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Alberta Mom 

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My first confirmed Covid infection was in fall 2022 at a time when the few Covid protections we had left only applied to healthcare settings. I knew I was at higher risk of developing Long Covid as I am a working age woman. This terrified me as my son had already had Long Covid which took him nearly a year to recover from, with little to no help from medical professionals...continue reading 

Second in a series of two posts by an Alberta mom 

Image: The Rona Lisa by Rosie Pidgeon, a young Belfast art student living with Long Covid.  To view her artwork, please visit @art_byrosie

During the Delta wave in October 2021, my son woke up with a cough and I knew right then it was Covid. The previous night the school had notified us of two known cases in his second grade class. He got through the first week fine but what followed was not normal....continue reading 

Canadian Teen

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I was in grade six when Covid entered my school and community. This was a scary time for me as an immune compromised kid. I already missed large amounts of school due to illness before the pandemic. There were no vaccines to protect us yet ....continue reading