My dear old aunty just died of COVID-19 in a Sydney nursing home.
Locally, my son and daughter-in-law have had it too. She was so wiped out she cried in pain and suffered enormous anxiety. Her mother was bedridden with it too.
Both my grandsons in Sydney have COVID. One is in so much pain all he can do is cry. My other 17-year-old granddaughter is coming down with it now and may have passed it on to the rest of the family. It is highly contagious.
COVID is cutting a swathe through our Shire. But only a fraction of those catching it are reporting it, so the statistics misrepresent the gravity of the pandemic. I just heard of another unvaccinated friend in the next valley who was hospitalised a month ago, came home, and tragically died last night.
Because I am in my 70s and have asthma, I have been triple vaccinated. Honestly, it’s no big deal. But I get peace of mind because it gives me some protection, and if I do catch COVID, it lessens the symptoms and helps keeps me out of hospital. Please get vaccinated.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
