COVID protocols

[Anonymous]

My friend is a teacher. She went to work with Covid last week. She said she called and told the office, and they said just to come in since she didn’t have a fever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My friend is a teacher. She went to work with Covid last week. She said she called and told the office, and they said just to come in since she didn’t have a fever.

Whoa!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My friend is a teacher. She went to work with Covid last week. She said she called and told the office, and they said just to come in since she didn’t have a fever.

Whoa!

I should add that I’m sort of wondering if this is true. Maybe she thought I’d be judgmental that she went to work all week. Or maybe she told them she had “had” covid and was feeling better and fever free. Or maybe she played it off as an unspecified virus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes just do that.

Why overthink it?

Because the CDC has given up and no longer really cares if you infect others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes just do that.

Why overthink it?

Because my kids' school has conflicting guidance. Trying to figure out the norm here.

Wear a mask until testing negative.

Bingo! That is what anyone who cares about others should be doing. If infections, don't be unmasked

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I cannot figure out what the new COVID protocols are. According to the CDC, it looks like you can go out in public 24 hours after you are fever free and asympomatic. Is that right? What are we supposed to do?

No, the cdc doesn’t say that. It’s says stay home for 5 days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I cannot figure out what the new COVID protocols are. According to the CDC, it looks like you can go out in public 24 hours after you are fever free and asympomatic. Is that right? What are we supposed to do?

No, the cdc doesn’t say that. It’s says stay home for 5 days.

You're really out-of-date with your information. CDC guidelines say its fine to
return after 24 hours fever-free and improving symptoms. There's no recommended 5-day isolation period anymore, and there hasn't been for quite some time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes just do that.

Why overthink it?

Because my kids' school has conflicting guidance. Trying to figure out the norm here.

Wear a mask until testing negative.

Bingo! That is what anyone who cares about others should be doing. If infections, don't be unmasked

Most people don't have the ability to run live viral culture tests, and the rapid antigen tests have false positives (in that they linger positive after there is no longer infectious, live virus in someone's system).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I cannot figure out what the new COVID protocols are. According to the CDC, it looks like you can go out in public 24 hours after you are fever free and asympomatic. Is that right? What are we supposed to do?

No, the cdc doesn’t say that. It’s says stay home for 5 days.

You're really out-of-date with your information. CDC guidelines say its fine to
return after 24 hours fever-free and improving symptoms. There's no recommended 5-day isolation period anymore, and there hasn't been for quite some time.

You’re wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCPS's guidelines are still rather strict. It calls for 5 days of isolation!

https://dcpsstrong.com/covid-19/

lol not following that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCPS's guidelines are still rather strict. It calls for 5 days of isolation!

https://dcpsstrong.com/covid-19/

lol not following that.

We know there are pathetic people like you. That’s not new.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I cannot figure out what the new COVID protocols are. According to the CDC, it looks like you can go out in public 24 hours after you are fever free and asympomatic. Is that right? What are we supposed to do?

No, the cdc doesn’t say that. It’s says stay home for 5 days.

You're really out-of-date with your information. CDC guidelines say its fine to
return after 24 hours fever-free and improving symptoms. There's no recommended 5-day isolation period anymore, and there hasn't been for quite some time.

You’re wrong.

Take a look at it yourself:
https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/prevention/precautions-when-sick.html

You can go back to your normal activities when, for at least 24 hours, both are true:
- Your symptoms are getting better overall, and
- You have not had a fever (and are not using fever-reducing medication).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I cannot figure out what the new COVID protocols are. According to the CDC, it looks like you can go out in public 24 hours after you are fever free and asympomatic. Is that right? What are we supposed to do?

Yes. CDC is treating covid the same as other respiratory viruses. Once you're fever-free for 24 hours and symptoms are improving, you can go back to normal activities. They recommend taking additional precautions for five days which could be hand washing, opening windows, masks, distancing, and/or testing.
https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/prevention/precautions-when-sick.html

Except you very likely could still be contagious. Since tests are available, why not test? Then if you need to go somewhere (but are fever free and "feeling much better") then mask if still contagious (or better yet, dont' go)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I cannot figure out what the new COVID protocols are. According to the CDC, it looks like you can go out in public 24 hours after you are fever free and asympomatic. Is that right? What are we supposed to do?

Yes. CDC is treating covid the same as other respiratory viruses. Once you're fever-free for 24 hours and symptoms are improving, you can go back to normal activities. They recommend taking additional precautions for five days which could be hand washing, opening windows, masks, distancing, and/or testing.
https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/prevention/precautions-when-sick.html

Except you very likely could still be contagious. Since tests are available, why not test? Then if you need to go somewhere (but are fever free and "feeling much better") then mask if still contagious (or better yet, dont' go)

You're thinking in terms of absolutes, which makes no sense when illnesses are widespread and often asymptomatic. Even if you might be theoretically contagious, vital shedding will most likely be substantially lower than the day before you knew you had covid. Or compared to the other person in the room that never develops symptoms.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
I cannot figure out what the new COVID protocols are. According to the CDC, it looks like you can go out in public 24 hours after you are fever free and asympomatic. Is that right? What are we supposed to do?

No, the cdc doesn’t say that. It’s says stay home for 5 days.

You're really out-of-date with your information. CDC guidelines say its fine to
return after 24 hours fever-free and improving symptoms. There's no recommended 5-day isolation period anymore, and there hasn't been for quite some time.

You’re wrong.

Take a look at it yourself:
https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/prevention/precautions-when-sick.html

You can go back to your normal activities when, for at least 24 hours, both are true:
- Your symptoms are getting better overall, and
- You have not had a fever (and are not using fever-reducing medication).

It also says you should wear a mask while doing those "normal activities."