I went to a party Saturday with 40-50 people. It was mostly outdoors, but I did spend some time indoors too. No symptoms yet, so hoping I dodged the bullet again.
And another letter and another test set for tomorrow.
Geez!!! That many tests sounds mildly traumatic in its own right.
The one good thing is that I"ve been able to schedule tests easily. So Iām guessing that despite there being another big outbreak locally, people arenāt bothering to test as they had.
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My mom used to take my temperature all the time. I didnāt find it traumatic. More, āmom caresā.
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My kids certainly donāt enjoy having a stick shoved up their nose. But we talk about how we do it because we care about our classmates and teachers and want to make sure we arenāt spreading germs. Makes them feel like theyāre doing a good deed for society, and I hope those are the values I can instill in them largely anyway.
Yeah, a stick up the nose is considerably more obnoxious than taking oneās temperature. Less so now that most places seem to have moved away from the ābrain ticklingā kind, but still pretty unpleasant.
I dunno, my niece seems terrified of getting Covid tests. Like if she knows sheās going to the doctor sheāll ask every adult she knows a hundred times if they think sheāll have to get a Covid test. And yes, everyone involved in explaining why itās needed.
I donāt remember how old vjvjās child is. I assume the older the kids are the less they are bothered by it.
Old, but special needs. So talking about it doesnāt help much and it is a pretty big ordeal (but momentary - he recovers immediately).
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My one and only PCR test, the guy asked me to blow my nose. Then he ran a swab around the edge of each nostril, and said he was done. He didnāt even stick it into the nostril. It was less invasive than having my temperature taken.
Oh, wait, I also had 3 PCR test administered by the study I joined, and two of those shoved a swab up into my sinuses. But I didnāt think they were still doing that for routine stuff.
When I do a rapid test I put the swab all the way into the nose, but I donāt shove it up far enough to hurt. The instructions are actually pretty clear that you donāt need to.
That ā¦ has not been my nieceās experience. 
Iām in Austin for a meeting. My manager tested positive and I was certainly around her. I did a rapid test that was negative this morning and my Chief Medical Officer told me to get a PCR, which was also negative. Might test positive in a day or two, but fingers crossed Iām still in the club.
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PCR test yesterday came back negative. Looks like I came out clean from the huge concert I attended Sunday. Cases spiking again in my city so Iām still masking indoors and generally being careful.
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My sister just read that the county we are in for vacation has the 2nd highest rate of new covid cases right now in the entire country. Maybe not wearing a mask when I got my eyebrows done was stupid in retrospect 
Iāve been pretty maskless this entire vacation for 4 days now as are most people here.
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I hope you keep testing negative.
In my case I was exposed on Wednesday, tested negative on Thursday around noon, started feeling symptoms Thursday evening, and tested positive on Monday.
Hubby was exposed on Sunday afternoon, tested negative Monday morning, started feeling symptoms Monday night and tested positive Tuesday morning.
That was in January. At the time they were saying to testā¦ I think it was the earlier of 72 hours after exposure or at the onset of symptoms, whichever comes first. Hubby & I both tested too early the first time and got false negatives. Both false negatives were PCR tests.
Stay safe!
He missed his test appointment, so I used the first of my home tests, which was negative.
The school had been requiring a negative non-home test, but I noticed that this time the letter only said that a test was ārecommendedā.
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Rapid test yesterday was positive. So far just a very mild fever and congestion, and Iām somewhat tired but thatās kind of a pre-existing condition. Our son also started feeling sick Thursday, I suspect our cases are unrelated since I was in Austin last week.
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Sorry you lost your card, and hope it continues to be mild.
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Iām out of the club, but knew it was coming once the kids class had an outbreak.
Is been a good run.
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Sorry to welcome you both to the other club. Hope you both have (had?) mild cases.
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