Swollen Thumb said:
I've been following this thread from the start thankful that we are somewhat removed from this thing
Well, my kid came home this week from elementary school telling us that one of her classmates from last year (who's family moved back to China after the school year) just returned to school this week...in her class. She said she heard that their family was one of the ones evacuated from Wuhan and they just got out of quarantine in California (before heading back here). We knew of the kid last year from school activities and were aware that his family did in fact leave to go back to China. So we definitely perked up at what our kid was telling us, but we kind of assumed the whole Wuhan/quarantine stuff was school yard rumors/exaggerations from what they see on tv. Well, there happened to be a school function today and my wife found the teacher and asked about it expecting a quick debunk of the rumors. Instead, the teacher said she couldn't really discuss it, but simply gave my wife a nod and said they on top of the situation. F***ing awesome....what are the odds.
We assume that no one in that family was actually infected, and that their quarantine was of the precautionary variety following evacuation. We also assume since they went through one of the official (military) quarantine locations, they were thoroughly tested and cleared. But we've all heard about the issues with testing, prolonged incubation etc, so who knows. Very concerning to say the least.
Why in the world would this kid's family rush them right back into school straight out of quarantine (or at all)? Absolute BS move on their part that is putting the school/teachers in a very uncomfortable situation, and potentially putting so many at risk given all the unknowns with this virus. It's selfish BS like this makes these things so hard to contain.
Chinese people really don't give a flip. They grew up in a country of a billion people. Common courtesy isn't a thing. HTH. Thoughts and prayers