This is going to be bad…

[Anonymous]

Wait, people are being told to disregard PCR tests and follow full quarantine protocol regardless of results? That's huge, and will certainly discourage testing because it means there's no benefit to knowing.

[Anonymous]

I feel so confused. I know vaccinated people who initially tested negative on PCR and then retested a few days later with positives (and were symptomatic the whole time). I feel like the tests can be unreliable as illustrated above.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
OP,

I'm a scientist who researched all health agency guidelines around the world last year re-Covid. Delta has shortened a lot of the timelines.

1. Your son MUST isolate until he gets a negative PCR test. That's a given. He has to contact all the people with whom he may have been in close contact in the past week (usually Delta manifests itself in less than 4 days).

2. You and the rest of the household are close contacts and must get PCR tests ASAP, and isolate until they're negative. That's also a given. You can get them done at Same Day Testing. They have slots every day, look on their website. With insurance it's free.

3. But you don't need to isolate if your PCR test is negative. That's crazy, and against all guidelines.

Whether or not you like it, that's not what the CDC says for vaccinated people. It's better to test 4-5 days after exposure as long as there are no symptoms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who is “they”?

Why would you have to quarantine if you have two negative covid tests?
Who said you can’t start school?

They is INOVA Urgent Care. And the provided a letter for missing work at a FCHD site and a letter for school. And both said my fully vaxxed, fever free, very mild symptom, rapid test negative kid should be excluded from work and school for 10 days (plus no fever, plus symptoms improving) even if his PCR test was negative.

I certainly questioned this, amd was told “PCR tests are missing some delta cases, and we can’t be too careful”

FCHD has some jurisdiction over his job because he works at a Fairfax County site. And, of course FCHD has jurisdiction over FCPS.

We never really thought this kid had COVID. We acted out of an abundance of caution, since his job is public facing (but he wears a mask and it’s mostly outside).

I’m putting a word out caution out there. Don’t get your kid tested because they are mildly ill, or seem off, or whatever. Even if they are clear, you could be looking at 10 days of school for them, plus unvaxxed siblings, plus so,e amount of time for vaxxed siblings.

THAT is your takeaway? Jesus we are all doomed.

Honestly, I now doubt the whole story. Just a troll.

Doubt all you want. Take your kid to INOVA Urgent care and become a believer.

[Anonymous]

We ordered the home COVID tests that we will use if we are worried about anything symptomatic. If one of those comes back positive we will look at going for a regular test at a clinic.

[Anonymous]

I don't understand how they could say this when your child wasn't even exposed to Covid.

[Anonymous]

This is why I absolutely will not be getting myself or my family tested. This is insanity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
OP,

I'm a scientist who researched all health agency guidelines around the world last year re-Covid. Delta has shortened a lot of the timelines.

1. Your son MUST isolate until he gets a negative PCR test. That's a given. He has to contact all the people with whom he may have been in close contact in the past week (usually Delta manifests itself in less than 4 days).

2. You and the rest of the household are close contacts and must get PCR tests ASAP, and isolate until they're negative. That's also a given. You can get them done at Same Day Testing. They have slots every day, look on their website. With insurance it's free.

3. But you don't need to isolate if your PCR test is negative. That's crazy, and against all guidelines.

Whether or not you like it, that's not what the CDC says for vaccinated people. It's better to test 4-5 days after exposure as long as there are no symptoms.

That was true pre-Delta. Delta replicates 1000 times faster in the upper respiratory tract, so you can test sooner than that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
OP,

I'm a scientist who researched all health agency guidelines around the world last year re-Covid. Delta has shortened a lot of the timelines.

1. Your son MUST isolate until he gets a negative PCR test. That's a given. He has to contact all the people with whom he may have been in close contact in the past week (usually Delta manifests itself in less than 4 days).

2. You and the rest of the household are close contacts and must get PCR tests ASAP, and isolate until they're negative. That's also a given. You can get them done at Same Day Testing. They have slots every day, look on their website. With insurance it's free.

3. But you don't need to isolate if your PCR test is negative. That's crazy, and against all guidelines.

DS is isolating until we get his PCP test back. But, it it’s negative, why would the rest of the family need to test if we don’t have symptoms? We’ve all been vaxxed according to the testing, DS isn’t Covid +.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
OP,

I'm a scientist who researched all health agency guidelines around the world last year re-Covid. Delta has shortened a lot of the timelines.

1. Your son MUST isolate until he gets a negative PCR test. That's a given. He has to contact all the people with whom he may have been in close contact in the past week (usually Delta manifests itself in less than 4 days).

2. You and the rest of the household are close contacts and must get PCR tests ASAP, and isolate until they're negative. That's also a given. You can get them done at Same Day Testing. They have slots every day, look on their website. With insurance it's free.

3. But you don't need to isolate if your PCR test is negative. That's crazy, and against all guidelines.

Whether or not you like it, that's not what the CDC says for vaccinated people. It's better to test 4-5 days after exposure as long as there are no symptoms.

