Well, last week was an interesting one. My wife had a conference in Chicago and my son came home from Buffalo to watch the Wimbledon finals, which is our tradition. I love pickleball, but tennis, along with baseball, were my first sport crushes. Sunday we enjoyed the tennis, hit some ping-pong balls, and went to Smokin’ Pete’s for some wonderful barbecue.

All the while, my son was coughing and sneezing some, although not a lot.

On Monday, when we woke up, my son said, “Hey, Drew Fishback is playing in a tennis tournament in Rochester today. You wanna go?” I said, “Sure, but let’s test for covid first just to be safe.”

Sure enough, he tested positive for covid almost instantly. The next day I, too, tested positive.

I’d been preparing for covid since early 2020. I figured I would get it eventually. The goal was to not get it during a........

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