@@@ June COVID THREAD

[hermione]

Since it's the first of the month.

[Velar Fricative]

Being a caregiver with covid suuuuuucks. And I'm not even that sick! It really just feels like a bad cold I've had many times before and everything I feel is from the neck up (but no fever). But DD1 is permitted to go to school but they called to say she reported a stomachache and if I could come pick her up. I was like "uhhhhhh I told you guys I had covid" so I had to get in touch with DH's school while he was teaching and tell him to get her and bring her home as soon as his lesson was done.

Everyone else in the house is still negative and I've said for a long time that I will never understand this virus and that is the damn truth. There is no reason besides luck that I'd be the only one with covid given my timeline. DD2 is all over me but of course she's fine.

[macmars45]

I'm sorry Velar Fricative . I did that with a regular old cold while DS had a stomach bug last month. It was miserable.

DS(6) and I have boosters scheduled for Friday. I'm crossing everything we stay well until then.

[wawa]

we're back to normal life after our latest round of covid. the kids never had any discernable symptoms. H was laid out for a day sleeping, a second day of whining and a lot of napping, and then just a touch of congestion for 2 more days. he's fine now.

I never tested positive. I still think most plausible path of infection here is that I actually caught it somewhere, was asymptomatic, gave it to my family, was already past my positive test window by the time they caught it. Weird inversion of your situation Velar Fricative

Now I'm not sure what to do with boosters for the kids. I guess...wait a month or two then get them boosted before school restarts? they were scheduled for the day after they tested positive.

[mrshandy]

The COVID train continues in our house. DS tested positive last Thursday. We isolated pretty well and DS lived downstairs. DS went back to school today despite some grumbling. DD has tested negative every day so far so is still able to go to school. H felt a little off and tested positive this morning with the faintest of lines. Now he has been banished to the sick cave aka the basement with DS.

I tested negative, but perhaps there was a line or maybe I just imagined it so I went out and got a rapid (negative) and PCR (still waiting on this). Update: PCR was negative. 

DS graduates 6th grade next week and I'm crossing every finger and toe that I stay negative and get to go to it.

[Susie]

Today is my DS's 3rd birthday, and he has a well visit at the pedi tomorrow.  While I'm there I'm going to ask what their rec is regarding a booster for my 6yo.  I really don't know what to do.  She is vaxxed but not boosted, and was the sole survivor of the covid invasion of May 2022 in our house.

[vamoose]

My husband has Covid, which means my three year old has to be out of school for five days. This is their last week of school, and the teacher had just talked up all of the fun and exciting end of the year plans. She definitely does not understand daddy is sick so you can’t go to school (“I’m not sick!! I want to go!! Please!!”) and it just sucks.

[Velar Fricative]

Jun 1, 2022 13:59:16 GMT -5 vamoose said:

My husband has Covid, which means my three year old has to be out of school for five days. This is their last week of school, and the teacher had just talked up all of the fun and exciting end of the year plans. She definitely does not understand daddy is sick so you can’t go to school (“I’m not sick!! I want to go!! Please!!”) and it just sucks.

That sucks, I’m sorry! DD2 missed carnival day at school and if anyone else tests positive in the house (unless she does too), she will miss her Pre-K graduation. I thought Christmas, birthdays (although hers is coming up too), etc. would be the worst to miss but end of school year stuff is sad to miss too.

[sonrisa]

We literally got home from an early morning clinic trip to get DD1 and tested her before heading to school - positive. Today was our last high vigilance day after a playdate exposure on Friday (she masks at school, etc). That friend failed to tell us (until right after the playdate when she tested positive) that she had spent her Tuesday afternoon with a kid who then tested positive :/

And so it starts.

[krystee]

DS2 (unvaxxed due to age) had a 102 fever last night, but appears to be his normal self today. I was worried about how covid would affect him because he has such severe allergies and allergy-induced asthma.

I just want to recover alone and not be responsible for kids and work.

[noodleoo]

Wow, hugs to everyone dealing with Covid right now. Fingers crossed everyone recovers quickly.

It is amazing to me how prevalent Covid seems to be and yet no one is really talking about it. It feels like an invisible surge. At least the wastewater Covid testing is trending down for my area (MA) again, so it seems we are past our peak. We always seem to be a few weeks ahead of the rest of the country. Fascinating.

