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In an incredible lapse in judgement, two friends had just come in on a flight Sunday after a cruise and and we said ok to stoping by the house. -- (edited)

Posted by colin (aka colinski) Sep 5 '23, 05:02

Next morning, they both have fevers and are COVID positive.

They were on a carnival cruise. A sold out one. What were we thinking???

So, cancelled all Labor Day plans, quarantining until we know what's up.

ENT our friend works at said COVID is rising quickly ,they're masking and requiring masks. Apparently some new variants are rolling through.

Responses:

was one of the friends Jill Biden ? -- nm - decline Sep 5, 05:56
Hope you all avoid getting it. I've definitely noticed the spike around here. -- nm - ty97 Sep 5, 05:54
Ugh! Sorry. I've been hearing about it rising again so I've been more diligent in wearing a mask. Hopefully you guys are okay or just get a mild case. -- nm - Krusty Sep 5, 05:09 12
- I leave (for a cruise!) in less than 4 weeks, so i've been masking again on transit. I don't have time to get sick between -- (edited) - Andie Sep 5, 06:00 11
  - I'm slightly annoyed that my illness was *not* COVID. - ty97 Sep 5, 06:12 9
    - a local doctor posted recently that the old Rapid tests we still have are only about 20% effective at testing for the new variant - is that what you - Andie Sep 5, 06:31 6
      - Yeah, I used the Binax tests -- nm - ty97 Sep 5, 06:32 5
        
        This is from 5 days ago. -- (pic) - Andie Sep 5, 06:42 [Attachment] 4
        
        RAT? Really? -- nm - JaxSean Sep 5, 06:44 3
        
        Rapid Antigen Test -- nm - Andie Sep 5, 06:48 2
        
        Yeah, I saw, but that just seems like a horrible acronym for them to actually *use*. - JaxSean Sep 5, 06:55 1
        
        heh -- nm - Andie Sep 5, 06:55
    - what was it? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 5, 06:19 1
      - dunno. Cold? Flu? Upper Respiratory thing? -- nm - ty97 Sep 5, 06:31
  - I never stopped on the subway but now I'm back to wearing it in stores and apartment buildings. Too many cases these days. Not sure on the booster. My - Krusty Sep 5, 06:10
ugh, hope you guys are ok. we are waiting for the new booster which is supposed to cover the new variants. once available getting it first thing -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 5, 05:03 6
- When is the new booster supposed to be out? -- nm - sycor Sep 5, 06:11 3
  - Mid-september is what I read -- nm - oblique Sep 5, 06:16 2
    - Good because we were talking about doing a road trip along the Blue Ridge Parkway in October since my GF has never been to the mountains here. -- nm - sycor Sep 5, 06:21 1
      - My daughter just did that trip this summer and had a blast -- nm - oblique Sep 5, 06:38
- I at least got the booster in Dec, so hopefully still covered ok. -- nm - colin Sep 5, 05:09 1
  - 🤞🏼 Usually they only last for about six months but hopefully you both don't catch it. -- nm - Krusty Sep 5, 05:11

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In an incredible lapse in judgement, two friends had just come in on a flight Sunday after a cruise and and we said ok to stoping by the house. -- (edited)

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