Quarantine Life

Aaron Thompson83 said:My little one is stuck in isolation right now—basically half the preschool is out
and we haven't received a single word of guidance on what to do next
or when she can actually head back to daycare.

Mine is in school. Her teacher would just get these emails from the local health department, which she’d forward to us, and they’d specify how long the isolation period was supposed to last.

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Aaron Thompson83 said:My little one is stuck in isolation right now—basically half the preschool is out
and we haven't received a single word of guidance on what to do next
or when she can actually head back to daycare.

Look, you should be getting specific instructions on when the isolation period starts and ends.

As for "how to behave," there isn't really a manual for that. The kid stays home for those ten days, you watch for symptoms, and if anything pops up, you call the pediatrician and deal with it. That's it.🤷

Samuel Taylor said:So, I’m at school and something incredibly frustrating just went down. One girl in my class had her parents catch COVID, and then she started showing symptoms herself. She was clearly feeling under the weather starting Monday, yet she kept showing up to class all the way through Wednesday. It wasn't until Thursday—when she finally stayed home to self-isolate and take a test—that she actually came back positive. Because of this totally reckless behavior, both me and several of my classmates have been ordered into mandatory isolation. I honestly want to know if there’s any accountability for this kind of thing, especially since our homeroom teacher clearly isn't doing her job to monitor these situations. This girl knew there was a massive chance she was contagious, but she chose to leave the house anyway, putting everyone she came into contact with at risk and basically stealing ten days of our lives.

Did she violate quarantine protocols?
Basically, her parents had a positive test, and she kept showing up to school despite being a close contact.

I have a question regarding my upcoming trip. I'm planning to enter the US without an international test, which means I'll be required to go straight into self-isolation. Since I won't be driving my own car, I’ll be crossing the border on foot, walking a few miles, and then catching a bus to get to Washington, D.C., where I reside.

Here is what is weighing on my mind: since the authorities at the border will determine the length of my isolation period, will they actually permit me to walk those few miles from the border to the bus stop? My plan is to take the bus back home to Washington, D.C., and then begin my isolation once I arrive there.

In other words, will they let me proceed this way? Because I am relying on an intercity bus rather than a private vehicle, I obviously cannot jump straight into isolation the moment I hit the border.
Thanks

Paul Campbell3 said:Look, you should be getting specific instructions on when the isolation period starts and ends.

As for "how to behave," there isn't really a manual for that. The kid stays home for those ten days, you watch for symptoms, and if anything pops up, you call the pediatrician and deal with it. That's it.🤷

When my little one was under quarantine, our relatives passed along the official guidelines from the CDC, which laid out exactly which day the isolation period ended, when they could go back out, and all the rules for staying put. We made sure to notify our pediatrician so they could log everything in the system. And honestly, make sure you ask your doctor for a formal note confirming the quarantine—you'll want that to get a credit on your daycare bill since the kid wasn't allowed to attend.

By the way, if the child actually starts showing symptoms, you'll need to get them tested, and then their isolation gets extended, and you'll likely be ordered into quarantine yourselves too.

Paul Campbell3 said:Look, you should be getting specific instructions on when the isolation period starts and ends.

As for "how to behave," there isn't really a manual for that. The kid stays home for those ten days, you watch for symptoms, and if anything pops up, you call the pediatrician and deal with it. That's it.🤷

I get that.
My point was more about the fact that we never actually received the email we were supposed to get.

Jerry King83 said:When my little one was under quarantine, our relatives passed along the official guidelines from the CDC, which laid out exactly which day the isolation period ended, when they could go back out, and all the rules for staying put. We made sure to notify our pediatrician so they could log everything in the system. And honestly, make sure you ask your doctor for a formal note confirming the quarantine—you'll want that to get a credit on your daycare bill since the kid wasn't allowed to attend.

By the way, if the child actually starts showing symptoms, you'll need to get them tested, and then their isolation gets extended, and you'll likely be ordered into quarantine yourselves too.

Just a heads-up, though—you usually only see a reduction in those daycare fees if the child misses a maximum of five days in a month; otherwise, the bill stays the same. That generally applies to the local municipal preschool programs.

Aaron Thompson83 said:I get that.
My point was more about the fact that we never actually received the email we were supposed to get.

And honestly? That's just down to how the daycare itself is run. 😢

Michael White11 said:Can someone walk me through how they actually calculate the self-isolation compensation? Since the pay is $1133.

somebody somewhere

Go ask the accounting subforum

Michael White11 said:Can someone walk me through how they actually calculate the self-isolation compensation? Since the pay is $1133.

I'm not really sure how the math works, but honestly, given how small the paycheck is, they'll probably end up paying back everything they took.

ruggedbison30 said:I have a question regarding my upcoming trip. I'm planning to enter the US without an international test, which means I'll be required to go straight into self-isolation. Since I won't be driving my own car, I’ll be crossing the border on foot, walking a few miles, and then catching a bus to get to Washington, D.C., where I reside.