That was true pre-Delta. Delta replicates 1000 times faster in the upper respiratory tract, so you can test sooner than that.

Ok, well this is what the CDC says, Delta expert: "If you’ve had close contact with someone who has COVID-19, you should get tested 3-5 days after your exposure, even if you don’t have symptoms. You should also wear a mask indoors in public for 14 days following exposure or until your test result is negative. You should isolate for 10 days if your test result is positive."

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand how they could say this when your child wasn't even exposed to Covid.

His summer job has some contact with members of the general public. He works outside most of the time, and always wears a KF 94 mask always, but there is no real way to know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
OP,

I'm a scientist who researched all health agency guidelines around the world last year re-Covid. Delta has shortened a lot of the timelines.

1. Your son MUST isolate until he gets a negative PCR test. That's a given. He has to contact all the people with whom he may have been in close contact in the past week (usually Delta manifests itself in less than 4 days).

2. You and the rest of the household are close contacts and must get PCR tests ASAP, and isolate until they're negative. That's also a given. You can get them done at Same Day Testing. They have slots every day, look on their website. With insurance it's free.

3. But you don't need to isolate if your PCR test is negative. That's crazy, and against all guidelines.

Whether or not you like it, that's not what the CDC says for vaccinated people. It's better to test 4-5 days after exposure as long as there are no symptoms.

That was true pre-Delta. Delta replicates 1000 times faster in the upper respiratory tract, so you can test sooner than that.

Ok, well this is what the CDC says, Delta expert: "If you’ve had close contact with someone who has COVID-19, you should get tested 3-5 days after your exposure, even if you don’t have symptoms. You should also wear a mask indoors in public for 14 days following exposure or until your test result is negative. You should isolate for 10 days if your test result is positive."

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated.html

I know. I disagree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
OP,

I'm a scientist who researched all health agency guidelines around the world last year re-Covid. Delta has shortened a lot of the timelines.

1. Your son MUST isolate until he gets a negative PCR test. That's a given. He has to contact all the people with whom he may have been in close contact in the past week (usually Delta manifests itself in less than 4 days).

2. You and the rest of the household are close contacts and must get PCR tests ASAP, and isolate until they're negative. That's also a given. You can get them done at Same Day Testing. They have slots every day, look on their website. With insurance it's free.

3. But you don't need to isolate if your PCR test is negative. That's crazy, and against all guidelines.

Whether or not you like it, that's not what the CDC says for vaccinated people. It's better to test 4-5 days after exposure as long as there are no symptoms.

That was true pre-Delta. Delta replicates 1000 times faster in the upper respiratory tract, so you can test sooner than that.

Ok, well this is what the CDC says, Delta expert: "If you’ve had close contact with someone who has COVID-19, you should get tested 3-5 days after your exposure, even if you don’t have symptoms. You should also wear a mask indoors in public for 14 days following exposure or until your test result is negative. You should isolate for 10 days if your test result is positive."

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated.html

I know. I disagree.

What are your qualifications? How did you become an expert on Delta. Twitter?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
OP,

I'm a scientist who researched all health agency guidelines around the world last year re-Covid. Delta has shortened a lot of the timelines.

1. Your son MUST isolate until he gets a negative PCR test. That's a given. He has to contact all the people with whom he may have been in close contact in the past week (usually Delta manifests itself in less than 4 days).

2. You and the rest of the household are close contacts and must get PCR tests ASAP, and isolate until they're negative. That's also a given. You can get them done at Same Day Testing. They have slots every day, look on their website. With insurance it's free.

3. But you don't need to isolate if your PCR test is negative. That's crazy, and against all guidelines.

DS is isolating until we get his PCP test back. But, it it’s negative, why would the rest of the family need to test if we don’t have symptoms? We’ve all been vaxxed according to the testing, DS isn’t Covid +.

If his PCR test result is negative and you haven't tested yet, you do not need to test. So you can choose to isolate, and wait until his results, if you want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
OP,

I'm a scientist who researched all health agency guidelines around the world last year re-Covid. Delta has shortened a lot of the timelines.

1. Your son MUST isolate until he gets a negative PCR test. That's a given. He has to contact all the people with whom he may have been in close contact in the past week (usually Delta manifests itself in less than 4 days).

2. You and the rest of the household are close contacts and must get PCR tests ASAP, and isolate until they're negative. That's also a given. You can get them done at Same Day Testing. They have slots every day, look on their website. With insurance it's free.

3. But you don't need to isolate if your PCR test is negative. That's crazy, and against all guidelines.

DS is isolating until we get his PCP test back. But, it it’s negative, why would the rest of the family need to test if we don’t have symptoms? We’ve all been vaxxed according to the testing, DS isn’t Covid +.

If his PCR test result is negative and you haven't tested yet, you do not need to test. So you can choose to isolate, and wait until his results, if you want.

Okay. That makes sense. He tested today and they said he would have a result tomorrow. Since we telework, we’re just isolating until the result comes back.