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Surviving the Rona

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Covid-19 finally visited my family and me on around 1st May. After incessantly trying to keep the virus at bay for over a year, the virus eventually won the game. Thankfully, the rona decided to be friendly to us and only presented its mild avatar.  Like most others, we also spent all of April struggling to get our vaccination slots on the cowin website. My family consisting of my Dad, Mum, Grandma and me was mostly staying indoors. Except for a visit to the hospital where Dad and Grandma were supposed to get their second dose (which they unfortunately did not receive due to the vaccine unavailability despite having booked slots) and the occasional expedition to the super market/ medical store etc. which are a stone's throw away from our house, there was no unnecessary venturing out on part of any of us. So how did we catch the rona? I wish I knew.  The rona first manifested as a cold in my Dad. He promptly took a wikoryl pill which did not seem to have any effect on the cold....