Our family is large and spans many generations. By the time I was born, my grandparents were in their 80’s. I hardly knew them. They died in their 90’s.
When you do not vaccinate, you put yourself at risk of spreading variants, such as the Delta variant which is turning into a big problem. In order for variants to happen, there must be enough unvaccinated people who catch COVID. Even vaccinated people can catch COVID and be quite sick, even if they aren’t hospitalized. At this point, I’m still playing it safe because I don’t know who is and who isn’t vaccinated.
I got pretty good at compartmentalizing. I was able to take naps on the couch with my two kids playing in the room. Somehow I knew when the noises turned from normal to problematic and could wake up as needed.
Fellow West Michigan resident here. I’m enjoying the heck out of our lack of snow!