thewayne | Well, the nigh-inevitable happened

The guy who's staying with us, Dave? Tested positive for Covid tonight.

I spent a good amount of time on the phone with my immunologist, and we have a plan ready if I catch it. I'm a very good patient and quite proactive, and he appreciates that and gave me his cell#, knowing I wouldn't abuse it. I decided this was the right thing to call him directly for. I mean, we've had a plan since medicines for it became available, just rehearsing things and making sure he knew what was up. Russet is also now immune-compromised as she's on interferon for her cancer/non-cancer. We both tested negative, though we had to use two test kits as the first one failed - didn't show the control line, or anything, for that matter.

Dave'll be contacting his doc in the morning and ask for the medication for it since he's living with immune-compromised people. It'll greatly cut down on the amount of virus he's shedding, which is good for us. Russet and I will be testing every other day for the next week or two. Fortunately the current dominant variant has weakened and doesn't cause as much hospitalization.