Are you seeing a covid uptick?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:my 7 year tested positive. He's sick with a high fever.

Me, DW and DD are all negative.

The frustrating thing is WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO! We told people we were in contact with and are staying home for a week. But this is more our own judgment than anything out there because the guidance is contradictory (esp. in Virginia).

It is about to get VERY BAD. Stay home and be safe folks. This version of covid flying around DC (much of congress that tested apparently have it).

I'm sorry that your child is sick.

But what do you need someone to tell you to do? Go to the doctor if it warrants it. Stay home if you are ill. Follow the CDC guidance on close contacts. Why is this hard?

Because.

1. The CDC guidelines are full of dead links that are supposed to have specific guidance as to what we should do in circumstances where someone is positive in a household and symptomatic and the rest are negative and show no symptoms.

2. The county has vague guidance referring to the CDC.

3. The schools refer to the county.

4. We called our ped but they haven't called us back and honestly this is a waste of their time. We shouldn't have to bother a provider to figure out what do. I am baffled by the public health failure that seems almost systemically organize to confuse and piss people off. It is almost like the plan was to sow discord and get people in corners on masks/no masks blah blah instead of just telling us what to do and we simply follow it. I HATE how vague and confusing everything is. It is almost by design so anyone can interpret things in a manner they see fit (which is inconsistent).

No argument that CDC guidance is a cluster, and I can imagine that schools don't understand what to do (my kid's school is just making up rules as it goes, changes them, pretends they are public health experts, etc.)

For my own sake I've been wondering about the timeframes regarding household close contacts. Do you think this is right?

Assuming you don't isolate from the 7-year-old or wear a mask around them, you are a 'close contact' of them for the full 10 days they "have covid." The kid's day 0 is the first day they had symptoms. If you are vaccinated, you don't have to quarantine at all. If you aren't vaccinated, your quarantine clocks starts anew on each of those 10 days. So, you have to quarantine for kid's days 1-10, as well as 5 days after that (days 11-16). Test on day 11. If you are a positive, then you follow isolation guidelines. Then wear a mask for days 17-21.

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

[Anonymous]

So what? If hospitalizations and deaths aren’t increasing, why does it matter if cases are on the increase? We have to learn to live with Covid, this whole zero Covid philosophy is nonsense and unachievable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So what? If hospitalizations and deaths aren’t increasing, why does it matter if cases are on the increase? We have to learn to live with Covid, this whole zero Covid philosophy is nonsense and unachievable.

Yeah, people said the same thing in mid-December.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So what? If hospitalizations and deaths aren’t increasing, why does it matter if cases are on the increase? We have to learn to live with Covid, this whole zero Covid philosophy is nonsense and unachievable.

Yeah, people said the same thing in mid-December.

And how many deaths and hospitalizations were vaccinated? If you’re not vaccinated and get sick, it’s on you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So what? If hospitalizations and deaths aren’t increasing, why does it matter if cases are on the increase? We have to learn to live with Covid, this whole zero Covid philosophy is nonsense and unachievable.

Yeah, people said the same thing in mid-December.

Go back to your hole.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So what? If hospitalizations and deaths aren’t increasing, why does it matter if cases are on the increase? We have to learn to live with Covid, this whole zero Covid philosophy is nonsense and unachievable.

Yeah, people said the same thing in mid-December.

And how many deaths and hospitalizations were vaccinated? If you’re not vaccinated and get sick, it’s on you.

Yeah, I'll let the vaccinated and boosed people I know (only two, but still) who have not yet recovered from their holiday Omicron infection that we have nothing to fear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:my 7 year tested positive. He's sick with a high fever.

Me, DW and DD are all negative.

The frustrating thing is WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO! We told people we were in contact with and are staying home for a week. But this is more our own judgment than anything out there because the guidance is contradictory (esp. in Virginia).

It is about to get VERY BAD. Stay home and be safe folks. This version of covid flying around DC (much of congress that tested apparently have it).

Much of Congress?!

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2022-04-07/pelosi-tests-positive-for-covid-19-as-cases-rise-among-lawmakers-government-officials

And this is only the people who are admitting/reporting covid exposure in congress/government. It is likely much worse because many don't feel the need to report it or test, etc.

4 Congresspeople = much of Congress.

Sure, Jan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:my 7 year tested positive. He's sick with a high fever.

Me, DW and DD are all negative.

The frustrating thing is WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO! We told people we were in contact with and are staying home for a week. But this is more our own judgment than anything out there because the guidance is contradictory (esp. in Virginia).

It is about to get VERY BAD. Stay home and be safe folks. This version of covid flying around DC (much of congress that tested apparently have it).

What are your questions? Honestly asking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So what? If hospitalizations and deaths aren’t increasing, why does it matter if cases are on the increase? We have to learn to live with Covid, this whole zero Covid philosophy is nonsense and unachievable.

Yeah, people said the same thing in mid-December.

And how many deaths and hospitalizations were vaccinated? If you’re not vaccinated and get sick, it’s on you.

Yeah, I'll let the vaccinated and boosed people I know (only two, but still) who have not yet recovered from their holiday Omicron infection that we have nothing to fear.

This is not normal.

[Anonymous]

My teen with symptoms tested positive. Took over the basement. The rest of the family has no symptoms and tested negative PCR and rapid. Do we must avoid public places even if wearing n95 masks (post office/grocery stores)? Everyone in the family is boosted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My teen with symptoms tested positive. Took over the basement. The rest of the family has no symptoms and tested negative PCR and rapid. Do we must avoid public places even if wearing n95 masks (post office/grocery stores)? Everyone in the family is boosted.

Some people will probably disagree, but I think you've done your due diligence. You are masking based on the exposure and have already tested negative. I probably wouldn't head to a friend's house for a dinner party, but running errands with masks is fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My teen with symptoms tested positive. Took over the basement. The rest of the family has no symptoms and tested negative PCR and rapid. Do we must avoid public places even if wearing n95 masks (post office/grocery stores)? Everyone in the family is boosted.

When my DC was isolated in the basement we still went to stores while masked and after testing negative. That’s what the CDC guidance is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So what? If hospitalizations and deaths aren’t increasing, why does it matter if cases are on the increase? We have to learn to live with Covid, this whole zero Covid philosophy is nonsense and unachievable.

+1
Went to a bar mitzvah this wkd. No one was naked, the dad is a dr. I did get a bit worried when one guest stared a coughing fit. But I shrugged it off. Today we went to tysons without masks.one kid has already had covid. It was fine. They don’t wear masks I’m school anymore, I’m over it. -liberal parent. Wake me when the scientists are alarmed.

[Anonymous]

No one waa masked or naked! Lol!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My teen with symptoms tested positive. Took over the basement. The rest of the family has no symptoms and tested negative PCR and rapid. Do we must avoid public places even if wearing n95 masks (post office/grocery stores)? Everyone in the family is boosted.

Pretty sure exposure is five days at home and then five days in masks. As long as you don’t start to exhibit symptoms.