The COVID-19 pandemic

[ijmorlan]

Can you clarify?  Like exposed to other people that have since tested positive, or just exposed in a general way (ie: out in public grocery shopping for essentials)

I was exposed to someone who had tested positive. We worked around each other for about two days, then they were off sick for about a week. I assumed they caught it, but due to confidentiality I couldn't ask. Eventually my manager approached me at work, told me they were positive and that I'd have to go home and self-isolate.

Seems I was wrong about it being 5-7 days. The province has a website up that allows most people to check their test results online, and this says it can take up to 4 days.

Sounds like we’re taking medical confidentiality too seriously. Medical confidentiality should stop where others’ health begins: if somebody has a contagious illness, it is the right of anybody with whom they came in contact to know. Although I note that your manager told you, so maybe in the end the policy was OK.