Then a visit by a tested, but unvaccinated, relative brought COVID to our house, writes 6ABC’s Adam Joseph.
by Adam Joseph, For The Inquirer Published
Aug 15, 2021
After 17 months, my husband and I thought it was OK to let our guards down when it came to COVID-19. We were wrong.
Since March 2020, we did everything asked of us by professionals, elected officials, and experts. Work from home, home school, wearing masks in all public places, getting vaccinated when eligible, car parade birthdays, lots of Zoom calls with friends and family. We have done everything we could as parents to protect our kids, Jacob and Hannah. But even the strongest walls of protection can develop cracks. In our house, the crack split open on July 7.
Leading up to that day, mask mandates had been lifted, cases had dropped, and many in the country — and our region — had been vaccinated against the virus. Because of that, we’d slowly started to live a more normal life — with some precautions.
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Whether it was returning to dining at restaurants, going to the Shore, getting ice cream, going to baseball practice and games for our son, we remained cautious. Despite the calmness setting in early summer, we continued to wear masks in public places, even though my husband and I were vaccinated. We carefully considered when to push the limits and when to back off. And for a few months, it felt as if even experts and officials were encouraging us to get back to what we did before we’d ever heard of COVID-19.
