# How Do You Know When You've Recovered From Corvid 19?

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [March 27, 2020, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-when-youve-recovered-from-corvid-19/850400 "2020-03-27T05:07:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Carryon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Carryon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carryon)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-when-youve-recovered-from-corvid-19/850400/1 "2020-03-27T05:07:24Z")

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OK, so you have it, and now you’re feeling better.

Are there any guidelines when you are considered “over it” and more importantly no longer contagious?

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**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-when-youve-recovered-from-corvid-19/850400/2 "2020-03-27T05:29:05Z")

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According to the [CDC](https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/steps-when-sick.html), you can end home isolation if:

> [@CDC](#):
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> People with COVID-19 who have stayed home (home isolated) can stop home isolation under the following conditions:  
> [ul]  
> [li]If you will not have a test to determine if you are still contagious, you can leave home after these three things have happened:[/li][LIST]  
> [li]You have had no fever for at least 72 hours (that is three full days of no fever without the use medicine that reduces fevers)[/li]AND  
> [li]other symptoms have improved (for example, when your cough or shortness of breath have improved)[/li]AND  
> [li]at least 7 days have passed since your symptoms first appeared[/li][/ul]  
> [li]If you will be tested to determine if you are still contagious, you can leave home after these three things have happened:[ul][/li][li]You no longer have a fever (without the use medicine that reduces fevers)[/li]AND  
> [li]other symptoms have improved (for example, when your cough or shortness of breath have improved)[/li]AND  
> [li]you received two negative tests in a row, 24 hours apart. Your doctor will follow CDC guidelines.[/li][/ul]  
> [/LIST]

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**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-when-youve-recovered-from-corvid-19/850400/3 "2020-03-27T05:54:25Z")

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> [@leahcim](#):
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> According to the [CDC](https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/steps-when-sick.html), you can end home isolation if:

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Eta: this is what fighting ignorance looks like