Quarantine Life

Karen Wilson5 said:That seriously shouldn't be happening. Thank goodness you guys were all being responsible and staying put.

I had the exact same expectation when my little one first had to stay home—I thought someone would actually contact us to explain the quarantine period and all that stuff—but honestly, the only instructions we ever got were from the school.

Now that my kid is home, I called our family doctor and she didn't even have it in the system that my child was on medical leave! If I hadn't called her myself, she wouldn't have known a thing... 🤦

Anyway, I'm sending you guys good vibes—hope everything goes as smoothly as possible for all of you.

We started digging into isolation and quarantine lengths based on what's actually out there, just to see if there's any real way to shorten them.

David White5 said:I ended up stuck in quarantine back in November because some guy caught it from a coworker who had the nerve to show up to the office with a fever for three straight days without saying a word to anyone until he was finally too sick to even function and had to beg for remote work. That guy ended up infecting half his department, including my close friend, and while my buddy actually did the right thing by calling me immediately once symptoms hit, the idiot who started this whole mess just treated the entire situation like some kind of joke.
Luckily, I didn't end up getting sick or anything, but I spent two miserable weeks rotting in my room just to make sure I didn't pass anything on to my family. My paycheck took about a 15% hit because of the sick leave, which really sucks, though the guy who infected everyone is doing fine and back at work, even if his sense of taste hasn't quite returned yet.
Those two weeks in isolation were nothing but a massive waste of life because you can't go anywhere, your income takes a dive, you miss important commitments, and you end up feeling like a burden on everyone else in the house.
The absolute worst part is that I'll never find out the name of that complete moron whose sheer carelessness put other people at risk and robbed me of my life for a couple of weeks. I'd love to know what he'd have to say to my face if I actually went after him to pay me back for the money I lost.

David White5 said:I ended up stuck in quarantine back in November because some guy caught it from a coworker who had the nerve to show up to the office with a fever for three straight days without saying a word to anyone until he was finally too sick to even function and had to beg for remote work. That guy ended up infecting half his department, including my close friend, and while my buddy actually did the right thing by calling me immediately once symptoms hit, the idiot who started this whole mess just treated the entire situation like some kind of joke.
Luckily, I didn't end up getting sick or anything, but I spent two miserable weeks rotting in my room just to make sure I didn't pass anything on to my family. My paycheck took about a 15% hit because of the sick leave, which really sucks, though the guy who infected everyone is doing fine and back at work, even if his sense of taste hasn't quite returned yet.
Those two weeks in isolation were nothing but a massive waste of life because you can't go anywhere, your income takes a dive, you miss important commitments, and you end up feeling like a burden on everyone else in the house.
The absolute worst part is that I'll never find out the name of that complete moron whose sheer carelessness put other people at risk and robbed me of my life for a couple of weeks. I'd love to know what he'd have to say to my face if I actually went after him to pay me back for the money I lost.

James Cruz19 said:So, I was out for ten days—six of those were actual workdays. This lady I was with who actually caught the bug was just hanging at home after they cleared her $67. My doctor didn't even put me down for standard sick leave; she wrote it as isolation instead. Apparently, you get regular sick pay if you're actually sick, but if you're just in isolation, that's a different thing entirely. Anyway, my job told me I had to email Medicare to sort out my pay

driftingtinker said:So, some high schoolers in my neighborhood went to this birthday party last week, and man, it turned into a total COVID disaster zone. I guess five people in that house are all sick now; the kids are walking around totally fine without a single symptom, while both parents are absolutely wrecked and stuck in bed.

It’s pretty wild how during the height of the lockdowns, they were out there having massive backyard rages, acting like they were already immune or something.

Lawrence Reed3 said:Luckily, I tend to hang out with people who will give me a heads-up privately if they get sick, rather than handing over everyone else's info to health officials just so others can dodge quarantine.

vividjackal4 said:Look, here’s how it works. If you're on regular sick leave because you're actually ill, your employer covers at least 70% of your pay (or more depending on your contract) for up to 41 days. But with this whole quarantine thing, the Social Security Administration picks up the tab immediately, and they just pay out a flat maximum of $1417 for the entire month. In real-world terms? If you make $2000, you get your daily rate for the days you actually worked, plus whatever difference there is from that $2000 amount during the $1417 days you were stuck in isolation. Basically, the higher your salary, the bigger the gap you'll notice, but if you're pulling in $1333, you won't see any difference at all.

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Alexander Phillips3 said:Talk about a recipe for financial ruin. Back when the isolation period was 14 days, you were basically getting $700 for half a month—good luck with that. Plus, since anyone can report you as a contact an unlimited number of times, you could end up stuck at home for ten days at a time with zero dollars coming in. But hey, 90% of this country is living on minimum wage anyway, so I haven't seen anyone complaining about losing a few thousand dollars. If you're making $4k, you might as well stay home and rot for 10 days for free.

wanderingbadger77 said:Nah, nobody's gonna stay home for that kind of cash. They need a raise, plain and simple.

wanderingbadger77 said:That’s facts. That’s why I’m sitting on my vacation days.