I tested positive for COVID the night before I was scheduled to get my shot. My kids and husband didn’t get it, my husband had already gotten his flu and Covid shot 2 weeks before. I tested because I wanted to know but also because it was so similar to the last time I had it- felt like an allergy attack with very watery eyes and a lot of sneezing!
As far as isolating my kids from each other, we make them sleep in separate beds when sick because they normally share the bottom full bunk bed. But we don’t do much else except really warn them not to share food or water bottles. They’re strict about that at school so it carries over to home. I have made my oldest mask when he was sick but my 5 yo has never reliably been able to wear a mask for more than an hour so he stays home an extra day. We also tell people for any small illness, my sister in particular is very unbothered because she is exposed to a lot in her infant teaching job, but my immune compromised SIL is more likely to cancel meet ups especially if inside even with a cold.
A link to Dr Rivers' substack (or did I miss it?) in the emailed newsletter would be useful!
The name of the Substack is hyperlinked in the piece so you can click on it - but here's the link again: https://caitlinrivers.substack.com/
Thanks! Didn't work from my email for some reason
We have gone over to basically keeping air purifiers running on low all the time in our house, and turning them up if someone is sick.
I tested positive for COVID the night before I was scheduled to get my shot. My kids and husband didn’t get it, my husband had already gotten his flu and Covid shot 2 weeks before. I tested because I wanted to know but also because it was so similar to the last time I had it- felt like an allergy attack with very watery eyes and a lot of sneezing!
As far as isolating my kids from each other, we make them sleep in separate beds when sick because they normally share the bottom full bunk bed. But we don’t do much else except really warn them not to share food or water bottles. They’re strict about that at school so it carries over to home. I have made my oldest mask when he was sick but my 5 yo has never reliably been able to wear a mask for more than an hour so he stays home an extra day. We also tell people for any small illness, my sister in particular is very unbothered because she is exposed to a lot in her infant teaching job, but my immune compromised SIL is more likely to cancel meet ups especially if inside even with a cold.