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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Serious question:

How does quarantining for 2 weeks ensure that everyone is safe? Lets say you get the virus somewhere right before you quarantine and it takes your body 5 To 7 days to contract it. But you are asymptomatic or have seasonal allergies so you don’t know you have it. Couldn’t you still give it to the grandparents?

My DH wants to do the same thing but I’m also afraid of getting it from the grandparents and all the people visiting them. They have people flying to see them, driving and not quarantining and seeing them, etc. [/quote]

It doesn't ensure everyone is safe.  You have to determine your risk tolerance. Nothing is risk free unless you stay isolated in your home with no other human contact.  If you avoid activities that are moderate to high-risk for 2-3 weeks, your risk of catching it and then transmitting it is relatively low. Not risk free.  But if your concern is visiting someone who has lots of visitors, then that seems to be a higher risk activity to me.  It was my understanding OP was concerned about bringing the virus to her parents, not catching it from them. [/quote]

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