DD1 got her booster Thur evening. She went to school fine on Fri, but when I picked her up she had a 102 fever. Poor kiddo, I'm surprised she didn't say anything at school. I gave her Tylenol and she went to bed early (and woke up a few times, poor kiddo). But she was fine by Saturday morning! I'm glad she's boosted, although we seem to be in the minority in getting it right away. Oh well, who knows what the future holds for the fall, I'm making decisions based on what I know today.

Now I just need DD2 to get vaxxed.  It is June, come on CDC/FDA!!!!

[mskitkat]

noodleoo the weird thing to me is that it feels like everyone is treating covid like a cold or something. A bug you can just power through and it’s fine. Covid knocked us down hard. My husband couldn’t stay awake at all for a full day and three weeks later, we are still wiped out by basic things. I can’t deal with this 3-4x/year!

[waverly]

I'm near Chicago. We've been going up with cases, anecdotally people are telling me that they tested positive, but I think we may have peaked. It looks like it is plateauing. Traditionally, we are a couple of weeks behind the Northeast. We are in the high transmission.

Everyone I know that had it definitely knew that they had it rather than powering through. But we've had multiple colds all spring because our mask mandate ended, and we've been playing the fun game of is it Covid or not.

[Velar Fricative]

Jun 1, 2022 14:40:09 GMT -5 noodleoo said:

Wow, hugs to everyone dealing with Covid right now. Fingers crossed everyone recovers quickly.

It is amazing to me how prevalent Covid seems to be and yet no one is really talking about it. It feels like an invisible surge. At least the wastewater Covid testing is trending down for my area (MA) again, so it seems we are past our peak. We always seem to be a few weeks ahead of the rest of the country. Fascinating.

DD1 got her booster Thur evening. She went to school fine on Fri, but when I picked her up she had a 102 fever. Poor kiddo, I'm surprised she didn't say anything at school. I gave her Tylenol and she went to bed early (and woke up a few times, poor kiddo). But she was fine by Saturday morning! I'm glad she's boosted, although we seem to be in the minority in getting it right away. Oh well, who knows what the future holds for the fall, I'm making decisions based on what I know today.

Now I just need DD2 to get vaxxed.  It is June, come on CDC/FDA!!!!

Wastewater has been trending down in NYC for a while but alas, here I am. Plus a few others at work. But I did get infected in Philly. THANKS FOR THE BROTHERLY LOVE.

[noodleoo]

Jun 1, 2022 14:44:49 GMT -5 mskitkat said:

noodleoo the weird thing to me is that it feels like everyone is treating covid like a cold or something. A bug you can just power through and it’s fine. Covid knocked us down hard. My husband couldn’t stay awake at all for a full day and three weeks later, we are still wiped out by basic things. I can’t deal with this 3-4x/year!

My friend who had Delta (most likely based on timing, it was before Omicron) had it like it sounds like you did.  She was sick for weeks!  Her family is still pretty cautious.  I posted on MMM about being invited to a bday party where the dad was on day 7 of having active Covid.  They told everyone (but provided no info on whether he isolated, was masking or was testing negative) and still had the party!  Me and the friend who had Delta are the only ones who skipped it, everyone else went!!!!  *That's* crazy to me!  

I agree, people do not seem to care at all anymore.  We had Covid in Jan, likely omicron, and it wasn't that bad for any of us.  But I still don't want to get it again or perpetuate the transmission chain.  I'm having a hard time not judging people who are treating it so flippantly.  They may not get very sick, but they may pass it to someone who does.  

[Velar Fricative]

Jun 1, 2022 14:44:49 GMT -5 mskitkat said:

noodleoo the weird thing to me is that it feels like everyone is treating covid like a cold or something. A bug you can just power through and it’s fine. Covid knocked us down hard. My husband couldn’t stay awake at all for a full day and three weeks later, we are still wiped out by basic things. I can’t deal with this 3-4x/year!

Ugh, I’m sorry. I’ve been thinking of you and hope you are doing okay.

Like I said, this feels like a cold I’ve had many times before. But it’s a miserable cold. I don’t get this cold more than once, maaaaaaybe twice a year sometimes. 3-4 times a year? Fuck that noise.

[waverly]

Jun 1, 2022 14:50:59 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

Jun 1, 2022 14:40:09 GMT -5 noodleoo said:

Wow, hugs to everyone dealing with Covid right now. Fingers crossed everyone recovers quickly.

It is amazing to me how prevalent Covid seems to be and yet no one is really talking about it. It feels like an invisible surge. At least the wastewater Covid testing is trending down for my area (MA) again, so it seems we are past our peak. We always seem to be a few weeks ahead of the rest of the country. Fascinating.

