'My hope is that they have never met a kid like Jack and maybe just don’t know any better. But the truth is I don’t know'
The author’s son Jack at school. Photo: Tasha Nelson On the first day they were eligible, I rushed my kids to get their vaccines. My husband and I have four kids: Jack, who is 10, 5-year-old twins, and a toddler. Our family knew that a COVID-19 infection in our household would threaten Jack’s life. Finally getting Jack and the twins vaccinated felt like a golden ticket. It meant that we could actually start creeping toward rejoining life.
COVID-19 is particularly dangerous for Jack because it could lead to permanent scarring of his lungs, permanent loss of lung function, a need for lung transplant, or even death. As Jack’s mother, my job is to make sure our choices give him the best chance at a full and long life. I fully understand the gravity of how each of my choices affect my son’s longevity.
Jack was scared. He rolled up his window, and with a hitch in his voice said, “Mom, why don’t they want to keep kids like me safe?” My hope is that they have never met a kid like Jack and maybe just don’t know any better. But the truth is I don’t know. Our school district transitioned to hybrid learning during the second semester of third grade. We were ecstatic. After consulting with Jack’s physician team at Johns Hopkins we made the decision to send Jack back into the classroom two days a week. Even though Jack is high risk, the layered mitigation strategies, like universal masking and strict social distancing, put in place at his school combined with a period of low transmission rates made going into the classroom possible for him.
One short month later, on January 15, 2022, Virginia’s recently elected Republican governor Glenn Youngkin signed an executive order effectively banning mask mandates in school. When we heard the announcement on the radio in our car my heart sank and my mind raced.
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