Cheryl Diaz Meyer for the Deseret News
As the clock inches toward the 11:40 bell for lunch recess, the third graders at Hidden Hollow Elementary in Eagle Mountain, Utah, ready for their newly created recess game: COVID-19.
“Someone is COVID-19 and goes around trying to tag people and they then are also COVID,” said my 8-year-old grandson Jackson, explaining the rules as if he were a health officer outlining the latest COVID-19 report.
“Someone’s also the doctor. The doctor races around trying to give the vaccine (by tagging). And you can be safe by going to a special area,” he said.