DD1 got her booster Thur evening. She went to school fine on Fri, but when I picked her up she had a 102 fever. Poor kiddo, I'm surprised she didn't say anything at school. I gave her Tylenol and she went to bed early (and woke up a few times, poor kiddo). But she was fine by Saturday morning! I'm glad she's boosted, although we seem to be in the minority in getting it right away. Oh well, who knows what the future holds for the fall, I'm making decisions based on what I know today.

Now I just need DD2 to get vaxxed.  It is June, come on CDC/FDA!!!!

Wastewater has been trending down in NYC for a while but alas, here I am. Plus a few others at work. But I did get infected in Philly. THANKS FOR THE BROTHERLY LOVE.

I feel like there are more cases on the backside of the slope than on the front end of a surge.  

[waverly]

Question, if your kids have the same symptoms and you are testing them, do you figure if you tested 2 kids you would get a positive result as opposed to a false negative? Or do you figure you need to do the 2nd at home test, 2 days apart for each kid? I know you would say do the 2nd at home test, but I figure they have the same virus. I know that isn't always the case, anecdotally, but usually its the same virus.

Also, I tested DS on day 3 of his cold, so I figured it should pop up a positive by day 3. I will test DD on day 2 or 3 also. I know some people say they don't get positives until day X? Not sure what day.

[sonrisa]

Jun 1, 2022 15:30:37 GMT -5 waverly said:

Question, if your kids have the same symptoms and you are testing them, do you figure if you tested 2 kids you would get a positive result as opposed to a false negative? Or do you figure you need to do the 2nd at home test, 2 days apart for each kid? I know you would say do the 2nd at home test, but I figure they have the same virus. I know that isn't always the case, anecdotally, but usually its the same virus.

Also, I tested DS on day 3 of his cold, so I figured it should pop up a positive by day 3. I will test DD on day 2 or 3 also. I know some people say they don't get positives until day X? Not sure what day.

I do an at home test every day they have symptoms. For each kid. (if they are going to school or otherwise out in the world).

[wanderingback]

Jun 1, 2022 15:26:24 GMT -5 waverly said:

Jun 1, 2022 14:50:59 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

Wastewater has been trending down in NYC for a while but alas, here I am. Plus a few others at work. But I did get infected in Philly. THANKS FOR THE BROTHERLY LOVE.

I feel like there are more cases on the backside of the slope than on the front end of a surge.  

I don’t understand what this means? How could there be more cases as case numbers go down? But maybe I’m misunderstanding.

[waverly]

Jun 1, 2022 16:44:51 GMT -5 wanderingback said:

Jun 1, 2022 15:26:24 GMT -5 waverly said:

I feel like there are more cases on the backside of the slope than on the front end of a surge.  

I don’t understand what this means? How could there be more cases as case numbers go down? But maybe I’m misunderstanding.

It’s more anecdotal. Not a lot sick prior to the peak, tons during the peak, and more after the peak than prior to the peak.

My main point is don’t let your guard down (collective you) just because the area peaked. It takes a few weeks to a month after the peak.

[krystee]

We have so many friends and family with covid in our immediate area right now, and none of the numbers are reflected in the public data because everyone did home tests. I even googled how to report it and there was no real info and just said, “If you need medical attention, call your medical provider and they will report your case.” I feel like if all home tests were accounted for, this could be as high as the omicron surge around the holidays. Around the time of that surge, home tests were impossible to find in our area and everyone was still getting PCRs.

[macmars45]

Jun 1, 2022 14:40:09 GMT -5 noodleoo said:

DD1 got her booster Thur evening. She went to school fine on Fri, but when I picked her up she had a 102 fever. Poor kiddo, I'm surprised she didn't say anything at school. I gave her Tylenol and she went to bed early (and woke up a few times, poor kiddo). But she was fine by Saturday morning! I'm glad she's boosted, although we seem to be in the minority in getting it right away. Oh well, who knows what the future holds for the fall, I'm making decisions based on what I know today.

Same for my DS(6). We're both getting boosted on Friday (me booster #2 as I'm high risk). I'm a long term planner by nature but with covid I can only plan for what I know right now.

[sonrisa]

Jun 1, 2022 17:23:19 GMT -5 waverly said:

Jun 1, 2022 16:44:51 GMT -5 wanderingback said:

I don’t understand what this means? How could there be more cases as case numbers go down? But maybe I’m misunderstanding.

