Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who is “they”?

Why would you have to quarantine if you have two negative covid tests?
Who said you can’t start school?

They is INOVA Urgent Care. And the provided a letter for missing work at a FCHD site and a letter for school. And both said my fully vaxxed, fever free, very mild symptom, rapid test negative kid should be excluded from work and school for 10 days (plus no fever, plus symptoms improving) even if his PCR test was negative.

I certainly questioned this, amd was told “PCR tests are missing some delta cases, and we can’t be too careful”

FCHD has some jurisdiction over his job because he works at a Fairfax County site. And, of course FCHD has jurisdiction over FCPS.

We never really thought this kid had COVID. We acted out of an abundance of caution, since his job is public facing (but he wears a mask and it’s mostly outside).

I’m putting a word out caution out there. Don’t get your kid tested because they are mildly ill, or seem off, or whatever. Even if they are clear, you could be looking at 10 days of school for them, plus unvaxxed siblings, plus so,e amount of time for vaxxed siblings.

Your advice is horrible! There are people who will spread Delta if they follow it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We ordered the home COVID tests that we will use if we are worried about anything symptomatic. If one of those comes back positive we will look at going for a regular test at a clinic.

I wish they weren't so expensive.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who is “they”?

Why would you have to quarantine if you have two negative covid tests?
Who said you can’t start school?

They is INOVA Urgent Care. And the provided a letter for missing work at a FCHD site and a letter for school. And both said my fully vaxxed, fever free, very mild symptom, rapid test negative kid should be excluded from work and school for 10 days (plus no fever, plus symptoms improving) even if his PCR test was negative.

I certainly questioned this, amd was told “PCR tests are missing some delta cases, and we can’t be too careful”

FCHD has some jurisdiction over his job because he works at a Fairfax County site. And, of course FCHD has jurisdiction over FCPS.

We never really thought this kid had COVID. We acted out of an abundance of caution, since his job is public facing (but he wears a mask and it’s mostly outside).

I’m putting a word out caution out there. Don’t get your kid tested because they are mildly ill, or seem off, or whatever. Even if they are clear, you could be looking at 10 days of school for them, plus unvaxxed siblings, plus so,e amount of time for vaxxed siblings.

Anonymous wrote:We ordered the home COVID tests that we will use if we are worried about anything symptomatic. If one of those comes back positive we will look at going for a regular test at a clinic.

Anonymous wrote:
OP,

I'm a scientist who researched all health agency guidelines around the world last year re-Covid. Delta has shortened a lot of the timelines.

1. Your son MUST isolate until he gets a negative PCR test. That's a given. He has to contact all the people with whom he may have been in close contact in the past week (usually Delta manifests itself in less than 4 days).

2. You and the rest of the household are close contacts and must get PCR tests ASAP, and isolate until they're negative. That's also a given. You can get them done at Same Day Testing. They have slots every day, look on their website. With insurance it's free.

3. But you don't need to isolate if your PCR test is negative. That's crazy, and against all guidelines.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who is “they”?

Why would you have to quarantine if you have two negative covid tests?
Who said you can’t start school?

They is INOVA Urgent Care. And the provided a letter for missing work at a FCHD site and a letter for school. And both said my fully vaxxed, fever free, very mild symptom, rapid test negative kid should be excluded from work and school for 10 days (plus no fever, plus symptoms improving) even if his PCR test was negative.

I certainly questioned this, amd was told “PCR tests are missing some delta cases, and we can’t be too careful”

FCHD has some jurisdiction over his job because he works at a Fairfax County site. And, of course FCHD has jurisdiction over FCPS.

We never really thought this kid had COVID. We acted out of an abundance of caution, since his job is public facing (but he wears a mask and it’s mostly outside).

I’m putting a word out caution out there. Don’t get your kid tested because they are mildly ill, or seem off, or whatever. Even if they are clear, you could be looking at 10 days of school for them, plus unvaxxed siblings, plus so,e amount of time for vaxxed siblings.

THAT is your takeaway? Jesus we are all doomed.

Anonymous wrote:That was my takeaway, and I’m not OP.

I would ignore it, totally. Vaccinated people don’t quarantine.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
OP,

I'm a scientist who researched all health agency guidelines around the world last year re-Covid. Delta has shortened a lot of the timelines.

1. Your son MUST isolate until he gets a negative PCR test. That's a given. He has to contact all the people with whom he may have been in close contact in the past week (usually Delta manifests itself in less than 4 days).

2. You and the rest of the household are close contacts and must get PCR tests ASAP, and isolate until they're negative. That's also a given. You can get them done at Same Day Testing. They have slots every day, look on their website. With insurance it's free.

3. But you don't need to isolate if your PCR test is negative. That's crazy, and against all guidelines.

#2 - whaaaaat? He’s not even positive! You’re not a close contact until he’s positive.
I work at a state run hospital (in Maryalnd, not VA), and this is not at all how we do it. I am on the Covid Team, and we just had a positive staff member. All close contacts were tested immediately, and will be tested again in another week. They are all still working!
DCUM, do not trust this person. Not sure where s/he is getting her/his info from. We at the hospital follow all state and CDC guidelines.

Anonymous wrote:
OP,

I'm a scientist who researched all health agency guidelines around the world last year re-Covid. Delta has shortened a lot of the timelines.

1. Your son MUST isolate until he gets a negative PCR test. That's a given. He has to contact all the people with whom he may have been in close contact in the past week (usually Delta manifests itself in less than 4 days).

2. You and the rest of the household are close contacts and must get PCR tests ASAP, and isolate until they're negative. That's also a given. You can get them done at Same Day Testing. They have slots every day, look on their website. With insurance it's free.

3. But you don't need to isolate if your PCR test is negative. That's crazy, and against all guidelines.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That was my takeaway, and I’m not OP.

I would ignore it, totally. Vaccinated people don’t quarantine.

Both friends sons have to miss the first week of classes due to a positive test result of a teammate. Both are also vaccinated but had rapid tests come back negative as well as PCR tests that came back negative.

My friend and her husband, also fully vaccinated, were told to quarantine for 14 days as well.

These were instructions issued by the county health department to them once contacted after the school was notified of the positive result.

Anonymous wrote:That was my takeaway, and I’m not OP.

I would ignore it, totally. Vaccinated people don’t quarantine.