Dad got the vaccine, but no one else did â yet By Katherine J. Wu New York Times,Updated December 26, 2020, 1:19 p.m. Email to a Friend Jeanel and Mike Little, with their daughter, Ruby, at home in Charlottesville, Va. Both are nurse practitioners at UVA Health, and they arenât sure when Ruby will be able to get vaccinated.EZE AMOS/NYT On the morning of Dec. 16, the threat of a Virginia snowstorm canceled school for 7-year-old Alain Bell. He instead spent the morning scribbling a scowling face in black marker onto his fatherâs newly vaccinated upper arm. âIt was his idea,â Alain said over Zoom, pointing to his father, Dr. Taison Bell, 37, a critical care physician at UVA Health in Charlottesville. âI feel good that heâs not going to get sick.â