I think I need to lay in a supply of Covid test kits.
I love my brother, his wife, and their four daughters. My brother and his wife live an hour south of me, while their three older daughters live and work in the Cities, and their youngest is a sophomore in college up here. I scrupulously avoided contact with them before I was vaccinated. My brother, a psychiatrist, has been vaccinated. My SIL has not, but did have Covid and tested very positive for antibodies. Their oldest daughter has been vaccinated, the second daughter has not but has also tested very positive for antibodies. The third daughter has, I believe, received just one shot. The youngest is not vaccinated nor has she had Covid.
I'm mostly good about wearing masks, but I did not last Saturday when I attended a college musical with my brother and his family. The youngest daughter was in the pit orchestra. I had a great evening, but I was in close proximity with the family. In fact, I rode up to the college with my brother, my SIL, and sat next to my oldest niece in the back of their vehicle. You can all see it coming... my oldest niece tested positive for Covid today.
So, a break through case. My niece tested negative on Monday, positive today. She's young, healthy, and vaccinated so does not qualify for monoclonal antibodies although her mother said she will be getting Ivermectin
. Yeah, she believes in that. Well, as long as it doesn't harm my niece, I'll ignore that. No, I can't argue with my SIL, she has a master's degree in immunology. Whatever.
Will this change my actions going forward? No. Probably not. I'll make sure I keep away from people for the next week, but I will continue to see my brother and his family after that. After 40+ years of marriage, it just gets so lonely at times since my sweetie passed away in 2018. I've gotten my booster and I have my mom's great immune system. That'll have to do.