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View submission: Likelihood of catching omicron?
My entire family got omicron from my sister (a healthcare worker). We hung out with them for my kids bday party on Sunday. My sister tested positive Thur and then her 3 kids and husband tested positive on Friday. I tested positive on Sunday and my kids and husband tested positive on Tuesday. This variant is very contagious. If you’ve been around a positive person lately, I’d guess you got it. Luckily, my sister and I’s family are all vacced and boostered, so we all only felt sick for like 2 days each. But it went thru us all like a wildfire. So ya, it’s very likely that could have caught it.
Comment by nxplr at 23/01/2022 at 16:31 UTC*
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I’m confused by the timeline. You saw your family on Sunday and they didn’t test positive until Thursday and Friday, but they were only sick for 2 days? And you guys didn’t test positive until Sunday? Is it possible you saw them after the birthday party? That window seems way too large if they were truly only sick for 2 days.
Edit: One aspect of the virus being so contagious is that it also infects people faster. It sucks because people get sick so quickly but it also clears more quickly as a result. So such a large gap in transmission just seems unlikely here. It’s more likely you picked it up from somewhere else, then gave it to your family (which is why they tested positive 2 days after you).