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[quote=Anonymous]So, my fully vaxxed HS senior aged son came home from work yesterday with some chest congestion and a sore throat.  He works at@Fairfax Government site under the supervision of F HD.  He says says he doesn’t feel great— maybe it’s wearing a mask outside 8 hours a day in the heat and humidity and straining to talk in a mask.  Maybe he’s mildly ill with a cold. Maybe it’s mild COVID.  Maybe it’s just an off day.  No fever. No cough.  He felt 90% better this morning.    Being responsible parents during delta, we took him to an INOVA urgent care.  They did a COVID rapid test, which was negative, and sent out a PCR test.  We’ll get the results tomorrow.  And then sent hime with a letter saying he must quarantine, and not return to work or begin school for 10 days *even if the PCR test is negative*.  So, he has to miss the first week of school, when he’s fully vaxxed and has  2 negative tests  “just in case,” “out of an abundance of caution” and because “PCR tests miss cases sometimes”.

Fortunately, his younger sister, also in HS has been at a relative’s house for a week amd we can keep adS on a different floor with a different bathroom once she gets home. Because here’s where it gets even crazier.   If we weren’t able to do completely separate them, they told us that she had to quarantine for 14 days after her last exposure to her brother (ie while he is excluded from school, and then two full weeks after he returns to school, or 24 days total)  if his PCR was positive, even if she has no symptoms and gets a negative PCR test. She’s also fully vaxxed.

So, why are we vaccinating and testing kids if we are proceeding as if they aren’t?  And are they really excluding kids with mild respiratory symptoms, who are vaccinated and have negative PCP tests for 2 weeks? [/quote]

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