Well, it's certainly been quite a month already. My dad has Covid, he tested positive on Friday and is now on Paxlovid. He's been vaccinated and boosted twice, but not since last year.

Ironically, when we got together on Oct. 8th for my mom's birthday I mentioned that I had gotten my flu & Covid shot on Oct. 2nd. He was adamant that he thinks the vaccine caused a dropped heartbeat (doubtful, it's more probably because his dad died of a heart attack, and his sister has had a heart attack, so obviously heart problems run in his family and he is 78), so he was going to not get the vaccine anymore. I said ok, because it's his decision and now this *sigh*.

So far he's not close to hospitalization that I know of, and my mom and sister haven't tested positive, but it's absolutely possible they could get it too. It's only a 2 bedroom ranch house so it's not exactly like they can go live in another wing or anything. Also considering my sister is a HUGE hypochondriac this could be very interesting and hopefully she'll learn it's not the end of the world being exposed to germs (my mom and sister are vaccinated as well, although I don't think they've gotten the new booster).

I'm crossing my fingers that the Paxlovid will work, he'll just have a mild case, and no one else in the house catches it. That's all I can do other than making soup tomorrow to bring to them.