We got Covid-19 from a family member that returned from abroad and tested negative (two times). My kids actually got it from him and spread it since both families watch them while I work. Luckily, kids had only mild symptoms; one day fever and running nose for a few days (3.5yo and 5mo). Masks are mandatory and we all kept our distance, family members excluded.
Since this thread got heated up more than few times over the “vaccine” part and since everyone (myself included) thinks his choice is the right choice I’d rather not engage in discussion about it but I’ll answer your questions.
Short story is that (at that time) hospital was full of people needing respirators, vaccinated ones included, and since most of my friends who got vaccinated developed side effects we decided to trust our immune systems and let others be guinea pigs for test vaccines. It’s also what our friends who are medical professionals did, and we trust they know more than we do about the subject (two of them work in infectious disease centre and have first hand experience with Covid-19 since day one). So yes, it’s because of personal choice.
To clarify one thing, my grandmother didn’t die of Covid-19, but of an gut bacteria she got in the hospitil while treated for Covid-19.