Wanted to chime in, unfortunately. My 3 year old granddaughter has tested positive as of today and my oldest daughter(her mom), is showing signs, mostly loss of smell, awaiting her test results- along with her other 2 children. I’ve never felt more helpless and useless. As a mother we are supposed to protect our children and throw in my grandbabies and I’m a wreck right now. I visited my daughter the day she started feeling sick, at her job and was within 3 feet of her but we both wore masks. I also utilized the bathroom at the store she works at. Should I be self isolating? Also any advice or words of wisdom would be much appreciated at this time. Relieved to have this platform to share and care with one another. Thank you, WS.
Hugs, SAMS, and all the best to you, your daughter and your little granddaughter, and the other two children.
I want to preface this post by saying IANAD, and everything is jmo.
Re: level of exposure, this is interesting and I would be curious as to what
@mickey2942 ,
@10ofRods and
@dixiegirl1035 would say re: whether or not you should be quarantining, with masks and 3 feet. Some relevant aspects/ questions imo, if I may, was it indoors? How big is the room and what is the ventilation like? Any open windows, etc? What type of mask were you both wearing? Also importantly imo, how long was the contact?
One thing I will say, there is no doubt she was infectious at the time of your meeting, if she is positive, based on you saying she started getting ill/exhibiting symptoms that day.
As to the level of viral load, etc., hard to say but IMO, I would err on the side of caution wrt quarantining, especially if it was indoors with poor ventilation, and exposure was prolonged Jmo.
As for exact guidance on this, I would need to know how long the potential exposure was, ventilation aspects, mask type, etc. to further assess risk based on my opinion, etc. imo jmo IANAD, crosschecking of course with current guidance.
As for use of the shared bathroom, I think that’s a potential risk element as well, jmo, moo, for a few reasons, as they have been named as risky locations in some articles and would be considered a risky location imo especially if/since she may be positive.
To be clear, the term for you would be “quarantining”, not “isolating”, as the latter is used to describe covid positive persons. Quarantining is if you’ve been potentially exposed or identified as a contact.
Hang in there, hopefully all of you will have mild symptoms and/or be asymptomatic. Here for support.
Best wishes on a speedy, complete recovery!!