It’s more anecdotal. Not a lot sick prior to the peak, tons during the peak, and more after the peak than prior to the peak.

I think this is because COVID isn't a single moment.

A week before the peak, you have the growing list of new cases in your sphere. But you don't have many lingering cases from weeks before because the rates were low in those earlier weeks.

A week after the peak, you have new cases announcing themselves, but you also have people who tested positive the week before (at the peak) who are still calling out sick from things.

So the number of people actively affected by COVID is greater after the peak than before it. 

[jeaniebueller]

Jun 1, 2022 13:07:43 GMT -5 wawa said:

we're back to normal life after our latest round of covid. the kids never had any discernable symptoms. H was laid out for a day sleeping, a second day of whining and a lot of napping, and then just a touch of congestion for 2 more days. he's fine now.

I never tested positive. I still think most plausible path of infection here is that I actually caught it somewhere, was asymptomatic, gave it to my family, was already past my positive test window by the time they caught it. Weird inversion of your situation Velar Fricative

Now I'm not sure what to do with boosters for the kids. I guess...wait a month or two then get them boosted before school restarts? they were scheduled for the day after they tested positive.

I’m getting my DD’s booster probably at the middle to end of July. I want to push it close to school being back and she isn’t in camp or daycare in the summer so she’ll mostly be low risk until then. We had Covid in Jan.

[jeaniebueller]

Jun 1, 2022 17:42:30 GMT -5 krystee said:

We have so many friends and family with covid in our immediate area right now, and none of the numbers are reflected in the public data because everyone did home tests. I even googled how to report it and there was no real info and just said, “If you need medical attention, call your medical provider and they will report your case.” I feel like if all home tests were accounted for, this could be as high as the omicron surge around the holidays. Around the time of that surge, home tests were impossible to find in our area and everyone was still getting PCRs.

Does your local health department have information on their website about how to report a positive? Because that’s how I reported our at home test

[CallingAllAngels]

I am sorry to everyone dealing with this. 3 out of 4 in my household had it last week. H and DD are still quarantining. Today is my day 11, so I guess I’m done.

11yo DD (12 next week) had it for the second time. She had it in September, vaxed in November/December, and now covid again in May. The only one who escaped this round is my 14yo DS, who was boosted May 1.

This is the third bout of covid in my house, and every time, anyone who has been vaccinated/boosted in the previous 6 months has avoided testing positive. On one hand, I am grateful for an effective vaccine and mild cases. On the other, I feel like we are going to spend the rest of our lives chasing boosters. Both times DD had covid were right as the vaccine and then booster were approved for her age group. Is she going to get it again in 6 months right before a 2nd booster is approved? DS was the same way, he was vaccinated in May/June last year and then had covid in January right as boosters were approved for his age group. It feels never ending. Fortunately, she turns 12 next week so at least she can get the larger booster dose this time. I think I’m going to wait and get it around the time school starts.

[konapoppy]

I’m sorry for everyone who is positive right now 😭

We just had our 3rd exposure notice is as many days. We had to test yesterday, today, and then everyone has to test tomorrow (the whole school), and we have to test Monday. I honestly think the only reason we haven’t gotten it is because we had it last year. I know you can get it again, so I’m not saying we are out of the woods.

[Poppy]

Jun 1, 2022 16:44:51 GMT -5 wanderingback said:

Jun 1, 2022 15:26:24 GMT -5 waverly said:

I feel like there are more cases on the backside of the slope than on the front end of a surge.  

I don’t understand what this means? How could there be more cases as case numbers go down? But maybe I’m misunderstanding.

I do think cases tend to grow faster than shrink. Like if you look at the graph of cases over time, it's a steeper rise than fall. So I do think there are more total cases after the peak than before.

[Poppy]

Jun 1, 2022 21:43:05 GMT -5 jeaniebueller said:

Jun 1, 2022 17:42:30 GMT -5 krystee said:

We have so many friends and family with covid in our immediate area right now, and none of the numbers are reflected in the public data because everyone did home tests. I even googled how to report it and there was no real info and just said, “If you need medical attention, call your medical provider and they will report your case.” I feel like if all home tests were accounted for, this could be as high as the omicron surge around the holidays. Around the time of that surge, home tests were impossible to find in our area and everyone was still getting PCRs.

Does your local health department have information on their website about how to report a positive? Because that’s how I reported our at home test

Mine did but it was buried - I had to really dig. And then actually submitting the result was an annoying process and the website was a pain to use. So I am pretty confident that most home positives here are going unreported.