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- 'Were living in virus hell. The kids are sick. The parents are not well. Wasnt this year supposed to be easier?'Washington Post, Dec. 9, 2022.
The first positive coronavirus test in our household occurred Oct. 26, and in the beginning, we were fools who believed it might be over fast my husband was quarantined in the basement; perhaps the rest of us would be spared. Five days later, I tested positive. Then our preschool-aged daughter did. Then our toddler was diagnosed with RSV, which devolved into a terrible cough, which turned out to be pneumonia.
After 20 days trapped at home together, during which time my children started referring to their Pedialyte ice pops as ice lollies because theyd watched 4,000 episodes of Peppa Pig, my son at last returned to day care. He lasted two entire days before contracting a new virus, this one accompanied by the sudden appearance of hideous red welts all over his body, which sent him to urgent care just before midnight. Over three weeks, wed gone from bad to worse to biblical.
Wasnt this year supposed to be better? (Or was that just something we told ourselves as we limped toward the fading mirage of normalcy?) Instead, the onslaught of viruses this fall has been so monstrous and relentless that it seems like every parent I know friends, colleagues, neighbors, everyone has a story to tell. These are not nice stories. These are stories narrated in a distinctly fatigued-yet-frantic tone, and they always feature specific, memorized numbers: The precise degree of a fever, the tally of missed days of school and work, the frequency of visits to the pediatrician or urgent care or the emergency room.
I have a 5-year-old and an 8-year-old who started kindergarten and third grade, respectively, the first week of September, says Alexis McGrath of Parsippany, N.J., who described her familys experience by email. Since then, there literally hasnt been a single week when at least two of us havent been home sick. So far, the siege has spanned three upper-respiratory infections, numerous high fevers, relentless congestion and two confirmed cases of pinkeye, she says. I. AM. SO. TIRED...
- Read More, https://www.washingtonpost.com/parenting/2022/12/09/parents-children-virus-sick/
Skittles
(159,318 posts)but stupid, selfish assholes just could not handle doing the simplest thing to help prevent the spread - KEEP MASKING
Wearing the damn mask in public is a hell of a lot less uncomfortable and inconvenient than what so many families are now going through.
OAITW r.2.0
(28,361 posts)The selfish over the common good,,,,writ large.
If almost everyone was vaccinated and wore masks inside, we'd be in a much better position now.
Skittles
(159,318 posts)as if it is all about THEM
stopdiggin
(12,821 posts)Last edited Sat Dec 10, 2022, 10:28 PM - Edit history (1)
That person you work next to might well have an elderly person or a compromised child within their household ...
(in fact that is exactly the case in my workplace)
But, I'll answer my own question. It's not that they don't comprehend this ...
IbogaProject
(3,648 posts)I worry that antivirals accelerate viral mutations. This is like antibiotic resistance with high risk due to viral replication being so fast. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100113172306.htm
Rebl2
(14,682 posts)people have been apart so much and we were wearing masks (I still do because of medication I take) our bodies have forgotten-know there must be a better wordhow to fight off viruses and bugs. Many people havent gotten the newest Covid vaccine or flu shot, so they spread that around. Then there is RSV which there is no vaccine for. Years ago in the late 1970s I worked in a daycare for a couple of years. I would catch everything that came along. Dont really remember the big push for flu shots back then.