This weekend a lot of grandparents will reunite with grandkids they haven’t seen in a year. During his address Thursday night, President Joe Biden said, “Millions and millions of grandparents who were unable to hug their grandkids, are now able to do so.”
every time Biden mentions seeing grandparents again, i cry. i last hugged and kissed my grandpa on March 8, 2020, and though I was able to see him through a barrier, I was never able to hug or kiss him again.
— Sarah Gray (@sarahhhgray) March 12, 2021
Some already felt at ease due to these words last week from CDC director Rochelle Wolensky, “If grandparents have been vaccinated, they can visit their daughter and her family if they haven’t been vaccinated (so long as they’re not at risk for severe disease).” After that announcement, people started capturing many of the reunions on video.
WATCH: Grandparents and grandkids are finally getting to see and hug each other again.
We’re not crying, you are. #HugsNow pic.twitter.com/Rg7m6arXwU
— CNN Early Start with Kasie Hunt (@EarlyStart) March 12, 2021
Doctors have also been given fully vaccinated grandparents the go-ahead. CNN writes:
It had been a year since Evelyn Shaw had hugged anyone, let alone granddaughter Ateret Frank. Yet, Shaw said she wasn’t going to let her granddaughter into her Bronx apartment, even though both had been fully vaccinated against Covid-19.The prescription, which Shaw’s doctor offered to write, read, “You are allowed to hug your granddaughter.” It was just the nudge she needed to reclaim a part of her life that she loved so much.
“It was wonderful and it was something I’m going to remember for the rest of my life.”
New York grandmother Evelyn Shaw discusses the moment of finally being able to embrace her granddaughter after her doctor gave her a “hug” prescription following a year in isolation. pic.twitter.com/zqbeqUJ5g1
— CNN (@CNN) March 11, 2021