I got Covid.

I did everything I was supposed to do and I am glad I did.

First of all, a giant shout out to the workers at the Amazon warehouse on Staten Island.

Against all odds they voted to join together in an independent union.

It is definitely a David and Goliath story.

Some workers with a Go Fund Me page against the richest corporation in the world.

There is another Staten Island Amazon warehouse voting on a union soon and who can tell where this may lead?

From 20 workers at a time at Starbucks coffee shops to thousands at a time at Amazon warehouses, it looks to me like a genuine grassroots fight back.

Meanwhile Anne and I tested positive for Covid on Thursday.

I had been down with a cold for a couple of days and tested at home twice with negative results.

Then Anne seemed to have caught my cold. We both tested again and got positive results.

We tested a second time with the same positive results.

I’m not big on giving or seeking medical advice on social media. It is enough to say that we are fortunate to have good health insurance as retired people and we immediately contacted our doctors.

Our infection is mild and we are isolating for a week. My sister-in-law dropped off some soup at the door along with a shopping bag full of crackers, cookies and bread.

I’m not sure there is science to support our theory that carbs are the best weapon against Covid, but it’s how we roll.

And we have received tons of loving messages of concern.

I’ve received messages from people who share their fear of getting Covid, some from teachers who have to go into classrooms of unmasked students.

And there is the inevitable feeling of frustration at having followed all the mitigation recommendations for two years and then both of us getting infected anyway.

But I would just say this: I’m glad we followed the recommendations. We were first in line to get the vaccinations. We were about to get the booster when we came down with whatever version of Covid this is.

We will get the 4th booster when we recover.

Our doctors recommend it.

There is no question that had we not followed the recommendations for prevention we would have been much sicker and got covid sooner.

As high-risk folks in our seventies, without the vaccines we may not have survived at all.

Of course there are bigger issues about the profits that the drug companies are making and the monopoly they hold over production and distribution and the impact of this on the poor and on the global south.

But that’s a post for another day.