Since February, Kathy Xiang and her entire family has been under siege.
Her 12-year-old daughter has had whooping cough, rhinovirus and parainfluenza: She¡¯s missed more than five weeks of school in total. Xiang, a software developer in Shanghai, caught all three too. Her elderly parents, who were helping care for her 10-month-old, tested positive for COVID-19 in early March, and her father got shingles.
Then the baby caught parainfluenza and pneumonia, necessitating five days on an IV drip. ¡°I was literally numb after the baby boy got sick despite all our efforts to protect him,¡± Xiang said. ¡°I was physically and mentally exhausted.¡±
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