After testing positive for COVID–19, I went into 5 days of isolation. I decided I would test after those 5 days to see if the test would come up negative.
I was likely infected on Delta Flight 1652 from Detroit to Orlando. I suspect that flight since several unmasked passengers were coughing their lungs up the entire flight. I wore a kn-95 mask the entire trip but it must not have had a snug enough fit. I started showing symptoms of a cold 3 days after that flight. I spent Thanksgiving prone on the couch. I did an at home COVID test which came up negative. I was thankful that I only had a cold.
The next weekend I spent outside helping a friend with an art project. By the end of that weekend the cold had us both exhausted. I feel horrible that I infected my friend. When I got back to the stu
dio I tested for COVID a second time since I have heard advice to re-test after 48 hours. That test came up positive. From that point I went into 5 days of lock down, to keep the virus from spreading any further.
After 5 days of lock down I tested again and the test came up positive for COVID-19. I will be self isolating for 5 more days and will test myself again at the end of the week. It is ironic that a Delta CEO decided to only allow for 5 days of isolation for pilots and air crew who have COVID. The CDC first recommended that people isolate for 10 days. Airline executives realized it was hard to keep planes in the air since pilots were constantly sick. Somehow his 5 day policy spread to everywhere in the country. Having the sick return to work is the only way to keep the gears of capitalism grinding forward. Health be damned, what matters is profits.
Today I have to figure out how to use Instacart or Door Dash since I am completely out of food. I had a series of Holiday themed location sketches planned for the week, but I will not go out in public while infected with COVID-19. I have to start packing up the studio, but that will have to wait until I test negative again.
The tests I have been using are the free ones that were distributed quietly by the government months ago. The first at home test that I used was from Wallgreens and cost me $20. I no longer trust that brand of test since it came up with a false positive. I have just one more government test and in 5 days I hope it comes up negative.