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With the morning sun, clarity, using both NHL and BC public health regulations: Jordie Benn tested positive Sunday morning but a confirmatory test came back negative. That still put him into an isolation protocol. He tested negative Monday but positive Tuesday. (1)
Under NHL rules, if you test positive in one of the two days post-false positive, you become a presumed positive. Obviously he's now being treated as such. If he goes symptom-free until next Wednesday, he can be cleared by doctors, though it's not automatic. (2)
If Benn shows symptoms — which will most likely appear in the next few days — then he can't return until at least 10 days after symptoms first appeared, under both the NHL's and BC CDC's protocols. (Also needs to be cleared by team doctors) (3)
http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19/self-isolation
http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19/self-isolation
The ten day period is basically about how we've come to understand the incubation period of the virus. Most people develop symptoms 5 to 7 days *after* they're first infected. If you don't show symptoms by 10 days post-positive test, science tells us you're in the clear. (4)
As for J.T. Miller, as a close contact he's treated differently. Under B.C. public health rules, he has to self-isolate for at least *14* days after his last contact with Benn. That's about incubation period and also his contagious window. (5)
http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19/self-isolation/close-contacts
http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19/self-isolation/close-contacts
So, yes, even if neither player shows symptoms, Benn would be available to play *before* Miller. Fun stuff (fin)
