[Magdalen] Dilemma

[Ann Markle]

I'm with the others,  Grace: no vaccine, no visit.  Immunity from Covid
infection is thought to be 6 months, if that. Too risky.

Ann
The Reverend Ann Markle
Buffalo,  NY
ann.markle at aya.yale.edu

On Sun, Nov 28, 2021, 7:36 PM Renee Rutkowski via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> 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
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > 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.
> >
> > --
> > Sent from MetroMail
>
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