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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our nanny spent 3 hours in the ER with an ill family member.  The family member tested negative for COVID (multiple tests over a week while hospitalized).  Nanny asked if she should self-quarantine because of potential exposure from other patients in the ER.  I think she's fine to come back to work--she was masked the entire time she was in the ER, and my guess is that they seclude anyone suspected of having COVID very quickly.  That said, if she spent 3 hours at a bar, I wouldn't want her to come to work.  Thoughts?[/quote]

As someone who has dealt with her children being exposed to a known positive COVID case and her nanny being exposed to a known positive COVID case, I feel like I've been through this quite a bit in the last few months.

If you want my opinion, she doesn't need to quarantine unless she knows someone in the ER that she was close to for more than 15 minutes was positive for COVID. However, if you want her to because the thought of worrying if your kid wakes up one morning with a runny nose, and if you can survive without your nanny for two weeks, then go ahead and have her do it (and pay her).

I hear you on the bar issue, although I'll say that that says more about her character and other choices, which is why it would bother me. From an exposure standpoint I do think the bar is riskier, but again, unless she was in contact with a known positive COVID case, she wouldn't need to quarantine.[/quote]

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