Robin Abcarian: I dodged COVID-19 for more than two years. The latest surge finally got me.
It was bound to happen. The day after her Los Angeles middle school let out for the summer, my irrepressible 12-year-old niece, who lives with me, was feverish and lethargic. This was so unfair. For more than two years, she'd been an absolute beast about wearing her mask, declining to pull it down for photos, forgetting to take it off at home, perplexed by the mask refuseniks. Just three days ...
It was bound to happen.
The day after her Los Angeles middle school let out for the summer, my irrepressible 12-year-old niece, who lives with me, was feverish and lethargic. This was so unfair.
For more than two years, she'd been an absolute beast about wearing her mask, declining to pull it down for photos, forgetting to take it off at home, perplexed by the mask refuseniks.
Just three days earlier, she'd tested negative for COVID-19 at school. Then, suddenly, positive.
Her symptoms were mild, and frankly, she wasn't too upset at first because she equates being sick with
