AggieAuditor said:
jakester03 said:
Already cancelled trip to the in-laws. Dr says I should quarantine 10 days from the end of my wife's 10 days. 20 days in the hole for me. Thanks y'all.
20 days of quarantine? Holy crap we've gone insane.
It's actually supposed to be 24 days. But just in case the reasoning wasn't provided it is as follows:
-Wife is contagious for 10 days from symptom onset (if asymptomatic, assume 10 days from positive test)
-Assuming husband gets it on day 10, then the incubation period is 14 days and he might not develop symptoms for 14 days. If he develops symptoms on day 14, then he would need to isolate for 10 days from the day he develops symptoms
-If husband develops symptoms on day 5 following wife's symptom onset, then his 10 days of contagiousness would start then
-If husband gets a PCR test and tests positive then his 10 days would start from date of positive test (even if asymptomatic)
-If there is no plan on isolating away from the wife, then there is no utility in getting a PCR test unless you develop symptoms and want to confirm you have it
-50% of people develop symptoms within 5 days of exposure, and 98% develop symptoms by day 12.
The 20/24 days may sound crazy, but that is essentially a 98% solution. Doctors aren't going to give you a 50% solution and then get blamed when you kill someone because you thought you were in the clear because the only said 10 days or 14 days.
Also, the rapid antigen test is falsely negative almost 50% of the time.
