@@@ July COVID Thread

[hermione]

We made it to one day of summer day camp before being notified the kid is a close contact and the camp was closing for 5 days bc with the positive they could not operate at a legal ratio. Sigh.

[fortnightlily]

I'm frustrated because I'm on Day 6 per CDC guidelines and feeling 95% better (and never felt that bad to begin with) but I still tested positive this morning and I would like to stop feeling like I have to mask around and try to keep away from DS (who insists he won't get it and continues to constantly get all up in my business per usual).

[erbear]

My kids are also more than 5 days post positive tests and supposed to go to camp tomorrow. DD1 is testing negative, but DD2 is still testing positive. Frustrating that 2 can’t go to camp — she feels 100% fine.

[dreamcrisp1]

Do you really need to test negative there? You can test positive up to 10 days (or more?) post symptoms from what I read. Super interesting the difference in rules!

Now that we all have had Covid, I’m just crossing everything there’s no long term effects. That’s my biggest fear. Especially after my friend’s son got Mis-c after a mild Covid bout. We had it fairly mild though the baby had it the hardest. 🙁

[erbear]

Jul 10, 2022 13:42:46 GMT -5 dreamcrisp1 said:

Do you really need to test negative there? You can test positive up to 10 days (or more?) post symptoms from what I read. Super interesting the difference in rules!

Now that we all have had Covid, I’m just crossing everything there’s no long term effects. That’s my biggest fear. Especially after my friend’s son got Mis-c after a mild Covid bout. We had it fairly mild though the baby had it the hardest. 🙁

Camp rules say yes

[starlily]

We let our guard down at a July 4th gathering (didn't mask or distance since we were nearly entirely outdoors), and got notified by the hosting family on Thursday night that they all felt ill and tested positive. We tested negative Friday morning, but DD1 developed symptoms later that afternoon. I started having a runny nose yesterday, so we retested and are all positive except H. DD2 is asymptomatic and so far DD1 and I appear to have mild cases. Still worried about any potential long term effects though.

[Deleted]

I’m a lurker, but feel like jumping in occasionally.

My oldest (then 14) had covid pre-vaccine back in Jan 2021. We did nothing to keep it from spreading in our house (everyone stayed home for the full 24 days of hellish quarantine, but we didn’t lock her in her room, she ate dinner with us, etc). No one else ever got symptoms and we all tested negative repeatedly through the 24 day quarantine. She got it from kissing her boyfriend.

My middle (13 years, vaccinated last summer, boostered in February) tested positive at overnight camp this past Tuesday. They were having an outbreak so tested everyone. None of the other girls in her cabin tested positive, but a few kids in other cabins did. She’s not sure if they had tested them on Monday or nit. She thinks they also tested them on Sunday. Camp time makes it hard for her to know which day was which. She had super minor symptoms: stuffy nose, a little coughing at night, a minor sore throat for a bit and she’s not sure when those symptoms happened in relation to her testing positive.

I had to go get her. Drove her home in the car for three hours with no masks, didn’t lock her away at home, have eaten dinner with her every night. No one else in the house has any symptoms and I’ve tested negative daily since she came home. I figure I have had the highest exposure so I’m testing each morning. I’ll continue to test for a few more days to be sure. She tested negative finally this morning after her test was super faintly positive yesterday after being dark positive on Thursday.

It’s flabbergasting to me that we’ve had this happen twice. It is so weird how it knocks down whole families sometimes and sometimes it just does nothing and sometimes it takes down part of a household.

[jeaniebueller]

@mrsgreeko same thing happened to my son. We all caught it, he was exposed to me before I knew I had it and he never did it at least never had symptoms or was positive on an instant.

[melmaria]

Only 2% of <5 year olds have gotten vaccinated so far:

“Approximately 300,000 children under the age of 5 in the US -- about 2% of that age group -- have received at least one shot of the Covid-19 vaccine since it was recommended by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month, a senior White House official told CNN Thursday, a number the official says aligns with expectations, though is lower than other age groups.” www.cnn.com/2022/07/07/politics/covid-19-vaccine-children-under-5/index.html

Now, the article does discuss many legitimate reasons for why uptake has been so slow, so it’s likely this number will rise eventually. From the article:

“It's predicated on a couple of things: In particular, how parents tend to make these kinds of decisions. The overwhelming majority want to get their kids vaccinated in the pediatrician's office or family provider's office and about half say they prefer to do that during an annual wellness visit or routine visit and so that's how they're used to vaccinating their kids," the senior official said, adding that the administration expects that number to continue to grow over months as families complete those annual check-ups.

