I hope that his doesnʻt start a big controversy but I wanted to let people know that after acquiring covid (probably) on a recent plane trip to the mainland, the newer symptoms and prognoses are very different than what was true at the beginning of the pandemic. I did not have a cough, sore throat or fever, just a very runny nose, sneezing and nausea, which I hadnʻt even considered as a covid symptom and had attributed to simple travel woes. I tested when I got back as a precaution and was surprised by the positive result. I went to the doctor immediately and was told that the current wisdom is:
1) Forget any more testing, that positive results can last for up to three months.
2) So no longer isolation for 5 days after testing negative, now they say itʻs ok to leave quarantine once your symptoms are gone and to wear a mask for five days after that.
3) Symptoms can occur 1-14 days after exposure, usually 2-5 days.
4) Paxlovid is not necessary if symptoms are improving and paxlovid has its own side effects.
I had gotten the new vaccine 3 weeks before I left and they told me that with that, symptoms are short and minor which my case was. I wanted to pass this on. Please donʻt hate me because I vax. And donʻt discount nausea or cold-like symptoms.
1) Forget any more testing, that positive results can last for up to three months.
2) So no longer isolation for 5 days after testing negative, now they say itʻs ok to leave quarantine once your symptoms are gone and to wear a mask for five days after that.
3) Symptoms can occur 1-14 days after exposure, usually 2-5 days.
4) Paxlovid is not necessary if symptoms are improving and paxlovid has its own side effects.
I had gotten the new vaccine 3 weeks before I left and they told me that with that, symptoms are short and minor which my case was. I wanted to pass this on. Please donʻt hate me because I vax. And donʻt discount nausea or cold-like symptoms.
Certainty will be the death of us.