What do make of this timeline? Losing my mind here...

[SkinPaperThin]

15 days ago dd1 tested positive. 13 days ago I tested positive. Dd2 tested positive today. She's not been in school for 11 days either. As our ten day isolation period was up a few days ago we saw family yesterday thinking that Dd2 and dp had escaped it. Then this morning Dd2 woke up with mild fever. I'm absolutely kicking myself for not testing her before we saw family yesterday but she she's had multiple negative lateral flows and a negative pcr in the past 2 weeks. Just goes to show the timescales are sometimes not accurate and 10 days is not enough. I'm still not fully recovered and neither is dd1 and now after 15 days we still have it in the house. I'm beyond stressed. I don't know how I'll could cope if dp gets it too 😭

DD2 would have caught it some time ago - it can take anywhere from 2-14 days from when she was exposed to it for it to become active in her system.
She almost certainly would've been infectious (ie capable of giving it to someone else) for the last 1-2 days but may not have tested positive until today.

We are similar. Dd has effectively been self isolating over Xmas as she is a teenager and just lived in her pj's over Xmas.

The rest of the family are well and we all (including dd) took lateral flow tests (which were negative) prior to hosting vulnerable family members on Xmas day.

This is her lft today.... There is no need to squint to see the line here.. So - potentially we shared the covid Iove on Xmas day . We have the huge dilemma of now letting vulnerable family members know - a couple of them have health anxieties so the news will cause stress and upset.

@Skinnyankles If she tested clear on Xmas day, it's highly unlikely that she spread anything. It was 3 days ago.

Is it possible that she could have caught it from someone else on Christmas Day if you hosted other people? That seems more likely given the timeline. Though I guess some people have to be outliers in terms of incubation etc.

She could have contracted it towards the end of your isolation period. She could have contracted it some time ago, probably after the PCR, but then got false negatives on the LFTs and now be at the tail end of it, though the test only just picked it up. There are lots of ways it could have happened, although that probably doesn't help you with the isolation rules...

I feel so hopeless and guilty for not testing her yesterday before seeing people. Really thought we were done with it but no. Now I've put 3 other people at risk, including my mum, and my partner is at risk of catching it again.

@Skinnyankles sorry to hear your in the same boat. I'm really struggling with the mental and physical toll of it all

Dunno why you thought they would have escaped it, illness isn’t an exact science and you live together. It’s plausible that she caught it off you and her sister, but was asymptomatic to begin with. There is a risk that your partner will get it too no matter how careful you are.

It’s not your fault that your family are at risk now, presumably they knew you tested posted recently and still make their own decision to see you. They need to accept personal responsibility too.

She probably caught it at the end of your period of infection, this does vary from person to person which is why they are saying to take lft on day 6 & 7 to see if negative.

Hmm if you are still symptomatic you are meant to continue isolating I think? Maybe not a good idea to see family if some of you had symptoms.

We weren't symptomatic as such, just still feeling the after effects. We'd both previously tested negative on lft. And the amount of previous negatives my Dd2 had (pcr and ltf's) and the fact the I caught it off dd1 after just 2 days lulled me in to a false sense of security re Dd2. I wrongly assumed we'd seen the back of it. Now I feel like an idiot for not testing right before we saw them. I honestly thought that after more than 2 weeks of it coming in to the house that she wouldn't test positive so long after. But clearly she did 😩
My mum has already been exposed this past week as my sister has it too (not from us we've haven't seen each other) and now we've just made it worse! I hate this so much 😞

@SkinPaperThin

We weren't symptomatic as such, just still feeling the after effects. We'd both previously tested negative on lft. And the amount of previous negatives my Dd2 had (pcr and ltf's) and the fact the I caught it off dd1 after just 2 days lulled me in to a false sense of security re Dd2. I wrongly assumed we'd seen the back of it. Now I feel like an idiot for not testing right before we saw them. I honestly thought that after more than 2 weeks of it coming in to the house that she wouldn't test positive so long after. But clearly she did 😩 My mum has already been exposed this past week as my sister has it too (not from us we've haven't seen each other) and now we've just made it worse! I hate this so much 😞

Ah I see, test and trace told us the cough can linger but if high temp after 10 days to continue isolation.

Ah it can't be helped, I think we are all going to get a dose of it within the next month or so. Especially with people meeting over Christmas and new year. Don't beat yourself up about it.

In all these instances it could just as easily have been passed on from the people you saw on Christmas day. It's a virus. This is what it does. We can only try to be as safe as possible. But it is impossible to stop sometimes.

She could have caught it from your mum?

Thanks all. I think covid has not only affected me physically but mentally as well. The stigma and anxiety that comes with it is horrible. I keep thinking what if my mum gets it and is really ill. She's 60 so not in the very high risk age group but still. I hope it's true that omicron is mild for the vast majority.