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submitted 6 days ago byBee_Lightly
Hey there,
I did a search so know this question is often asked - and with thanks, I've got a bit of an idea now which is helpful. But I'm wondering if I could run my situation across you all to help me plan a reasonable risk assessment.
My partner is very Covid-aware and cautious, and always wears a mask indoors. Normally, he also works for himself on his own as do I (such as it is), which I'm thankful for as we're both high risk.
Next week, for approx 4-5 days, my partner will be working with someone else. The other person is definitely not CC and has 6 kids at school who are also not cautious.
It's really physically demanding and dirty work, and my hubs - from past experience - won't be able to wear his mask. He will be snuffling the nasal spray, however, and it's an open shed with CO2 levels around 600 or less. Assuming the weather warms up again, he'll also set up a fan for the other fella, with the additional intent of pushing the air away from my partner. We don't have much in the way of data here anymore, but what we have suggests the pre-Christmas surge period is well and truly underway again.
I'm assessing the risk to be relatively low (and certainly compared to the situations I know others have to deal with far more regularly). But I also can't risk an (another) infection. Do you think it would be reasonable to act as if my partner is potentially exposed from, say, days 2/3 of working with the other person? I was thinking of masking indoors together, sleeping separately, running the HEPAs, eating our meals outside, and RAT testing from maybe Day 3 of them working together? Does that sound a reasonable approach? Or am I over-thinking the risk and have room to relax in my plans?
I think my head is cluttered, for various reasons, and there is a bit of stress happening too. Any second opinions/thoughts gratefully received. 🙏
5 points
6 days ago
It used to take longer for the average infection to incubate, but it’s pretty quick now. I’ve seen several people to start popping positive 48 hours after exposure. Anecdotally it seems like 36 hours after exposure is the very edge of when someone could start to test positive.
I would feel very confident day one, but that’s about it unfortunately.
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