Quarantine Life

Back on the final day of my quarantine here in the States. Not a single soul came by—not even the police, and I haven't heard a peep from a doctor checking in on me.

Edward Evans7 said:It looks like we’ll be waiting quite a while 😒👎

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I just got an alert on my Social Security app saying my funds were deposited. That covers November and December too.

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I haven't received a single thing yet. 👎
I've already sent it over twice.

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Has anyone actually seen their insulation rebate hit their account for the year yet?

Is anyone else getting hit with those 11th and 12th notifications today?

electricbadger89 said:I just got an alert on my Social Security app saying my funds were deposited. That covers November and December too.

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Can someone explain what kind of payment this actually is? 🤔

Has there been any change to the protocol for mandatory quarantine if you've been flagged as a contact?
So, if someone tests positive and lists me as a contact, they notify me, and then I want to be officially registered as being in quarantine—do I need to call my primary care physician? If I don't reach out to my doctor to let them know, am I not technically considered to be in official isolation?

Thomas Hernandez4 said:Can someone explain what kind of payment this actually is? 🤔

It’s basically sick leave—your employer pays you a reduced salary, and then Medicare covers the difference if you were stuck in quarantine. For instance, I haven't seen my payment for December yet, which is just great since we're talking about $567

swiftjackal91 said:It’s basically sick leave—your employer pays you a reduced salary, and then Medicare covers the difference if you were stuck in quarantine. For instance, I haven't seen my payment for December yet, which is just great since we're talking about $567

I’m in the exact same boat, still waiting on my December stuff (even though I dealt with COVID back in July—lol, so much for all that talk about reinfections and other nonsense).

I sent everything over except for the final pay stub because the site says they can just pull those details directly through the Social Security Administration, but my application is still sitting there marked as "in processing."

Is there even any point in trying to file a second request? The fine print explicitly says you're only supposed to submit it once.

When you sent yours, I had already submitted mine on January 7th—and they told me that anything processed by the 7th gets paid out by the 20th. Anything after that doesn't hit until the end of the month. Honestly, if you're looking for a payout before February 20th, you might be dreaming—total idiots.

swiftjackal91 said:When you sent yours, I had already submitted mine on January 7th—and they told me that anything processed by the 7th gets paid out by the 20th. Anything after that doesn't hit until the end of the month. Honestly, if you're looking for a payout before February 20th, you might be dreaming—total idiots.

I sent mine off on January 12th, but honestly? Nothing but that annoying automated bot response so far.

They sent this over as some sort of follow-up explanation after I reached out to ask why my payment hasn't hit since January 20th. So—I guess we're both just waiting on next month's check now. ��

Unbelievable, but it actually hit me today. I honestly didn't think it would happen—but here we are.

swiftjackal91 said:Unbelievable, but it actually hit me today. I honestly didn't think it would happen—but here we are.

I haven't felt anything yet 🙂
But I've got a massive bill hitting my bank account on March 1st.

That’s actually why I decided against traveling to the States—instead, I just took five days of PTO and stayed put at home for a couple of weeks. It was honestly nice being home, and the best part—I guess you could say—was that I didn't end up passing anything on to my husband or my kid... plus, I wasn't completely cut off from them either.

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mellowskipper said:That’s actually why I decided against traveling to the States—instead, I just took five days of PTO and stayed put at home for a couple of weeks. It was honestly nice being home, and the best part—I guess you could say—was that I didn't end up passing anything on to my husband or my kid... plus, I wasn't completely cut off from them either.

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Look, once the health department calls you and someone who tested positive for COVID flags you as a contact, there’s no "yes I will" or "no I won't" negotiation. They just mandate your quarantine and that's that. Period.

silentsurfer3 said:Look, once the health department calls you and someone who tested positive for COVID flags you as a contact, there’s no "yes I will" or "no I won't" negotiation. They just mandate your quarantine and that's that. Period.

That’s exactly why I told everyone in my circle not to list me.

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silentsurfer3 said:Look, once the health department calls you and someone who tested positive for COVID flags you as a contact, there’s no "yes I will" or "no I won't" negotiation. They just mandate your quarantine and that's that. Period.

They send you home on sick leave, but honestly, the local doctor doesn't give a damn how your boss tries to justify those missed days.
I went through it myself; I didn't even take full medical leave, I just worked from home whenever I could.

silentsurfer3 said:I haven't felt anything yet 🙂
But I've got a massive bill hitting my bank account on March 1st.

You'll probably be sitting pretty by February 20th at the latest.

silentsurfer3 said:Look, once the health department calls you and someone who tested positive for COVID flags you as a contact, there’s no "yes I will" or "no I won't" negotiation. They just mandate your quarantine and that's that. Period.

Are public health officials still calling contacts? I was under the impression they stopped doing that a few months back.