My niece has been exposed to COVID.

[hamsterjill]

She works for a rural newspaper. She’s a proud Democrat and doubly vaxxed and boosted. But she’s obese and I’m worried.

Their office has been very strict about masking, etc., but another employee’s husband contracted it and it is spreading through the office. She has thus far tested negative, but other coworkers are now testing positive. I believe all of the employees who are able to be vaxxed are vaxxed. There is one sports writer who may not have been able to get the vaccine because of health issues.

The rural area is a Trump haven with most not vaccinated and claiming QAnon crap. The newspaper owner is an exception and he has tried to keep his staff safe.

May I get some good vibes, please, for my niece and her coworkers? Thank you so much.

[onecaliberal]

1. Healing vibes for your niece.

I wish her a speedy recovery.

[hamsterjill]

18. Thank you.

Peace to you and yours.

[Busterscruggs]

2. I hope she recovers

May Gaia be on her side

[hamsterjill]

19. Thank you.

Appreciate it.

[niyad]

3. Sending vibes for health and healing and safety for your niece and her coworkers.

And hugggggs and vibes for calm and endurance for you. Please keep us posted, and know that we are here for you.

[hamsterjill]

20. Appreciate it, niyad.

So many families having to go through this.

[Binkie The Clown]

4. My granddaughter and great granddaughter both recovered nicely from COVID. Hoping the same for...

...your niece.

[hamsterjill]

21. Thank you.

I’m happy to hear of that good outcome.

[UpInArms]

5. All my best thoughts

are heading your way … I hope your niece escapes without contracting this awful virus …

[hamsterjill]

23. Thank you.

I do, too. Wish there was a way everyone could just be well and at peace for a while. We are all SO weary from all of this over the last two-plus years.

[MiniMe]

6. My housemates great granddaughter who just turned 2 just tested positive

Somebody in her daycare was positive. She ran a high fever for 1 night and seems better today. Keeping my fingers crossed for her. Obviously too young for a vaccine. Her birthday was last Thursday. We usually keep her 1 day a week - Tuesdays - but she won't be back for a while now.

[hamsterjill]

7. Oh goodness.

I am saying a prayer for her right now. May she be on the mend now and be back to full health!

[MiniMe]

10. Thank-you

I am a little worried about her, but I'm happy to hear that she sounds better today.

[FarPoint]

8. Assume everyone has been exposed....

They, the general public, they are not adhering to covid-19 prevention protocols these days....

The good thing is she is fully vaxxed and boosted....The reason we all get our vaccine is to fight off the virus infection when exposed...The vaccine is not a shield....She has done the clinically correct option.....Reinforce covid-19 prevention protocols...social distancing, wear a mask/ Preferring KN95, wash hands, use hand sanitizer and avoid groups/ crowds...

The vaccine will kick into action if exposed....that is the goal of the vaccine protocols.

[CrackityJones75]

9. My thought as well.

[hamsterjill]

17. I know. But I'm really angry I guess.

The whole town is basically Trumpers who claim it’s all a hoax. It’s not always easy to pull up roots and move.

I’m angry at the ones who are NOT doing what my niece and her coworkers were doing. It’s like idiots working against reason. Yes, it’s everywhere to a certain extent but these little rural areas are the worst in my view.

[FarPoint]

26. I validate your anger....

As an Infusion/ home care RN...I see it happening several times a day...almost daily I set up folks for monoclonal antibody infusions....My education in general with community falls on deaf ears.

[Lochloosa]

11. Omnicrom doesn't seem to care about the vaccine. My wife and I are just getting over it.

She had Pfizer and I had Moderna.

[hamsterjill]

16. Wishing you full and complete recovery.

Please take care of yourselves.

[FarPoint]

27. See....

the vaccine is working for both of you...You guys are getting over it without respiratory distress or hospitalization..

[Lochloosa]

33. Oh I agree whole heartedly

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. Your niece will be in my prayers

[hamsterjill]

15. Thank you very much.

Hugs!

[Dr. Shepper]

13. Good vibes heading her way

My husband and child have COVID (though my kiddo now tests negative on antigen test). We had been all together for days before my husband, who is immune compromised, came down with symptoms despite being fully vaxxed and always masked. My child was asymptomatic. I am obese and I persistently have tested negative the entire time, including this morning. It’s not guaranteed that she will get it - especially if vaxxed and boosted and masked. Sending positive energy her and your way.

[hamsterjill]

14. Thank you so much.

And please accept prayers from me for your family’s speedy and full recovery.

[Dr. Shepper]

31. Thank you. Appreciated.

[jcmaine72]

22. Mucho good vibes to your niece and her co-workers.

And to you, too.

[hamsterjill]

24. Mucho appreciated.

Gracias!

