jalapeno_pretzel
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To follow CDC guidelines you would need to push it out 10 days. And for those 10 days wear an N95 mask, not a procedure mask, not a homemade mask, but an N95 mask for the entire 10 day period.
Would any of the people who said they would not have gone follow the CDC guidance?
Nope! I think I've made up my own guidance, lol. I haven't even looked at the CDC recs in a long time. Last I had heard, for our school system, kids with a known case in the household (but who were not themselves positive, felt fine, and had been vaccinated) could come to school as normal but should wear a mask.
Also, I know with at least the Omicron strain, the incubation was much shorter - like 2-3 days estimated - which is why they think it was better at evading the vaccine - since the t-cell response takes longer to kick in and often by the time it did, the virus had already gotten itself established. I would very likely take a test on day 5 after exposure prior to deciding about whether or not to spend closer time with anyone outside the household in a close quarters setting.
Within my household, I kind of feel like if one of us has it, the others are either going to get it or not, and I'm not going to walk around in a mask in my house for 10 days. I do understand that masks can be quite effective at reducing the spread, but in a 24/7 together situation I think it's kind of likely something's going to get by, and I think having a mask on might just delay the inevitable. I would rather we all get it simultaneously, isolate together, and then be ready to return to normal together. When DH had it last summer, he was all about avoiding us, even though I told him not to worry about it. None of the rest of us got it. Several months later, after our first post-pandemic cruise, the rest of us got it. We all came down with symptoms and tested positive within a couple of days of each other. We followed the guidance (at the time) of staying at home for days 1-5, able to be in public days 6-10 (with no fever and wearing mask), and return to normal after day 10.