But still. 2%!!

I really shouldn’t be surprised. At our absolutely massive community vaccine site, I was pretty much the only parent there. It was a ghost town.

[mala]

Would like to get Little Kid vaccinated, but our pedi still hasn't given any info about when they'll have it, and nobody near us is doing it without a significant drive. I'm so frustrated and will probably call our pedi again this week to ask because they haven't sent any emails like they said they would when they have a timeline.

[Velar Fricative]

I expect more parents will vaccinate their kids with omicron-specific vaccines and/or will just wait until the fall in hopes of higher immunity over the winter. OR, their kids just had covid and are waiting until declining immunity for the shots.

Anyway, count me as flabbergasted of how this shit spreads. So I never caught it from the many concerts, hockey games, parties, restaurants, etc. I had been to since getting vaccinated but I manage to catch it from a random stranger at a store (only thing that makes sense, but who knows). And I never caught it from anyone in my house either, nor did they catch it from me. This is why I’ve basically moved on - there is no rhyme or reason why I got it when I did but didn’t when I, well, didn’t. It’s also entirely possible we catch colds, the flu, etc. in the same weird and random ways but we just never thought about it that much before.

[melmaria]

Jul 10, 2022 20:06:40 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

I expect more parents will vaccinate their kids with omicron-specific vaccines and/or will just wait until the fall in hopes of higher immunity over the winter. OR, their kids just had covid and are waiting until declining immunity for the shots.

I agree that the fact that so many kids had Covid during the omicron wave/peak and into early spring this year likely has a lot to do with it. I mean, my kids are still in the post-Covid “90 day window,” and I wouldn’t have gotten them vaccinated this soon *but for* the fact that we have international travel coming up this month and I don’t want to have to cancel it for illness so I’m being extra cautious. Otherwise, I would have waited closer to fall for their first dose.

Still, 2% is just…yeah. I wonder how high it will ever get (until if/when it’s mandated in school settings etc.)

[jackie011]

It’s spiking here. I had it in mid-May, so hopefully I’m still safe with some good immunity. DH & DS did not catch it when I had it. I just ordered some new masks for DS. DH will likely catch it next weekend when he’s on a trip.

I manage a childcare center and this weekend alone 6 teachers have told me they’re positive. This will be a tricky week. Please do not let everyone return from vacation with Covid.

[Susie]

Last week was DD's first week of summer camp.  7 covid cases at camp that week.  Sigh.  We made the decision to get her boosted (she is 6) in June, and I'm feeling better about that decision.  This is just so endless and exhausting!

DS (just turned 3) got his first dose on Friday.  We were not in as big a hurry with him as we were with DD.  Part was that we were about to go on vacation when it was approved, MH had a medical/eye emergency, and I was just out of bandwidth.  Part was that our family had covid in May, so DS is covered under his 90 day window until mid-August.  And part was that I wanted Moderna for him, which took some planning to hunt down and execute.  I'm guessing at least the "just had covid" reason is pretty common.

I was pleased to see he had no side effects at all, from Moderna dose 1 at about 1.5 month post-covid.  No fever, no appearance of pain, nada.  We didn't give any Tylenol or Motrin.  He might not have as easy a time with dose 2, but I was happy that at least the first one went easily.  We got it at a Walgreen's about a 45 minute drive away.  Anecdotally, the pharmacist noticed we had come from a ways out, in an unusual direction.  It was a pretty rural area, and people don't usually come from our area to there for healthcare.  He remarked that we were the first appointment that was kept, all day.  That is not a great sign considering we had the 5:45pm time slot!  Latest available after work and daycare.

[starlily]

Velar Fricative I'm also flabbergasted as to how this spreads. I had SO MANY close contacts at work right from the start, had resumed travel, attended events, etc, the girls had also had a number of close contacts at school & daycare, and H even went around the house as normal for a week after a false negative last year and the three of us avoided it. But a small outdoor gathering with other vaxxed and boosted people took us down.

I was planning to get the girls their booster before school starts in August, but does anyone know if there's a post-Covid waiting period before doing so? I remember some friends of mine having to wait 3 months I think post-infection before they could get their first dose last. Is that still the advice and does it apply to boosters as well?

