This is why it’s important to ask folks to test the day of. It’s a simple step of protection and care for others. Just because you know and love them doesn’t make them immune from passing illness around. Test, mask, vaccinate.
I caught a current variant on July 4th at a small family get-together. It was my roughest Covid-19 battle yet. I had bad throat soreness, head pressure, headache, and coughed up lots of sputum, frequently, for 5 miserable days and nights.
I tested positive, with a strong dark band on my RAT, slightly less than 3 days post exposure. And feeling sick started started about 46 hours after exposure. Everyone at the gathering got Covid-19. Happy 4th : (