Looking for a COVID isolation protocol … (all the official guidance from CDC seems to have been “archived”?)
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Looking for a COVID isolation protocol … (all the official guidance from CDC seems to have been “archived”?)
1. Flu symptoms -> test
2. If test is positive -> quarantine
3. Take Paxlovid if possible
4. Wait until fever is gone and ??? extra days
5. Wait until test is negative and ??? extra days
6. Leave quarantine and wear mask around other people for ??? extra days?I understand there are no hard and fast rules. What do / would you do?
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@j12t i'm sure mileage varies, but in my case, I felt like Paxlovid only prolonged the process.
"Watch out for the rebound effect" they say. What does that mean? If it happens, as I think it did for me, then it happens. It's not like you can see it coming and avoid it.
Anyway, sorry and good luck. Not fun.
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@j12t I've heard claims where people test positive for a month(s) so I don't think that can always be used
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@judell it seems to me that rebound means the virus was not entirely killed, that the immune system hasn’t had the time to become effective in the five days of taking Paxlovid, and when the drug regimen ends, preventing replication, the virus grows again. Net net that should still be a positive because it limits peak viral load.
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@librenews my point exactly. Somebody who is more knowledgeable should make an educated guess as to what the COVID quarantine protocol should be. Not us lay patients whose guesses are going to be all over the map and less correct than almost any expert’s.
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I found the original 14-day quarantine period to be useful. I tested positive on a rapid antigen test (RAT) for 11 days and quarantined for the full 14 days post initial positive test. None of the other household members were infected.
RATs require a relatively high viral load to test positive, so if one tests positive on a RAT one is contagious.
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@fritzoids so you stayed in quarantine for 3 days after you started testing negative … any particular reason for that number, other than the 14 days from start of symptoms?
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@lilbatscholar thank you, this is very useful!
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@j12t there are others out there, not saying this is the best one, but it's better than the CDC!
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@lilbatscholar Seems a bit out of date (mostly references to studies made earlier in the pandemic -- newer variants may behave differently) but that is because apparently, we have given up studying COVID.
Apparently it doesn't matter to anybody
