Well. Now I know...
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nwhikerI think I have a better idea of why this fucking pandemic is never going to fucking go away.
So. A negative covid test? Means pretty much zip. There are 30% of tests coming back negative when people actually fucking have covid.
That said, Perry had a combo of positive strep test and negative covid test. His throat hurts. He (apparently) has an ear infection. My suspicion is that he does not have covid, it would just be too weird. BUT since he had to be tested, we have to treat the test as positive and we're all in quarantine for 10 days.
The paper we got said 72 hours after last symptoms (which in his case would be fever not brought down by meds) but the doctor told us 10 days. EVEN if the next covid test comes back negative as well.
Which means that all the work I was supposed to do next week in lab can't happen and I have to toss a whole bunch of plates. My advisor is on vacay, so I can't even ask her to deal with them. Grr.
But that's neither here not there. The information is confusing and the paper is contradicting the verbal advice. That annoys me.
ETA Over the past two weeks, except for a socially distant hike on Sunday and rowing in the mornings, Perry has pretty much been with us the whole time. I mean, we all went camping together! The rowing set up is pretty safe. I have no idea where he could have gotten sick.
But BS. Tell me that everyone who has been tested and gotten a negative test remains in quarantine. And with 1/3 of negatives not really being negative... no wonder this thing is spreading.
Ugh.
That said, I was bad and went straight from the appointment to Costco. There is no way I can do 10 days with all four of us at home and not get a full shopping trip in.
So. A negative covid test? Means pretty much zip. There are 30% of tests coming back negative when people actually fucking have covid.
That said, Perry had a combo of positive strep test and negative covid test. His throat hurts. He (apparently) has an ear infection. My suspicion is that he does not have covid, it would just be too weird. BUT since he had to be tested, we have to treat the test as positive and we're all in quarantine for 10 days.
The paper we got said 72 hours after last symptoms (which in his case would be fever not brought down by meds) but the doctor told us 10 days. EVEN if the next covid test comes back negative as well.
Which means that all the work I was supposed to do next week in lab can't happen and I have to toss a whole bunch of plates. My advisor is on vacay, so I can't even ask her to deal with them. Grr.
But that's neither here not there. The information is confusing and the paper is contradicting the verbal advice. That annoys me.
ETA Over the past two weeks, except for a socially distant hike on Sunday and rowing in the mornings, Perry has pretty much been with us the whole time. I mean, we all went camping together! The rowing set up is pretty safe. I have no idea where he could have gotten sick.
But BS. Tell me that everyone who has been tested and gotten a negative test remains in quarantine. And with 1/3 of negatives not really being negative... no wonder this thing is spreading.
Ugh.
That said, I was bad and went straight from the appointment to Costco. There is no way I can do 10 days with all four of us at home and not get a full shopping trip in.
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Date: 10 Aug 2020 02:02 (UTC)That's just insane. After all, the governor of Ohio isn't in quarantine for 10 days (then again, he got multiple tests after his initial positive).