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Neighbor to Neighbor

A Cautionary Tale…. any way. Called our Dr and was advised to quarantine for 5 days and
It’s been a dreadful 2+ years of Covid and we were all so pleased wear our masks for 5 more days after that if we went out. Said to test
when masking restrictions were lifted. We were able to have events again after 5 more days; Allan was negative and I was not!!!! So I
again, see our friends and give a hug and enjoy meals together. And stayed home for many more days and did not take any more tests as
we got the opportunity to travel again, after many cancelled plans. the Dr said the virus could stay in your body for weeks. I had a PCR
We did just that. In April-May we went to France on a River Cruise. test June 6 and was finally negative.
We had all our vaccines and 2 boosters and tested negative before we All this time, we never felt sick!!! So, if we hadn’t been nagged into
left. The tour company always took great precautions on the boat and taking an at home test, we would have been out there, most likely
off (masks, except when eating, on our bus tours and the special infecting others! It doesn’t seem to matter that we were vaccinated
venues we visited). Everyone seemed healthy. and boostered. It’s a whole new bunch of variants out there. The
The day before departing for home we were required to take another shots keep us from getting too sick, but don’t seem to stop the
test. Again, we tested negative. Charles De Gaulle airport was a sea variants. We have no idea where we got it. But, against all odds, we
of masks, as was our plane. We arrived at SFO International did.
Terminal with thousands of returning passengers and not so many So please, take the time to take an at home test (15 min). And now
masks (we still had ours on!) you can order more tests on Covid.gov. Free ! Covered by Medicare.
After arriving home, other than Jet Lag, we felt fine. Our daughter They come in just a few days. It’s so worth it.
kept bugging us and telling us we had to take an at home test 5 days Please stay safe!
after arriving home (per CDC guidelines). We felt fine!! But to get Judy Panish
her off our back, we did test on day 5. Unbelievable, but we both
tested positive! We were in disbelief as we did not feel at all sick in

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