A caregiver of my mother-in-law tested positive for Covid. He was with her for 12 hours on Sunday, 9/20.
On Monday he called in sick. The caregiver agency called on Thursday, 9/24, to let us know he was Covid-positive.
The same day my wife, sister-in-law and mother-in-law got tested. The results came back today negative.
My MIL has late-stage COPD and requires 24x7 oxygen. She has congestive heart failure and dementia.
She never wears a mask but her caregivers always wear masks. No exceptions. Whenever I'm at the house I see them wearing a mask, which I'm assuming the agency tells them is mandatory.
Apparently if a carrier wears a mask and is in contact with someone w/o a mask the chance of transmission is only 5%.
1.5% if they both have masks and 70% if the carrier does not have a mask and the other person has a mask.
The fact that the caregiver wore a mask in the reason she dodged a bullet.
While I'm not against mask-wearing in general, only N-95's worn properly have the best chance of not transmitting the virus (of a real carrier) to others.
Like worried said, 2 weeks is the incubation period for the virus, so it's too early to tell anything at this point. My mother will be tested today even though her PA took a rapid covid test the following day which turned out negative. You may want to have your MIL tested if you feel she truly DID come into contact with a covid positive person, mask or no mask.
Sending a prayer that your MIL is free and clear of any virus.
My MIL's test came back negative today. She was tested at 4 days after being exposed to the infective caregiver. That might not have been long enough for antibodies to have been created. I don't know