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Introduction: The Good,
the Bad, the Ugly,
andthe Necessary
WHO GIVES IT A SECOND THOUGHT?
In December 2013, our daughter, son-in-law, and 13-month-old grandson
came to Texas to visit and spend Christmas with us. ey live in Sydney,
Australia, and December is summertime for them. Our grandson picked
up a bad cold or the u in his day care, and came to town bearing “gis”
for everyone. It did not take long for all of us to get sick.
A few days aer arriving in the States, our daughter was hit particularly
hard. Her symptoms were dierent from the rest of us, though. She woke
up in the early morning hours vomiting. At rst, we went scrambli