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I don’t know why. And we didn’t social distance. I just never felt symptoms. I
still don’t know how to feel about it. Is it good that I was never sick? Does that
mean I probably won’t get it, or should I be stressed about getting it? Is it more
likely that I’ll get it or not get it? I really don’t know.
We wanted to ignore it. We wanted to say that it wasn’t Covid. We told
each other it wasn’t Covid, but deep down we knew it was Covid.

One week later my uncle’s test results came back positive which means
he had Covid. If he had Covid and most of my family had all the symptoms,
chances were that we all had Covid!!! It sounds really scary, and it is, but it
could have been a lot worse. We would have gotten tested but at the time they
said that going to a hospital was a bad idea and if we thought we had it, it’s best
to stay at home. For my dad and grandparents, symptoms only lasted two or
three days, but my mom and my brother’s symptoms lasted about a week. We
were fine when it ended. We were all really happy when it ended.

About a month later we all got tested for antibodies. Antibodies are stuff
that your body creates when you’ve had a sickness. Antibodies help fight off a
sickness. Everyone in my family had antibodies including my grandparents.
Everyone except me. My thoughts are that if I didn’t get Covid from people
I live with then I don’t have to be nervous about walking on the streets and
getting it. So that proved we all had Covid.

It was hard when we had Covid but it’s worth it now. We’re not as stressed
about going outside and we don’t have to not do stuff because we feel scared!
We still have to wear masks though. It might not do anything for us but
it makes a lot of people feel safe. They don’t know we can’t spread it to them,
and I would much rather wear a mask and make people feel safe than to make
everyone scared.

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