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TreeKlimber2 t1_ixwp30r wrote

Reply to comment by Samilynnki in How soon after exposure is the flu contagious? by AcJc_0604

...and I work for the Department of Health. Waiting has been the standard for awhile now.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/testing.html#when-to-get-tested

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Samilynnki t1_ixwqezq wrote

Ah, yes I see that page was updated September 2022. That would be after 2021, which I specified was the time I was doing the swabs and later the vaccines.

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TreeKlimber2 t1_ixwrk67 wrote

That was a page update; the recommendations to wait before testing have been in place for quite some time now. Though they were somewhat recently changed from waiting 4 days to the current standard.

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