Here is what is weighing on my mind: since the authorities at the border will determine the length of my isolation period, will they actually permit me to walk those few miles from the border to the bus stop? My plan is to take the bus back home to Washington, D.C., and then begin my isolation once I arrive there.

In other words, will they let me proceed this way? Because I am relying on an intercity bus rather than a private vehicle, I obviously cannot jump straight into isolation the moment I hit the border.
Thanks

Would anyone out there who actually knows their stuff be willing to weigh in on this? I’d sure appreciate the help.😉
I’ve been scouring the web for an answer, but honestly? I'm coming up completely empty-handed.

ruggedbison30 said:Would anyone out there who actually knows their stuff be willing to weigh in on this? I’d sure appreciate the help.😉
I’ve been scouring the web for an answer, but honestly? I'm coming up completely empty-handed.

Self-isolation is something you carry out at your home or apartment—it isn't something you do at the border crossing or a Greyhound station. So, obviously, you have to be able to get to your final destination so you can actually isolate yourself. The real issue isn't how you get from the border to your house via bus; it's whether you can avoid stopping at a diner, a grocery store, or a friend's place along the way. That's where people trip up.

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So, here’s my situation... I tested positive for COVID-19 during a routine checkup three days ago before a trip.
I went straight into a 10-day quarantine following the verbal instructions from a public health official—nothing in writing or via email, just a quick phone call.

To be honest, I’m skeptical about this being a true positive. I live alone and have been working remotely on a major project for the last few weeks with almost zero social contact, so the odds of me actually being contagious are slim—especially since I feel perfectly fine and have zero symptoms.

I’m wondering if it’s possible to head to a private clinic on day six for a re-test? If that comes back negative, can I consider my isolation officially over? This trip is pretty critical for me.
Thanks for any insight.

Bryan Miller40 said:So, here’s my situation... I tested positive for COVID-19 during a routine checkup three days ago before a trip.
I went straight into a 10-day quarantine following the verbal instructions from a public health official—nothing in writing or via email, just a quick phone call.

To be honest, I’m skeptical about this being a true positive. I live alone and have been working remotely on a major project for the last few weeks with almost zero social contact, so the odds of me actually being contagious are slim—especially since I feel perfectly fine and have zero symptoms.

I’m wondering if it’s possible to head to a private clinic on day six for a re-test? If that comes back negative, can I consider my isolation officially over? This trip is pretty critical for me.
Thanks for any insight.

I'm not sure if they’ll actually honor it, but if it were me, I’d definitely go. Honestly, maybe even sooner than day six, seeing as you aren't showing any signs of being sick.
False positives happen all the time.

How far back do they actually track contacts for people testing positive?
So, I called up a buddy today to see if he wanted to grab a drink tonight—standard stuff, right?—but he told me he’s actually sick with COVID and has to isolate. He started feeling under the weather on Wednesday evening and ended up taking a test on Thursday. The thing is, we did run into each other briefly on Wednesday morning... just a quick hello, you know?

Lawrence Reed3 said:How far back do they actually track contacts for people testing positive?
So, I called up a buddy today to see if he wanted to grab a drink tonight—standard stuff, right?—but he told me he’s actually sick with COVID and has to isolate. He started feeling under the weather on Wednesday evening and ended up taking a test on Thursday. The thing is, we did run into each other briefly on Wednesday morning... just a quick hello, you know?

The window is 48 hours. Just keep in mind that it doesn't officially count as contact if you were together for less than 15 minutes, or if you stayed more than 6 feet apart indoors or 3 feet apart outdoors.

Symptoms started appearing about 48 hours after meeting those specific conditions.

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Drew Gonzalez75 said:The window is 48 hours. Just keep in mind that it doesn't officially count as contact if you were together for less than 15 minutes, or if you stayed more than 6 feet apart indoors or 3 feet apart outdoors.

We were definitely in contact for less than 10 minutes since we just bumped into him while passing through his office—we did shake hands and were pretty close, though—but we both had masks on!
So far, I haven't received any notifications, which means he hasn't reported me to the CDC (he’s a bit forgetful by nature, especially when he's rushing, and the encounter really was super brief). If I get hit with a notification in the next 15 days, then I'll know what happened and I can go ahead and lay low somewhere.

Lawrence Reed3 said:We were definitely in contact for less than 10 minutes since we just bumped into him while passing through his office—we did shake hands and were pretty close, though—but we both had masks on!
So far, I haven't received any notifications, which means he hasn't reported me to the CDC (he’s a bit forgetful by nature, especially when he's rushing, and the encounter really was super brief). If I get hit with a notification in the next 15 days, then I'll know what happened and I can go ahead and lay low somewhere.

Honestly, it makes more sense to just lay low for a few days if you have the option. Usually, symptoms start showing up within a five-day window.
If you've got any intel.
Nobody is going to call you, even if someone did report the contact.