Just when i thought it was going to be a pleasant Christmas...

[bif]

My daughter and her fiancé flew in from L.A. for the holidays and they're staying with us. She started getting a sore throat and sure enough, tested positive! So she's quarantined in one room and we've cancelled Christmas Eve dinner and Christmas Day with the rest of the family. So I guess we'll be singing "Have Yourself a Shitty Little Christmas."

[Walleye]

1. May all their symptoms be mild

[Bayard]

2. Oh no!

That sucks!

I had to cancel my nephew's visit on Xmas Eve. We haven't seen him in 2 years, but he refuses to get vaccinated. "I got the first one and it made me sick, so I'm not getting anymore". We're sure going to miss him....

[MineralMan]

3. I'm sorry to read that. I think it will be a fairly common story, though.

I hope your daughter recovers quickly and easily.

[snowybirdie]

4. So sorry

Have the best Holiday you can and be glad they are close.

[SheltieLover]

5. I hope she is ok!

[librechik]

6. That's too bad. But to be honest I've found most Christmas

celebrations to be shitty. A little bit.

But enjoy your isolation. It might be saving your life.

We are all in this together, no matter what it may seem.

Happy New year, at least.

[LakeArenal]

7. Christmas is what you make it.

It’s a blessing your daughter isn’t on a ventilator.

[femmedem]

8. Aww, that stinks, BIF.

I hope her symptoms are mild and that no one else catches it. Maybe you can Zoom with her to keep her company?

[True Blue American]

9. I am so sorry to hear that. Wishing them minor symptoms

And the rest of your family be safe.

[StarryNite]

10. Be safe.

You can celebrate Christmas after everyone is healthy again.

[left-of-center2012]

14. I think some experts think Christ was born in the springtime

Because of the verse where the shepherds were out tending their flock at night.
Supposedly that would not happen in late December.

[uponit7771]

11. Ah man, I'll be glad when we get through with this crap. Found out a loved one took their child

... the emergency room recently scared it was CV found out it was something else.

[kpete]

12. "Have Yourself a Shitty Little Christmas."

being sung here too

[Heartstrings]

13. Healing vibes sent.......nt

[left-of-center2012]

15. Did she have to be tested before the flight? n/t

[CaptainTruth]

18. Not for domestic travel, that I'm aware of.

[deurbano]

20. Not domestically, but internationally. My son flew in from England with his fiancee

last weekend, and they had a test at the airport in London the morning of the flight (has to be a PCR or comparable test within 24 hours of the flight), and they wore N95s on the flight. They have been staying away from us in another city at my younger daughter's college apt. (everyone gone for the holidays), and will take a PCR test this afternoon before joining the family... but I'm having them wear N95, KN95 or KF94 masks inside for the next three days and continue to take home tests. I've been having my younger daughter (the one home from college) take home tests and wear a mask inside, too, when we are all together. (We have a kind of apartment downstairs where she's been staying, and where her brother will stay.) She is taking a PCR test today. I really regret agreeing to my son coming home during this shit show. It just unfolded so quickly, but we should have called it off, for his sake and everyone else 's (in our family and not). He and his fiancee were able to get boosters before departure, and the rest of us have them, too, so at least there's that...

[bif]

22. Nope.

She got tested after she arrived.

[CottonBear]

16. Open a window in her room & place a fan blowing out at the window.

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I did this when a fully vaccinated family member got a breakthrough infection this past summer. I slept in another room next to a open window with a fan venting out. I kept the house ventilated. We wore double masks upstairs when delivering food and drinks to his door. No one else got sick.

Good luck.

[Richluu]

17. Yes, we canceled our NY daughter's trip

Everyone is sick with COVID. She's been exposed several times. It was a mutual decision. We'll reschedule in the spring.

[Dorian Gray]

35. In NYC here

and I just cancelled going to my family's house. Too many people i know are positive. It's dreadful.

[Richluu]

36. That's my daughter's experience, too.

She's been exposed so many times! I'm sending her home COVID tests from Iowa!

[IronLionZion]

19. Hope it's mild and everyone is fully vaccinated and boosted

We're probably all going to get it sooner or later. Lots of folks are travelling for the holidays and having parties/dinners and church services and so on. It's inevitable.

[pandr32]

21. May some Xmas magic make it's way into your home regardless

[LiberatedUSA]

28. The prevailing thought may be...

…”I’m trip vaxxed, who cares.”

[TeamProg]

24. More info would be insightful: Vaxxed? double, boosted?

I'm interested in a more complete picture.

[bif]

25. Double vaxxed and bostered.

She think she may have gotten it at the gym. The gym requires a mask and proof odf vaccination.

[TeamProg]

26. I was afraid of that. Good luck to all. n/t

[femmedem]

33. That's excellent. She likely won't be very sick.

It's still miserable that she has to quarantine but that's got to bring the fear level down.

[BlueJac]

27. Stay safe

[orleans]

29. really sorry to hear this.

the longer this shit goes on the more i resent republicans who let this virus get so out of hand, and encouraged their followers to spread the shit, and every fucking republican who voted for those monsters

me, bitter? fuck yeah

[Demovictory9]

30. so sorry

[Solly Mack]

31. I'm so sorry.

Speedy and full recovery to your daughter.

May the rest of you remain Covid-free.

[bif]

32. Thanks for the good vibes, everyone!

We're making the best of it. Providing room service and using FaceTime. She's quarenteening with her fiancé. Plus she has her iPhone, iPad, and we're going to hook up a tv for her. It's kind of fun to spoil our baby!

So far, she only has a store throat. Hopefully, the worse is over.

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

34. did they report which varient she has?

Many blessings on your household...

[bif]

38. No

I don't know if they can tell.

[MustLoveBeagles]

37. I'm sorry bif

I hope your daughter feels better soon.