This time it’s Cass’ turn. She may be in close contact with a Covid positive index from our condo block. They were both at the gym on Wednesday night. On Friday, the lady who went to the gym tested positive for Covid. The condo Managment office was notified on the same day.
Today a staff from the condo Management office called to inform me that the Covid positive index was at the gym on Wednesday from 8.30 pm to 9.30 pm. As Cass checked into the gym at 9.30 pm, she’s required to do a Covid self-test as a precautionary measure.
Now Cass isn’t sure if she was near this lady when she was at the gym on Wednesday. She can’t even remember if there was anyone at the gym as it was already 9.30 pm and off-peak hours at the gym.
Gyms are a high-risk place for Covid to spread because of the equipment that everyone touches . And it’s air-conditioned, making ventilation poor. Cass remembered that she didn’t use the treadmill, water-rower, bicycle, or air-walker on Wednesday. She said she only brought down her gym mat to do floor exercises and used the weights. Now that’s bad enough. What if the lady sneezed and her droplets dropped on the floor? What if Cass used the weights that the lady used minutes earlier? No one wears mask inside the gym because of the nature of the exercise.
I told Cass that it is quite useless to do a Covid self-test today as it’s too early for any symptom to manifest. But this girl insisted on doing one and it’s negative.
According to WebMD, on average, symptoms show up in a newly infected person about 5.6 days after contact. Rarely, symptoms appeared as soon as 2 days after exposure. Most people with symptoms had them by day 12. And most of the other ill people were sick by day 14.
So we’re now counting down the days to day 14. Cass has another 10 more days of school holiday and I’ll get her to do another test on the eve of going back to school.
We can’t run away from the virus anymore. It’s ubiquitous and inconspicuous. The only thing we can do is to strengthen our immune system with nutritious food, regular exercise and adequate shut-eye. You may think that sleep is not important but it is just as important as nutrition, exercise and supplements, if not even more important. All our friends and daughters’ friends who were infected with Covid admitted that they had not been getting enough sleep prior to getting infected with Covid.
It’s 10 minutes to 11 pm now and I have to rush off this post to stack some Z’s. It’s going to be another early and long day for me on a Sunday tomorrow. Hubby has a function and has to be at his central kitchen by dawn. And I have to chauffeur Sherilyn to work at the cafe tomorrow morning.
Have a restful weekend, all and sundry!
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