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I have been writing in this newspaper for two years about coronavirus.

Every week

of masks, hydroalcoholic gels, PCR, vaccines, variants... and whatever may arise, depending on the current pandemic wave.

During all this time

.

Yes, last Tuesday I tested positive so I write these letters from my room, in the (blessed) solitude of my confinement.

, and not as a disseminator, with the simple objective of normalizing and empathizing with a situation, testing positive, that two years later continues to turn every home upside down when the time comes.

My first covid, Sparks.

There is something especially frustrating about getting infected in this sixth wave.

And it is that

(and also had overcome the Christmas gymkhana)

, deluded, with donating our body to Science.

For their part, those who had already been infected once, twice and even three times, thought that they had already dealt with the bug and it was not their turn to confine themselves anymore.

Whatever group you're in, frustration is guaranteed.

I'm positive, now what?

On

.

"This smells like a bug," I thought.

I did an antigen test and with the negative result, and also with the fly behind my ear, I went to bed.

After a

.

This time the line of the T was marked even before the C: "It's positive" -I said to my husband, who watched the scene, very attentive, sitting on a stool in the kitchen-.

Hearing my words jumped like a spring and blurted out:

- You're without a mask!

- And you in pajamas!

And I remind you that you just got out of bed with me.

- Yeah, but... now you're positive!

And while saying this he ran away.

and from the other side of the kitchen island, like a bullfighter behind the barrier, he threw a mask at me, like a frisbee.

- Do me a favor and put it on.

And saying this, he left the kitchen buzzing.

I'm not one to cry, but between the fever, the stick through the nose, the Frisbee mask, the tension and the frustration of finally being knocked over by the sixth wave, a few tears escaped me.

. Hers.

Yes, I know the theory... that you don't have to hug... but my husband and I had gotten out of the same bed ten minutes ago and for the first time in my life, I needed some love.

- Where are you goingssssss, beautiful?

he said, throwing his arms out like a zombie and taking two steps back as I approached.

And zombie-husband, who knows the theory better than I do

and at that moment proved to have more head,

and went straight to our room.

He opened the window, took a suitcase and began to open drawers

and put away a pile of clothes.

Crazy, like when in the movies someone gets carried away and leaves home out of spite.

I got into bed shivering

(remember that the window was open) and from there I heard him review aloud like someone reciting the Lord's Prayer those protocols that I have recounted so many times, but that when it's your turn to implement in the first person it's hard to remember.

Someone had to put sanity.

At least try it:

- Let's see...

.

Now you have to write to the teachers for online classes, to the man on the bus on the route... Can you?

he said, raising his head to look at me as he rummaged through a drawer from which he was taking handfuls of socks.

I watched the scene in astonishment from the bed.

Now my children, in addition to

:

- Well... I'm cold and the truth is that the last thing I want is to take my arms out of the Nordic.

You write that I have no body.

Hey, what are you going to do?

.

Can you stay home?

- Yes, but to sleep I go to the guest room

- Don't worry, honey, that was already clear to me.

- Okay... don't take it the wrong way, you're positive and I...

- Don't worry, that has ALSO become clear to me.

- Okay.

And to the children... who of the two tells it?

-

And with that, he left the room with his suitcase in one hand and his running shoes in the other.

For a moment I thought to run away.

Two minutes later I heard cheerful little voices on the other side of the wall.

-

From what could be seen, the rest of the close-contact-cohabitants, blood of my blood, were also highly concerned about their mother's COVID-19.

It could have been worse...

If the scene seemed tragic-comic to you,

. But 150 km away. It must have been a painting to see him come out of the portal dragging a suitcase with his socks sticking out, in his pajamas and with his FFP2 on. I was lucky and my husband stayed. I guess he only did it because we had a couple of issues (two kids) to work out. For that and because his mother catches him far away, even more than 150 km away.

No, I'm not alone.

Reactions that can range from denial, anger and frustration to sadness through fear.

Sometimes, paradoxically, everything is sprinkled with a certain relief, because at last the bug has shown its face and the mystery has been cleared up.

But, of which there is no doubt,

is that

Therefore... inform yourself, that something remains

After two years spreading the word about the coronavirus, now that it's my turn,

.

Doubts will arise in all homes about how to isolate a positive person, about who is exempt from quarantining, about when to lose confidence, about when is the best time for the cohabitants to take a test.

And yet, it

.

Therefore, find out.

Look for official sources and be prepared.

Because when the two lines show up at your door... paracetamol will be easy to get, but to confine yourself you have to arrive moderately learned or your nerves can play tricks on you.

Courage to all and take good care of yourself

.

Here I stay... confined and waiting for the day to come for them to give me the half hug they owe me.

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