Photo: twitter; gettyComedianTim Heideckeris opening up about his family’s experience withCOVID-19.In aseries of tweetson Monday, theMoonbase 8star, 45, revealed that his 7-year-old daughter, Amelia, recentlytested positivefor the respiratory virus and encouraged those who areeligible for the COVID-19 vaccineto get inoculated.“Last week my daughter tested positive one day before a little planned beach vacation. We had to cancel last minute. and we were all bummed. My poor daughter felt so guilty,” he began.“Luckily she didn’t really get sick - I’d say she had a day or two of feeling off… We kept away from people and all got tested at the end of the week,” Heidecker continued. “After a few days we all tested negative, phew…. In the clear!“TheBridesmaidsactor went on to say that he and his wife, actress Marilyn Porayko, were “so goddamn glad” they had been vaccinated prior to the ordeal.Tim Heidecker and Marilyn Porayko.John Salangsang/Shutterstock"there was no way we were going to isolate ourselves from our daughter,” he explained. “we behaved with a reasonable amount of sanitary safety (didn’t share drinks etc) but i really felt so much more secure knowing I had been … Poked!““Get the shot please!” added Heidecker, who also shares 4-year-old son Charlie with Porayko, 41. “It’snot going to do anythingbut give you some sense of relief when covid come creeping into your life one way or another.“With thehighly contagious Delta variantspreading across the United States, children under the age of 12 are at risk of contracting COVID-19 as they are not eligible to receive the vaccine.RELATED VIDEO: The Importance of the COVID-19 Vaccine and the Call for ‘Unity’According todata from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 46,276 kids in the United States were hospitalized with COVID-19 in the first week of August alone.Though COVID-19 cases in children declined in early summer, kids have increasingly been testing positive for the virus since the beginning of July, theAmerican Academy of Pediatricssaid in its latest report.As of Tuesday, approximately50.3 percent of the nation’s population have been fully vaccinatedand 58.9 percent have received at least one dose, according to CDC data.As information about thecoronavirus pandemicrapidly changes, PEOPLE is committed to providing the most recent data in our coverage. Some of the information in this story may have changed after publication. For the latest on COVID-19, readers are encouraged to use online resources from theCDC,WHOandlocal public health departments.PEOPLE has partnered with GoFundMeto raise money for the COVID-19 Relief Fund, a GoFundMe.org fundraiser to support everything from frontline responders to families in need, as well as organizations helping communities. For more information or to donate, clickhere.
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ComedianTim Heideckeris opening up about his family’s experience withCOVID-19.In aseries of tweetson Monday, theMoonbase 8star, 45, revealed that his 7-year-old daughter, Amelia, recentlytested positivefor the respiratory virus and encouraged those who areeligible for the COVID-19 vaccineto get inoculated.“Last week my daughter tested positive one day before a little planned beach vacation. We had to cancel last minute. and we were all bummed. My poor daughter felt so guilty,” he began.“Luckily she didn’t really get sick - I’d say she had a day or two of feeling off… We kept away from people and all got tested at the end of the week,” Heidecker continued. “After a few days we all tested negative, phew…. In the clear!“TheBridesmaidsactor went on to say that he and his wife, actress Marilyn Porayko, were “so goddamn glad” they had been vaccinated prior to the ordeal.Tim Heidecker and Marilyn Porayko.John Salangsang/Shutterstock"there was no way we were going to isolate ourselves from our daughter,” he explained. “we behaved with a reasonable amount of sanitary safety (didn’t share drinks etc) but i really felt so much more secure knowing I had been … Poked!““Get the shot please!” added Heidecker, who also shares 4-year-old son Charlie with Porayko, 41. “It’snot going to do anythingbut give you some sense of relief when covid come creeping into your life one way or another.“With thehighly contagious Delta variantspreading across the United States, children under the age of 12 are at risk of contracting COVID-19 as they are not eligible to receive the vaccine.RELATED VIDEO: The Importance of the COVID-19 Vaccine and the Call for ‘Unity’According todata from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 46,276 kids in the United States were hospitalized with COVID-19 in the first week of August alone.Though COVID-19 cases in children declined in early summer, kids have increasingly been testing positive for the virus since the beginning of July, theAmerican Academy of Pediatricssaid in its latest report.As of Tuesday, approximately50.3 percent of the nation’s population have been fully vaccinatedand 58.9 percent have received at least one dose, according to CDC data.As information about thecoronavirus pandemicrapidly changes, PEOPLE is committed to providing the most recent data in our coverage. Some of the information in this story may have changed after publication. For the latest on COVID-19, readers are encouraged to use online resources from theCDC,WHOandlocal public health departments.PEOPLE has partnered with GoFundMeto raise money for the COVID-19 Relief Fund, a GoFundMe.org fundraiser to support everything from frontline responders to families in need, as well as organizations helping communities. For more information or to donate, clickhere.
ComedianTim Heideckeris opening up about his family’s experience withCOVID-19.
In aseries of tweetson Monday, theMoonbase 8star, 45, revealed that his 7-year-old daughter, Amelia, recentlytested positivefor the respiratory virus and encouraged those who areeligible for the COVID-19 vaccineto get inoculated.
“Last week my daughter tested positive one day before a little planned beach vacation. We had to cancel last minute. and we were all bummed. My poor daughter felt so guilty,” he began.
“Luckily she didn’t really get sick - I’d say she had a day or two of feeling off… We kept away from people and all got tested at the end of the week,” Heidecker continued. “After a few days we all tested negative, phew…. In the clear!”
TheBridesmaidsactor went on to say that he and his wife, actress Marilyn Porayko, were “so goddamn glad” they had been vaccinated prior to the ordeal.
Tim Heidecker and Marilyn Porayko.John Salangsang/Shutterstock
“there was no way we were going to isolate ourselves from our daughter,” he explained. “we behaved with a reasonable amount of sanitary safety (didn’t share drinks etc) but i really felt so much more secure knowing I had been … Poked!”
“Get the shot please!” added Heidecker, who also shares 4-year-old son Charlie with Porayko, 41. “It’snot going to do anythingbut give you some sense of relief when covid come creeping into your life one way or another.”
With thehighly contagious Delta variantspreading across the United States, children under the age of 12 are at risk of contracting COVID-19 as they are not eligible to receive the vaccine.
RELATED VIDEO: The Importance of the COVID-19 Vaccine and the Call for ‘Unity’
According todata from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 46,276 kids in the United States were hospitalized with COVID-19 in the first week of August alone.
Though COVID-19 cases in children declined in early summer, kids have increasingly been testing positive for the virus since the beginning of July, theAmerican Academy of Pediatricssaid in its latest report.
As of Tuesday, approximately50.3 percent of the nation’s population have been fully vaccinatedand 58.9 percent have received at least one dose, according to CDC data.
As information about thecoronavirus pandemicrapidly changes, PEOPLE is committed to providing the most recent data in our coverage. Some of the information in this story may have changed after publication. For the latest on COVID-19, readers are encouraged to use online resources from theCDC,WHOandlocal public health departments.PEOPLE has partnered with GoFundMeto raise money for the COVID-19 Relief Fund, a GoFundMe.org fundraiser to support everything from frontline responders to families in need, as well as organizations helping communities. For more information or to donate, clickhere.
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