My mother is one of 8 siblings. The youngest passed as an infant, but the rest of them grew up as a very tight-knit family. My mom and one of my aunts is vaccinated, the rest are unvaccinated and promoting nonsense cures (including one aunt who is a nurse). They’ve mostly relocated to Idaho and Colorado and we don’t get to see them very often, being on the East Coast. My mom has been begging her brothers and sisters to get vaccinated, but they’ve mostly stopped talking to her because of it.

I know this loss is devastating for her, and I’m not sure how to support her other than just listening and telling her how much I love her. I know she must be terrified that she’s going to lose her entire family.