[sillygoosegirl]

Jul 10, 2022 22:29:03 GMT -5 starlily said:

Velar Fricative I'm also flabbergasted as to how this spreads. I had SO MANY close contacts at work right from the start, had resumed travel, attended events, etc, the girls had also had a number of close contacts at school & daycare, and H even went around the house as normal for a week after a false negative last year and the three of us avoided it. But a small outdoor gathering with other vaxxed and boosted people took us down.

I was planning to get the girls their booster before school starts in August, but does anyone know if there's a post-Covid waiting period before doing so? I remember some friends of mine having to wait 3 months I think post-infection before they could get their first dose last. Is that still the advice and does it apply to boosters as well?

You only need to wait until you are not contagious. You may choose to wait 3 months if you want. We are choosing to wait the 3 months, since we aren't expecting 2nd boosters to be offered to kids for ages.

[eddy]

Jul 10, 2022 20:15:40 GMT -5 melmaria said:

Jul 10, 2022 20:06:40 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

I expect more parents will vaccinate their kids with omicron-specific vaccines and/or will just wait until the fall in hopes of higher immunity over the winter. OR, their kids just had covid and are waiting until declining immunity for the shots.

I agree that the fact that so many kids had Covid during the omicron wave/peak and into early spring this year likely has a lot to do with it. I mean, my kids are still in the post-Covid “90 day window,” and I wouldn’t have gotten them vaccinated this soon *but for* the fact that we have international travel coming up this month and I don’t want to have to cancel it for illness so I’m being extra cautious. Otherwise, I would have waited closer to fall for their first dose.

Still, 2% is just…yeah. I wonder how high it will ever get (until if/when it’s mandated in school settings etc.)

I think the absolute shit show of waiting and roll out also really impacted people's trust in the need for the shot. Many of those under 5s were probably infected at this point and parents are in no hurry to get the vaccine now. Or just don't trust that it makes a big difference.

My 2 year old nephew was exposed to covid from my niece, but oddly didn't get it. I know my sister is just waiting on getting his shot until when he has his next well visit or when he goes into get the flu vaccine. She doesn't plan to make a special trip. At this point he has been exposed so much from either family or daycare. Edit- I guess he got it on Fri at a doctor's appt. So yay!

And count me in as totally flabbergasted at how this dumb virus spreads. I also have given up trying to figure it out.

[quesyrah]

I received an alert on my phone that I had been exposed to someone who tested positive.

I tested twice (used both tests in the box 36 hours apart) and am negative.

Seeing that alert kinda freaked me out for a second! I had totally forgotten I had activated the alert system.

[macmars45]

Jul 11, 2022 9:14:55 GMT -5 quesyrah said:

I received an alert on my phone that I had been exposed to someone who tested positive.

I tested twice (used both tests in the box 36 hours apart) and am negative.

Seeing that alert kinda freaked me out for a second! I had totally forgotten I had activated the alert system.

I received my first alert on my phone last month. I had the same reaction. I set it up at least 1.5 years ago.

[kath16]

I have to take my five year old for a drive thru test today ahead of a minor procedure and I am so anxious about him being asymptomatically positive.

We’ve never done a drive thru so attempting to explain it to him is exercise in hilarity at this point.

[erbear]

How long did it take folks to stop testing positive? DD2 is 7 days post symptoms starting (sniffles on Tuesday) and 6 days post first positive test (Wednesday). She is still testing positive, and camp says she can't come until she gets a negative test, even though she's outside of the CDC isolation guidelines (also, we're at MIL's house and she's upset with me that I let DD out of the bedroom today, even though she's masked and only I am here...MIL is at the beach all week). DD is completely symptom-free and has been since last Thursday.

[mrshandy]

erbear , I still tested positive at day 9. I felt fine at day 4 so testing positive IME lingered well past the symptoms. I didn't want to waste another test so I never actual saw a negative. Just waited out the 10 day isolation period.

H tested negative at day 9 I think. 

[StrawberryBlondie]

Jul 10, 2022 20:15:40 GMT -5 melmaria said:

Jul 10, 2022 20:06:40 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

I expect more parents will vaccinate their kids with omicron-specific vaccines and/or will just wait until the fall in hopes of higher immunity over the winter. OR, their kids just had covid and are waiting until declining immunity for the shots.

