Oh how I wished I worked where you work! My workplace is completely the opposite! Covid didn’t change anything. I can’t stand it. Coughing to me, germs and illness aside is like nails on a chalkboard. And the guy who came in coughing constantly all over the place 3 weeks ago is STILL coughing from whatever he had.
So many people chimed in with my thoughts. Everyone’s level of comfort with being around germs is different for various reasons. If anyone is sick (host or guests) are sick, they should let the other know and they can decide what to do.
I believe the newer guidelines say you are not contagious after 5 days, and can go out if asymptomatic. 11 days should hopefully be fine to join them out for dinner.
If you want to be really shocked, look at the new looser guidelines in CA and one other state (I forget which).
Aaah, I see the confusion!!! My fat fingers mistyped the date (I will fix it). We are going out with them Friday Feb 9!!! I fixed the error in the earlier post.
Her husband is an accountant! He NEVER dines out during the week!!
That’s good. Hope you are asymptomatic. I had this variant of COVID in September and had symptoms for about three weeks. But I also tested negative…very weird.
I got Covid on the way to Ukraine for S2’s wedding. I had masked on planes, trains, cabs, in the airports, etc., but my last vax had been in Nov. 22 and the current vax was not out yet. I was exposed somewhere between Dublin and Baden-Baden on Labor Day (pretty sure it was on a commuter rail in Germany), had symptoms late Tuesday, tested positive in Krakow on Friday, arrived in Lviv on Sunday (day 6). We had told S2 as soon as I was symptomatic that I likely had Covid, so he had some time to consider alternative arrangements. I was negative by Day 8 (still masked, tho).
My fear was getting H, BIL, S1, S2, DIL and her mom sick. I masked til the day of the wedding.
Two-thirds of the wedding attendees were on a five hour bus trip with us to the wedding venue. Noone got sick, thank goodness. In Ukraine, Covid ended 2/24/22. And the only place I’ve ever been harangued about a mask was in Lviv! S2 had a polite chat with the babusya who was telling me to take off the mask.
A lot of what S2 and DIL had planned was outdoors, so that alleviated some concerns. S2 was frantic that noone else get sick, but he also did NOT want me to miss out.
But yeah, if a friend showed up sick at our house, we’d quarantine them in the basement bedroom. However, friends who visit us are VERY low-key and wouldn’t be offended. We make good matzah ball chicken soup.
I am hoping to not get rebound. I am on Paxlovid and feeling much better. DH is also much better and his test today barely showed a faint pink line. We are guessing the test he did last Saturday was a false negative (or too early to show positive)
“ (CNN) — People who test positive for Covid-19 in California and Oregon are no longer expected to isolate for a set period of time — and those without symptoms don’t have to isolate at all, state policies now say. People with symptoms can return to school or work once their symptoms are improving and they’ve been fever-free for at least 24 hours, according to the state policies.”
Relatedly my folks have family friends whose adult child and their spouse flew to NYC in December 2021 with three young kids. They went to see two Broadway shows, shopping, all the sights, etc.
They then wanted to go meet their newborn niece in Connecticut and hang out at the home. The new parents said they were only having people in that had isolated for a certain number of days beforehand and had a negative test.
The couple was VERY upset and thought the parents were being selfish and ridiculous.
The entire family came down with Covid on their last day in NYC, and they flew back with it, and went home and were sick for two weeks.
In retelling the story - they were still mad that they didn’t get to meet their niece, rather than relieved that they didn’t infect the new family.
I’m so sorry that they weren’t more thoughtful about the implications for you.
In the future I would absolutely say to them: we got so sick last time you were here, we’d enjoy having you come, but if you’ve got a bug we’ll need to make sure you check into a hotel
And I would use a variation of that for all your future guests:
We have noticed that we get sick more easily these days after hosting, and it is taking a larger toll on us, we’re looking forward to you coming, but if you’ve got any sort of bug please check into a hotel and we’ll meet up outdoors!
DH and I were supposed to help all day Sunday with a blood drive and obviously that’s not happening. We are hopeful that they will be able to find coverage for our absence.
We are getting cabin fever (that’s the only fever either of us have had, lol) so took advantage of a special a company was offering on their delivery of 2 dozen cookies warm out of the oven. They are wonderful, but there was an issue with the delivery and they didn’t arrive until 2 hrs later (almost an hour after they were scheduled to arrive). They are yummy, but were barely tepid. So when they asked for feedback we let them know of the delay, and now they want to send us another 2 dozen cookies!!! This is a nice problem to have. Hopefully we can postpone a replacement delivery a while.
I agree we are more sensitive to sick people in public. Before Covid, more folks just powered through or hoped the kid could make it through the day without vomiting or spiking a fever. I think it is different now. We worry about vulnerable people, and we also have more work from home tools.
And we have masks!
If this had happened to us, I think we would not have sent the guests away but would have handed them a bunch of N95s while wearing them ourselves. Maybe they would leave, maybe they would help us come up with a new plan that kept us all apart.
I would have made them chicken soup and bought a bunch of OTC medicine.
Yeah, we have a bin of masks and tests. Happy to test ourselves or if guests want to do so. S1 asks us to test when we visit him. Given that we’re on opposite coasts, it means one or the other has flown/gone through airports/taken public transit to get to the destination.
We also have a stockpile of masks, plenty of sanitizer wipes, etc. IMO, however, if visitors are arriving sick, it’s common courtesy to advise the hosts in advance.
That’s what I figure. In winter, practically everyone is sniffling. Is plain sniffling and intermittent coughing sick? Or did they have a fever? Shouldn’t there be a fever involved to call it sick?
