w/o lab confirmation of "omicron", I don't think at this stage this is a safe assumption at all (you'd also said they were "official Omicron cases")...but good news so far, in any case. Mild illness *is* good news, no matter the strain causing it!
Just to clarify, my nephew traveled to NYC to attend an anime convention with some college friends. One of them, who had traveled in from the midwest, got cold symptoms and tested positive. He informed everyone else in the group (they stayed together in an NYC air bnb) so they all got tested and all came up positive. Then a few days later the midwest guys test, which had been sequenced, was confirmed Omicron. So, using track and trace, they contacted my nephew. When his father then became mildly ill they sequenced his test and he too came up as confirmed Omicron. So technically, my brother in law was considered the first confirmed case in the state, since it was the first one tested that came back positive but it seems highly likely he got it from his son. My mother lives in the same house with them and being 85 and infirm, basically never leaves the house. I don't know if they intend to test her PCR to determine if it is also Omicron, but it sure seems likely.
w/o lab confirmation of "omicron", I don't think at this stage this is a safe assumption at all (you'd also said they were "official Omicron cases")...but good news so far, in any case. Mild illness *is* good news, no matter the strain causing it!
Best regards for your family's health!
Just to clarify, my nephew traveled to NYC to attend an anime convention with some college friends. One of them, who had traveled in from the midwest, got cold symptoms and tested positive. He informed everyone else in the group (they stayed together in an NYC air bnb) so they all got tested and all came up positive. Then a few days later the midwest guys test, which had been sequenced, was confirmed Omicron. So, using track and trace, they contacted my nephew. When his father then became mildly ill they sequenced his test and he too came up as confirmed Omicron. So technically, my brother in law was considered the first confirmed case in the state, since it was the first one tested that came back positive but it seems highly likely he got it from his son. My mother lives in the same house with them and being 85 and infirm, basically never leaves the house. I don't know if they intend to test her PCR to determine if it is also Omicron, but it sure seems likely.
Ah! That does make it clear, thanks. Good news all around.
and to think we only used to worry about herpes...from toilet seats ;-)