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Covid rules for exposed kids in school make no sense
Posted on 1/9/21 at 11:42 am
Posted on 1/9/21 at 11:42 am
So as I mentioned a week or so ago my wife was hospitalized for 5 days with Covid. Thanks for all the prayers and I’m happy to report she is basically back to full health. Now as we sit and try to understand our isolation rules I am getting more and more annoyed.
My work agreed that I am good to return two weeks after her positive test on 12-29.
She can return to work 20 days after her symptoms appeared same 12-29 date being usesd
My kids... well apparently they are supposed to quarantine another 14 days after my wife’s quarantine ended. This basically keeps them out of school until Feb.
This is absurd. CDC guidelines tell us on the discharge paper to continue isolation until :
3 days have passed since recovery (let’s say that’s the 1-5)
At least ten days have passed since patients first positive test
Where the hell is the 14 days past initial quarantine coming from ?!?!
My work agreed that I am good to return two weeks after her positive test on 12-29.
She can return to work 20 days after her symptoms appeared same 12-29 date being usesd
My kids... well apparently they are supposed to quarantine another 14 days after my wife’s quarantine ended. This basically keeps them out of school until Feb.
This is absurd. CDC guidelines tell us on the discharge paper to continue isolation until :
3 days have passed since recovery (let’s say that’s the 1-5)
At least ten days have passed since patients first positive test
Where the hell is the 14 days past initial quarantine coming from ?!?!
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Posted on 1/9/21 at 11:43 am to CE Tiger
Welcome to March.
Posted on 1/9/21 at 11:45 am to CE Tiger
quote:
well apparently they are supposed to quarantine another 14 days after my wife’s quarantine ended. This basically keeps them out of school until Feb.
That is insane
Kids are going to be so screwed up from this
Posted on 1/9/21 at 11:45 am to CE Tiger
Our kids were able to go back 14 days after exposure with no symptoms. Had they tested positive, they could have gone back after 10. Makes a ton of sense
Posted on 1/9/21 at 11:47 am to CE Tiger
quote:
Where the hell is the 14 days past initial quarantine coming from ?!?!
Because they are likely basing it off 14 days past last date of exposure.
I would assume your kids have been around your wife this whole time. So....her last day of being considered contagious...is their last date of exposure.
Hence 14 days after.
ETA: There is a difference between isolation time because you have it and can still be contagious and time of quarantine because you have been exposed.
This post was edited on 1/9/21 at 11:48 am
Posted on 1/9/21 at 11:48 am to lsunurse
They weren’t around her at all the five days she was in the hospital and came back symptom free.
Posted on 1/9/21 at 11:49 am to CE Tiger
Do they attend a public school?
I thought the department of education in LA dropped it to 10 days from 1st contact.
I thought the department of education in LA dropped it to 10 days from 1st contact.
Posted on 1/9/21 at 11:49 am to CE Tiger
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They weren’t around her at all the five days she was in the hospital and came back symptom free.
Doesn't matter. She was sick enough to require hospitalization. Therefore she would need 20 days of isolation. Regardless if symptoms gone. And they would require 14 days quarantine from the last date of contact within those 20 days.
If she required oxygen...she requires 20 days isolation.
ETA: I realize every school is different....so you really don't have a choice but to follow what your school district has decided.
This post was edited on 1/9/21 at 11:52 am
Posted on 1/9/21 at 11:53 am to TigerintheNO
quote:
they attend a public school?
No. Archdiocese
Posted on 1/9/21 at 11:55 am to CE Tiger
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Where the hell is the 14 days past initial quarantine coming from ?!?!
Math, you dummy.
If you’re infectious up until your quarantine is over, it’s plausible someone who saw you on any day could catch it too, so their 14-day quarantine starts from the last day they contacted you. For household members, that’s typically the end of your 10-day quarantine. Their 14-day starts when you’re ends.
It makes perfect logical sense. It’s no different than if you hung out with a friend on day 10 of your quarantine. Bottom line is it’s much faster to get back if you actually test positive than it is if you’re just a contact.
ETA- Open it up and all that, frick the lockdowns, etc., but this rule makes perfect sense if you think about it.
This post was edited on 1/9/21 at 11:59 am
Posted on 1/9/21 at 11:57 am to bee Rye
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Our kids were able to go back 14 days after exposure with no symptoms. Had they tested positive, they could have gone back after 10. Makes a ton of sense
Yes, it does.
No one knows exactly how long between exposure to full blown infection. There is no guess work after a positive test, so the clock can start at 10. The clock can’t start at 10 with simple exposure, because you may take 7 days to develop the virus.
Posted on 1/9/21 at 12:00 pm to CE Tiger
quote:
My kids... well apparently they are supposed to quarantine another 14 days after my wife’s quarantine ended. This basically keeps them out of school until Feb.
That’s because the school assumes they were in contact the entire time. Explain to them that they broke off any contact 5 days prior to the end of your wife’s quarantine and you should be fine.
Posted on 1/9/21 at 12:00 pm to CE Tiger
Those in charge just make every restriction up as they go
Posted on 1/9/21 at 12:01 pm to CE Tiger
This is what we got hit with yesterday.
Seems reasonable.
Now I get to WFH this week and my son is pumped
Seems reasonable.
Now I get to WFH this week and my son is pumped
Posted on 1/9/21 at 12:02 pm to TigerintheNO
quote:
thought the department of education in LA dropped it to 10 days from 1st contact.
It’s still 14 days from contact, but 10 days from positive test, iirc. That’s the cdc guidelines.
ETA- CDC still recommends 14 days from contact if at all possible, but has shortened it to 10 days at a minimum without a test.
This post was edited on 1/9/21 at 12:06 pm
Posted on 1/9/21 at 12:02 pm to slackster
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That’s because the school assumes they were in contact the entire time. Explain to them that they broke off any contact 5 days prior to the end of your wife’s quarantine and you should be fine.
The 5 days of no contact with the kids was when she was in the hospital though(because they wouldn't be allowed to visit). Not the end of her quarantine...at least that is how I read it.
Posted on 1/9/21 at 12:09 pm to lsunurse
Her fever stopped the first day in the hospital but she had developed pnumonia. Is that a Covid symptom or a result of having Covid?
Posted on 1/9/21 at 12:09 pm to lsunurse
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The 5 days of no contact with the kids was when she was in the hospital though(because they wouldn't be allowed to visit). Not the end of her quarantine...at least that is how I read it.
Whatever the facts are, anyone considered a close contact within the mother’s quarantine period should quarantine for 14 days from their last contact.
For most family situations, that’s basically 14 days after the parent’s 10-days are up, or 24 total days.
I’m going through this now, but luckily my kids tested positive despite no symptoms, so their 10-day clock got started separately.
Posted on 1/9/21 at 12:10 pm to CE Tiger
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Her fever stopped the first day in the hospital but she had developed pnumonia. Is that a Covid symptom or a result of having Covid?
It doesn’t matter what symptoms your wife had.
Posted on 1/9/21 at 12:11 pm to CE Tiger
when did anything in this BS make sense?
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