[Magdalen] Dilemma

[Grace Cangialosi]

Thanks, Ann. I think I forgot to mention that I’ve had my booster shot.

> On Nov 28, 2021, at 8:37 PM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:
> 
> 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
>> 
>>