Author’s Note: This is not intended to be a full crisis plan if you get Covid.

• Many people are contagious before they feel very sick. Think you have allergies? Got a bad headache? Diarrhea? Take a covid test.
• Covid isn’t a dry cough and lost of taste anymore. Test with headaches, gastro symptoms, cough, throat tickles, runny nose. If you can’t test, stay home. If you have to leave, wear a GOOD mask.
• Some people report more accurate rapid test results by swabbing the back of their throat, their cheek, and their nostrils with one swab. YMMV
• QUARANTINE IF YOU HAVE COVID. I know that California just said you only have to quarantine for a day if you’re sick, but that is not based in science. It’s based in “please go back to work uwu.” You are still contagious for like, 14 days. Wear a good mask, don’t expose others even if you’re outside, and go to sleep.
• Get Paxlovid if you can! Paxlovid is an anti-viral that should shorten your infection to ~5 days. You can usually go to a Minute Clinic or urgent care nearby to confirm covid infection and get a prescription.
  • BE CAREFUL. Many who are vaccinated and take Paxlovid can “rebound” and become contagious again because your body didn’t fully clear the infection.
  • Paxlovid could help give you a gap to travel home if you’re sick in SF, but make sure you test for a few days after testing negative to ensure you don’t get sick again.
  • If you aren’t from the US and are nervous about prescription costs without US insurance, check Good RX.
• I am so serious if you give someone Covid because you were careless you could kill someone. Just because it’s not serious for you doesn’t mean it’s not serious. Please quarantine.