Sharing in case this helps someone.
The last time someone in our household got Covid, we were able to keep it from spreading to anyone else. ♥️🙏🏿 This time we were not so lucky. My Covid high score streak is finally broken! Rona got me y'all!
Completely unscientific observations of how this thing looks to have beat our mitigations:
Day 0: Contagious. No symptoms. Negative tests.
Day 1: Contagious. Slight symptoms. Negative test.
Day 2: Contagious. More severe symptoms. Positive tests.
Our family doesn't eat indoors, doesn't go into buildings unmasked, wears masks in dense outdoor situations, wears a full elastomeric mask when flying.
For the past few weeks, even when outdoors, I've seen a few friends coughing, and I immediately put my mask on. They then say, "No dude, relax, it's not Covid, I tested this morning!" And I said, "🙅🏿♂️ Sure! That's what 'Rona *wants* me to think! 😷" 4 friends this happened with, and all 4 tested positive the day after their little coughs.
Mitigations that worked last time:
* Positive person moved to the remote room in our house with its own sliding door to the patio
* Masking tape and rolled up towel put around the door to seal them in.
* AC run on not heat, not cool, but "move air" through the hypoallergenic filter.
* Feed the infected person by wearing a mask and leaving trays of food on the patio, like feeding Hannibal lecter!
* Me spending a week outnumbered by my toddlers, while my wife watches SpongeBob and relaxes
@mekkaokereke Aw, i guess at least you get to watch spongebob now (and relax!).
And yeah about tests, i'm pretty sure i got 'rona at least once, maybe two, and i never tested positive, but the symptoms were too close to ignore.
Negative test ≠ it's not covid.
Get well!
mekka okereke 
Gabriel Pettier