Oh my! Happy birthday!
@Nrdsb4 that’s infuriating, but Happy Birthday. I guess I’d retest, especially if there’s a more reliable test.
I had one client a few weeks ago who signed a contract saying they would wear masks or I would leave the room. I didn’t leave the room though I kept my distance when neither of them were wearing masks the last time we met, but thanks for the reminder that I don’t need the job that badly.
Whoa. They wouldn’t honor a signed contract to follow the agreement to wear a mask, especially in an area where COVID had been so prevalent? Who needs those kinds of clients? That’s usually a bad sign from the get-go.
@Nrdsb4 - happy birthday! – in answer to your question (“Would you re-test, and if so, when?”) I think that in your shoes, based on what I now know about Covid transmission, I would retest in about 5-7 days. It’s because I think the incubation period is typically about 5-9 days. (you can check on that, I’m basing this on memory but i might be somwhat off). But the point is that the test you just had might have been on the short end of the incubation period – and the fact that you have no symptoms is meaningless.
I realize you found the test itself unpleasant and uncomfortable. I get it – my daughter has been tested twice over the course of 5 days, in connection with travel.
But the point is that even if you never develop symptoms, you know you were exposed, so you could potentially transmit to others. Whereas if you have another negative test in the time frame I suggest, then you can be fairly certain that you weren’t infected. So I think the smartest thing is to retest.
@Nrdsb4 - my D was tested 10 days after she encountered someone who tested positive. D had no symptoms and ended up being negative. I hope that you continue to feel well and when you test again it is negative.
Nevermind
^ We got direct guidelines last week about this. Supervisors only tell employees who have been in close contact that there has been a confirmed positive. You can’t give a name. You can’t tell them if they are to get a test or quarantine. You are supposed to rely on contact tracing to do that. (and note - of the 4 people I know who had it, 2 were never contacted by a tracer and the other 2 it was a full week after their positive result which took 3 & 7 days!)
If you are one degree removed - quarantined/tested - then no notification is given. I don’t like it either, especially since employees are not required to wear a mask.
^in case that wasn’t clear, only when an employee is confirmed positive, does the supervisor tell the others that someone was positive - nothing else. If an employee’s spouse/family member is positive, or if an employee has been tested and is quarantining awaiting results, we are to say nothing to anyone.
You are correct that 5-9 days is the typical period for incubation period. I am currently on day 8. Because of the possibility of a false negative result, I continue to quarantine myself so that I do not risk the safety of others.
This morning I saw on Twitter that free COVID saliva tests are available in a nearby town, by appointment only if you qualify. I went to the web site and put my info in and have been given an appointment for the saliva test on Friday, Aug. 7, which will be day 11 since exposure. Results are supposed to be emailed within 48-72 hours.
Yikes! Glad you are feeling good so far. Crossing fingers that you will test negative again. And here I was contemplating having our upstairs bath redone… nope, we have to live here.
My husband is a manager. In his company. If the employee consents, my husband is allowed to name the employee.
His company has also decided that if the employee consents, they can say that someone in their family has tested positive and why he is quarantining.
It’s a confidentiality issue.
@Nrdsb4 my boys both had rapid antigen tests, but they were swabbed twice at the clinic they went to - once for the rapid test and once for a PCR test that was sent out to a lab. The PCR tests both confirmed their rapid tests, but both quarantined for full 10 days.
Even tho both were swabbed at the same clinic, a day apart, my normally “nothing bothers me” kid said the swab was awful while my “sensitive” kid said it wasn’t bad at all. The one who said it was awful had to get tested again last week b/c he needed a recent test in order to return to campus. I was in the car with him the second time (it was a drive thru) and he said right beforehand he was anxious about having to do it again. After it was done he said it was way better the second time. I guess it all depends on the person doing it.
If you are able to stay home for the full 10 days from when you were last exposed to him (last Monday a week ago?), I wouldn’t bother getting retested if you aren’t showing any symptoms by Thursday. My son, who tested negative in the rapid test, quarantined the full 10 days after his last exposure to the COVID person, but did not get retested. He never had any symptoms so even if he had gotten tested too early to show a positive, he still satisfied the CDC guidelines for quarantine. He was contact traced by our Health Dept who told him he could end quarantine w/o retesting.
I’m sorry you have to deal with this.
My dad is still okay so I think he will be fine. Meanwhile, one of H’s good friends is ill and in the hospital. Early sixties, an MD, high BP and somewhat overweight (20 pounds?). He is not and was not a careful person outside of work. Still, we are worried about him. He is divorced and his kids are grown and we worry who will ask after him and check on him. Work friends, of course, but H is going to call a few times a day, too. He does not live here.
I will self righteously add that he wanted to come visit us a few weeks ago and I said NO. Not a careful person, I won’t elaborate. I told H he could go meet his friend out in a park and chat, but that he could not stay with us.
I’d quarantine for 14 days. Testing doesn’t get you out of the quarantine, and if you have to quarantine anyway, testing isn’t going to tell you anything useful.
Definitely going to quarantine for 14 days.
Sorry I misspoke in my earlier response - the CDC recommends a 10 day quarantine for someone who has already tested positive, and the 14 day for those who have been exposed to someone who has tested positive. I see that is your plan but wanted to correct my mistake in my earlier response.
I have had a bad headache today. It feels like a sinus headache though, and I’ve had problems at night with congestion when laying on my side. One side is congested, then when you flip to the other side, you feel it drain and clear up on that side. I’ve had these kinds of issues for years.
In any case, as headache is a symptom of COVID, I’m going to keep my Friday appointment for the saliva test.
@Nrdsb4 so sorry.
Just in case it’s helpful:
The Many Symptoms of Covid-19
From a sniffle or cough that feels like allergies to severe body aches and crippling fatigue, the symptoms of coronavirus can be unpredictable from head to toe.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/well/live/coronavirus-covid-symptoms.html
Seems like the whole test/trace system isn’t working where you are. What state is this again?
@Nrdsb4 thank you for sharing your story. I hope you continue to test negative.
@Nrdsb4 - fingers crossed that it is just a sinus headache.
This whole pandemic thing is affecting people differently. It is taking a toll on a lot of people mentally. A good friend of mine just checked herself into a psychiatric ward because she just couldn’t function any more. It appears to be quite serious and she may need to stay there for some time.