@ May COVID Thread

[krystee]

All four of us tested positive today. I am super mad that they’ve sat on the <5 vaccine because my younger kid could have been newly vaxxed and likely would have avoided this. Fortunately he is the least impacted, at least so far.

Two questions:
-I am supposed to travel for a work trip on day 6. I have to cancel 72 hours out for my company to be refunded. If I am not 100% better by day 3, would you cancel just in case or plan to go? (I am overweight and have high BP, so covid makes me a little nervous).
-My eyes hurt. Is that just a normal part of covid headache, or should I be concerned?

[mx27]

sorry, Velar Fricative and krystee. i hope you feel better and fully recover soon.

[InBetweenDays]

krystee does your work have a policy about returning post COVID? Traveling on day 6 seems like a bad idea. Not out of concern for you getting super sick but out of concern of you still being contagious and spreading it.

H recently had COVID and felt fine by day 3. But still tested positive until Day 8.

[mskitkat]

May 31, 2022 12:10:36 GMT -5 krystee said:

All four of us tested positive today. I am super mad that they’ve sat on the <5 vaccine because my younger kid could have been newly vaxxed and likely would have avoided this. Fortunately he is the least impacted, at least so far.

Two questions:
-I am supposed to travel for a work trip on day 6. I have to cancel 72 hours out for my company to be refunded. If I am not 100% better by day 3, would you cancel just in case or plan to go? (I am overweight and have high BP, so covid makes me a little nervous).
-My eyes hurt. Is that just a normal part of covid headache, or should I be concerned?

I didn’t test negative until day 12. I would not travel at day 6.

[wawa]

May 31, 2022 12:10:36 GMT -5 krystee said:

All four of us tested positive today. I am super mad that they’ve sat on the <5 vaccine because my younger kid could have been newly vaxxed and likely would have avoided this. Fortunately he is the least impacted, at least so far.

Two questions:
-I am supposed to travel for a work trip on day 6. I have to cancel 72 hours out for my company to be refunded. If I am not 100% better by day 3, would you cancel just in case or plan to go? (I am overweight and have high BP, so covid makes me a little nervous).
-My eyes hurt. Is that just a normal part of covid headache, or should I be concerned?

MH had eye pain in this most recent round.  Which doestn' mean it's not a concern, but you're not the only one. 

CDC says no travel for 10 days.  You can leave isolation, but you're not supposed to go buck wild I guess.

www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/quarantine-isolation.html

[Velar Fricative]

krystee - Yeah I wouldn't travel on Day 6 even if I were 100% better. My job allows me to return on Day 6 if I'm no longer symptomatic but I truly have no idea if that will happen or not. I'd play it safe and cancel with your job. I hope you're all on the mend quickly!

[Velar Fricative]

So DD2 has to quarantine from school through 6/11 (thought it would be for just this week), which is a Saturday so she can't return until 6/13, which is her Pre-K graduation date. But I suppose if she tests positive anytime soon, she could go back earlier. Since vaccinated students don't have to quarantine unless they have symptoms, we were so close to the finish line of no more exposure quarantines for our household since she turns 5 on 6/10.

[Susie]

May 31, 2022 12:10:36 GMT -5 krystee said:

All four of us tested positive today. I am super mad that they’ve sat on the <5 vaccine because my younger kid could have been newly vaxxed and likely would have avoided this. Fortunately he is the least impacted, at least so far.  I'm sorry.  We just went through the same thing  It sucks.

Two questions:
-I am supposed to travel for a work trip on day 6. I have to cancel 72 hours out for my company to be refunded. If I am not 100% better by day 3, would you cancel just in case or plan to go? (I am overweight and have high BP, so covid makes me a little nervous).   Nope, CDC guidelines are clear, no travel until after day 10.  Personally, the only place I went on days 6-10 was a quick in/out daycare drop off/pickup in a KN95, and I WFH during that period.  I felt human again on day 4, but didn't feel back to normal until day 9.

-My eyes hurt. Is that just a normal part of covid headache, or should I be concerned?
I had it too, connected with headaches, but it did resolve.

[osulori]

Velar Fricative , hope your symptoms stay pretty mild and no one else gets it!

krystee , my husband had eye pain with his first round of covid (January 2021, so a few variants ago). At that point, pinkeye was a lesser known but still present covid related issue and it got uncomfortable enough that he went to the minute clinic before his 10 days were up (with permission from the NP at the clinic) to get drops. He ended up with a lingering stye for a few months after but it didn't hurt.

[tripleshot]

Does anyone know the quarantine rules in this situation? My mom tested positive 5/14. Her husband tested positive 5/20. Should she have stayed at home through the end of his quarantine 5/30? She went to my nephews preschool grad maskless 5/27 and tried to go see my 86 year old grandma that same day, but grandma told her not to come. I thought she should’ve stayed home or at least worn a mask through 5/30. I can’t find a clear answer on the cdc site about this type of situation.

[penguingrrl]

May 31, 2022 17:02:23 GMT -5 tripleshot said:

Does anyone know the quarantine rules in this situation? My mom tested positive 5/14. Her husband tested positive 5/20. Should she have stayed at home through the end of his quarantine 5/30? She went to my nephews preschool grad maskless 5/27 and tried to go see my 86 year old grandma that same day, but grandma told her not to come. I thought she should’ve stayed home or at least worn a mask through 5/30. I can’t find a clear answer on the cdc site about this type of situation.

I’m pretty sure her quarantine ended on 5/24 and she was safe to go to things 5/27. I likely would have been masked during that, but I don’t think that she posed a significant risk once her quarantine was up. And my oldest (who was the first in our house to get covid) was able to return to school 10 days after their positive test, which was basically the same day our youngest got his positive test. They didn’t have to wait for their brother’s 10 days to pass.

[lo]

May 31, 2022 12:58:42 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

So DD2 has to quarantine from school through 6/11 (thought it would be for just this week), which is a Saturday so she can't return until 6/13, which is her Pre-K graduation date. But I suppose if she tests positive anytime soon, she could go back earlier. Since vaccinated students don't have to quarantine unless they have symptoms, we were so close to the finish line of no more exposure quarantines for our household since she turns 5 on 6/10.

Well that really stinks, I’m sorry. My kids’ preschool allows them back at Day 6 with a mask. They don’t consider my 2.5 year olds able to mask effectively, so they were out 10 additional days after eventually testing positive from DD2. The sick thing is I’m actually relieved they won’t have to quarantine for 3 months now!

DD2 got her first dose a week ago. DD1 got her booster. If the younger ages vaccine could come out ANY TIME SOON, that’d be great.

[Susie]

May 31, 2022 17:02:23 GMT -5 tripleshot said:

Does anyone know the quarantine rules in this situation? My mom tested positive 5/14. Her husband tested positive 5/20. Should she have stayed at home through the end of his quarantine 5/30? She went to my nephews preschool grad maskless 5/27 and tried to go see my 86 year old grandma that same day, but grandma told her not to come. I thought she should’ve stayed home or at least worn a mask through 5/30. I can’t find a clear answer on the cdc site about this type of situation.

I don't see a problem with what she did/proposed to do, although I'd have offered to wear a mask if it made 86 yo grandma more comfortable.

My understanding is that her day 0 is 5/14, so day 10 was 5/24, and she was free to go maskless starting 5/25.  A visit on 5/27, i.e. day 13, seems totally reasonable, barring your mom having a longer course, being immunocompromised, etc.

My DS was 4 days ahead of me with covid this month, and he was able to attend daycare unmasked starting on his day 11 even though it was only my day 7 or so.