I agree that the fact that so many kids had Covid during the omicron wave/peak and into early spring this year likely has a lot to do with it. I mean, my kids are still in the post-Covid “90 day window,” and I wouldn’t have gotten them vaccinated this soon *but for* the fact that we have international travel coming up this month and I don’t want to have to cancel it for illness so I’m being extra cautious. Otherwise, I would have waited closer to fall for their first dose.

Still, 2% is just…yeah. I wonder how high it will ever get (until if/when it’s mandated in school settings etc.)

This is sort of the inverse of why my 8 year old hasn't gotten a booster yet. We have an appt for her next month but with her covid infection a couple months ago and travel plans for fall, we're holding off till closer to the start of school.

[Velar Fricative]

erbear, I tested positive through Day 13. I felt mostly fine by then (my taste and smell were just gradually coming back around then, and I still sounded nasally). We still have so many tests and I tested daily until I tested negative.

[Velar Fricative]

Jul 11, 2022 9:14:55 GMT -5 quesyrah said:

I received an alert on my phone that I had been exposed to someone who tested positive.

I tested twice (used both tests in the box 36 hours apart) and am negative.

Seeing that alert kinda freaked me out for a second! I had totally forgotten I had activated the alert system.

I was always skeptical this actually worked lol. I have never ever gotten an alert and I had this service turned on way back in the beginning when it became available.

[Deleted]

Jul 11, 2022 11:42:51 GMT -5 erbear said:

How long did it take folks to stop testing positive? DD2 is 7 days post symptoms starting (sniffles on Tuesday) and 6 days post first positive test (Wednesday). She is still testing positive, and camp says she can't come until she gets a negative test, even though she's outside of the CDC isolation guidelines (also, we're at MIL's house and she's upset with me that I let DD out of the bedroom today, even though she's masked and only I am here...MIL is at the beach all week). DD is completely symptom-free and has been since last Thursday.

My DD tested positive at camp last Tuesday. She may have had her super minor symptoms for 1-3 days prior to that. I tested her on Thursday and the line showed up super dark immediately. Tested her again Saturday and the line took much longer to show up and was fairly faint. Tested again Sunday and was negative. So that was day 5 from positive test. Day 6, 7, or 8 from symptom start.

[mskitkat]

My daycare teacher has covid. For the past couple weeks, daycare has been barely operating by combining classes and such with teachers out sick, and now the director isn’t sure she even has anyone to cover. My toddler who had covid in May might be out for 10 days for sheer lack of teachers.

Please excuse me as I sob uncontrollably.

[rubytue]

Jul 11, 2022 11:58:26 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

Jul 11, 2022 9:14:55 GMT -5 quesyrah said:

I received an alert on my phone that I had been exposed to someone who tested positive.

I tested twice (used both tests in the box 36 hours apart) and am negative.

Seeing that alert kinda freaked me out for a second! I had totally forgotten I had activated the alert system.

I was always skeptical this actually worked lol. I have never ever gotten an alert and I had this service turned on way back in the beginning when it became available.

I think the trick is the person who tests positive has to go in an report it. And so many of us forgot we had it turned on. My friend got an alert from a medical conference, and we were both “huh. People remember this?” (But of course medical peeps would)

[quesyrah]

Jul 11, 2022 13:10:23 GMT -5 rubytue said:

Jul 11, 2022 11:58:26 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

I was always skeptical this actually worked lol. I have never ever gotten an alert and I had this service turned on way back in the beginning when it became available.

I think the trick is the person who tests positive has to go in an report it. And so many of us forgot we had it turned on. My friend got an alert from a medical conference, and we were both “huh. People remember this?” (But of course medical peeps would)

Yeah, I think this is a self reporting system.

[fluffycookie]

DS who is 14 had covidi in the end of April and no one else in the house tested positive even though we didn't keep him confined to his room. It was baffling to MH and he is convinced him and I had in in early winter and never tested positive even though I did go for a pcr test. DS will be boosted again in mid-August per his doctors.

The long haul stuff is starting to freak me out. DS and I were at an appointment last week and was talking to one of the nurses that we know well and she has only 30% hearing out of one ear. She had covid and kept thinking she was still stuffed up which was causing the hearing issue and by the time she went and had her hearing tested they tried high dose steroids' but the damage was done and she has a hearing aid now. A co-worker of mine has been breaking out in awful hives since having covid.