PSA - a negative test DOES NOT undo the need to quarantine!

amother

Wed, Sep 30 2020, 9:27 pm

There seems to be a misconception that if a person tests negative after having been exposed, they are exempt from the 14-day quarantine.

As per the CDC, this is not the case.

A positive test can present itself up to 14 days after exposure, so a negative test 1-2 days later does not mitigate the need to quarantine.

Please follow the guidelines!

youngishbear

Wed, Sep 30 2020, 11:21 pm

What OP said.

A negative test is helpful to someone who had previously tested positive and needs proof that they are no longer sick.

A negative test 14 days after exposure can also prove that someone is not an asymptomatic carrier of Covid.

That's it.

amother

Denim

Thu, Oct 01 2020, 1:43 am

Thanks for posting this OP. I just wish someone would share it with the menahel of DS's Brooklyn school, who is allowing classes to continue in-person learning after a confirmed positive case in the class without any testing whatsoever, as long as they are asymptomatic.

I wish these schools that are flouting the rules and jeopardizing the health of the students and their families would be forced to follow some elementary public health guidelines before they get shut down and start crying anti-Semitism.

amother

Tan

Thu, Oct 01 2020, 2:50 am

amother [ Olive ] wrote:

My son was exposed. Tested negative and came down 3 days later with strong COVID symptoms.

How many days after exposure did he test negative?

I’ve heard after ten days it’s okay to test...

WhatFor

Thu, Oct 01 2020, 3:01 am

Not to throw a wrench in the thread but also if you have symptoms and get a negative test, please quarantine. I know ppl who tested negative for COVID and had symptoms and were later positive for antibodies.

I mean, if someone has sick symptoms they should anyway not be socializing regardless of if they have COVID but it seems a lot of people don't really care....

Elfrida

Thu, Oct 01 2020, 5:38 am

amother [ Lavender ] wrote:

I actually just read that doctors are saying that even if someone was exposed, they do not have to quarantine if they have antibodies.

That is similar to the guidelines in Israel. They don't do antibody testing, but anyone who tested postive and was later considered recovered according to the guidelines in place at the time is not required to enter isolation if they are exposed again. the assumption, of course, is that they have antibodies. Sometimes there are families with most of the members positive and one who had it a few months ago and recovered, and that one goes in and out of the house freely and does all the shopping.

amother

Thu, Oct 01 2020, 7:24 am

amother [ Lavender ] wrote:

I actually just read that doctors are saying that even if someone was exposed, they do not have to quarantine if they have antibodies.

This is overly reliant on antibodies despite the fact that people are getting COVID a second time. Additionally, there is no proof that someone who has antibodies cannot be a carrier/spreader of the virus.

amother

Linen

Thu, Oct 01 2020, 7:31 am

I know at least 3 people who tested negative, went back to work and daily activities, continued to feel awful with symptoms worsening, got another test a few days later and were positive. In the meantime, they were walking around contagious until the positive test made them quarantine.

Mama Bear

Thu, Oct 01 2020, 9:17 am

The rule in Israel about 'antibodies' is: if someone tested positive for covid, then recovered, they do not have to quarantine again for the next 3 months even if they have a subsequent exposure.
This makes sense, obviously. If someone had covid in July, are fine now, and their neighbor/teacher/child currently has covid, they shouldnt have to quarantine *AGAIN* -- they will not catch it or transmit it.
In NY we are 6 months after the first outbreak, so some people are ostensibly catching it a 2nd time (I dont personally know of anyone who has it a 2nd time). It should be an interesting study to see if when immunity wanes.
2 1/2 weeks ago I attended my nephew's sheva brachos. A few days later after I was startled to hear that the kallah's mother and grandmother apparently both have covid. (I dont know if they officially tested or just came down with symptoms.) I hope to Hashem that they didnt attend the simcha knowing they had covid, but that they started feeling ill the next day. In any case, my entire side of teh family who were sick in march, did not get it a 2nd time, despite being several feet away from them for an hour. There's still some immunity left apparently but who knows who long it will stick.

Elfrida

Thu, Oct 01 2020, 9:29 am

Mama Bear wrote:

The rule in Israel about 'antibodies' is: if someone tested positive for covid, then recovered, they do not have to quarantine again for the next 3 months even if they have a subsequent exposure.

Where does this information come from? The latest nohal that I read from Misrad HaBriut stated a working assumption of six months for antibodies, and that practically speaking anyone who has been infected and recovered is not required to isolate after exposure, regardless of the time period elapsed.

amother

Mistyrose

Thu, Oct 01 2020, 9:30 am

I am just curious did it actually take anyone 14 days after exposure to start showing symptoms? I am not against quarantine testing or anything like that just curious. Like it seems like more people get it like seven to eight days after being exposed if that long unless you get it and didn't even know you were exposed then you didn't know how long it took to get it.

Elfrida

Thu, Oct 01 2020, 9:33 am

amother [ Mistyrose ] wrote:

I don't know about fourteen days, but I have spoekn to people who developed symptom on the twelth or thirteenth day of isolation. It normally does happen earlier, but can take close to the full two weeks.

amother

Apricot

Thu, Oct 01 2020, 9:34 am

amother [ Mistyrose ] wrote:

I know one teen who developed symptoms on the 14 day of quarrantine.

amother

Mistyrose

Thu, Oct 01 2020, 9:46 am

Oh wow thanks for letting me know I was really wondering about the 14 day thing that's so crazy after almost 2 weeks you think you are in the clear and then not . This is all so crazy just trying to stay healthy and well it's all so complicated.

NotInNJMommy

Thu, Oct 01 2020, 9:51 am

amother [ Mistyrose ] wrote:

There were studies earlier this year (or late last year) when COVID first hit the world that incubation could take up to 14 days to show symptoms. (although most people cvs would show symptoms around day 5) That was the basis for the quarantine requirement (all over, not just in NYS) of 14 days.