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If she no longer has symptoms and the FIL still has no symptoms, this should be fine.
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You can test positive for up to 3 months after having Covid. She is right. Not sure why you put the quotes there.
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@OP It certainly comes off like you think she’s full of it, especially as you referenced that your experience was that your husband tested negative after 8 days. Do whatever you want to do, OP. But you came here looking for opinions and mine is that your MIL is completely valid in her reasoning and that you are looking for reasons to bail.
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EY-P 1 is spitting some really bad advice. That thinking is part of the reason the spread is out of control.
The spread of this weak variant needs to continue. This is the chickenpox strain.
If you test positive for COVID you aren’t supposed to take another test for 3 months because you. Can still test positive
Just make sure FIL is testing negative. Otherwise agree MIL is no longer contagious based on current guidelines
Everyone’s comments in here are very contradictory to my understanding - I thought a positive test = the test is picking up that you are carrying enough virus to still transmit it? My friends who have had it have waited till they test negative to resume hanging with people (usually about 7-10 days)
A2, 10 days rather than negative test is current CDC guidance. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/duration-isolation.html.
“Patients who have recovered from COVID-19 can continue to have detectable SARS-CoV-2 RNA in upper respiratory specimens for up to 3 months after illness onset in concentrations considerably lower than during illness; however, replication-competent virus has not been reliably recovered and infectiousness is unlikely. … Studies have not found evidence that clinically recovered adults with persistence of viral RNA have transmitted SARS-CoV-2 to others. These findings strengthen the justification for relying on a symptom-based rather than test-based strategy for ending isolation of most patients.”
I tested positive this past Sunday and will isolate through next Tuesday. Your MIL is correct. It’s safe for her to come over after the 10 day isolation period is over. In the future you should get Covid 19 and health information from legitimate sources, not the ‘Bowl.
Yeah I had a friend who had it recently and he was told not to bother testing for a while bc he’ll text positive for 6-8 weeks after recovering. 10 days after symptoms appear is fine as long as the symptoms are gone.
My husband had it at the beginning of December and tested negative after 8 days
Lol M2 I’m guessing EY1 misread my comment? Not fear mongering at all - everyone has different experiences with covid, and some people test positive for a while after and some people don’t. Medical advice says that you’re in the clear 10 days after symptoms begin or positive test, as long as there are no more symptoms.
Ignoring that advice and staying home anyway, relying on your own anecdotal experience to direct your decisions, is not unlike how some people refute the effectiveness of vaccines or masks.
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Get your FIL tested first then decide.
Go for it, enjoy Christmas! Second what others have said, have FIL get tested beforehand too
CDC, MIT, and other reputable sources I’ve reviewed all say the same. 10 day quarantine with day 0 as the 1st day of symptoms. No need to take an additional PCR Bc trace of virus can be in system for upwards of 45 days, but that doesn’t mean the virus is actively shedding and therefore transmissible.
She’s right. CDC’s own guidelines say you can be out of isolation after 10 days as long as symptoms are improving and it’s been >24 hrs fever-free with no meds.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/quarantine-isolation.html
I would just make sure your FIL gets tested too before you see them so he is not asymptomatic
Personally, if I were in this situation, I would be setting up a zoom call. We get to see each other, I get to not take a chance at getting sick, everyone wins!
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You should just tell them you have COVID and stay home
I have Covid currently and my 10 day window ends tomorrow. We still moved our Christmas celebrations to the following weekend to be safe. But technically, you are no longer contagious 10 days after start of symptoms so long as you do not have a fever.
No there’s not, which is why we pushed getting together
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Well omnicron doesn’t show up on tests anyway, so we’re all doomed. Guess it’s back to lockdown again.
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Is the 10 day window after the start of symptoms or after the end?
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