LittleRooster wrote:Mags FTW wrote:LittleRooster wrote:Had a co worker upset with me that I returned to work today after quarantining because I didn’t do a rapid test before coming (work didn’t require it and asked me to come in since it had been 5 days since symptoms). I also only have one rapid test left and at least around where I am in milwaukee, hard to find, so I was hesitant to use it.
Long story short, she basically demanded I do a rapid test there at work and because she had one, I did, and it was positive.
I'm confused. Did you take a test once you first had symptoms?
For everyone looking for at-home tests, if feasible, I recommend hopping in the car and driving to rural areas. We were in northern Minnesota near Brainerd for vacation awhile ago and the small-towny grocery store had them, along with a drug store.
Anyways, here's my uneventful COVID story:
Had muscle aches and night sweats a few weeks ago, took an at-home test and was positive. Laid in bed for a couple of days while alternating between ibuprofen and DayQuil. Was back to normal after Day 3, which is when my 4-year old tested positive. Alternated between giving him Tylenol and ibuprofen for 2 days because he said he didn't feel good, but he wasn't bedridden. He played with his Legos and Transformers, and watched TV. We both got PCR tests confirming the positives, and the next day my 1 year-old daughter tested positive. She was asymptomatic. Wife never got it.
I assume we had Omicron because we never lost our taste. If you would've told me beforehand that we could get natural immunity by going though it, I would've signed up.
I took a test on Saturday but started getting a scratchy throat that Thursday.
She’s not upset with that. She’s upset I went back to work yesterday without taking another at home test.
You can test positive months after contracting the virus.
Like others have said, you were following CDC guidelines and your employer's directives. If your coworker has a problem with that, she needs to take it up with them.
