I don't visit this forum regularily, but thought to share our recent experience with Covid and at home testing.
We returned from WDW on a Friday night.
Saturday, DD 16 started with cold like symptoms and tired. She tested negative.
Sunday morning was worse, still tested negative.
Monday morning, now coughing alot and very congested, tested for the 3rd time/day and was now showing positve - took 2 days from onset of symptoms.
On Tuesday morning I didn't feel right, body aches. Took a test, negative.
By Tuesday evening, so tired....took another, positive.
On Monday, my mother (who was also traveling with us) tested because of exposure - she was positive, just tired.
Moral of the story, one negative test doesn't mean you don't have Covid, retesting may be warranted.
Other:
I had purposely held off to get my booster until 3 weeks before the trip. Of course, it was the one that wasn't picking up this new variant.
My mother, went to Doc and they gave her monoclonal antibodies treatment, she was feeling back to normal in a couple of days.
Me and the kid, we still have lingering coughs 3 weeks later.
Husband, who wanted to get a booster before the trip, but never got around to it, tested daily (had to for work) and never got it, but we did keep our distance from him for the week.
We returned from WDW on a Friday night.
Saturday, DD 16 started with cold like symptoms and tired. She tested negative.
Sunday morning was worse, still tested negative.
Monday morning, now coughing alot and very congested, tested for the 3rd time/day and was now showing positve - took 2 days from onset of symptoms.
On Tuesday morning I didn't feel right, body aches. Took a test, negative.
By Tuesday evening, so tired....took another, positive.
On Monday, my mother (who was also traveling with us) tested because of exposure - she was positive, just tired.
Moral of the story, one negative test doesn't mean you don't have Covid, retesting may be warranted.
Other:
I had purposely held off to get my booster until 3 weeks before the trip. Of course, it was the one that wasn't picking up this new variant.
My mother, went to Doc and they gave her monoclonal antibodies treatment, she was feeling back to normal in a couple of days.
Me and the kid, we still have lingering coughs 3 weeks later.
Husband, who wanted to get a booster before the trip, but never got around to it, tested daily (had to for work) and never got it, but we did keep our distance from him for the week.