Your niece doesn't have the thought/reaction patterns that you developed.   She didn't have the same consideration or even thinking that you have.  That's the interesting thing about those of us who deal with anxiety.  We have trained ourselves to see all of this so differently than other people.  Then, we work ourselves up. In her mind, she is likely not thinking about getting sick.  It'll be like.....she'll only focus on it when it happens.....if it doesn't happen, it won't enter her mind.....like it would us!

I woke up feeling anxious early this morning the anxiety is low as I keep telling myself my niece was with me as well cleaning up without gloves or mask and it isn't bothering her why would it single me out?. I have at least a another week to see if symptoms come or get worse.  

The key is getting to know yourself so that when things like this come up, you'll know how to handle it next time.

Funniest thing is that is almost totally vanished already. I knew once I “believed”it was stress that it might go. 

i have been under a lot of stress lately and this was my stupidity as I just swept up the moose poop with no gloves or mask . I read a news article about Gene Hackmans wife dying from it and like a idiot I googled the cdc regarding symptoms and two were listed from when i saw my doctor on tues who diagnosed a sinus infection and I never mentioned cleaning up the poop.