I'm doing better personally, but two close family members are deeply struggling physically & emotionally.
I had a month with the illness in February of 2021 and thankfully healed without long-term symptoms like both of them. It was an awful month and I had no energy or appetite and dropped weight, I think I developed a pretty good immunity to it because I haven't gotten sick since. We chose not to get the shot , though my job was threatening me if I didn't.
I understand how you feel about being separated from the family. We never completely closed ourselves off and still celebrated Christmas. I just hope they never tried to do this same thing again.