When to come out of quarantine mode? (self.ZeroCovidCommunity)
submitted 22 hours ago by Practical-Pack-42
I'm struggling with a conundrum. Last week, my kid had a mask fail at school - her SIP valve fell out. She mitigated the damage as well as she could (pinched the hole closed and immediately went outside to change her mask), but we decided to do a quarantine for a week and test her daily just to be sure. We've been masking at home at all times (except in the designated "COVID-free zone"), and eating outside.
Well, yesterday, one of the rapid tests (a FlowFlex) showed a very very tiny faint gray spot in the "positive" area. It was almost invisible, and disappeared after another hour. We immediately followed up with a Lucira test and it was negative. Another Lucira, performed the next day, was also negative. The kid has no symptoms. We tried booking a PCR for yesterday, but the only drive-thru appointment we could book was today, and we won't get the results for another 4-5 business days.
Another wrinkle is that yesterday I developed some sort of symptoms - maybe it's just stressing out about all of that and inadequate sleep, maybe it's not. They went away after a good night's sleep, and I feel fine now. My Lucira test was invalid and we don't have any more of them. I live a very isolated existence and my only exposure would have been through the kid.
What would y'all do in my situation? Do the PCR on both me and the kid and keep quarantining until the results come in? Get a whole bunch more rapid tests? Assume that the original rapid test was invalid? At present, we are still masking in the house, eating outdoors, and isolating from my elderly parents. How much longer should I be doing that considering this situation?
