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I Got Infected With Covid-19 in 2022
How does it feel to experience the pandemic in 2022 after three shots of the vaccine?
Ever since the pandemic hit, I’ve been diligent in keeping myself and my family safe. My parents are in their 60s and 70s, and both have additional health concerns like asthma and high blood pressure that — alongside covid — could develop into severe complications.
But two weeks ago, it finally happened. All those masks, hand sanitizer, and hand washing couldn’t prevent what would mark the beginning of the worst two weeks of my life. I got covid, and it was only a matter of time until my parents got it too.
How did we get it here?
So, in hindsight, the infection occurred at the office. Because on the same day I felt terrible, another person reported he had covid — but my positive result appeared only a day after. And it could be someone who didn’t have symptoms that infected both of us.
I’m not sure how it circulated at the office. I know we sat for lunch in the office instead of at the restaurant in the nearby food court. And that was probably the best time to get infected because we sat in the open air at the restaurant. The office is a closed space.
