10ofRods
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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.
My personal opinion is that @SAMS had a very low risk exposure. I don't think there's any way to completely rule out exposure, but given all we know, with a situation like that - if I were 5-6 days out from that exposure with no symptoms, I'd be relaxing my quarantine. We quarantine ourselves after each and every contact with a living, breathing human (even if we're all masked, even if we're 6 feet apart, even if there's plexiglass). But after 5 days, I feel as if I'd notice if I was starting to feel run down. DH would notice for sure. At 7 days, I would probably risk an outdoor, masked conversation with a family member - we keep all our conversations outdoors to about an hour, more if there's a good breeze.
The thing is, if the incident is enough to make you anxious, it's never good. It's your body trying to let you know that you should be attentive. I agree that the shared bathroom is the key area of possible risk. I know I sound weird, but both DH and I wear ski goggles when we go into an indoor venue, small or not. Aerosols and droplets exist in bathrooms, hence our extreme caution about public restrooms.