[Ford_Prefect]

25. Good Vibes and a Following Wind too.

[Ilsa]

28. If it's been a week, then maybe she will continue to test negative.

I took a PCR test 7 days after exposure and was negative. The person who exposed us was wearing a high quality mask, so maybe that's why it didn't get to us.

[XanaDUer2]

29. Sending light and positive vibes

[Jon King]

30. Everyone will be exposed to Covid over and over again for the rest of their lives.

Covid is with us forever. Every year a variant will become dominant. Viruses tend to become less deadly but more infectious. Covid will become endemic. We will get vaccinated each year with the latest vaccine, just like we do with the flu. The number of cases will be much less though than they have been the past few years. But the masks will come off for the vast majority who are not immuno-compromised, and we will live with the virus.

The only option to avoid Covid would be to make the decision to live like a severely immuno-compromised person lives, isolated and breathing filtered air. And of course people are free to commit to wearing a mask for the rest of their lives in public like some have always done to avoid the flu. But most will not do that.

I sincerely hope all on this forum understand these facts and are not thinking Covid will end at any point. That is just not the reality.

[hamsterjill]

41. No! I refuse to accept that as inevitable.

I don’t know how old you are. But I lived in a time BEFORE Reagan. Before the utter bullshit that has taken over this country. We put a man on the fucking moon!!! I want THAT America back and I’m willing to fight to get it back. I think that’s something people of a certain age group understand that some younger people do not. I refuse to accept mediocrity as if it’s the only option and is acceptable. It is not. I expect greatness!

We will conquer this. It may take a long time. But somebody out there, smart and calculating and incentivized will eventually figure this shit out. Because that’s what mankind is supposed to do. Move forward and solve problems.

[maxsolomon]

32. I hope she doesn't get it, obviously.

If she does, odds are very good it won't be fatal.

My SIL has it right now. In Napa.

My sister was exposed last week. In Madison IN.

My niece got it on NYE. In SF.

My dad got it just before thanksgiving. In Cincy.

My brother got it 2 weeks ago. In Bozeman.

All triple vaxxed.

Hoping you see the pattern here.

[hamsterjill]

35. Yes of course I understand.

I am grateful that my niece is vaxxed and boosted. I’m also grateful that your family members are, too. It’s called being responsible and caring about your fellow beings!

Thanks for your post.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

34. Is there anyway she can work from home?

[StarryNite]

36. Sending your niece protective vibes that she stays healthy.

And if she does get COVID that her body will be able to fight it off quickly. Healing vibes to her coworkers who also did the right thing by getting vaccinated but still are positive with COVID. May the power and the force of the vaccines be with them.

[madville]

37. My work has pretty much given up most protocols

They don’t test us at work anymore either, too many people were testing positive but asymptomatic. They have also stopped paid COVID leave and that made people pretty much stop any voluntary testing. We had people at work last week that have people positive for COVID in their household, only real requirement is that they wear a mask at work all day.

Everyone is going to get exposed to it at a minimum, many of them will get it, be asymptomatic and never know either.

[mgardener]

38. You have them!

My son just tested negative.
I was worried for 24 hrs till he could get tested.

The friend has no sense of smell or taste and was very sick for 24 hours. Omicron is rampant in Hawaii but her symptoms seemed more like delta.
She is feeling better
Vaxxed but did not get the booster

[SheltieLover]

39. Healing vibes on the way! 💓💓💓

[MLAA]

40. Sending best wishes and hugs

[barbtries]

42. my niece and her family got it.

Her husband is obese. He is vaccinated but had not been boosted but even so, he sailed through it in like 3 to 5 days? I know he was sick, but no hospital required and he's back to work. The vaccines really do work. I hope if/when your niece gets it she has the same experience. I was worried about him too.

[CaptainTruth]

43. Sending good energy!!!

[calimary]

44. More good vibes coming your way, hamsterjill.

[WA-03 Democrat]

45. I will send good vibes to everyone!

Omicron is every where now-we just cannot test and report it fast enough. It's going to be an ugly month.

[vsrazdem]

46. Both of my granddaughters have it. They go to NAU in Flagstaff AZ and it

is rampant there. One of them works in a vet clinic, and they hired a new employee who did not mask and had covid, and that is how the she got it. Of course they live in an apartment together, so now they both have it. What is crazy, is now you have to PROVE you have covid in order to get your classes on line, not just be exposed, so she had to pay $100 to get a covid test in Flagstaff.
Thanks to the CDC you now get 5 days quarantine before having to go back to work. She had to work yesterday and still felt like crap. Insanity. I have a feeling that by next week, half the school will be having on-line classes. Thank goodness they are both double vaccinated, and are young, but they still got pretty sick.