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After a festive Christmas morning with my husband and three young kids, I got an email with bad news. One of the staff had tested positive at the childcare centre where my kids had spent the day on December 23.

Before having my mom over for dinner, we busted out our stash of rapid antigen tests and swabbed all three kids. I thought it was a long shot to catch it this early, yet knew that Omicron had a reputation for being fast. My twin six-year-old girls were negative (phew!), but my…