Getting a bit of an insight into the problems the system faces after my first taste of being at an exposure site.
Attended a place on the weekend, only found out it was a site on Wednesday via word of mouth in the community, no official means.
By that stage wife and one kid had been working in places that deal with hundreds and hundreds of members of the public on a daily basis.
Into isolation, long wait to get tested, told results may be 2-3 days given the volume of tests being dealt with. By that stage if wife and daughter are positive the people they came into contact with will have created thousands and thousands of close contacts and hundreds of exposure sites.
It's mission impossible.
To share my story, highlights your point.
Just over 3 weeks ago my 2yo daughter was exposed at her childcare by a covid positive staff member.
The childcare told us we were tier 1 and had to quarantine for 2 weeks. I wasn't sure whether that included me as I didn't attend the site on the day, so I called dhhs, was on hold for two and half hours, then eventually got told yes, I also have to quarantine.
We were officially contacted for contact tracing a week later. If the childcare hadnt notified us, we'd have not known at all.
Here's the kicker. They didn't let me out at two weeks. We all tested negative on day 13, my wife and baby were released, but I didn't get a message until the two and a half week point.
And here's the kicker's kicker. In the one day I was released, by daughter was exposed AGAIN and we were all put back into two week quarantine.
I've now been quarantining for three and half weeks, minus one day in the middle, and I still have a week to go. And I never even attended the tier 1 site. I'm a household contact of a primary contact.
It'll be over a month without being able to go for a walk or go shopping soon.
With how rampant this is in the population, they're going to have to remove tier 1 isolation all together.
You quarantine if you're positive and that's it.
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