Notes from Plague Island
Jan. 13th, 2022 07:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
white_hartYesterday one of the people who was supposed to be in the office today mentioned that they'd had lunch with a family member last Friday who had tested positive for covid on Saturday, and they were doing daily lateral flow tests as per the current government advice and had been clear so far, but should they come into the office or would it be better to work from home?
I said that day 6 of 7 felt low enough risk I'd be OK with them coming in, especially as C is working fully remotely for now, so there is no need to worry about protecting her.
This morning they emailed to say that today's lateral flow was positive, so they would work from home. Two hours later, they messaged to say that actually, they felt grotty and were going to log off and go to bed.
I suppose now we know that it can take up to six days from exposure for tests to register a positive and symptoms to develop. Which is useful, especially as early information about omicron suggested the gap was much shorter.
I said that day 6 of 7 felt low enough risk I'd be OK with them coming in, especially as C is working fully remotely for now, so there is no need to worry about protecting her.
This morning they emailed to say that today's lateral flow was positive, so they would work from home. Two hours later, they messaged to say that actually, they felt grotty and were going to log off and go to bed.
I suppose now we know that it can take up to six days from exposure for tests to register a positive and symptoms to develop. Which is useful, especially as early information about omicron suggested the gap was much shorter.
