New nanny caught covid, what to do?

[Anonymous]

Our new fully vaccinated nanny caught covid a week before she is supposed to start with us.

After quarantining for 10 days after symptoms began, she showed from a letter from fairfax county saying that she is released to resume normal activities.

However, she is still testing positive for covid.

But apparently cdc guideline is that employers should not require a negative covid tests from employees as long as they have isolated for 10 days. And that it will take several times, even up to 1-3 months until the person would test negative. The positive test is likely due to dead virus in the guts, but also could be due to lingering symptoms. It is not a sure thing.

I have an infant (3 months old) and an unvaccinated toddler at home. My mother, who has some preexisting conditions, is also living with us but will be leaving in mid September. She is terrified of having someone who is testing covid positive in the house. So am I and my husband.

We are at a loss as to what to do. We have offered to pay that nanny full salary in the first week using all her sick leave, and a flat lump sum (25% of her wage) thereafter for not coming to our house until she gets a negative test. But this cannot go on forever, and she has not even begun with us!


What would You do?

[Anonymous]

I would ask our pediatrician. You’re going to get so many undereducated answers here from the internet-experts but I would trust our pediatrician and family physicians.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would ask our pediatrician. You’re going to get so many undereducated answers here from the internet-experts but I would trust our pediatrician and family physicians.

+1. This is not a question to outsource, OP. You’ll just get the full spectrum of defensive responses. Trust your doctors and follow their advice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would ask our pediatrician. You’re going to get so many undereducated answers here from the internet-experts but I would trust our pediatrician and family physicians.

+1. This is not a question to outsource, OP. You’ll just get the full spectrum of defensive responses. Trust your doctors and follow their advice.

+2.

[Anonymous]

why are you double posting?
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/997289.page

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would ask our pediatrician. You’re going to get so many undereducated answers here from the internet-experts but I would trust our pediatrician and family physicians.

+1. This is not a question to outsource, OP. You’ll just get the full spectrum of defensive responses. Trust your doctors and follow their advice.

+2.

+3 don’t mess around with this, you have a three month old

[Anonymous]

No way. I'd be really concerned where they got it as you can get covid twice, even vaccinated.

[Anonymous]

Doctor here - you’re right she can test positive for months afterwards even when she is no longer contagious . If it were me I’d have her quarantine for a full 14 days . We have young unvaccinated children and our nanny willingly wears a mask at home as do we . That is another option for you and would be safe for your mother as well .

[Anonymous]

Ummmm no ma’am I won’t chance it.

[Anonymous]

I would ask her to quarantine 14 days after symptoms cleared up, but I'm very careful with this virus. Anything over what's in the contract would have to be unpaid (unless you can afford it, of course, in which case you should consider the exceptional circumstance of the pandemic).