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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some of you OP defenders are in the Schroedinger’s Covid camp, I think.  Meaning, it’s only an exposure if it’s a confirmed positive test result.  The other child may or may not have Covid now (although a negative test points to NO, or at least not contagious yet), and potentially had Covid when OP was hanging out with them, (and OP knows that), but OP thinks it’s fine to pretend the child did not have Covid at the playground (because that is more convenient for OP) while also being “concerned” that now they do have covid (so OP can feel superior, presumably)?  What if that kid never got tested, OP?  That means your kid wasn’t exposed to Covid, right?  If it’s not “confirmed” it didn’t happen!  Except you’re “concerned “…

Mind boggling.[/quote]

A lot of you have real trouble understanding probabilities and risk assessment.  This thread is making it very obvious why we have done such a bad job collectively of handling this pandemic.[/quote]

Okay, please explain the probability of that kid having covid (and with enough viral load to be contagious) on the very day she tested negative…. Clearly I don’t understand how risky it is to send a child who is not sick and has just tested negative for covid to daycare because clearly that child must have covid!!! 🙄[/quote]

No one is saying that OP’s friend’s child definitely has Covid, but you’re supposed to test 5-7 days after close contact with a confirmed positive and the child is only 4 days past exposure today. The child could test negative today and tomorrow, but test positive on Friday. If mom doesn’t test child again, child will be at daycare on Friday. Hopefully, mom will do the responsible thing and test child again.[/quote]

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