One of the big takeaways from our COVID journey is to get your children tested immediately if they have symptoms.

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The doctor who tested our daughter said we were the first positive child case in his clinic "...not because she's the first to get the virus here" he said, "but because parents don't bring their children in and get them tested."
By verifying her positive quickly, we set off the alarm for our family, began quarantine, and helped avoid inadvertently spreading the virus to hundreds of people before we developed symptoms.
Again, the story isn't just about you, it's about the vaccinated and unvaccinated people you are crossing paths with and will cross paths with.

Please err on the side of caution.
The doctor also said that he is sure our family's story will be commonplace, "until the vaccine is approved for children and until more adults choose to get vaccinated. That's just going to be our reality."
When the doctor told my daughter she was positive, her first words were, “I hope I didn’t get other people sick.” I said, “All we can do right now is make sure no one else can.” That’s what this is about: education and empathy.

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8 Jul
.@RealCandaceO proudly says her entire family refuses to be vaccinated.
Families like hers are why families like ours did everything to protect ourselves/others from the virus & still got it.
They are why America will never get out of this.
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It is either a sign that you are selfish or uninformed or that you simply lack compassion: to witness the unthinkable suffering and death we've come through, and to politically posture in the face of Science and empathy for others.
The doctor who tested us said that people refusing the vaccine are the single greatest ally the deadly variants could have, and the reason thousands, perhaps millions of people will get sick and die needlessly. Super job, Candace. Hope the follows were worth it.
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Hello Friends.

Two weeks ago, we took a family trip.

Three-quarters of us had been fully vaccinated since April with the Pfizer shot, with the exception being our 11-year old.
We'd been super diligent for a year and half and were hopeful we could finally begin doing some normal things, and left for our first family vacation since lockdown began.
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This week has been rough.

Give me something you're grateful for, something that gave you joy, or something that simply made life better.
The other day my 15-year old popped open his bedroom door and said, "Wanna go grab lunch?"

He gives me joy.
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If you're upset at this tweet, maybe you should be upset by that, instead.
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