Parent business travel with unvaccinated kids at home?
My husband has to travel for a week at the end of the month. On this trip he has to go to lots of meet and greets at a large regional event. It's in a state that has poor vaccination rates and increasing incidence of the Delta variant of COVID-19. He could wear a mask but it would affect his work since it's very much in a red state, and the point of the trip is for networking and schmoozing
He's not worried for his own health since we're both vaccinated but we have 2 under 2 that aren't.
He has to go in this trip and he probably can't do his job effectively while wearing a mask, so what should we do about his return? Vaccinated people can still get covid and still give it to others. Should I make him quarantine with one of the coworkers that's also going and then take a test a few days after his return? If your spouse was in the same situation what would you have them do?
His trip is a week before my maternity leave for my youngest ends, so I'm not looking forward to spending last week and preparing to go back to work alone. It would also be a shame for one of our kids to get covid when I'm going back to work. I'm trying to weigh the least disruptive and safest options for us.
Posted Jul 5, 2021, 4:42 PM UTC
Yes it’s true that vaccinated people can still get covid, but it’s a very small chance. And even if they do get covid the viral load would likely be so small that it would be unlikely to transmit to someone else.
My husband is going on his first business trip this week. He’s going to make sure he’s washing his hands often, not touching his face, and watching for symptoms when he gets home. Otherwise we are putting our trust in the vaccine and that it works as intended.
I agree with you but that drop to 65% worries me
The research I’ve seen shows Pfizer is 88% effective against delta, slightly below the 93/94% efficacy pre delta.
That’s what I was going by too, but new studies out of Israel show it dropping to 65%.