a +.
This mentality of accepting “there is nothing we can possibly do” mentality is unsustainable.
Our libraries are still stocking rapids, so I’ve been able to stock up, but with 6 of us, a case doesn’t last but a day.
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Post by enchanted on Aug 30, 2022 15:55:26 GMT -6
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Post by elle on Aug 30, 2022 17:00:46 GMT -6
I know enchanted. I'm white knuckling it currently because my kindergartener's school has no protections in place and absolutely no one is masking. Anywhere. I'm trying to hope that being in a much smaller community in general will afford some sort of buffer but deep down I know that's wishful thinking. But she needs school and she needs the socialization so I feel like we have no other choice. I hate everything.
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Post by enchanted on Aug 30, 2022 18:05:57 GMT -6
elle That like should be read as a (Covid-safe :-P ) hug.
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Post by doublestuf on Aug 30, 2022 18:16:12 GMT -6
Hugs, elle. I'm right there with you. I watched DD's class walk down the hall today, and she was the only masked one. Last year, there would be 2 - 3 more (not that really helps protection-wise). I'm so thankful she hasn't tried to fight me on wearing one. We are still asking parents to report positives and they have to be out 5 days if they test positive, but that's about the only thing left.
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Post by doublestuf on Aug 30, 2022 18:20:51 GMT -6
I unknowingly walked through the building with a COVID positive staff member yesterday. Thankfully, she chose to wear her mask to school (and I was masked) because she wasn't feeling well. She tested the day before and was negative but ended up leaving to go to the doctor midday and must have tested positive there. I'm very appreciative she did the right thing by masking up (it was the 1st day of school and she's an administrator hence coming in while sick).
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Post by clucky on Aug 30, 2022 20:06:37 GMT -6
Me leaving parent meeting for DS2’s grade tonight. Child 1: Are you DS2’s mom? Me: Yes. How did you know? Was it this (pointing to mask)? Child 1 & 2: Yes (in unison) He wears that same kind, but different color.
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Post by sifl on Aug 30, 2022 21:00:54 GMT -6
I know enchanted. I'm white knuckling it currently because my kindergartener's school has no protections in place and absolutely no one is masking. Anywhere. I'm trying to hope that being in a much smaller community in general will afford some sort of buffer but deep down I know that's wishful thinking. But she needs school and she needs the socialization so I feel like we have no other choice. I hate everything. I feel the same way except I’m hoping for a fair number of people also masking (starting school next week!!). It doesn’t feel any safer now than it did in March 2020, except at least my kiddo is vaccinated and boosted. I can’t keep them home anymore, and I can only do so much to keep us healthy at this point. I still really don’t want to get Covid 😞
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Post by byjove on Aug 31, 2022 5:12:22 GMT -6
I know enchanted. I'm white knuckling it currently because my kindergartener's school has no protections in place and absolutely no one is masking. Anywhere. I'm trying to hope that being in a much smaller community in general will afford some sort of buffer but deep down I know that's wishful thinking. But she needs school and she needs the socialization so I feel like we have no other choice. I hate everything. I feel the same way except I’m hoping for a fair number of people also masking (starting school next week!!). It doesn’t feel any safer now than it did in March 2020, except at least my kiddo is vaccinated and boosted. I can’t keep them home anymore, and I can only do so much to keep us healthy at this point. I still really don’t want to get Covid 😞 There are a few people still making in each class at our school which has essentially no precautions anymore. I told my DDs I knew it would be hard being one of the only wearing them all day, but as much masking as they could would be appreciated. My DD2 has 25 kids in her first grade class and there isn’t enough room in the classroom for them all sit on the rug. Being packed in there sounds like a virus’s dream 👎
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Post by Minerva on Aug 31, 2022 7:21:43 GMT -6
I feel the same way except I’m hoping for a fair number of people also masking (starting school next week!!). It doesn’t feel any safer now than it did in March 2020, except at least my kiddo is vaccinated and boosted. I can’t keep them home anymore, and I can only do so much to keep us healthy at this point. I still really don’t want to get Covid 😞 There are a few people still making in each class at our school which has essentially no precautions anymore. I told my DDs I knew it would be hard being one of the only wearing them all day, but as much masking as they could would be appreciated. My DD2 has 25 kids in her first grade class and there isn’t enough room in the classroom for them all sit on the rug. Being packed in there sounds like a virus’s dream 👎 There are a handful of kids still masking in my kids’ classes. I’m glad my kids aren’t the only ones. It’s so much easier to ask them to keep the masks on this way so they don’t feel singled out.
