Re: COVID-19/new coronavirus thread
I just want, badly, one coherent message and plan.
My sister tested positive in October. Quarantined, isolated for a bit (10 days, I think? I'm not sure), then tested negative. Tested again twice before she came back home for Thanksgiving after traveling out of state. The first (last Sunday) was negative, the second (Wednesday) was positive, but that the county is considering it the same case as last month aka she's not contagious, doesn't have to quarantine, etc.
At work I have to fill out a questionnaire asking if I've had direct contact with somebody who's tested positive so I answered yes. Called my boss, told her that yes I have but that person doesn't have to quarantine. Work didn't care, still have to get tested.
Called my doc to ask about a test this morning, they said that I have to quarantine for 14 days, shouldn't even be tested until Thursday (a week after exposure), and that they don't know why, given the negative tests between the positives, she doesn't have to quarantine. They even said that since I'm asymptomatic they wouldn't even test me. Albany County can't test me until Tuesday, 2-5 days (iirc) for test results. I can go to a CVS in cooperstown, 1.5 hours away, for a test tomorrow but still won't have results until Wednesday at the earliest.
Called NYS COVID hotline and they confirmed what the county told her. She's not contagious, I shouldn't be required to take a negative test. I shouldn't've even said I'd been in contact with somebody who tested positive. themoreyouknow.gif. I asked if they can provide anything to work reflecting that, was told no, but try the county that tested my sister.
Called them and they again confirmed that I shouldn't need to be tested by ultimately it's up to my employer. They're trying to see if they can send anything to my boss but as I sit right now I simultaneously am not recommended for a test or any tracing by local and state officials, while my doctor and boss tell me that I do need a test.
This is just all so fucked and bungled.
Last edited by daveshookme; 11-29-2020 at 12:25 PM.
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