by MartinF » 19 Oct 2021, 18:54
Don’t drop your guard!
From the time when Covid first started, my wife and I were very cautious partly because of our age and partly because my wife is clinically vulnerable with a COPD. So, for 12 months, we never visited anyone indoors, had shopping delivered by a friend (where we sanitised all the packaging etc. after delivery) and took only permitted exercise.
Following the requisite 14 days after our second jabs in April this year, we started doing our own shopping, taking care with social distancing, masks etc. In May we started visiting our son and his family for the first time in over 15 months. In June, we went away for a couple of weeks to go on a walking trip. Last month, we went to France for a fortnight to see our daughter, our first visit to see her and her family in 2 years; the mandatory 2 day PCR test on our return showed negative.
Last Thursday, we went to see our son and his family again for the first time in 2 months. On Friday afternoon, our son called to say that one of our grandsons was showing signs of Covid symptoms. Following a PCR test on Saturday, he was confirmed as having Covid on Sunday morning so we booked immediate PCR tests that afternoon. Yesterday, the results came back, we’re positive and our son tells us that he, our daughter-in-law and other grandson are positive as well. Not that I needed any confirmation as I had been feeling pretty rough since Sunday evening and am still suffering flu type symptoms although not suffering from shortness of breath or loss of taste or smell. My wife is, at present, just having mild headaches so we just hope she doesn’t get any worse. So it’s 10 self-isolation for the two of us. Fortunately, we have copious supplies of paracetamol.
The moral of this story is that, although you may have been double jabbed, you are still at risk especially from school children. We have two friends who caught Covid from their grandson, the husband ended up in hospital with it, Another friend’s daughter and son-in-law , both double jabbed, had COVID last week together with both of their daughters. Two others of his grandchildren have also had it recently. This friend said that it seems to be particularly rife in schools at present and spreading on to adults. So be warned.
As a by the by, the grandson who caught it first seems to be fine, no problems at all. His parents, like me, are laid low.