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03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Sat Dec 25, 2021 11:46 am

The Annoyed Man wrote: ↑Sat Dec 25, 2021 11:39 am

03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Sat Dec 25, 2021 11:13 am

The Annoyed Man wrote: ↑Sat Dec 25, 2021 11:09 am I had my first and second shots (Pfizer) in mid-May and early-April. Knock on wood, I’ve avoided catching Covid so far…and I have NOT been wearing a mask or taking any serious precautions. Every year since our son got married (10 yrs ago), we have joined our DIL's family on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter for a big family gathering and feast. We were there for Thanksgiving this year, but my son's FIL got a Covid diagnosis 2 days ago, so we are having a small quiet Christmas this year. Fortunately, he’s not all that sick, so we’re postponing the family gathering for a couple of weeks and are going to play it by ear.

Did he get the new variant. My grand daughter may have it and she gave it to my daughter. I am going over there anyway. They are getting tested Monday but it is all the symptoms of the latest round. It is more like a bad cold than anything. I have been vaxed three times and normally don't get sick so I am going to chance it for Christmas.

You know, I don’t know which variant he has. I got the info indirectly through my DIL. I’ll be calling him later today to see how he’s doing, and I’ll ask then. I’m not particularly paranoid about catching Covid, but I don’t want to temp fate either. Plus, his wife is a person who has a lot of anxiety and is a bit of a hypochondriac, so I don’t want to add to her stress. One of their other granddaughters had brain surgery for an aggressive tumor about 18 months ago, and she has been in isolation for a badly compromised immune system during the chemo and radiation treatments. Thankfully, she seems to be in remission now and is recovering well, but her Mimi still has a lot of stress over infecting the granddaughter with something. So between her fears about a sick husband, and her fears about the other granddaughter, we're going to just stay out of the way until her husband is all better.

I would be the same way in that circumstance! Their grand Daughter is at high risk of getting seriously ill from it. Most of the info I am seeing claims the new variant is more transmissible but much less likely to kill a person. The day or two right before Christmas break at my garnd daugters school, several kids started getting it. They let them all out early Friday because they got worried it was spreading. She is in first grade so her school is 1-5. My prayers for your DIL's family. You try to have a very Merry Christmas just the same.

03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Sat Dec 25, 2021 11:13 am

The Annoyed Man wrote: ↑Sat Dec 25, 2021 11:09 am I had my first and second shots (Pfizer) in mid-May and early-April. Knock on wood, I’ve avoided catching Covid so far…and I have NOT been wearing a mask or taking any serious precautions. Every year since our son got married (10 yrs ago), we have joined our DIL's family on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter for a big family gathering and feast. We were there for Thanksgiving this year, but my son's FIL got a Covid diagnosis 2 days ago, so we are having a small quiet Christmas this year. Fortunately, he’s not all that sick, so we’re postponing the family gathering for a couple of weeks and are going to play it by ear.

Did he get the new variant. My grand daughter may have it and she gave it to my daughter. I am going over there anyway. They are getting tested Monday but it is all the symptoms of the latest round. It is more like a bad cold than anything. I have been vaxed three times and normally don't get sick so I am going to chance it for Christmas.