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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child just tested positive after an exposure at school.  Are people in this thread really advocating that he not quarantine and return to school unmasked?  Ya’ll are something else!  Must be the same people who always send their kids to school with fevers and runny noses pre-pandemic.[/quote]

No, your kid should stay home because he is sick

But his exposed classmates should be allowed to attend until they themselves get sick. [/quote]

For those advocating for more relaxed measures, when would you say my positive child should go back and should he wear a mask upon returning?  Genuinely curious now that we have a positive in our family’s do these are all things we are thinking about.[/quote]

It depends on how long your child has symptoms. And what those symptoms are.

If your child has no symptoms, return after 5 days without a mask
If your child has a sore throat and fever, 5 days or 24 hours after fever breaks, no mask
It’s trickier if your child has a head cold, congestion and cough. Those symptoms take longer to resolve. Also, wearing a mask with those symptoms is gross, so you might have to stay home longer. [/quote]

What the heck is this nonsense? In both of those first 2 scenarios you wear a mask until day 10 when around others[/quote]

She asked what those advocating  for relaxed measures think. And I for one don’t think a child who is not exhibiting symptoms needs to mask for 10 days.

She didn’t ask what CDC recommendations were. Which is what you are reiterating. [/quote]

Rapid tests are an easy way to sort this out.  No reason to isolate longer than you are contagious.  Take a rapid (not pcr) test.  If you still have enough virus in your nose to trip that positive, you likely are still contagious.  If negative you likely are not.  Some people clear the virus quickly.  For others it takes closer to that 10 day mark, symptoms or not.  And with home tests, you don't have to guess.  A simple way to be considerate of others and to not stay home any longer than you need to.  win. win. [/quote]

I’m the poster with the child that tested positive.  The rapid test appeared negative but the PCR came back positive.  Now I’m having serious doubts about those at-home antigen tests.  We sent him to school on the basis of the home test and then PCR returned positive the next day.  This whole thing is fraught with landlines.[/quote]

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