Continued prayers for our members as Covid and the Flu spread. A number of families are sick, have tested positive with Covid and some who have already had it, have it again.
I know telling people you are sick with Covid is a personal matter, but let me reiterate why it is important to let others in your personal and slightly public circle know. Many people work for companies that require employees to take certain steps if they have been knowingly exposed to someone who tests positive for covid or have symptoms. It's important to inform others who may need to take steps in response.
Also with the new variant of Covid, sometimes you will get a negative result on the first test at the beginning but after 2-3 days test positive. So multiple testing with a few days between is important. Please be wise in all this, testing lets you know early that you might need to get additional medical support with therapeutics to avoid getting seriously sick. Covid can quickly move from mild to serious in days if left untreated. Yet, another reason to seriously prepare and position yourself in a healthy resistance to these viruses through all the means available to us depending on your age, health, medical advice, conscience and convictions.
The flu is going around too, the nasty kind that makes folks vomit. So be aware and get your flu shot if that is something you decide to do in your heath practice.
"O God of heavenly powers, by the might of your command you drive away from our bodies all sickness and all infirmity: Be present in your goodness with your servants, that their weakness may be banished and their strength restored; and that, their health being renewed, they may bless your holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen." -The Book of Common Prayer