Had a nice Christmas anyway. Hope you all did, too.
Daughter Casey flew in from Omaha on the 23rd, developed mild cold symptoms overnight, and tested positive for COVID the next morning, variant unknown.
Since all of us are fully vaxxed and boosted, we took no precautions with her on the 23rd. That night, before any symptoms appeared, we went to a restaurant and an ice cream shop, and Casey ran into a coffee shop. We masked and distanced as best we could, but now all of those contacts have been exposed, plus folks on the plane and in 2 airports.
Casey will have to quarantine with us for at least 10 days before flying home. We opened presents together last night via Zoom. Not ideal, but it's still nice to have her home, and we're happy to be able to take care of her.
Her symptoms are no fun but still relatively mild and likely to remain so statistically. Still, I worry -- especially about long COVID. As for Kathy and I, mean incubation period is currently 3-5 days, so we'll just have to wait and see. So far, so good.
Take-home lesson: The pandemic's not over, folks! You still need to be careful. Just one piece of bad timing is all it takes to expose dozens of people. No wonder these recent variants spread so quickly!