My understanding was that 14 days was the incubation period, which you need to wait after exposure for symptoms to show up. That isn't at all the same as the amount of time you're contagious after recovering.pp4me wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2020 11:31 amOn the home front, my daughter in Colorado called me last night and told me that both she and my son, ages 43 and 45 had both gotten Covid. Neither got tested but based on the symptoms they were describing, along with the fact another family member had tested positive and exposed others, it sure sounded like Covid to me. Neither had a fever but both described searing pain in their lungs. Fortunately they got over it quickly in only two days. When I told them they were supposed to quarantine for 14 days and inform anyone they had contact with, it was like they had never heard that before. My son actually planned on going back to work the next day.
The guidelines around here seem to be that you can go about your business if both of the following are true:
* No fever for 72 hours
* 10 days since the onset of symptoms