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Post by clucky on Aug 31, 2022 7:50:18 GMT -6
We are never getting out of this. it feels like we are at a point where no matter what mitigations are put in place, we are stuck. With this “5 day return with mask” and so many are still only using surgical or some cloth version. I’m worried this will just keep spreading through schools. They need to hurry with the boosters and much better communication across the board. We are 30 months into this and I feel we are only slightly better off in certain aspects (vaccines & testing) and very much worse in others (everything else).
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Post by kbw on Aug 31, 2022 8:37:57 GMT -6
I’m struggling mentally with all of this. I know Covid is real and has long lasting impacts but at the same time, no one is technically required to test anymore, mask mandates are gone and it can take days to turn tests positive. Like I feel like if you follow all of the recommendations you are punished.
We know we had the exposure to my mom on Saturday, DS1 has had a stuffy nose tested multiple times and is negative but is mad because I won’t let him go to the school ice cream social tonight for back to school night. And he’s locking himself in his room basically because he’s struggling with the notion that the test could be wrong and he could still be passing Covid. So his mental health related to sickness is all over the place. And the school nurse called and said it’s only a recommendation on the masks after exposure and if negative even with symptoms you can attend. So how does that even work of tests can be wrong.
Sorry for the word vomit just all over the place in my thoughts.
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Post by clucky on Aug 31, 2022 8:49:06 GMT -6
kbw I’m there with you on the mentally exhausted (or however you worded it because in my mental exhaustion I forgot by the time I hit reply). It is hard to balance carefree and minimizing exposure to this invisible virus. In that instance, if I had an actual 94/95 mask for him to wear, I would let him go. Mine are at school after being exposed to their brother, who was exposed to a schoolmate. They are in their kf94 masks. Not sure I would be comfortable with inside ice cream, depending on how crowded. I would be comfortable with outside ice cream, which is hopefully what the school is doing because what a mess. I would take baby wipes and sanitizer to clean off before putting mask back on.
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Post by teraiin on Aug 31, 2022 9:31:10 GMT -6
Not sure if anyone here recalls how attempt 1 to get DS1’s booster was a failure because it was a different pharmacist who accidentally freaked him out and then refused to give him the shot once he was upset.
I took him to the local health department yesterday and the nurse was a TOTAL rockstar. He got the shot like a champ, no tears, and told her she was the nicest person ever. 🥹
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Post by starbuck on Aug 31, 2022 9:57:21 GMT -6
Does anybody know the best guidance for boosting after COVID? I am literally just getting over it. The internet is giving me all kinds of answers. I literally just read a NYT article that said: 1) as soon as you recover, 2) as soon as you get a negative PCR, and also 3) maybe like 3 months later - all in one paragraph.
And now my head hurts.
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Post by piratecat on Aug 31, 2022 11:07:16 GMT -6
Do we know if the omicron booster (for 5+) is 5 or 6 months out from the primary series?
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Post by richard on Aug 31, 2022 11:11:02 GMT -6
Does anybody know the best guidance for boosting after COVID? I am literally just getting over it. The internet is giving me all kinds of answers. I literally just read a NYT article that said: 1) as soon as you recover, 2) as soon as you get a negative PCR, and also 3) maybe like 3 months later - all in one paragraph. And now my head hurts. I waited for 2 weeks after DS had covid for his booster as that was when this annual physical was rescheduled for. It was like he didn't even get a shot - no reactions at all.
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