Our New Normal: Science vs Republicans - Markin Report

"On December 15th I visited my 32 year old daughter at her apartment after she returned from a trip to Ireland where she attended a wedding 10 days before. The wedding was lots of fun: dancing and partying, a visit to the Blarney Stone, and lots of good talks. At the very end of the wedding party event one of the guests announced that he had tested positive for Covid. The visitors who were flying back to the United States had to rush to get tested before they could return to the US because the Omicron variant was spreading rapidly and the US had suddenly approved new protocols for travelers. Everyone needed a negative test result to fly back to the US. My daughter went to the County Cork Airport and got tested. She was negative. She flew home. Still no symptoms. After 10 days we met at her place to visit for 3 and a half hours. The next day she tested positive for Covid, but her only symptoms were a runny nose. Nothing more. She never got sicker than that. I had been exposed".