My 14 year old daughter tested positive today. Almost certainly got it at school. Really hope it’s not because the school nurse decided to go on a Caribbean vacation over thanksgiving week.
Sorry Bird, hope she gets thru it ok.
My 14 year old daughter tested positive today. Almost certainly got it at school. Really hope it’s not because the school nurse decided to go on a Caribbean vacation over thanksgiving week.
Planes themselves are more safe than one would expect due to their air filtration systems, assuming:
The plane doesn’t sit on the tarmac for very long (they generally don’t run their full filtration system when not in the air)
No one within a few rows of you has the virus
No one with the virus takes their mask off to eat or drink
No one with the virus uses the bathroom immediately before you
In any event, the flight itself isn’t the most risky part of a trip. It’s the baggage check lines, security check lines, sitting around at the gate, boarding/deplaning lines, and baggage claim that are the problem.
And, of course, all of this ignores the possibility that you are the problem, making it unsafe for others in the plane, in the airport, and at your destination. I only mention this last because it doesn’t seem to concern you.
Thanks all for your supportive comments and messages. So far she is asymptomatic, but we decided to have her tested because 3 kids in the 8th grade at her school turned up positive last week. It's been 7 days since her last possible exposure so she will probably weather this just fine at this point...but now I am reviewing every little thing in my head worried that maybe I have it too...I coughed a few time yesterday morning, or my back has been sore in the last week, or I went for a jog and was really winded afterward...all of which normally would be explained away by alergies, or getting older or cold air, but now I am paranoid that I've actually got it.
And Scooter, I'll give snark to whoever I want to. My kid brought the virus home after I've been ordering groceries online, working from home, not visiting my parents, etc. for 8 months because someone else thought the virus was not a big deal, or they thought they were being careful enough and only taking worthwhile risks over thanksgiving week. School nurse or not, someone gave my kid this virus because they were being selfish. Now her 85 year old Grandfather with congestive heart failure has been exposed, but that turkey tasted good and they wore a mask in the airport so it was totally worth it!
There’s no use reasoning with this. One of these is an essential thing to do to keep you alive. The other is not. Long flights have been shown to be super spreader events too. And traveling internationally and only spending 30 min at the airport?
Yes the CCP selfishly operating and continuing to operate wet markets are responsible.
Oh cool, we are going with the the Trump China virus chain of blame. That slaps!
I mean it’s been known for a long time that wet markets could lead to coronavirus outbreaks, see SARs. But the CCP allows it anyways, and stills does.
You a science denier now?
Thanks all for your supportive comments and messages. So far she is asymptomatic, but we decided to have her tested because 3 kids in the 8th grade at her school turned up positive last week. It's been 7 days since her last possible exposure so she will probably weather this just fine at this point...but now I am reviewing every little thing in my head worried that maybe I have it too...I coughed a few time yesterday morning, or my back has been sore in the last week, or I went for a jog and was really winded afterward...all of which normally would be explained away by alergies, or getting older or cold air, but now I am paranoid that I've actually got it.
And Scooter, I'll give snark to whoever I want to. My kid brought the virus home after I've been ordering groceries online, working from home, not visiting my parents, etc. for 8 months because someone else thought the virus was not a big deal, or they thought they were being careful enough and only taking worthwhile risks over thanksgiving week. School nurse or not, someone gave my kid this virus because they were being selfish. Now her 85 year old Grandfather with congestive heart failure has been exposed, but that turkey tasted good and they wore a mask in the airport so it was totally worth it!
I hope your daughter and all of your family stay healthy
it's quite possible that your daughter caught Covid from some kid whose family all wear masks, and just happened to share some air in a grocery store with the wrong person (who potentially was *also* trying to be diligent but just got unlucky)
I hope your daughter and all of your family stay healthy
it's quite possible that your daughter caught Covid from some kid whose family all wear masks, and just happened to share some air in a grocery store with the wrong person (who potentially was *also* trying to be diligent but just got unlucky)
“Quite possible” is a really ambitious phrase for the very remote possibility you just laid out.
The lefts fawning government the CCP is concerning.
I mean it’s their fault y’all even have to deal with me as a poster tbh.
yes, I supplied a very specific example to cover a range of similar possibilities
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Thanks all for your supportive comments and messages. So far she is asymptomatic, but we decided to have her tested because 3 kids in the 8th grade at her school turned up positive last week. It's been 7 days since her last possible exposure so she will probably weather this just fine at this point...but now I am reviewing every little thing in my head worried that maybe I have it too...I coughed a few time yesterday morning, or my back has been sore in the last week, or I went for a jog and was really winded afterward...all of which normally would be explained away by alergies, or getting older or cold air, but now I am paranoid that I've actually got it.
And Scooter, I'll give snark to whoever I want to. My kid brought the virus home after I've been ordering groceries online, working from home, not visiting my parents, etc. for 8 months because someone else thought the virus was not a big deal, or they thought they were being careful enough and only taking worthwhile risks over thanksgiving week. School nurse or not, someone gave my kid this virus because they were being selfish. Now her 85 year old Grandfather with congestive heart failure has been exposed, but that turkey tasted good and they wore a mask in the airport so it was totally worth it!