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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you think their daughter has COVID, logic dictates you think you are now a close contact of someone with COVID (close contact is defined by 15 minutes, and you admit the kids were together on the playground).  And yet, here you are at school, and I am guessing you did not get a PCR test.  So, if you are going to be upset at her, you also have to be upset at yourself.  [/quote]

OP here.  So their daughter is actually a close contact of a confirmed covid case.  My son is a close contact of a close contact (their daughter), not a confirmed case, so he doesn't need to quarantine or test.  If my friend told me her or her daughter were covid positive, yes I would have kept my son home.  [/quote]

Oh really? Did you phone the parent on the morning of school and confirm her child was negative before sending your child?  No, you didn't.  You knew you had potentially been exposed, but you didn't bother to confirm, quarantine, or test.  You're as bad as everyone else OP.  So save your outrage. [/quote]

You just "didn't yet know" whether your daughter was a close contact or not. [/quote]

You guys aren’t getting how this works. OP’s friend’s child was a close contact on 1/1 to Patient Zero in this scenario (unvaxxed, unmasked child was indoors with unmasked Patient Zero for more than 15 minutes). Patient Zero tested positive on 1/3. OP’s child was outdoors, in the general vicinity of the other child (potential Patient 1) on 1/2, just one day after the other child had close contact with a confirmed positive case. Even if first child (potential case) had contracted Covid, he/she would not have had a high enough viral load to test positive or infect anyone else just one day after his/her own exposure. OP’s child is very unlikely to be infected from being outdoors with the first child. However, the first child (potential case) went to daycare today, 4 days after extended exposure to a confirmed positive. People usually (not always, but usually) test positive 5-7 days after exposure if they have contracted Covid. They are very contagious 1-2 before they develop symptoms/test positive. So first child (potential case) could be contagious today and tomorrow, but not develop symptoms until Friday.

OP’s situation is not comparable to her friend’s situation.[/quote]

+1[/quote]

WOW way to rationalize.  First of all, kids absolutely play close on playgrounds.  So let's not try to rationalize away the contact.  Second, it is absolutely possible to infect someone a day after someone has been exposed! They are most contagious after they are symptomatic, but transmission is not exclusive during this time period.  OP is concerned that the girl might have COVID but blatantly ignoring her own child's potential exposure.  Either she's concerned the child is positive or she isn't.  But if she is, she should be concerned about her own child's exposure at the playground too. [/quote]

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