This is going to be bad…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

I wish they weren't so expensive.

I continue to be perplexed about why use of at home rapid tests isn't prioritized. I get that they aren't perfect, especially for non-symptomatic people, but they are better than nothing. Unfortunately, they are most useful if you can test frequently. At the current price point, daily or every other day testing is too expensive, especially for a family.

How much are they?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

I wish they weren't so expensive.

I continue to be perplexed about why use of at home rapid tests isn't prioritized. I get that they aren't perfect, especially for non-symptomatic people, but they are better than nothing. Unfortunately, they are most useful if you can test frequently. At the current price point, daily or every other day testing is too expensive, especially for a family.

How much are they?

$25 for two.

[Anonymous]

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.

Your advice is horrible! There are people who will spread Delta if they follow it.

If this is the fact pattern, people are only going to test at time of hospital admission. If you're congested, are vaccinated, test negative, and they still want to sideline you? No way. What CDC guidance are they following anyway?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That was my takeaway, and I’m not OP.

I would ignore it, totally. Vaccinated people don’t quarantine.

Both friends sons have to miss the first week of classes due to a positive test result of a teammate. Both are also vaccinated but had rapid tests come back negative as well as PCR tests that came back negative.

My friend and her husband, also fully vaccinated, were told to quarantine for 14 days as well.

These were instructions issued by the county health department to them once contacted after the school was notified of the positive result.

If this is actually what they are going to do, concurrent classes are coming back. This will result in kids being out of school constantly and you can't expect kids to teach themselves from work posted online for extended periods.

[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.

Your advice is horrible! There are people who will spread Delta if they follow it.

Look, if the health department is going to impose draconian measures like requiring vaccinated people to quarantine 14 days after getting a negative PCR test, this is what will happen. They will avoid testing.

People who work in public health should have a basic understanding of human behaviors. You have to have reasonable guidelines. Quarantining after negative testing is not reasonable.

At least our county case numbers will drop.

[Anonymous]

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.

Your advice is horrible! There are people who will spread Delta if they follow it.

Unfortunately this is not the first time I read that on this forum. These people will give Tylenol and send their kids.

[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.

Your advice is horrible! There are people who will spread Delta if they follow it.

Unfortunately this is not the first time I read that on this forum. These people will give Tylenol and send their kids.

Seeing so many tips posted online for concealing symptoms in under 12s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That was my takeaway, and I’m not OP.

I would ignore it, totally. Vaccinated people don’t quarantine.

Both friends sons have to miss the first week of classes due to a positive test result of a teammate. Both are also vaccinated but had rapid tests come back negative as well as PCR tests that came back negative.

My friend and her husband, also fully vaccinated, were told to quarantine for 14 days as well.

These were instructions issued by the county health department to them once contacted after the school was notified of the positive result.

If this is actually what they are going to do, concurrent classes are coming back. This will result in kids being out of school constantly and you can't expect kids to teach themselves from work posted online for extended periods.

And there will be massive backlash if it resulted in concurrent being brought back. The county would revise its guidelines to be in line with the CDC (and reality).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

I wish they weren't so expensive.

I continue to be perplexed about why use of at home rapid tests isn't prioritized. I get that they aren't perfect, especially for non-symptomatic people, but they are better than nothing. Unfortunately, they are most useful if you can test frequently. At the current price point, daily or every other day testing is too expensive, especially for a family.

How much are they?

$25 for two.

I’ll buy a few to have on hand as I am extremely high risk (cancer) and can’t risk staying in the same home even shortly if one of my kids is shedding virus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

I wish they weren't so expensive.

I continue to be perplexed about why use of at home rapid tests isn't prioritized. I get that they aren't perfect, especially for non-symptomatic people, but they are better than nothing. Unfortunately, they are most useful if you can test frequently. At the current price point, daily or every other day testing is too expensive, especially for a family.

How much are they?

$25 for two.

And the two are intended for one person. They recommend testing 3 days apart. For a family of four that would be $100.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

+1

This is absolutely bonkers. So now, if you have a sniffle, and a NEGATIVE PCR test, AND are vaccinated, INOVA recommends you quarantine? I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but man oh man are some institutions invested in COVID lasting forever. And this just further shows that the "people in the know" don't know sh*t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

+1

This is absolutely bonkers. So now, if you have a sniffle, and a NEGATIVE PCR test, AND are vaccinated, INOVA recommends you quarantine? I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but man oh man are some institutions invested in COVID lasting forever. And this just further shows that the "people in the know" don't know sh*t.

Someone said earlier in this thread that they tested positive 2 or 3 days on the second PCR test after getting a negative on the first one. Maybe it’s because of that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The precautionary quarantining of vaccinated people is nuts

Why?

They've said forever the vaccine doesn't prevent the receivers from contracting or spreading the virus.

Quarantining for the Plague seems entirely reasonable given the messaging about what the vaccine can't do and what the virus can do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

+1

This is absolutely bonkers. So now, if you have a sniffle, and a NEGATIVE PCR test, AND are vaccinated, INOVA recommends you quarantine? I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but man oh man are some institutions invested in COVID lasting forever. And this just further shows that the "people in the know" don't know sh*t.

Someone said earlier in this thread that they tested positive 2 or 3 days on the second PCR test after getting a negative on the first one. Maybe it’s because of that?

Yes, that's been happening throughout the pandemic. The PCR tests are good but they're not perfect.

[Anonymous]

County health department can institute whatever policies it wants...but as these stories get out and get shared, people will avoid testing. What message are they effectively sending to athletes? No way they risk losing practice/game time for them or their teammates.