Either my employee had a false positive test, the virus is not as horrible as it was back when it first came to the USA,
or it is a HOAX being used to control us.
My employee had a fever two days, congestion, and as of today it seems like the end of a cold. Literally a head cold! The spouse and 3 kids have not gotten it. I was exposed last Sunday as we worked on a project together. At this point I have no symptoms?
Covid according to the MSM seems to decimate the above 65 year old set, but the 67 and 65 year old nurses I know who got it seemed to come through it with no long or short term problems, never going to the hospital, and were over it in less that 10 days. The husband of one of the nurses, 69, did get it, but he made it through fine. Which was sort of amazing because they expect him to die in the next year or so because of several degenerative diseases that keep him bedridden and a step above a vegetable. They thought if he got it he would die. It would have been better if he passed... yet he did not and had very few problems with Covid, never even needing to go to the hospital.
Check out the
NEW California rules for Covid:
Cal/OSHA published COVID-19 emergency temporary standards (See 8 Cal. Code of Regulations (“CCR”) §§ 3205-3205.4) that went into effect
November 30, 2020 and expire October 2, 2021 (unless extended).
- Criteria for a COVID-19 Case to Return to Work:
- Employees with symptoms who are diagnosed may return after:
- 1) 10 days have passed since symptoms first appeared;
- 2) Symptoms have improved; and
- 3) 24 hours have passed since a fever of 100.4 has resolved without use of medications.
- Employees who are asymptomatic may return after:
- 10 days since the collection of the test sample.
- Note: a negative test is not required for return to work.
New Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards
The standards place several obligations on employers that are aimed to protect employees from COVID-19.
- Steps to Take When an Employee Tests Positive:
- Determine the day/time the test was taken, date of positive diagnosis, date of first symptoms.
- Determine who had exposure and give notice, within one business day, to:
- All employees who may have had exposure.
- "Exposure" or "close contact" means being within 6 feet of a positive case for a cumulative 15 minutes or greater in any 24-hour period, regardless of the use of a face covering.
- "High risk" exposure period is defined as:
- Symptomatic cases:
- Starts 2 days before developing symptoms
- Ends 10 days after symptoms first appeared + 24 hours passed with no symptoms
- Asymptomatic cases:
- Starts 2 days before positive test
- Ends 10 days after specimen for test was collected
- Independent contractors & other employers present in the workplace.
- Exclude employees who had exposure from the workplace for 7 or 10 days (note: quarantine period reduced from 14 days, pursuant to new CDC guidelines announced December 2, 2020).
- 7 days if they receive a negative test, or
- 10 days without a test.
