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Today I was supposed to go back to work. It’s been six days since the last positive test, and the CDC recommends testing 5 days after. Well today, daughter #2 says she might have caught covid, because her head hurts. One test later, and she’s positive. One test later, I’m still negative. So here I am, the last one standing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I now am off the next few days to monitor her while everyone else is recovering. My next scheduled work day is Tuesday, so as long as I’m negative and everyone at home is doing okay, I’ll go back to work masked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today I was supposed to go back to work. It’s been six days since the last positive test, and the CDC recommends testing 5 days after. Well today, daughter #2 says she might have caught covid, because her head hurts. One test later, and she’s positive. One test later, I’m still negative. 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