[Magdalen] Dilemma

[Renee Rutkowski]

I wouldn’t risk it - family or not.  No vaccines, no makes, and I am 65+, “fluffy”, and with a heart rhythm thing.  

Of course, your mileage may vary, but the risk is to you, not your grands.  Your son can hire (or do a childcare swap ) a person of similar bent to his own. Having had COVID does not give extended immunity, as Lesley said.  One can carry the virus, even if not sick.

Trust the science.  That’s my view.

Renee
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> On Nov 28, 2021, at 7:15 PM, Lesley de Voil <lesleymdv at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Grace, Just chiming in here after everybody else.
> 1 They presumably had COVID   6- 12 months ago. I wouldn't be relying on
> their immune status, as  resistance to re-infection seems to be very
> variable anyway ( meaning, it's not like eg. measles,  where infection
> should give one lifelong immunity.) I suspect that he wouldn't be impressed
> by recent reports about a new variant  coming around, but you could at
> least try.
> 2 I agree with all who say, if they come, they should wear masks indoor and
> out.
> 3  Can't the eldest babysit for the day, if necessary bribing him so that
> they all recognise he is in charge ?
> I do think your son is being unreasonable  towards you. ( You could lay it
> on the line "How would he feel if his actions caused  illness/ death  of
> his own mother?")
> 
> Best wishes
> Lesley de Voil
> 
> 
>> On Mon, 29 Nov 2021 at 07:00, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I had a phone call from my son this morning asking if he could bring the
>> three boys here on a Saturday in December. He has a job and can’t bring
>> them. They are 16, 10, and 8. I don’t really have much for them to do here,
>> but I figured maybe we could go out for pizza and maybe go to the community
>> park if it’s not too cold, or to a movie.
>> But then I remembered that they aren’t vaccinated and won’t be. So I won’t
>> want to take them out for lunch or to a movie. But I’m also not terribly
>> comfortable with the idea of having them here in the house all day. I left
>> a message with my son that we need to discuss it, but I haven’t heard back
>> yet. He told me awhile ago that the whole family had COVID back at the
>> beginning, so they don’t need the vaccine, but I’ve heard that isn’t
>> necessarily true. I know there’s going to be a confrontation over this, and
>> I’d like another opinion or two. Am I overreacting? At the very least, I
>> will insist that they wear masks—he doesn’t believe in those, either.
> 
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