Where & When Did Infection Occur?
Jun. 22nd, 2022 09:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerHawk tested positive for Covid 24 hours ago. While our first thoughts after the positive test were forward looking, what to do next, we also thought back. Back to where and when the infection could have occurred.
Right away we thought of the trip we recently returned from. Friday night through Monday evening we traveled across the state, stayed in hotels, and ate in restaurants. Though we wore masks in public indoors places, virtually nobody else did.
It's unlikely the infection happened on the trip, though. And that's because of the timing. Hawk actually started experiencing symptoms on Saturday. The virus takes 3-5 days from infection to manifest symptoms. Thus her exposure was likely early last week, between Monday and Wednesday. Quite likely she was infected through work. Masks are required for people in the office, but early last week the sales team was in from the field and there were outings to restaurants where people weren't wearing masks.
The timing on Hawk's case also casts a different light on my negative test this morning. Given the timing of Hawk's case it's very unlikely we were exposed at the same time. We went out for dinner Monday night but then didn't go out together again until last Friday. If Hawk caught it at dinner Monday then I was exposed, too, but dodged it. Otherwise Hawk was exposed without me; and thus my exposure is from her, after she got sick and became contagious. So my exposure was Saturday or Sunday, meaning.... Tomorrow's my Day of Truth.
Friday update: I test negative again but Hawk gets sicker!
Right away we thought of the trip we recently returned from. Friday night through Monday evening we traveled across the state, stayed in hotels, and ate in restaurants. Though we wore masks in public indoors places, virtually nobody else did.
It's unlikely the infection happened on the trip, though. And that's because of the timing. Hawk actually started experiencing symptoms on Saturday. The virus takes 3-5 days from infection to manifest symptoms. Thus her exposure was likely early last week, between Monday and Wednesday. Quite likely she was infected through work. Masks are required for people in the office, but early last week the sales team was in from the field and there were outings to restaurants where people weren't wearing masks.
The timing on Hawk's case also casts a different light on my negative test this morning. Given the timing of Hawk's case it's very unlikely we were exposed at the same time. We went out for dinner Monday night but then didn't go out together again until last Friday. If Hawk caught it at dinner Monday then I was exposed, too, but dodged it. Otherwise Hawk was exposed without me; and thus my exposure is from her, after she got sick and became contagious. So my exposure was Saturday or Sunday, meaning.... Tomorrow's my Day of Truth.
Friday update: I test negative again but Hawk gets sicker!
